Chapter 132 Fierce Competition
There is a saying, "Too much is as bad as too little."
For a brainwashing song like "Little Apple" to become so popular, it is a matter of too much.
It is natural that it will then encounter all kinds of disgust, abuse, and resistance.
Especially on some platforms that consider themselves to be of high quality, "Little Apple" can be said to be very unpopular.
For example, on Zhihu, someone has long ago raised a soul-searching question:
Why is a song like "Little Apple" so popular? Is the Chinese people's musical aesthetics completely ruined?
Brother Youdong objectively analyzed this song from a scientific perspective and said that this is the "earworm effect."
He first cited the example of another brainwashing hit song from abroad, saying that it repeated five syllables four times in a cycle of 3.6 seconds, and the core rhythm of the five syllables in the entire song was repeated more than 100 times.
This rhythm is almost synchronized with a person's heart rate after jogging for half an hour - this is also the moment when people feel the most excited.
This statement explains why most people will unconsciously sway their bodies to this song.
Looking at the song "Little Apple" again, anyone with a little musical knowledge will see that the repetitive melodies of "312632126" and "312253711" in the chorus of Little Apple are coupled with super popular and rhyming lyrics, and the narrow range of the voice has no ups and downs, making it easy for the general public to sing.
Under such continuous strong blows, the occurrence of earworm effect is not surprising.
No matter how much you dislike these stupid lyrics, your body is still honest...
But some friends may ask: Such a low-level song is regarded as a divine song and is very popular in China. Is it because the Chinese people have a low level of appreciation and cannot accept high-brow music?
The answer is naturally no. It's not that the Chinese people have a low level of appreciation, but that people all over the world are of the same character. For example, the following brainwashing songs are also popular around the world...
This answerer gave a fairly objective evaluation of "Little Apple".
And he was also very smart. He never mentioned the creator Gu Qingge to avoid provoking a fight.
But some of the respondents were very rude——
"This song 'Little Apple' is pure garbage music. It became popular only because of the stinking marketing behind it."
"'Little Apple' and Yang Jingli are a perfect match. Both are blindly supported by the capitalists, and their behavior is so ugly!"
"How this song, which is so low-brow it penetrates the center of the earth, could become so popular throughout China is beyond my comprehension. This country is doomed!"
"The person who wrote this song must be a stinking katydid. He must be punched to death!"
"After the release of 'Little Apple', I completely turned against Gu Qingge. If I listen to her songs again, I'll stand on my head and have diarrhea!"
"Count me in on the bad luck. I heard she's going to be participating in several TV stations' New Year's Eve concerts soon? I'm definitely boycotting them! I'd rather die than listen to her songs again!"
"I just don't understand. Why can't Gu Qingge calm down and make music properly? Wasn't her previous song 'Meeting' pretty good? I praised her back then, and now she's slapping me in the face with 'Little Apple'. I'm really drunk."
"Gu Qingge is so pretentious, she's simply asking for trouble. Those low-brows who like 'Little Apple' probably don't even know that she spun this song in a split second, rolling her face on the keyboard. And those of us who know she's capable of writing good songs, of course, have to scold her and wake her up. Stop wasting your musical talent like this..."
"Gu Qingge's talent is certainly undeniable. She's a rare all-around musician, and she's even pioneering a new Chinese style. But I really can't understand her obsession with catchy songs. It's like she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't do something cheesy."
"Gu Qingge is truly Bihu's traffic password. Even the now-famous Yang Jingli can't compare to her popularity on Bihu. Ultimately, this talented woman is serious about it. You thought she was going to perform high-end art and hit the G-spots of the Bihu bosses, but the result is, those who understand will understand."
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It must be admitted that Zhihu users simply love and hate Gu Qingge, and the reasons have been clearly stated above.
In fact, there are many Zhihu users who praise Gu Qingge, including many social elites and professionals.
Gu Qingge is the only top scorer in the liberal arts college entrance examination who achieved such an abnormal score, but he went to an art university.
It is no exaggeration to say that she is the most outstanding academic master in the entire entertainment industry.
