Chapter 595

"Let us congratulate I-Game!"

Neither the commentary booth nor the audience stands erupted in excited cheers.

As the sole representative of Asia, I-Game defeated the 2G team with a 3:0 score when they were not particularly favored, advancing to the finals and also avenging GNR.

Since S4, this is the first time an LPL team has entered the World Championship, with a full four years in between.

If I-Game can take the final victory in Incheon, then for countless summoners in China, it means the perfect conclusion to their youth in the game.

Originally, everyone was quite pessimistic, but after I-Game won the match with invincible momentum, Chinese summoners were surprised to find that the 2G team that defeated GNR was not as strong as imagined, and could even be said to be fragile at the slightest touch.

So the question arises, how exactly did GNR lose?

Some would say it was the version, others would say they were careless.

The reasons for failure include the above, but they are certainly not all of them; as for what exactly it was, only the team members themselves probably know, and this will likely become a secret they will never want to mention again.

But now, domestic players no longer care about GNR's team members, because I-Game is about to make history and win the first S-series championship trophy for the LPL.

This honor is quite huge in terms of both commercial and honorary value, and everyone from capitalists to ordinary players attaches great importance to it.

This time, Miss Luo Quan did not livestream the semifinals for her fans, mainly because she had just returned from Las Vegas and was busy producing songs for her album, so she was a bit occupied.

After the five songs of the album were released, Miss Luo Quan usually rests for a period of time before releasing new songs.

However, this time she did not go to rest, but went to Las Vegas to film.

After returning this time, while other employees were resting, she spent an afternoon recording the remaining five songs.

That night, Miss Luo Quan released two of them:

"If I Were a Boy"

"Take Me to Church".

First of all, the melody is still beautiful and catchy. It has Miss Luo Quan's consistent style, which is that you only need to listen to it once to fall in love with it; it belongs to the category of pop songs that can easily make it onto the Billboard charts.

However, while being popular, they also have considerable depth.

The lyrics of the two songs can actually naturally remind people of disadvantaged groups.

Especially "If I Were a Boy," the song title alone makes it straightforward.

And the second song, "Take Me to Church," is slightly more obscure.

However, compared to the first song, its artistic value is higher, and it has profound insights into love, religion, and secularity.

Furthermore, the accompaniment, vocal techniques, and arrangement are all quite grand and excellent; it is a pop song with great artistic value.

Although they couldn't fully grasp the exact meaning Miss Luo Quan wanted to express in this song, a group of music critics, through analysis, still judged that this song was likely speaking up for the LGBTQ community.

Combined with the recently concluded Pride Parade and the fact that LGBTQ fans of Miss Luo Quan had once requested on Twitter for Miss Luo Quan to write a song for them, it is not hard to guess who this song was written for.

Miss Luo Quan has clearly stated before that she is not a man-hater nor a lesbian; the reason for being single is simply that she hasn't met a guy excellent enough.

This is normal, because given her level of excellence, she certainly won't settle in matters of the heart.

And under the premise of a normal sexual orientation, this song of hers should not have been written for herself; it can be said to be written for her fans or the entire minority group.

Although Miss Luo Quan usually doesn't like to speak up for these things, fearing to get involved in muddy waters, she couldn't resist the pleas of her fans and finally participated through her work, which counts as a form of support in disguise.

Any person with influence in the mainstream world speaking up for these groups has a quite positive effect, let alone someone of Miss Luo Quan's level, and she used the method she is most focused on—music.

After these two songs were released, they quickly climbed the major charts, and even some newspapers began reporting on them, sparking a certain amount of social discussion.

The only pity was that when media outlets found Miss Luo Quan and wanted the song creator to come out and offer some profound commentary, they were refused.

The reason is simple: she is currently filming in Hollywood and can't get away; the director and lead actor are not there, and the whole crew has to wait for her, so every day without work is a cost.

It was reasonable and well-founded, so there was no choice but to shelve the invitation.

But in fact, these were just excuses; a week later she would go to Incheon, South Korea, to perform a warm-up show before the S-series finals, and she would be away for three or four days then.

