Chapter 661: Buono! success
The first issue of UTAGE! The first explosion came from buono! , The song sung by the three girls is selected by Zhou Xiao personally, and together with Sakai Spring, a song originally sung by Sister Quanshui of Spring Water "Counting the Distant Stars" (远い星を数えて), the new arrangement is very in line with the aesthetics of 2011, and what is even more amazing is the singing voice of the three.
Before the three of them appeared on the stage to sing, Nakaju Masahiro asked, "Zhou Xiao, how are the three of them?" ”
"I don't think I need to say anything, you just have to listen." Zhou Xiao said confidently.
"Oh? So confident? They're idols, no matter how good they are. Nakaju said.
This is very rude, if it hadn't been agreed with Zhou Xiao earlier, Zhongju, a guy who has been in the entertainment industry for decades, would not have been able to say such a thing even if he was sleepwalking.
"Now there is indeed a saying, it seems that the idol industry is only the choice of girls with less talent, but I think it shouldn't be defined like this, whether it is high ability or not so good, if you want to be an idol, liking idols is the fundamental reason, as long as there is this, can't talented and capable children be idols, they must be more powerful than those children with less talent." Zhou Xiao said.
These words...... In fact, it is also a blow to those children in AKB who are really not so talented, but Zhou Xiao feels that it is equally important to realize this, and only by recognizing this can he make better results, so he chose to say it directly.
"Since that's all said, let's wait and see, listen to buono! The three of them brought "Counting the Stars in the Distance". Nakaju Masahiro finished the road.
This song was originally a slower-paced song, and the first person to sing it was Aya Yamamoto. The smooth and steady singing voice made the artists and the audience quiet down and listened to the girl's singing.
Then, Mayu takes over the baton, the tempo is slightly faster, and Mayu's interpretation style is also slightly brighter than Sakai Izumi's version, and with the harmony of Airi and Yamamoto Aya Yamamoto, the girl gradually pushes the whole song to a climax.
Finally, Airi comes in.
With a wide vocal range and a steady voice, the girl completely conquered the audience with her first voice!
Everyone had a cold war, and the beginning of Yamamoto Aya was. After listening to it, you may just feel that the sound is very stable dìng, very durable, to Mayou, everyone's thoughts gradually turned into surprises, Mayou's voice, while taking into account the technology, is also full of feelings, it is already a very amazing interpretation.
Then, Airi's clear voice reached her ears, and the surprise turned into surprise and even fright. The audience and the countless viewers in front of the TV couldn't help but think, "Holy! This is also an idol!? ”
Moving on to the chorus, the trio started showtime, and the beautiful harmonies took a simple song into a whole new style, directly putting the whole "UTAGE! has been raised by several levels. With just one song, it completely reversed people's stereotypes of female idols! After the performance of the three of them ended, all the artists, including Nakaju, gave a standing ovation!
"That's amazing! When was the last time you heard idols sing so well? Zhongju shouted in disbelief.
"I can't think of it, although the predecessors such as the Holy Son and the famous dishes are also very good, there are far more than the three of them in terms of amazing Cheng Dù!" Kawabata wants to comment.
"I've heard before that there is a good singing team in the AKB. But I didn't expect to be able to sing so well! That's amazing! Several members of the dance festival group also shouted.
"Zhou Xiao! How did you find the three of them? You put this kind of strength in AKB!? Nakaju said.
It's a bit rude, but he's telling the truth, buono! The performance of the three of them is really beautiful and perfect. In their opinion, this strength is enough to release an album by themselves, so why bother to be a little idol?
They don't know that for this moment, in order to allow these three people to meet Zhou Xiao's requirements, in order to shock them to the world, Zhou Xiao has silently supported the three of them over the years, and the crazy throwing of money is difficult for any person in Japan to do.
Not to mention the three girls who are already very potential, Mayou Airi has known Zhou Xiao since she was seven or eight years old, and she has spent money silently and has been cultivated for ten years, even if she is born with incomplete tones and no potential, I am afraid she can do quite well.
Buono! In addition to the three of them, another breaking point of the show is, of course, the performance of the dance festival group.
Abbreviated as car crash time.
The four-person table "amazed" the audience.
The singing that is not in tune, the intonation that is not accurate, the harmonies that make you roll your eyes, and the bass that can't go down, the treble that can't go up......
If it is said that Mina Oba and Natsuki Kojima, and Asaga Mizakura are called the three major singers of the AKB system, then the four people in the dance festival group are undoubtedly the four kings of Genesys, female idols or something, in terms of strength, they are still inferior to male idols, and the three singers are definitely the scum who can not even be left in the second in front of the four heavenly kings.
