Chapter 144 Grammy Awards

In early February, the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony was held at Madison Garden in New York. Many big-name stars from the fashion, music, film and television industries gathered at the ceremony.

As the most valuable music award in the United States, the Grammy Award has always been known as the Oscars in the music industry. Countless singers around the world are proud to win a Grammy Award.

So far, five or six Chinese musicians have won Grammy Awards, but they are basically sideline awards such as Best Performance and Best Arrangement, and there is not a single truly significant award.

On the one hand, there is a gap between the aesthetics of Eastern and Western music. China's beautiful and artistic lyrics are completely unavailable in the West. On the other hand, there is indeed a gap in music production between the two sides. There is no way to do this.

Originally, the appearance of Luo Quan made Chinese fans quite ambitious. They felt that the quality of the album "18" was so explosive that they could win a Grammy Award no matter what.

As a result, the album and its tracks were not even nominated for a single nomination.

Of course, this is not because the Grammy judging panel is targeting Luo Quan, because not a single Chinese song was shortlisted.

However, the album "18" is not alone. Luo Quan has released so many songs this year, and none of them has been nominated for a Grammy Award, including "Faded", which has exceeded one billion views.

This did not disappoint Luo Quan, because these songs in his previous life did not win Grammys.

But the songs she wrote for others shined at the Grammy Awards. Love Music won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and "Full Fire" won Best Production of the Year, Best Album of the Year, and Best Rock Album of the Year. , the song "WE Will Rock You" won the Best Song of the Year and the Best Rock Song of the Year!

With a total of six awards, including such valuable awards as Best Song and Best Production, Love Music can be said to be at its peak right after their debut.

It’s not that they are really better than all the American rock bands, it’s just that the song “We Will Rock You” is so awesome. The only difference between it and those works that have left their mark in music history is that it’s not old enough. It is no exaggeration to say that he single-handedly raised the level of the entire band.

On the other side, Luo Quan’s younger brother Leon also gained a lot.

"Baby" won the best pop song of the year, "Lose Yourself" won the best rap song of the year, Lyon was nominated for the most popular rapper of the year and the best pop singer of the year, and "Young" was nominated for the best rap album of the year.

As a newcomer who has just turned eighteen, his achievement is unique in the entire United States. Not long ago, he became the most handsome face in the world. He and Luo Quan became the most handsome siblings in the world. They were in the limelight. There is no difference in time.

Now that he has won two more Grammys and added a lot of money to his personal resume, his popularity and achievements will only grow higher in the future.

On the other hand, his sister, Luo Quan, who was almost blown up to the sky in Japan and China, is a leader of Asia's new generation of singers and songwriters, a musical genius who only appears every few decades, a walking record player...

Combining so many awesome titles into one, two albums and one EP were not even nominated for a Grammy, and he was not even invited by the Grammys. This situation really caused an uproar in the public opinion.

Japan is okay, the country's music is self-contained, and whether or not he wins a Grammy will not affect Luo Quan's status in Japan. However, in China, there are too many people waiting to see Luo Quan's jokes.

Zhihu was the first to take issue. After the Grammy Awards, a post called "What do you think of Luo Quan's failure to win anything at the 58th Grammy Awards?" was on the hot list.

"I have said before that Luo Quan's talent is actually based on the fan filter. Her songs may sound avant-garde and trendy in China, but they have actually been played badly abroad.

The production of the song is indeed very sophisticated, and the singing skills are indeed very good, but there is a gap compared with foreign songs. It is not surprising that he could not win a Grammy. "

"From the current point of view, the title of Asia's leading singer-songwriter is not a big problem, because Luo Quan can only hang out in the small circle in Asia, and he will be ignored by everyone internationally."

"Her greatest talent is that she has a good face, which is why you guys lick her like this. If she wasn't so beautiful, she would only be a second-rate singer in the country."

"First-rate marketing, second-rate singing skills, third-rate talent, I don't know why you like her so much."

"Zhihu is now occupied by brainless sunspots? I see these commentators are stupid, and Luo Quan can only live in Asia? Open your eyes and take a look, the composers and lyrics of those award-winning songs by Love Music Band and Lyon are who!"

"I've seen some stupid people, but I've never seen such stupid people. Doesn't it mean that she has no talent if she didn't win an award? With so many Grammys, how many Chinese and Japanese songs have won awards?

