Chapter 196 Sustained High Energy
The next morning, the data for the B list came out. Luo Quan's two new songs were released on the last day of statistics. In just one day, the sales and clicks successfully exceeded all the songs on the list.
Since there are only two songs released so far, the statistics here are all electronic single sales.
This time there is no pre-sale or single purchase option in the United States. Fans can only buy the electronic album directly if they want to listen to it.
The sales volume on the first day has also come out, reaching 330,000 copies. "Someone like you" took one day to top the B chart for one week, and the number of clicks and plays far exceeded the second place "Listen".
This is just the result of the first day. With the vigorous promotion of Universal Company and Tap Water, the entire Internet is discussing Luo Quan's new song. This is also due to the promotion by fans of Lyon and Love Music.
Compared with the first day, the results on the second day showed an explosive increase. The "Love" electronic album sold 820,000 copies, and the two new songs also began to dominate the hot song lists of major music platforms in the United States.
With such enthusiasm, Universal Records called Seifert eight times a day, asking him to urge Luo Quan to record the remaining songs of the album as soon as possible.
Although Seifert didn't want to disrupt Luo Quan's song recording plan, the pressure from the headquarters was too tight, even more outrageous than the pressure from Leon to release a new song.
However, for Luo Quan, who was not an artist at Universal, these big men sitting in the office did not dare to urge Luo Quan in person, and only let him be the bad guy.
Originally, Seifert was prepared to use the procrastination technique to fool him under pressure.
As a result, the headquarters saw that there was no movement on their side, so they asked the CEO's dad to personally make a call at noon.
There was no way Seifert could defy his father's majesty, so he could only take a moment to tell Luo Quan about this during lunch.
Fortunately, although Luo Quan frowned when he heard the request to sing, he was not angry. He just showed a hearty smile and said, "I will try to finish recording as soon as possible."
Seifert was so moved that Luo Quan could be so reasonable and without the airs of a celebrity. He burst into tears and told about the pressure his father had put on him over the years. He almost promised Luo Quan on the spot. , and was dragged out of the canteen by Leon, who saw something bad.
Originally, Luo Quan didn't like being pushed to do things, but since Seifert was in such a miserable state, he took it as a favor.
In addition, the students had been memorizing dance moves in the past two days. Wen Xia and Zhao Yining were very busy, but she was very leisurely and just took advantage of these two days to finish recording the song.
After lunch, Luo Quan took a nap as usual and then headed to the recording studio.
Not seeing Cao Mufeng today, Luo Quan could only call Zhou Yangwen and ask him to arrange for someone to come and beat her.
About ten minutes later, a girl in her twenties came into the recording studio. She looked familiar. She seemed to have seen her at the filming site of the program before. She was probably a behind-the-scenes staff member.
The girl spoke very respectfully to Luo Quan and had a very low-key attitude. However, Luo Quan was never an arrogant person, so she didn't need to be so polite. It would be good for everyone to get along as equals.
After Luo Quan briefly explained the precautions, the work officially began.
There are two songs to be recorded today, and Luo Quan is skillfully producing the accompaniment of the songs. The two songs total less than an hour, which is much longer than the previous two.
Both of them are fast songs, one is a commercial-oriented pop music, and the other is a fresh country music with varied styles.
After all, the topic of "love" is just a few relationships: I love you, you love me; I love you, you don't love me; you love me, but I don't love you.
In fact, there will be a lot of repetition in the content, and everyone will get tired of listening to the same thing too much, so Luo Quan focused on the genre of music and tried his best to make the album more diverse and maintain a higher degree of freshness.
Today's song doesn't require much singing skills, and Luo Quan recorded it very easily. It only took two hours to record it all.
If we continue at this rate, the new album will be released in three days at most.
She had promised to release a music video for the album before, and Luo Quan already had a plan in mind, planning to tell Mr. Zhou tonight and ask him to make arrangements for him tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The shooting location is also very easy to arrange. The International Film and Television Center is right at your feet, so you can shoot anywhere you want.
