Although no announcement was made for An Zhi, it is impossible not to disclose any information. After all, as a star, you always need to maintain your popularity.

So this so-called "retreat" is not so pure compared to the last one.

In addition to releasing news in advance to outline the expectations of fans, in the past half a year, An Zhixiao and Shen Yanru have occasionally updated Weibo to let fans know their recent situation. That's the beauty of the internet age, and it's a great way to keep fans even without any announcements.

More than ten years ago, since you went into retreat, it was not good for the media to continue to send you press releases, right? But it's really been half a year since there was no news, and when you come back, fans have long forgotten about you. So it is not so natural to have to find a way to "leak your whereabouts" and be photographed by the media.

It is precisely because of this convenience that after the preparation of "Liujing" began, fans have already gotten the news from Weibo, knowing that the two are finally out of the customs, and the work will be available to everyone soon. In this way, the expectation level is raised to the highest.

However, it is probably because the expectations are too high that the response to the EP's actual release is varied, and it is not the same one-sided praise as before.

Among them, most of the comments that this EP is highly overlapping with "Four Seasons" are accounted for.

Some people even put forward the arguments that "Shen Yanru Jiang Lang is exhausted" and "An knows that it is nothing but so", thinking that this is a musical regression, and it is not even ruled out that Shen Yanru is plagiarizing herself, because she can't write anything new. How else would it explain that the two albums are so similar?

Of course, there are not without those who support them.

In fact, as long as you have some musical attainments, you can clearly hear the difference between the two albums. Although the content of the representation is similar, in fact they are two completely different works.

As for saying that Shen Yan wants to plagiarize himself if he can't write something, it is even more ridiculous. Even if she wanted to copy it, she wouldn't be able to copy "Four Seasons". Shen Yanru has so many popular songs for himself, and the release time of "Four Seasons" is so short, even if you want to copy it, you should choose those songs that have been long enough to not attract attention, right?

The two sides insisted on their own words, and finally pinched them again.

So much so that what was originally just a small-scale controversy ended up making things bigger, and everyone knew about it.

It's hard to say whether things have developed to this point, whether Shen Yanru did it intentionally. After all, there are so many songs left, but she chose so many six songs to make an EP. To say that she herself did not expect it at all in advance is naturally a lie.

As the saying goes, there are many people who are popular. There is no perfect person in the world with no dead ends in 360 degrees, and as a public star, he lives under the spotlight and the public's sight, and a little flaw can be excavated and magnified, which will inevitably cause controversy.

An knew that she was already popular, and she had actually been pinched a few times before, but she herself was not at the center of the argument, and there were often other people who attracted more firepower on the side.

But as her popularity grew, that naturally changed.

In the future, maybe she will become the object of others' trampling, or maybe someone simply can't get used to her, in short, she will become the protagonist of these controversies. At that time, it is not up to you to control what the situation will be.

Therefore, Shen Yanru thinks that it would be good if he could take the controversy into his own hands.

And why does hype always exist? It's because the more controversial the work, the faster it spreads, and it can even promote the new album in disguise.

Of course, this approach is always a double-edged sword. If used well, it may be able to achieve good results, but at the same time, it is easy to hurt yourself. Therefore, when appropriate, it is still necessary to guide public opinion. lest even their own fans be affected by this statement, and become suspicious or have lower expectations.

Because Shen Yan knows how the new album is, he even throws out the words "If you don't believe it, wait for the new album to come out" when you know how to do it, you don't have to worry about being slapped in the face.

The opposing side is naturally not to be outdone, and also believes that the new album must also be a change of soup and not a change of medicine, which is not much better, and it is best not to look forward to it too much.

As a result, the final fight inexplicably turned into a bet, and everyone waited for the new album to come out to see what was going on and which side would win. It can be regarded as a disguised increase in attention and expectations, and even some passers-by were attracted to it, saying that they wanted to know the result.

But these things have nothing to do with An Zhizhi for the time being.

Although she is out of customs, she is actually not idle, but soaks in the recording studio every day to work on a new album. All other matters are naturally handed over to others. So she has no idea how much controversy her EP has caused right now.

At the end of July, the new album was finally released.

Because the momentum was enough before, An knew that he did not go on the show to promote it before the release. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with similar sensitive questions when the time comes. simply wait for the album to come out, and then go when I have the work.

The album's sales didn't hit a big hit, but it was a normal number. However, after listening to the song, the fans all spoke online one by one, shouting that they were deceived.

