Chapter 202: One After Another

PS: The previous chapter was harmonized, applying for unblocking............

This surprise, of course, wasn't that Miss Luo Quan would release a new song in three days.

The day after being interviewed by "Time," Miss Luo Quan started shooting the MV.

Originally, according to her concept, the shooting location for this MV was on a circular stage piled up with stones, somewhat similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome, just much smaller.

She would stand in the center of the stage singing, while around her were stone steps carved with patterns, and above that were towering stone pillars.

The overall tone was retro, but Miss Luo Quan's idea was too idealistic. If it were really produced according to her thoughts, the cost would be huge, and time would definitely not be enough.

So she could only settle for the next best thing, first building a frame with wood, and then painting on the places where she needed to take shots, imitating it to achieve a realistic effect.

Miss Luo Quan's first MV was completed on this stage, which looked a bit crude.

In order to shoot this MV, the Penguin crew customized a special Greek-style gauze skirt for Miss Luo Quan, and also made an olive branch crown with plastic.

In short, the overall clothing style was to match the venue where Miss Luo Quan performed.

The shooting process was also very smooth, ending in less than an hour. Originally, it was just standing on the stage singing. Miss Luo Quan had almost no movements. Several cameramen filmed her from different angles. In the later stage, they only needed to edit the shots and match them with the songs Miss Luo Quan recorded in the recording studio, which was basically done.

In order to record the song, Miss Luo Quan specifically exchanged for the star binding card of the first diva of the UK in her previous life—Sarah Brightman—in the mall.

Of course, it was a term card that only lasted for seven days.

This singer had a unique, moving voice, simply as wonderful as a harp, full of elegant and clear breath.

Although Miss Luo Quan's vocal conditions were also outstanding, compared with the voice of this chosen person, it was still quite a bit worse.

Moreover, the star binding card could only let her possess Sarah Brightman's singing techniques, and couldn't let her obtain the same voice as Sarah Brightman.

Fortunately, she could use opera singing techniques to simulate Sarah Brightman's voice. Even if she couldn't reach the point of being fake, she could restore the original singing effect by seven or eight out of ten.

Miss Luo Quan chose two famous songs by Sarah Brightman this time. The one shooting the MV was "Scarborough Fair."

Most Chinese people might have no impression of this name, but as long as she opens her mouth, there will definitely be a sense of familiarity, always feeling that they have heard it somewhere, but can't remember it.

This is a British folk song with a very moving melody and beautiful lyrics, which can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It can be said that the history is quite long.

However, "Scarborough Fair" has quite large changes to the lyrics of that British folk song, and the music is also re-produced and arranged. It is born from the latter, but stands opposite to the latter, completely worthy of being an independent work.

This song might not be as catchy as those commercial fast songs, but as long as you listen to it a few more times, you will be attracted by the pictures it outlines in your mind.

This is a classic masterpiece worth repeated appreciation, and the quality is no lower than "My Heart Will Go On."

However, considering that those fans were already complaining about her continuous "slumping" these days, Miss Luo Quan intended to satisfy them all at once.

The MV of "Scarborough Fair" was handed over to Penguin to produce. After Miss Luo Quan left the shooting scene, she quickly rushed back to the recording studio of the Xiaoshan International Film and Television Center to start recording the ninth song of the album.

It was also an old song, but its melody would definitely not be outdated even if it were placed now.

If we talk about global popularity alone, if "Happy Birthday" and the "Alphabet Song" are ranked first and second, only this song dares to be third.

Its accompaniment basically consists of piano. Miss Luo Quan had exchanged for the piano performance specialty from the system mall a long time ago, but she had never had a chance to show it.

In such a large film and television center, Miss Luo Quan couldn't find a piano. In the end, she used the old method: using a synthesizer to produce it.

After working for more than an hour, when Miss Luo Quan finished recording the song, the person in charge of MV editing also sent her a message saying that the MV editing had been completed and sent to President Zhou. They worked overtime, and while ensuring quality, they increased the speed to the fastest.

Miss Luo Quan replied "thank you for your hard work," and then sent the song recorded here to Zhou Yangwen and Seifert.

