American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 257 The Birth of EDM (6K)

"Sorry, you can't stay here. There have been complaints from nearby residents, and you're blocking traffic."

Several local Miami police officers got out of the car and stood in front of the demonstrators. One of them had his hands on his belt, and the pistol on his side was clearly visible.

The demonstrators didn't care and continued holding up signs and shouting.

Several police officers looked at each other and swung their batons at the same time.

"Under Florida's public safety regulations, you are under arrest!" the leading police officer shouted.

At the same time, police officers tried to snatch the signs from the crowd, resulting in a conflict between the two sides. In the chaos, a woman participating in the demonstration was pushed to the ground.

Seeing that they were about to be surrounded by angry citizens, the police officer calmly called for support. Soon several police cars arrived, with shrill sirens blaring.

Under the joint suppression of nearly thirty police officers, many people were handcuffed and the rest fled.

"A mob." The police officer who spoke just now spat on the ground.

"James, this is not your neighborhood, is it?" asked a supporting police officer who was on the same level as James.

"I just happened to be nearby, so I rushed here early." James straightened the brim of his hat and said, "This is what the director meant. Someone has to do the dirty work."

The two police officers looked at the demonstrators who were being escorted into the car, and then looked towards the park across the street. They could see a huge stage that seemed like some kind of spectacle. It looked quite spectacular, and there were huge crowds of people below the stage.

"Brothers will all be able to attend such a popular music festival." James patted his colleague on the shoulder and walked towards his Dodge Charger. This car was discontinued 10 years later and replaced by the Challenger.

Not long after the demonstrators dispersed, another group of people arrived in pickup trucks. Some of them simply parked on the roadside outside the park, lowered the fence behind the truck bed, and lifted the plastic sheet on the top, revealing a truck bed full of bottled water and drinks. Some of them were smart enough to carry the things directly into the park and set up simple stalls.

A grand music rally is enough to attract hundreds of merchants.

At the same time, Ryan in the backstage was talking on the phone with CW TV station director Dewan.

"Yes, there are two new songs at this music festival, including my new single, but the problem is that the live broadcast time may have to be extended by forty minutes, and it will not end until one o'clock... um, that's it." Ryan put down his phone. As for the extension, he had actually decided a few days ago, but everything happened suddenly and the preparations were too hasty, so he only notified the other party today. However, Devin readily agreed to his request, and even said that the broadcast staff on the scene would not leave even at three o'clock in the morning, let alone one o'clock in the morning.

By the way, Dewen also talked about the real-time number of viewers. It was only afternoon and the number of viewers watching the live broadcast exceeded 500 million.

"How is it? Do you need my help?" Taylor, who had just changed out of his performance clothes, found Ryan backstage.

Ryan reported the audience numbers and shook his head: "You just finished your performance, you need to rest now."

"Do you really think I'm a pregnant woman? I don't get tired that easily." Taylor blinked.

Seeing that Taylor really wanted to help him, Ryan didn't refuse anymore and asked her to keep an eye on the situation with him and deal with any emergency that might arise at any time.

In fact, there are many emergency situations. Playing the wrong music and equipment failure are just minor matters. Berwick has dealt with more than a dozen fights among audience members so far, and it is only the afternoon. There will be more fights after dark.

Not long after, something really happened. It was the two country music performers that Taylor had introduced to them. Taylor immediately went to mediate, and with her intervention, the matter was resolved quickly.

"Stop arguing. The order is decided in advance. If you don't agree, the winner will be decided by the performance on the stage. What's the point of being a hero backstage? Do you think you are a good fighter? If you want to perform later, shut up!" Taylor snorted and looked at the two men coldly.

This was the first time Taylor lost her temper, and her fierce momentum quickly stunned the two. Taylor easily resolved the dispute. She was no longer the naive little lamb she used to be.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, relatively relaxing music began to play on the festival stage. The next half hour was a break, during which some on-site staff took advantage of the time to deal with some issues, while other staff were able to take a short break and have a meal.

And when the performance resumed, it entered the highlight of the prime time period.

The CW TV station cut to the studio, where the host and guests began a live discussion. The host specifically mentioned the "mysterious performance segment" at the last moment of the music festival to whet the audience's appetite, and then entered a period of sponsor advertising.

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Backstage.

"What do you think of this outfit?" Lady Gaga walked in front of Ryan with the help of the staff. She was wearing Alexander McQueen's armadillo shoes, which were quite exaggerated in height. People were worried that she would fall suddenly.

