Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 261: Towards Pop Stardom
After walking the red carpet, we entered the award ceremony venue.

Like other award ceremonies Shen Juan had attended in the United States before, it was another huge social arena.

Familiar or unfamiliar, as long as someone is valuable, you can find a chat partner here.

However, since we are a newcomer from the other side of the ocean who has entered the European and American music scene, we must have the awareness of an outsider.

That is to continue to maintain the current state of "being out of tune with the people around you", try not to communicate with others, especially not to have any contact with those black rappers who do everything but love to separate in private.

So Shen Juan treats everyone politely and seems to be easy to get along with, but the sense of distance is visible to the naked eye.

When others see him like this, they naturally won't waste their time by continuing to put themselves in his shoes.

Shen Juan was actually happy to have some free time.

What he didn't expect was that in the distance, an old friend with whom he had many interactions in the past was watching his every move with extremely complex eyes mixed with a variety of emotions such as envy, jealousy and longing.

Of course, it doesn’t matter even if they find out.

After all, there are so many people who hate him and love him.

Not bad for this one.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the award ceremony officially started.

The opening performance was "I Did Something Bad" by Taylor Swift, the future "number one female singer".

Although Taylor Swift has a slightly hoarse voice, after so many years of hard work, she is still very stable on stage. She can sing high notes and has mastered many techniques. She is one of the few singer-songwriters who can sing well live.

"I love your enthusiasm, open your hearts and let's have fun!"

After the song, host Tracy Ellis Ross took the stage to cheers and screams from the audience.

"Welcome to the American Music Awards!"

Then Tracy began her singing and dancing performance, which aroused the emotions of the entire audience. Shen Juan also acted as a member of the group to create a lively atmosphere, with applause and screams.

The first award presented tonight was the Best Rap and Hip-Hop Singer. Cardi B successfully defeated Drake and Post Malone to win this honor. The black rapper who was originally a stripper proudly thanked a large group of people on the stage, giving off a sense of "I am the queen, shining with confidence", and won the love of a large number of female fans.

It's a pity that in later generations, due to some incorrect and unfriendly remarks made on a large-scale American variety show, such as the state capitol of voters who voted for the founding of the country was destroyed by a hurricane, his popularity among the public was greatly affected.

Of course, she didn't care about that.

After all, the entire entertainment industry is controlled by Mingzhu, and she is not the only one who slandered Jianguo, so if they are to die, they should die together. It will never be her turn to be used as an example to scare the monkeys.

Time passed by minute by minute.

About twenty minutes after the AMAs awards ceremony began, it was finally Shen Juan's turn to make his debut on stage tonight.

While livening up the atmosphere, host Tracy continued to push the process forward: "Next, please welcome the actor of the upcoming movie Aquaman, Amber Heard."

As music played, the queen of the sea who had played rock on Depp's bed and made Marcus so crazy walked onto the stage.

At the same time, under the guidance of the staff, Shen Juan, who had changed into stage costumes, and Ma Long came to the waiting area to make final preparations before going on stage.

On the stage, Amber Heard, wearing a dark gold dress, held the microphone and began to introduce:
"Alex ShenWow! I heard that you will bring the soundtrack theme song to our movie Aquaman? If true, that would be awesome!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden storm in the audience and screams were heard.

But the reason why fans are excited is not actually because of Shen Juan’s collaboration with "Aquaman".

They started screaming simply because they heard Shen Juan's name.

Amber, who came with a promotional mission, was very satisfied with the audience's reaction, so she continued: "In the past year, the two of them have produced many hit songs, achieved excellent results in the North American music scene, and set many new records. This powerful combination has made countless fans excited."

"Please welcome, Alex Shen and Post Malone!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The enthusiastic cheers and crazy screams from the fans rang out instantly, creating a grand scene in which the whole audience was boiling.

The stage lights went out for about a minute, then came back on, the smoky environment created by dry ice gradually spread, and the prelude to the song began.

"Ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy (ooh)."

As soon as Shen Juan's vocals appeared, before even entering the main part of the song, the whole audience started applauding and screaming.

As the song progressed, the live camera swept across the big-name guests and fellow singers in the audience one by one.

Almost everyone seemed immersed in the music, enjoying the live atmosphere that was gradually heating up and boiling, and enjoying the collaborative stage brought by Shen Juan and Ma Long, giving enough face to the two new-generation streaming media overlords.

At the same time, viewers watching the live broadcast on YouTube also expressed their feelings at the moment through barrage.

