Chapter 355: End of July
After the end of "Infinite Challenge", as usual, it entered several hot search lists, among which "Mom" occupied the absolute first place, followed by Zheng Xiuheng, then Liu Zaishi, "Infinite Challenge", Liu Zaishi's mother and other keywords.
To put it simply, after the show, Yoo Jae Suk, Jung Soo Hyung, and their mother received huge attention, and in terms of music sources, they reached All Kill on the daily charts within an hour, causing the media to marvel.
Although All Kill is actually very common, this achievement was achieved within an hour after the audio source was released at 8 pm, and the singer was Yoo Jae-suk, which is definitely a legendary event.
"The touching performance of 'Mom' at the 'Infinite Challenge' Music Festival."
"Yoo Jae-suk sang 'Mom' with deep emotion, a touching performance beyond the audience's imagination."
"An unexpected yet reasonable stage"——Written by music critic Jiang Mingshi.
“As for the Infinite Challenge Music Festival, most people agree with me that it should be more of a comedy concert.
But it was not until the show was broadcast that it was proved that everyone's guess... was not too wrong. Although it was beyond the level of a comedy concert, the variety show people seemed to have become accustomed to the fixed concept of pursuing quantity and making the audience laugh anytime and anywhere, so that several stage performances were difficult to evaluate.
But the most surprising thing was that during last week's broadcast, the radio DJ who has been very popular recently, the man with the stage name "Teletubbies", got angry in front of the camera and shouted the slogan "Either don't do it, or do it well", and I felt an inexplicable sense of refreshment in my heart.
MBC announced the news of Yoo Jae Suk and Jung Soo Hyung's collaboration very early on. After watching the show last week, I already anticipated the completeness and sincerity of the two's performance.
But although a lot was expected, I didn't expect the collaboration between the two in the end to be so amazing and touching. There is no doubt that the shouts of 'Mom' coming from the house in the last episode seemed to have an explanation.
This song "Mom", accompanied by pure piano, does not have too many gorgeous embellishments, but it is pure and light, flowing directly into everyone's heart. Even the lyrics are extremely real, so real that everyone is moved by it.
I believe that behind this song there must be a story about his mother told by the national host Yoo Jae-seok. From his stage performance, Yoo Jae-seok was completely devoted to singing, as if he was singing the song for someone. The way he closed his eyes the whole time made it seem as if he had forgotten the audience, and was just singing for that person.
'Mom, why does my heart hurt so much just by calling your name?
What can I say to you who have given everything and regret not being able to give more?'
Thank you for bringing me this great song, which made me realize that I haven't said anything to make my mother happy for a long, long time. Maybe I should try to sing such a song for my mother, but I don't know if I can sing it as well as Yoo Jae Suk.
This stage was unexpected, but also reasonable. I really hope that Zheng Xiuheng can create more works. Although he is very young, through his experience and the videos circulating on the Internet, it can be seen that his musical literacy and creative ability are very strong, and he has many elements that are not available in the Korean music industry. I hope Mr. Zheng Xiuheng can see this report. If you still have good works, please release an album quickly.
I’m looking forward to it. ”
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Kang Myung-seok is a well-known music critic in South Korea, and of course he is also a journalist. Although his music reviews contain a lot of nonsense about the show, this is the habit of Korean journalists. They have to repeat some things, and even repeat what happened in the show and treat it as news. Of course, Kang Myung-seok's content is still interesting, at least he has his own ideas.
And Jiang Mingshi's message was quickly reposted. Similarly, the sales of the "Mom" audio source were very good. Before midnight, it had broken the record three times, but at midnight, it dropped a little.
The current Korean music industry is not yet in the idol era. Although idols have always been there, they are not the mainstream in the music industry. Except for two or three very strong groups, the current music industry is still dominated by the backbone forces.
Singers such as IVY, SG Wanna Be, Younha, Fly To The Sky, SeeYa, etc., are all singers whose records have sold well in the past two months. They often take first place in various music programs and are frequent award winners at various music ceremonies.
Although these people cannot compare with those idols in terms of the number of fans, except for the abnormal idols like SM, the performance of most groups cannot compare with these backbone groups, because many of the audio performances of these singers are simply the fruits of their good songs.
Therefore, the song sung by Yoo Jae-suk, with such a powerful All Kill, did indeed spark a huge topic. Even within a few hours, the composition Yoo Jae-suk wrote about his mother when he was a child was also dug up. The story behind it immediately made the song more touching. In addition, since it is a song about mother, even some middle-aged aunts fell in love with this song.
"Wow, so many listeners are requesting Yoo Jae Suk's "Mom". It looks like everyone has watched today's "Infinite Challenge"!"
