Chapter 658 Four crowns in one album, a desperate new album

Charlie is an activist who is enthusiastic about the performance of Cao Xuan's new album. He immediately bought the digital album as soon as it was released.

He felt that he had started very quickly, and it was less than 5 minutes before it went online, but even so, by the time he purchased the album, the data had jumped to five digits, and every time he refreshed it, it changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this rate, Charlie feels that the six-digit number is a membrane that can be broken with a light poke.

However, he doesn't care much about sales, but pays more attention to songs and Billboard data.

Charlie has already listened to several other songs that were taken out in advance to hit the charts, and he prioritizes the songs that he has not listened to yet.

The first song is called "Reality".

Translated from Chinese, it should be called "Reality". It was first released in 2015. It is also a very popular song in the field of streaming media.

At the same time, this song also has certain electronic music elements, but Cao Xuan's version neutralizes the other accompaniments and is not as obvious as the original.

Compared with most inspirational songs that are hard-working or passionate, the biggest feature of this song is that it has a cheerful melody and a style that is a little unrestrained and comfortable, but it is still positive and uplifting.

Even Cao Xuan personally feels that the melody accompaniment of this song is very suitable for pure music, and the fixed tone of the lyrics somewhat limits the song.

There was another song "Send It" in the original time and space. The melody was exactly the same, but with a different word.

The lyrics of "Reality" are quite inspirational. There is a kind of feeling that no matter what happens in the world or personal circumstances, I am calm and composed, maintain my original intention, and have a free and easy atmosphere.

"Send It" is a pornographic song through and through. The lyrics are repetitive and unsatisfying, and it's also extremely vulgar. It's probably just to urge the girl to send him photos of her sex.

How should I put it? When comparing the two songs, the latter is called low. Although the melody is the same, the conceptual tone is not at the same level at all.

So Cao Xuan chose "Reality" without hesitation.

Speaking of which, Cao Xuan personally likes this kind of cheerful and relaxed songs, but he himself mostly writes sad love songs, passionate rock songs, or the kind of lyrical and gentle slow songs. There are really not many similar upbeat songs.

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The main reason is that there are too few of these songs, and some of them don’t fit the character, so it’s not convenient for him to pick them up...

Charlie had a good impression of this song, but he personally preferred some more sad songs, so he clicked on it and played the next one.

"Dancing with Your Ghost"

The Chinese translation is "Dancing with Your Soul", which is a breakup love song. The original version was sung by a female singer and was released in 2019.

This song is also popular on streaming media and is known as the most sad emotional song in 2019.

This song is also a style that Cao Xuan is very good at. It is ethereal and cold, with a long charm. Although it is sad and lonely, it does not deliberately sensationalize you to tears, but just exaggerates the emotions to attract the audience to join it.

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The latter is obviously more advanced than the former, and is more popular among young people and young people.

Charlie liked this song very much. He found it sad, tenacious and emotionally resonant. He listened to it three or four times with headphones before playing the next song.

The passionate and majestic "Unstoppable".

"That Girl" is deeply emotional and full of regrets.

The healing, fresh, and casual "Past Lives".

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In addition to the previous four chart-topping songs, the high-energy "High Hopes", the soulful and soothing "All Of Me", the strong and warm "Dusk Till Dawn", and the long-awaited "Closer".

It can be said that every song has its own style, which makes Charlie overwhelmed and at the same time full of shock.

"This is a great song, it's no less than a masterpiece like "Legend"!"

Although he personally feels that it is unlikely that this album will surpass "Legend", he personally feels that the quality is even better.

Charlie thought for a long time and used the word "purer" to describe it.

"Legend" became a god in one battle, but many songs are actually a little utilitarian. It can be clearly seen that Cao Xuan pays more attention to commercial attributes, and many songs emphasize mass communication and popularity.

However, now that Boss Cao has reached the top and has even begun to retire, his song selection tendency has changed again.

Although due to various reasons and personal habits, commercial attributes are still an important condition for the selection of album songs, but the proportion will be much lower. Cao Xuan prefers some songs that are listenable and have a strong style.

This kind of choice may be a bit worse in terms of mass communication, but it is more likely to be supported and sought after by senior fans and music lovers.

Charlie felt that Cao Xuan's new album was very good. Almost everyone liked it, and even asked him to choose which song was the best.

Until he heard the last song on the album - "See You Again"

This song is also the only song in the new album that Cao Xuan co-writes. He used to be his apprentice Taylor, but now he has become Ouyang Jing.

