Chapter 21: The War of Scolding
Yang Kun's album "That Day" has sold quite well since it was released in July, and the critics have given good reviews, and it has also ranked high on major lists, he should have been happy, but he was quite unhappy when he looked at the ranking of the list.
You said Liu Dehua, Jay Chou, and other well-known singers are in front, and I will admit it, who called us wrists are not as big as others, but what is this Nirvana? Where did it come from, I didn't even have an album, so I posted a song on the Internet, and it was in front of me, what the is this!
Yang Kun is a violent temper, and when he was interviewed by the media at the signing meeting, he fired directly: "Now the music scene is in chaos, all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods have come out, listen to what bullshit is on the list now, can it be called a song?" These garbage music have set the Chinese music scene back by at least 15 years. Nowadays, many Internet singers only need to spend a few hundred yuan to make songs and put them on the Internet, and they became popular overnight. This group of people has harmed the record company, but also the people who really love music, and also harmed the next generation! ”
The reporters who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic suddenly became excited, and someone immediately asked: "Recently, singer Nirvana became popular on the Internet with a song "Myth", are you targeting him?" ”
Yang Kun did not restrain in the slightest, and directly aimed the muzzle at Nirvana: "I said it's him, Nirvana can't sing at all, his singing skills at all, is he a singer like that?" A real singer should be someone like me who makes music in a down-to-earth manner. What is that thing he sings, and he deserves to be called a singer? ”
After Song Ke learned the news, he actually laughed wildly in the office. After laughing, he dialed Cheng Peng's phone with a smile on his face: "Hey, Cheng Peng!" “
Cheng Peng has finished the storyboard, and has been busy selecting scenes for the filming of the movie recently, and after answering the phone, he asked, "Brother Song, is there something wrong?" ”
"Cheng Peng, Yang Kun scolded you when he was interviewed by the news, and scolded you by name!" Song Ke said with a sense of joy.
I'll go, Yang Kun scolded me, what are you happy about? Cheng Peng wanted to scold a little and asked, "Which Yang Kun, is it the Yang Kun who sang "It Doesn't Matter"?" Why did he scold me, and what did he scold me? ”
Song Ke was a little fanning the flames: "It's him, saying that you can't sing, you are a cow ghost and snake god, and you will kill the next generation!" ”
Cheng Peng knows that Yang Kun is a cannon barrel and likes to fire cannons indiscriminately, in Cheng Peng's memory, he has bombarded many people, Daolang, Li Yuchun, etc., Cheng Peng and Yang Kun don't know each other at all, there can be no holiday, Yang Kun scolded him by name for no other reason, it must be that "Myth" performed too well on the major music charts, pressing Yang Kun.
He knew why Song Ke was so happy, this time it was a good opportunity to hype, he hoped that Cheng Peng would come out and fight back and make "Myth" even hotter.
Since you can fry it, you must fry it a lot, and the hotter it is, the better, so that you can make more money! Cheng Peng smiled and said lightly: "I know, I'll take a look when I have time." ”
Yang Kun's words not only scolded Nirvana, but even the entire Internet singer was scolded by him, his words caused an uproar, and the Internet singer was dissatisfied, and began to criticize Yang Kun on the Internet, while the professional singer expressed support for Yang Kun one-sidedly.
A scolding war between online singers and professional singers has begun!
Yang Kun's friend Sun Nan announced on his blog: "Yang Kun said it so well, it's so right! In the past two years, shoddy low-cost productions have flooded the Internet and the entire record market. Who is the one who will kill the music and talent of the next generation? It's these fake musicians who completely ignore the cultural responsibilities that a musician should bear for the sake of fame and fortune! ”
Singer Na Ying supported Yang Kun in a high-profile manner: "In today's online songs, only the lyrics are better written, which is a bit affinity." But when it comes to the music itself, these songs are completely unarranged and produced. Such a song, which is not music at all, will not have a big market. Such songs are only suitable for being placed on the Internet and downloaded for free by everyone to listen to. If they continue like this, internet songs are a gust of wind that will soon pass. ”
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Cheng Peng's memory of the scolding battle between the Internet singer and Yang Kun happened two years later, when the strength of the two sides was relatively balanced, but now the strength of the Internet singer is too weak, there are no heavyweight players at all, and the only ones who can get their hands are Xuecun and Tang Lei who sang "Lilac".
Yukimura said: "Although my "Northeast People Are Living Lei Feng" is a record song, it is circulated through the Internet, and the power of the Internet is amazing. Although some shoddy songs have appeared on the Internet in recent years, there is no shortage of some classic songs and some well-made songs, and Yang Kun's tone is too big. "
Tang Lei said: "Yang Kun said that we are cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, doesn't he know that our music is being accepted by hundreds of millions of people." How can music be distinguished from high and low, many traditional singers just can't let go of their shelves, and I definitely don't agree with what he said about harming the next generation, which is too mean and biased. ”
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Yang Kun is a big name and very well-known, while the Internet singers are all nameless and nameless people, and the media doesn't care about the Internet singers at all, so Yang Kun and their completely take the initiative in the media, and they are one-sided and crazy criticizing the Internet singers.
