Chapter 158 "The Wind Rises"
As June approaches, the promotion of several dramas aired in the summer has entered a fierce stage.
The major video platforms, TV stations, and producers have used almost all kinds of skills and tricks.
Among them, "Mysterious Valley" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which were first broadcast, are the most active.
But at this time, Xu Kong's Weibo was suddenly updated, and it was not about his new drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
"Su Zhi's new album?"
"Damn it, Xu Kong has full control over the lyrics, music and production of the entire album. Am I really not dreaming?"
"No, this fairy sword is about to be broadcast, why are you still secretly holding back your ultimate move!"
No wonder netizens reacted so fiercely, mainly because Xu Kong and Su Zhi have collaborated the most times from last year to now.
Even except for a new song written for Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin during the period, almost all the other songs were written for Su Zhi.
And there have been rumors that Xu Kong only writes songs for Su Zhi, and other singers in the circle have been rejected outright, even if they offer very high prices to sing.
Now, after about a year, news of Su Zhi’s new album has been released.
Although last year's album had a bad reputation, this one is obviously different.
That long list means that Xu Kong almost took over the production of the entire album.
Such news would hardly shock the Chinese music scene at this time.
In addition, Su Zhi and Xu Kong are currently appearing together, and one can imagine the popularity on the Internet.
In less than half an hour, the Weibo post posted by Su Zhihe's studio and forwarded by Xu Kong immediately topped the list of hot searches.
But the most confusing ones at this time are probably the kiwi and mangoes.
The previous two dramas, "Mysterious Valley" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy", had a back-and-forth approach to promotion.
In addition to Weibo hot searches, there are also promotions on other platforms, including the promotion of trolls, etc.
At such a critical moment, Xu Kong, the director of Fairy Sword and the male lead, suddenly started promoting a new album produced for Su Zhi?
Your choice of time is a little too wrong, right?
"Mr. Qin, is it possible? This is Feng Ge's plan."
When Qin Xian heard the words of the head of the operations and promotion department, he nodded solemnly.
There was almost no news about Su Zhi’s new album before.
And if it’s just a preview song for the album, when should it be released?
Why did he choose to do it right before his new drama is about to air?
This inevitably reminded Qin Xian of Xu Kong's favorite publicity method in the past.
I just use the soundtrack from my own drama to help promote it in advance.
He felt that Xu Kong might have followed the same trick this time.
But the direction that followed was completely different from what Qin Xian himself had guessed.
Although Xu Kong, the album producer, is also very popular for Su Zhi's new album, Xu Kong's new drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was never mentioned in the subsequent promotion.
It seems like it’s really just a preview song for a new album.
Even the time to warm up is not enough.
When the news was released, there were less than three days left in May.
But they happened to set the first march on June 1st.
Even with several hot search bonuses, such album promotion time is definitely not enough.
“This news is so sudden!”
"What a feeling, of course it's a surprise."
"Just putting the names of Xu Kong and Su Zhi together makes people look forward to it, not to mention that this time Xu Kong directly took over the production of Su Zhi's entire new album."
"This is definitely something that we music fans should be very happy about."
In Fat Bird's live broadcast room, on the day the news of Su Zhi's new album was released, he couldn't wait to start broadcasting it.
With such great popularity, and it was related to his "noble man" Xu Kong, there was no way he wouldn't take the initiative to rub in.
Of course, the news that people on both sides of the Internet have been arguing about Xu Kong spending most of his time on filming and not focusing on making music has finally been overturned.
"I apologize to Xu Kong. When I spoke before, I was indeed a little loud."
While Fat Bird was talking, the show was so effective that he actually stood up, and then began to bend down and say sorry.
The netizens in the live broadcast room who came to join in the fun were all amused.
"As expected of Xu Chuitou, his face changed too quickly."
"Didn't you say that Xu Kong won't be able to release a new album this year? I guess no one would have thought that instead of releasing his own album, he wrote a whole album directly for Su Zhi."
"Although it's not Xu Kong's own album, if it's a collaboration with Su Zhi, don't mention it. I'm even more looking forward to it!"
The most confused people at this time are not the netizens who have just received the news, but also the two broadcast platforms and producers of "Mystic Valley".
