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I chose the song “Soda Pop,” which is from a recent animation movie called “K-Pop Demon Hunters.” This song is the first villain song from the demon band in the movie, used to steal fans from the other band. It is incredibly catchy. My younger sisters repeat the whole soundtrack whenever they have a chance to listen to music, and they were also the ones who pushed me to watch the original movie, so this music has definitely been background music for me in the last couple months. I specifically chose “Soda Pop,” from the many songs in the movie because my siblings and I had an inside joke where we replaced the “Soda Pop” part of the lyrics with “acorn squash,” right after we bought acorn squash at the store. We were blasting “Soda pop” while singing “acorn squash” while we were driving home, and it was a very joyful moment. I think because of this, the “acorn squash” parody struck a funny chord in me, so I decided to change the rest of the lyrics to follow suit soon after this project was announced.
Next, I went into the recording studio and sang it. I then went into adobe audition and layered them, and cut the parts that didn’t work. I only put a few effects on as I liked just the raw voice better without all the effects. Finally, I cut some of the ending lyrics (I re-did the entire song originally), as I found that they didn’t match the music quite right, and didn’t work well with the song for me.
I think the part of the process that I most valued was the writing of the lyrics themselves, as finding a way to get the lyrics to match the music was much harder than I initially anticipated. Additionally, getting it to sing right without it sounding weird or off-key was definitely tougher than I imagined; professionals make it sound easy! My parody lyrics don’t have a strong message or intention. This was just a fun project where I could make the lyrics ridiculous, and funny. Also, my siblings who helped with the idea all loved the finished product, and some of them like it more than the original song! This was a fun way to turn a little inside joke into a song! I would say in this production, I am most proud of creatively re-writing the lyrics, as this was the hardest part overall for me in this process. I am happy with the overall product of my work, and how well it holds up to the original!