Chapter 421 The album is about to be released

Chapter 421 The album is about to be released

Chapter 421 The album is about to be released
Harada Atsushi was stunned.

Extremely high?

How high is it?
Hearing the somewhat excited voices of his subordinates on the phone, he came to the company's professional playback room with some doubts.

"Director, that Chinese star is so amazing! The Japanese songs he wrote are so good!" His subordinates looked very excited, full of praise for Wu Mu's new album.

Atsushi Harada looked at him, then at the song file on the big screen in the playback room.

There are seven songs in total, and the top one is "Loser", which I heard live before.

However, he still asked his men to start playing from the first song. Since they were already here, a few minutes wouldn't matter.

"It's just like the past, day after day, this kind of life is unbearable"

The song "Loser" came from the professional speakers in the playback studio.

Atsushi Atsuta nodded. Compared with the previous live version, it seemed to lack some visual stimulation and had a slightly less flavor than the live version.

But it still makes people feel irritated when listening to it, and the singing skills and emotions are still top-notch.

This Chinese singer is indeed very talented, and it’s not just the result of his explosive performance.

After listening to "Loser", he moved on to the next song called "Until the End of the World".

"It's a big city, but it's a servant."

(Alone, wandering in the big city.)
"Toss the house and leave the house, and empty the house."

(Like an empty beer can that has been discarded.)
what.

Atsuta Atsushi sat up a little straighter.

This song is okay, it's also rock, but it's in a different direction from "Loser", not as exciting, more lyrical.

But not only are the lyrics and music catchy, this song seems to express more emotions among the Chinese people?
Well, it does need to be enough.

After all, this song is the real song that Wu Mu listened to since he was a child in his previous life. When singing this song, he can think of the days when he watched the rented Slam Dunk disc with his friends when he was a child in his previous life, the days when they excitedly played basketball with their homemade basketballs after watching the disc, and the days when he talked about Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede with others in college.

This is no longer a song, but a chapter in life.

Atsuta Atsushi sat and listened carefully, and couldn't help but nod, "It's really good, the Chinese star is very good."

This is another song that can be used as a title song.

It would be enough to have one song like this in other albums, but there are two in Wu Mu's album.

Atsuta Atsushi nodded and couldn't help but ask his men to play the song again.

After listening to it, I turned my attention to the third song, "One more time, One more chance", which is translated into Chinese as "May the past come back again".

"Is this name an English song?"

Atsuta Atsushi guessed in his mind.

The song starts playing.

"The above is the loss of the heart, and the heart is the promise of the heart."

(How much more must I lose before I can be forgiven?)
"どれ成のpainみならば, もうOnce-kun に meet える."

(How much more pain do I have to go through before I can meet you again.)
Atsuta Atsushi was stunned. It would be fine if it was a Japanese song, but the emotion, the emotion... seemed quite powerful!
Just like the tone set by the first two lines of lyrics, as soon as Wu Mu's voice came out, there was a faint sense of sadness.

And when listening to this song, it seems as if I can see scenes of imagery.

Well, this song is indeed very emotional, because Wu Mu is immersed in Lin Qingyue’s movie.

The movie that Lin Qingyue filmed is "5 Centimeters per Second" on Blue Star, and this song happens to be the theme song of "5 Centimeters per Second".

When Wu Mu sings together, it is as if he is reviewing the various scenes when he was filming the movie for the audience.

Moreover, the lyrics of the song "Wish the Past Could Come Back" are very poetic and vivid, like telling a story, and the song is also pleasant to listen to.

After listening to it, Atsuta Atsushi even felt a little immersed in it.

The quality of this song is good enough to be a title song!

Can three of the seven songs in Wu Mu’s album be title songs?

Atsushi Atsushi couldn't help but get excited. The quality of this album was quite high. No wonder his subordinates called him to come and listen to it.

He thought it was the end, and the next few songs would probably be filler songs. After all, the common practice in the industry is to put some average songs in addition to the main song, and no one can have an album full of masterpieces.

but.
The song "Toilet Paper ~拝凯十五の君へ~" came from the speakers.

This song is the national anthem of Japan. It caused a sensation in Japan as soon as it was released, and the singer became instantly famous. You can imagine its quality.

