You Asked Me to Write a Song on the Spot, So Why Did I Make the Judges Cry?

Su Chen wakes up to discover that he's competing in the hottest live songwriting contest!

Contestants have to write songs based on prompts from the show's producers.

When the prompt is "A thousand years of glory, poured into a cup of wine," all the other contestants write about love, singing without end about being lovesick and heartbroken.

Su Chen decides to take a different approach, and his song "Release Your Worries" instantly turns the whole show on its head.

One cup for tomorrow, one cup for the past.

At first, the audience thinks Su Chen has just happened to write one great song, but the more they watch, the stranger things seem...

They give you "plants" as the theme, and you come up with the Compendium of Materia Medica?

The internet explodes: "Forgive our ignorance, but you can write a song about medicinal herbs?!"

The prompt is sweetness, and he writes "Plum Paste," then says he's tasted Yang Mi's lip balm...

The prompt is poetry, and he writes "Father's Prose Poem," making the judges burst into tears right there on the show...

The prompt is...

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