Chapter 16: The Return
On May 20, Choi Jun-seok's much-anticipated album "True Love in the World", which made countless fans wait for a month, was finally officially put on sale. JS Entertainment is simultaneously launching the long-awaited album in major cities in South Korea and is releasing online music sources at the same time.
Fans who had already received the news the day before flocked to the record stores in various cities early in the morning, and almost every point of sale was packed with crowds, hoping to be the first to hear the CD, which has now been crowned "the most classic lyrical album of the decade".
"It's an album to be cherished!"
This is the consensus of many musicians, fans, and fans. This is a classic worth appreciating and savoring leisurely, whether it is the melody or the lyrics, under the pure voice of Choi Junxi, the softness of the bass, the melodiousness of the alto, and the touching of the treble, whether it is inspiring, comforting, or sad or touching, he can easily control every style, and interpret each song so touching and touching.
Coupled with the ingenious and exquisite MV, although the sound source of the album was released on the same day, all fans hope to treasure this classic CD, because, you deserve it~ (The product placement is coming, ^_^ no one guessed it last time, and it can't be guessed this time?)
There were crowds in front of all the sales stores, and some even took pictures of long queues. In Seoul, such a scene took place in front of many video stores, and some fans came to line up before dawn, just to get the CD as soon as possible. It can be said that the unique publicity in the past month has made Choi Jun-seok's album not only earn word-of-mouth, but also a very successful commercial promotion.
At 8:30 a.m., the owners and employees of countless video stores, as soon as they opened the door of the store, they poured into countless fans.
"Give me a copy of Choi Jun-seok's "True Love in the World"
"Boss, I want three copies of Choi Jun-seok's "True Love in the World"
"Where is Choi Jun-seok's "True Love in the World" CD?"
"I want 2 sheets"
"I want 10 CDs" (Hey, will anyone really buy 10 CDs? Famous sword, don't bluff it!)
"Wait, wait" unified sales at the same time across the country, so that countless video store owners and employees also panicked at the same time.
This happened in the same scene in large, medium and small cities in South Korea, and its power is that after a week, the sales of the album "True Love in the World" reached more than 104,000 copies, which was a more terrifying number than "Baby" in 07, plus the pre-sale volume of "Love Chapter" surged to 200,000 after the announcement, and in a week, Choi Jun-seok's regular selection album "True Love in the World" reached more than 305,000 copies Oh no, it should be used. YD' to express the sales volume, (this number will also appear in Korean entertainment novels, do you believe it?) This is a more beering number than the annual song "baby" in 07, and it really shocked all the musicians in the music industry. Nima, it's 2008, the era of large-scale shrinkage of the record industry, not the golden age of the record industry in the 90s, why is there such a number? The bosses of countless entertainment companies are not calm, and they have roared at the 'little brothers' below,
"Nima, what the hell is going on!!"
As I said before, this is a truly classic album, and each of the 9 songs can be used as the main track of other people's albums, but here in Choi Jun-seok, it can only be used as a follow-up song, which is really a bit of a tyrannical thing for professional musicians. But for fans, this has become a real journey of music enjoyment, 9 classics, 9 touches, no irrigation, only enjoyment (how do you feel complaining about yourself⊙_⊙b), so it makes sense to be a big seller. It's just that I didn't expect it to sell so dramatically
If "Baby" in 07 is an external force, a strong countermeasure to mainstream music in Europe and the United States, which suppressed Korean K-pop music, then this time Choi Jun-seok's "True Love in the World" is completely in Asian music style, and it is still very traditional lyrical music. "Baby" can still be unconvinced, but now these 9 Asian-style classics can burst into such results, which really makes all the 'professionals' have nothing to say. …,
Tough doesn't need a reason, the demon is even more charming.
"True Love in the World", an unprecedented lyrical classic, after Choi Jun-seok's 'retirement' incident, used perfect melody, perfect lyrics, perfect MV, and perfect publicity, and finally made Choi Jun-seok return perfectly and began its perfect journey.
"True Love in the World" broke the platinum record sales standard in one day, and if you count the pre-sales and even reached the 310,000 platinum standard, this kind of achievement has completely numbed the Korean song industry, is this really something that people can do?
The highest record, "True Love in the World" sold 300,000 in a week (counting the 200,000 pre-sales), 440,000 in three weeks, 500,000 in 6 weeks, 550,000 in 9 weeks, and 12 weeks later, "True Love in the World" once again reached 620,000 sales against the sky, with an average of 51,000 sales per week, which made all the singers, musicians, and entertainment company bosses in South Korea completely lose their voices, and even the record industry, which was very excited at the beginning, was speechless in the end.