After hearing this, Atsuta Atsushi was no longer excited but stunned.

Four songs of this quality on an album?
etc.
"Just play the remaining two songs for me!" Atsuta Atsushi seemed to have suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to his subordinates.

The remaining two songs played.

“All seven songs are hits!?”

Atsuta Atsushi was confused.

None of the seven songs are of poor quality!
All the melodies and lyrics are of the highest quality!
This is too exaggerated!

When others release an album, it is enough to have one or two memorable songs in the album, but you have all of them! ?

His subordinates beside him were also excited, "Director Atsuta, if this album is released, it will definitely sell well. After all, buying such an album for 600 yen is really a good deal."

That's more than a good deal, it's like giving it away for free!
A regular bowl of ramen in a restaurant costs 600 yen!

At such a cheap price, it’s worth it just to listen to one song “Loser”, let alone seven excellent songs.

Atsushi Atsuta also became excited. He felt that if this album was sold well, it would definitely cause heated discussions and would definitely bring a lot of traffic to their platform.

But now the only problem is.
"no!"

Hou Tian Hou Si stood up suddenly.

"I'm going to persuade Wu Mu-san to be more serious!"

He walked out in a hurry.

Soon, Atsuta Atsushi called Wu Mu and said earnestly, "Mr. Wu Mu, I have listened to your album. All the songs are excellent. As long as you promote it seriously and get it on the Oricon chart, this album will definitely sell very well."

But Wu Mu on the other end of the phone said lazily, "It's okay, just upload it directly."

Atsuta Atsushi's fingers tightened around the phone, and he continued to persuade with all his heart, "Mr. Wumu, really, as long as the publicity is done well, there is no need for post-promotion. As long as the pre-promotion is done well, it will be of great help to the sales of this album."

In a market like Japan where there are charts, as long as you spend some time in the early stages to get on the charts, it will be easy to snowball and become more and more popular.

But Wu Mu's voice on the other end of the phone was still a little lazy, "Director Hou Tian, ​​do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll hang up. It's time to get off work and take a break now."!!!

No, you are a human!
It just doesn't make sense, right?
Besides, you're a star, why do you care about going to work and coming home from get off work?

Atsuta Atsushi felt a surge of anger. There was such a good opportunity, but some people didn't cherish it at all!
This attitude towards music is a disgrace to the singer!

Atsuta Atsushi's persuasion failed, this guy just wanted to release the album and be done with it.

Atsuta Atsushi had no choice but to start making arrangements.

Soon, Wu Mu’s new album was officially launched on the LINE music platform.

LINE Music attaches great importance to Wu Mu's new album. Not only did it give it a splash screen recommendation on the music app and a large banner recommendation on the platform, but it also provided a related recommendation resource package on the LINE platform.

But the results.
Atsushi Atsuta looked at the first-day album sales figure of 32177 and sighed slightly, "This is the result of not promoting it."

The in-site promotion of their Line Music is not a big deal at all. Who would pay attention to the recommendations of music software when listening to music online?

The recommendations on the line platform are not good either, and they cannot force pop-ups like Huaguo Software does. They can only put recommendations in relevant places, which does not have much effect.

The previous 400,000 reservations were able to convert so many sales, which was already impressive enough. After all, many people forgot to open the software after making a reservation.

To promote the album, it is still necessary to carry out saturation promotion on various radio stations, music magazines, and music programs. The audiences of those programs are all strongly related to album purchases, and the conversion rate will be very high.

But it seemed like the Chinese star had a grudge against his album and refused to release it. What could he do?

"It's a shame to lose such a good album." Atsushi Atsushi lamented.

He looked at the Oricon Daily Chart numbers that had just been updated today.

Oricon Ranking:
Album "Loser" - score: 6436, digital album sales: 32019 copies, ranking 16th.

In fact, the first-day sales of more than 30,000 copies are not low for physical sales. If the competitors are not strong recently, it will most likely be ranked in the top five.

But unfortunately, this is the sales volume of digital albums. The statistical coefficient of digital albums in the Oricon chart only accounts for 20%, the remaining 70% are physical albums, and 10% are played by members of streaming platforms.

