Chapter 197

On the morning of the second day, the Billboard data finally came out. Miss Luo Quan's two new songs were released on the last day of the statistical period, and in just one day, their sales and click counts successfully surpassed all the songs on the chart.

Because only two songs had been released so far, the statistics here were all for digital single sales.

And this time, there were no options for pre-sale or single-song purchase in the United States; fans could only buy the digital album directly if they wanted to listen.

The first day's sales also came out, reaching as high as 330,000 copies. "Someone Like You" parachuted to the top of the Billboard weekly chart in one day, with click-through play counts far exceeding the second-place "Listen."

This was just the result of the first day. Under the vigorous promotion of Universal Music and the "self-water" (organic fan promotion), the entire internet was discussing Miss Luo Quan's new songs, and this also included the credit of promotion from fans of Gao Liang and the Love Music band.

The second day's results were explosively higher compared to the first day. The "Love" digital album sold 820,000 copies, and the two new songs also began to dominate the hot song charts of major music platforms in the United States.

Under such heat, Universal Music Group called Seifert eight times in one day, urging him to have Miss Luo Quan finish recording the remaining songs of the album as soon as possible.

Although Seifert didn't want to disrupt Miss Luo Quan's recording plan, the headquarters was urging him too tightly—even more absurdly than when they urged Gao Liang for new songs back then.

However, for Miss Luo Quan, who was not an artist under Universal, these big shots sitting in the office didn't dare to urge her personally, only knowing how to make him play the bad guy.

Originally, Seifert was prepared to withstand the pressure and use the "delay tactic" to muddle through.

As a result, the headquarters saw no movement on his end and had the president's father call directly at noon.

There was no other way; the father's majesty was something Seifert could not defy no matter what, so he could only find a gap during lunch to tell Miss Luo Quan about this matter.

Fortunately, although Miss Luo Quan frowned upon hearing the request to urge for songs, she wasn't angry, just revealing a bright smile and saying, "I'll try to finish recording as soon as possible."

Miss Luo Quan was so reasonable and had no celebrity airs at all, which moved Seifert to a mess. He recounted his father's pressure on him over the years with snot and tears, almost wanting to offer himself to Miss Luo Quan on the spot, but was dragged out of the cafeteria by Gao Liang, who saw that the situation was not good.

Originally, Miss Luo Quan didn't like being urged to do things, but since Seifert was so miserable, she would just take it as helping out.

Plus, the trainees had been memorizing dance moves for the past two days, and Seeing Wen Xia and Zhao Yining were busy, so she was very free and could just take advantage of these two days to finish recording the songs.

After finishing lunch, Miss Luo Quan took her nap as usual and then headed to the recording studio.

Cao Mufeng wasn't seen today, so Miss Luo Quan could only call Zhou Yangwen and ask him to arrange for someone to come and assist her.

After about ten minutes, a girl in her twenties entered the recording studio. She looked quite familiar; it seemed she had seen her at the show's shooting site before, presumably a behind-the-scenes staff member.

The girl was very respectful to Miss Luo Quan in her speech and kept a very low profile, but Miss Luo Quan was never a haughty person, so she told her not to be so polite and that everyone should just get along as equals.

After Miss Luo Quan briefly explained the precautions, the work officially began.

Two songs were to be recorded today. Miss Luo Quan produced the accompaniments for the songs with ease, and the total time for the two songs was less than an hour, which was much longer than the previous two.

Both were fast songs; one was a pop song leaning towards commercial, and the other was a fresh country song, with varied styles.

After all, the topic of "love" only has a few relationships when you pull it back and forth: I love you, you love me; I love you, you don't love me; you love me, I don't love you.

The content actually has many repetitive parts, and people will feel tired of listening to the same things, so Miss Luo Quan made an issue of the musical style, trying to make the album more diversified and gain higher freshness.

Today's songs didn't require much vocal technique, and Miss Luo Quan recorded them very easily, taking only two hours to finish everything.

At this rate, the new album could be released in at most three more days.

She had previously promised to release an MV for the album. Miss Luo Quan already had a draft in her mind and was prepared to tell President Zhou tonight to have him arrange it for her tomorrow or the day after.

The shooting location was also very easy to solve; the International Film and Television Center was right under her feet, and she could shoot anywhere she found a spot.

