Chapter 63: J-H's Big Bang (Part II)
PS: Congratulations to the sixteenth league of Xianchu Xiaohu, I should have added more to welcome, but recently I was wearing a neck guard, so let's put it back for the time being!
In addition, today is my birthday, and I should have added more to express my heart, but the reason is the same...... Just say Happy Birthday here!
The weather was gloomy, and the rain was already falling from the clouds.
If you look down from the sky, the vast land under the winter rain curtain is the time of bleakness, the dark green of the summer has long faded, the golden yellow of autumn has gradually been blown away by the wind, as far as the eye can see, the river is surging, the mountains are undulating, the eyes are full of withered and withered light brown, the birds are sparsely chirping, the beasts are gone, the city stands motionless under the lead-gray sky, and the roads that extend in all directions like blood vessels are no longer distinctly distinguished from the wilderness, and the vast share the same color.
The north wind howled, and the heavens and the earth were dead.
It wasn't until night fell, when the lights came on, and the halo was connected like a torch burning the black curtain at night, that this huge human heart seemed to regain its vitality and flourish!
For the music world this winter, J.H is like a giant city standing by the river at night in winter, full of light and life, and when it has only been silent for a few days it comes into full swing again, the sky of the song world has changed like the clouds over Seoul!
In order to catch the tail end of the year, J.H's launch of Bigbang was a little hasty, and it didn't even go through much warm-up, and just after the broadcast of "Out to the Record" in KBS's late-night session, the promotional poster of the five members of the Bigbang group appeared on the front page of J.H Music and J.H.Bugs official website. There was no traditional propaganda force at all, no propaganda CD was sent to various places in advance, and no teaser version of the sound source landed on the TV station.
But in fact, J.H's choice was not in a hurry, and the warm-up link was already achieved with the help of the popularity of Yoon Meilai's "Don't Leave", when the famous J.H announced that he was going to launch a HIPHOP group and used the extremely novel documentary mode as a trailer, all the publicity plans were basically completed.
That's another manifestation of the "star effect", just like using the results of Baek Ji-young's "Don't Love Anymore" and Ahn Junhyuk's fame to hype Yoon Mi-rae a month ago, and then in turn using the popularity of "Don't Leave" to hype itself...... These chain reactions continue to influence and boost each other. It's like a cloud of atomic gases that is collapsing and merging. Even if it's just Yoon Mi-rae alone, every achievement is accelerating the formation of this fusion when Bigbang is finally launched. It's like the moment when a gas cloud finally leads to metamorphosis.
Rumble!
Ignite. Naturally, there are moths to the fire.
As early as the day when "Debut Record" was broadcast. Countless people were eagerly awaiting Bigbang's debut song, and on November 23rd, J.H Music and J.H.Bugs were advertised on the homepage. Quietly changed the picture and linkββ
Bigbang's debut song "Lies" is released!
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As soon as the song was released, countless people who had been waiting in front of the computer for a long time and were alerted by the message prompt function of the J.H. Bugs music client were moved, or chose to listen to it, or paid to download it directly.
Yahoo Korea's Lee Hyuk is also one of them, as early as Ahn Jun Hyuk's first MINI album was released, he has been paying attention to this young idol singer who sings and does well, on the one hand, because Ahn Jun Hyuk's own talent makes him admire very much, the original "1 minute and 1 second" and "The Sun That Never Sets" are still in his MP3 until now, on the other hand, it is naturally because the other party has the value of paying close attention.
He even knew that most people in the circle are now paying attention to this matter, and that Bigbang's debut is a small matter, and what matters is whether it is successful or not. In connection with the incident of SM constantly being promoted in the media some time ago, Ahn Jun Hyuk's intention to launch Bigbang at this time could not be more obvious, which is to defeat SM and TVXQ - of course, even if Ahn Jun Hyuk's original intention is not so, the media will interpret it as such.
Many people want to see where Ahn Joon-hyuk's self-confidence comes from.
When I received a message from the client, quickly logged in, and paid to download, a colleague next door to Li He came over and smiled: "You are also downloading?"
"Hmm!"
"Hey, do you want to make a bet?"
"Bet on what?"
"Bet on the quality of this 'Lies'. The colleague laughed, "I bet it can't surpass "1 Minute and 1 Second" and "The Sun That Never Sets." β
"1 Minute and 1 Second" is recognized by the outside world as the pioneering work of Ahn Jun Hyuk's Korean lyrical rap genre, gentle and gentle linear rap, which was regarded as a KPOP classic by many music critics as soon as it was released, and later even affected the development of the HIPHOP music trend.
"The Sun That Never Sets" is not simple, it is one of the masterpieces of crossover music in South Korea, and a model for the development of punk dance music in recent years.
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Secretly slandered, but I don't know what to do, Li He just raised his eyebrows: "Okay, just bet, 50,000 won, OK?"
The other party was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, although the complete sound quality lossless version of the song was relatively large, but at this time, the two of them were almost ready, and they high-fived each other as an agreement, and Li He put on a headset and played!
The next moment he pressed the mouse, the tranquil and soft piano prelude floated into his ears leisurely, and the moment he heard it, Li He's eyes lit up.
"Lies...... No wonder the name feels familiar......"
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"It's a lie, it's actually this song!"
Youzhen, who is getting more and more beautiful on the ground, listens to the melody that lingers in his ears, and his expression is in a trance for a moment.