It’s not a culturally aesthetic language in itself, so why is it strange that people don’t give you an award? If you look at the English songs written by Luo Quan, they either won awards or were nominated. Has anyone in China achieved this kind of achievement? "

"The song "We Will Rock You" is really great, but I don't believe Luo Quan can write songs of similar level in the future. A sudden burst of inspiration requires conditions. I don't think Luo Quan can produce such a song again. conditions of."

"It made me laugh. If she didn't have the ability, why would she give her songs to others? Grammy awards have always been given to singers, and no one has ever won a Grammy just for writing lyrics and music."

"That only shows that you are too narrow-minded. The most important thing about a song is the lyrics and music. The singer who sings the song usually does not need too much technical content."

"You are all a bit narrow-minded. The creator and singer of a song are both important!"

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Compared with the mixed reviews on Zhihu, Weibo seems to be quite calm, because most people don’t particularly pay attention to the Grammy Awards.

After all, not many people in China have won this award. Even if Luo Quan doesn't get it, it's not a big deal. Moreover, fans all brag that she is Asia's leading singer and songwriter. As long as she can dominate Asia, the Grammy is still there. Stuff from Europe and America.

It can only be said that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. As a community with the largest number of bourgeois groups in China, Zhihu very much hopes that its compatriots can shine in various international awards.

Such as Grammy Awards, Oscar Awards, Emmy Awards, and Nobel Prizes, these are the things that the Zhihu community hopes to win most.

Luo Quan gave them hope before, but now that hope has been shattered, it is not strange for love to lead to hatred.

It can only be said that the cultural gap between the East and the West cannot be reversed by Luo Quan alone. Not only the Grammy, there are also only a handful of Asian film and television works that have won Oscars. As for the Nobel, not to mention the Nobel, except Japan, other The country doesn’t get much.

In response to these debates, Luo Quan also responded on Station B:

"The Grammy itself is awarded to singers. I sang a song called "Faded" this year. Although the number of hits was quite high, it was obviously not up to the standard of winning an award.

As for winning or not winning awards, I don’t think you should take it so seriously. This thing is inherently subjective. Besides, it is really difficult for Chinese and Japanese songs to compete with English songs in the West for first place.

If you want to see a Chinese person win a Grammy, I can work hard this year, but I can’t guarantee that I can win it. (stick out tongue and smile)"

The comment section of Station B is still peaceful:

"This tongue sticking out is very spiritual."

“Cute and cute~~”

"Brother is cute, please focus on cuteness, okay?"

"Why do Chinese people pursue the Grammy? Wouldn't it be nice to include the Golden Bell Award?"

"That's right, some people on Zhihu have weird brain circuits. They expect Chinese songs to win awards in the United States. Why don't you let foreign writers go to China to win the Contradictory Literature Award?"

"That is, if the cultural core and aesthetics are different, how can we win the award?"

"In fact, Luo Quan won the award. After all, she wrote so many award-winning songs, but she didn't sing them herself. This proves that she is capable of winning the Grammy, as long as she sings the next few English songs she writes. That’s it.”

Luo Quan's remarks are quite unexpected. They are naturally popular at Station B, but many people on Zhihu disagree.

"Luo Quan doesn't really take the media's words seriously, does he? A musical genius that has been seen for decades - only in Asia!"

"Grammy is so easy to win, so many pop singers in China won't have nothing to gain now."

"Trivia: Japanese pop singers have never won a Grammy either."

"I don't know where Luo Quan's confidence comes from. Human talent is limited, and you are not the only genius in this world. How do you know that there won't be a genius more talented than you next year?"

"I think everyone's reaction is a little too extreme. No matter how powerful the Grammy is, it is only an award for European and American people. If a Chinese person can't win it, he can't win it. Why be so persistent."

"This is a reflection of the country's cultural soft power. No matter how powerful you are behind closed doors, it will never be as good as going outside to see the world."

"It's not like the key person Luo Quan has never won it. Many of the English songs she wrote have won it!"

"That's not for her, it's for the singer."

"I can't understand this logic..."

To be honest, Luo Quan was speechless when he saw these comments. Some Chinese people are really stunned. Do they like foreign things so much? Are these domestic awards so unworthy of mentioning?

She really can't blame her for this kind of mentality, because the value of domestic music and film awards in recent years is indeed not very high. For a long time, China's most valuable film and music awards have been in Wanwan, and many so-called awards in the mainland In many cases there is not much difference from the pheasant awards.

However, Luo Quan does not agree with this view of looking down on domestic awards. At least some awards are very valuable.

So Luo Quan posted another update:

"The moon in foreign countries is not π, and it is not as round as you think."