After the new song came out, Luo Quan sent it to both parties. Seifert breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking that he could finally make a deal.
Zhou Yangwen looked a little surprised. He didn't expect Luo Quan to release songs so quickly. He promised to finish them within half a month, but he wrote four songs in just three days. Can the quality be guaranteed?
Of course, after listening to this, Zhou Yang never had similar thoughts about Luo Quan, never again.
Hot searches and promotions will continue to be arranged!
If it were in the past, if Luo Quan was so hotly searched every day, there would be a thousand percent chance that "pure passers-by" would hype her as a queen and a marketing master.
However, since her singing ability has been widely recognized, it has become natural for her to be frequently searched, and it is considered to be a sign that she is about to become popular or has already become popular.
In fact, it can be seen from her rapidly growing number of fans that she is gradually moving towards the door of becoming a top star.
At present, Wen Xia has already stepped in with half a foot. Whether she can fully step in will depend on how popular the show "Creating Girls' Generation" will be in the end.
It is much more difficult for a singer to become a top star than it is for variety shows and film and television stars. This is almost the exact opposite of what it is in foreign countries.
Even if this album is really a hit, it is just to build her popularity. If she really wants to be popular, she still has to appear in variety shows or act in TV series.
But for now, Luo Quan’s popularity is absolutely overwhelming that of most top stars, because her name is included in the hot searches on Weibo, Zhihu, and Bilibili, and the discussion among netizens is extremely high. On Douyin It was also quickly used in short videos.
Then two new songs were released today, and the popularity has been raised to a higher level again, especially the melodies of these two songs are extremely catchy and ear-catching.
"The second part of Luo Quan's new song!"
A short hot search came to the top of the hot search list.
The hotly searched content is written by Penguin Music: "Luo Quan's new songs "Love story" and "Call me maybe" are now available on Penguin Music. Sweet love songs will warm you throughout the spring."
Although these two songs do not reflect her singing skills, in terms of audience breadth, they are far superior to the first two songs. Whether in China or the United States, young people always prefer fast songs.
Generally speaking, slow songs reflect the depth of a singer's work, while fast songs are used to reflect breadth. Luo Quan's English songs basically have this characteristic.
Facts have proved that what the general public likes to listen to are basically fast songs.
But there are advantages and disadvantages.
Weibo is still full of praise. Most of the people who use Weibo are girls, and girls like this kind of sweet love songs the most, so the reviews are naturally good.
The requirements on Zhihu are much higher, and related questions soon came up:
How do you evaluate Luo Quan's "Love Stroy" and "Call Me Maybe"?
answer:
"It sounds good! But that's it. It doesn't have much nutrition. My expectations for Luo Quan are actually very high. The first two songs are excellent, but the second one comes out. No matter how you watch it, it's an eyesore and it shouldn't be released." to this album.”
"This was supposed to be a magical album, but in the end it inevitably ended up with crotch pulling."
"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed. I don't know if my expectations were too high."
"I find that some people are hypocritical. Who stipulates that an album must have a masterpiece first? Those so-called god albums do not have a classic first. From what you said, it sounds like these two new songs are terrible."
"I feel like Luo Quan has nurtured your appetite too much, and you have become a little carried away. These two new songs are a little more commercial, but among commercial songs, they are definitely top-notch productions, and Luo Quan often tries different songs. The style of music and the effect are still good. A singer with such a variety of styles, high production and high quality, can't have anything to do with crotch stretching, right?"
"Obviously they are two very good pop songs, but they are said to be worthless by you. It's not like there are no two Grammy awards for Best Pop and Best Country. What? Are you looking down on these two awards? I put my words here Here, one of these two songs is bound to win an award, welcome to slap me in the face!"
"Your demands on Luo Quan are really too high. The explosive quality of her songs since her debut has made you ignore the fact that she is only nineteen years old. Looking at the queens and kings of Europe and the United States, how many of them can achieve this at Luo Quan's age? Such an achievement?
Moreover, she is also a trilingual singer in Chinese, Japanese and English. She has achieved great achievements in each language, which is unique in the entire history of pop music! "
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Fortunately, Luo Quan's works are solid enough and her reputation has been high enough. Many people spoke for her when faced with doubts and difficulties.
