Chapter 79 Debut Single Released
As Originore's first single after their debut, it has not only been long-awaited by fans, but also received great attention from Pineapple Entertainment.
Since the last announcement of the group photo and album logo, the official Weibo has released a set of preview photos of the members every day as a warm-up for the comeback.
In addition to appreciating the beauty of the promotional photos of the singles, fans of each artist also posted related topic entries and promoted them on various platforms.
While Originore is a talent show group with a significant fan base, they are still relatively new idols who have just debuted and lack the public recognition of veteran singers and idol artists. Therefore, fans still need to promote them.
It cannot be said that doing this will definitely make passers-by fall in love with it and spend money to buy the single, but at least it can leave an impression in front of the public and make them familiar to them.
Of course, it would be great if some passersby were attracted by the product because of its beauty and were willing to contribute a single sales volume.
For idols, album sales are a reflection of their commercial value. This time, Pineapple Entertainment went all out, releasing 11 different links to their debut single, sending fans into a frenzy.
Because fans all know that the sales of this first single after debut is definitely related to the subsequent development of each member.
Members with higher single-cover sales volume may receive more resources from the company in the future.
Fans know that Originore is a limited-time group, and after the two-year group contract ends, each member will go solo. Therefore, if the members can maximize their commercial value during this period, they will not become a forgotten group after leaving the group.
In order to ensure their future development, and also to avoid being looked down upon by rivals and the outside world, they absolutely cannot lose this sales battle!
With this mentality, fans from all over the world are trying their best to increase orders and sales.
The sales contributed by the sole fans are naturally counted towards the total sales of the Originore group. The more the sole fans buy, the higher the total sales of the group. This directly proves the commercial value of Originore to the market.
The outside world thinks that fans of the show are fickle and will leave after three months, but they want to give those passers-by who are not optimistic about the mine a hard slap in the face! It's not because they love the group that much, but simply because the person they like is a member of the group, and they don't want to see their disappointed expression.
As fans, there's very little they can do. Apart from producing content and promoting it to the public, they can only spend money to collect data.
Only by proving their popularity to the circle can they have better development in the future!
Just as fans of the single were frantically reporting sales figures, at 12 noon, Originore's official Weibo account finally released the music video for their debut single, "Lemonade." Simultaneously, the song's audio was also released on major music apps.
Fans had already learned about the song’s release date through the official announcement and had been waiting in front of the official Weibo in advance.
The music video is instantly captivated by the summer vibe. The vibrant blue swimming pool, soda and ice, sunshine, and green leaves—the fresh imagery, paired with the upbeat, rhythmic tune, transports viewers directly into a refreshingly cool summer party.
Just like the title, this song is like a glass of cool lemon soda water that dispels the summer heat and makes people feel better after listening to it.
Especially the group dance part of the chorus, the members wore white and green outfits and danced by the azure outdoor swimming pool, with lemon special effects popping up from time to time in the pool. It was refreshing and had a crazy sense of humor, which was extremely addictive when paired with the song.
Before the debut single was released, many fans were worried that Pineapple Entertainment might pull a big poop.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. The preview photos have been so handsome that fans are worried that the final product may not meet their expectations. After all, similar situations have happened in the domestic entertainment industry before.
However, this worry completely disappeared when the MV was released.
Not only did their mine not produce a huge amount of waste, but it performed very well beyond expectations!
Not only is the song itself nice to listen to, but the MV is also well shot, without any cheap feeling of cutting fans' leeks.
Although it can be seen that the cost of MV production is not high, the surprising thing is that the other party actually used 10 yuan of funds to produce the effect of 1,000 yuan!
Small investment and high quality are fully reflected in this MV!
Fans have finally realized that their domestic entertainment industry is still capable of producing quality products that meet standards, and that good results can be achieved without huge investments. Ultimately, it all depends on the company's dedication.
Of course, most fans are more concerned about the distribution of parts than the excellent production of the song itself.
Although Originore's fan base is mostly comprised of fans of the single, and Pineapple needs fans to spend money to boost sales, they all understand that too much is as bad as too little. While they can use abuse to get fans to spend more, excessive abuse is ultimately detrimental to the stability of the fan circle.