By comparison, accepting an interview this time was just within the United States, and it could be done in less than half a day.

It can only be said that Miss Luo Quan really doesn't like to accept interviews.

She actually has a lot of honest words she wants to say in her heart, but most of the content she says probably can't be broadcast, and if she wants it to be broadcast, she can only tell lies, so it's better not to say anything.

Just like that, multiple talk shows that attempted to invite Miss Luo Quan for an interview failed, but this did not surprise most people.

Miss Luo Quan's status is here; since her debut, only TCC, Time Magazine, and CCTV have interviewed her. If just any show could interview her, she wouldn't be called the most difficult female celebrity to invite.

But anyway, her main business isn't appearing on variety shows, and she hasn't really cared about these things all along.

The next night, it was still two love songs:

"I'm Yours" (originally by Jason Mraz)

"Just the Way You Are"

These are two love songs so sweet they make your teeth ache, the kind that can make people smile like an auntie when listening.

Originally, Miss Luo Quan had prepared these for her parents' wedding, but there were already enough songs sung at the time, so she didn't bring them out and saved them until now to release them directly as a new album.

For young people today, the release of these two songs means that the playlist for future weddings will have to add two more songs to the loop.

These are simply too good to listen to, and the lyrics are also syrupy; they belong to the top tier of sweet pop songs, and only a "sweetheart" like Miss Luo Quan could write them.

Seeing these reviews, Miss Luo Quan herself felt it was a bit funny.

In fact, the authors of these two songs were both men, but the common point is that they were both handsome and talented, one nicknamed the "Wizard" and the other nicknamed "Bruno Mars."

After the song "I'm Yours" went online, it stayed on the Billboard charts for a full 76 weeks, becoming the longest-running hit single, and the quality of the song can be called unique.

As for the song "Just the Way You Are," it is one of Bruno Mars' most famous early works; there is another one, "Uptown Funk," which is more popular, but the style is different and doesn't quite fit the album.

Once these two songs were brought out, Miss Luo Quan directly swept the Billboard charts, where pop is king; nine out of the top ten were hers, and looking down the list of singer names, they were all Miss Luo Quan; if you didn't know better, you'd think this was Miss Luo Quan's own album.

This situation is the typical "not leaving a path for fellow singers" that the haters talk about; once a new album is released, it directly crushes the market, and apart from her, no matter what works others have, they all seem so dim and lusterless.

The key is that Miss Luo Quan is also quite mean; there wasn't a single sign before releasing the songs, she just released them when she was in the mood, without giving everyone time to prepare.

If they had known earlier that she was going to release an album, everyone probably wouldn't have released new songs during the same period.

Regarding these criticisms, Miss Luo Quan expressed that she didn't want to be like this either, but her strength wouldn't allow it.

Fortunately, the American music market is large enough that she alone cannot cover the sky with one hand, so it won't cause a joint boycott by her peers.

However, two consecutive days of pop love songs, while making fans and passersby exclaim how good they are, also made some music critics have some complaints.

In their view, these songs are more than good enough to listen to, but slightly lacking in musicality.

What they want to hear is a pioneering work that subverts the existing music system, a musical epic that moves the world, not these little loves.

Music critics certainly wouldn't doubt Miss Luo Quan's ability to do these things, but her current performance is not a good phenomenon; she is chasing commerce too much.

In response, Miss Luo Quan specifically wrote an article to respond:

"I think the music criticism industry has fallen into a misunderstanding, which is to force musicality for the sake of so-called artistic value.

Does something that sounds good not have musicality? Does a catchy and pleasant melody not have artistic value?

Canon is catchy and pleasant; does that mean it didn't deserve to be a masterpiece passed down through the ages hundreds of years ago?

I have always felt that songs that the public finds good to listen to and are willing to sing along to are good songs, and this is also my original intention for singing—I want more people to share my happiness.

As for musicality or whatever, to be honest, I haven't received much professional music education, and I don't know anything about academic things.