It is true that many people like to find faults in eggs. Even if a good thing is good, its shortcomings can always be analyzed from all angles.
But Luo Quan is actually a person who can listen to the opinions of fans. She can also listen to what these fans say. At least some of their words are on point.
For example: if an album wants to be called a divine album, it must have a masterpiece that can be called a "divine song". It is a classic that can be immediately associated with just the slightest detail.
"Someone like you" and "Listen" are both very high-quality songs that can be called classics, but they are still far from being passed down to the world.
Luo Quan has very high expectations for this album. She hopes that it will establish her foothold in the European and American music circles. A Grammy is the minimum requirement, and reaching a status like that in Japan is the ultimate goal.
But I can only think about the latter one. After all, there is only one Japan on earth, and so many accidents are inevitable, so Luo Quan doesn't have much hope for it.
But in contrast, Luo Quan's ambition this time is not just as simple as winning a Grammy. Becoming a first-class singer is her biggest expectation this time.
And if you want to achieve this achievement, you must have a masterpiece.
The quality of the songs she has released so far can be called masterpieces, but it is not enough in Luoquan, because she has a whole world of music library!
So next she will use amplified moves, and they will be amplified moves one after another.
And since she wants to become a first-class singer in the European and American music circles, the songs she sings must not be limited to English. She knows so many foreign languages, and it would be a pity not to make good use of them.
In order to prepare fans mentally, she specially posted a Weibo post:
"Starting tomorrow, the songs I will release will be very high-energy. Fans with heart problems are asked to prepare quick-acting heart-saving pills. (smiling face in sunglasses)"
As soon as these words came out, the entire Internet was in an uproar. The public opinion that had just improved had a faint trend of going back.
"Luo Quan is a little distracted, isn't he? These words sound a bit harsh."
"That's crazy. These four songs in the new album are indeed good, but they are far from this level, right?"
"There are all celebrities who become famous at a young age who are not crazy. But, there is a reason to be crazy. If you can achieve such an achievement at the age of eighteen or nineteen, you would be crazy too."
"Don't speak for me. As a Chinese descendant, humility has always been one of our strengths. I have never seen this from Luo Quan. Maybe it's because he still has foreign blood in his roots."
"Stop your dog's eyes. Luo Quan quotes scriptures and speaks more eloquently than you, a keyboard warrior who has not graduated from elementary school. Did you eat the lyrics of "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Not a Hero"? Which foreigner can write such a thing? Word?"
"I just like to see you mock Luo Quan and get slapped in the face in the end. At this time tomorrow, all of you will definitely pretend to be dead. Luo Quan never talks big without any reason. If she dares to say that, there is definitely something wrong with her. All you have to rely on is just wait quietly."
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When a controversy occurs, the heat of the incident always rises very quickly. The hot searches for the release of two new songs did not sit on the top of the hot search list for long before they were pushed down by "Luoquan Weibo".
It is said that Luo Quan never takes the initiative to market. In fact, her Weibo posts are a kind of marketing. However, due to the general environment, some things that she thinks are facts will always be questioned by ordinary people.
This is not her only trouble, many powerful stars will encounter this situation, and these stars always use their performance to break doubts time and time again, and ultimately stabilize their status.
Luo Quan is doing this kind of thing now, and now she is being questioned because she is young and her status is not high enough.
And after being slapped in the face again and again, those who dare to question her will eventually be convinced.
Of course, this all assumes that tomorrow's song will definitely cause a sensation.
If the response is mediocre, what she did today will become a big joke in 2017.
In order to ensure the effect of the next song recording, simply using computer synthesis would definitely not work, so she contacted Zhou Yangwen and asked him if he could hire a symphony orchestra for her. The size did not matter, at least it had to have complete instruments.
In addition, after having been a miser for a long time, she finally opened the mall and purchased a star-bound card, which she will use in the next three days.
The star she chose was a singer with a voice as gentle as moonlight who was world-famous.