Chapter 64: Similarities (part 1 of 2)

On February 3, as the end of the promotion of this single, after more than four months, Ye Zhao once again appeared on the stage of MUSIC STATION.

That afternoon, Ye Zhao came to TV Asahi for the last rehearsal before the live broadcast began, and this time, it was no longer Akihiko Aragaki who accompanied him, but Yuki Uemura.

Backstage, when Ye Zhao visited Tamori with his new single, although Tamori accepted the single, he said to Ye Zhao: "I don't need to send CDs in the future." ”

At first glance, this sentence seems to offend the rhythm of the big guy. Ye Zhao had a question mark on his head at that time, and he was stunned there.

Watching his reaction, Tamori suddenly remembered that this guy was still a raw melon egg, and explained with a smile: "I mean, I already remember you, that's why I asked you not to take the CD, as long as the person arrives." ”

If you don't bring it, you don't bring it, do you need to be implicit like this...... Relieved, Ye Zhao thought silently in his heart.

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From the beginning of the MS broadcast, every episode has always had an artist from Genesys, with the exception of one time. In 1997, KINKI KIDS and DA PUMP were to perform on the same stage, but before the live broadcast began, President Kitagawa suddenly canceled the scheduled appearance of KINKI KIDS on the grounds that "it is not suitable for male idol groups from other studios to perform together".

This is also why it is said that Genesys monopolizes the male idol market and suppresses other male idols. With their strength, they don't need to use any overt means at all, let alone play any tricks in the dark, as long as they lightly show the banner of "different stations", the TV station will naturally weigh the weight of both sides and consciously give up the other side.

Even if he is as powerful as BRUNING, although he made Janis suffer a dumb loss in the matter of Xiang Guangmei, it will be difficult to scoop a spoonful of soup from Janis's pot in the future men's idol market.

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The Genesys artist who debuted on MS today is TOKIO, who debuted as a band just last year. When it comes to the group that debuted in the form of a band, TOKIO is the second group, and the first group is the male douhu group.

However, although the men's fighting group is known as a band, both the level of musical instrument performance and the musical literacy of the members are commonplace, and they can only be regarded as idols who perform with musical instruments.

Perhaps with a bit of a shame, Genesys released the band TOKIO last year, and unlike their predecessors, this band is at least impeccable in their instrumentalism, and although they have not yet shaken off the "performance band" model of singing songs by other composers, they can still find their songs on single albums from time to time due to their creative ability.

Ye Zhao didn't care much about TOKIO, but it was just a face-to-face, what Ye Zhao cared about more was his "formula opponent" who was innocently lying on the gun and had been exaggerated by the media for several months.

Masaharu Fukuyama himself, in today's words, is that the guy himself looks a little handsome...... Well,, but there's no doubt about handsome. And if he is just handsome, there are several people in the RB entertainment industry who can compare with him, but they are both handsome and popular, that is, he and Takuya Kimura.

There is a joke that half of the women in all RB like Takuya Kimura and the other half like Masaharu Fukuyama. Although it is a bit exaggerated, you can also feel the terrible popularity of these two from it.

Generally speaking, the two sides who are listed as formula opponents may be a little awkward when they meet, but here Ye Aki and Masaharu Fukuyama do not feel it at all. After all, strictly speaking, both of them belong to the passive shot type.

Referring to the "Masaharu Fukuyama No. 2" turmoil a while ago, Masaharu Fukuyama kindly enlightened: "Actually, just look at the magazine." Just like me, when I first became popular, there were magazines that said I was the 'successor of Yutaka Ozaki'. I'm happy to compare me to Ozaki-san, but we don't have much in common, right?"

"It's a bit of a stretch to say that there is. Ye Zhao joked, "They are all young and handsome guys, and they are all singer-songwriters." ”

"Haha, if that's the case, wouldn't there be such similarities between you and me?"

"That's right. Ye Zhao pretended to think, "However, Fukuyama-san is similar to Ozaki-san, and I am similar to Fukuyama-san, so isn't it that I'm also similar to Ozaki-san?"

