China Entertainment 2000

The atmosphere at the entire music festival reached its normal climax the moment Zhou Yi leaped—

Countless hands came from all directions, and the screams that echoed over the entire California Plaza were deafening!

Zhou Yi, who held the microphone tightly, felt like he was lying in an ocean full of corals and reefs. While being constantly pulled by fans, his body was also being pushed forward uncontrollably—naturally, it was inevitable that he would collide with fans along the way.

Even though Zhou Yi had strong core abilities, he rarely felt that his body had lost balance at this moment—the cheers lingering in his ears and the excited smiling faces made up for the poor physical sensation.

Until a black-haired girl was so excited that she just hugged his head with both hands, lifted the hem of her T-shirt and put it on.

The rough texture and soft touch of cheap clothes intertwined and came towards him, colliding with Zhou Yi!

"Ohohohoh!!!" The screams stimulated Zhou Yi's eardrums to buzz.

Those who cheered and wanted to try it too.

The cheers, one higher than the other, hit Zhou Yi's face, hands, arms and even thighs through his clothes, making him feel at home in a foreign country.

The people holding DVs and jumping up and down faithfully recorded all the joy at the music festival, until Zhou Yi returned to the stage in a dishevel, gasping for breath, but still had to keep his emotions and sing the chorus loudly -

"I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing (listen to the Jerusalem bells)

"Roman Cavalry choirs are singing (Roman cavalry choirs are singing)

"Be my mirror my sword and shield (be my mirror, sword and shield)

"My missionaries in a foreign field (My missionary stands outside the border)~~~"

Perhaps because he spent too much energy struggling to come up, Zhou Yi, who was panting when he received this part, obviously couldn't control his voice, and the high-pitched part was directly stuck on the edge of breaking and not breaking. But it was precisely because of this scene that can only be seen at the music festival that made the audience on the scene even more excited!

Louis XVI, King of France, a world-famous headless knight.

The character story chosen by Zhou Yi for this song is undoubtedly very down-to-earth for European and American fans, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and even Greek mythology in the previous song in the album sequence.

There is no obscure Chinese unique culture like "Dongfeng Po", "Zai Meibian" or even "Susan Said" and "Hua Tiancuo", but only full of sincerity.

Yes, as Zhou Yi's fans, a small number of them don't understand Chinese, but still willing to spend money to buy Zhou Yi Chinese special.

It can be said that Zhou Yi is a door for them to begin to understand Chinese.

Therefore, for many Zhou Yi fans, Zhou Yi, a foreigner from the other side of the ocean, is so familiar with the allusions belonging to their foreign country and is willing to write them all into songs. This is respect for them, the foreign fans who want to make money.

This is better than saying "hello" and "hi" ten thousand times.

They even look forward to Zhou Yi's real breaking voice.

As strong as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and even the five queens who were famous for their singing skills at the end of the last century, they broke their voices many times because of interacting with fans at music festivals, and there are a lot of famous scenes.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yi did not satisfy their wishes until the end of the song.

"Huh, are friends in Los Angeles always so enthusiastic? "

Wipe away sweat, Zhou Yi stood in front of the stage with one hand on his waist, panting while slightly baring his teeth, and teasing the excited male and female fans below the stage: "Thank you for leaving me a set of clothes."

Backstage, Avril and Kylie Minogue, who stayed behind because they were not convinced, stood together and chatted while watching. They gave a very consistent evaluation of this song -

Absolutely Billboard top single level.

If they had to choose the song that is most likely to top the B chart from Zhou Yi's album, they would definitely choose this one, followed by the song "Counting Stars" jokingly called by fans. Stars".

People are better than others.

As Avril watched, the dissatisfaction in her heart turned into discouragement.

Perhaps, she is not talented enough.

If she could be like Zhou Yi, maybe she could force the Grammys to give in. Even if she was not a white Canadian, maybe she could... use foreign powers to gain respect?

For some reason, Avril, who is known as the punk witch, suddenly had such an idea that was not punk at all.

But the facts also proved that her prediction was not wrong-

The next day, after Zhou Yi performed at the Los Angeles Music Festival, the data of the six songs he sang on the spot on major radio stations in Los Angeles were almost all doubling exponentially-

This is the power of road shows.

And the news about Zhou Yi's performance at the music festival also spread rapidly throughout the United States through major newspapers and the Internet-

"The Chinese King of Pop Shines in Los Angeles!"

