Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 175 A Tribute to MJ

"DJ, Dropabeat!"

Without any self-introduction, Jiang Yan raised his hand and snapped his fingers at the DJ, signaling him to start playing the accompaniment.

The next second, the accompaniment started.

The first song was "AIIⅠWannaDo", but Jiang Yan didn't sing the duet version with Yoo Jeongyeon. Instead, he sang a solo version that had been rearranged.

As the drumbeats fell lightly, the moment the intro ended, Jiang Yan began to sing, his deep and magnetic voice spreading out through the speakers.

"Girl pardon me I don't mean to be rude"

"Butlgotsomepaperwannaspenditonyou

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"All wanna dooowuuu

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He didn't put in much effort at first, just sang casually, with a relaxed and effortless feel.

The song focuses on singing, with less emphasis on dancing.

The first song is more like an appetizer.

For the sake of performance convenience, he was not wearing much. His outer garment was a thin gray jacket, his inner layer was a black vest, and his bottoms were wide-leg jeans with a snowflake pattern.

Overall, it has a style that leans towards American streetwear.

In stark contrast to his attire was the DJ next to him, who was wrapped in a thick down jacket and wearing a knitted thermal hat.

A few minutes later, the first song was finished.

Jiang Yan took a deep breath, walked back to the center of the stage, picked up the microphone, and greeted the audience simply, "Hello, Minnesota!"

"I am from China, and I thank the Super Bowl for inviting me here."

"The next song, I believe many of you have heard it before."

Let's go!

As soon as he finished speaking, the DJ behind him decisively switched the background music.

As expected, when the prelude began, many young audience members in the audience immediately let out shouts of surprise and excitement.

They were very familiar with this melody.

I got a condo in Manhattan.

"Babygirlwhat「shatnin」"

"You and your assistant invited"

"So gon and get to clappin"

Compared to the first song when hardly anyone swayed along, now a third of the audience was swaying and nodding to the melody.

"HolyshXt!! I know this song, it's 'That's What I Like'! It's still on the Billboard Hot 100!"

"OMG! He's the original singer of this song?!"

"Is there any need to doubt it? I knew it was him the moment he opened his mouth to sing!!"

More and more people began to enthusiastically cheer for him.

Originally, there was only a small group of international student fans who had come specifically to see Jiang Yan, holding up their phones to take pictures. But now, when Jiang...

After Yan started singing his Billboard hit, many passersby joined in, raising their phones to record the performance.

As the song progressed, many Black audience members started clapping along, encouraging those around them to sway to the rhythm.

Gradually, a large group of audience members were also drawn into forming a unified rhythm.

But this did not affect Jiang Yan, who was singing earnestly on stage. He glanced into the distance and noticed that local residents were being drawn to the music, and a human wall had formed around the perimeter.

Jiang Yan was naturally delighted with this situation; he wished the most people would come to the scene.

Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the prepared songs were performed one after another.

During the event, Jiang Yan occasionally interacted with the audience.

Soon, after taking the bottled water handed to him by the staff and moistening his throat, the performance came to the last song.

Jiang Yan took a breath, picked up the microphone, and said, "Thank you again to the Super Bowl organizers for the invitation. This is Jiang Yan..."

From China!

"To be honest, it is indeed very cold in Minnesota, but your hospitality made me not feel cold at all."

After he finished speaking, the audience below the stage burst into laughter.

"This is the last song. It's a new song I wrote to pay tribute to my idol, and it will be officially released on all platforms today."

"Standing Net to You, hope you all like it!"

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he put down the microphone.

But the next moment, he took off his jacket and threw it to the DJ.

"Wooooo—!!!"

"Fuck, crazy!!! Doesn't this guy get cold?!"

The audience below the stage erupted in even more enthusiastic screams upon seeing this.

Holy crap! This guy dares to take off his clothes like that in sub-zero temperatures, he's too reckless.

Many young girls screamed wildly at Jiang Yan, who showed off her figure without saying a word.

Why did Jiang Yan take her clothes off?

There's no particular reason; it's just to leave a stage that will generate discussion.

He will give his all in the choreography later.

On the other side, after the DJ collected the clothes that Jiang Yan had thrown at him, he immediately cut off the background music.

A powerful and stirring drumbeat crashed down, mixed with an epic bass sound that swept across the entire venue.

The audience, upon hearing this melody, immediately felt a sense of familiarity mixed with strangeness.

They felt they had heard a similar melody somewhere before, but couldn't quite put their finger on it.

It wasn't until Jiang Yan stepped to the side in time with the beat as the intro entered the second section, pressing down with his right hand and making a signature groin-grabbing and hip-thrusting motion, that they instantly realized what was happening.

The familiar dance moves immediately set the entire venue ablaze with excitement.

Many Americans exclaimed on the spot, "CrotchGrab? He's paying homage to Michael!!!"

The American audience, now understanding everything, were filled with excitement and erupted in screams and cheers once again, cheering for Jiang Yan's performance.

On stage, the rousing music gradually subsided and calmed down before the verses began. Then, the moment the intro disappeared, Jiang Yan folded his arms, raised the microphone, and began his performance:

"Playmeslow"

"Push up on this funk and give me miracles"

Make it known

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In the verses, Jiang Yan used chest resonance to suppress his voice in the mid-to-low range, a vocal technique that made each of his lines powerful.

His feet constantly shifted their weight, the movements seemed effortless, but each step was precisely in time with the drumbeats. His every move was full of tension, while also incorporating the funk rhythm of MJ's dance.

During the high notes of the chorus, his breath control remained stable despite the repeated shifts in his vocal range from A4 to E6, and his powerful high notes penetrated the sound system and radiated throughout the venue.

Her powerful singing and dancing skills were on full display at this moment.

"BassandDrums!"

When the song reached the final Dance Break, the drumbeats suddenly exploded, and Jiang Yan once again pressed down with his right hand, mimicking Michael Jackson.

He performed his signature crotch-grabbing and hip-thrusting move, and then improvised a variation of the original choreography, adding a moonwalk performance.

The moment the music ended, applause, whistles, and cheers erupted from the audience.

Many people clapped excitedly and shouted his name.

Clearly, this tribute performance was well-received by the American audience.

After snapping out of his focused state, Jiang Yan let out a soft breath and then slowly lowered his arm, which had been frozen in mid-air.

The performance of this song requires a high level of overall ability. Even if he sings and dances the whole song without missing a beat, he still expends a lot of energy.

However, the audience's reaction at this moment proved that his performance was a success.