Superstars start as villains

Chapter 61 debut album.

Compared with the mourning in the film industry, the Xiangjiang music scene is still passable, at least singers can still make money by selling records.

During this period of time, Zhou Xing has also been busy with the recording and release of the new album, but he has not been greatly affected by the film and television industry.

That's right, he is about to release his first new album. In addition to "Flastic" as the first title song, the previous [Notepad], [Twilight], [Missed], and this time [Lifelong Beauty] and [Exercise] is also all included, and the other few songs are all taken back by Warner Records, and the quality can only be said to be average.

Although in Zhou Xing's view, this is completely an act of misappropriating money, the music industry has long been accustomed to this kind of nonsense behavior, and has even formulated a new term for it-new songs + best selections, um, perfect.

For Zhou Xing's first album, the fans are still very face-saving. Just after the news broke, more than [-] fans pre-ordered it.In fact, speaking of it, most of the fans came here for the song "Flastic". After all, I have heard the other songs before, and the first half of the "Flastic" is really amazing, and Zhou Xing has kept everyone hanging for so long. Naturally, many fans want to see it quickly.

"Welcome to The Sound of Music. I am your friend Yueya. The one who came to the show today is our old friend, Zhou Xing. You should have heard that his first solo album is about to be released. Among the most popular The focus is naturally on the song [Exaggerated], today, we are not only fortunate to be able to hear the second half of this song for the first time, but also to hear Zhou Xing tell the story behind the creation of this song, it is really very lucky.”

According to Zhou Xing's current celebrity position, it is actually a bit of a drop in price to be the first radio show. However, the Sound of Music program helped him at the beginning, and the host Yueya and him are also old friends. Favored.

"That year's eighteen alma mater dance

stand like a hooligan

I swear in tears
you must see me

There are too many ordinary and ordinary roads in the world

Which estate do you live in

love at work
Too much neglect

Self-esteem has plummeted

Pay attention to curing hunger
Know why I don't have it
A lot of big moves make these mistakes
Tell people to see if I'm sick?"

The second half of the lyrics are also amazing, not only the verse part, but also the climax part of the follow-up chorus, especially the last line "Look at me, don't just look at the smallpox, I can enjoy it if I don't want your cup of tea." Drink it, don't forget that someone is screaming for you"

That kind of hysterical roar seemed to be able to penetrate the eardrums at once, making people lose their ability to think, and their brains went blank, only the bloody lyrics hovered in the sky above their thoughts.

Shocked, after hearing the second half of the performance, the first reaction of many fans was "Buy, buy, buy!"

In fact, some fans were worried about whether Zhou Xing could perfect the song in such a short period of time. The arrangement of the climax of the last chorus is phenomenal. With this "exaggerated" song alone, even if the rest of the songs are rubbish, this album is worth it.

At the end of the show, the Sound of Music also selected a few live audience members to connect with Zhou Xing. In order to repay the fans for their support, Zhou Xing also gave out ten autographed albums and some signed posters and other prizes. The fans screamed with excitement, and those who didn't get the prize could only sigh secretly, making up their minds to buy one as soon as possible.

In fact, the sales channels of records are relatively simple, and the main sales force is various audio-visual stores. Basically, 80% of album sales are obtained through audio-visual stores, followed by audio-visual sections of some hypermarkets and bookstores.

Zhou Xing is releasing an album for the first time, so naturally he has to travel around, doing signing activities in various audio-visual stores, stores, and bookstores, in order to attract fans to buy.

In fact, from another perspective, the signing event can be regarded as an event that can intuitively measure the cohesion of singer fans. If a singer only has two or three kittens at the signing event, it is either a former singer or a flutter who has never been popular at all. street singer.

However, Zhou Xing’s several autograph sessions were quite successful, the venue was full of fans, and many fans originally planned to meet their idols. After all, many of Zhou Xing’s fans are movie fans, not music fans. It was very popular, and Zhou Xing had a live concert, some fans who were not originally fans also bought the album.

However, it was a hard job for Zhou Xing. I almost broke my hand when I signed the signature. After one event, thousands of signatures were not enough to satisfy all the fans.

Zhou Xing suddenly envied the RB sumo wrestlers. When they were doing activities, they were much more relaxed. They directly dipped their hands in ink, and the handprints were used as signatures.

Of course, it is not without gains. After a series of signings, the distance between Zhou Xing and fans has been shortened a lot. Before the signing meeting, many fans thought that Zhou Xing would be very proud, but after getting in touch, they found that, Even though his hands were so tired that he was shaking, Zhou Xing still insisted on meeting the fans' request to sign congratulatory speeches, without any impatience.

Ahem, of course, the most important thing is that he seems to be more handsome in real life than on the screen.

In just one week, the sales volume of Zhou Xing's first solo album "Flastic" exceeded 10, reaching the platinum record standard, which also established his status as a singer in the music world in one fell swoop.

In fact, both the Xiangjiang music scene and the Baodao music scene are very mature commercial markets. To measure a singer's status, awards, qualifications, etc. are just reference standards, and the real key is the record sales.

Why has Huang An been so arrogant after so many years?Because they do have this arrogant capital, the album "New Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Dream" sold nearly 100 million copies in Baodao area alone, which can surpass his own hands. of.

Of course, the record market in the past was much better than it is now. After entering the 21st century, piracy is rampant. With the popularization of audio technology, many pirated copies do not even need to burn CDs or rip tapes. Much faster than CDs and tapes.

The record market is actually shrinking gradually. At the same time, around 2000, a large number of outstanding singers emerged in the three regions, leading to increasingly fierce competition in the record market.

Don't look at Zhou Xing's album sales just exceeded 10 copies in a week. In fact, this result is already quite impressive, and this is only the sales in the Xiangjiang area. If this momentum is followed, it is not impossible for the sales volume in Asia to exceed 100 million copies.

However, just when Warner Records wanted to make persistent efforts and increase its publicity efforts, Zhou Xing said that he had no time to engage in such "mess" and his "main business" came to life.

(End of this chapter)