Chapter 8: Fox: The Aftermath (2)
As the director of Light Cloud Music, a big player in the industry, Yang He knows exactly what Yun Jie's data means!
There are more than 7,000 views and more than 3,000 likes added. These two numbers are nothing by themselves.
But if these two are put together, it indicates a formidable work. However, "Fox" not only has powerful analytics, but it also did so in 10 minutes, which is mind-bogglingly fast.
One person can contribute multiple times to the listening rate of a song, inflating them to impossible statistics. Adding likes is different. One account can only like a song once. People who play a song on repeat, and inflate the view count can't for likes. It has always been the gold standard for truly judging whether a piece of music is popular.
And this song has a 50% view-to-like ratio. This means that even if you don't count all the people who listen to a song multiple times, 50% of ALL people who listen to this song like it. When you factor in repeat listens, this number becomes ridiculous.
"Well, let's temporarily give it a boost in the daily hits for this song tomorrow, and see the results." Yang He thought about it, made a decisive decision, and decided to give a daily recommendation first.
That's right, things like the daily hits can actually be assisted manually by the company, and it doesn't rely entirely on random generation by the system as outsiders think.
Although an "assist" only gives it a small boost...
"I understand, I will arrange it right away." Yun Jie on the other end of the phone expressed his understanding and then hung up quickly.
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Time passed quickly.
A new day begins.
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"It's really frustrating. The recent posts are all rubbish. The radio station owner is charging money for requests. If this continues, I might have to cancel my subscription."
Putting out the burnt cigarette butt in his hand, Zeng Lian shook his head in disappointment, clicked on his mobile phone, and turned off a certain electronic music station he was listening to.
He frowned, stuck in his head. Recently, the quality of some radio stations he followed had dropped sharply and were playing the same 10 songs on repeat.
As an ordinary office worker, Zeng Lian, who has nothing to watch on weekdays, only likes to listen to electronic music. No matter how tired he is at work, as soon as he returns home, he puts on the earphones, and once the stirring notes begin, he feels no pressure at all. He is also heavily involved in the concert scene, and if a popular artist was doing a show during his downtime, he could usually spare some time.
Perhaps, it was his mundane life that made him yearn for this kind of exciting thing even more.
"Forget it, the radio host also needs to have food to eat. Understandably, they want money for requests. I'll just find some new music on my own"
After complaining in a low voice, Zeng Lian switched from using the radio function of Light Cloud to combing through the daily hits tab.
For a senior addict like him, it is natural to check out the daily hits even if he's trying to fall asleep!
"Huh? This first one is a bit interesting." Zeng Lian just clicked on the daily hits list, saw the first single at the top, and his eyes lit up: "Interesting... "Fox"?"
1. "Fox"-TMY
The title of the song is very simple, it is an English word for 'fox', and the name of the author has the letters TMY written on it.
He had never heard of this song before, and Zeng Lian had never heard of this name before either.
"It should be an underground producer or a newcomer who has just entered the industry." Zeng Lian concluded: "However if a newcomer is the number one on the daily hits, it will be scary."
Among the users of Light Cloud Music, there is generally a saying worth a lot of gold, that is: the first two songs of the day and the last two songs of the day are often the most popular, and they are generally on the must-add list.
Moreover, the day's first hit has an animal as the title of the single, what else could you ask for?
Without any hesitation, Zeng Lian clicked play with interest.
On the screen of the phone, the interface quickly switched to the playback screen, and Zeng Lian could finally see the cover of this single in detail.
It was a photo of a little white fox nestled under a quilt. The title and author of the song were written crookedly, which was very distracting.
However, before Zeng Lian had time to start complaining about the cover art, the CD-inspired cover started spinning...
Then, a burst of rhythmic and hypnotic music was transmitted through the earphones, hitting Zeng Lian's auditory nerves like a torrent.
In just an instant, Zeng Lian's pupils shrank violently.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
"..."
Listening to the music, Zeng Lian turned the volume up as loud as it could go, to hear every minor detail. Unbeknownst to him, his foot had started tapping on the ground to the rhythm of the kick drum.
If you want to ask now, what the equivalent of an instant kill is for music, your looking at one! Zeng Lian was instantly defeated!
"This- th- this... is this electronic music??? What is it???"
Zeng Lian was almost dumbfounded by the first 10 seconds.
The first thing that hits the ear is a prelude sound that is completely different from any electronic music he had ever heard before.
The structure of this prelude is very new, and the main and auxiliary melodies have their own brilliant performances. the ambient sounds carry the song along with a strong hand, and the melodies use the opportunity given to soar into the heavens. This feeling is something that Zeng Lian had never felt in other electronic music before.
Just the prelude alone already caused him psychic damage!
It was super effective!
Even Zeng Lian had never even heard the timbre used in such a way before, and the main melody of the prelude and the chords of the sub-melody were also cleverly designed, coupled with some light snapping, that pushed the rhythm steadily along, and caused uncontrollable foot movement.
And to his ears, he didn't know if it was an illusion, the tone of the main theme sounded a bit playful, and it gave him a feeling that he had never been able to associate with electronic music before... cute?
But cute and hilarious at the same time?
Cute and happy?
What the hell is this!
"This song is really poisonous!" As if in a daze, Zeng Lian stretched the left side of the progress bar to the end, hearing snippets of the song as he moved it, and he scanned for a while, eventually giving up, and returning it back to the start.
"The vocals should be coming, right?" Zeng Lian said to himself: "But, the electronic music part is so brilliant, why shouldn't the brilliance of the vocals be completely covered?"
Electronic music must have vocals. This has become an unspoken rule in the electronic music circle of this world. Zeng Lian is patiently waiting for the arrival of the vocal part.
But when the progress bar reached the last note of the prelude, the human voice that Zeng Lian had expected did not come, but a very cute "Yip~" sound came out from the earphones, which immediately made Zeng Lian Lian's heart skipped a beat.
The next moment, before he had time to think about what could make that sound, the kick drums began, along with the deep bass, and the waves hit the rocky beach in an explosion of noise. But it has no vocals, and the rhythm of the kick on the one and 3 beats protects a simple and passionate melody. Every beat and drum pushes the melody closer to the heart!
He even heard the snapping carry through this tidal wave of a section, and add a snare-like percussion sound effect, combined with the sound of electronic music. The wave had lit on fire!
What is this... Is this really the same electronic genre he is familiar with?
High energy all the way, until the last note falls...
This electronic song is very short, and Zeng Lian was at a loss when it ended.
"Finally, some decent music!"
Taking a deep breath, Zeng Lian already felt goosebumps spread all over his body.
He clicked a red heart without hesitation, included it in his favorite list, and then clicked play again, setting it to the [Loop Song}] mode.
After doing all this, Zeng Lian clicked into the comment area while trying to contain his excitement.
[Comments: 249]
[Played: 28461]
"Congratulations, you have discovered a real masterpiece. Likes: 797"
"I suspect that all I listened to is fake electronic music. This DJ is awesome. Likes: 548."
"Just four words: My mom liked it. Likes: 319."
"Before I opened it, I was a little interested → After I clicked it, I wanted to complain about the cover → Start playing, goosebumps → I thought: So electronic music can be played like this? → Start a loop, am I alone? Likes: 250 ."
"I don't know why, when I listen to this song, I always feel, this song is so cute. Is it just me? A cute electronic sound? Moreover, when the prelude enters the climax, it sounds like a cat laughing? Likes: 170."
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