"Still true to his nature! Spike dates a female fan at the music festival!"

"On-site teaching of Chinese singers, what happened to our singers?" ! 》

"Playfulness, hooking up, and indiscriminate love. As far as I know, Spike had relationships with many young models when he first served as Arsenal's publicity ambassador in the UK, but those models all received hush money and could not tell the public.

"Even the Premier League goddess Kelly Brook is just one of his many model lovers. Spike didn't even know her hometown. He wrote a song for her just because he met her in Galway. This It's absolutely ridiculous.

“In the United States, he not only hooked up with Mariah Carey, but he also had contact with several models, and some people even saw him playing with female models in public.

"I can't help but wonder, what happened to us? What happened to our singers?"

On March 8, as Zhouyi’s sales and song rankings were still charging upward like a violent force, Michelle Morgan, the editor of the Los Angeles Times who had previously failed to predict, directly complained in an interview: “This is the United States. , not China!

"Why can he do whatever he wants? God, this is a disgrace to the American music scene!"

Since the original Los Angeles Times report was slapped in the face only three days later, Michelle Morgan seemed to be going all the way to the dark side. Not only did she not admit her mistake, she instead shifted the responsibility to those who were also involved in the crime. The harsh words were placed on the singer in the interview, and on the American music scene——

It can be summed up in one word: It’s not that I made a mistake in my prediction, it’s that the American music scene is in trouble.

Ask again?

If I ask again, Spike messes around with men and women and disrespects women. Such a person should be sent to the crematorium together with Justin Timberlake!

He doesn't deserve my respect!

What's even more magical is that because of Michelle Morgan's shameless resistance, she received invitations from many shows and directly became their guest. She received generous remuneration and two months of rehearsals. The notice fee is more than her salary in the past year...

It fully explains what black and red are also red, and why audiences like to go to the circus to see clowns.

Justin Timberlake, who was also shot while lying down, looked confused——

No, what do you mean I should be sent to the crematorium?

Are you polite?

The fugitive Disney prince, who is preparing for his first solo world tour, is obviously dissatisfied with this: "I don't understand what she is talking about. I think she should apologize to me because this is an infringement on my personal reputation."

"So, Justin, do you have any plans to release an album or single against Spike recently?"

"What? nononono..."

Justin Timberlake, who is backed by a large company and is obviously very aware of the potential of Zhouyi's album, smiled and shook his head: "My most important thing now is to prepare for my own tour so as not to disappoint my fans."

Seeing that this male idol, who is second only to Zhou Yi in terms of controversy, avoided this pitfall so smoothly, the reporter was obviously unwilling to accept it: "Then what do you think of Michelle saying that the American music scene is terrible?"

"Is Spike number one? It seems that he is not number one now, right? How did Miss Michel come to this outrageous conclusion?"

Justin chuckled and gave an answer that wasn't an answer.

You are shouting so joyfully even before you reach the top. Those who don’t know may think that there is some dirty deal between the two of you, and you are just singing and hyping up the excitement.

As for the disillusioned band that was pushed as a vanguard to snipe Zhou Yi because of its extremely popular songs, it is also difficult to avoid the fate of being asked relevant questions by reporters——

Even because they are all from the rock music branch, their questions are a bit more tricky.

"The ranking on the Billboard singles chart? We don't care about that."

"What do you think of Spike? We have not had any contact with him, but I think the music on his album may be somewhat different from our traditional rock music."

"..."

The disillusioned band, who are running around to expand the influence of their single "Bring Me to Life", say they don't care about rankings, but they are running more diligently than half a month ago. His agent even publicly said some very controversial words in an interview——

For example: Zhouyi's pop rock is pseudo-rock, not rock at all.

In the European and American rock circles, there are a group of fans who like the original rock music of the past. These people are also indescribably uncomfortable with Zhou Yi's fake rock -

You may say it’s not rock’n’roll, but the core “attitude” of rock’n’roll is most vividly reflected;

Let's talk about rock and roll. This is basically a popular style, which is pseudo-rock by definition.

This group of people originally thought that the single "Bring Me to Life" by the band Disillusionment was not considered rock, but now they compare it and it seems to be a bit more rock than Zhou Yi's.

It's very uncomfortable.

But soon, they won’t have to feel uncomfortable——

March 11th is the day when the rankings of the new round of B list are announced.

