Despite the complaints from netizens, they still clicked to watch the video.
The story begins with a woman dressed in black, looking down and suddenly placing her hands on the piano keys.
"So beautiful! She looks so elegant."
Just as the netizens finished expressing their feelings, the sound of a piano, like muffled thunder, rang out, followed by a series of smooth playing.
"Huh, I haven't practiced this piece before..."
"Holy crap, that finger technique...who is this?"
"Is she an octopus incarnate?"
"I was wrong! This isn't just a genius from the Flower Kingdom, this is a world-class genius!"
At first, netizens tried to imitate the performer's fingering on their desktops, but later they couldn't keep up at all.
The player kept his head down, so he couldn't see the player's face at all.
"This ability to express emotions is just too strong."
Hmm... I heard anger, like a raging wind pounding against glass, striking layer upon layer..."
"This is even better than the pianist I've heard at concerts abroad!"
After a short piano etude was played, viewers exited the video and quickly left comments on their phones.
I need the sheet music! Also, I need the performer's name.
His comment received hundreds of likes instantly after he posted it.
When netizens scrolled down the comments section, they found that many others were also trying to find out who the musician in the video was.
[He plays the piano better than foreign pianists, but I can't find a match among all the pianists in China.]
She's pretty, but she plays as well as the other girl. The one who plays well... seems to be a man.
I just played it for my tutor, and he said this score is a masterpiece, and the performer is a master...
But my supervisor asked me for the sheet music, which cracked me up—I was actually planning to ask him for the sheet music too.
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The video was quickly shared by people in the piano community.
Everyone was asking each other for sheet music, but no one could get it.
Finally, someone asked a teacher at a foreign music academy, and the foreign teachers were amazed when they heard the piece!
But their answers after hearing it were all the same.
This is a new piece of music, a masterpiece, and they don't even know who the composer is.
A hashtag, "[Global music academies are searching for an elegant piano girl in black]", quickly appeared on Twitter, accompanied by a video of Xu Yanyu playing the piano.
This topic continues to gain traction worldwide, with netizens abroad even playing guessing games.
A netizen from Korea said: Although I can't see her face clearly, I can tell from her swan-like neck and long, straight, curly hair that she is Asian.
It seems that several famous female pianists in Asia are Korean. Among the pianists I know, I think she is the genius pianist Lee.
Netizens from Sangguo also came out to identify the person.
"In recent years, Sangguo has produced many outstanding pianists, and many of them have performed in the Grand Theater of M country."
Even in international piano competitions, Sangguo pianists consistently swept the top five places.
Black hair and white skin... this isn't unique to Koreans; this must be a pianist from our country, Sang.
Only our great Sang people could nurture such a talented artist.
Some netizens who saw this video on social media couldn't help but leave comments after witnessing the Koreans and Chinese vying for the man.
"Let me give you some directions. This video was originally posted on the website of Flower Country."
So the girl in this video isn't Korean, nor is she from Sangguo, but rather from our country, Huaguo.
This comment from a Chinese netizen has angered people from the other two countries.
"If she were a guzheng master, I would accept it if you said she was from the Flower Kingdom."
But this is a piano master. Besides a few male pianists, how many female pianists in your country possess such exquisite playing technique?
"While the Sang Kingdom and the Goryeo Kingdom are playing the piano, you Hua Kingdom people are probably still starving, aren't you? Go play your traditional instruments."
"The funniest joke in the world has emerged: a female pianist comes out, and the Chinese people jump out to claim her!"
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Well, now many netizens who have switched allegiance to China are furious after seeing these comments.
Some netizens forwarded these messages from foreign websites to Weibo, and even bought traffic specifically to find the name of the pianist.
Director Wu, who casually posted the video, paid no attention to what was going on online, nor did Xu Yanyu, who was still practicing her singing.
However, fans familiar with Xu Yanyu quickly recognized her.
Someone commented below the video.
【Is this our Yan Yu?】
That neck, that aura, and that beautiful, flowing hair... it can only be Xu Yanyu.
[My goodness, is Yan Yu really that good at the piano? She's been praised as a master!]
[Could someone knowledgeable explain to us just how amazing this piece of music is?]
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It was just something a fan said; nobody took it seriously.
Even those outside the entertainment industry know that some celebrities' fans sometimes go to extreme lengths to promote their idols.
Some people outside the fandom, upon seeing these fans' comments, couldn't help but remind them not to shower their idols with too much glamour, lest excessive marketing backfire.
At this time, Matsumoto Daisuke, who had already arrived in the Flower Kingdom and was in seclusion preparing for the show, was either trying to ride the wave of popularity or mocking Xu Yanyu.
He immediately recorded a world-class piano piece he played and simultaneously posted the video on foreign websites and Weibo in South Korea.
She learned music from her grandfather from a young age and won the championship at the Shawn World Piano Competition at the age of 13.
I never deliberately market my piano talent like some celebrities do. The path of music is not easy; technique is everything.
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