Outside the recording studio, several assistants and the recording director looked at each other.

“It sounds good,” someone said with emotion.

The sound engineer also nodded. Lin Cheng’s career had been so muddled these days—he almost forgot that this person was a singer.

“It’s not bad. The transition from the third to the fourth verse is a little flat here, the second verse of the chorus is a bit louder, and then the third verse here at the end…” the sound engineer said, looking at the audio data on the recording device.

He raised several minor points with Lin Cheng.

“Okay, let’s do it again.”

… …

Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s pitch accuracy was very high, and there were few problems. Therefore, the entire song recording process went smoothly. In less than two hours, the two completed recording the theme song.

After Lin Cheng left with Lin Momo, although the song production still needed some time to work on the final version, the program team arranged for the recording staff to produce some demos of the song done by the father and daughter. It was edited into video clips and shared on the official Weibo of the program team.

As soon as this Weibo post was posted, it quickly attracted attention from netizens.

[Has the program team finally arranged for Lin Cheng and Momo to re-record the theme song?]

[Well, it was originally a five-celebrity family show, but the theme song sounded outrageous with only four families singing it.]

[It’s okay now, it’s finally recorded.]

[Will we be able to hear the voices of Lin Cheng and Momo in the new version of the theme song soon? Looking forward to it! ]

[Although this is only a short video, I feel that Momo and Dad sang well and both have a nice voice.]

[Right! Momo also sings very well! The pitch is better than mine.]

[After all, she is the child of a singer, hahaha, she has good genes.]

[And both of them are very serious.]

… …

Just when many netizens started talking about how well Lin Cheng and Lin Momo sang, some fans of Duan Bei jumped out in dissatisfaction.

[The song has already been recorded, and now they have to record it again, isn’t this just too troublesome?]

[Yeah, it’s just a theme song, if they’re not in it, then they’re not in it. Why does it have to be re-recorded when it’s already recorded?]

The reason why these fans were dissatisfied with Lin Cheng’s supplementary recording was actually not because they find it troublesome.

Duan Bei, as the entertainment company’s most promoted newcomer, originally sang almost half of the theme song. Now, the theme song will include the Lin Cheng family’s part, which will inevitably reduce the singing parts of other groups—including Duan Bei’s.

Duan Bei’s manager has received news from the program team that they would compress Duan Bei’s singing part by 15 seconds.

This matter was posted in a large fan group by the manager. After the news spread, some Duan Bei fans were dissatisfied and jumped out at this time.

[I don’t deny that Lin Momo sings well, but good pitch is not really an advantage for a child, right?]

[That’s right, it’s just a song recording, why does it  have to be so serious.]

[To be honest, the theme song was recorded by little ones, wasn’t it just to make the song cute and adorable? It would be cute if the babies sang off-key and rebelled a little.]

[Singing it too standard means it has no soul and no sense of innocence.]

[There is no need to be so serious.]

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The fans’ criticism gradually brought out a rhythm.

Fortunately, at this time, many rational netizens jumped out and refuted:

[I didn’t know that one could still be criticized for singing too well.]

[Fans of certain people, do you have a good outlook on life?]

[That is, when little ones don’t sing to a standard, we still think they are cute because of our tolerance for babies. But it’s not a bad thing if they do sing to a standard.]

[Momo deserves to be praised.]

… …

As more and more rebuttal voices came out, those voices criticizing Lin Cheng and Lin Momo could only die down.

… …

This small storm did not have any impact on Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, but it did make the program [Living with Dad] become a big hit.

On Saturday, before the broadcast time of the show, there were already many viewers waiting in advance.

Among them was Lin Momo, who was sitting in front of the TV.

“Dad.”

“Hm?”

“Is it starting soon?” Lin Momo asked Lin Cheng.

“Well, it’s almost time.”

“Dad.”

“What?”

“What time is it now?” Lin Momo couldn’t help but ask again.

Lin Cheng had no choice but to look at the time on his phone and said to Lin Momo, “There are still five minutes left.”

“Move farther from the TV,” Lin Cheng reminded again.

“Okay.” Lin Momo nodded, stepped back, and sat on the sofa side by side with Lin Cheng.

After staring at the advertisement on TV for five minutes, the cover image of [Living with Dad] finally popped up on the TV screen, and then the melody of the program’s theme song sounded.

Like the previous version, the beginning part was still the voice of Bai Yulin, but the difference was that the duration of each family’s singing part in this version was cut almost the same.

Lin Momo and Lin Cheng’s parts were placed in the fourth stanza.

When Lin Momo and Lin Cheng’s voices came from the TV, she jumped up from the sofa excitedly.

“It’s our part!”

After saying that, Lin Momo sang along with the melody on the TV.

Seeing Lin Momo’s happy face, Lin Cheng also smiled.

… …

At this time, two app clients—Orange Video and iWO—have also launched this episode simultaneously with the TV broadcast.

Hearing the voices of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo appear in the theme song, many spectators who were squatting expressed their satisfaction:

[I reported in early to hear whether the parts of Momo and Momo’s dad had been added.]

[Haha, me too. ]

[Before, we only had a little bit of the highlights, but finally we heard the complete edit!]

[The singing is really nice!]

[I really want to hear Momo and Dad complete a song!]

[Want to listen +1]

[Momo really sings well.]

[Mainly because her father has good genetics and of course he can teach well, haha.]

[When Momo grows up, if she can’t open a small restaurant and doesn’t want to act, she can definitely inherit her father’s career and become a singer!]

[Tsk, if someone hadn’t mentioned it earlier, I would have almost forgotten that Lin Cheng is a singer. ]

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Everyone keeps forgetting Lin Cheng is a singer 😂