They are the people in charge of both Cloud Music and Penguin Music.
Although the news has been released, their platform itself doesn’t know anything about Su Zhi’s new album!
Generally speaking, for a diva like Su Zhi, let alone a new album, even if she releases a single, the first person to know about it is definitely their music platform.
Because in addition to helping with promotion, they will also upload the songs in advance and then wait for them to be released on time.
Now, neither side has received any news, and they subconsciously think that Su Zhi has chosen to cooperate with the hostile platform.
The two sides are the biggest competitors, and it is definitely impossible to have friendly exchanges with each other.
But when I looked at it, Su Zhi's new album was so popular on all major social platforms. Why didn't the other party even have a promotion interface on the homepage?
"Is the news accurate?"
At the headquarters of Yun Music, as the only person in charge of music copyright in the entire company, the power of the vice president Ran Yunxiang can be said to be one of the most powerful in the entire company.
Although Ran Yunxiang is only in her thirties, she has reached this position entirely by relying on her outstanding abilities.
The copyrights for a total of more than 40 singers, including seven singing kings and queens, were negotiated from Jiying Media in one go. Even now, it is still a very dazzling record.
"There should be nothing wrong."
After hearing Ran Yunxiang's question, his subordinate nodded and replied with a serious expression.
Most of Su Zhi's songs are copyrighted by their cloud music.
The last album was even so-called exclusive.
But this time, for some reason, Ran Yunxiang didn't even get the relevant information, and there wasn't even a chance to negotiate with Su Zhi.
It was revealed that Su Zhi's new album is about to release a preview song.
If she really takes it seriously, it's true that she didn't do her job well enough.
After all, Xu Kong, the youngest singer, took over all the lyrics, music, and album production, and Su Zhi, the youngest singer, took over all the latest albums.
Putting aside the quality of the album and whether it can be a hit, this lineup alone is enough for them to spend a lot of money to discuss copyright matters.
At first, she did think that Su Zhi chose Penguin Music to collaborate this time.
But at present, it seems that the rival platform, like them, has no news.
She should have thought of this a long time ago. If it was true that cooperation had been negotiated, it would be impossible for Penguin Music to not even promote it on the homepage after the news was released.
After all, June is also a time when singers release songs intensively.
But the combination of Su Zhi and Xu Kong will not appear so lacking in appearance.
"Then where do they plan to release the new song?"
"Cool music?"
After just thinking about it for a moment, Ran Yunxiang shook her head.
Because Ku Music is a long-established music platform, its user base is no longer competitive with the two major music platforms. It also appears to be quite Buddhist in terms of competition for singer copyrights.
Unless Su Zhi really can't think about it, it's impossible to really cooperate with Ku Music.
The only explanation is that Su Zhi does not plan to release the music directly for the promotional song for the new album.
It's just a warm-up for the whole album.
However, Ran Yunxiang did not wonder for too long, and it was already June 1st in a blink of an eye.
The preview song for Su Zhi's new album was also released on time. "Su Zhi uploaded it himself?"
Ran Yunxiang was stunned for a moment.
The main reason is that when you reach a celebrity position like Su Zhi, the copyright must have been negotiated before the song is released.
Their platform will be responsible for subsequent song releases and other matters.
The songs I uploaded were all guessed correctly by some independent musicians.
But when she saw that Su Zhi's songs also appeared on Penguin Music, she suddenly figured it out.
“Finally it’s out!”
At this time, the number of people in the Fat Bird live broadcast room has exceeded 80,000, and the number of people is still increasing rapidly, and it is about to exceed the 100,000 mark.
Starting from the originally scheduled time of 12 noon, Fat Bird has been rapidly refreshing Su Zhi's singer page.
It wasn't until he saw the new song marked "new" that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, in the entire album, only one song was lit, and the rest were all dark, and all looked like "???".
This kind of operation of releasing the preview song of the album in advance is quite common in today's music scene, and Fat Bird doesn't think there is any big problem.
At the same time, he also started to look at the name of Su Zhi's album.
""Su Xu"?"
When he saw the name of the album, Fat Bird was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that this album would be named after Su Zhi and Xu Kong.
Isn’t this the official Koke CP?
Sure enough, when they saw the name of the album, the fans in the live broadcast room had already started to revel.