"Before I present this song, I have some bad news to tell you all!"
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"What's wrong with this guy? Is he possessed by Zheng Xiuheng?" Lee Jong Min complained helplessly as he looked at Yoo Hee Yeol who suddenly did not follow the script.
Li Zhimei on the side simply kept silent. To be honest, ever since Zheng Xiuheng left, the atmosphere of the live broadcast every night has been so boring and there is no fun at all. Although there is less work and no one can improvise without a script anymore, the sense of fun has been lost.
Just like after Zheng Xiuheng passed away, Liu Meihui became very casual in choosing text messages. She could throw in good or bad messages. Anyway, Liu Xilie would always lead the topic in a good direction. But because of this, the work became more and more mechanical and boring. Even Li Zhongmin missed the two-hour live broadcast and the feeling of having to stare at Zheng Xiuheng every moment.
Zheng Xiuheng's unauthorized leave has been going on for almost a month now. To be honest, if Yoo Hee-yeol hadn't been filling in for him, they all thought that Zheng Xiuheng would not come back.
Moreover, since Zheng Xiuheng left, the ratings have been declining every day. Until yesterday, the ratings had fallen back to 5%. This figure is supported by many loyal listeners. However, in the late night time, this number is still good, and the program is not in any danger for the time being.
"The guy you talk about every day is coming back soon. What you don't know is that he has a lot of work to do during this period, especially the creative tasks are very heavy, so he has put all his energy into it. Here is a small tip, Lee Hyori will return next month, and the title song is also created by your DJ Xiuheng, so he has not returned to the radio station. However, after I tried countless times and told him how much the listeners missed him, he finally told me that he will be back to work at the end of the month or the beginning of next month!"
"It's a pity that I will be unemployed again then. What do you think of this bad news?"
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"Big fortune!"
"DJ Xiuheng, is he coming back?"
"Wow, that's great news!"
"Celebrate together, scatter flowers, scatter flowers!"
"Woo woo, is DJ Xiu Heng really going to return to the radio station?"
"Wow, it's Lee Hyori's new album! DJ Soo-heng is really amazing, and this time's "Mom" is also amazing. I was deceived by DJ Soo-heng so badly before!"
Liu Xiye looked at the constantly updated text messages and said helplessly, "Ah, you are too hurtful. All of them are congratulatory messages. Doesn't anyone feel sorry for my career?"
"Uncle Liu Xiye, goodbye!"
"Uncle, we will miss you...but I still like DJ Xiu Heng more!"
Yoo Hee-yeol almost vomited blood, but after a while, his mood improved. Although it was a bit strange to convey the news of Lee Hyori's return in this way, he believed it didn't matter. Anyway, the media would report it on a large scale soon.
As for Zheng Xiuheng, he can really relax now. His crazy creation has satisfied what he needs for various goals. His relationship with his sister has also deepened. Although they quarrel more, they can both feel that the other cares more about them, just like Zheng Xiujing will be angry because her brother does not come home at night, just like Zheng Xiuheng dotes on his sister so much that he does whatever she wants except for a few cases. Zheng Xiuheng is slowly getting enough time and is ready to return. The main reason is to run the TV station. It is time to make more useful connections for himself.
After being stunned, Lee Jong Min and others all showed surprised expressions, and seemed to be looking forward to Zheng Xiuheng's return.
However , Han Zhiyuan's expression was a little nervous and excited at the moment, because Zheng Xiuheng said that he would give her an answer after returning to the radio station.
The atmosphere in the music industry has become tense recently, and the closer it gets to August, the more nervous the singers who are releasing albums become. Lee Hyori, who switched to a new agency at the beginning of this year and was questioned by many, is finally going to make a comeback. This is a person that most singers are wary of.
However, compared to the doubts of most media at the beginning of the year, "Mom" was released two weeks ago and it is already the last day of July. After the hit song "Mom" dominated the top of major music charts for nearly six days last week, such doubts have been reduced a lot after everyone dug out Zheng Xiuheng's creations and some singing videos.
The production team of Antenna Music has also been fully exposed by many media outlets. They also made a comprehensive page introducing the three giants of Antenna. The video of teacher Kim So-hyang singing in the practice room last time was also posted on the homepage of Antenna Academy. Her explosive singing ability and high-pitched singing technique that penetrates the eardrums but is not harsh shocked many netizens. The popularity is terrifying.
Now no one is questioning the production team of Antenna anymore. The only doubt is whether the popularity of Antenna's music can help Lee Hyori make a successful comeback.
"How do you know what love is?
How do you know what pain is?
If you can save me, it's you
You just don't know
You, you don’t understand my heart…”
