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At that moment, everyone in the live stream felt their pupils explode.

It was simply because of the melody that was exploding in their ears at that moment.

Kang Zhihong, in particular, was stunned for quite a while before he came to his senses.

When he came to his senses, the song had already ended.

“Let’s listen to it one more time,” Kang Zhihong said.

Then, as if she hadn't heard clearly, she clicked the replay button.

This is already a very rare phenomenon.

In Kang Zhihong's live streams, no fan or anyone has ever seen him listen to a song repeatedly while reviewing it.

Because, after all, Kang Zhihong is one of the top music critics in China, and he has very high standards for music.

Moreover, his career is rooted in music; he listens to all sorts of songs, and listening to music is part of his job.

Taking anything to the extreme will raise the bar. For example, nowadays, very few works can directly attract him, and he hasn't had that feeling of being moved by a song in a long time.

I know this is today.

What did he hear?
The meticulous instrumental arrangement, the exquisite textural arrangement, and the lyrics full of positive energy.

He played it again, but this time he didn't press any pause button or interact with the comments.

After listening to the whole thing again, he clapped his hands in front of the camera and said, "I don't know what to say anymore. Maybe it's just like many netizens' comments about Xia Shen. You really can't judge him by common sense, nor can you measure him by common sense."

If the opening of this album gives the impression of being just above average, then the songs that follow will be just passing.

It might seem to some that, apart from the title track, there's nothing particularly special about it; it's just an ordinary album released to cater to the market and generate hype. But that's only if you haven't listened to the last three songs!

Kang Zhihong said, "But! When you click on the last three songs, you will hear completely different surprises. First of all, without a doubt, the last three songs, whether it is 'Farewell to the Nine Gates Memories', 'Ten Years in the Human World', or 'Ten Thousand Frontiers', have a layered feeling, with each song being of higher quality than the last, and they can also maintain the same theme and style as the previous songs, and even the arrangement ideas!"

However, the quality is vastly different.

Through this album, you can clearly see Xia Shen's greatest strength as a producer: he can write anything, he can cram a lot of things into an album, he can cater to the market, he can create high-quality albums, and he can even produce albums of god-like quality!

I've seen it all now.

At this moment, Kang Zhihong's face was full of admiration.

Viewers in the live chat were also sharing their thoughts.

"Indeed, this is Xia Shen. He sets the theme first, uses some catchy songs that may not be the best in terms of quality, but are definitely marketable and easy to understand to determine the breadth of the audience, and then releases some big surprises at the end to enrich the whole album."

"Comfortable!"

"Those last three songs were absolutely amazing! Especially the last one, 'Wanjiang,' that was the real hidden hit song, wasn't it?"

"The red sun rises in the east, its great road is full of rosy light, I really got goosebumps just listening to that."

"It's a very grand song. Moreover, while it's a mainstream patriotic song, it's quite different from other patriotic songs. It doesn't mention any direct description of China, but it brings out a grand and magnificent feeling from a side perspective, so that you can tell as soon as you hear it that this song is about China."

"And no one could have imagined that Li Yunhe, an R&B singer, would be so skilled in Peking Opera singing!! It's unbelievable, it has completely changed my perception of Li Yunhe."

"It must be because Xia Shen noticed this quality in Li Yunhe that he unusually let him try a style that he had never tried in the market before. It was very successful, which is one of Xia Shen's strengths. He is very decisive and willing to let his artists take new paths, which shows that he is good at discovering the strengths of his artists." "I won't say more. With just these three songs, I can declare that Xia Shen has won. He has completely crushed Xi Die."

What was Kang Zhihong's assessment?

He did not deny the audience's evaluation of Xia Shen, but went along with it directly: "As far as we can say, this album by Xia Shen is indeed more shocking to me than the album produced by more than a dozen top producers combined."

Of course, we've only listened to the first album so far. We have the second album coming up, so let's go listen to it now.

Kang Zhihong said.

As he said, Xia Shen's Deep Space Entertainment has launched two artists this time.

Besides Li Yunhe, there's also Tang Lele.

He quickly found Tang Lele's album.

This album is titled "Joyful Flowers".

"It's a very abstract name. Just from the name, you can't tell much about this album, but it does have a connection with Tang Lele's name."

Kang Zhihong said.

Without further ado, he clicked to play the album.

With Li Yunhe's Chinese-style album leading the way, this time, when some melodies with a "summer-like flavor" play, they are not so surprising.

"When parting blossoms, new branches sprout."

"Tsk, the title of this main song is 'Parting Blossoms,' haha. How should I put it? If you asked me to evaluate this song in a completely unprepared and sudden situation, I would give it a very, very low rating, because there's really nothing to say about this song. It's just not your average song."

The problem is that it ended up in Xia Shen's hands. As I said before, it's incredibly reasonable, so reasonable it couldn't be more reasonable. Similarly, while this song is full of flaws, its biggest advantage is that it's incredibly easy to become a hit.

Yes, that's right, this kind of music is very easy to become popular these days.

Next, he listened to two more songs: "If the Moon Has Not Yet Come" and "If You Come in the Winter".

In Kang Zhihong's opinion, neither of these works received similar reviews and were considered masterpieces.

"But one very obvious thing about this album is that it has a very positive aspect. It is easy to see that the album that Xia Shen customized for Tang Lele is sung in a relatively light and lazy way."

This is yet another example of Xia Shen demonstrating his keen insight and professionalism.

Kang Zhihong paused to comment: "Tang Lele used to sing new wave music, which was a very trendy style, but actually her voice is more androgynous, which is a rare kind of voice with a lot of texture."

This is very suitable for songs with a strong positive message, but normally few people would notice this. Xia Shen noticed it and positioned the album theme around this aspect.

Now we just need to listen to the next three songs to see if Xia Shen has prepared any surprises. Logically, there definitely will be.

He immediately clicked on the next song.

Soon, his eyes lit up.

"So fast? It's here already. Okay, as you can see, this is what I mean by a masterpiece should look like."

(End of this chapter)