Now that she is doing so well, those who previously said that she "lacks vision", "has a narrow perspective", and "will definitely regret it" have even secretly withdrawn their answers to prevent "fans" from digging up the past and contradicting them.
A legendary academic like Gu Qingge is naturally recognized by Zhihu users, and her talent in music is also unquestionable.
There were many people who praised "Meeting" before.
But now that "Little Apple" has been released, many answerers feel that they have been slapped in the face. After all, when they were praising "Meeting", they also boldly predicted that Gu Qingge's next original song would be an undisputed classic!
She is finally on the right track... This is the gratifying sigh of a famous musician who graduated from a professional school.
As a result, when the song "Little Apple" was released, some users who liked to watch the fun @ed the musician and invited him to answer the question "How do you evaluate the song "Little Apple"?
The musician seemed to be completely autistic. Obviously, he never thought that this was the right path for Gu Qingge?
Of course, Gu Qingge’s die-hard fans still praise her, saying that she can write a song that is popular all over China in just one minute. Isn’t that exciting?
On Weibo, of course, some people publicly dissed Gu Qingge. For example, Zheng Ronggen, who is also a mentor, couldn't help but complain that Gu Qingge's choreography was basically an insult to dance!
He couldn't understand why such a choreography could be so popular...
All in all, Zheng Ronggen suggested that Gu Qingge should stop dancing because she was not worthy!
Gu Qingge doesn't know how to dance at all!
The venomous musician Ding Dasheng once again blasted Gu Qingge!
He believes that as a creative talent of the new generation of pop music, Gu Qingge has so many fans and clearly has the responsibility to guide the music scene, but she has set a very bad example!
If everyone follows her example and writes brainwashing songs like "Little Apple", wouldn't the entire Chinese music scene be doomed?
From reading Ding Dasheng's words, it seems that writing a song "Little Apple" is a very simple thing.
However, the fact is that such a divine song that becomes popular all over the country is actually very rare.
So Gu Qingge's "fans" rushed to his tower without hesitation, asking him to write a good brainwashing song...
This actually fell into Ding Dasheng's trap. He simply can't write good songs. Some people were curious and listened to his two original songs on Yin Yueyun, but they turned out to be terrible!
Dante sang loudly but was not embarrassed at all. He also boasted that his songs were experimental and avant-garde songs that ordinary people could not understand.
Ding Dasheng just relies on his sharp-tongued persona to get involved in various incidents and attract traffic. I have never heard of a musician who has no works but still speaks nonsense.
Just because he is old, has been in the industry for a long time, has a wide network of contacts, and has good relationships with many record company bosses, he can take advantage of his seniority?
At the same time, a female host of Xiangnan TV actually hinted at Gu Qingge in private, and the news was leaked by gossip.
The female host named Y said that it was a good thing that Gu Qingge did not come to Mango TV to participate in the New Year’s Eve concert, otherwise the songs she sang would definitely be unremarkable and would lower the style of the entire TV station!
Gu Qingge’s live performance is actually not that amazing, and Mango TV does not need a female singer like her at all!
Anyway, this time, Xiangnan TV will definitely be able to suppress Jiangnan TV in terms of reputation and ratings as easily as before!
After this gossip was leaked, it caused a huge uproar!
The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger!
Originally, the relationship between "Lychee Channel" Jiangnan TV and "Mango Channel" Shonan TV was not very good. The two TV stations were competing very fiercely for the ratings of the New Year's Eve concerts!
Isn’t Lizhi TV’s “zero lip-syncing” a reflection of Mango TV’s traditional art form of “lip syncing”?
Now, the New Year's Eve party hasn't even started yet, and the talented Gu, who is regarded as the pride of her hometown by Jiangnan TV, has been bullied!
Gu Qingge is a beauty who was born and raised in the Jiangnan water town!
What is intolerable?
The “fans” can’t stand it either!
Just because of a song "Little Apple", you say that our talented lady Gu has no class?
Sorry about that, they believed that Gu Qingge would never let them down!
On the evening of December 31st, Gu Qingge went to Jiangnan TV with her new Chinese-style song "Blue and White Porcelain"...
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