Chapter 430: Everyone Wants to Be My Archenemy (4k)

For Shi Misi Odger, this recent period could be said to be the most agonizing time he has ever experienced on his personal blog—

As a fan of Zhou Yi, and because he is extremely skilled at posting opinions on blogs, he, who is adept at being sarcastic, quickly earned his first pot of gold in life over the past year by seizing the opportunity to become a minor fan leader.

At only 20 years old, he cannot be said to have soared to great success, but at the very least, he can be said to be surrounded by beauties at school.

Of course, this also created another problem—mockery, abuse, and fighting.

Because there are fans of Li Xiaoli and outside the school, as well as fans of Eminem, die-hard fans.

Ask anyone in all of San Francisco: who does not know the grudge that occurred between Eminem and Zhou Yi last year?

On Zhou Yi's personal blog opened in the United States, the post that beat Eminem into changing his name and identity is still hanging there, not a single word changed.

Perhaps suffering from the disadvantage of being uncultured from birth, Eminem's counterattack remained the usual routine of vulgar insults targeting the lower body. Although mocked as a ploy to hype up the movie "8 Mile," the entire piece, including songs and blog posts, full of profanity, still made many Tom fans climax on the spot.

Although it did not break out of the circle, it simultaneously intensified the contradictions between the die-hard fans of both sides; for this reason, Shi Misi Odger has had no shortage of offline real-person PKs with Tom fans.

Furthermore, since Eminem was fighting on home turf, and hip-hop also tends to attract small hooligans who are good at fighting, during this period of campus bullying, he has basically lost more than he won.

In fact, for him, this conflict has now become more than just an issue of idols.

Even if Zhou Yi, who is in China, does not respond, he will still find people to fight these stupid Tom fans to the death.

Let alone the fact that Zhou Yi has now responded and released a song.

Although Warner, that heartless dog, actually raised the price of Zhou Yi's latest single to 4.5 dollars per disc, Shi Misi, who was simply curious about what song Zhou Yi would release to respond to Eminem, had long ago reserved five discs with a familiar boss, planning to pick them up after finishing class.

However, just as he was preparing to switch classrooms after class, a message from a friend made him suddenly excited—

"Shi Misi, Spike's personal blog has been updated!"

As everyone knows, Zhou Yi is Chinese. Although his English is very good, since his personal blog was originally registered to scold people, Zhou Yi has not updated his personal blog since that time; it has been Warner's official account exposing Zhou Yi's news through various channels.

Originally, many of Zhou Yi's American fans thought he would give up his personal blog, but who would have expected it to be updated?

"Go to your house, go to your house, I want to turn on the computer to look."

"Go to my house? Don't you still have class? Not studying?"

"Studying? What the hell is there to study!"

Speaking on a grand scale, isn't learning how Zhou Yi scolds people also learning?

With this update frequency of Zhou Yi's, this personal blog is definitely not taken over by the company.

After picking up the reserved single disc on the way to his friend's house, Shi Misi, who felt as if he were back in his own home, skillfully turned on the computer, quickly typed his way to Zhou Yi's personal blog page, and the latest post was clearly displayed right there—

"Everyone Wants to Be My Archenemy"

"My manager told me in November that Eminem released a new song to respond to me, just to boost exposure for his new movie '8 Mile'.

"This is also the reason why I remained silent before and only spoke up now that his movie has finished its run. Because I do not want to let down my fans, I do not want them to be used as guns by Eminem, adding heat to him for no reason.

"My 'In the Name of the Father' was popular in Europe and America before, yet I did not speak up, nor did I release a new song, simply because I did not want to ride this wave of popularity.

"If we are to fight, if we are to contend, then let it be like gladiators in the ancient Roman Colosseum, laying our cards on the table and engaging in a fair and square confrontation.

"In this regard, I feel very sorry for Eminem's fans; they spend great effort spending money for their idol, ranking for him, and even voluntarily helping to promote his songs, but in the end, Eminem only treats you as machines that can be used.

"Of course, perhaps you are born as lowlifes, enjoying the fact that Eminem whips you to drop gold coins. This world is diverse; I respect your tastes..."

A very plain opening, yet it placed all the contradictions clearly on the table in a concise and clear manner, without any ambiguity; instead, it set the main tone that Eminem releasing a song was purely for hype, and incidentally labeled the fans still supporting Eminem as lowlifes.