"It goes well with rice," Ryan answered literally.

"Do you want to try it? This thing is real." Lady Gaga pretended to pull down the hem of her skirt a little.

"Let's leave it to others." Ryan immediately shook his head.

"You inspired me and I have a new idea. You will know it later." Lady Gaga seemed to have thought of something and nodded excitedly.

As Lady Gaga took the stage, there was a burst of warm cheers from the audience.

Under the cover of several spotlights, Lady Gaga can be seen wrapped in pieces of bright red. This special clothing material also has white color similar to fat on the edges - it is like several pieces of fresh meat surrounding her body.

"Florida! Are you ready?!" Lady Gaga roared while holding the microphone.

Then music accompaniment began to play on the scene. Lady Gaga sang several popular singles from the album "The Fame". Not long after she came on stage, she threw off her armadillo shoes and sang and danced to the electronic dance music style accompaniment.

Lady Gaga is known as a top academic singer with amazing physical strength. She was able to suppress her panting after singing and dancing for several songs continuously, and her voice did not change significantly.

At the last moment of the performance, Lady Gaga tore off a piece of fresh meat from the hem of her skirt, then opened her mouth, tilted her head back, threw her "performance costume" into her mouth, and started chewing it.

Although the meat is real, it has also been specially processed and is obviously inedible. Lady Gaga is risking her life for the sake of her performance.

She bowed to the audience amid cheers, then waved goodbye and left, thus officially kicking off the performance.

The next to Lady Gaga was the famous American punk band Green Day, which had just released its latest album "5st Century Breakdown" in May. The band sang many new songs, including the famous "21 Guns" and "Last Night on Earth" as well as "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "American Idiot" from the previous album.

"I don't want to be an American fool

I don't want a country under the new media
Did you hear the wild outburst?

……

The media is portraying a better tomorrow
We don’t want to follow them…”

The lead singer Billy has a messy punk hairstyle, thick smoky makeup, and a magnetic voice that is full of the clarity of a young person. He shouts out rebellious lyrics at the top of his lungs.

"It's money well spent." Ryan found that Green Day had taken out all the songs from the bottom of the box.

At this moment, Ryan could see many audience members singing and dancing! Some were partying, some were kissing their loved ones, and the camera on the scene began to look for some audience members, then locked onto a beautiful woman and projected her on the big screen. The next second, the beautiful woman suddenly lifted her top to the camera... The scene immediately switched.

The next person to appear on stage was Leannville. As a new Grammy winner, he naturally sang his famous Grammy-winning single. Ryan noticed that there was a young man with a shaved head on stage with Leannville, and his name immediately came to his mind - Drake, commonly known as Drake.

At this time, Drake was just a backup singer for Li Enville, and Li Enville brought him here purely to see the world.

Ryan was also impressed by Drake's voice.

Li Enweier sang a few songs in a row, gradually getting into the mood, and took off his shirt and sang shirtless, which was also his signature move. Then he went directly to the stage and stood on the metal railing. Before the security guards on the side could stop him, Li En jumped out of the crowd and began to be lifted up by the audience.

Many celebrities have done this, including Katy Perry, who ended up being groped all over by a fan and nearly had her panties ripped off, which is not to say she hasn’t changed her comedic nature.

Today, Li Enville jumped back into the railing intact, which made Ryan breathe a sigh of relief.

The next band to appear after Leganville was Maroon 5. Different from the previous Green Day with a strong punk flavor, Maroon went for a neo-soul rock style that sounded very "mellow", combining electronic music with funk rhythms. Coupled with the resident band's highly recognizable voice, it really had a unique feeling of penetrating the soul.

The subsequent band Republic took a completely different approach from Maroon 5, combining R&B and hip-hop rhythms on the basis of pop rock, and the choice of instruments was even bolder, with the prelude actually consisting of a cello... It was "Apologize", which they collaborated with the famous producer Timbaland to create last year. This song made Republic a hit last year and made it one of the top bands.

Fall Out Boy came on stage next, with a more hardcore bent, but still made an attempt to become popular. Their song "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" was catchy. The band was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 06.

It can be said that under the proposition of new rock, the three bands gave different and distinctive answers, which formed a sharp contrast with Green Day's straightforward punk.

"The future belongs to these bands." Ryan couldn't help but say to Taylor beside him.

It is undeniable that Green Day’s new songs are nice to listen to, but listeners are already tired of their punk tones, and they will only slowly be eliminated in the pop music market. No one can overcome the shackles of “tone”.

