My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

Gao Shan entered the keywords and searched, and it actually found the results!

NetEase Music presents Lin Fan's original new song, "I Caught a Cold in That Corner".

NetEase Music offered one free trial, and Gao Shan clicked to listen without hesitation.

A melodious and clear piano sound came from the player. Gao Shan was not a professional musician and could not tell how amazing the piano accompaniment was; she simply thought it sounded nice.

Then Lin Fan's voice came in along with the accompaniment.

It's still the same "Darling, darling, darling" from the first stage performance, but compared to the first stage version, Lin Fan's singing skills have improved significantly in the studio version, and the emotions are fuller and more fitting. With the addition of piano accompaniment, the whole song sounds even better!

Gao Shan was immediately tempted and clicked to pay for the download!

After downloading it, she couldn't resist posting it on her Weibo account to recommend the song to her friends.

[On that high hillside: I'd like to recommend a new song to everyone, it's really super good! #《I Caught a Cold in That Corner》@晨星-林泛]

After Gao Shan posted on Weibo, she refreshed the page and saw that someone had replied to her.

[This ID was censored: Sister! I downloaded it too!! It's really super good!!]

[Your education is probably prenatal education: Shake hands! I downloaded it too!]

【Give me a chicken foot from 86: I've set it as my ringtone~~~~~~~~~~~】

……

Seeing that her favorite songs were also liked by her friends, Gao Shan felt a sense of satisfaction, like "a kindred spirit finding a kindred spirit." She couldn't help but search for information related to #I Caught a Cold in That Corner# on Weibo.

One of the music critics' blog posts caught her attention.

This ID, 【Integrity is too expensive for you to afford】, claims to be a music critic who never takes bribes, never defends bad songs, and only focuses on good music. They published a long review of the song "I Caught a Cold in That Corner".

Gao Shan didn't understand the professional knowledge in the beginning, so she simply skipped to the end and only looked at the result.

[Integrity is too expensive for you to afford: True pure music is a purely auditory art. It should be abstract, non-thematic, and non-semantic, expressing everything entirely through the musical content itself.]

In the art form of songs, because almost all songs include lyrics, the music itself loses its independent significance to varying degrees. The majority of the emphasis is placed on the lyrics, which aim to popularize, simplify, and appeal to the masses. The lyrics serve the content of the lyrics, confining the music to a specific interpretation. Therefore, the true musical content of popular songs is actually quite limited.

However, this song is a typical exception. It abandons the lyrics that bind the music itself and interprets its meaning entirely with pure music. It treats the human voice as an instrumental instrument and makes high use of and development of the harmony, tonality and color of the music. The depth of the music far exceeds that of ordinary songs, leaving the listener with more imagination and different understandings. In this way, it realizes the synesthetic, abstract and multi-interpretive nature of music.

Therefore, I believe that although this song is short, it is a rare masterpiece among popular songs!

However, I feel this song would be even better if sung by a female voice!

The rating is extremely high!

More importantly, this music critic himself has many fans. As the saying goes, fans follow their idols. His fans have very similar tastes in music to his own. His long review directly brought a wave of exposure to the song.

And he's not the only music critic like that.

A well-known pianist on Chaobo also commented, but his focus was not on the song itself, but on the piano accompaniment.

Zhou Xin: Successful musical works are the composer's initial thought and motivation, which drives the creation of inspiration and makes the works rich in profound ideological content, imagination and expressiveness.

Through the performer's highly skilled playing techniques, good musical works are conveyed to the audience. The musical expression should be guided by emotion and should be a perfect combination of sensibility and rationality.

Music that merely flaunts technique is soulless; only when the two are organically integrated and interdependent can the desired effect be achieved.

Therefore, playing the piano requires superb skill. I can confidently say that the piano accompaniment for this piece, "I Caught a Cold in That Corner," is of such high caliber that it would bring international acclaim. I imagine this person is no unknown in China, but unfortunately, they prefer not to reveal their name.

Although the record industry has declined in the current Chinese music scene, song sales are still quite high. If we only consider sales volume, today's digital albums can even surpass the records of established singers in the past.

But passersby didn't buy it.

Because the vast majority of these sales are achieved through fan support and ranking. The songs are only popular within the fan community. But if you ask a random person if they know a certain idol's songs, nine and a half out of ten will tell you they've never heard of them.

Not only have I never heard of it, but even if I have, it's hard to accept.

Some people even feel disgusted just hearing the name of a certain idol. It's nothing more than the fans praising them too much, but neither the idol nor their songs match the fans' hype at all. It would be strange if people didn't feel disgusted by the fans' insistence on recommending them to strangers.

But Lin Fan's song is different. It wasn't hyped up by fans, but rather by the song's high quality, which won over casual listeners and established a certain level of popularity among them.

However, since this song was not recorded and uploaded during the initial performance, this base of casual listeners was not fully utilized and the song faded into obscurity.

Then, the students of the "Morning Star" program took the initiative to help Lin Fan promote his work on Weibo, which attracted some attention.

Next came a group of dedicated fans, led by Wang Lingli, who, with the help of the attention garnered by the "Morning Star" trainees, promoted Lin Fan's new song within their own fan circles.

Finally, the attention from these three groups was fully built up and combined, giving "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" ample exposure, prompting music critics to join in and pushing the popularity to the top!

That's why there are people like Gao Shan who only started watching the edited version of the initial stage evaluation after all the tasks for the "Morning Star" theme song were finished. When she first heard the song, she found that she really liked it, downloaded it from the music platform, and couldn't help but recommend it to her friends, only to find that her friends had already downloaded it!

With mixed feelings of joy and regret, Gao Shan opened NetEase Music again and was surprised to find that the song "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" had made it onto this month's original music chart! And it was ranked quite high!

seventeenth!

It's worth noting that when Lin Fan uploaded this song, a week of May had already passed!