Chapter 270 Oiran
It is said that Luo Quan is a great devil. When he sings, his colleagues will shrink back to avoid his sharp edge.
But now, the real devil of this summer is here.
"Chuang Shao", which has been popular all spring, finally formed a group at the end of June and released its first album at the beginning of July.
Just the publicity was enough, and it was already overwhelming. There were 12 hot searches that night.
Although most of them disappeared quickly, there are still three that have remained on the hot searches and continued to shine.
Officials are working hard, and Girls' Generation fans are naturally not idle. In addition to regular rankings and reposts, they are also promoting in social media or in their circle of friends.
Most of the fans of Girls' Generation are girls. Many wealthy female fans are directly in the class group Aite. They pay for their classmates to buy albums and compile data.
This kind of operation actually happened when "Chuang Shao" hit the airwaves, but at that time it was to buy milk, this time it was to buy an album, and the price was cheaper in comparison.
Although girls in the fandom sometimes do things without thinking, they often make some sweet moves and do bad things to their idols with good intentions.
But when it comes to spending money, it’s just like boys making money on games. It’s not ambiguous at all.
Now that China's economy has developed and everyone has become richer, when survival is no longer a concern for young people, satisfaction in the spiritual world has emerged.
Boys’ games and girls’ idols are all products of this phenomenon.
Compared to Girls' Generation fans, Luo Quan's fans are still mostly male. There are many wealthy people among these fans, but not many are willing to spend money to "generate data" for her.
Because of different consumption concepts, there are definitely a lot of rich people who are willing to give various gifts to Luo Quan during his live broadcast. Because there are so many people at that time, giving gifts can get the boss atmosphere that fills the screen, and Luo Quan is so soft that it can flow into the audience. The thanks in their hearts.
This is definitely a pleasure for them.
But who can see it if they buy the album? Spend the money, get the album delivered to your door, and that's the end of it.
Is there a list that tells Luo Quan who bought the most records? It was the Saudi prince who bought 30,000 commemorative records a while ago. What did he get in the end?
Luo Quan didn't even express his gratitude publicly. (ps. There is actually news on the Internet that this prince showed off that he got Luo Quan’s private autographed photo, but it’s just not known in China yet.)
Therefore, wealthy men would rather give Luo Quan a hundred credits than buy 100 albums for 20 yuan each.
Of course, if Luo Quan, like those idol singers, buys more to unlock more benefits, it will be a different situation.
Therefore, this time the album collided with Girls' Generation, and Luo Quan was ready to be "publicly executed".
But the songs still have to be released. After all, the main audience for the Japanese album is not Chinese fans.
The sixth song "Forever" has been well received, and with four songs left, Japanese fans still have high expectations.
Luo Quan did not continue to squeeze out toothpaste, and released three songs at once the next day:
"《ありがとう(Thank you)》"
“Dearest”
"アイロニ(irony)"
Three different styles cater to fans of three age groups.
The melody is as catchy as ever, and Luo Quan's singing voice is as ethereal and melodious as ever. Her voice seems to be born to sing, and she can perform even ordinary songs mesmerizingly.
The various data of these songs remain high on the Japanese music APP, and the pre-sales of physical records have also exceeded two million.
Although compared with the more than 6 million pre-sales of "Coming of Age", it is more than double.
But in the Japanese music scene, she is the only one whose record pre-sales can reach millions.
Considering that the average price of Japanese physical records is several thousand yen, these two million pre-sales already mean sales of several billion yen. Sony once again made a lot of money from Luoquan.
And now, Luo Quan has one last song left that has not been released.
Fans who know Luo Quan well know that she always likes to save the best for last.
Before that, she would always post some audios and videos on Twitter or Weibo to satisfy the appetite of fans.
Sure enough, at noon when the three songs were released, Luo Quan posted a video on Twitter with the title "The Pure Land"
The content of the video is an empty white background wall, and then there is a dynamic, rhythmic and Japanese-style BGM.