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It rained late at night, and I thought of you again
I struggled in the depths of my damp memories
I made up my mind that I could live a good life without you
But it still can't be done
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The familiar piano tune kept repeating itself, and my mind seemed to go back to a long time ago. She'd heard the song. Even many fans of An Jia Xiaozhu have heard that it was at Lin Yuna's birthday party, he cooperated with Ahn Jisoo to perform it, and was filmed by fans at the scene with DV, and then made a video and uploaded it to the Internet.
I still remember the faint envy and emotion in my heart at that time, and I also remember that it was in such a soft and quiet melody that she and many fans calmed down their mentality, and they began to accept Lin Yun'er's existence from the bottom of their hearts.
But then Kim Woo-jin discovered that this song was already familiar. It's actually very unfamiliar. A soothing start is followed by a full rhythmic rap.
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I was so miserable that I couldn't sleep at night
I still feel that my life without you is too painful
I pray that I will forget you completely
It's a lie
Without you, I lost my smile
The tears also dried
I don't want to live like this anymore
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The strong rhythm is completely different from what I've heard before, but I don't know why. Listen to the different styles of rap that cross by. Listen to the lyrics that are still familiar. It seems to have fallen into a sad heart, but it beats hard, and it jumps as the climax of the song suddenly comes!
Same work. But they are two completely different styles, just when Kim Woo-jin is gradually obsessed with melody, Lee Hyuk of Yahoo's Korean headquarters is also hit by the climax of the rap rendering in the middle of the song.
All thoughts faded away, leaving only quiet listening and restlessness of the heart, and the two contradictory emotions did not interfere with each other, but were perfectly blended, and it was quite toxic that he couldn't help but beat the notes, and even hummed softly!
The intact sound quality showed everything perfectly, and after the song was over, Li He barely controlled himself to take off the headphones, but his mind couldn't calm down for a while.
In a daze, the colleague next door who had made a bet with him seemed to have listened to it, and his expression was a little confused and a little pale.
He lost his bet!
After listening to the song, this is something that doesn't need to be thought about at all, the other party's lips moved, but he couldn't say anything, and after a long while, he showed a wry smile: "This song is really ......"
Li He didn't bet on the joy of winning, although he was very optimistic about Ahn Junhyuk, but the biggest estimate before was nothing more than that the new work was about the same level as "1 Minute and 1 Second", no matter what, I didn't expect that this lie would be so mature!
To sum up, if "1 Minute and 1 Second" is the pioneering work of Korean lyrical rap, then this "Lies" is the culmination of the same category, different from the straight line of "1 Minute and 1 Second", "Lies" combines more elements, the lyrics are more straightforward, and the rhythm is more intense, but they not only do not destroy the overall sad style, but with the interpretation of different voices, the passages except for the soothing prelude are completely presented to people in another way.
The greater the difficulty, which also means that the skills are more mature.
Such a song...... It's no wonder Ahn Joon-hyuk is so confident, with the skills, ideas, and toxicity brewing in the repetition part of the chorus, it is a matter of course that it will become a big hit!
However, even with such a cognition, the changes in the music industry and the record industry in the next few days still made Li He, who was paying close attention, drop his jaw!
The speed at which "Lies" became popular is simply eye-catching!
On the night of November 23, the music source landed on J.H.Bugs and other music source websites, and within 10 hours, it was parachuted into the first place on this week's music source list, and then two days later, it was already qualified to compete with Yin Meilai's "Don't Leave" for the monthly championship.
On the 26th, J.H announced the MV for "Lies", and on the first day of December, which is also the first weekend of December, it was announced that Bigbang made its official debut, and the debut stage was KBS's music bank.
At that time, "Lies" had been released for a week, and the terrifying popularity and achievements that had amassed in a short period of time made Bigbang complete the competition for the first place on the debut stage, and "Don't Leave" was almost terminated for the third consecutive championship.
On December 2, Bigbang participated in the music center with "Lies" (there was no ranking system for music centers at this time), and it sparked a conversation with the highest rating of 15% in an instant, and on December 3, Yoon Mi-rae's "Don't Leave" just ended its popular song with three consecutive championships last week, and many singers have not yet breathed a sigh of relief, and the words produced by J.H once again occupied the big screen when they were ranked.
Bigbang took the first place on the second weekend of the album's release!
If these are just shaking the media and entertainment industry, then time continues to push back, and its performance in sales has driven everyone crazy!
In the first week of its release, "Lies" landed on Bugs, Mnet, ohdio and other music source websites, and Melon encountered doubts and opposition from the fan camp for fairness because the first and second positions did not appear in "Lies" and "Don't Leave", which caused heated public opinion.
In the second week of its release, J.H released data that the physical record of "Lies" recorded 180,000 sales within 12 days, which surpassed Yoon Mi-rae's "Don't Leave", and three days later refreshed the record for the fastest sales of 200,000 set by TVXQ's "O. Pros and Converses" this year.
As time passed, December gradually passed, and Seoul began to be covered with snow, and the heat that could not even freeze the severe cold once again challenged people's hearts.
Six weeks after its release, the annual sales list announced by the Recording Industry Association, "Lies" kicked the 350,000-selling "O. Pros and Cons" off the altar that had dominated the list for 3 and a half months with a slight advantage of 357,000 copies, and climbed to the top of the list!
On the day the list was announced, countless media outlets expressed their amazement and shock with such headlines:
"J.H.'s Big Bang, Here !!" (To be continued......