Masaharu Fukuyama stared at Ye Zhao for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing, "Ye Zhaosan, you are such an interesting person!"

At eight o'clock in the evening, the live broadcast began.

In this issue of MS, except for Ye Aki and Masaharu Fukuyama, the two male SOLO, and TOKIO, the male idol group, the other four actors are all women, and they are quite beautiful women. Long-legged sister Chisato Moritaka, super idol Shizuka Kudo, multi-habitat star Miho Nakayama, and love song queen Miki Imai, it can be said that when these four come together, they are a good-looking group.

For various unknown reasons, MS has never had a male audience on the regular broadcast, except for a few occasional specials, otherwise, just having these four beauties on the same stage would be enough to make them scream their throats.

On the other hand, when the three groups of male singers Ye Zhao, Masaharu Fukuyama, and TOKIO, who is still a male idol rather than an agricultural troupe, appeared, the female audience screamed one after another as if throat lozenges did not want money.

Masaharu Fukuyama was arranged to be the first to appear, and Ye Zhao, who was in the background, could almost feel the crazy sound of the roof being lifted.

And the hosts Tamori and Ariga May, in the face of such a handsome man and beautiful guest lineup, they are also very joking, and they make fun of everyone present from time to time.

Halfway through the show, Ye Zhao's seat was also moved to next to Tamori.

"The next one to appear is Ye Zhao. Ye Jun, it's been a long time. Tamori said with a pleasantry.

"Long time no see. Ye Zhao owes himself.

"Ye Zhaosan's single "WINTER, AGAIN" released in December last year officially exceeded 1 million in January this year, becoming the first 12CM million single on the ORICON chart. ”

There was warm applause and non-stop "congratulations" from the field.

"HAVING SAID THAT, THERE IS ONE OF THE GUESTS IN THIS SHOW WHO HAS JUST RELEASED A 12CM SINGLE," TAMORI THREW THE TOPIC TO MASAHARU FUKUYAMA, "FUKUYAMA-KUN, YOUR "HELLO" MOMENTUM IS SO GOOD, AND ONE MILLION MUST BE IN THE BAG, HOW ABOUT IT, DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT NOW?"

"I originally wanted to play big on my 26th birthday, but I didn't expect to be preempted by Ye Zhaosang. 'Why do you want to commemorate your 26th birthday, not your 25th birthday?' Masaharu Fukuyama joked.

Ye Zhao also smiled, "For the sake of me relying on this single to turn over, Fukuyama-san, please forgive me." As he spoke, he deliberately made a gesture of clasping his hands.

At the mention of this, there was a round of applause in the field, and occasionally a few audience members were heard shouting "Come on!".

"Speaking of new singles, Ye Jun went to the north this time. ”

"Yes. It was a very fulfilling trip from Hokkaido to Shizuoka Prefecture. ”

"It's amazing, no one usually does it to this extent, right?" said Tamoli, "At the year-end dinner, the saury-san also talked about it, 'It's like a folk artist in the seventies!' ”

Saury refers to the Akashi family saury, in RB, he is a funny master with Tamori Kitano Takeshi and called BIG3, compared with the relatively gentle style of Tamoli, the Akashi family saury can be called a fighter in the conversation, even if he is a guest on the show, it is also a mouth to control the rhythm of the audience, and the most important point, even if he talks endlessly, it can still make you laugh until your stomach hurts.

"It's time for the new song to come next, is there anything you want to say?" Tamori said.

"Well," Ye Zhao complained to himself, "Spring break is coming, and it seems a bit out of place to sing winter songs here." ”

"Wouldn't it be nice if you would release another spring single right away?" Tamori said, "When the time comes, won't there be songs to sing all year round?" ”

In the good-natured laughter of the audience and guests, Ye Zhao got up and walked to the stage.

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Two weeks later, a disc newspaper appeared in a music magazine. Ye Aki and Masaharu Fukuyama will release a collaborative single on April 18, and the theme of the single will be related to spring.