Obviously, this is a dance music style that is very popular among young people.
For older fans, this song is no different from those ear-ache-inducing punk and rock songs.
Although I am a little disappointed, I can understand it.
After all, Luo Quan is only less than 20 years old, and most of her fans are around her age. She must be focusing on the majority group. Moreover, this album has a lot of old-fashioned love songs. Currently, in the Japanese market, in addition to She, who else can write such an outstanding love song full of post-Showa era flavor?
A few thousand yen for an auditory enjoyment is definitely a bargain.
As for the young fans in Japan, they were very excited, and the intro of the song was quite magical, but they felt very uncomfortable after not hearing the whole song.
And what does this all-white background wall mean? Does Luo Quan still use this song to dance?
Everyone has seen Luo Quan’s dance moves. When Seve became popular all over the world, everyone was imitating her dance moves.
Although Luo Quan has never been surpassed, her dance moves can only be regarded as average in the eyes of professionals, but there are fans filters there, so there are more people who praise her.
Generally speaking, one should try to avoid one's shortcomings, but I don't know why Luo Quan chose to dance again this time.
So there is still a question mark in everyone's mind as to what the dance will be like tonight.
As for Luo Quan himself, of course he was as confident as ever.
For the tenth song, she chose the Pure Land, which she had researched many times.
In Japan, she is a national idol with countless fans, but after reading so many fans' comments, it seems that the main group of people are still otakus, or lovers of two-dimensional culture.
Since this was such a result, she naturally had to take the right medicine.
Moreover, her target this time is not just Japanese otakus, she wants to kill both Japan and China!
They are all adults, so they definitely want it all.
So although she had no intention of recording a MV at first, she later changed her plan temporarily.
In fact, it’s not really a MV, because she did the recording and post-production alone, with one shot to the end, and even the direction didn’t change.
The real highlight of this song is the dancers, which fans can only know after watching it.
As fans waited patiently, the time finally came to eight o'clock Tokyo time.
"Pure Land" and its MV are available on major music platforms around the world. This is also the only new song released by Luo Quan that only has a MV.
The meaning is obvious, this song MV is the soul.
And when the otakus clicked on the video, they were instantly stunned by the beauty of the girl standing sideways in the center of the video line.
She was wearing a gorgeous gold-pink kimono, embroidered with blooming cherry blossoms, full of Japanese style.
But his face looked so exotic.
The accompaniment of the song sounded, and Luo Quan's slender hands drew elegant and graceful circles along with the music.
When the accompaniment came to an end, Luo Quan faced the camera completely, clapped her hands gently, and she started dancing.
Luo Quan's jade-white legs intertwined and moved forward like butterflies piercing flowers, as if they possessed a magical power that made all the viewers unable to stop and became addicted.
This is a unique dance step that fans rarely see, and many people even see it for the first time, but under Luo Quan's interpretation, it looks so beautiful and enchanting.
After the whole song, everyone felt the same word: beautiful!
Although the song style is lively, everyone always feels that Luo Quan's dance is so tender and tender, which is really contradictory.
But this does not prevent everyone from falling in love with Luo Quan's dance.
As for the way of love, it is also very simple. The pre-sales of records in Japan surged by one million in just half an hour!
"Pure Land" became a trending topic on Twitter, with as many as 50,000 related tweets!
Among these tweets, some expressed exclamation, some expressed love, and some promoted science. From the exclamation marks, Luo Quan felt everyone's overwhelming excitement.
"This dance is so beautiful. All I can think about now is Luo Quan's legs and hands."
"Damn it, it seems that Luo Quanhe and we are both two-dimensional. This dance is really full of otaku elements."
"I always thought she ignored us, but I didn't expect that she is a two-dimensional person herself."
"Say this only means that you don't pay much attention to her. On the largest 2D website in China, she is one of the most active UP owners and often interacts with the 2D users in China."
