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Chapter 65 The Nocturne Begins (1)

I gave you my heart, but you betrayed me.

The moment Xia Shen spoke, the comments section went completely silent.

Then, after a while, a series of question marks filled the screen.

"??????"

"??????"

Xia Shen remained silent, only focusing on displaying her beautiful singing voice.

This time, he didn't use any tricks; he simply turned the auto-tune plugin on his computer to the maximum and sang with his mouth pursed in falsetto.

To put it simply, it's about singing while holding the pieces together.

Then, as the sound passed through the rack aisle and went through the auto-tune output again, it became a thick electronic sound, high-pitched and thin, which, to put it bluntly, sounded like a mosquito.

Then, combined with the lyrics and singing style.

"Jingle, jingle, jingle, the little gorilla is climbing~"

Sing a line, and the poop doll shakes.

"A dense mass of ants, like mom and little ants, are moving house!"

Sing one more line, and the poop doll will shake again.

"Ping ping ping ping, bang bang ping ping, bang bang bang bang~"

Sing again, sway again.

"Chirping and squabbling, the chickens are fighting!"

"Your speech is vague, you're playing dumb, you're eating, you're a tiger!"

"I'll eradicate the stubborn toads, and the rats!"

This song was created by Xia Shenchun for this premiere.

As Lao Chen said, this song perfectly meets their needs.

If songs like "Great Ambitions" and "Wealth from All Directions/Cause and Effect" are only unacceptable to everyone due to their target audience, the spread of short videos has also affected the public's perception of these songs.

The current situation is caused by many people immediately thinking of short videos using these songs as background music when they hear them.

This does not mean that these songs lack musicality.

It's still a proper song, after all, a product of a premium album project, and its quality and musicality are up to standard.

Then this poem by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty is different.

This song is simply unbearable to listen to.

It starts with the beat, the kind of standard, formulaic beat that's easy to make. You just need to fill it in. As for singing, you don't need any singing skills or techniques at all, and you don't even need to consider whether it sounds good or not.

Even the lyrics were cobbled together for the sake of rhyming, let alone having any logic.

Even Xia Shen doubted what the purpose of this ridiculous song was in another world, and why such a song was ever created.

However, it is highly likely that the original author deliberately wrote it this way and sang it this way.

Anyway, it's very abstract; the whole song is just to highlight the word 'Tang'.

Fortunately, the lyrics of this song don't need to be changed. In ancient times, their world and that other world had the same history, but they diverged slightly in modern times, and some things are different.

So Du Fu, they also had such figures, they were also great literary figures, famous poets.

He's afraid that if he changes the lyrics, they won't be as Tang-like as before.

If it were before, you could ask him to sing a piece of trash, but he wouldn't sing this kind of song no matter what, because it's not even trash anymore, it's just scraps of smut, it doesn't even qualify as trash.

But now, he still sang it in front of tens of thousands of people in the live broadcast room.

Yes, that's right, tens of thousands of people!

From the moment he started speaking, the number of viewers in the live stream not only did not decline, but the rate of viewers joining increased rapidly.

This left Xia Shen dumbfounded, singing in a daze.

Before starting his broadcast, he watched a lot of music bloggers' live streams to learn how to do it.

Many of them sing very well, have excellent singing skills, and even have their own original music, but their popularity is getting lower and lower.

So what kind of people are popular?

She plays the piano and guitar while wearing stockings.

Those who sing in revealing clothing.

These people may not be the most skilled, but they definitely have the largest audience in their live streams.

And now, when he sings this thing in his live stream, his popularity has easily soared to the top spot among all music-related live streams in the same time slot.

10+ online!

The live chat was filled with cries for help: "Holy crap!! Help me, help me, help me!"

"Holy crap, what is this? It sounds awful!"

"Ugh—I'm about to throw up, it really is Tang Dynasty! My goodness, the glorious Tang Dynasty!"

"And with this profile picture, oh my god, it's even more ridiculous! What the hell is this profile picture?!"

"Xia Shen, you're great, really great!"

