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for a zongyi that showcased a truly ludicrous amount of talent offstage and onstage, I think this backstage moment has to be the most insanely casual flex they dropped off-hand. how did cai minyou and zhu xingjie improvise this on the spot. what does it take to become this musically competent. real talk when is their collab single coming out
VEIL OF LAMENT ACT II: PIANISSIMO
He writes with hands that barely dare to shake,
Each stroke a secret only shadows take.
The candlelight trembles against his skin,
Reflecting fears he cannot keep within.
His quill moves soft, like fingers on a throat,
Carving in ink what silence cannot quote.
His lips press tight, the red drained pale,
A ghost in flesh, a man who fears to fail.
I’ve seen his hands strike glass till they bled
I felt his breath in plea just as waters fed.
The tank still waits… a mirror-turned-grave,
A quiet tyrant dressed in liquid wave.
It taught him terror, taught his lungs to scream,
Till his breath fractured, words are not what they seem.
I’ve watched his nails claw glass in voiceless cries,
Watched bubbles choke the prayers behind his eyes.
Yet he still writes, for what can’t he say
He’s silence, he’s silent, his eyes told me “stay”
Each mark a blade, each rest a broken sigh,
A score not meant to live, but meant to die.
He knows this piece will damn him here,
Yet wrote and wrote, he’s done with fear.
This is no sonata the Master can claim,
But Veil’s last requiem, “Damn me. Damn your fame.”
The key lies near, sliver, pale and thin,
A single prayer with iron coiled within.
I glance at him…just once…and all is said,
A thousand vows strung, a future bled.
His eyes demand, though lips don’t part,
Two dull and quiet knives that pierced my heart.
No plea for life, no tear, no breath,
Just a one sided smile, and the beauty of death.
I take the key. The hush does not protest,
For silence knows mercy lies in this theft.
Then came his gaze, amidst my crime,
No fear. No shame. “You got me this time”
“When strings ignite, when water takes my soul,
Remember this: you’re the final role.”
I turn back and clutch this promise of sin,
For I cannot lose what I cannot win.
Original poem by me. Nara.
Call Me by Fire 4
The performances from the 3rd Concert (4th Round) that impressed me the most
🔥 1. "Upstream" by Shi Kai, Aruna, and Jing Long
High-energy song + martial-arts beat-down live onstage. A group of thieves (played by Shi Kai and Jing Long) has finished a successful heist and is back in their lair when another group (Aruna) shows up to steal their loot.
This moves too fast to screencap properly, and there weren't any action photos from the production team's photographers, so, please: JUST WATCH THE VIDEO! And Jing Long's (on couch) vocal fluctuations are💯
Did Aruna intimidate official group leader Shi Kai into doing this? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely!
🔥 2. "Cage" by Reno Wang, Allen Lin, Evan Yo, Nine
⚠Warning! Dark themes. Depictions of sui/cide (censoring to avoid the bot), abuse, drowning
The themes are really dark, but the performance is extremely well done and impressive. Reno Wang and Allen Lin play musicians who keep their composer (Nine) and violinist (Evan Yo) locked up in a dungeon and abuse them, until the composer jumps into a water vault to end it all.
Note: Nine is a certified diver and knows how to do this safely. And he seemed very happy to do it. "I can stay in there longer! :D" Others: "NO!" Producer: "And you CAN'T laugh while you're in there!" Nine: "OK OK"
🔥 3. "D-I-S-C-O" by Liang Long, Jerry Yuan, and Jason
For all the previous one was dark, this one's light and wholesome, and definitely catchy!
Rivals-to-Friends trope! Liang Long and Jason play an older and younger actor, respectively. They look down on each other and just Do Not get along. Jerry Yuan plays their agent. Then they have a disco-dance-off and become friends.
Scores, for the curious, as comment to avoid spoilers.
蔡旻佑Evan Yo is releasing his sixth new album 【變心計Metamorphosis】 tomorrow after 5 years.❤️ Please support. I know he's not Evan Ma, but Evan Yo, but both Evans hold a really special place in my heart. 😎
Lantern Festival drama posters
Lantern Festival drama posters
Here’s a round-up of Lantern Festival poster/stills released for upcoming (and one currently airing) dramas. Happy Lantern Festival!
The Longest Day in Chang’an – Yi Yangqianzi
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VEIL OF LAMENT ACT IV: CODA
He doesn’t move, no, not another twitch.
The veiled has fallen in void-black pitch.
The hall retracts into its throat,
A gutted beast that swallows every note.
The chandeliers are bruised like silence hung,
And silence loads its gun right to my lungs.
I cross the stage, i close the curtains,
No more answers, and no more questions.
No eye shall leer, no tyrant’s lash remain.
The strings shall be, shall cut, shall stain.
This one is for just me…and you.
This funeral song is written for two.
I play.
Until the strings ignite.
Till shadows weep in molten white.
Each note, a plea..sing forgiveness, why?
Each cut, a pleasing..single cry.
And when the song dissolves to ash,
I snap the bow…a blade of jagged gash.
Its splinters bloom like wood in flame,
A crown of ruin christened in his name.
I do not speak.. What syllable could mend?
With the strings to my heart what’s left to bend?
Instead, I run.. a requiem of tread,
The hall shakes as I wake the dead.
The cage is there… The crystal of doom,
A door that locks the mouth of any room.
I drive the bow into my beating heart,
A scarlet echo floods this glass-cased art.
My knees collapse. My ribs crack in soundless harm,
My blood, your glass, a river braided into calm.
And as I fall, I clutch the frozen pane,
To write my vow in silent streaks of pain.
My blood reached your hands.
I chased you, no demands.
For you to understand.
This was indeed our last grand.
…………………………………………
Blood, they say, is thicker than the tide,
A binding force no storm can divide.
But here beneath this fractured glass,
Where death and scarlet intertwine and pass,
Blood bleeds into water, pure and cold,
And all the old oaths lose their hold.
No bloodline guards where tides have turned
In this one flood, all vows are burned.
A veil of lament so beautifully designed.
Two pairs of empty eyes, two loved, denied.
THE END
Original poem by me. Nara.
风萧萧 / The wind howls 铁甲寒 / Steel armor, winter-cold 我依然 破千山 / As before, I cleave the thousand mountains
披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 一公 FIRST STAGE
《铁衣》 Clothed in Steel
Because you're so magical 爱你没理由 / There's no specific reason why I love you
披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 一公 FIRST STAGE
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