Speaking of which, Cao Xuan initially planned to find his old partner Mu Ye, but then he heard that the latter seemed to have had a feud with Michael Jackson before.

Cao Xuan called specifically to ask about this, and found out that it was a misunderstanding.

When Michael Jackson became infamous in the United States due to his child molestation case, many people came out to criticize him.

Because the entire public opinion at that time believed that Michael Jackson made a mistake, most people except his fans and a very small number of people believed this.

Following what others said, the then-young Emmy also followed suit and wrote a line in a song that dissed Michael Jackson with connotations.

Later, Michael Jackson won the lawsuit and the truth came out. It was unclear whether Michael Jackson apologized or not, but the relationship between the two really only remained a nod.

And in addition to this, as the ceiling of the American music scene, it is inevitable for fans to have friction between several top singers.

Needless to say, Michael Jackson's influence has continued to rise over the years, and he has become the representative of American male singers.

Even the most popular Justin Bieber can't compare to him. On the one hand, he is a rising star with little qualifications, and most importantly, he is Canadian.

Therefore, just like Justin Bieber and Cao Xuan, no matter how popular they are, everyone is competing for international status, and internal changes among American singers are none of their business.

Mr. Mu believes that since Michael Jackson has passed away, a new king should take over. Michael Jackson fans believe that Mr. Mu is still far behind. Even if Michael Jackson is gone, it will not be his turn to take over.

Fans of the two families looked down upon each other, and there was no big conflict, but it was certainly not very pleasant.

Although "See You Again" doesn't express it explicitly, there are still many hints from all parties. Under such circumstances, it would not be appropriate to cooperate with Mr. Mu.

Michael Jackson didn't like to make friends, and Cao Xuan wasn't very familiar with them.

In addition, the actor also discovered that the American music scene is in chaos, and the relationship between black American singers is even more chaotic. Although Michael Jackson claims to be the pride of black people, in reality, the various tricks are very complicated.

In this case, Cao Xuan gave up on looking for an American singer and directly approached Ouyang Jing.

This guy has good hip-hop skills and good English. The two of them had collaborated on "My Sky" before, which left a good impression on Cao Xuan, so if Mu didn't succeed, he hired him as a second partner.

The melody of the song "See You Again" is very good, especially the rap is very good and very rhythmic, but the highlight is the soulful and long falsetto high note.

This song also comes with a music video. Cao Xuan drives alone and plays the piano on the beach. He browses the scenery from time to time, seeming to miss his old friends and the time in those years.

Cao Xuan is alone in the entire video, and no old friend appears until the last few dozen seconds of the video.

Cao Xuan took out a CD with Michael Jackson's photo engraved on it, smiled lightly, put it in the car stereo, and then drove away.

Among the winding mountains, a car was traveling at a constant speed. The camera moved up, remembering the last part of the song.

“We've come a long way from where we began

Looking back, we have gone through a long journey hand in hand

Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

When we meet again, I will happily tell you everything

when I see you again

when we meet again

When I see you again, see you again

When we meet again, when we meet again

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Almost instantly, Charlie immediately understood who this song was commemorating. He originally thought the song was very pleasant, but was instantly moved by another emotion.

Missing Michael Jackson, or lamenting the friendship between Cao Xuan and him, or even feeling a kind of remembrance and agreement for relatives and friends who have passed away from this song.

Time still moves forward, some people stay in yesterday.

But that kind of sincere emotion that will always live in my heart, warm and sincere, made him unable to help but burst into tears.

At the same time, it also reminded Charlie of a friend who passed away due to illness. If his friend was still alive, he might be married and have children by now. The two of them would still buy a few bottles of wine and barbecue in the winter, drive to the mountains to set up a tent, and enjoy the snow.

Eat meat, drink wine and talk.

To this day, he still misses his friend very much, and hopes that, as the song says, if they meet again one day, they can have a good chat.

This is a song that touches the soul. Charlie listened to it more than ten times. He listened to it from afternoon to evening and slowly regained his composure.

After eating some food, he opened [Bulletin Board Home], and as expected, the forum exploded.

"Wow, wow, that song "See You Again" made me cry."

"China is a pervert, right? All the songs are top quality."

"The magician of Eastern music, that Justin Bieber is not worthy of Cao Cao's shoes in terms of his creations."

"I can already imagine the chaos at the Grammys next year."

"The person who said before that Cao Cao could not win five championships in one specialty stood up and knelt down to apologize to me!"
To be continued...