For example, Dachang Mina, who was sitting in the artist's seat at the show, was quite inferior and worried before, because she knew very well that her singing ability was very poor, so in this show, she felt that it was difficult for her to express herself, and even complained in her heart that Zhou Xiao's brother didn't understand herself and made a show that was not suitable for her.
But now, all the doubts have vanished.
Dachang finally understood Zhou Xiao's brother's thoughts, her inferiority complex around these top Japanese singers also disappeared, and at this moment all she had left in her heart was excitement, because she found that her annoying flaws may not be flaws at some point! This defect, in the hands of a brother as smart as Zhou Xiao, will instead become an advantage and become her capital for the future of this show!
And Mina Daba saw one thing clearly, that is, if Brother Zhou Xiao directly asked her to sing like four people on stage, she would definitely feel very ashamed, because she was a girl, she would always be shy and have self-esteem.
But now it's different, the dance festival group has successfully turned the attribute of singing bad into a variety show stalk and a "cute spot"!
"I can do it. I too can be as successful as they are! The girl encouraged herself in her heart.
The four members of the dance festival group on the stage finally finished their singing part, and they knelt down directly on the stage in front of Nakaju after knowing that they had messed up.
The expressions on the artist's side are roughly divided into two kinds, one is smiling forward and backward, such as Zhou Xiao, Kei Hoda, Momoko Tsuinaga, etc., and the other is also full of bad and surprised expressions, including Masahiro Nakai, but these expressions are all fake, everyone already knows in advance that these people will sing like this today, including the four people on the stage, they also know very well what effect they will sing today.
Really make them happy when they are proud of it. It's the atmosphere of the whole studio and the auditorium below.
The embarrassment is hilarious, and the curiosity seems to think that this kind of thing is good, and the expression and eyes that want to listen to it again undoubtedly indicate one point, that is, this show...... It's done!
It seems to be an ordinary music program, but it jumped out of the category of music programs and boldly added variety show content, which successfully aroused everyone's interest and curiosity, in today's era. This show may not cause a huge hit or even a rating in the twenties or thirties, but at least it will survive in prime time and attract enough audience support by relying on this. But there's no problem!
Nakaju Zhengguang peeked at Zhou Xiao, who was smiling happily next to him, and admired in his heart, the four Jennis, who sang extremely badly, had become an indispensable part of a prime-time music and variety show in his hands, especially music programs. Zhongju, who smashed one after "Utaban", knows too well how difficult this kind of show is in today's Japanese entertainment industry, Zhou Xiao is just an idea, and it is not just the four people in the dance festival group who are saved. He even saved the program that Zhongju has always wanted to do, and saved the entire program team that TBS is doing this show now!
And......
Zhongju once again cast his eyes on the second row behind Zhou Xiao, where the girl named Mina Oba would show this kind of laughing singing style?
In the eyes of the variety show producers, the dance festival group is a gimmick, and it is estimated that it can be used for at least half a year, so when will the big game be played?
What's more, God knows if Zhou Xiao has other cards in his hand?
A good variety show, the variety show explosion of the four members of the dance festival group is indispensable, but buono! The three of them are also very much needed, the former can maintain the attention of a program, and the latter can improve people's evaluation of the program.
With this show, buono! The three of them finally became popular.
After silently brushing the live for such a long time, the three of them have brought superhuman live performance xiàn ability, and the three of them are full of confidence. After the broadcast, the number of Internet searches quickly skyrocketed to the first place on the Internet, and more importantly, after the show was broadcast, buono! The sales of several singles released so far, especially the use of online delivery and karaoke, have exploded!
Now is not the era when singers become popular and sales explode, when people hear a good song and see an interesting singer, their first reaction is usually to find news about the singer on the Internet, and search for the singer's performance on video websites, although Japan has the strictest copyright law in the world, but if you really want to find it, at least some clips can still be found.
For these three girls, they are thanks to Brother Zhou Xiao for their eventual popularity, and they also know very well that their current popularity is different from the popularity of ordinary idols.
In 2010, the first half of 11 years of this period of silent live and meticulous creation, just like the experience of AKB2009 is a very valuable accumulation, and now their popularity is the same as AKB in 2010. There is already enough foundation for life.
If it was the three of them in the previous life, Cheng Dù might just be a top idol when he became popular, but the current three of them can stay in the entertainment industry as a singer for a long time.
The difference between Zhou Xiao and other people is here, other people make things, and whether they can make money is a question that must be considered. But Zhou Xiao put aside this qiē, and used money to spend money, two or three years, or even seven years, eight years, and ten years of dormancy, in exchange for the members to have enough strength to compete in the entertainment industry, and use such members to face those artists and groups who only look at the front and see the benefits within a year or two at most, and victory is a matter of course.