After all, show fans are different from fans of ordinary artists. If you don’t do it right, they may quit and run away. How can you abuse fans without fans? Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?
Therefore, Pineapple will not try to balance popularity like some stupid companies do, deliberately suppressing TOP and promoting other less popular members.
Because Originore is only a limited group, the group itself does not pursue long-term development, so how to maximize profits is the most important thing for the company.
Those companies that promote other members but don't give TOP resources are simply trying to promote a second popular member to make more money for themselves. After all, the money a person can earn is limited. If there is another equally popular member, the company can earn double the money.
But the problem is that the members' popularity has already been tested by the market. The program "Youth Project" itself is a window to test the popularity of the contestants.
If the popularity gap between the members wasn't too big, there might be a chance of overtaking. However, Jiang Mo Nan's popularity is already far ahead of the rest. Further attempts to suppress him will only lead to fans turning against him and fleeing. And if using Jiang Mo Nan's popularity to promote other members doesn't achieve the same effect, it would be a loss.
Therefore, in his debut MV, Jiang Mo Nan was allocated quite a few shots, and they were all effective shots.
As for the lyrics, as the lead singer, he will have a lot of parts. After all, there are only three serious singers in the group, and they happen to be the high, middle and low parts. Therefore, the difficult bridge will naturally be given to those who can sing.
After watching the whole song, Jiang fans looked very satisfied.
It feels so good to be the TOP!
Of course, in addition to the large number of self-portrait shots, what makes Jiang fans even happier is the sales volume of the single cover.
Although many big fans boosted sales during the pre-sale period, most casual fans were still on the sidelines and only bought one copy because they hadn't heard the full song yet. Now that the MV and audio are online, and have exceeded their expectations, what reason do fans have not to buy it?
For a time, the sales of Jiang Monan's single cover began to rise wildly.
In just 10 minutes, sales doubled. People who hadn't been following the show saw promotional posts from fans on the platform and were immediately intrigued, clicking on the MV.
Xu Xinran had heard of the group Originore before because her classmates were loyal fans of the show "Youth Project". With the recommendation of her classmates, she was still somewhat impressed by some of the individual members.
However, she has never had much interest in domestic idol groups, and even when her classmates strongly recommended them, she had no desire to join. In her opinion, domestic idol groups are like cutting leeks, and the companies' planning, operation and packaging are very careless.
They were either just country-style pop or imitating foreign idol groups; in short, none of them caught her eye.
Having said that, she still quite likes the faces of some of the individual members.
However, just the face is not enough to make her fall in love with the idol. She wants to see the idol present perfect works.
When Originore released their debut single, her classmate Qu Xiaohui immediately dragged her to watch it. Xu Xinran was already used to being pressured into watching it. It was just a music video, so she could just bear with it for a few minutes.
However, her negative thoughts changed 180 degrees after she saw the feature film.
Is this MV really of the quality that a domestic idol boy group can achieve?
This song is so beautiful!
And this guy is so handsome!
Compared to the slightly restrained Xu Xinran, Qu Xiaohui next to her was already screaming with excitement.
"Oh my god! He's so handsome! This face is a miracle!"
Qu Xiaohui was seen excitedly pulling the progress bar of the MV and taking screenshots frantically.
On the side, Xu Xinran nodded secretly.
Because of Qu Xiaohui, even if she didn't watch the show or follow Originore, she would still recognize Jiang Mo Nan's face. It must be said that he is indeed handsome.
Before this, her impression of Jiang Mo Nan was only based on the fans' retouched photos. Now, after watching the MV and hearing his singing, her heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
This was the first time she had such a feeling towards a domestic idol.
I heard Qu Xiaohui babbling on the side: "I was worried that Pineapple would have a big shit, but I didn't expect this jerk company to actually come up with a debut song of this quality. I can stop scolding it for now."
"Speaking of which, Nannan not only had more screen time this time, but also more parts. This is what a center position should be treated like!"
As she spoke, Qu Xiaohui suddenly winked at her and said, "How about it, Ranran, do you want to join our mine?"
Xu Xinran felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her and coughed, "Just... a little bit."
Hearing this, Qu Xiaohui's eyes suddenly lit up.
