Chapter 148: Re-popularization

In early March, the TV drama "Unnatural Death" produced by TBS TV station was officially released, broadcast at 8 o'clock every Sunday night, with a total of ten episodes.

This TV drama has been in preparation for more than a year, and the male and female leads are popular stars in the film and television circle, especially Hoshino Sakura, who is almost the TV queen who guarantees ratings and has considerable popularity in Japan and abroad.

Besides being popular on TBS TV station, video websites such as Bilibili, Youku, and iQIYI also purchased the copyright of this TV drama and broadcast it at the same time. However, because it is a Japanese drama, more people watch it on Bilibili.

Originally, the broadcast of a Japanese drama did not attract particularly great attention. Although Hoshino Sakura has high popularity in China and South Korea, it is limited.

In most cases, it is the otaku who will mention her when choosing a wife, and there are not many people who really watch her TV dramas.

But the singer of this TV drama's OP is Luo Quan, which is a bit foul.

Luo Quan's popularity on Bilibili can be said to be at its peak. Any video she posts casually has millions of clicks. This data is already the data of several of the most qualified content creators on Bilibili, and none of the many resident stars can be found to be more popular than her.

And in Japan, Luo Quan's status is even higher. Hearing that the OP of this TV drama is sung by Luo Quan, no matter if it looks good or not, at least they will come to see it.

This is the star effect that the "Unnatural Death" crew wants. Under the premise that the quality of the TV drama is guaranteed, more attention will make this drama popular faster.

Although good wine is not afraid of deep alleys, Luo Quan can completely make everyone take the initiative to drink, which is not a concept at all.

Therefore, the day "Unnatural Death" was broadcast, it set a new high for TV drama ratings in 2017, and it was also in the first tier of overseas drama playback volume in China.

Then, as in Luo Quan's memory, this drama "Unnatural Death" exploded.

The next day, the streets and alleys, campus, and internet were all discussing this drama. Some discussed that the plot was very innovative, some licked the male and female leads' appearance, and some praised the TV drama OP for being well-chosen.

In fact, the ranking of this song "Lemon" on the Oricon chart has always been not low. Since its release last year, it has been at the forefront. Only the recognized divine songs "Don't Give Up" and "First Love," which won a total of twenty weekly championships, can be compared with it.

The two songs have been alternating the top of the Oricon chart from August 2016 until now, but on TIKTOK, the BGM most used by young Japanese people is "Lemon."

Perhaps this song's melody is more brisk and more suitable for this fast-paced society, or perhaps its lyrics, which are sad but with a little warmth, are more in line with the state of mind of young people in the new century.

At least in the hearts of young people, its status can even be compared with "Don't Give Up"!

And such a song has now become the OP of the TV drama "Unnatural Death," and it sounds like there is no sense of violation at all, as if it were tailor-made for it, which makes every fan feel very happy.

It is like one's own child getting the love and affirmation of the general public, and there is a feeling of honor.

Of course, this is all based on the fact that "Unnatural Death" itself is very excellent in quality.

Not only in Japan, but the popularity of this TV drama in China is also very high. The discussion degree is only a little worse than those big explosive TV dramas, and this is only the first episode!

To see if a TV drama is popular, you actually only need to see if many people listen to its opening or ending songs.

"Lemon" had been popular on short video platforms like Douyin for a while before, but it was replaced by more brainwashing songs not long after.

As a result, with the popularity of "Unnatural Death," this song became popular again the next day, even redder than half a year ago!

Douyin is full of videos using it as BGM and countless versions of covers.

Smoke voice, black voice, imperial sister sound, uncle sound, all kinds of fancy things.

These are actually fine. After all, there are so many people playing Douyin, and there must be many people who like different voice lines and singing methods. Using this way to attract attention and clicks is actually understandable.

You can't demand that a group of ordinary people who haven't received professional learning sing as well as professional singers, not to mention compared with Luo Quan, whose singing skills are considered very good even among professional singers.

So Luo Quan didn't pay much attention to the remarks on Bilibili that @ her, saying that many covers of "Lemon" on Douyin ruined the song and asking her to issue a statement prohibiting covers.

Covers, as long as they don't change the lyrics blindly, she supports them.

But there is one type of person she couldn't tolerate at all, and that is those who change her song to an accompaniment, mess it up into electronic music, then upload it to music software and label it as the original singer.

This is no longer plagiarism. People who plagiarize at least have to change a few melodies, then change to Chinese lyrics, and call it Chinese-ization. Although it is equally immoral, at least they still want a face.

And this one is completely not wanting a face at all, and it is no different from theft.