Music is something that should be felt through the sense of hearing, not analyzed for its quality through melodies on paper. If you really want to engage in musicality, I suggest you go study the twelve-tone equal temperament early; if you really have any achievements, it would definitely be more valuable than writing a few songs."

This article was Miss Luo Quan's rebuttal to these music critics.

For a long time, they have been demanding Miss Luo Quan with so-called musicality, looking down on the pop love songs she wrote, as if singing these songs is tacky and catering to the market should be criticized.

However, there are more ordinary people in this world who don't know much about music theory, and what Miss Luo Quan wants to obtain is the recognition from these people.

And those music critics are the minority, but they forcibly criticize things that others think are good based on their own aesthetics, which is very outrageous.

If she were singing those things in American gangster rap, criticism would be fine; she herself looks down on those too.

But being criticized for singing a love song only shows that these people are too detached from the masses.

After this post was published, music critics at home and abroad became much quieter, and many passersby applauded her.

It is mainly because the songs and singers they usually like have often been criticized by these influential music critics; whenever they try to refute, these music critics pull out a bunch of jargon and professional terms, which is hard to refute, and it is indeed quite uncomfortable.

And this time, Miss Luo Quan helped them vent this anger.

Previously, music critics said that the general public lacked professional knowledge and didn't know how to appreciate beauty.

Now Miss Luo Quan has spoken up: what the general public likes is beauty; if you aren't convinced, come and debate.

Comparing professionalism, who can be more professional than her at this level? If you aren't convinced, just bring your work.

It is very clear that these music critics are only good at armchair strategy; in fact, very few of them can actually write songs.

After the small interlude, Miss Luo Quan released the last song of the album on the third night.

Among all of Miss Luo Quan's albums, the last song is usually the best one in the album, and the quality can be said to be the best of the best.

On the first day of the new album's release, many fans were already looking forward to the arrival of this last song.

And this song indeed did not live up to the expectations of so many people.

"I dedicate this song to my unborn sister Luo Xi; her English name is Zhu Di."

Miss Luo Quan posted this update, which came out along with the song, on Twitter and Bilibili in two languages.

This is one of the few gifts among her numerous songs that is dedicated by name.

The only one who has had this treatment so far is Wen Xia, and the song dedicated to her was "I Will Always Love You."

Then there are her parents, for whom there are more songs, but they can be summarized as "Wedding March."

As for the song for the Rothschild family, it wasn't strictly a gift, just a creation at the engagement banquet.

And this one is a gift she specially gave to her sister; the lyrics start by calling out her sister's English nickname.

"Hey Jude

don't make it bad.

Take a sad song and make it better."

(Hey, Zhu Di

Don't be too depressed

Sing a sad song to soothe your mood)

………………

When a baby comes into this world, the first thing they open their mouths to say is not "daddy" or "mommy," but a wailing cry, as if they had long known that they would encounter a great deal of suffering and sadness in this world, which is why they cry so sadly.

Life, life; it's easy to be born, but hard to live.

But Miss Luo Quan feels that since one has come to this world for a visit, no matter what kind of difficulties one encounters, one must bravely face them and then look forward.

This song is the lesson she wants to tell her sister: don't cry, don't be sad, and always be happy and cheerful.

There aren't many lyrics in the beginning of the song, and they are also very simple, and the tone also appears slightly melancholy.

But when the latter part arrives, the melody of the song immediately becomes joyful and grand, as if a symphony has reached its climax, and also as if life has reached its happiest moment.

In this part, there are almost no complete lyrics; it just keeps repeating "la la la la la" and calling out Jude's name.

Although it is very simple, it has an indescribable magic, a magic that can make people sing along together.

Undoubtedly, this is a god-tier work that can trigger a sing-along, can touch the deepest nerves in people's hearts, and stir up excitement that is hard to calm down.

Just as Miss Luo Quan said, she has always considered the majority when singing; she also wants to sing songs that more people like and can sing along to.

And such a song, regardless of whether it has so-called musicality, is an unquestionable classic; "Hey Jude" is just such a classic, and it also draws a perfect period for the new album.