Chapter 53 Attention

Although Luo Quan has become a public enemy on the Internet in China and South Korea, his reputation has been tarnished.

However, the announcement of the new album is still going on. I don’t know if the Chinese branch has already broken the pot, so it directly increased its efforts and even bought several hot searches for several days to promote "Coming of Age Ceremony".

The praise for this album in these hot searches has been exaggerated to the point where even Luo Quan himself got goosebumps after reading it.

"The best Japanese album of the decade is about to be born!"

"Music genius from the East!"

"The pioneer who leads Asian pop music to the world!"

“Thinking about love, life, and society—a divine specialty that pays equal attention to popular elements and humanistic care!”

Perhaps knowing that no matter what they did, it was impossible to restore their reputation, the person in charge of the Huaxia branch simply used this almost self-defeating method to publicize it.

Although such an arrogant slogan quickly triggered a large number of discussions and dissatisfaction among netizens, objectively it also brought huge traffic to this album. After all, black and red are also red.

Now the entire Internet is basically waiting for the release of "Rite of Passage" as a joke. They want to see how amazing this so-called magical special is.

If the quality is similar to the previous songs, that's fine. If it's a little different, then Luo Quan may become the biggest joke in the Asian music scene this year.

The pressure naturally came to the producers. Haikou had already boasted about it. If it messed up in the end, not only Luo Quan would become a joke, but Sony Records, which was responsible for the promotion and distribution, would also become the laughing stock of peers in the industry.

Although this matter is not their fault from the beginning, they must bear the blame for making their own artists the enemy of the whole people. In the future, other artists may also think carefully before collaborating with them.

In order to be busy with this matter, Director Ishimura has not slept for a day or two.

In Japan, high-intensity overtime work is the norm, but for someone like him who doesn't sleep for dozens of hours, his energy can only be described as abnormal.

If a group of subordinates hadn't been afraid of something happening to him and persuaded him to go to sleep, Director Ishimura might have continued to work.

As for Luo Quan, she didn't panic at all these days. She finished recording the album in two days and spent the rest of the time outside filming the music video.

It’s better to say it’s a MV than a welfare short film. Anyway, it’s just wearing all kinds of beautiful clothes and doing all kinds of embarrassing poses. Once it’s filmed, it won’t be simply put into the record.

These are exclusive benefits prepared by Sony and can only be seen in the special edition. In addition, it comes with a random photo. A special edition only sells for 5,000 yen.

Now that online pre-sales have been opened, sales in Japan are pretty good, with more than 20,000 copies sold on the first day. However, China and South Korea are a little bleak, with less than 100 copies in total.

Moreover, the Korean side received a large number of reports not long after it was put on the shelves. It was forced to be removed from the shelves within half an hour for rectification. The day when it will be put on the shelves again is far away.

As for the Chinese netizens, they are relatively rational, but there are more sarcastic voices. They feel that selling an album for hundreds of yuan is completely treating fans like pigs, and whoever buys it will be fooled.

The famous bragging website Zhihu even arranged a hot search for Luo Quan.

Question: "Is Luo Quan's album asking her fans to pay an IQ tax?"

The highlighted answers are:

"Thank you for the invitation.

Luo Quan's talent is actually there. His debut album is a hot seller all over Japan and has a huge reputation. His single "Faded" dominates the YouTube music area and has reached 600 million views. These are achievements worthy of special mention.

However, no matter how talented a person is, it is impossible to write so many good songs in such a short time.

These five songs are probably all she had in stock before her debut, and it is doubtful whether the ten songs in the new album were written by herself. Even if they were, the quality cannot be half as good as those before.

I personally think that the company behind her is taking advantage of Luo Quan's popularity in Japan to release more records and make quick money. This is nothing new in the Japanese music scene. Many big singers have done this. operation.

To overdraft the popularity of a rising star singer in this way, in my opinion, this company is no different from a fool fishing in the lake. If she is given time, she may not be able to write excellent songs, but the capital behind her obviously cannot wait.

The tragedy of hurting Zhongyong is about to happen before our eyes, which is really regrettable. She might have had a better future.

As for whether it is an IQ tax, that is a matter of opinion. As the saying goes, being deceived is voluntary. Are fans willing to be treated like pigs but others can't control them?

But I personally recommend it. If you really want to buy it, you should buy the special edition. At least it has high-definition MV and photos. After all, Luo Quan’s appearance is obvious to all. I think this benefit will be more affordable in the end than the ten songs in this album. . "

A pertinent and rational evaluation, and with a little wit, it achieved the political correctness that is currently ridiculing Luo Quan, and quickly received tens of thousands of likes and thousands of comments.

Luo Quan also saw this comment. How should I put it? It’s hard to be angry because this is a normal view of an ordinary person. There is not much bias in it, but at the same time, there is not much imagination and thinking. Rigid and mediocre.

He didn't believe that Luo Quan could write any good songs in a short period of time, nor did he believe that Luo Quan could create any miracles. Like almost everyone else, he believed from the beginning that "Rite of Passage" would hit the streets, and Luo Quan would paste.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why geniuses cannot be understood by ordinary people.

Luo Quan is not a genius, but in a sense, she is more perverted than a genius!

After being ridiculed and denied by the entire Internet for four days, Luo Quan, who was ready, began to fight back.

"The album "Coming of Age" has been completed, and the trial version of the title song "First love" will be available on all online platforms at 8pm on August 12."

Luo Quan posted this Weibo at 5pm, which means that the preview version of the title song will be released in three hours.

This was a few days ahead of schedule, and there was no rule of releasing a demo version before releasing the album.

However, after much thought, Luo Quan still had to respond in this way. These days, she has been trying to downplay the impact of the domestic Internet on her, but she is not a saint, and no matter how big-hearted she is, she cannot completely ignore it.

On the other hand, this actually reassures fans. In the past few days, she has been criticized in China, and doubts about her in Japan have gradually gained momentum. If it is allowed to develop, something may happen, so Luo Quan chose to give everyone a taste of the sweetness first.

As expected, the news that the demo version of the title song was about to be released immediately attracted a lot of attention and comments. No matter what happens tonight, the stage has been set.

Whether it hurts Zhongyong or continues the legend of genius will be known in three hours.