The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1300 The So-called Money Making

transfixed!

Although expectations continued to rise, industry insiders could see the ambition of iTunes and August 31st to join forces, which was the focus of everyone's attention; but when they actually saw the download volume exceed 500,000 in four hours, the entire North American music industry was still stunned and looked for broken pieces of their eyes on the ground.

however!
Incredibly, this is just a prologue!

Wait, what happened? Was there anything special going on?

The answer lies in the special deluxe edition physical album of "Midsummer Midnight".

While all eyes were focused on iTunes and digital music sources, the physical albums released by Warner Records were also successfully put on the shelves.

Compared with the attention paid to "Another Ray of Light", the attention paid to the physical album was greatly reduced because it was labeled as a "money-making" album. A large number of fake fans clamored to refuse to be deceived and tried to boycott the special deluxe edition.

However, this still did not stop the crowds from pouring into the record store.

Firstly, because the listeners who discovered the treasure band at the Grammy Awards had not purchased the album "Midsummer Midnight" before, they naturally didn't mind buying the special deluxe edition.

Secondly, the fanatical die-hard fans are eagerly waiting for the special deluxe edition, because as a rule, the special deluxe edition often hides surprises, such as special posters, special songs, and so on.

These people are eagerly looking forward to it and rush into the record store as soon as possible.

Then, the surprise came -

The band August 31st is truly a unique and unconventional group of fireworks, and the special deluxe edition actually brought a surprise and overturned all expectations.

The album actually adds five hidden tracks based on the original version!
Five! Five in total!
The original album only had ten songs, but now on August 31st the band has generously added five songs, making the special deluxe version of "Midsummer Midnight" almost equivalent to a new album, once again presenting a musical feast.

All of them were collectively stunned——

Whoever said that "Another Light" would only sell for ten dollars, stand up now!
Look at the sincerity of the band August 31st! Look at the attitude of the band August 31st! Look at the character of the band August 31st!

What money-making thing?
Haha, August 31st doesn't care about such commercial activities. They only care about music. Their performance at the Grammy Awards says it all, doesn't it? Those doubting, dark and evil thoughts reflect the ugliness and distortion in their hearts.

Now look at the reality before them. They are so small, so humble, and so insignificant in front of the August 31st band.

On the album cover, it is clear at a glance that in addition to the original five tracks:
"If-I-Go, I'm-Going".

"Monster".

"Satellite".

"1000X".

"Another light." (Note 1)

Five songs in total, all brand new.

Fans who had been closely following the band's European street tour on August 31st soon discovered that these songs had never been sung on any occasion and were all newly created.

Not a surprise, not an accident.

Now, people’s attention is not just limited to “another ray of light”, but expectations are off the charts.

At this point, people finally realized the intention of the August 31st band.

If you are interested in the band only because of the Grammy Awards, then you can just buy the song "Another Ray of Light" on iTunes. For 99 cents, you can easily enjoy your favorite music.

If you are interested in the band because of the Grammy Awards and want to explore it further, you can buy the special deluxe edition of the album to experience the changes in the band before and after the awards ceremony on August 31st.

They are generous and open-minded, with a broad mind and spirit of "Welcome to my music world", showing the unique attitude of the band August 31st. Most importantly, when the first batch of fans bought the physical album, they found that -

Inner page, no special content.

Generally speaking, special edition deluxe editions of albums often have additional inner page content, such as a small photo book, special lyric cards, special gifts, large posters, and some albums even have peripheral products.

In fact, this is also the "peripheral" that countless fans are looking forward to. In the years around the millennium, teenagers liked to post movie posters or album posters in their bedrooms to worship their idols in this way. Now fans urgently need such things.

Indeed, everyone likes the music of the band August 31st, but who can resist Anson?

Following movie posters and magazine pages, it is now finally possible to collect Anson's posters through the album industry.

However, fans were disappointed.

The special deluxe edition of the album did not add a large number of weird peripheral products to boost sales, and all the previous rumors and malicious speculations were proven to be wrong; in other words, the band is still prepared to rely on music to complete communication and dialogue, and the five new tracks are what make it special.

Of course, trolls will always be trolls, and they will continue to express their disgust and hatred no matter what. If August 31st used Anson's good looks to boost sales, they would complain that the band was just a facade; and now that Warner Records has given up such unorthodox practices, they complain that the record company is stingy, especially the deluxe edition that is unwilling to include peripherals.

Anyway, a hater is a hater and will always live in his own distorted world.

For the fanatical fans, it is a pity but it is not without gain.

It is precisely because of this that the posters that come with the special deluxe edition of "Midsummer Midnight" have become hard currency among fans.

One for each person.

At least, the poster that the band shot specifically for the special deluxe edition on August 31st was well received!
There are five types of posters, one for the band as a whole and one for each of the four band members individually. One poster will be given randomly when you buy an album.

Without a doubt, the Anson version of the poster is the best-selling one.

That poster was the picture of the iTunes opening page, a backlit poster with a composition comparable to "The Creation of Adam", with Anson's eyes meeting from the front.

Just three hours after the special deluxe edition album was released, fans finally figured out the situation and auctions started appearing on the secondary market.

The price of a poster has skyrocketed to eight hundred dollars, but the demand has not stopped.

incredible!

This moment is the test of the fans' enthusiasm.

Surprises come one after another, and the release of the "Midsummer Midnight" special deluxe edition once again makes a stunning debut with a devastating momentum.

Originally, all the attention was focused on "Another Light", and many people thought that the band August 31st was just taking advantage of the popularity of the Grammy Awards to make some money; but they never expected that the album was so sincere, and the focus on iTunes was drawn back again.

If singers are so skilled at making money, then music lovers will naturally welcome it with both hands and feet.

Perhaps, the only life-saving straw that the trolls can grasp now is:
Are all five songs of the same quality as "Another Light"? Or are they just shoddy?
Note 1: If-I-Go, I'm-Going (Gregory-Alan-Isakov)

Monster (Starset)

Satellite (Ben-Abraham)

1000X（1000X——Jarryd-James）

One-More-Light——Linkin-Park

(End of this chapter)