Some netizens who were waiting to see the joke immediately opened their mouths to mock, "I have long said that this album is not worthy of the name, but the fans are stupid and buy it for popularity." Now you've been deceived, right? You go to the official Weibo to leave a message and ask Shen Yanru's studio if she is willing to refund it, haha! ”

I thought that this kind of provocative statement would immediately cause dissatisfaction and rebuttal from those fans, and no matter which reaction it was, it was what they expected.

However, the truth is shocking, fans saw this ridicule, calmly spit out a sentence of "stupid", and then leisurely went to the side to communicate, ignoring him at all.

The mocker was dumbfounded. What's this called? It's obvious that you are shouting that you have been fooled, and I am complaining for you, why don't you give any reaction to your face?

But they weren't stupid, and they quickly realized that there was something wrong with the album.

It wasn't just them who realized this, but also the passers-by.

This aroused everyone's curiosity.

Because it is necessary to maintain the rights and interests of the genuine version, before the official upload, the fans who bought the album will not share the work, and even when they communicate, they are hidden in the clouds and foggy for people to understand. As a result, many people had no intention of buying it, and they couldn't help but pay for an album to listen to it.

- After the album is released, the songs will be uploaded to the Internet one after another, but it will take at least two weeks. People who are anxious and do not lack those dozens of dollars are naturally unwilling to wait.

However, the sales of the album rose again, which was a bit surprising.

However, everyone who bought the album couldn't help but make a "fooled" remark. But it doesn't look like he's angry, and he's still happy to exchange experiences with everyone, and obviously I'm not dissatisfied with the album.

At this time, An Zhizhi participated in the first promotional program.

"Changing Star Claim" is still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.

However, last year, An knew that among several guests, he existed as a foil. Although the host is biased, he didn't grab many shots, and this year is different. Although it is not a single leader, it is also the focus of attention. In this way, there is naturally no need to rob other people's time, and the program team itself has arranged time for her to sing solo.

As soon as An knew that he had spoken, the scene immediately fell silent.

waited until the end of the song and the scene was silent for a long time before starting to applaud under the leadership of the host.

The host clapped his hands and walked up to the stage, greeting An, "I just heard this song, and I almost forgot that it was on the show." You know, can you tell me how you did that? ”

This drew a good-natured laugh, but another guest immediately said that he felt the same way.

"Probably Mr. Shen's song is well written." An Zhizhi said.

The host said, "You are too modest, of course the song is good, but you sing better, to describe it in one word, that is, it complements each other." ”

He said and turned his head to face the audience, "The name of this song is "Hometown", and when I listened to it, I remembered a poem I learned when I was a child, everyone should have learned it, Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts". The bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected of frost on the ground, raised his head to look at the bright moon, and bowed his head to think of his hometown. It's this feeling that is fully expressed. I don't understand music, but we have a guest on the scene who understands it very well, let's ask him to comment, okay? ”

In the applause of the audience, the host walked up to the guest Li Shuo and handed the microphone over, "Mr. Li, you are a senior in the industry, can you comment on it for us?" ”

Li Shuo is a singer in Southeast Asia, who debuted a few years earlier than Shen Yanru, and is considered an evergreen tree in the music scene, and his influence in the Chinese music scene should not be underestimated. He is very talented and a singer-songwriter, so there is nothing inappropriate to comment on An at this time. He took the microphone and said, "Then I'll just say a few words." ”

"Some time ago, I also saw a little bit of those controversies on the Internet." As soon as Li Shuo opened his mouth, he touched on a sensitive topic, "But I believe that after listening to this song, those arguments will be meaningless." ”

"It seems to be very powerful, can Mr. Li explain it carefully?" The host's eyes lit up and he immediately asked.

Li Shuo looked at An Xiaoxiao and asked with a smile, "Whether it is the previous "Four Seasons" or "Flowing Scenes", it is all about the scenery of this "Hometown", right?" Mr. Shen is really ingenious and ingenious! ”

"You're still the best, and you'll understand it as soon as you hear it." An Zhi nodded.

The host also understood, "So the two EPs that have been debated on the Internet before are similar in content is because they are actually written in the same place?" ”

"Yes, that's my hometown too. Previously, Mr. Shen created "Four Seasons" when he went there to relax. This time, in order to create this album, we also lived there for half a year to experience the local life. If you can hear the similarities, I think it should be Mr. Shen who grasped the □□ of that place and ran it through the song. An Zhizhi said.

In fact, she didn't say this very appropriately, but An Zhizhi still said it.

If it's just to criticize her, anyway, as a star, I'm used to it. But what do these people know? Just open your mouth without any basis and say that Shen Yan is as talented as Jiang Lang, it's really easy!

If you don't slap them in the face, it's hard to vent her anger.