Regarding Shen Juan and Ma Long interacting with the audience and sending sunflowers during the performance, Chinese netizens summarized: [A young man from Shanghai and a rich lady from the United States sent flowers online. ]

South Korean netizens who were originally proud of their own Kpop culture have been completely impressed by Shen Juan's talent: [It's really beautiful! Although the main song feels like it's in the same tune, it just makes people feel very much. Shen Juanxi's voice is the best treasure in the world! ] There are also Japanese girls who shared their thoughts: [I am really looking forward to Shen Juan's Japanese EP! Although the Japanese music scene is quite closed and has its own unique style, Japanese songs made by foreigners are likely to be unpopular, but I still unconditionally support His Highness Alex who believes in me! ]

A British netizen who pays attention to the live stage performance and the singers' performance said: [The difference in live voices is too big. Alex is almost as stable as in the recording studio, but Malone's voice is obviously much hoarser. Has he been smoking too much recently? ]

Portuguese netizens: [Handsome men and rugged men sang and danced passionately on the stage. Love comes from Brazil. ]

【Looking forward to Alex coming to Thailand for a concert. 】

【Alex is my only knowledge of China. 】

【I hope there will be more cooperation like this! 】

[If I remember correctly, Kris was also here. We are all Chinese, so why didn’t AMA give Kris a spotlight? ]

【Who? Kris who? 】

There are bullet comments in languages of all countries.

Without exception, all were very excited.

After all, Shen Juan himself rarely appears in Europe and the United States. Except for the promotion period of albums and singles and attending award ceremonies, he rarely crosses the Pacific Ocean to the United States.

So the popularity has been well preserved.

The mystery and freshness are also brought to the highest level.

In this situation, it is really hard not to let this group of Alovers who regard Shen Juan as the moon in the sky go crazy.

9pm Pacific Time.

Shen Juan took the stage again to perform the hit single "Eastside" with Benny Blanco and Hou Xi.

Then it was time for him to go on stage to receive the award.

Accompanied by the sound of music, two award presenters came on stage holding envelopes containing the results and revealed the final suspense.

"The singer who won the Best Social Artist Award is AlexShennn, I swear I love him so much!!!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

"Alex, all the fans are screaming for you. With you here, this popularity award can't be given to anyone else."

"You are the rising legend of tomorrow."

“The Popularity Award is just the beginning.”

"Your fans will surely be proud of you."

Amid the cheers and screams of fans and congratulations from his colleagues, Shen Juan first stood up from his seat and hugged Benny and Houxi beside him, as well as his "official brother" Ma Long from Republic Records who was sitting in the back row.

Then he walked onto the stage in high spirits and received another trophy from the presenter.

Standing in front of the standing microphone, Shen Juan began to thank everyone as usual: "Thank you AMA, thank you my agency Lehua, thank you my record company Republic Records, thank you my team, thank you all my partners, thank you my parents, and of course thank you my fans, my Alovers!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

After the cheers and screams of the fans and the applause of other audience members gradually died down, Shen Juan continued:

"There is one thing in this world that is more loyal to you than anything else, and that is your experience. And it is these experiences that together make us who we are today, so what I want to say is that although all experiences are treasures, we don't have to dwell too much on the past, let alone regret the past before going to bed, because tomorrow will only be better than today."

Then, Shen Juan concluded his acceptance speech in his native Chinese as usual, further expanding the international influence of Chinese.

"For those who are watching the AMA live in China, thank you for your hard work. I know it is probably Saturday morning in China now. It must be very hard to set the alarm to wake up early on a rare day off. I hope this result and the trophy in my hand can make you happy."

"And I am very grateful to everyone for their unconditional support and trust in me. So I will work hard to create more excellent works and make myself better in the future. See you at the next ceremony!"

Although many people in China do not like Shen Juan's overly flamboyant and high-profile personality, they think he is pretentious and that he has a histrionic personality and is very good at showing off and establishing his persona.

But whether they like it or not, whether they admit it or not, what has happened will never change.

Shen Juan is currently the most undisputed external face of the domestic entertainment industry. The influence of his fans abroad is terrifyingly huge, and his every move may trigger heated discussions among the whole nation.

The exaggerated title of "Generation Z Pop King" which has been unanimously recognized by many mainstream media overseas and widely publicized by Le Hua in China through various marketing press releases seems to be more than just talk.

He is indeed making progress in this direction.

Moreover, it seems that the distance to becoming a true pop superstar is not as far as imagined.

　The one I just posted has been reviewed. I revised and reposted a chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)