After listening to the two songs, Zhou Yangwen slightly changed the order of the song release, moving "Scarborough Fair" to the back.

According to Chinese tradition, the more important things are, the more they must appear later.

At 8:30 PM, Miss Luo Quan posted a black-and-white photo of herself on Weibo. This was the first portrait she took when she debuted. It was Lin Zheyuan who helped her design the action with a lemon on the beach.

She accompanied the lemon, showing a smile, everything was so quiet and good.

And after being made into black and white, there was some special meaning behind the smile.

Miss Luo Quan attached text under the photo:

"Garcia Marquez once wrote in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' that all the brilliance possessed in life must eventually be repaid with loneliness.

The current me might be called 'radiant,' with so many people looking forward to my new songs, and I also use my greatest enthusiasm to respond to these expectant fans.

And having received a response, they reciprocated even more enthusiastically; a star was born right then and there.

But what if one day I can't respond to this enthusiasm? How many people will be able to remain as enthusiastic as ever? I don't know, but I hope it's everyone.

Some people became my fans because of my appearance, and some because of my singing voice, but I hope that one day in the future, you will become my fans because of me as a person.

Because I am Miss Luo Quan, you are willing to become my fans, and at that time, no matter how much brilliance we once possessed, we will definitely not be lonely in the end!"

After the Weibo was posted, Penguin Music also quickly posted a relevant Weibo, and the trending search that had been silent for a long time boiled up again.

"Miss Luo Quan's new song released, song title: 'Yesterday Once More'."

Less than half an hour after the song was released, the response was exceptionally strong. Everyone who was full of expectations for Miss Luo Quan's new song was satisfied at this moment.

This is the good song they have been wanting to hear, worthy of being called a classic!

The comments under the trending search, everyone could no longer suppress their excitement:

"I now announce that 'Love' is one of the 100 greatest albums of the new century. Who agrees, who opposes?"

"It's really hard to refute. 'My Heart Will Go On' and 'Yesterday Once More'—if an album has one, it can be called a 'God Album.' 'Love' actually has two!"

"I have been waiting for this song for a long, long time. It was not in vain that I have been staring at Weibo for the past few days."

"It feels like playing a record with an old-fashioned phonograph. It has a retro, nostalgic style. For a young person to write such an English song with a sense of the times, 'talented' is not enough to describe her."

"Miss Luo Quan's Weibo really moved me. Even in this situation, she didn't lose her original heart and is still reflecting.

Glory brings hypocritical followers, twilight witnesses pious believers. My liking for her is incomparably pious, but I don't hope Miss Luo Quan will have a twilight day."

"Nothing to say, just because of this paragraph, I will be a fan of Miss Luo Quan for a lifetime!"

Originally, everyone thought that the climax of tonight had arrived, but didn't expect that this was just an appetizer.

"Miss Luo Quan's MV released!"

If the first trending search was dynamite, the second trending search was a raging fire. As soon as it appeared, the entire Weibo was "detonated."

Miss Luo Quan has debuted for nearly a year and has never shot a formal MV. The longest video was just the two or three-minute short film in her debut EP. Rather than calling it an MV, it would be better to call it a vlog about summer cooling.

And tonight, Penguin Music directly promoted the release of Miss Luo Quan's first album.

As usual, the songs have audition versions, but the MVs don't have preview versions. If you want to watch, you have to pay to unlock them.

If it were half a month ago, Penguin Music and Miss Luo Quan would probably be scolded, but times have changed. Now no one will blame the fact that charging for songs is a matter of course.

The joyful fans opened the MV immediately after paying.

First, what came into view was a bird's-eye view of the earth from the sky, and then the camera gradually moved down. A circular stone step with an ancient Greek style appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, one could faintly hear the sound of waves hitting the shore, as if this stage was built on the edge of a sea cliff, and a natural, empty breath came to the face instantly.

The camera shifted again, coming to the center of the stage. Miss Luo Quan was already standing there at some point.

At this time, she was wearing a white ancient Greek-style long gauze skirt, wearing an olive branch crown, beautiful enough to make people's hearts tremble.

