Birth of a Goddess [Comprehensive English and American]

The release of "Time Magazine" did not have much impact on Elisa. After all, appearing in interviews about terrorist attacks did not increase Elisa's popularity in the music industry, and social news linked to Eliza's future Development is not a good thing.

Shortly after the publication of Time Magazine, in early December, something important happened in the American music scene—

Grammy Awards nominations announced.

The Grammy Music Awards can be said to be the highest award in the music industry in the United States and even the world today. Every year, the Grammy Music Awards ceremony attracts countless attention.The reason why the Grammy Music Awards can get such high attention is inseparable from its nomination and selection system.Nominations for the Grammy Music Awards will be recommended by all members, and the scope is limited to outstanding recording publications in the specified year (September of the previous year to September of the following year).

After the end of the nomination round, there will be three steps: primary selection, primary evaluation, and second round of voting.The preliminary selection team is composed of more than 150 experts from various fields in the music industry, and the preliminary evaluation and the second round of voting are conducted by the Recording Society of America.The Recording Academy of America is an institution composed of many senior musicians. 15 types of professionals, including singers, photographers, songwriters and music video producers, are eligible to apply to serve as judges, but only those who can really become judges have at least 6 The professionalism of the person who publishes the work and the judges is one of the important reasons why the audience recognizes the Grammy Music Awards.

When the nominations for the Grammy Music Awards were announced this year, two names strongly broke into the media's attention——

One of them was Taylor Swift, who dominated the nominees of the same period with seven nominations, and the other was Eliza Lin, who won an unexpected five nominations, "Production of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Song of the Year". Newcomer," "Best Rock Performance" and "Best Rock Song."

Although this is only one nomination, there is still a long way to go before winning, but it is a great compliment for a newcomer to the music scene to be able to get five nominations when he participated in the Grammy for the first time.

But doubts and criticisms also followed.

'The nominations for the 58th Grammy Music Awards are announced. Is it promoting newcomers or the mechanism is unfair? '

'Grammy Rock Award Nominations Announced, Rock Lovers Ask: Who Is She? '

……

Under such various media reports, Eliza's two nominations in the rock category were singled out from the nomination list, magnified with a microscope and placed in front of everyone.

The nominee for "Best Rock Song" is "DaLa" from Eliza's first album, although Eliza's first album cannot be called an authentic rock album, but is more classified as a pop album , but this one "DaLa" is unquestionable rock music.

The attitude, the passion, the presentation, the rhythm of the music are all above reproach.

But critics took aim at Under the cloak of darkness, which was also nominated for Best Rock Performance.This song is not well-known on Eliza's debut album, and even when the Internet votes for the favorite song on this album, this single is always the one at the bottom.

Compared with the rest of the songs, the live version of "Under the cloak of darkness" is almost pitiful, or even zero.Only the listeners who went to the scene and heard Elisa sing had close contact with this song, and during the TV show, Elisa had never sung this song.

But now, such a single with almost no live video, actually won the nomination for "Best Rock Performance" at the 58th Grammy Music Awards?

The forum has already been fried.

&1:

'I just want to ask, who is Eliza Lim? '

&2:

'Eliza Lin, a young female singer of the new generation in the United States, debuted as the champion of the seventh "Voice of America", released her first music album "ELESA" on June 2015, 6

LIN".

——The basic information is these, take it away, you are welcome. @&1'

&3:

'I have to say... I was blown away when I saw this name pop up in the rock nominations.No idea where it came from. '

&4:

'I think we can listen to her songs before commenting. After all, she is a newcomer, and the Grammy judges should have a reliable vision. '

……

&89:

'I came back after listening, a little pleasantly surprised.Obviously, the voice is not the same as the smoke that I eat, but the tension under the lazy temperament when she speaks is simply amazing! '

&90:

'I'm still looping the song "DaLa". I was still worried that this time it would be a big rollover scene for the Grammy judges, but after listening to it once, I couldn't stop! '

&91:

'It was really unexpected. I went to look through her competition repertoire in "The Voice of America". Most of them are rock songs, and the live appeal of her cover version is very good. '

&92:

"I don't have too many questions about being nominated for 'DaLa'... Now I have only one question, what is the live version of 'Under the cloak of darkness' like?"

