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The echoes of "All the Way North" had barely faded when night fell.

But the online buzz didn't cool down; instead, it exploded like boiling oil being poured into ice water.

On major music forums, social media, and chat groups, a curiosity and anticipation for the digital album, sparked by the single, is spreading with unprecedented intensity.

After the initial shock and resonance subsided, a stronger, more intense longing took hold...

If "All the Way North" was a lightning bolt that struck everyone's heart precisely, then at this moment, everyone is holding their breath, waiting for the unknown thunder that will follow.

"If the opening song is already this bad, what will the songs be like later on?"

This rhetorical question, which appeared in a popular post at 4 a.m., quickly became the keynote of all the discussions.

Yes, the first song is usually just an appetizer for an album. If the appetizer is this lavish, what will follow?

Yu Wei's albums have a unique feature that others don't: they are extremely diverse in style, as was the case with his previous album, "The Sound of Books".

"All the Way North" is a lyrical rock song, and following his style, his next song will definitely be a different style.

People in the comments section have already started guessing wildly, betting on big or small, and placing their bets.

"I bet five cents that there will definitely be a Chinese style track! After 'Far Away' and 'Chrysanthemum Terrace', Yu Wei's understanding of Chinese style has reached a state of perfection. This album can't possibly be without it, and it might even be the next hit single."

"There are too many slow songs, please give me a fast song, thank you."

"It must be R&B. Yu Wei was almost obsessed with R&B a while ago."

Making too many guesses turns into wishful thinking, which Yu Wei found outrageous, considering he had never sung hip-hop before.

Songs in the "20s" generation are actually easier to choose because there aren't many. The most classic one is definitely "Erquan Yingyue" (Moon Reflected in the Second Spring), but unfortunately, it appeared too early.

Ye Ranzhi could listen to tunes from the 1930s as nursery rhymes...

Yu Wei still chose a popular song, David Tao's "Twenty Two," a fairly mature R&B work, and some people in the comments section guessed it correctly.

The next day at the same time, a group of fans were waiting on the album page, and there were just as many netizens online today as yesterday.

This is thanks to the popularity of "All the Way North". Unlocking album singles one by one has an advantage: if the previous song is good, it will attract more people.

As songs are unlocked, the prize pool grows larger and larger, and once the single is completed, sales are likely to reach new highs.

Even before the song was released, people were already discussing the meaning behind the song title.

In the digital album's playlist, the numerical meaning of this song is the hardest to guess. The ones like "All the way through the Three Kingdoms and Four Seasons" are easy to understand, but what element does "twenty-two" represent?
It can't be age, that seems a bit far-fetched...

The combination of age and the number two doesn't quite fit the tone of a number-based song.

In "All the Way North," the word "one" obviously cannot be replaced with other words, but in "Twenty-Two," the "two" simply refers to age in the lyrics.

Some netizens have commented: "Twenty-two is fine, but thirty-three is not?"

They weren't nitpicking; they were just anticipating some possible scenarios. With so many netizens, it's perfectly normal to have trolls.

They don't argue; plenty of others will.

The moment the countdown reached zero, countless waiting viewers simultaneously pressed the play button.

The intro is a gentle, spring-like guitar arpeggio, with a light and tender rhythm that instantly creates a slightly nostalgic yet bright atmosphere.

The second song was equally impressive, completely meeting everyone's expectations. The story-filled guitar sounds immediately brightened up the atmosphere around them.

Spring is her favorite season
A gentle breeze casually tousled her hair.

She didn't care about the noise of the world around her.
"Only thinking about the changes in my own life." The lyrics begin with a simple yet vivid description, and the comments section immediately responded.

"My God, the first sentence hit me right away: spring is her favorite season."

"It's so vivid, it's like seeing a girl standing in the spring breeze."

"The narrative is amazing, like the opening of a movie."

The melody flows smoothly, and more and more netizens are participating in the discussion. This song is very simple, and it sings about the way life itself cannot be overly embellished. Such songs are often very touching.

There are still fifteen minutes until lunch break.
It wasn't as easy as I imagined from morning till night.

A stable life is not necessarily happiness.

I can't forget the dreams he had in my heart.

The lyrics remain realistic, even resonating with many people's feelings. Waiting for lunch break is a daily routine for working people, and going to work is not as blissful as imagined.

Even though we're already living the life we ​​dreamed of as kids—earning 100 yuan every day—why are people still unhappy...?

A stable life is not necessarily a happy one, because there is a sense of discontent in one's heart.

He just turned twenty-two on the sixth day of the third lunar month this year.

I just threw off my textbooks and am about to leave home to see the world.
But then I discovered I had many troubles to face.

Pointing out the age instantly resonated with a specific group of people; it's that feeling of just breaking free from constraints only to crash headfirst into reality.

Leaving textbooks and home... this is almost a description of every college student's graduation season. They face not only troubles, but also heavy burdens.

But the thing fans were most worried about still happened; twenty-two really is an age.

Is this intentional? Is this a second statement?
To be honest, they really wanted to argue, but looking at the lyrics, they just couldn't bring themselves to do it. Twenty-two is an age, that's true, but it's an age that everyone has gone through.

He often longed to return to the year he was twelve.
All I needed to do was study hard; life was simple and carefree.

The contrast and turning point in the chorus juxtapose the beauty and cruelty of youth, and the comments begin to scroll rapidly.

"I want to go back to twelve... I'm breaking down. Right now, I just want to go back to my carefree childhood."

"Looking back at 12 from 12, and looking forward to 22 from 12, the feeling is completely different."

"That's why rebirth novels are so popular; people can't have youth or experience it..."

It wasn't that I really wanted to go back to being twelve years old, but rather an instinctive and brief desire to regress to the complex world before me.

What they miss may not be a specific age, but rather the simple, direct understanding and trust they had in the world at that age.

Twenty-two is a crucial turning point in life. From this point on, those who were still "children" just the day before may be pressured to get married.

Just as some people were about to say that the numbers were too far-fetched, someone in the comments section suddenly pointed out what Yu Wei was like at twenty-two.

At the age of 22, Yu Wei had not yet risen to prominence. At that time, he was just an invisible member of the team and did not even have a chance to go on stage.

At that time, just like the song describes, he was confused, conflicted, and wanting to escape...

Thinking about this, everyone really lost the will to nitpick. This is a song he wrote for his past self, so who could bear to blame him?
Netizens who were immersed in the song allowed it to become a symbol of the number two.

I also allow myself, through the melody, to properly reminisce about that twenty-two-year-old soul, lost yet incredibly vibrant. (End of Chapter)