In UTAGE! After the first episode aired, buono! Overnight success, countless invitations to show. Invitations to variety shows, music programs and magazine interviews and shoots came in waves, especially the new single released by the trio in August, with a score of 250,000 on the first day and 400,000 in the first week, easily won the top spot on the oricon charts, and naturally became the best-selling group in the AKB team.
Everyone can see that for other AKB squads, they are actually more interested in making a fortune by becoming popular. Only to buono! , This three-person team is completely different from other teams, and what the three of them have is to be an idol and become a top singer at the same time.
But...... I don't know if it's a deliberate arrangement or just a coincidence. Super popular buono! The trio, in UTAGE! The first live performance after that was not anywhere in Japan, but at the upcoming concert of Zhou Xiao and the AKB Group in the imperial capital.
At the beginning of September, the girls and Zhou Xiao arrived in the imperial capital two days ahead of schedule. This time, more than 60 people from the AKB Group came, and the main members of AKB, SKY and NMB came, even Zhou Xiao, who had deep pockets. I didn't dare to bring nearly 200 people from the entire AKB group to the imperial capital, not to mention anything else, just the ticket money, the number of 200 people was almost unacceptable.
On the domestic side, after Zhou Xiaowan has been in business for several years, she already knows a lot about the domestic entertainment industry, and after announcing the concert plan, the domestic department of AZX began to work intensively to promote such a group, how to promote such a group as AKB? In fact, as long as they put their achievements on display, from last year to this year, they dominated the world in sales, the glory of Seibu Dome, the legend of the general election, and Zhou Xiao, the most legendary Chinese artist in the past ten years......
AKB's popularity in China is not high, it can't be said that it is not high, and it can even be said to be zero, because AKB has always been a popular combination below the water's surface, and the domestic media pay attention to AKB, usually only on various gossip and lace news, normal reports, articles introducing the deeds and background of this group of girls have always been very few, and even if there are some, the content is full of errors and omissions, and as for TV, it is almost completely absent.
After moving into the imperial capital, the first thing the girls did was to pull Zhou Xiao out and ask him to take the members to visit the thousand-year-old imperial capital together.
Such a group of beautiful and cute girls shopping together, it is impossible not to attract onlookers, Zhou Xiao thought about it for a while, and simply didn't even do cross-dressing, called a few cameras, and took the girls out to go shopping while shooting a concert bonus video.
As a result of this, as the girls walked, many men, women, and children began to gather around them.
These people basically don't know any AKB, they just think that this group of young girls in beautiful uniforms, showing part of their thighs, are cute.
And another thing about this guide is that they also alarmed the local media, and the local media in the imperial capital even reported on the grand occasion of Zhou Xiao taking the girls shopping that night.
Zhou Xiaowan, who has been accompanying Zhou Xiao shopping, also found a reporter when Zhou Xiao was shopping, and he was very knowledgeable and sent a lot of condolences to the other party, of course, the effect is quite good, the local media in the imperial capital set aside space to talk about the news next week when talking about the news, and indirectly helped the operation sell a lot of tickets.
Two days in the imperial capital, two days in the magic capital, the effect of Zhou Xiao and the AKB girls' four concerts is quite good, the AKB girls' concerts have an average attendance rate of about 80% through Zhou Xiao's light, and the AKB core meals across the country have gathered in these two concerts, and these meals are also very clear in their hearts, it is not easy for AKB girls to hold concerts in China, and after this village, I really don't know when the next concert will be.
As for Zhou Xiao's concert, it is completely different from AKB's concert, it is said that the cheapest tickets are sold for more than 1,000 yuan in the hands of scalpers, and as for the tickets for the front seats, they can't hold thousands of yuan.
However, unlike the core meal of the AKB concert, which is the main force, Zhou Xiao's young core meal here is relatively small, and those who can come and dare to spend money to buy tickets are more audiences with certain economic strength, for them, many people do not come to see the stars but to watch the performance, so in terms of performance content, Zhou Xiao and AKB will also be very different.
As for himself, he sang on stage again after many years, and he has been preparing for this day for a long time, both physically and musically, he has to try to do his best.
No way, if it's Yasusu Akimoto's AKB, AKB itself is the signboard, and if AKB falls, it will affect NMB, SKE, HKT, and even Nogizaka and even idol groups all over Japan.
But the AKB in his hand, he himself is the signboard, and the pressure is all on him, not AKB. (To be continued......)