Chapter 212 "Eight Dimensions of Space" is released overseas
Seeing Li Hyuk hold a concert has greatly increased the tourist traffic in Shanghai, and other cities that will hold concerts next are ready.
After a concert, the local tourism industry begins to increase. This is the influence of popular stars.
However, this is a matter of concern at the government level. Ordinary netizens are concerned about Li Hyuk's overseas version of the "Eight Dimensions of Space" album.
"Eight Dimensions" was released in the mainland, and the song "Meteor" with a British rock style was loved by many rock fans. Only then did everyone remember that Li Hyuk first debuted in a band and had good rock music
Basic skills.
It's just that all along, his rapping and his love songs have obscured his ability to rock and roll.
Therefore, many rock fans really hope that Lee Hyuk can release a pure rock album. Naturally, other fans are not willing to do so. Those of us who don’t listen to rock are not happy with Lee Hyuk releasing rock songs!
So the two parties had a quarrel. As a result of the quarrel, they discovered that Li Hyuk had quietly released a song called "Yellow" on QQ Music.
The introduction of the song is very simple, it is the English version of the song "Meteor". The fans listened with curiosity, but after listening to it, they were instantly addicted.
"Meteor" is not bad, on the contrary, it is an excellent British rock song that is rare in China, but from now on, "Yellow" is the best among the best.
QQ Music and Station B also posted a short interview about why Li Hyuk created this song.
"Actually, at first, I considered putting both the Chinese and English versions in "Octave Space", but for the sake of the integrity of this Chinese album, I finally gave it up."
"So it will be released as a single in the end, right?"
"This is the case in China, mainly Sony Music. They hope that I can release an English song to promote "Octave Space", so this song will be included in the overseas version of "Octave Space"."
This song is actually included in the overseas version of the album? As soon as the mainland fans heard it, they instantly became jealous of the overseas fans.
Although you can also listen to this song through digital platforms, who doesn’t want one more song in the physical album?
So some fans began to suggest that if Li Hyuk releases more English songs in the future, enough to form an album, he should release a collection of English songs for fans to collect.
Li Hyuk’s plan is to release a pure English album if there is an opportunity in the future, completely opening up the international market.
As "Octave Space" began to be released overseas, and physical and digital albums were launched on major foreign music platforms, the song "Yellow" naturally also attracted attention.
The single collaborated by Lee Hyuk and BOB is still in the top 20 of the Billboard charts. Lee Hyuk is also well known by many overseas fans. As soon as his song "Yellow" was released online, it instantly captured the hearts of overseas fans.
Facts have proven that as long as the music is good, the difference in skin color is insignificant.
Natalia is a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. Unlike other ordinary American college students who indulge in parties, Natalia studies hard and is comparable to Chinese students.
Her grades have always been good and she is among the best. She hopes to continue studying for a master's degree and a doctoral degree.
This is also thanks to her roommate, an international student from China. The singer this international student likes is a Chinese singer named Li He.
It is said that she worked hard and was admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles after listening to the song "Snail" by Li Hyuk.
It was also because of this Chinese roommate's ability to learn curling that Natalya, who had always been unyielding, followed suit and learned by leaps and bounds, much to the surprise of her parents.
"Hey, Weiwei, have you asked your friend to buy that Chinese male singer's album from China again?" Natalia asked after seeing her roommate come back happily holding an album.
"No, Natalia." Weiwei shook her head and said, "I bought this at Uncle Tom's video store."
"Oh my God, all his albums have been sold here?" Natalia said in surprise.
"Yes, look, the album cover is all in English, and it is said that there is one more song in it than the domestic album." Weiwei said happily.
Natalia took the album and looked at the cover. It had a sci-fi feel, with half a human face and half a virtual mechanical face. The cover above said "JAY·The Eight Dimensions".
"Wow, I like this cover. Hurry up, hurry up, I want to hear it." Natalia couldn't wait.
"What? Don't you actually don't listen to Chinese songs?" Weiwei asked.
"Oh, after listening to you for so long, I'm used to it. Play it quickly." Natalia urged.
"Ok..." Weiwei found the CD player, put the disc in, and started playing, but unexpectedly, the first song was not a Chinese song, but an English song.
“Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all Yellow~”
Natalia and Weiwei looked at each other, neither of them spoke, but listened to the song quietly.
"I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called Yellow~”
Under the passion of rock and roll, there is indeed a beautiful and moving lyrics: Look up at the stars and watch them shine for you, but everything you do is so shy and timid.
Those who understand English will naturally be moved by the beautiful artistic conception of this song, and those who do not understand will also be moved by the melodious sound of this song, as if there is a force hitting the bottom of the heart, making people intoxicated.
After listening to this song, Natalia stood up, took her small bag and went straight out. Weiwei asked from behind: "Natalia, where are you going?"
"I'm going to buy an album..." Natalia's voice came through the wind, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Not only was Natalia moved, but many European and American fans were equally moved. There were many fans who spent money to buy the entire album just for this song.
Until now, Li Hyuk has really become famous in Europe and the United States, and has become famous instantly.
The song "Yellow" instantly landed on the top 100 of the U.S. Billboard chart. The ranking rose so quickly that it was surprising. In the UK, it even landed directly on the top 10.
If Lee Hyuk were an Englishman and had already reached the top at this time, even so, looking at the progress of this song, it seems that number one is no longer a problem.
Suddenly, many European and American fans knew about such a singer from China. His name was Jay and Li Hyuk.
Being able to expand and expand the base so quickly is also due to the popularity and foundation accumulated in the first two songs. Europeans and Americans could ignore him once or twice, but three or four times, every time he came out with such a super-level song, and it will never happen again.
No one can ignore him.
This is even more obvious on YouTube. If you look carefully at YouTube videos, anything about China, whether it’s entertainment, culture, singers, kung fu, etc., the number of clicks is very low, and rarely exceeds 100,000.
This is due to YouTube’s strategy of locking in the popularity of topics related to China on the platform, resulting in this phenomenon.
The same goes for Lee Hyuk. He was ignored the first two times. Some fans posted videos about him on YouTube, and the number of clicks was terrible. But with the release of "Yellow", it seems that YouTube can no longer suppress Lee Hyuk's popularity.
This made the "Yellow" MV the first video by a Chinese singer to have more than 100,000 views, and the number of views on other videos about him also increased rapidly.
Li Hyuk's fans also began to increase, and the number of followers on Twitter successfully exceeded 200,000.
Li Hyuk doesn't know whether Twitter is pure or not at this time, but the increase in his Twitter followers also represents an increase in overseas fans. It was the promotion of "Yellow" that made "Eight Dimensions" achieve unexpected results overseas.
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In the two days since the album was released, more than 80,000 copies have been sold outside of Asia. Note that these 80,000 copies are almost all physical albums.
Compared with domestic digital albums, which account for the majority, foreign physical albums are still the mainstream.
Sony Records is beaming. The Chinese album "Eight Dimensions of Space" is likely to be the second Chinese album to sell more than 100,000 copies in Europe and the United States after Zhang Xueyou's "Kiss Goodbye".
Although there is an English song here that is cheating, there is no denying that this is Li Hyuk’s achievement and his glory.