"Actually, I also thought about trying pop rock some time ago," Taylor couldn't help but say.

"Synthesizer pop music is more suitable for you." Ryan said. Considering that he was here, there was no need for Taylor to try pop rock and eat other people's exhaust gas.

Taylor nodded: "Having said that, I think these bands all have great potential."

Both she and Ryan feel that the music market will flourish in the next few years.

After the newcomers come on stage, they become famous superstars who are the backbone of the group.

Eminem walked onto the stage alone, and a retro piano prelude appeared.

"Hey! If you have a chance

You only have a split second to grab everything you want

Will you hold on to it or just let it slip away?"

Eminem held the microphone and whispered.

It was his representative rap "Lose Yourself" that won the Oscar for Best Movie Theme Song. Then came "Mockingbird" dedicated to his daughter, where Eminem showed his tender side on stage.

"Please stop crying, my little baby.

Everything will slowly get better.
Stop pouting my little princess, I swear

I will hold you in my arms and spend this long cold night..."

The whole audience has started singing in chorus at this time, Eminem is still the same Eminem.

Finally, Eminem began to sing the first title song of his new album - "Beautiful". Compared with the previous two songs, this new song is obviously less popular, but the content of the lyrics still moved countless fans at the scene.

This song is like Eminem's autobiography summarizing the low point in his life that he had fallen into some time ago.

"But don't let anyone tell you that you're not beautiful enough, let them all die, you just have to have a clear conscience!"

In the end, Eminem left the stage amid cheers from the audience.

And tonight’s performance isn’t even halfway through.

Following Eminem was Katy Perry, who continued her dress style from the Grammy Awards earlier this year, with colorful outfits decorated with fruit props, which was very "festive".

Then it was Leona Lewis' turn. She first sang the song "Unstoppable" which she collaborated with Ryan. The audience's reaction at this time was obviously more enthusiastic than Katy's before. It was not for Leona, but for Ryan. Many people thought that Ryan would appear at this time, but Ryan did not do so.

Everyone was a little disappointed at that moment, but then they realized that Ryan was obviously holding back and would most likely appear alone later.

Then Leona sang two of her biggest hits from last year, "Bleeding Love" and "Better in Time." The audience's reaction was just average. If her vision for songs wasn't so bad, she might have been able to leave behind more hits.

Leona then handed the stage over to the Black Eyed Peas. As the current champions of the Hot 100 singles chart, the sensation caused by this four-member group when they first appeared was no less than that of Eminem. Unfortunately, the Black Eyed Peas' performance was not very dedicated and they did not have many moves.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for Beyonce, the “finale”, to appear on stage.

Although there was little rehearsal and various requirements were made, the on-site performance did not fall behind at all. It’s just that everything was a replica of the tour and lacked a bit of novelty.

After the originally scheduled performance, Beyoncé did not leave the stage, but continued to stay on the stage and began to work hard to announce her subsequent tour in Florida, completely ignoring the fact that this was the Broken Room Carnival, and simply used it as a sales venue. It is understandable to promote her own tour, but if the act of delaying time completely disrupts the rhythm of subsequent performances, her behavior can be described as arrogant. In other words, she did not take this place seriously at all.

If the performance ended under such circumstances, all the good impressions left on the audience would be ruined. She sacrificed everyone in order to sell more tickets for her tour.

Fortunately, Ryan was prepared in advance, otherwise he would have been tricked by her.

"It's your turn!" Ryan spoke slowly while holding the walkie-talkie.

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As Beyoncé's speech on the stage was coming to an end, a young figure quietly appeared behind her and walked onto the DJ stage.

Looking at the surging crowd below the stage, Avicii, who was wearing his baseball cap backwards, was indeed a little nervous, even more nervous than Kevin Harris before.

"Don't think too much. You will conquer everyone at the scene with your new song! Conquer the entire electronic music circle." Ryan's voice appeared in the headphones.

At this time, Beyonce just turned around and was startled to see Avicii suddenly appear, then hurried away.

At this time, the whole place was silent, and the audience was whispering. Most of them didn't know Avicii at all.

At this time, Ryan in the backstage firmly believed that Avicii's name would resound throughout the entire electronic music circle tomorrow!

Avicii slowly started to operate, his arms were still shaking a little at that time.

Strong footsteps and fast-beating lead music began to appear, and then the sound became more and more ethereal, and a feeling of traveling in space emerged in the hearts of many fans.

