Entertainment 1998

Chapter 382 Chapter 381, Jiang Feng is here, fans please return to the team

《natural》

The Chinese song title can be translated as "Gifted" or "It's my nature"!
The style of the song is extremely exciting and explosive, full of explosive charm. In Zhang Momo's opinion, this song should definitely be hailed as a nuclear explosion song.

At the same time, the lyrics are very realistic, yet inspiring. Even though this world is a world where the strong prey on the weak, we still keep climbing up, lighting up the light even in darkness.

After just listening to it once, Zhang Momo personally liked this song very much. The lyrics are ambitious and full of dominance. She feels that such lyrics are most likely to resonate with young people and are more likely to attract loyal fans. Otherwise, it would not have entered the top three of the Billboard music charts within a week.

However, no matter how awesome this song is, it shouldn't be sung by Michael Jackson, right?

As we all know, Michael Jackson's vocal cords are relatively thin, which makes his voice sound thinner, similar to a woman's voice; but the singer of the song "Natural" has a loud and high-pitched voice, full of rebellious tension, which is a very typical rock style. In a sense, his voice quality is more like his idol Jiang Feng, while his pronunciation and singing skills are more like the mainland rock star Dou Wei.

And when I think of Jiang Feng and Dou Wei...

Zhang Momo couldn't sit still and immediately wanted to ask Diaz what the singer's name was.
But at this moment, she saw that her roommate and classmate had started arguing with someone on the phone.

"Alan, I dare say that the music album "Natural" is definitely Michael Jackson's new work, because someone has already said in the comments section of the Yahoo website that Michael wanted to give his fans a surprise, so he released the music album under a pseudonym.

In addition, Michael was very dissatisfied with Sony Music. In the past three years, they had not received a single good song from him, so Michael signed a contract with Universal Music under another name and another identity.

"Alan, do you have shit in your ears? You can't even hear Michael's pronunciation characteristics, like the transition in the middle of the song. I dare say he is the best!"

"Alan, I don't need to argue with you anymore, because I can't convince you, you stubborn ass. Now listen to the song "Numb" again. It was listed relatively late, only for 4 days, but it is now ranked sixth on the Billboard music chart.

Because this song is absolutely a true portrayal of Michael Jackson at this stage. On the surface it is about his confusion in love, but in fact it is a metaphor for life.

First, he said he felt helpless and troubled by real life, but then he thought he would not waste time and indulge in pain, but break free from the predicament and welcome a brand new self. "

...

Diaz is definitely a die-hard fan of Michael Jackson and he spares no effort in defending his idol.

Zhang Momo didn't bother her.

Instead, he found the cover of the music album CD that was causing a lot of controversy on the Internet from her desk.

The cover design is simple. Under the strong spotlight, there is a black figure with his hands raised high, his back to the audience, a bouquet of flowers in his left hand and a microphone in his right hand.

On the back of the CD is the Universal Music logo and four flamboyantly written letters [FENG]!
When Zhang Momo saw these four letters, she immediately shed tears of excitement.

Damn... Jiang Feng!

After confirming that it was indeed the English album released by her idol, Zhang Momo put down the CD in her hand, went to her desk, turned on her laptop, logged on to the Internet, and contacted her friends in Jiang Feng's fan club in North America through ICQ.

[Brothers and sisters, get up and get to work. Feng Ge's first English album "Natural" was released in the European and American markets a week ago. According to my roommate, the current sales volume has reached 87 copies.]

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San Francisco Public Radio (KQED) is the most influential radio station in San Francisco.

The audience covers the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and other cities, and even the entire northern Catalonia.

"Okay, I've made a note of it. We will try our best to arrange your request, but we can't answer your question at the moment, because I'm not sure whether the album "Natural" is Michael Jackson's new work?

Because even if it was true, Michael Jackson and his manager would not dare to admit it, after all, their record contract was with Sony, while the album "Natural" was released by Universal Music.

In the telephone room of "Songs in San Francisco", the most popular music-on-demand program on a San Francisco radio station, the director hung up the call from a listener named Tom, retched silently, and turned to look at other colleagues.

“Does anyone know whether FENG is Michael Jackson?”

"I don't know!" "I don't think so. The two have different voices, and Universal Music has also come out to deny it, saying that this FENG is actually a new artist they signed."

"I think so, because other than Michael Jackson, I can't think of anyone else who wrote songs of such high quality."

At this time, another director also hung up the phone and frowned: "FENG's "numb" has been requested again."

Several directors in the telephone room looked confused. Soon, two more calls came in, and one of them was from another guy who requested "Natural".

"fxxx!"

Soon, William, the person in charge of "Song in San Francisco", who rushed over after hearing the news, couldn't help but curse, and then said to everyone.

"Can anyone tell me where this FENG came from? Is he Michael Jackson?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

Seeing that no one could give him an answer, William went out cursing and called for help.

The radio station does not necessarily play all songs requested by listeners, but it will definitely play songs with high request rates. Otherwise, it will expect collective complaints from listeners.

The most important thing is that from the dozen or so calls just now, we can see that the songs of this newcomer named FENG are very popular. He may be Michael Jackson himself, or a rising superstar.

However, "Singing in San Francisco" does not have any relevant information about this person. This is definitely a fatal mistake for a music program team, and it may even lead to a broadcast accident.

It didn't take long, about ten minutes, for William to return to the director's room.

Seeing the strange look on his face, a young director couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what's going on? Has Universal Music given us a response?"

"Universal Music didn't respond, but Sony Music did. What we can confirm now is that this person is not Michael Jackson, but a singer from China who is very popular in Asia."

"Chinese?!"

Several directors were shocked, and one of them, a dark and strong guy, blurted out: "Can Chinese people sing?"

“Don’t underestimate this Chinese.”

William said seriously: "According to the speculation of the Sony Music PR department, the reason why FENG was mistaken for Michael Jackson by fans all over the world was that this Chinese person came up with a marketing plan and then vigorously marketed it through Universal Music.

Of course, what makes this Chinese man even stronger is his creative ability. He wrote the lyrics and composed all 14 songs in the album "Natural" by himself.

And now, all 14 of those songs have entered the Billboard Hot .”

If the directors had no idea about the so-called "popularity" before, when they heard that all the songs in the album were on the Billboard Hot 100, they knew that they had really underestimated this Chinese person.

The Billboard Hot 100 chart records the most popular singles in the United States every week in real time based on sales and radio request rates.

In order to ensure popularity, Billboard even has a relatively strict rule.

For example, if a song reaches 20 weeks on the chart, once it falls out of the top 52, it will be out of the chart; if it falls out of the top after more than weeks on the chart, it will also be out of the chart directly. Only when the performance of this song (radio, physical sales, or later downloads, streaming media) exceeds its previous highest performance can it return to the chart.

This situation prevents some songs from dominating the charts continuously and showing a clear downward trend, which will give way to new songs and continue to maintain the popularity and freshness of the Billboard charts.

This also leads to the fact that, although we cannot say that all of the 100 songs on the Billboard Hot 80 are better than those of the same period, more than % of them are genuine, and the higher the ranking, the more valuable and authentic they are.

For Americans, you may not like a song on the Billboard Hot 100, but you cannot deny that it is not popular.

In a nutshell, "Natural", the music album that many fans mistakenly believe is Michael Jackson's latest album, has begun to show its potential...

(End of this chapter)