You know, in the past, Xu Xinran always refused when she asked this kind of question, but this time, she unexpectedly gave a completely different answer. What does this mean? It means that she finally succeeded in promoting her product!
As a fan, the happiest thing is that more and more people like our idols.
Especially when your friends who were originally not interested in this suddenly change their original attitude and begin to show signs of wanting to join the fun, the sense of accomplishment of successfully introducing it is no less than completing a math problem.
Suppressing her inner excitement, Qu Xiaohui extended her hand with a serious expression: "Welcome to join the miners."
Xu Xinran was confused. "...Miner? What's that?"
"It's Originore's fan name. Originore's nickname is Mine, so we fans are naturally miners."
Xu Xinran: “…”
This fan name is really... unique.
The sales volume of Originore's debut single "Lemonade" directly topped the digital album charts of major music apps this month.
Only one day after the single was released, the total sales of the single cover and group cover exceeded 5 million copies, with a total sales of approximately 15 million, and this number is still growing.
Not only Pineapple Entertainment, but all major music platforms are also very happy.
Such an achievement is definitely impressive not only for a new idol group, but also for top-tier artists who have debuted for many years. Even their mentor on the show, An Junze, has achieved similar results.
However, An Jun is now a solo artist, and he has already established a foundation after debuting for many years, so it is not surprising that he has achieved such results.
Originore was an amateur just a few months ago, having only gained prominence through the talent show "Youth Project." Even though they know the fans' love for the show won't last forever, passersby are still astounded by the miners' kryptonian gold-spending abilities.
Pineapple Entertainment naturally would not miss this opportunity to post big-character posters, and immediately arranged for major marketing accounts to create hype.
For a while, related topics such as #Originore's debut single sales broke the record for the highest sales of a new group's debut song# were all over the Internet.
Although fans are proud of it, in the eyes of some senior fans, such a big-character poster is undoubtedly suspected of being an unfounded slander.
After all, Kuang debuted with a single, and a digital single only costs 3 yuan.
Other groups debut with full albums or mini-albums, with digital albums costing anywhere from a dozen yuan to several dozen. Some groups even release physical albums, which can cost a couple hundred yuan. How can a 3 yuan digital single compare to other albums that cost tens or even hundreds of yuan?
Fans did not fall for such doubts at all, but instead presented facts and evidence directly.
[Gold Miner V: A single costing 3 yuan sold over 5 million copies, which means over 15 million in sales. That's a pretty impressive number for a new artist, isn't it? Especially since it's only the first day. Other albums are certainly expensive, but what's the point if they don't sell? If you can, convert your album sales on the first day of your debut into sales! That's the first day, not the first week!]
Don't tell me about mines offering pre-sales. Doesn't everyone offer album pre-sales these days? Pre-sales have been around for over 20 years, so why haven't you done any? If you can't beat them, then don't beat them. Stop whining.
Seeing the fans say this, the haters who were looking for trouble immediately started to change their rhetoric in a rather sarcastic way:
"The talent show group itself has gathered a certain amount of popularity, so it's normal for sales to be high."
"All talent shows are like this when they first debut. Let's see in a year or six months, they'll probably be completely obscure."
Fandom fights are always about stabbing each other in the back and hitting each other in the sore spots. The miners are naturally aware that their own performance has put other groups' fans under pressure to compete, which is why they hear all kinds of unpleasant and sarcastic remarks.
Only when a group poses no threat to anyone else can a peaceful atmosphere prevail in its fan circle. Once a group shows signs of emerging, the outside world will use a magnifying glass to nitpick and find fault with it.
This is also why in the entertainment industry, unknown celebrities often have the best popularity among the public, while the more popular artists are always surrounded by all kinds of gossip.
Now, the rise of Originore has obviously made other idol groups in the domestic entertainment industry feel uneasy, which is a good thing for the members.
People tend to move up, and the more popular a group is, the more resources its members can obtain.
Pineapple Entertainment has received numerous offers for variety shows and scripts, both for groups and individuals. However, the company isn't rushing, preferring to slowly screen. After all, the members' schedules are very valuable these days, so they need to be managed carefully.
At the same time, Originore's first fan meeting after debut also began to be prepared in full swing.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
