Uncle Squid stared at the comments under this Weibo post with a self-torturing look, filled with jealousy and hatred. He had worked so hard for so long, carefully crafting each music review and revising it countless times before posting it. He had finally achieved some success, only to have it all wiped out by this person in one night.
Moreover, he gained so many fans effortlessly. Even though he hadn't been online for a long time, as soon as he posted a Weibo, so many people would respond immediately.
Uncle Squid was both heartbroken and indignant until he saw netizens complaining about him on Weibo.
Uncle Squid: "!!!"
Damn it! This generation of netizens is so despicable!
He disregarded his own bitter little emotions and quickly deleted the long Weibo post mocking Ye Cang.
Uncle Squid was feeling bitter. He wanted to stand up for himself, but when he thought about how your father had mocked him so much last time that he was almost completely humiliated, he didn't dare to go up and invite further shame.
However, he and netizens were overthinking it.
Ye Cang didn't log into his alternate account just to argue with people.
After his last confrontation with Uncle Squid, he's been incredibly busy. First, he was busy with the competition, and after that, he was busy writing songs and recording an album. Only now has he had a little free time, so he remembered his alternate account.
During this period, Ye Cang listened to a lot of songs, including chatting with Li Zihang, Yan Xiangming and others, and gradually learned about the current state of original music.
In recent years, there have been very few good original songs in China. Many people are now listening to old songs from more than ten years ago. Even music variety shows mostly feature covers of old songs. Even when a few new songs come out, they don't make much of a splash.
In addition, the record market is shrinking, and online streaming is rife with problems.
In this situation, record companies became more conservative, and the space for survival of some music that was too avant-garde and niche was further compressed.
This vicious cycle has led to a stagnant state in China's original music scene.
Ye Cang didn't think he could change the status quo on his own, but he felt he could still do something.
The account "Your Dad" gained its current popularity by accident, which can be considered a stroke of luck. All he can do is plant a seed, and whether that seed will eventually grow into a towering tree is unknown.
As a result, netizens quickly discovered that not only did your dad not criticize anyone, he also started seriously promoting songs.
He recommends mostly niche original works, and his recommendations are very distinctive. Sometimes he also includes his insights on music creation, and he doesn't limit himself to rock, which shows his profound musical skills.
Netizens initially listened out of curiosity, but some found it boring and turned it off immediately. However, others really enjoyed it and excitedly left comments on "Your Dad's" Weibo, hoping he would recommend it more.
Many independent musicians also send him private messages, and Ye Cang will listen to them and recommend them if he thinks they're good. When some companies try to buy his popularity with money, he completely ignores them.
He posts on Weibo at irregular times. He posts whenever he hears a good song, but if he's too busy or hasn't heard any good songs recently, he'd rather leave it blank.
Ye Cang doesn't think he's doing anything particularly great, and he never boasts about himself on Weibo. His fans just see it as a place to recommend music.
The blogger's laid-back attitude has forced his followers to adopt it as well. However, unbeknownst to them, they are subtly changing the world.
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Shen Huai knew that Ye Cang had gone to mess with that alt account again, but he didn't care. His requirements were very low now. As long as Ye Cang's main account didn't have any problems, he was fine with it. As for the alt account, let him mess with it however he wanted.
Soon it will be time for Ye Cang's new album to be released.
On the day of the press conference, many media and fans came to the scene. Shen Huai, as the agent, was extremely busy. He only breathed a sigh of relief when the press conference started smoothly and stood to the side watching Ye Cang on the stage.
The most anticipated songs on the album "Rebirth" are "The World After Death" and "Long Night," which Ye Cang previously performed on "The Rising Star." However, Ye Cang did not choose to sing these two songs at the album's release event.
The media present couldn't help but whisper among themselves, feeling that Ye Cang was being far too willful, and even the live-streaming website's bullet comments were filled with dissatisfaction.
Please, everyone's here to hear about the afterlife and the long night!
Does he really think he can write songs better than these two?
[Did you get cocky after being praised by a big shot?]
[I've already taken screenshots. I'll see how these people in the comments section prove me wrong in a bit.]
Ye Cang didn't care what others thought at all and went straight onto the stage with his guitar.
After his death, as a spirit, he had nothing to do, and each day seemed incredibly long. Only when he was creating did time pass a little faster. So, over the years, he has created countless songs in his mind, but they have never been heard by anyone.
To outsiders, an album produced in such a short time must be a desperate attempt to cash in. Only he knows how devoted he is to music and how burning his creative heart is.
He didn't care about the suspicions and slander from others at this moment, because as soon as they heard it, they would all shut up.
Five minutes later.
When the music stopped, the media present were still staring wide-eyed. After a while, they finally reacted amidst the screams of the fans.
As professionals, they have aesthetic sense, and they can naturally tell that this song is in no way inferior to "The World After Death" and "Long Night".
Back then, these two songs were praised by several big names as one in a decade. We thought releasing two was already quite an achievement, but now there's a third? And judging from Ye Cang's words, there might be more than three?
what does that mean?!
This is big news!!
The reporters' minds seemed to instantly conjure up rows of eye-catching and sensational headlines, and they excitedly raised their cameras and video recorders to snap away at Ye Cang.
They couldn't even wait for Ye Cang to speak before raising their hands to ask questions.
Fortunately, the host was very experienced and calmed the crowd down with just a few words. Ye Cang then introduced the background of the song's creation and sang a second song.
Although the second song has a different style, its quality is no less than the first one.
After listening to these two songs, the reporters were convinced that this album was of extremely high quality, and might be the best rock album of the year, no, perhaps even the last decade!
As soon as Ye Cang started singing his first song, the number of argumentative comments on the live stream decreased by more than half, and netizens who had previously taken screenshots and were waiting to be proven wrong jumped out at the opportune moment.