The key is that this song sells for 3 yuan a song on the music platform, which is more expensive than an album of "18." What is even more magical is that the sales of this song are quite good, directly on the sales chart of the day, and the sales are second only to "Light Spot."

That is to say, this person moved the mouse a few times and earned more than 100,000 RMB without any effort.

Luo Quan looked at the comment section, and the ones in front were basically praising this person for having talent.

This person's name is "Grass Rice," a woman, with more than 500,000 fans on NetEase Cloud. Luo Quan really doubted the taste of the general public. Even such a person has fans?

Listening to her previous songs, the melody is okay, the singing skill is not even as good as KTV microphone bully, and the lyrics are really inexplicable, some don't know what they are talking about. And the comment section of these songs is not completely praising her. There are many words in it that mention the problems of Chinese-ization and plagiarism. It seems that this Grass Rice is not a first-time offender.

But such a repeat offender can sit on so many fans on NetEase Cloud and earn a lot of money. This is simply a blasphemy against those singers who seriously make music!

Luo Quan is not complaining for herself. She just feels that the domestic music environment is so bad, and these "Chinese-ization workers" and "thieves" really have to bear great responsibility!

Being scolded by haters didn't make her so angry. This time, she was truly out of anger and contacted the review staff of NetEase Cloud for the first time.

"Hello, is there anything I can do for you?"

"I am Luo Quan."

"…………, is it singer Luo Quan?"

"Yes, the one whose Weibo account was banned."

"Pfft! Sorry…… sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's okay, I have something to ask you."

"Please say."

"It's about the singer Grass Rice. You know her, right?"

"Ah, you are talking about singer Grass Rice. She is a signed singer on our platform."

"She uploaded a new song 'Lemon' today. I don't know if you have heard it?"

"I really haven't heard this. Her songs have special personnel for review, and I am not responsible for that part."

"That song, besides the remix part, the melody and lyrics are exactly the same as mine, but she changed my voice to her own, and she can label it as the original singer?"

"This…… I will verify it immediately!"

Luo Quan waited for more than a minute, and the review staff had a reply:

"It is like this. There have been many of your songs uploaded to NetEase Cloud before Grass Rice, but they are all labeled as covers or clips. Only Grass Rice's 'Lemon' is the full version, so she can label it as the original singer."

"Did you not understand what I meant?" Luo Quan frowned, "This song is not unknown in China, right? When it was uploaded, the review staff passed it directly. Don't they check it?"

"The review staff has too much workload every day, and it is understandable to have omissions."

"Then good, I won't ask about the previous things. How to deal with it now?"

"We will immediately verify the situation you mentioned. If it is true, I will contact the supervisor to deal with this song."

"Still need to verify? Still need to contact the supervisor?" Luo Quan took a deep breath, reminding herself to have cultivation and not to scold people.

The other end of the phone quickly fell into silence, but didn't hang up.

Luo Quan browsed Bilibili, always searching for the keyword "Lemon."

It's been a day, and it seems that no one has discovered this song yet.

After about ten minutes, the review staff spoke again:

"Luo Quan, hello. We have reviewed it here. Your song and Grass Rice's 'Lemon' are indeed very similar, but she is the first person to apply for the original singer, so it will be more troublesome to deal with. Let me ask, didn't your song officially release to NetEase Cloud before?"

Luo Quan said in a deep voice, "My Japanese songs are all uploaded to Bilibili, and the songs on domestic music platforms are basically pirated."

"Then that's right. It is precisely because you didn't officially upload to NetEase Cloud as a singer that you gave others an opportunity."

"Then it became my pot?" Another victim-guilt theory. Luo Quan was really convinced by these people who reversed black and white.

"Both have some responsibility, but our NetEase Cloud pays the most attention to genuine copyright. We will take down Grass Rice's song as soon as possible."

Luo Quan's eyes widened, "Then what, just take it down? Don't issue an apology statement, urge the review staff to carefully check the uploaded songs in the future, etc.?"

"This…… has to be arranged by the supervisor himself. I am just a messenger and can't make the decision."

"Give me your supervisor's phone number, I will talk to him personally!"

The review staff's voice sounded a bit embarrassed, "I don't have the supervisor's phone number, and he is very busy and may not have time to deal with these things."

"Emm………… fine, then you hurry up."

Luo Quan endured the urge to scold and hung up the phone with a bang.

"WQNMLGB!" Luo Quan raised the pillow without any quality and threw it on the wall fiercely. The messy hair covered her face, and also covered her pretty face that was a bit distorted because of anger. ===== CHAPTER 149 =====