Original title: Himalaya’s “White Night Walk” boutique audio drama has officially ended, earning a super high score of 9.7 points
On October 2nd, Keigo Higashino’s classic “White Night Walk”, a boutique audio drama carefully created by the Himalayan production team, finally ushered in the finale after more than a month of continuous updates. As of October 14th, “White Nights” has been viewed by nearly 12 million members and subscribed nearly 140,000. It has been ranked among the best-selling VIPs in the Himalaya App for several consecutive weeks, and has received an album rating of 9.7. Listeners welcome. To celebrate the perfect ending of the “White Night” boutique audio drama, Himalaya launched the final song “White Night” specially customized for this audio drama on October 14. The performance, accompanied by the Budapest Choir, drew a successful conclusion to the entire audio drama.
“White Night Walk” boutique audio drama officially ended
As the work of Keigo Higashino, “White Night Walk” is one of the IPs that Keigo Higashino values most. The “White Night Walk” boutique audio drama is the first audio authorization of the “White Night Walk” IP, and it is personally reviewed and supervised by Keigo Higashino to go live. From the casting to every detail of the production, the Himalayan production team strives to maximize the restraint and stubborn temperament of the entire work, and invites a “king-fried-level” cast for it, composed of well-known voice actors, Directors Jiang Guangtao and Yuan Mingzhe co-directed. Powerful actors Han Xue and Zhu Yawen performed the female lead Xue Sui and male lead Liangsi respectively. The well-known studio artist Wang Mingjun served as the narrator, and invited the photosynthetic building block star lineup to participate in the production. From the presentation to the sound effects production to the post-production effects, the audience is presented with a cinematic immersive experience.
The boutique audio drama “White Night Walk” was officially launched on the Himalaya platform on August 12, and was updated to the finale on October 2. During the broadcast of the entire audio drama, the audience received rave reviews from the audio drama: Some audience commented that the drama was “very good, Keigo Higashino’s work is good, the creative team performed well, the soundtrack is also very good, and the work is Miyoshi”; Some listeners called the play “a work of conscience, worthy of two and three reviews!”; some listeners said, “Because the original, production, and interpretation of the play are three in one, the show is a wonderful presentation of the height of’intentions’. ! Thank you for the art form of’audio drama’! Thank you so many people who use’audio drama’ to express! Thank you for allowing our hearts to have another way of communicating with the world.”
The original book “White Night Walk” is set in Japan’s bubble economy period and revolves around a pair of male and female protagonists with unusual sentiments. The author Keigo Higashino breaks through the writing style of genre novels in “White Night Walk”, spanning 19 years, connecting more than 50 characters on the stage, the logic is meticulous, the plot is wonderful, the clues are crisscross and the threads are smashed, and will be a breathtaking contemporary picture. Japanese Ukiyo-e is displayed in front of readers, making readers feel sad and sigh for the protagonist.
After “White Nights” books and movies swept the lists, the new form of boutique audio dramas allowed more Chinese listeners to enter the bleak and beautiful world of “White Nights” in the form of sound.
The final song “White Night” is officially launched to bring immersive experience to listeners
In order to celebrate the perfect ending of the “White Night” boutique audio drama, Himalaya specially customized the final song “White Night” for this song. It was arranged by He Meizhen, Zhao Ruilin wrote the lyrics, and invited singer Yu Wenwen to sing. International Chief Philharmonic Orchestra The main performance is the accompaniment of the Budapest Choir, so that the story of “White Night” will continue to accompany the audience in the singing.
As a classic of mystery mystery novel, the story of “White Night Walk” not only contains wonderful reasoning, but also reflects the author’s deep concern for human nature and society with the help of the protagonist’s fate. The whole song of “White Night” revolves around the fate of the two protagonists, expressing their inner voices through a female perspective. Based on this, “White Night” sets the tone of sigh and depression. The lyrics start from the once pure two teenagers encountering life changes. The two main songs respectively point out the fate of the two people. They progress to their distorted destiny, the changed future, and move forward to an irreversible ending. The fate of the two misplaced.
The face of the whole song exudes nostalgic sadness. The melody of the song adopts the structure of the main song slightly suppressed and the chorus slightly raised. The melody of the main song is full of sighs, telling the impermanence and cruelty of fate. The corresponding chorus was slightly brighter, but this brightness did not last to the end, just like the story of “White Night Walk”, it was finally dimmed and sad. In the arrangement design, the main creative team used the classic piano and cello, as well as the sound texture of the string orchestra, to create a sense of age and make it easier for the audience’s emotions to be brought into the story.
In order to better express the sigh and nostalgia in the song “White Night”, Himalaya specially invited film and television actress and singer Yu Wenwen to sing it. Yu Wenwen has won many awards such as ChannelIV Newcomer King in the 19th Global Chinese Ranking and Asian Influential Awards, and the 19th Global Chinese Ranking and Asian Influential Most Potential Singer Singer in the 19th Global Chinese Ranking and Asian Influential Awards. At the same time, Yu Wenwen also has a good interpretation and performance in the film “Predecessor 3”, and created and sang the episode “Decent” for the film.
Yu Wenwen’s deep and unique voice is very suitable to show the breathtaking emotions in “White Night”, and she also likes the work “White Night”. She said that in addition to the excitement of the whole story on the inference level, what made her most touched was the bond between the male and female protagonists. She said: “Especially when I sang the lyrics of’I can’t go to the end, I see the end of the light’, I think of the final ending of the two. I have a strong sense of substitution, and my heart is very heavy, love-hate dilemma, and emotions are pressed on my chest. Very sad.”
In addition to “White Night Walk”, Himalaya has also created final songs for blockbuster audiovisual dramas on platforms such as “Three Body”, “Ghost Blowing Lantern”, “Celebrating More Than Years”, “Two Beijing 15th Day” and other platforms. These closing songs not only bring a unique angle of auditory enjoyment to the audience, make the experience of the audio drama more complete, but also make the audience more immersive. After listening to the audio drama, you can immerse yourself in another form. In the story, remember it repeatedly.
In recent years, Himalaya has continuously expanded its content track, cultivating diversified content, and is committed to providing users with “every day’s spiritual food”. In the past two years, Himalaya has made every effort to create premium audio dramas with film-level immersion. Through professional multiplayer broadcasting and fine post-production, it has created an immersive “sound theater” for users, and “White Night Walk” is undoubtedly Himalaya. Newly added fine work in “Sound Theater”. In the future, Himalaya will continue to introduce high-quality IP to bring more and better spiritual food to users.
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