A series of combined attacks made Shi Misi's blood boil—

"Since I debuted in China, all the way along, I do not know how many so-called enemies I have defeated.

"I do not know how many people became my archenemies through media hype, whether from Japan or Korea, but in the end, they were all insignificant in my eyes.

"I hope you can make me feel satisfied, Tom.

"To the fans who support me, I am very grateful for your support all along, but I still want to say one sentence to you: live for yourself, do not live for me."

The accompanying image was a photo of Zhou Yi holding a gun contemptuously in the MV of 'In the Name of the Father'.

Because of the release of the new song, Eminem also saw the post immediately; he, whose emotions easily flare up, nearly had his lungs explode from anger, but due to his low level of education, he could only transform into a Mr. Motherfucker.

Damn it, if I am hyping, isn't that also hyping?!

What are you pretending to be, a white lotus?!

Isn't this fucking purifying your fans?!

But no matter how much Eminem exploded with anger, he currently could not affect Zhou Yi's fans or even the passersby listening to the spectacle from developing any good feelings towards Zhou Yi—

"Although I know it is normal for stars to scold people themselves, a big star like Spike publicly telling fans to leave it to him is the first time I've seen this."

"Pure passerby, does Spike really have many enemies?"

"It seems so; when Spike debuted in China, he slaughtered the Chinese music scene once, and afterwards, the Japanese music scene was also cleaned up by him; it seems a female singer named Utada Hikaru managed to hold onto the last shred of dignity."

"I looked up the news in China; that archenemy has already gone to prison, and the Korean one is... Lee Jung-hyun?"

"No, no, no, that's just Koreans being shameless and forcing it; Korea doesn't deserve..."

The American internet, which was already in turmoil, exploded directly because of this post by Zhou Yi that named names—

While a large number of Zhou Yi's fans were grateful for Zhou Yi caring so much about his fans, they also bestowed a fresh new nickname upon the considerate Tom fans: lowlifes.

As one of the main forces of the internet, Shi Misi's thoughts flowed like a spring; fully displaying his literary talent as a contemporary college student, he even had the mind to call out to his friend while typing and starting to unseal the single disc: "Hey Bob, do you have any wine at your place?"

"You are only 20 years old now, Shi Misi; you cannot drink alcohol."

"OK, Bob, is there a drink called wine..."

Shi Misi, who had put down the single disc, was joking the previous second, but the next second, the heavy drum sound coming from the speakers made his spirit shake—

"Lookoutforyourself (Live for yourself)!"

A voice quality that was almost hoarse, and a style completely different from Zhou Yi's previous songs—

Those repeated "Lookoutforyourself" sounds, like echoes, accompanied by distinct heavy drumbeats, rang out continuously, as if Zhou Yi was emphasizing this matter to his fans and to all the listeners of this song.

Just as he said in his blog post: live for yourself.

"Iwakeuptothesoundsofthesilencethatallows (Unknowingly realizing that silence can allow me)..."

With a rock-flavored intro and singing, Zhou Yi's extremely talented voice expressed the emotions to the fullest at this moment.

The emotion-charged drumbeats drove the other instruments to form the darkness before dawn, suppressing the hearts of every listener!

"I'msearchingtobeholdthestoriesthataretold (Let me see who smiles in my face)"

"WhenmybackistotheworldthatwassmilingwhenIturned (Stabbing me in the back while lying through their teeth)..."

Whether it was the suddenly rising chant or the abruptly lowered melody, the oppressive net created by Zhou Yi's vocal texture allowed many to easily immerse themselves in their own lives—

Smith, who had just been joking, was instantly silenced—

The next second, Zhou Yi's tone soared again like a roller coaster!

"Ohthemisery! (Ah, sorrow)"

"Everybodywantstobemyenemy (Everyone wants to be my enemy)!"

The hypocritical mask was torn off by the heavy drumbeats, with the constantly repeated "Enemy" contrasting against the hoarse voice in the background still saying "Lookoutforyourself"!

The suppressed emotions were completely pierced in this section, just as the lyrics sang—

"ButI'mready (Come on, I'm not afraid)~"

After the gradually deepening voice came a cathartic release!

"Everybodywantstobemyenemy (Everyone wants to be my enemy)"

"Sparethesympathy (Put away your fake sympathy)!"

The suppression of the first part, the release of the second, and what followed was a rap that surprised everyone!

