American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 40 Propagation (3K3)

Ryan looked at the dazzling array of high-calorie American meals containing meat, eggs, and milk in front of him, and for a moment he was unsure whether it was morning or noon.

It's true that Americans just eat a casual lunch, but the breakfast in front of me is too rich.

"Ryan, why did you come so early today without telling your aunt in advance? Otherwise, I would have prepared more. How does it taste?" Taylor's mother Andrea said with a smile.

"That's enough. It's delicious. You guys eat it too." Ryan smiled awkwardly. She felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her mother.

Taylor's father put down the newspaper at this time: "Are you going to take Taylor out for a ride today?"

"That's not the case." Ryan shook his head and explained the purpose of his visit.

"Electronic music?"

The middle-aged couple seemed a little confused, and then they looked at each other.

"Yes, I tinker with electronic music when I have nothing to do, just for fun. I can't compare with professional singers like Taylor," Ryan continued to explain.

"Oh, it's a trendy thing that young people like." Taylor's mother nodded repeatedly, but in fact she had no idea what electronic music was, let alone that the main place for electronic music to be played is nightclubs.

"That's good. You and Taylor will have more common language now." Taylor's father Scott nodded repeatedly.

Why did they kidnap her again? Ryan always felt that there was something strange about these two people.

At this time, Taylor, with a messy hairdo, came to the restaurant. He was wearing cartoon-style pajamas and rubbing his eyes. He probably just woke up. He asked dazedly, "Mom, where did you put my glasses?"

"From morning to night, she's either losing this or that. How would I know?" Andrea stood up and helped her daughter find her glasses.

Only then did Taylor see Ryan sitting there. He didn't react and went looking for his glasses.

After a while, a man with rough hair like a broom sat opposite Ryan, wearing a pair of black round-frame glasses with large lenses.

He is still the same as usual when eating, picking and choosing. This can make you fat, that can make you fat. He has a very heavy idol burden.

"Austin!" Mother shouted upstairs. Today is the weekend and Austin should sleep in.

This breakfast was also eaten very casually. At about 9:30, Taylor gulped down the last bit of milkshake.

"We can start now. I need to go change my clothes first." Taylor put down the cup.

"Just wear this one. It's supposed to be 'close to life'. It would lose its meaning if you dress too elaborately." Ryan looked at it with interest.

"You are kidding!" Taylor shook his head frantically.

"Ryan is right, this was filmed at home," Andrea agreed.

"We have to shoot quickly, I have a meeting soon." Scott looked at his watch.

"I won't!!!" Taylor's scream tore through the quiet morning.

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"It's over, it's all over, why do I look like a fool?" Taylor cried out in despair as he glanced at the video on the computer screen.

Ryan thought this was a good idea. Previously, they would shoot the "normal part" at the front first, and then the "crazy part" at the back. But with Taylor, it was just the other way around.

Taylor didn't even wash his face, wore glasses, and walked like a chimpanzee. It can be said that he completely sacrificed his image for the sake of shooting the video.

At this time, Taylor's father had already left in his Cayenne, and Taylor's mother was on the morning show, so only Ryan and Taylor were left in the restaurant.

"By the way, Ryan, Carrie Underwood is dominating the charts now, did you know about that?" Taylor suddenly asked.

Ryan was editing a video and nodded absentmindedly.

"I'm talking to you!" Taylor frowned.

"So? Are you going to release a new song? Like the song you belong with me?" Ryan was still looking at the screen.

"We haven't started production yet, I mean..." Taylor stopped talking.

"Oh no!" Taylor was anxious.

Ryan glanced over his shoulder at her and continued editing.

Then he asked Taylor to post the video on his several major social media accounts, and then Ryan got up and left.

"Leaving now?" Taylor shouted at his back.

"How about taking me to Blackbird Studios?" Taylor suggested.

After waiting in the car for twenty minutes, Taylor went out with her usual Coach Legacy handbag hanging on her arm. However, as the weather had turned warmer, she changed into a "new skin" today, wearing a monochrome tube top long dress and unusual high heels. She also added a lot of extra accessories, including bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Combined with her intricate long curly hair, the overall look gave people a very "complex" feeling.

She was still a young girl, but she had to dress in a mature style, just like when I first met her, it was out of place. Ryan made an assessment in his mind.

Objectively speaking, although she doesn't know how to dress up, her... Listening to the crisp sound of high heels, Ryan's eyes were fixed on Taylor's long legs.

This aspect is not bad. Having an idol image is not necessarily a bad thing. At least I will deliberately maintain my figure.

In the car, Taylor seemed to have something to say, but he just didn't say it and just stood there anxiously.

"What do you want to say?" Ryan was a little annoyed by her.

Taylor curled his lips and turned away from him.

"We're here, get out of the car." Ryan parked the car in front of the Blackbird Studio.

"What are you going to do later?" Taylor asked hesitantly.

"With Abigail," Ryan said.

"Oh, then you just keep me company." Taylor got out of the car.

