It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 183 I still think music is not for a small group of people

Universal Music's emphasis on Xu Lai is reflected in——

The apartment that Xu Lai had arranged before was directly scrapped and replaced with an independent small villa, close to [-] square meters, neither too big nor too small. In addition to some necessary entertainment facilities, the main thing was that there was a recording system inside. room.

In order to better let Xu Lai contribute to the pockets of the company's capitalists, they specially selected a villa for Xu Lai not too far from the headquarters for Xu Lai to live in. Of course, it was impossible to give it as a gift, but they just gave Xu Lai a better one. It’s just an environment for creation.

Xu Lai was a little flattered by this. It was the first time he received such good treatment from the company. He lived in a dormitory with everyone in South Korea. He didn't expect to be able to live in a villa in the United States. Isn't this too happy?
Xu Lai now has one thought: the company is really rich.

However, Xu Lai also understands the fact that if you don’t see rabbits or hawks, he has stayed in a hotel for nearly 20 days, and he will arrange his residence completely when he is about to go to Miami. In fact, this time the single has no doubt They were scoring Xu Lai's future. This time, Universal Music was undoubtedly very satisfied, and even exceeded their expectations. That's why they gave such generous treatment.

He doesn't think there is anything wrong with Universal Music's approach. Apart from other aspects, Xu Lai is very confident in himself in music. His many successes in music have already cultivated his confidence. His tutor has not let him be dazzled by this success, he still understands the truth that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people.

On the fifth day of the single's release, "Are You With Me", an electronic single with only 18 minutes and 3000 seconds, topped the charts, and the MV on Youtube had more than [-] million views. Xu Lai seemed to be waking up The young tiger roared towards the world, showing his existence.

The fact that it topped the list on the fifth day was beyond everyone's expectations. Although everyone was very confident in "Are You With Me", it was too fast in just five days, and many people thought that "Are You With Me" Me" will be my younger brother for a while. After all, the first few songs were very fierce, but I didn't expect Xu Lai to be even more fierce, directly breaking through the final peak of those songs.

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"Oh my God, I really don't understand the magic of this two-minute song. I keep listening to it on loop, but I still don't get bored."

"Although this song is short and the lyrics are relatively simple, the addictive melody is really addictive! It will make people shake their legs, but it will not make people feel noisy and boring."

"Finally able to appreciate edm...thanks."

"The song is nice, but the words are too simple, right? But it's still nice."

……

At the moment, many voices outside are full of friendliness towards Xu Lai. In order to attract attention, the media began to conduct interviews with the singers under Xu Lai. The general content is "What do you think of Xu Lai and his new song?"

"Sitting and watching, I also listened to his songs. He is a very talented newcomer."

"Brilliant rookie, but why don't you guys pay attention when I win?"

"I quite like his songs."

"His ranking is ahead of mine, what do you want me to think?"

……

Xu Lai was not familiar with the other singers, so the singers interviewed were just casually perfunctory to the reporters, neither boasting nor belittling them clearly. There were very few players who fired at Xu Lai. This kind of people are short-sighted, and they are the favorite group of reporters.

Indeed, Xu Lai has also received some criticism, which comes from the electronic music circle, which Xu Lai has never paid much attention to.

There are still many people in the electric voice circle who think that edm is a different kind. A series of successful DJs who turned to edm still failed to eliminate this prejudice, which caused Xu Lai, a part-time DJ, to be discriminated against.

Rather than calling it discrimination, Xu Lai actually felt it was more of a lemon—sour.

Xu Lai's "Are You With Me" is simply soft in the eyes of electronic musicians. There are no heavy drums and fierce conflicts, and it is not hard at all. How can it be regarded as authentic electronic music?
For this song to be called electronic music is simply an insult to electronic music!
There are indeed many people who think this way, and the core of it is probably: Xu Lai's soft song "Are You With Me" reached the top of the B chart, received a lot of attention, and the appearance fee was low. go up.

However, those DJs and electronic music tracks they like receive very little attention, and almost all the insiders pay attention to them, and those outside the circle...know everything. Many people can't accept the noise of traditional electronic music.

In their eyes, the DJ songs they like are better than the so soft "Are You With Me". Divide land and live on your laurels?

This is not fair!

But the traditional electronic voice circle is small after all, and there are only a small group of people who criticize Xu Lai, and they are not only criticizing Xu Lai, they are actually criticizing the heresy of edm that has emerged in the past two years.

Electronic dance music is a more commercial style of electronic music, and it is more suitable for promotion to the public. However, electronic musicians of traditional electronic music think that this commercialization makes electronic music no longer pure, and makes DJ and electronic music lose their individuality.

The carnival of a small group of people is always plausible, and they make a big splash with what they think is reasonable and well-founded.

It was really weird. Xu Lai didn't even know who he was provoking. Suddenly such a rhythm came and he was speechless. It was simply an unreasonable disaster.

He's not a DJ, and he's not in the electronic music circle, he's just a singer who likes electronic music, just like Bieber, but why should he be scolded?

He felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, and the company also supported him in expressing his attitude (Europe and the United States value personality and attitude more).

So, when the reporter asked this question when interviewing Xu Lai, Xu Lai answered it without hesitation.

"I still think that music is not a carnival for a small group of people, it should belong to the public, and I don't know where this chain of disdain for electronic music comes from. It feels quite strange."

"Also, why should you look down on EDM? EDM can be accepted by more people, EDM is more popular, and EDM can make DJs richer. Why should you look down on EDM? Can you give me a reason?"

Xu Lai spread his hands, looking like he was hanging.

……

Xu Lai was still pretending to be cool, but he didn't know that on the continent on the other side of the ocean, there was a person who was studying the lyrics of his new single.

""Are You With Me"...is he really confessing something?"

Lin Yuner repeated Xu Lai's new single, and looked at the comments of netizens on the Internet. She stared at the line "Is the lyrics written by Xu Lai expressing love to someone?" for a while.

"If it's really a confession...it's up to you." She poked Xu Lai who was walking by the seaside in the MV with her finger.

(End of this chapter)