My Skateboard Shoes 2016 (我的滑板鞋2016)
First released at the singing Competition “The Next Season 1 EP3, on October 30, 2016.
Single released on November 14, 2016, and be included in Hua Chenyu’s 3rd album “H”.
1. About the song
“The Next” (also known as “Sound of War”) is a singing competition/show where anyone can challenge mature singers, and fight for dreams to reach the top. From the start of each episode, 7 ordinary people from all walks of life will choose a singer to challenge, and each singer warrior (singers) would choose to accept a single challenger.
The song the challenger chose for the singer warrior will then be revealed, and the singer warrior must compete with their challenger by singing the chosen song. The singer warriors have 24 hours to rearrange to chosen songs, and after 24 hours, they will face their challengers on the stage with 400 audiences who would cast their votes to decide the winner.
In the third episode, Hua Chenyu was appointed to adapt “My Skateboard Shoes”. The original song is a viral meme song, and is regarded as a so-bad-it’s-good kind of song. It has no rhyme or rhythm
In this song, Hua Chenyu abandoned the original composition but retained the narrative rap style. He changed the whole rhythm, added a shorter melody phrase to form the chorus and enhanced the hook to make the song smooth, neat and accessible. The changes of the composition are fundamental, which enable the adapted “skateboard shoes” to conform to the common understanding of pop music. Hua Chenyu added many of his favorite rock and rap elements into the song and the adaptation was completed within 24 hours.
This arrangement has become one of Hua’s most widely sung masterpieces.
2. Videos
“The Next” S1-EP3
The original song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_WxuJbDGg
3. Lyrics Translation
Original Singer: Joseeh Punmanlon |
| 我的滑板鞋2016 | My Skateboard Shoes 2016 |
|---|---|
| 有些事我都已忘记 | There are things that I’ve forgotten |
| 但我现在还记得在一个晚上我的母亲问我 | But I still remember that my mom asked me one night |
| 今天怎么不开心 | Why are you sad today |
| 我说在我的想象中有一双滑板鞋 | I said in my imagination there was a pair of skateboard shoes |
| 与众不同最时尚跳舞肯定棒 | Unique, most fashionable, and perfect for dancing |
| 整个城市找遍所有的街都没有 | I searched through every street in the city, Yet I could not find it |
| 她说将来会找到的 | She said I would find it one day |
| 时间会给我答案 | and time will give me an answer |
| 星期天我再次寻找依然没有发现 | I went out searching on Sunday once more, Yet I still couldn’t find it |
| 一个月后我去了第二个城市 | One month later I went to another city |
| 这里的人们称它为魅力之都 | People here call it the City of Glamour |
| 时间过的很快夜幕就要降临 | Time flew by and the night was about to fall |
| 我想我必须要离开 | I thought it was time to go |
| 当我正要走时 我看到了一家专卖店 | Just when I was about to leave, I passed by a specialty store |
| 那就是我要的滑板鞋 | Sitting there were the skateboard shoes that I wanted |
| 那就是我要的滑板鞋 | Sitting there were the skateboard shoes that I wanted |
| 我的滑板鞋时尚时尚最时尚 | My skateboard shoes were the most fashionable, the most fashionable |
| 回家的路上我情不自禁 | On the way home, I couldn’t help |
| 摩擦 摩擦 摩 | Rubbing rubbing |
| 在这光滑的地上摩擦 摩擦 | Rubbing my feet on the glossy floor, Rub it |
| 在这光滑的地上摩擦 | Rubbing my feet on the glossy floor, Rub it |
| 一步两步摩擦 | One step two step, I rub it |
| 一步一步似魔鬼的步伐 | Step by step like the steps of the devil |
| 在这光滑的地上我摩擦 | Rubbing my feet on the glossy floor |
| 一步两步摩擦 | One step two step, I rub it |
| 一步一步似魔鬼的步伐 | Step by step like the steps of the devil |
| 在这光滑的地上我摩擦 | Rubbing my feet on the glossy floor |
| 月光下我看到自己的身影 | I see my shadow under the moonlight |
| 有时很远有时很近 | Sometimes far sometimes near |
| 感到一种力量驱使我的脚步 | I felt a power driving my steps |
| 有了滑板鞋天黑都不怕 | With my skateboard shoes, even the night won’t scare me |
| 有了滑板鞋天黑都不怕 | With my skateboard shoes, even the night won’t scare me |
| 这是我生命中美好的时刻 | This was a beautiful moment in my life |
| 我要完成我最喜欢的舞蹈 | I wanted to finish my favorite dance |
| 在这美丽的月光下 | Under this beautiful moonlight |
| 在这美丽的街道上 | On this beautiful street |
| 我告诉自己这是真的这不是梦 | I told myself that it was real, It was not a dream |
| 我告诉自己这是真的这不是梦 | I told myself that it was real, It was not a dream |