After the new songs came out, Miss Luo Quan sent them to both sides. Seifert let out a long sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he could finally finish his task.

Zhou Yangwen, on the other hand, seemed a bit surprised. He didn't expect Miss Luo Quan's speed of releasing songs to be so fast. They had agreed to finish within half a month, and in just three days, she had written four songs. Could the quality be guaranteed?

Of course, after listening to them, Zhou Yang never had such thoughts about Miss Luo Quan again—never again.

Trending searches and promotion continued to be arranged!

If it were in the past, with Miss Luo Quan hitting the trending searches every day like this, she would definitely be sprayed by "pure passersby" as a hype queen and marketing master.

However, ever since her singing strength was generally recognized, frequently hitting the trending searches became a matter of course, considered a sign that she was about to become a big hit or had already become one.

In fact, this can be seen from her rapidly growing fans; she is gradually stepping towards that door of becoming a top-tier celebrity.

Currently, Seeing Wen Xia has one foot already inside, and whether she can fully step in depends on how explosive the show "Creation Girl Generation" will be in the end.

And for a singer to become a top-tier celebrity is much more difficult than for variety and film/television stars, which is almost the complete opposite of foreign countries.

Even if this album really explodes, it's only accumulating popularity for her. If she really wants to be famous, she still has to go on variety shows or act in TV dramas.

But just for now, Miss Luo Quan's heat is absolutely crushing most top-tier celebrities, because her name is on the trending searches of Weibo, Zhihu, and Bilibili, the netizens' discussion is extremely high, and it is also rapidly being used in short videos on Douyin.

Then two new songs were released today, and the heat was raised to another level again, especially since the melodies of these two songs were extremely catchy and ear-grabbing.

"Miss Luo Quan's New Song Second Wave!"

The short trending search reached the top of the trending list.

The content of the trending search was written by Penguin Music: "Miss Luo Quan's new songs 'Love Story' and 'Call Me Maybe' are now online on Penguin Music, sweet love songs to warm your entire spring."

Although these two songs didn't reflect her vocal technique, in terms of audience breadth, they far exceeded the first two songs. Whether in China or the United States, young people always prefer fast songs.

Generally speaking, slow songs reflect the depth of a singer's work, while fast songs are used to reflect breadth. Miss Luo Quan's English songs basically have such a characteristic.

Facts have proven that what the general public likes to listen to are basically fast songs.

However, there are pros and cons.

Weibo was still full of praise. Most of the people using Weibo are girls, and girls like this kind of sweet little love songs the most, so the reputation is naturally good.

And the requirements on Zhihu are much higher, and soon there were related questions:

How to evaluate Miss Luo Quan's "Love Story" and "Call Me Maybe"?

Answer:

"Good to listen to! But that's it. There's not much nutrition. My expectations for Miss Luo Quan are actually very high. The previous two songs were masterpieces, but when this one came out, no matter how I look at it, it feels like an eyesore. It shouldn't have been put in this album."

"This should have been a god-tier album, but in the end, it still couldn't avoid the ending of being a letdown."

"To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed. I don't know if my expectations were too high."

"I found that some people are just pretentious. Who stipulated that an album must have every song as a masterpiece? Those so-called god-tier albums aren't all classics either. Listening to you, it's as if these two new songs are unbearable."

"I feel like Miss Luo Quan has spoiled your appetites too much, and you've already forgotten yourselves. These two new songs are just a bit more commercial, but among commercial songs, they are definitely top-tier productions. And Miss Luo Quan also tried different musical styles, and the effect is still good. Such a stylistically varied, high-yield, and high-quality singer, no matter what, shouldn't be associated with being a letdown, right?"

"They are clearly two very good pop songs, yet they are described by you as worthless. It's not like the Grammys don't have Best Pop and Best Country awards. What? Looking down on these two awards? I'll put my words here: one of these two songs will definitely win an award. Welcome to slap my face!"

"Your requirements for Miss Luo Quan are really too high. The overly explosive song quality since her debut has made you ignore the fact that she is only nineteen years old. Looking at those divas and kings in Europe and America, how many can achieve such achievements at Miss Luo Quan's age?"

"And she is also a trilingual singer in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and has achieved impressive results in every language. This is unique in the entire history of pop music!"

