The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 943 An Artistic Journey of a CD

Given his birth year of 1943, it's a bit unsettling that Mick Jagger, who is born in 1943, is talking about children—he's old enough to sit at the same table as the legendary philosopher Zhou Yi.

But from another perspective, isn't the reason he said that simply because he can't find any other way to beat Zhouyi?

Ok……

No!

We need to write from a different angle; we must write from a different direction!

You damn old bastard, always trying to be clever!
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger publicly states: Spike isn't as good as I was when I was young!

Spike Denies Reception by Rolling Stones Former Frontman Mick Jagger!

David Bowie, the rock chameleon, is caught in a dilemma; Spike and Mick Jagger appear to be engaged in a rock scene civil war!

Mick Jagger fires scathing critique of Spike

"..."

The reports all involved the Rolling Stones, a legendary band that is considered a true god in the rock scene, adding fuel to the already heated public opinion.

Who is Mick Jagger? He is the founder and lead singer of the Rolling Stones, a figure you can't ignore if you listen to music. In terms of status, he is even above David Bowie, another idol of the I Ching and a rock chameleon.

This band directly defined the live performance standards of modern rock music, and they are still in use today; no one can escape their framework.

Despite the departure, death, and even reunion of members, this band has never disbanded and has remained active for nearly half a century.

In comparison, Rolling Stones fans are lucky and happy.

After bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Guns N' Roses faded into the background of rock history, the Rolling Stones, under the leadership of their founder and lead singer Mick Jagger, remain active on the world stage.

"See? No matter what era you want, the Rolling Stones can perform for you."

This is a phrase that Rolling Stones fans often use.

If Mick Jagger, the band's soul, hadn't lived so long, and had died young like the original members, at the peak of his career, this band could have remained one of the most imaginative and unconventional bands in the music industry.

The most direct consequence of this was that many people, upon seeing the headline, excitedly bought the newspaper, only to find upon closer inspection that it was about childbirth, and immediately began to hurl profanities—

That's clickbait!

They should all be dragged out and shot!

Qian Jiang was also fooled. He actually thought it was the lead singer of Rolling Stones firing a tirade, but when he bought the newspaper and came back, he found that the relationship between the headline and the content was not exactly diametrically opposed, but at the very least, completely unrelated.

If he could, he would love to send these bastards to Antarctica to see polar bears baring their teeth.

"At the very least, it generates buzz."

Zhou Yi, who couldn't resist watching the drama unfold, laughed out loud: "If you don't like it, you can buy him a few trending news stories about illegitimate children to offset the negative publicity."

"How old is he? He still has an illegitimate child." Qian Jiang took a sip of water, annoyed.

"Not always."

Zhou Yi ate a banana to quickly replenish his carbohydrates: "Who knows how many new illegitimate children he has that haven't been exposed yet?"

At her peak, she could be stepped on by more than ten pairs of high heels a day. She was involved in parties and excessive drinking, her private life was extremely chaotic, and she was even imprisoned multiple times for illegal drug use.

And yet, at 73, he was still able to have a child with a girlfriend 44 years younger than him, and at 81, he could even hold a tour and sing for three hours straight. You tell me, isn't that amazing?

The Rolling Stones' reputation may have gradually declined with the advent of the internet age, and this may well be partly due to a series of news stories involving Mick Jagger.

There's nothing you can do about it; that's what happens when you live a long time.

His prolific creative ability has disappeared; he can no longer produce high-quality works and is instead making headlines with all sorts of news that are hard for others to understand. It's only because he has a strong foundation that he can withstand it.

"...You don't have one too, do you, Yi?" Hearing Zhou Yi's confident tone, Qian Jiang couldn't help but think of his glorious past achievements and asked cautiously.

After replenishing his energy with carbohydrates, Zhou Yi drank milk. Since he couldn't speak, he could only raise his middle finger to express his opinion.

How could he possibly have an illegitimate child? Even the medication that Masami Nagasawa requested to take was bought by his team's assistant.

Qian Jiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

For Zhou Yi now, he is really afraid that a woman will suddenly come forward and say that she gave birth to Zhou Yi's illegitimate child, which would undoubtedly require more energy to quell public opinion.

"The publicity for 'Saturday Night Live' has been very effective. Here is your upcoming schedule. Yanzi will be performing at the San Francisco show as well. We've already spoken with the organizers. After Yanzi performs her cover songs, the last song will be a duet with you on 'Good Time'..."

Theoretically speaking, Sun Yanzi can also be considered one of the original singers of "Good Time," since she sang this song with Zhou Yi back then, and it can be considered her representative work in Europe and America.

Warner Music is also promoting her in this way.

However, the actual effect can only be described as very limited. The song's association with the I Ching is too obvious, and Sun Yanzi seems more like a byproduct of the song's popularity. The difference in fame between the two in Europe and America is enormous.

In this situation, only if Zhou Yi personally stands up for Sun Yanzi can Warner Music implement its next plan to promote Sun Yanzi – with her representative works, a brand new English cover album, and a brand new English EP at the end of the year, so that the whole thing can be connected.