When the weighted calculation is done this way, there is not much left.

It didn't even make it into the top 15 of the Oricon daily chart, so it didn't attract much attention at all.

And this is just the number for the initial release, don’t even think about how much there will be in the future.

The potential of this album is basically being wasted.

Atsuta Atsushi shook his head. He couldn't understand what the Chinese star was thinking. Did he think that his album was of such high quality that he didn't need any publicity?

Wu Mu’s new album was released, but because he didn’t promote it on Weibo or do anything else, not many people in China knew about it.

Well, except for some people
In Beijing, in the apartment rented by Zhang Li.

Han Yan, who had gone to her bestie's house to sleep again today, was now lying on the bed, scrolling through her phone and swinging her feet. "Lily, why hasn't his Japanese variety show come out yet? Wasn't it recorded a long time ago? Why is there no news?"

Zhang Li was lying in bed, leaning against the headboard with her legs pressed down by him, thinking, "That show is produced by Netflix. Netflix shows are usually broadcast as a whole season. It probably won't be that fast to do post-production."

"Oh, no wonder." Han Yan replied and continued to browse her phone.

Then, as she was swiping, her phone vibrated.

[Leader of the black fan group]: @Everyone.

Han Yan sat up straight at once. "Lily, come and see, the leader of the anti-fan group is tagging everyone again!"

Ok?
"Is something wrong with him again?" Zhang Li lifted the quilt and looked over.

As we all know, once the leader of this black fan group tags everyone, it represents a new rhythm of Wu Mu.

Han Yan has already clicked into the group chat of the black fans group.

[Anti-fan group leader]: "That bastard's new Japanese album has been released, with first-day sales of 32,000."

what?
Han Yan was surprised, "His new album has been released, and even the first album is out?"

How come they haven't heard any news at all?

Everyone in the anti-fan group was also surprised, "When was it posted? Why didn't I see the bastard post on Weibo?"

"There's no news on Twitter, not a single move."

[Anti-fan group owner]: "He went online at 9am this morning. He didn't post on Weibo or Twitter. Only Line Music pushed a message."

"This person is really concerned. He's more of a fan than us." Han Yan was a little grumbling. The leader of the black fan group knew all the news that she, a true fan, didn't know.

The chat in the black fan group is very lively.

“Is 32,000 first-day sales a lot or a little?”

[Anti-fan group leader]: “It’s a lot for a normal singer, and it’s OK for a physical album, but it’s totally not enough for that bastard’s fame.”

"Album sales are very dependent on the data of the first day and the first week. The data of the first week often accounts for about 70% of the total sales data of an album. Many popular idols in Japan can have first-week sales of over a million. So far, there are more than 60 albums in Japan that have exceeded a million in first-week sales."

Everyone understands this.

In Japan, there were more than 60 tickets that broke one million in the first week, but Wu Mu only had 30,000 on the first day. This was a big Waterloo for that bastard!

The haters were excited all of a sudden.

"I knew that bastard was no match for him. He still dreamed of becoming an international superstar. He hyped himself up so much before, but now that he has to pay, he's exposed all of a sudden."

"Heh, in China, he can only brush up the data and have some crazy fans paying for him. If he goes abroad and can't brush up the data, he will be nothing all of a sudden."

"It's really shameful. They even want to ban the popular youth group? Although they are indeed a bunch of idiots who work hard to be filial to him, they can still beat him in seconds abroad!"

The haters were so happy.

Finally, I finally see that this bastard is no longer capable of anything!

Do you know how they have been living? They have always been suppressed by the performance of that bastard!
Now finally there comes a day when it doesn't work.

Zhang Li and Han Yan looked at each other.

Even though the haters have been too critical, the sales of 30,000 on the first day do seem a bit disappointing?

Not to mention compared with those Japanese albums, even compared with Wu Mu’s own two albums with sales of over 10 million, there is a huge gap.

Zhang Li hesitated for a moment, "His song should be fine. Is it because he didn't promote it again?"

Both of them are very confident about the quality of Wu Mu's songs, but now that the first-day sales are so low, he won't be so outrageous as not to promote them.

Han Yan didn't quite understand, but she had a solution, "Just ask and you'll know!"

(End of this chapter)