"If I don't accompany her, should I accompany you?" Ryan muttered, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

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In just a few days, various versions of the Harlem Shake began to spread wildly on the Internet, and multiple imitation versions appeared, which in turn attracted more people to imitate, thus constantly replicating and spreading like a virus...

"Fuck, Austin, you imitated it so well!" Paul watched the video on the mobile phone screen, and a group of people around him laughed.

"Holy shit! How many views?" Taylor was distracted by the discussion among the staff members during the break in recording and stopped focusing on recording the song.

"More than 500 imitation videos?" Joel searched on YouTube and was shocked by the result.

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At night, in Atlanta, at a high-end club.

The TV screen occupying an entire wall was playing Jon Stewart's "Today Show". One of the main features of this program is its humorous reporting of current affairs news, and today was no exception.

"Let's pay attention to the primary election situation of the Democratic Party. Senator O'Kane from Illinois bluntly said at a rally today that his primary opponent, New York Senator Larry Killer, is 'saying everything and doing nothing'. He better pray that Larry Killer is really like that because she mentioned O'Kane's birth certificate in Hawaii yesterday..."

"Wait a minute, what was that sound just now? Did you hear it?" Jiong Situ expressed confusion and curiosity.

The sound became more and more obvious, a strange rhythm and roar.

"Do the Harlem Shake!!!" A unique sound with reverb effect appears.

The next second, Jiong Situ in front of the camera suddenly twitched as if he had been electrocuted, and his hands began to swing involuntarily, a standard Harlem swing dance, which made the people who were watching TV and smoking cigarettes burst into laughter.

These people are all black people, dressed very hip-hop, wearing gold necklaces, gold necklaces, dreadlocks, tattoos, and speaking with a strong rap flavor.

"Wait, this is not funny, brother. We black people will become the masters of this country by the end of the year, and Jon Stewart is taking sides!" Ludacris, who was sitting in the middle, waved his hands. As one of the representatives of the Southern rap scene, he has already had two albums certified multi-platinum by the RIAA, and won a Grammy in 05 with Usher and Lil Jon.

In addition to being a minor celebrity in the rap world, he has also made some achievements in Hollywood. In 03, he played Tej Parker in Fast and Furious , an important supporting role with a comedic element. This opened up his acting career and allowed him to star in several other movies. It's a pity that he will miss the upcoming Fast and Furious .

"Oh, you may not know, there is already a team shooting its own version of the Harlem Shake." said a black man sitting next to him. You can see that his body is a little hunched up, but it is actually because of his extremely tall height. He is Joe Johnson, the core of the NBA Atlanta Hawks.

"It's like a gust of wind. It may attract attention today but be forgotten tomorrow." Ludacris sneered at this, then stood up and whispered to the video vixen next to him.

Video bees are a byproduct of hip-hop culture. Since 1995, video bees have been a basic element in any hip-hop music video. They can be understood as a professional video model. This phenomenon reached its peak around 2000. At the peak, a video bee could earn $2005 for shooting an MV, which attracted more and more girls, most of whom were black or mixed-race. In , a video bee published a book that recorded in detail the details of her relationships with many well-known hip-hop artists. The book once topped the New York Times bestseller list.

Most of the people surrounding hip-hop stars are of this type. Their identities are a mixture of "bones, flesh and skin", "video bees", "fruits" and so on. They can be collectively referred to as mixed-circle girls.

There are many such girls in the circle at the scene, enough for the black cultural and sports stars and their followers to choose two or three each. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be a decadent weekend, just like countless weekends they have spent before.

Until a white man walked in.

He was out of place, with a baby face, and if you looked closely, you could see that he was the only white male at the scene.

As an obvious outlier, all the black people who noticed him took the initiative to greet him, and he also talked to these people very enthusiastically. The scene was extremely harmonious. In fact, the whole party was hosted by this white young man. He is currently the most well-known "party promoter" in Atlanta. In 2002, he officially entered the hip-hop circle by organizing a party after Eminem and Ludacris' "Anger Management Tour" tour.

Luda, who was hugging two girls from the gang and preparing to enter the inner room, also noticed him, and immediately left the two women and walked to his side.

"Scooter, Pontiac (American car brand) chose to renew the contract, ten million a year! Can you believe it?" Luda was extremely excited.

"Yes, I called the other party." The white man Scout nodded casually.

Ludacris once endorsed Pepsi, but was publicly boycotted because of the gangster elements in his lyrics, and the endorsement was forced to stop. After that, it was Scooter who helped him negotiate an eight-figure endorsement contract with Pontiac, and since then Ludacris has become Scooter's "iron brother".

"Did you bring that little Houmi to the United States? When will you let Diddy take a look? I heard that he has taken a liking to new flavors recently." Ludacris teased and opened his mouth to make a "yummy" expression.

Scooter shrugged, "You'll have to ask Arthur. He's the guardian now."

This is like throwing the question to Usher.

Then Scooter noticed that Jon Stewart was still acting crazy on TV, and seemed to have thought of something, so he asked Ludacris: "Who made this stupid song?"

(End of this chapter)