The band Disillusionment, which was still outside the top ten of the B-chart last week, suddenly dropped four places in the rankings. This is completely unreasonable for a band that is on the rise of the chart -

And Zhouyi's three songs "Viva La Vida", "Natural", and "Counting Stars" directly rushed into the top 15 this week, ranking 8, 10, and 12 respectively!

"Bring Me to Life", which dropped to the 15th place, is also followed by Zhouyi's "We Are Young" and "Apologize". Looking at the data index, it is only between the two. Basically, it can be understood that it can overtake it at any time. …

Zhouyi, who was still in the middle of the B list last week, after a week of hard work, his songs have soared on major radio stations in the United States, and with sales, they have strongly reached the top of the Billboard!

But the Disillusionment Band, which was regarded by many media as the vanguard of attacking Zhou Yi last week, fell without any power to fight back...

collapsed……

Last week they were America's supernovas and the new hope of rock and roll, but this week they have become cannon fodder in the eyes of the media. As a newcomer, the band Disillusionment has finally experienced the cruelty of public opinion in the music world.

And Zhou Yi's soaring behavior across dozens of rankings this week has not only brought him positive feedback in terms of sales, but also brought a shock to the North American music scene that was like a "crying wolf"!

Warner officials also took advantage of the trend to announce the sales of Zhou Yi's new album "Forever Young" in the seven days from 3.4 to 3.10——

1.46 million photos!

It topped the Billboard Album 200 for two consecutive years and directly surpassed the second place with sales of nearly 400,000 copies!

If we include the sales volume in the three days from March 1st to March 3rd, the ten-day sales volume of Zhouyi in North America has exceeded 2.3 million!

If it was just a lot of self-entertainment between many media before, this time it really triggered a bigger discussion——

Vanity Fair: "Spike, Unstoppable?" ! 》

"Entertainment Weekly": "Sparkling Lion Eyes?" ? ! 》

"God, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard for me to believe that a Chinese singer could actually sell more than 2.3 million albums in North America in just ten days. The bonus the Grammy effect brought to him is really terrifying. "

"Unfortunately, the singer who has enjoyed the Grammy effect at this Grammy is not only Norah Jones, but also Spike. There are too many people who just want to hear and see the first Chinese Grammy pop What exactly is the music trophy winner’s new album and chose to buy the album.”

"The Disillusionment Band, hailed by the music industry as the strongest new group this year, was effortlessly surpassed by Spike. The popularity gap between them is really too big..."

"The North American music scene is about to end..."

Since Zhou Yi's new album was released at the end of the Grammy Awards, all the reports about the Grammy Awards were basically converted into news about his new album.

Norah Jones has benefited from the Grammy effect of millions of album sales growth around the world. Although Zhou Yi does not have as many awards as her, her identity is enough to arouse the topic, and she also gets a share of the pie...

After such a self-analysis, some media who felt that Zhou Yi was so powerful this week and still only had a Grammy legacy turned their attention to hip-hop sales leader Eminem and his apprentice 50 Cent.

Hip-hop, rock, pop.

The three highest-grossing album genres in the world in the past few years.

But now, the Disillusionment Band, one of the representatives of rock and roll, has been defeated, and there is obviously no hope of overtaking it. The pop group obviously has nothing to fight against at the moment, so they can only place their hope in hip-hop, which is still fighting on the charts—— Hip-hop single "In da Club" performed by 50 Cent.

This week, "In da Club" is still ranked second on the singles chart, but the gap with first place is very small.

It can even be said that if the statistics were counted for one more day, "In da Club" might have topped the Billboard singles chart.

"I don't think there is any problem with Curtis winning the first place." As a leader in hip-hop, Eminem directly started cheering for his apprentice because he had no record plans this year: "The final winner will definitely be us. "

To be honest, the rapid rise of Zhou Yi's single was beyond his expectation.

But now both the public opinion and the chart situation are obviously in their favor. As long as 50 Cent takes the lead in the singles chart first, then they are destined to be winners, even if the victory is not glorious.

50 Cent himself was also full of confidence during the interview.

It was just such a last-minute kick at the end. If he could still be overtaken, he might as well have been shot to death in the first place - he was almost shot to death before his debut. See God, he was finally beaten to death. Save a life.

"Eminem is right, this is destined to be the victory of hip-hop music, and I will defend everything about hip-hop."