Even in the online world, Yang Kun has the upper hand, and Yang Kun's fans, as well as the fans of the well-known singers who participated in the war, sprayed Nirvana and Internet singers in the forum.
"What is that thing that Nirvana sings, compared to Yang Kun, his song is a piece of!"
"Strongly agree with that sister, online songs are not good at all, they are not music at all!!"
"Tell me what Nirvana sings? And his flash, a person can live for two thousand years, how much more ** does this Nima have to think of?
"Which onion is Nirvana? Why don't I know where such a person came from? Dare to compare with Yang Kunbi, Nirvana, I think it's placenta! ”
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Compared with traditional media, the dilemma that online singers are almost unable to speak out, although they are also inferior on the Internet, they have a large number of supporters, after all, this is where online singers make their fortunes.
"Yang Kun's songs can never catch up with Nirvana, and his songs lack infectious power - this is the fatal wound of artistic expression!"
"Originally, I didn't feel Yang Kun's song. That day, the devil sent God to buy a CD of his, and the fault was that I listened to it with headphones, as if I couldn't speak because of the sore throat. I didn't have a hobby of being abused, and I threw that CD in the trash. ”
"Yang Kun is embarrassed to compare with Nirvana? When I saw Yang Kun, I got angry, are you singing? The face is full of pain, out of breath, self-absorbed, and the expression is stiff, and there is less shame on you! Nirvana's "Myth" I listened to it once and cried once. It's not up to you to have the final say, it's the audience to have the final say, Nirvana's song is better than Yang Kun's! ”
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Three days later, Yang Kun fired again in an interview with the media: "I think it's strange that Nirvana has become popular, so many of us work hard to make quality and music, but we can't hear anything in his songs, only pretentiousness." Music is sacred, is there music in Nirvana? Do you think he's music? ”
After Song Ke saw this news, he called Cheng Peng again: "Xiaopeng, Yang Kun scolded you again, you have to say something!" ”
"I see, I'll respond!"
The next morning, Nirvana, who had never appeared on the Internet, suddenly appeared in Tianya and posted a post of "Answer to Mr. Yang Kun".
In the post, he wrote: "Anyone who knows a little bit about music should know that music has never been sacred, never a plaything in the hands of a few. Before human beings had words, they already knew how to use the height, strength, and weakness of their voices to express their meaning and feelings. Later, with the development of human labor, there were gradually trumpets that unified the rhythm of labor and shouts that transmitted information to each other, which was the earliest music. Music comes from the folk, is the voice of the public, the poems in the "Book of Songs" were originally the lyrics of the soundtrack, divided into three categories: wind, elegance, and song, the wind is the local style, the wind ballad, that is, the folk songs and ballads of various places. ”
Nirvana cited different examples from ancient and modern China and foreign countries in the post to discuss his views in detail, music comes from the folk, is the voice of the public, is the song of the public, and is not the plaything of a few people. Why should you be afraid of voices from the people? What are you afraid of? Why should you be afraid of something that the masses like?
At the end of the post, he wrote: "I am a grassroots singer, from the folk, singing the joys, sorrows and sorrows of ordinary people, I will not sing for the so-called sacred, the so-called elegant." Don't talk to me about art, don't talk to me about elegance, I think that's an insult to me, because that means I'm out of the crowd. I will continue to write grassroots songs, and I will continue to sing for the grassroots. That's all I have to say, this is my Nirvana, the manifesto of a grassroots singer! ”
As soon as this post was issued, it was immediately sought after by countless netizens, and various forums reprinted it wildly, quickly spreading to the entire network.
In the online world, netizens are basically ordinary people, and most of them are young people, who are anti-traditional, contemptuous of authority, optimistic, and upward, but there is never a word that can express their state.
Now they have found a word of their own from Cheng Peng's words, "grassroots" and "grassroots spirit", which is simply too apt, as if it was tailor-made for their group of people.
Yes, we are grassroots, we are inconspicuous, we are ordinary, but we have the vitality of "wildfires are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows"!
In a very short period of time, the situation was completely reversed, and Nirvana gained unprecedented support in the entire online world, and the entire scolding war turned into a feast of grassroots carnival.
"Yang Kun is going to die, what is sacred, what is elegant? Lao Tzu likes to listen to his favorite songs, long live the grassroots! ”
"Lao Tzu is the grassroots, long live the grassroots spirit, let the divine get out!"
"Nirvana, you said it so well, you said what our people wanted, and I will always support you!"
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In the online world, Yang Kun was completely caught in the vast sea of the people's war, and he was full of scolding everywhere. However, Yang Kun's mood is very good, his scolding and venting is secondary, hype is the main purpose, and now his album is really popular, and the title song "That Day" has successfully reached the second place in the major music charts. Of course, "Myth" is even more popular, not only continuing to top the list, but also refreshing the record of click-through rates on major websites.
On the CRBT list, "Myth" ranked first with 2 million downloads, beating Jay Chou's "East Wind Breaking", which caused a sensation in the entire music industry.
In this summer, "Myth" really became a myth!;