The audience originally had high expectations for this season of "Riding the Wind and Waves", but after the first public performance last weekend, "Yi Gong Ugly" made the headlines on Weibo, and many viewers took the time to miss "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" ( Hereafter referred to as "Lang Jie 1"), "Lang 1 yyds" also appeared on the hot search.

Yigong is ugly and has become the first in the hot search for entertainment

Whether "Riding the Wind and Waves" is "ugly" is a matter of opinion, but if it is said that there is a lack of memory points, it is probably a consensus. Three years later, "Sister Lang 1" Yigong's "Large Bowl of Wide Noodles", "Ire Buddy" and "Orchid Grass" still left a deep impression on us. But the stage of "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves" was much duller.

"Riding the Wind and Waves" poster

What's the problem?
Let's talk about the "Riding the Wind and the Waves" mode and competition system that are debatable. Inviting Tranquility and Na Ying, who received the most votes in the first and second seasons, to form a group battle can certainly increase the familiarity of the audience and help the audience to enter the situation of the show more quickly; but the disadvantages are also obvious: two A big sister, grabbing too many topics, too much focus, and too many shots, on the contrary, this season's group portraits of sisters are much less than before, and the audience also lacks the opportunity to tap the unknown charms of other sisters.

Please come back to Tranquility and Naying again, there are pros and cons

Another level of familiarity is fatigue. After Ning Ning became popular from "Sister Lang 1", she has been on variety shows a lot. I don't know how other audiences feel. Like the author who watches a little variety show, she feels that no matter what she says or does in "Riding the Wind and Waves", she is completely as expected. The group battle between Tranquility and Na Ying is expected to run through the entire season of the show. I just hope that from the next episode, the editing team of the show will give other sisters more shots.
There are six performances in this season, and there are four kinds of stages, namely singing and dancing (challenging female dancers who combine singing and dancing), singing music (challenging small music live with the band), singing and dancing (challenging to tell stories with music performances) charm), singing show (challenging more avant-garde musical expression). Unlike "Sister Lang 1" and "Sister Lang 2", which are limited to singing and dancing, the model is a breakthrough and progress.

Four Stages

Just how effective it is depends on the implementation. Form must serve content, not form for form's sake. This requires very high requirements for song selection. The content and form of the songs must be compatible with each other, rather than acting for performance and show, otherwise there will be four stages at that time, and the effect will not be as good as the single singing and dancing before.
On the other hand, since the stage has been divided into four, why not let the same kind of stage compete with each other in the one-on-one battle? Singing music is better than vocals, and singing and dancing is more uneven than dancing. However, "Riding the Wind and Waves" is still in a "random" form, and there is a situation of singing and singing battles. The audience will be anxious when voting, and they don't know what the main criterion is.

There are different types of stage battles

Specifically, let's look at Yigong's performance level. From song selection to sisters' performance, it was lower than expected in all aspects.
The song selection of the program group is very critical, and it tests the ability of the music director. It must not only fit the theme, publicize the female color, but also sound good, or be able to make people's eyes shine. The most terrible thing is that it does not sound good and has no memory.
In the song selection of "Riding the Wind and Waves", 5 of the 8 songs were sung by men. Although the gender of the singer is not directly related to the expression of the song, there is a high probability that women's songs still have a more distinctive female expression, right? Moreover, I believe that many audiences are listening to some songs in the performance for the first time, and there are also top-notch songs (for fans), in addition to shouting slogans (top-level shouting slogans, shouting slogans "similar in purpose" with women), listen to them. Nothing musical. Therefore, there is such a comment on Weibo, "It turns out that "Riding the Wind and Waves" is the real variety show of singing songs", which is very mocking.
In addition to whether it sounds good or not, the value expression of the song is also the focus of the program. "Sister Lang 1" and "Sister Lang 2" are more about highlighting the aspects of women's independence, sassiness, self-love, bravery, and domineering. This is of course true; but this does not mean sexy, gentle, sweet, enchanting and other aspects. It's "below people". We must refute the so-called "femininity" that binds women, and at the same time we must be wary of equating the so-called "femininity" with catering to the male gaze, so that women dare not be sweet, gentle, and sexy... But women's sweetness, warmth Graceful and sexy can also be a woman's self-appreciation and self-acceptance.
In the third season of the show, we increasingly feel that the show, or the sister in the show, is a bit deliberately "de-gendered". Deliberate slogans, deliberate personalities, and deliberately concave postures have lost the many possibilities of women. Wang Xinling is unexpectedly popular, not only because a bitter life needs sweetness, but also because several sisters in the show are vying for "neutralization", a Wang Xinling who is willing to be sweet and enjoy the sweet state is also precious.

