The Wife Is a Superstar 2

Chapter 293 - Competitive Spirit

When Jennie first informed JJ that she wanted to collaborate with Pandemonium, JJ didn't like the idea. He thought that she should collaborate "up" with veteran musicians rather than "down" with newbies like Pandemonium.

"We can collaborate 'up' as you say, Mr. JJ, but later. I want to work with Pandemonium now. I already wrote a song for us," she told him.

When it came to music, she knew what she wanted and could be very stubborn when persuaded to change her mind.

"You brat! My advice is for your own good but you never listen to me! Hmph! Where's the song then? Let me listen to it!"

Jennie played the demo tape.

As soon as JJ began listening, shock appeared on his face. He frowned and looked at Jennie.

"What the hell is this?!"

She nonchalantly sipped tea instead of replying to him. Her calm expression was the total opposite of JJ's. She wanted her music to speak for itself. Just as she had confidence in the music she created, she also had confidence in JJ's ability to judge quality music.

Seeing that she was ignoring him, JJ harrumphed and continued to listen to the song. The frown never left his face. In fact, it only deepened after the song ended. He played the song again, listening more intently this time. In the end, he listened to the whole song a total of eight times before stopping.

He was frowning the entire time. His frown, however, wasn't because he was displeased but because he was bewildered.

"Dammit, brat! Tell me the truth, did you really compose this song?"

"Of course," Jennie replied, tilting her head to the side and raising her eyebrow at what she thought was a stupid question. Of course she composed the song. Who else?

"This...I don't know how to categorize this kind of music," JJ mumbled. Although he was frowning, there was excitement in his eyes. "It's hardcore rock but more fluid and melodic...and at the same time, it's also classical music. What the hell is this? It's like you've combined pieces of heaven and hell and made a harmony out of such incompatible elements."

"I think it's the most appropriate song for a collaboration between me and Pandemonium given that we have very different musical backgrounds. I want to collaborate with them but I'm not comfortable releasing an entirely rock music under my name. And I'm sure that they also won't appreciate leaving rock aside to perform my classical-inspired style. So why not merge the two?"

JJ looked at her in amazed disbelief. "You make it sound so easy. I'm sure that there are other musicians in the world who have done this before, but I bet that nobody could do this as well as you do, brat. This is a highly technical piece that needs a lot of finesse in order to make the merging of the different styles as seamless as possible. I have no doubt that this is a breeze for you, but can those Pandemonium brats even perform this?"

"Not sure," Jennie replied in a careless manner, shrugging her shoulders. Then she continued to sip her tea.

"You! If they can't do it, we still have time to find a more capable rock band."

"No, Mr. JJ. I wrote this song because I want to collaborate with Pandemonium. If I can't perform this song with them, then I won't release it."

"You brat!"

After ironing out the details, JJ was able to frighten the smaller record label handling Pandemonium's music into lending the rock band to his record label for this one-time collaboration with Jennie. JJ's record label would be producing the single.

Jennie was also adamant on being a co-producer this time. She wanted the title and the experience. Surprisingly, JJ didn't put up a fight against the idea. He allowed her because he knew that she was capable of the role.