Airport Reunion

GAKKI-chan could not help sighing as well. "Taylor Swift is so talented. Compared to her, my brain feels like a rock."

Lin Yuan smiled and patted his leg. "Music is absolutely her domain. Even I have no choice but to admire her."

Looking at the revision plan in his hands and the adjustments to the melody, Lin Yuan could hardly believe his eyes.

He was extremely familiar with "Into the New World," and he knew that its greatest strength lay in its beautiful yet powerful melody.

Especially the chorus melody—whether made into soft rock or a ballad, it carried tremendous emotional impact.

That meant the melody was already highly polished. Any changes could damage its original quality, but Mad Max 4 demanded revisions.

Taylor Swift's solution was to change the original two-part structure into a three-part structure, adding another layer of melody to drive it upward.

At the same time, for the chorus melody, Taylor Swift noted that trumpet and electric guitar should perform together, imitating the tragic grandeur of Ennio Morricone's Western scores.

The background would add an Orthodox Christian chant-like choir, echoing Immortan Joe's religious totalitarian symbolism in the film.

With that combination, the melody was elevated outright.

What delighted Lin Yuan even more was Taylor Swift's treatment of the "bridge."

Most pop music today favored a well-established structure:

Intro—verse—chorus—second verse—second chorus—bridge—third chorus—ending.

The first two verses and choruses often contained some repetition. Even if the arrangement and vocal delivery differed, their similarity usually exceeded seventy percent.

Thus, once the second chorus ended, listeners often experienced a degree of auditory fatigue.

At that point, the bridge, as an important connecting section, could refresh the listener's auditory experience to a certain extent and provide excellent buildup for the final chorus.

In fact, the finest part of many classic songs