There is nothing wrong with the sweetness of self-acceptance

Some sisters say "I'm not a woman", this is her own choice, and there are all kinds of sisters in the 30 sisters; but when it comes to song selection, don't fall into a similar trap, keep going To be neutral, to be sweet, to shout slogans. Yigong's song selection is the result of this logic - the ratio of good songs is too low. Even if you choose Wang Xinling's sweet songs, it's much stronger than those male slogans.
The song itself is bland enough, but whether it is the arrangement, choreography, and stage design, it is also different from "Sister Lang 1". The vanguard seems to have been smoothed out, and the singing stage becomes a sensational performance; some sisters pose with musical instruments on the singing stage; singing and dancing stages—forget it, is there really such a thing as singing and dancing? In the end, only the singing show stage was left. With the help of some difficult devices, it was still a bit of a highlight.
The attitude of the sisters is also changing. In "Sister Lang 1", because there was no template and no reference, the program team was very tight, and the sisters worked hard one by one, which stimulated everyone's potential, and those who couldn't sing and dance made obvious progress in the end; During a performance, he also tried his best to avoid weaknesses in the combination.
"Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves" clearly shows the "Buddha" of the program group, and the sisters are even more "Buddha". "Thirty and happy", my sister should accept herself, but self-acceptance does not mean "laying down", it is not that I accept my "no skills" and "not good at it", it is not that I can practice well, but it is not necessary I have to "challenge myself" instead of staying in my comfort zone...
I believe that the sisters do not have such personalities in private. Their state is very good (much better than many male stars), and they must have put in a lot of effort; it is more because the atmosphere of the show makes them feel "comfortable" It is "self-acceptance".
Therefore, there are two singing and dancing stations in the show, and there are no difficult dance moves. Jung Soo Yeon is from a Korean girl group and has excellent singing and dancing skills, so she invited others to do some beginner moves. The "difficult" part of "I Want You to Take Control" is to do a few actions with the help of the lamp. The difficulty is not in the action itself, but in "Qi". When there are no props, it is impossible to be neat, and with the help of light tubes, it is even more self-exposed.

Are you sure this is a singing and dancing platform featuring "Qi Dance"?

Even if there are Zhu Jiejing, Tang Shiyi (both are great gods in the dance world) and Qi Xi (graduated from the Department of Dance and have dance skills), if there is a "curtain of ignorance", the audience simply cannot Guess the show brings together some of China's top dancers. The audience will only find: Well, some of their dance moves are not very neat at all, and there are not many difficult moves.

Tang Shiyi and Zhu Jiejing are too "overqualified"

"Riding the Wind and Waves" has sisters who can sing so well, but the show hardly reflects their vocal strength-in order to take care of other sisters with poor foundations, they either sing passages that are not suitable for them, or downgrade the key. As a result, tender songs appear sensational, and explosive songs become dull.
In "Sister Lang 1", everyone drives each other, the strong drives the weak, and progresses together; in "Riding the Wind and Waves", the sisters consciously want to highlight the sisterhood - sisterhood is the most important thing, happiness is the most important thing, the strong let the weak , we all "step back" together. After a public meeting, there is naturally no stage left to stay. Don't blame Zhao Yingzi for hanging up on the hot search every day, otherwise, what drama conflicts and topic points are there?

The result of mutual "accommodation" is that everyone becomes weaker together

Some people may say that everyone in "Brother Who Overcame Thorns" is also Buddhist, so why don't you blame the brothers for "laying down". The brothers are true Buddhists (no one is eliminated), but at least they have been able to use their strengths in the programming of the program, and the brothers can probably retain their distinct uniqueness (Lin Zhixuan can sing, Zhao Wenzhuo can "martial", the Greater Bay Area Brother's feelings are enough), or there is charm to release space (Li Chengxuan and Zhang Qi are on fire). On the stage of "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves", there is no one who stands out, only "the crowd".
The previous criticism is a bit heavy, but it is also because of the depth of love. Compared with most variety shows on the market, "Riding the Wind and Waves" is the most watchable variety show. In the third season of the show, sometimes it is inevitable to fall into a routine, or from one extreme to the other, and the audience's criticism is also based on the hope that the show will be better.
When this article was published, "Riding the Wind and Waves" was ready to record Si Gong. Now the program team will receive feedback on Yigong from netizens in a timely manner. If we can improve it, we should hurry to improve it (just like Wang Xinling after the fire, there are many more scenes of her in the feature film). I believe that most viewers still hope that "Sister Lang" can continue to do it, rather than the third season becoming the final season.