Then the rhythm suddenly changes, the sound of the lead instrument suddenly becomes stronger, and energy begins to accumulate gradually.

At the end of the verse, with the appearance of a clean and neat rising sound effect, the energy accumulated in the chorus part completely explodes!
Whistles were heard at the scene, and smiles began to appear on the faces of the fans in the audience, and many people couldn't help but move to the rhythm!
Good electronic music can produce an almost magical effect, making people start dancing uncontrollably, just like the original MV of this song shows, this is a unique atmosphere that is like a virus that continues to spread! It starts with one person and gradually spreads to... the whole scene!
“I feel so good.

It's the kind that has never happened before.

It’s so cool~"

The sound of soul music began to stir everyone's nerves.

As the second chorus began, the scene was completely ignited!
At this time, even many celebrity guests who had not left the backstage began to move to the rhythm, including Taylor!
"You have discovered a true genius!" Taylor turned around and said, only to find that Ryan had disappeared at some point.

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The cheers at the scene suddenly rose an octave because Ryan finally stepped onto the stage at this moment.

After he came to the DJ booth, he did not take over. Instead, he started clapping with his hands raised high, actively helping Avicii to mobilize the atmosphere.

The original song, which was more than five minutes long, was temporarily extended to seven minutes by Avicii, and the verse and chorus were played for the third time!

"You still want more, don't you? His name is Avicii, a young man from Sweden. He doesn't talk much. One day I asked him what people are listening to when they listen to electronic music. He told me that it is a state of mind that is different from daily life, a special state that is selfless and pure."

"And this music is his complete answer! "Levels", from this moment on, this song has been available in all major music markets!"

"Thank you all for coming. Today's music festival ends here!" Ryan seemed to be saying goodbye.

"Wait... I think I heard something. Someone doesn't want me to leave?" Ryan made a gesture to listen to the voice.

A voice suddenly rang out from under the stage.

"In that case... I think, can we add an extra performance? I think this will make it complete! What do you think?"

This time the cheers at the scene became even louder.

Avicii had quietly left by then, leaving Ryan alone at the scene.

"What do you think I should perform?" Ryan pretended to think.

Then he read out the names of several previous hit singles.

The cheers from the audience were getting louder and louder.

"Some say it's Weak Me Up, some say it's Harlem Rock, some say it's Unstoppable, and some say it's Weekend Hymn. I think these are all a little off. This is a brand new carnival, and correspondingly, there should be some brand new music! Don't you agree?"

After whetting everyone's appetite, Ryan pressed a button.

An unprecedented melody appeared...it was actually a piano piece.

A figure appeared quietly. It was Ellie Goulding, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress. She held up the microphone and her ethereal singing voice resounded throughout the venue.

"You are a shadow of the light of my life, following me everywhere

Can you feel each other's presence?
……

Where are you? "

Electronic synthesized music began to emerge.

“Atlantis
亚特兰蒂斯

Lost in the ocean
Lost in the ocean..."

"The wild monster gallops in my heart

I'm faded
I am exhausted

I'm faded
I am exhausted.”

The strong sawtooth wave sound is accompanied by the ethereal singing voice, two completely different things, but they are cleverly combined at this moment!

There was no revelry and immersive swinging as before, but instead there was emptiness and silence, an immersion that was enough to brainwash you. In the next second, countless chants and strong sawtooth wave effects were arranged in an interlaced manner, quickly superimposed in a very short rhythm, and the accumulated energy reached its peak!
Together with the energy accumulated from a whole day's performances and the performances of many popular singers, everyone's energy was superimposed at this moment.

Gushing out!

Within a short period of time, everything came to an abrupt halt, leaving only the piano's final note, and then it returned to silence.

Countless people opened their mouths wide, staring blankly, as if they were under a spell of being frozen.

Backstage, one adjective popped up in almost everyone’s mind - stunning!
A few minutes ago, no one could have imagined that electronic music and vocals could be combined in this way. This represents a higher ceiling. Ryan recruited all talented players, and many of them immediately had new ideas in their minds.

Many music critics and music media reporters at the scene also realized that Ryan has completely created a new sub-style of electronic music. After tonight, electronic music will be divided into two, one part represented by Europeans and the other part represented by Americans, or to be more precise, by Ryan.

A few days later, many relevant American media will use "EDM (Electronic Dance Music)" to refer to this music style, as opposed to the labels that Europeans have attached to it. In fact, Europeans never bother to use the term EDM, only Americans do so.

And tonight, is the birth of EDM...

(End of this chapter)