"Is this the thing that makes Chinese music popular overseas?"

"I think we've embarrassed ourselves internationally."

"You're representing us again. Right now, all the well-known music critics abroad, and those who make reaction videos, haven't given us a low rating. But how should I put it? Xia Shen's singing this time was really... damn it."

"Not too close to God, and a bit far from humanity."

"It's harder to hear than to listen."

"No. This doll you're holding looks familiar. Isn't it Qi Yixiang's? Do you two know each other? The IP address is the same."

"Do you think that's possible? Qi Yixiang's videos are practically ripping the crap out of his songs, how could they possibly know each other?"

"Seriously, stop dreaming. Don't try to connect him with Zhou Yumeng, Cai Zhiyin, Qi Yixiang, and the others. There's absolutely no connection between them. Even if I knew someone like him in real life, I would have to lower my head and pretend I didn't know him. The female singers in those songs who sound like Zhou Yumeng are just trying to piggyback on her fame."

As the song ended, Xia Shen looked at the comments section.

Despite the widespread criticism.

However, the top-ranked icon in the category in the upper left corner, along with its popularity of over 100,000 views, stands in stark contrast to the criticism.

Then many people were sending gifts, and in just a short while, he almost lost count of how much money he had earned from gifts.

His fan base continues to grow.

In just a short while, it has already surpassed one million.

This era is truly baffling.

As for the comments from netizens, he remained nonchalant.

Because that's exactly what he wanted.

Looking at the reactions of netizens, Xia Shen was actually quite moved.

They thought they had vented their emotions and found an outlet, but only he knew that it was all a result of their deliberate manipulation.

Old Chen even bought promotions for the live stream, investing money in the company's name.

Everything is under control.

As for the speculations in the comments about his connection with Zhou Yumeng and others, that's nothing new.

If only these people could click into the song details and tap on the producer's name to take a look at the page!

Unfortunately, very few people actually do something as simple as this to find out the truth.

Even serious discussions about the producer are rare; perhaps only one in a thousand people would seriously discuss it. Most people just hear some so-called inside information and then join in criticizing him for trying to ride the wave of popularity.

Everyone is criticizing his song and him as a person.

And all of these are the result of guidance.

So what is real in this era?
It seems there really isn't.

Just like that, a single song caused his popularity to skyrocket. Even though this song had no musicality whatsoever, and he didn't dare release it as an official single but only sang it live, it directly topped the trending charts on Douyin and Kuaishou, generating a huge amount of discussion.

Of course, this also brought him greater popularity and discussion, although it wasn't exactly positive traffic.

However, because the song was indeed quite unpleasant to listen to, it led to some other opinions.

"This doesn't seem right, does it? With Xia Shen's skill level, even though his songs aren't technically sophisticated, they shouldn't be this bad, right? They should at least have some musicality. But this song is simply unlistenable. It's so much less technically sophisticated than his other cheesy pop songs. Are you sure he didn't write this on purpose?"

"It doesn't seem so certain. Look, he even had a doll with him while he was singing."

"I'm not afraid of full sugar, I'm afraid of half sugar or no sugar at all. This kind of full sugar is actually a bit like a skewer."

"Help! It's an agricultural product, but it feels so addictive!"

It actually has some effect?
Then, on the second day after the awards ceremony, Xia Shen, dressed in formal attire, was invited to attend. When his figure appeared on the live broadcast camera, the number of online viewers in the official live broadcast room broke a new record.

Compared to the other guests who arrived on the same day, Xia Shen was not a superstar, and even lacked experience.

But unfortunately, the amount of attention he receives is just too high, it's ridiculous.

In the entire arena, there was only one person who could rival him.

That's our beloved Brother Chicken, Cai Zhiyin.

Then, in full view of everyone, Cai Zhiyin waved on the red carpet, took photos for the media, signed his name on the autograph wall, and walked towards Xia Shen with a smile in front of everyone. The two then chatted and laughed.

This change, broadcast on camera, surprised the audience.

(End of this chapter)