"How are the album sales?"

Feeling the slight bumps in the vehicle, Zhou Yi, who was about to take the time to close his eyes and rest, asked a question.

What's the point of all this fuss?
Isn't it all for album sales?

Especially with first-day sales far exceeding expectations, Zhou Yi himself mentally raised his album sales target. "The three-day data has also broken records, and it seems certain that breaking the first-week record is a done deal. Furthermore, not only in the United States, but also worldwide, the data for your album is extremely impressive..."

The performance of other markets was described in detail by Qian Jiang.

Zhou Yi can't be in two places at once, so he can't appear in all over the world at the same time to attend promotional events. Currently, his main activity area is only in the United States, the world's largest box office market. Sales in other countries will really depend on the quality of the album.

A strong reputation can guarantee sales targets for the first day and the third day, but it can't guarantee sales for the first week.

Quality is the only true measure of success.

At least that's how the market is right now.

The good news is that Zhou Yi's album "25" was perhaps a little too high in the global music market in 2006, both in terms of commercial appeal and artistic merit.

Compared to the gossip frenzy in the US, the UK market, as America's close neighbor, was actually the first to be truly ignited by the album's quality.

While media outlets like the BBC and The Sun, whether serious or not, continue to tirelessly circulate gossip about the I Ching, in the UK, the artistic shift on the B-side of the album *25* ignited the market's G-spot.

Or rather, it ignited the G-spot of old Europe.

Based on the first song on side B, "One Day," the old Europeans, who still considered themselves sophisticated despite the bombardment from side A, finally couldn't take it anymore—

Sometimes I drown in my tears, and sometimes I fall into madness and lose my way.
"But don't lose faith."

Even when negative emotions surround me, I firmly believe that everything will get better someday.

"The world will no longer be engulfed in war, and our children will play freely..."

No one in the current world music scene is more suitable to sing this song than Zhou Yi; no one.

The music video for this song brought tears to the eyes of countless longtime European fans.

"Americans are a bunch of pigs who only know how to eat coarse food and have no appreciation for Spike's '25' album! All they care about is their own dirty business!"

Forget about love, I love you so much!
Listen to the song "One Day" and watch its music video.

What is a pattern?

What does it mean to have boundless love?

This is!
These Americans are such good-for-nothings, they don't understand art at all. The most artistically expressive concepts of the album "25" are clearly on side B, but they keep focusing on the side A and making a fuss about it.

Don't tell me that Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was also a pioneer of British music and art; his drug use has ruined his brain!
"This is Spike's second album that can be called a work of art, and I'm glad he didn't get carried away by the overwhelming praise."

David Gilmour, guitarist for Pink Floyd, a legendary band in British and world music history, brought up Zhou Yi's album when he appeared on the show: "Mick and David's high regard for him is not without reason; they are right."

"Spike's '25' proved to the world that there are still new generation musicians who can strike a balance between art and commerce, and it also proved to the world that he is not a flash in the pan..."

In the eyes of these pioneering musicians of the past, a professional singer's career-defining albums are actually only three or four at most, and the rest are just for commercial purposes.

Whether you can establish your high standards depends on whether you can express your views to the outside world in a short period of three to four albums, in a reasoned and well-founded way, reflecting the times and advocating for the times.

If the album can still sell well on this basis, then congratulations, you have entered the hall of legend.

Every singer's representative album is influenced by the times, and Zhou Yi is the only one of his generation who dares to be at the forefront and still achieve great market success.

To put it more bluntly—

Once you achieve that, your fans can use their sense of superiority to feel superior when they argue, that's success.

Even a band as powerful as Queen has a relatively small number of albums that can be considered masterpieces, even within the pantheon of legends. Their strength actually lies in their singles, and many people don't appreciate Queen because of this.

The music video for Zhou Yi's "One Day" uses the same version that appeared in later public service advertisements.

By conveying the ideals of world peace through acts of kindness, it undoubtedly stands at the highest moral level.

Coupled with the second song on side B, "If I Die Young," a sense of self-sacrificing sanctity contrasts sharply with the emotional indulgence on side A.

And this sense of contrast will only become more and more insane over time.

Tuesday, April 2006, 8.

After seven days of sales, "The Name of Art" surpassed the globally sensational "25" and faced its final test—

The United States, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and other countries all released sales data on this day, and unsurprisingly, "25" topped the charts.

Surprisingly, the sales of this more artistically focused album, "25," defied everyone's expectations.

The highest-selling album in its first week/single week in global history!

The album with the highest first-week sales in a single country/highest single-week sales in global history!

The fastest-selling album to reach 100 million copies in UK history!

The highest-selling album in US history in its first week/single week – over 430 million copies!

More importantly, this is the fastest album in world history to sell over ten million copies!

"25", an album with an emphasis on art concepts, became the first album in world music history to achieve global first-week sales of over 1200 million copies!
1215 million!

(End of this chapter)