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Chapter 93 has stirred up trouble with the producer.

The video is very simple, only a few minutes long.

However, this title is anything but simple, and many people clicked on it.

The video begins with a sentence read aloud by AI.

"Hello everyone, you may not recognize my name, so let me give a brief self-introduction first."

I am a musician and a singer, but what I want more people to know is my second identity: a music producer.

Perhaps, maybe, possibly, or even just maybe, you've heard my songs.

Then came a video.

First, a string of music started playing.

This music once stirred up a storm of controversy on Douyin and Kuaishou.

"I dried up the silence, destroyed impulsively, even if I made a mistake this time, it was just because I was afraid of missing out."

Below is the song title.

Give Me a Song's Time - Xia Shen
However, the familiar melody was not the version sung by Tian Min that they had heard before, but a completely different version sung by Xia Shen.

This is the original!

Then, one after another, familiar melodies began to play.

There is "Stubbornly Obsessed" and Xing Qiyao's "Fallen DJ Version".

There's also the "Midnight DJ Version of Heading Towards Morning" with fleece lining.

Up until "Don't Let Love Wither".

Each song felt incredibly familiar.

The live chat was already filled with exclamation marks and questions.

"!!!!!!"

"?????"

"Don't know you? Are you kidding me? Do you want to check who's trending right now?"

Who in the world does not know you?

"I know you, but damn it, all these songs are yours."

"6!"

"I'm truly impressed. A piece of crap became a hit. It might be luck, or it might be that the musician wasn't good enough. But thinking about it afterward, the fact that a piece of crap became a hit means there must be something special about it. People who don't know the industry can't do that."

Then, there are "Great Ambitions", "Wealth from All Directions", "Cause and Effect", "Compendium of Materia Medica", and "Nocturne".

As the familiar music began to play repeatedly, viewers watching the video started to realize that something was wrong.

Because the songs Xia Shen released were becoming increasingly high quality.

Then, a voice that didn't belong to him appeared.

Zhou Yumeng made a name for herself with her singing in the final of "The Voice of China" with "The World That Gave Me".

There's "Unspeakable Longing" from the novel "The Fairy Tale of Immortals and Demons," which includes the line "If the fate of a beautiful woman were no longer so fragile" accompanying the separation of the male and female protagonists. There's also "Preference."

It complements the beautiful visuals of the TV series.

Then there's Cai Zhiyin's rendition of "Deadman" at the music festival.

Of course, the song "Drop Tower" by Chen Bili, which was interspersed in the middle, was automatically ignored by them.

Finally, at the Ultra event, there was a photo of Xia Shen with her hands raised high.

From the beginning of "Intro" to the end of "Faded", here is a photo of him and Zhou Yumeng on the DJ booth.

At the end of the video, Xia Shen added a message.

[Let me reintroduce myself. I'm a music producer, one of the four notorious "flies" of Douyin and Kuaishou (TikTok), my name is Xia Shen, and I speak for myself. It's a pleasure to meet you all.]

The video's data surged to the top of Douyin and Kuaishou's trending list at an incredibly rapid and alarming pace.

"I'm kneeling down! So many songs, and you wrote them all???" "If anyone ever tells me again that Xia Shen's writing is crap, I'll fight them."

"So Xia Shen really does have something."

"This is absolutely amazing. It's safe to say that Zhou Yumeng was really made by him."

"Wow, you wrote all of Zhou Yumeng's hit songs! No wonder she headlined Ultra with you; you've supported each other through thick and thin."

"Wow, music producers are this awesome?"

"Thanks to Ultra and this stage, I've come to understand the existence of producers, and this profession is so important to music."

Perhaps, as many netizens have said, this time it was thanks to Xia Shen's efforts that the profession of music producer, which has always been behind the scenes, was brought into the public eye and mentioned for the first time.

Before this, these people who lived behind the scenes were the true soul of a song, so much so that no one had ever paid attention to them.

Ironically, the genre that has brought the most attention to music producers in China, and the one that has earned them the most respect, is actually rap music.

Before this, many people didn't even know that DJs are not the kind of people who do lowbrow music, nor are they what people think they are. Instead, they are a profession that is tied to music producers and is known as the "record knights." Their main job is to make records.

In the early days, when it was still the era of records, music producers held a very high status.

Not many people know that, besides various musical instruments and host software, music producers' special weapon is actually a turntable.

This is really little-known fact in China, and thanks to Xia Shen, there has been a recent increase in popular science information about this topic.

Even small self-media and marketing accounts started to seize on the hot topic and appeared all at once.

[The Four Major Flies You Didn't Know About Douyin and Kuaishou!]

[My goodness, all these songs were written by the same person!]

[The epic documentary series "The Most Contrasting Musicians in History" by Micah Ase continues to air.]

[So I'm the last one to know? From now on, if anyone tells you they're one of the "Four Big Flies" on Douyin and Kuaishou, you can educate them that they're out of touch!]

That's how amazing online trends are.

Previously, apart from fans, no one had paid attention to this issue.

When everyone was scorning Xia Shen, not a single self-media outlet came out to compile a collection to tell others that Xia Shen had many other excellent works.

Just like when Cai Zhiyin was being attacked online, at his most desperate moment, not a single self-media outlet came out to clarify that he was really from the American Rijian School Team, nor did anyone say that Cai Zhiyin was the best performer on that show, the fastest learner of dance, and the best singer in his idol group at the time.

He is the one who sings the high notes.

No self-media or marketing account has ever mentioned that the lyrics of the song that went viral online and became a classic were not actually sung by Cai Zhiyin, but by his teammates.

After Cai Zhiyin turned his reputation around on his own, various people were amazed, exclaiming, "My goodness, Cai Zhiyin's singing is actually that good?"

Similar videos have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Xia Shen was the same. Only at this moment did he begin to be truly noticed. He proved it with his actions and personally told everyone.

He, Xia Shen, is a music producer. He has always been creating high-quality music for others.

He's not just good at writing angry replies!

The term "producer" has begun to appear in many people's minds.

Then, Xia Shen's video series seemed to open Pandora's box.

More and more videos of "You may not know me, but you've definitely heard my songs" are popping up like a fountain.

More and more top-tier producers are using this opportunity to directly enter the public eye of millions!

Just like how Douyin and Kuaishou suddenly attacked the producers' stronghold overnight, more and more completely unfamiliar big shots are refreshing their perceptions with some extremely familiar melodies.

Unlike Xia Shen, who at least has the identity of a singer, has written songs that he has sung, and has also appeared on the stage that producers around the world dream of as a producer.

Although it was just the beginning, he achieved an unprecedented effect, successfully entering everyone's perception, and everyone knew him.

Many big shots appear, and I really have never seen them before and have no impression of them at all.

Then, under this opportunity, Xia Shen finally started his first live stream after Ultra's opening.

This time, it wasn't just a live stream by him alone, nor was he the only one present.

(End of this chapter)