Speed!

Extremely fast speed!

This long rap segment was so fast that even Smith, whose eyes widened subconsciously, found it hard to breathe and felt his scalp go numb!

This is hip-hop! It is the domain where Eminem excels most!

"Unbelievable! Spike actually inserted a rap bridge into a rock song that broke his own limits, and not only do I feel no disgust, but I desperately want him to keep rapping! How fast did it get?!"

"Spike actually knows rock?!"

"Rock fans are about to join the battlefield. In terms of fighting power in flame wars, we are much stronger than hip-hop fans. All you old Spike fans, just stand there and watch!"

"The rock is a disguise; that rap segment is the essence of his insults! Spike is directly in their faces saying 【Who is the bad guy doesn't matter, if you have the guts, open the door and fight me】."

"God, this is a rap I can let my sister listen to without fear of her learning bad habits. There are no vulgar or violent words throughout; these lyrics are far more sophisticated than Eminem's!"

"Is this showing off? Spike's rap speed is actually this fast? I thought he was bad at rapping."

"I tried it; I can't do it. Reading that rap segment along with the lyric sheet almost made me pass out from lack of breath..."

On the night of January 15, nearly ten hours after "Enemy" went online, the first and second batches of shocked fans logged onto their internet accounts, searching everywhere for like-minded people to discuss this new song—

Relying on a quality and scope far surpassing Eminem's diss tracks, and even the way he insults, the song directly debuted in the top twenty of San Francisco radio and the top thirty of New York radio that Wednesday night...

Fans who finally had free time also finally had time to celebrate, starting to aggressively confront Eminem's fans online using this song, calling them bastards one after another.

Just as that rap segment in the song sang, if you have the guts, open the door and fight!

These lyrics, which basically amounted to a challenge invitation, even made some of Eminem's fans doubt—

Who is the true hip-hop artist?

Why does Eminem just keep cursing, while Spike stops the nonsense and challenges to a real fight offline?

Tough guy, few words?

You really are a gangster godfather, damn it!

Thanks to the Godfather-like aura paid tribute to in "In the Name of the Father," and having already achieved a dazzling two million dollars in North America through the Hua Sheng record distribution channel, Zhou Yi shone with the glory of the "Godfather" once again!

Coincidentally, the verse part of "Enemy" also had a strange, almost sinister sense of inspiration; the more one listened, the more thrilling it felt, and its popularity and reputation soared straight up via the internet...

Even some veteran rock fans in the rock circle were stirred up—

It has a theme, rebellion, expression, and a significant balance between instruments and vocals.

At first glance, this all fits the broad definition of rock.

But the song also carries a pop appeal that feels like pandering...

Conclusion: It's exactly like Linkin Park! Even more pop than Linkin Park!

No wonder they are both with Warner Records.

Yet precisely because of this, "Enemy," layered with pop appeal, began its offline conquest as a massive hit—

Thanks to the extremely high popularity, many bar singers and underground singers who wanted to eat the first slice of the cake learned this roaring, satisfying rock song first to make money, holding electric guitars and singing it in bars and other places suitable for creating atmosphere.

The catchy melody brought Zhou Yi not only popularity but also sales—

January 19, 10:08 AM. Under the threat of piracy immediately upon release, Warner Records didn't waste any words and directly announced the three-day total sales of "Enemy"—166,503 copies!

Moreover, thanks to the rock attributes of this song, many new fans who did not reject pop-rock also flocked in, paying for the surprises Zhou Yi brought them.

They might not contribute much to radio or Billboard chart rankings, but they will absolutely become the backbone of the sales charts.

Warner's Linkin Park, despite low Billboard rankings, still achieved global album sales of over twenty million, relying on the hard quality of their songs.

January 22, a week later, "Enemy" became even more explosive due to fan flame wars, Zhou Yi's challenge, and the mix of rock and hip-hop popularity, with various pirated download links reaching millions of times!

Among this, even many in the underground hip-hop market began studying the rap techniques and breathing methods Zhou Yi used in "Enemy," which also verified Zhou Yi's rap skills from another angle, capable of shutting the mouths of Eminem's fans.

And it was on this day that the Billboard charts were officially released—"Enemy" entered the top 100 of the overall chart at a low position, ranking 73rd, a result far surpassing the sub-chart entry of Eminem's diss song back then!

(End of Chapter)