This set of clothes gave Miss Luo Quan an incomparable temperament. At this time, she was like the incarnation of the Greek goddess of love and beauty in the world, overturning all living beings, but making all mortals unbearable to profane.

Facing the camera, Miss Luo Quan's red lips parted slightly:

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair?"

"Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme"

"Remember me to one who lives there"

"She once was a true love of mine"

This singing voice was like the chanting of an ancient Siren by the sea, possessing a magic that could make people sink into it.

After hearing her song, people's hearts seemed to be calmed, everything around them was gradually moving away from them, and only Miss Luo Quan in the video still existed in front of them.

Unknowingly, Miss Luo Quan's performance ended, but many fans were still immersed in their own fantasies.

When the fans came back to their senses, the first thought in their minds was: it's worth it!

Everyone was conquered by Miss Luo Quan's singing voice like a heavenly sound. Before this, they had never thought that anyone's singing could be so moving.

In the past, I heard about "heavenly sound" and "like listening to fairy music," but I didn't have any concept. Now, everyone has a reference.

The comments on Weibo were already full of "so beautiful" and "so good to hear." And Zhihu, which has always had high requirements for Miss Luo Quan, also turned into a "brain-dead fan" this time, blowing it up, and even directly crowned her with the title of "Goddess."

It is not easy to be a goddess. In the current environment in China, those who can be called goddesses have their own merits and can make passersby admire them.

And Miss Luo Quan is undoubtedly the ultimate in the two areas where she has the most advantages.

Music, appearance—this is true talent and beauty, and basically no one in China can be stronger than her.

Those who sing better than her are not as beautiful as her, and those who are more beautiful than her............ can't be found yet.

Previously, the internet at home and abroad was still hotly discussing whether Miss Luo Quan's album was qualified to be included in the list of the 100 greatest albums of the new century selected by "Rolling Stone" magazine.

Because if there was only one "My Heart Will Go On," the quality was actually a bit weak.

But with these two songs coming out today, all arguments can basically end. These two songs, in terms of quality alone, are actually even higher than "My Heart Will Go On."

With such three songs, the greatness of the album "Love" doesn't need much explanation. It is inevitable to enter the list of the 100 greatest albums of the new century.

Now everyone is concerned about where "Love" can rank in the 100 greatest albums in pop music history, which is more important and has higher gold content.

Crossing from the new century to the history of pop music, and focusing directly on status rather than whether it can enter, the span of the two is actually a bit large.

However, these two songs today gave Miss Luo Quan's fans incomparable confidence, the confidence to bump into those veteran strength-based singers.

Among young singers, Miss Luo Quan can already be called "invincible."

But when her fans blow her on the forum, there are always some "old people" who think they have listened to songs for a long time and bring out those big shots in the music scene to speak, thereby showing that they know a lot, and by the way, they also belittle Miss Luo Quan, who is not old but has achieved great success.

Every time they encounter this situation, Miss Luo Quan's fans are very good at refuting.

Although her songs were very popular before, and the records sold very well abroad, breaking records and so on.

But the lack of high-quality famous songs is indeed a sore point.

This high quality is from a global perspective. Just the Japanese songs in an "Adult Ceremony" are many top-level songs in the industry in Japan.

But when placed in the world, it seems not enough to look at.

However, now, these problems have all been solved by Miss Luo Quan herself. She created the album "Love" with her talent.

At least three of them can be called world-famous works.

And now, there is one last song on the album that hasn't been released.

According to the habits of Chinese people, the best things are always left to the end, although there was some "Miss Luo Quan Slump Law" before, saying that she releases songs, good one day, bad one day.

But this time, no one will suspect that Miss Luo Quan will slump on the last song of "Love"!

This will definitely be a masterpiece that can determine her historical status in the music scene in the future! ===== CHAPTER 203 =====

And now, there is still one last song on the album that has not been released.

According to the habits of the Chinese people, the best things are always saved for last, despite the existence of the "Miss Luo Quan Slump Law" from before, which says that when she releases songs, it's good one day and bad the next.

But this time, no one will suspect that Miss Luo Quan will slump on the last song of *Love*!

This is bound to be a masterpiece that can determine her historical status in the music scene from here on out!