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Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan's works are solid enough, and the reputation she has accumulated is high enough, so many people are speaking up for her when facing doubts and difficulties.

Indeed, many people like to pick bones in an egg. Even for a very good thing, they can always analyze its shortcomings from various angles.

However, Miss Luo Quan is actually a person who can listen to fans' opinions. She can listen to what these fans say, at least some of their words hit the point.

For example: if an album wants to be called a god-tier album, it must have a "god-tier song" that can be called a pillar. It is a classic that will be passed down, which can be immediately associated with as soon as a tiny detail is mentioned.

"Someone Like You" and "Listen" are both very high-quality songs and can be called classics, but they are still a distance away from being passed down.

Miss Luo Quan has very high expectations for this album. She hopes this will be her foothold in the European and American music scene. The Grammy is the minimum requirement, and reaching the status she has in Japan is the ultimate goal.

But the latter can only be thought about. After all, there is only one Japan on Earth, and so many accidents are hard to come by, so Miss Luo Quan didn't hold too much hope for this.

But relatively speaking, Miss Luo Quan's ambition this time is not just as simple as winning a Grammy. Becoming a first-class singer is her biggest expectation this time.

And to achieve this achievement, she must have representative works.

Currently, every song she has released can be called a representative work, but for Miss Luo Quan, it's not enough, because she possesses an entire world's music library!

So next, she will release a big move, and it will be one big move after another.

And since she wants to become a first-class singer in the European and American music circle, the songs she sings definitely cannot be limited to English. She knows so many foreign languages; it would be a pity not to make good use of them.

In order to let her fans prepare mentally, she specially posted a Weibo:

"Starting tomorrow, the songs I release will be very high-energy. Fans with weak hearts, please prepare emergency heart-saving pills. (Sunglasses smiley face)"

As soon as this was said, the whole internet was in an uproar, and the public opinion that had just improved slightly had a trend of flowing backward.

"Is Miss Luo Quan a bit floating? These words sound a bit harsh."

"Too arrogant. These four songs in the new album are indeed good, but they are far from reaching this level, right?"

"There are no celebrities who became famous young who aren't arrogant. However, arrogance has its reasons. If you had such achievements at eighteen or nineteen, you would be arrogant too."

"Don't represent me. As a descendant of China, humility has always been one of our virtues. I have never seen this point in Miss Luo Quan. It's probably because there is foreign blood in her roots."

"Blind your dog eyes. Miss Luo Quan quotes classics and speaks more fluently than you, a keyboard warrior who hasn't graduated from elementary school. Have you eaten the lyrics of 'Blue and White Porcelain' and 'Not a Hero'? Which foreigner can write such text?"

"I just like watching you guys satirize Miss Luo Quan and then get your faces slapped in the end. At this time tomorrow, you will definitely all be pretending to be dead. Miss Luo Quan never talks big for no reason. If she dares to say so, she definitely has something to rely on. Just wait quietly."

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When disputes occur, the heat of the event always rises quite fast. The trending search for the release of the two new songs hadn't sat on the top of the trending list for long before it was squeezed down by "Miss Luo Quan Weibo."

It is said that Miss Luo Quan never takes the initiative to market. In fact, the Weibo she posted is a kind of marketing, but because of the general environment, some things that are facts in her eyes are always questioned by ordinary people.

This is not her only trouble. Many powerful celebrities will encounter such situations, and these celebrities always use their performance to break doubts again and again and finally stabilize their status.

Miss Luo Quan is doing such a thing now. Being questioned now is because she is young and her status is not high enough.

And in the process of slapping faces again and again, those who dare to question her will finally be convinced.

Of course, all this is based on the premise that tomorrow's song will definitely cause a sensation.

If the response is mediocre, what she did today will become the big joke of 2017.

In order to ensure the effect of the subsequent song recording, simply using computer synthesis is definitely not enough, so she contacted Zhou Yangwen and asked him if he could help her hire a symphony orchestra. The scale doesn't matter, but at least the instruments must be complete.

In addition, she, who had been a miser for a long time, finally opened the mall and purchased a celebrity binding card from it, which would be used for the next three days.

The celebrity she chose is a singer whose voice is as gentle as moonlight, known as world-famous.