The rapid shrinkage of the record industry on a large scale is an inevitable process of social development, the development of network media, diversified propaganda means, has brought a strong impact on the traditional record industry, since entering the 2000s, singers have released films, sales are getting less and less, at the end of the 90s, the kind of hundreds of thousands, millions of sales have long been in the past, the global record industry is shrinking on a large scale, especially in South Korea, 04, In 05, a singer who could sell 100,000 sales was a platinum record, which was worth a big celebration banquet, 300,000 copies was the treatment of a top singer, and 600,000 copies were something that I couldn't think of.
In '07, BIGBANG ascended to the position of the group with a "lie", and the 330,000 sales number was the strongest support for them to reach the top. And Choi Jun-seok became the most popular singer in 07 years with a song "Baby", with 200 million YouTube hits and 600,000 sales.
But Choi Jun-seok's success was very accidental, at that time he completely relied on the status of European and American music to stimulate the Korean mainland, and finally caused Choi Jun-seok to suppress all Korean local singers in one fell swoop, but this did not convince the musicians.
And now, Choi Jun-seok is dignified with a traditional music style album to once again beat all K-pop singers, doing something that all lyrical singers have not been able to do in the past ten years, only a few lyrical kings such as Cao Chengmo and Lee Seung-chul in the 90s can do it, but now, it has been completed by a junior who is only 21 years old, which is why they can't accept it anymore!
On May 23, Choi Jun-seok finally officially announced his return, bringing the title song of a series of family love chapters "When I Sing This Song" to the KBS Music Bank for the first time on the singing stage.
That night, the 'hopes' who entered the venue occupied three-quarters of the audience, and the white rogue rabbit towel, the black hooded T-shirt, and the red cheering stick on the top of a cute fox flashed with red light, and the three official support items of Choi Jun-seok were everywhere, as if they were going to turn the recording hall of the music bank into Choi Jun-seok's solo concert.
Today is Choi Jun-seok's comeback stage, in order to win a good fortune, Choi Jun-seok did not choose to make a comeback at the most intimate MBC Music Center, but chose to make him return to the music bank that won an unprecedented ten consecutive championships. In order to prepare for this stage, Choi Jun-seok came to the recording site of the music bank early, and as the 'boss' of JS Entertainment, Yoo Jae-seok took a little time out of his busy schedule to accompany Choi Jun-seok to visit the PD in charge of the music bank.
"Hmm, brother, why are you?" Cui Junxi and Liu Jae-seok pushed away the people in the control room and saw a person who was unexpected.
"Hehe, it's you kid. The man looked up and saw Choi Jun-seok and smiled.
"Do you know?" Liu Zaishi was surprised.
"Hehe, in Brother Sheng, when did you become the PD of the music bank?" Cui Junxi saluted happily, but was pulled up by the man with a smile, "Okay, don't be so polite, I haven't seen you polite for two days and one night." ”…,
It turns out that the man is the PD of two days and one night, An Zaisheng (book friend angrykk appeared again), since 08 years, "Two Days and One Night" has exploded into a crazy momentum in the new year, repeatedly breaking through 30% of the ratings, and wearing the title of national variety show in a dignified manner. On the other hand, the major leaders of the program group have also risen in KBS, and after several twists and turns, Ahn Jae-sung finally got an opportunity that belonged to him, jumped out of two days and one night, and became the chief PD of the music bank, which is a big step forward.
"Hehe ^_^, wasn't that forced? You also know how bad the two-day production zuò group is" Choi Jun-seok touched his nose embarrassedly.
"Ah, I forgot about it, and I came out in St. PD for two days, no wonder you know each other. Liu Zaishi reacted, and he was relieved to see that the relationship between the two was good.
"Haha ^_^, don't forget, I was also a person for two days and one night, aren't you afraid that I will tell these words to Luo Yingshi PD?" Ahn Jae-sung joked with a smile, he used to serve as Choi Jun-seok's PD, and both of them are the kind of people who are a little black-bellied and like to be whole, so although they have only been together for 3 months, the relationship is not bad.
"Don't mind, brother, I'm saying the wrong thing," Choi Jun-seok 'begged for mercy'.
"Today is Jun-seok's return to the stage, right?" Ahn Jae-sheng looked at Yoo Jae-seok and said with a smile, "Don't worry, in Brother Shi, I will pay special attention." ”
"Then it's troublesome Ann PD" Liu Zaishi hurriedly thanked, "Thank you~"
"Thank you, brother~" Choi Jun-seok also thanked him.