Why Yue Yunpeng's "Song of the Five Rings" is hot

Most mainstream musicians categorize the "Song of the Five Rings" and similar songs as "lip-synching songs". These songs are typically characterized by a narrow range, easy to sing, and simple lyrics. Most of these songs have been jokingly called sacred songs, and many netizens have responded that these songs are boring and vulgar. But the fact is that these songs have a wide market and are popular among many people.

In my personal opinion, the popularity of the "spit song" mainly comes from the following aspects:

From the audience level, the spit song is easy to understand, the lyrics are simple, and there is no technical difficulty or difficulty in understanding the meaning of the words when you sing it. Therefore, the public can accept it, compared with symphonies, operas, ballets, plays and other "white snow", the audience of the song, obviously do not need to have a certain degree of literary training and aesthetic ability. From the popularity of the song, we can see that the popularity of the song is largely due to the fact that it has an inherent popularity.

In terms of lyrical content, many of these songs are relevant to the real world, responding to current social opinion and the voices of the people. Take the "Song of the Five Rings" for example;

"On the way to and from work, the cars are always lined up

For the sake of life, for the sake of dreams, for the sake of a single vacation

Maybe one day we'll have to go to the eight rings"

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"I know the 5th ring road is jammed

This road home is a disaster

It's going to be jammed, it's going to be jammed, huh? I'm not worried about that

I've never washed a car in my life

My car isn't clean

How calm this cigarette looks"

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As a special geographical symbol of the "Northern Drifters", the Fifth Ring reflects the living conditions of the people concerned, evoking the softest part of the urban population and provoking a strong sense of ****.

From a physiological point of view, we need to point out the "earworm effect". There are recurring rhythms in the spit songs. This periodic rhythm makes the melody go on endlessly, as if there were no end to it. The psychoanalyst Theodore Reich called the psychodynamic properties of this phenomenon "haunting melodies". When the "earworm" appears, the brain reacts in a similar way as when it hears music, triggering activity in the auditory cortex of the brain. In other words, the auditory cortex, which is responsible for the processing of auditory information, becomes active even if we only imagine it. This "auditory imagination" activity vividly reproduces the brain's response when we hear a melody. This makes us want to go on and on.

On top of that, the hype of the internet promoters and the spin-off promotion of the movie are also important factors.