……

Elisa naturally saw the discussion in the forum, and she carefully read the evaluation of each floor.Occasionally, when she saw some comments that she agreed with, Elisa would just nod herself; if she saw critical comments, even if she didn’t agree with them in her heart, Elisa would still take these comments seriously into a document for future reference. refer to.

Of course, Elisa has learned how to quickly filter out such meaningless and logical abuse as ""DaLa" is a mess" or "Eliza is a pig".

While Eliza was browsing the interface, she saw someone posted an external link on the middle floor.After clicking on it, it jumped to the interface of the New York Daily, and what appeared in front of Elisa was a report from today.

'Ex-MJ producer Quincy Jones speaks out: She's a clown'

Quincy Jones?

Elisa stared at the familiar name and frowned.She still remembers this man.Not long after she just released her first original single "Mistletoe", this person publicly stated in an interview with the media that some young people who have entered the music industry in recent years do not deserve to be called "singers", and in The only young singer mentioned by name during the conversation was Eliza.

This interview caused a lot of trouble for Eliza. In those few days, Eliza's public relations team was as busy as when Eliza was rumored to be scandalous.Although Elisa did not respond positively to Quincy Jones in the end, judging from the other party's reaction, I am afraid that the beam has already been forged.

After settling her mind, Eliza looked at the report below.

'Host: Mr. Jones, what do you think of the nominations for the Grammy Music Awards this time?

Quincy Jones: I think it's [-]/[-], half way to keep the tradition of the Grammy Awards.

Moderator: Oh?What about the other half?

Quincy Jones: (smiling contemptuously) I think it should go without saying that nominations for these songs and people will only do harm to the reputation of the Grammy Awards, no matter who comes after me and asks me the same Question, I will always answer the same.

Moderator: For example...

Quincy Jones: Eliza Lin.

Moderator: Which nomination makes you feel that it is not in line with the Grammy tradition?

Quincy Jones: Every single one.

Moderator: Every item?

Quincy Jones: Every single one.

...'

Even though she knew Quincy Jones' attitude towards her early in the morning, after reading this report, Eliza still rolled her eyes in an ungraceful manner.

The phone vibrated suddenly, and Elisa was slightly taken aback when she saw the caller ID.

"Hey, Taylor."

Elisa heard a voice from the other end, "Eliza, have you checked the news on Twitter?"

"News on Twitter?" Eliza paused for a moment, her fingers swipe quickly on the touchpad of the laptop.

"Yes, someone circled both of us on Twitter."

Clicking on the Twitter interface, Elisa quickly discovered the message Taylor was referring to.

'Quincy Jones: The music scene needs to be cleansed, starting with addressing two speculators @Taylor Swift @Eliza 林'

Below his tweet, there are an astonishing number of comments and a pitifully small number of retweets.

"I see. Is there anything special about this tweet?"

Elisa frowned in confusion, and heard Taylor explain, "Although all awards are given out in accordance with the principle of fairness and justice as much as possible, the campaign and publicity during the awards season may not be able to play a big role. But the necessary publicity is still indispensable. It is especially important to note that before the award is finally awarded, the teams of other nominees may spread rumors and smear the competitors. When public opinion is created to a certain extent, it will shake the hearts of some judges. Decide."

Eliza was silent for a moment, "You mean, he sent such a tweet at this time to reduce the chances of me and you winning?"

"Yes."

"But why would he do that?"

After asking this sentence, Eliza heard Taylor sigh slightly, "Smear you, or me, or both of us. Although it is also possible that Quincy Jones himself wanted to say these words, but It is not necessarily so simple to express a position at this special time node."

Listening to Taylor's words, Eliza pursed her lips.

Also at such a special time point, Taylor, who hadn't had much contact for several months after filming the MV, suddenly called her. Elisa didn't think it was just a simple reminder to her.

"What's your plan?" Eliza asked softly, breathing in the silent room.

Only then did Taylor reveal his purpose, "Before the award ceremony begins, I hope to temporarily unite in the pre-match publicity."

"I need to think about it."

After hanging up the phone, Elisa immediately dialed the number of agent Carlos.

Half an hour later, a text message was sent from Elisa's cell phone.

'OK.

FromEliza Lin

To Taylor Swift'