"Ah, damn it! I really envy these Chinese two-dimensional people."
"Don't be envious, this song is Luo Quan's response to us. The Chinese Second Dimension does not have such treatment."
"Just thinking about it makes me feel better instantly."
"Popular science time, Luo Quan mainly uses a dance step called butterfly step in this MV, but there is also a dance step used later, I don't know about that one."
"A fan asked about it just now, and Luo Quan said that this was her own oiran step inspired by watching the oiran steps!"
"Yes! I just said why it looks so familiar. When it comes to oiran, everything clicks!"
"Her whole body looks more beautiful than the most beautiful courtesan."
"If I could see Luo Quan's courtesan, I would have no regrets even if I died immediately..."
Oiran Road is the most popular oiran in a flower street, walking on the street when welcoming important guests.
Usually at this time, the oiran will walk in a special way, which is very slow. Maybe Chinese people can't appreciate it, but in Japanese culture, this is one of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
In addition, the kimono worn by the oiran during the court process weighs more than 20 kilograms, which is why they walk so slowly.
The kimono Luo Quan wore when filming the video was far from that heavy. If he really carried more than 20 kilograms of clothes and performed movements, it wouldn't be called dancing, it would be called losing weight.
Although there were a lot of calls on Twitter for her to follow the oiran path, she basically ignored them.
Haruka recalled that when she first arrived in Tokyo, the system, in order to make her famous, threatened her to go to Shinjuku City to debut as an oiran if she failed.
Although she was talking about being a geisha, there is no such thing as a geisha in a place like that. When you get there, it's not up to you whether you sell your body or not.
Fortunately, Ji Ren has his own destiny, and Luo Quan quickly became popular and did not let this punishment come true.
So the world has one more music queen and one less foreign courtesan.
I don’t know which side has suffered greater losses for the Oki people and the Japanese two-dimensional people.
However, Luo Quan will definitely not leave in the Court of Oiran. Her current status no longer supports her to do such a thing again.
The oiran sounds quite artistic, but in China a few decades ago, it was considered low-class.
Although the industry she is currently engaged in was still low-level a few decades ago, the difference between the two is still huge.
The anniversary album comes to a perfect conclusion. Japanese fans are quite satisfied with such a song. The genre satisfies almost all people, and pre-sale sales are also growing at an impressive figure.
However, depending on the situation, it should not exceed the unprecedented and unprecedented number of "Rite of Passage", but reaching four million is still no problem.
According to professional estimates, the total sales of Luo Quan's album will be around 15 million, and "Rite of Passage" has sold just that many copies so far, and is expected to eventually reach 23 million.
With two albums exceeding 40 million, Luo Quan once again broke the record in the Japanese music scene.
There is no doubt that Luo Quan will be a legendary figure mentioned by countless people in Japan decades later.
But now, her experience can be called a legend.
But in China, she has now become the object of ridicule.
On July 9th, the "Girls' Generation" album was officially released.
Penguin did not squeeze out toothpaste like Luo Quan. All ten songs were put on the APP at once, and there were no physical records.
By early morning, the total sales of various versions of digital records exceeded 10 million, with sales reaching 400 million yuan, shocking the entire Chinese music circle.
A girl group that debuted less than half a month ago broke all domestic record sales records in just four hours after releasing its album.
This is something that no musician has ever heard or seen.
Including Luo Quan himself, no one expected Girls' Generation to become so popular.
Overnight, the bosses of various video APPs issued instructions to the planners to produce idol talent shows for both men and women, regardless of scale.
The only requirement is that the process and mentor lineup should follow that of "Creating Girls' Generation"!
Penguin was not the first to eat crabs, but he made a fortune in his own way.
With the model in place, followers quickly flocked to China, and China's idol draft finally began a new era.
As for Luo Quan, he became Luo Yiji again and became the target of ridicule on Zhihu.
"Luo Yiji, your album has hit the streets again, hahaha."