"Damn it, this time I really hit it for real!"
"I'll just say it, I'll just say it. Is this equivalent to an official announcement?"
"There is something wrong with these two people. This album title is very wrong!"
Although he was a little excited, Fat Bird still interpreted it very seriously at this time:
“Actually, there’s nothing wrong with the album title.”
"After all, I said during the previous promotion that Xu Kong wrote all the songs in the entire album, and he also took care of all the production."
"Strictly speaking, this album is not only Su Zhi's album, there is no big problem in adding Xu Kong as the signature."
There really isn’t much of a problem with Fat Bird’s point of view.
After all, it’s impossible for an ordinary album producer to co-create the songs in a singer’s album.
Situations like Xu Kong's have not happened before.
However, the songwriter was working with many different singers at the time, and the album itself was also under his name.
After saying this, under the urging of the audience in the live broadcast room, Fat Bird finally focused on the only opening song in this album.
""The Wind Rises""
"Singer: Su Zhi"
"Lyrics, composition, arrangement: Xu Kong"
After reading the song title again, Fat Bird clicked play.
Immediately afterwards, a slightly sad but atmospheric piano sound sounded.
"The style feels a little different from the songs Xu Kong wrote for Su Zhi before."
Fat Bird said the right nonsense.
Because in the past year, Xu Kong has written songs with a wide range of styles.
Just for Su Zhi alone, there is a big change in style.
“Stop and go along the way”
"Follow the traces of youth drifting"
"The moment before stepping out of the station"
“I was a little hesitant”
Su Zhi's singing voice came, and Fat Bird was stunned for a moment.
Because Su Zhi's voice was much deeper than before.
But the other party didn't sing in a very deliberately suppressed voice, and the overall feeling was unexpectedly natural.
"Once upon a time, I first met this world and wandered around in all kinds of ways"
"Looking at the horizon seems to be before your eyes"
"I am willing to go through fire and water to do it again"
Su Zhi's tune is gradually rising, and at the same time, the mood and atmosphere of the song are also following Su Zhi's singing.
This is another song that combines lyrics, melody, and arrangement very harmoniously.
What makes Fat Bird most amazing is the atmosphere created by the entire song from the lyrics to the melody.
Almost as soon as Su Zhi opened her mouth, it was easy for people to get immersed in it.
It’s actually hard for Fat Bird to give too many comments at the moment.
Because although the lyrics are not obscure, they are not narrative-oriented either.
The more feeling still serves the atmosphere and mood of the entire song.
Just when Fat Bird was thinking about this, the whole song finally reached the most critical chorus part.
“I once had a hard time extricating myself from the size of the world”
"Also indulged in sleep talking"
"No truth or falsehood, no struggle, no fear of jokes"
The moment the melody and lyrics of the chorus came out, Fat Bird felt goosebumps all over his body.
It's also Su Zhi's strong high-pitched part, but compared with the previous song "Slaying the Wolf", it's much less technical and more like a catharsis of emotions.
At this time, barrages also began to flood the screen.
"Damn, what a mess!"
"This new song really sings to my heart!"
"Good, good! This is the quality that Su Zhi's album should have."
Towards the end of the song, the arranger's voice suddenly weakened.
And Su Zhi's own voice became more prominent.
"The evening breeze blows the white hair on your temples"
"Healing the scars left by memories"
"In your eyes, there is a mixture of light and dark, and a smile brings forth flowers"
Throughout this entire section, there is almost only a weak piano sound in the arrangement.
But it is this kind of treatment that brings the atmosphere of the entire song to the highest point.
Fat Bird's expression and body had begun to distort at this moment.
However, viewers who are slightly familiar with the other party know that this is not a sign that they find it unpleasant. If it is really unpleasant, Fat Bird would simply remain expressionless most of the time.
Fat Bird only does this when he hears amazing new songs and gets excited.
"The old man is strong."
"Don't scare me, anchor."
"Poets hold!"
Although there are some barrages that are funny, most people are also in a state of numbness when they hear this.
"Whatever the heart moves, it goes with the wind"
"Are you still willing in the name of love~"
As the last line of lyrics ended, the number of people in Fat Bird's live broadcast room had successfully reached the terrifying 160,000.
(End of chapter)