The first song in the album's song list is "new boy".
The brisk drum beat and guitar sound were introduced as the intro. Zhang Xiang was suddenly reminded of the time when he listened to the tape a few times in his youth, and then the main song sang immediately.
"Yes, I see sunshine everywhere and happiness flying over the city."
"The new century comes like a dream, making me feel warm..."
Zhang Xiang looked through the lyrics book, and Lu Qing's singing voice rang in his ears, a familiar voice singing a new melody.
The singing matched the scene, and the blazing sunshine shone on this old street that Zhang Xiang had visited countless times.
Vitality, hope, nostalgia, and warmth are the words and feelings that flash through Zhang Xiang's mind at this moment.
"Is your old pocket watch still spinning? Can you still wear your old leather shoes?"
"There is a Future cigarette here, don't you want to try it..."
Zhang Xiang stopped, listened to the singing, and looked at this old street.
It's hard to imagine that listening to Lu Qing's new song, he actually has the ability to bring his memory back to the past. The street scenes in the past began to appear in Zhang Xiang's mind one by one, corresponding to reality.
"Tomorrow morning, I guess the sun will be better"
"I'm going to clean myself up and sell all the old stuff."
"Oh this is great, come on Pentium Computer"
"Let them do the thinking for me..."
The song is analyzed by the player and played in the headphones.
Zhang Xiang stood there with the player and lyrics book in hand, listening to the lyrics with a dazed look on his face.
At a certain moment, he even really felt that this was an old record that Lu Qing had released in the past, and he had missed listening to it.
"Wear new clothes, get a new haircut, relax windows98"
"Dress beautifully, eighteen is heaven, our life is as sweet as sugar..."
The chorus sounded, which was originally a cheerful melody. The phrase "windows98" made Zhang Xiang feel that the album concept was implemented thoroughly, which made people feel that it was a very distant system.
I vaguely remember mentioning it to a young employee in the company during a chat, joking that Windows is still more than 80 generations away from 98.
But that is actually the youth I experienced.
"Wear new clothes, get a new haircut, relax windows98"
"There will be no more pain in the future. How cool will our future be..."
Zhang Xiang no longer stayed where he was, but accelerated his pace.
After only listening to half of the song, he was convinced that the Lu Qing he used to be was back, and he wanted to find a quiet place to enjoy this album.
Following the cheerful melody of the song, Zhang Xiang's footsteps became brisk involuntarily.
To passers-by, he looked like a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes in his early forties, jumping around on the street holding a player and wearing headphones.
They would not have thought that this middle-aged man would allow the memories of his eighteenth year to reverberate in his heart at this moment.
"The 1997" is online, and many professional music critics and rock enthusiasts are paying attention to it.
Even some middle-aged people who have not tried to listen to new songs for many years learned about the release of this album because they saw advertisements or various media and listened to it as soon as possible.
At Yang Miaomiao's house, Yang Chao also listened to this album for the first time. Who was not a rock boy when he was young?
In recent years, it was because of Yang Miaomiao that he regained his hobby of listening to music.
"It's not bad!" After listening to the song "New Boy", Yang Chao patted his player and breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that his player was broken, so he just checked on a second-hand website and saw that the price had gone up ridiculously.
"How is it?" Yang Miaomiao asked from the side.
Although Lu Qing is Yang Chao's youth, Jiang Yuan is the producer of this album, so this album can be regarded as a common topic between father and daughter.
"It's a very touching and youthful song. I feel a lot younger after listening to it."
"You didn't exist in 1997, and I just met your mother not long ago..." Yang Chao said as he fell into memories.
"Please listen first, I won't disturb you anymore." Yang Miaomiao decisively evacuated the study.
The main thing is that she has heard Yang Chao's story so many times that she can even memorize it.
Yang Chao looked at Yang Miaomiao's back and smiled, turned over the lyrics book in his hand, and continued to play the next song.
The second song is "Life is Like a Summer Flower". He had heard this song before when he and Yang Miaomiao watched the show together.
But it is indeed a song that gets better and better the more you listen to it. As the second song of the album, you have a different listening experience.
Then, the third and fourth songs were all lyrical and cheerful songs, and the fifth song "Do You Want to Dance" was even more exciting.
As a chapter, the playback of side A of the tape ends here.
The concept of this album strives to be retro, so the arrangement of the track order also refers to the opinions of Lu Qing, Zheng Qingyang and others.
The songs on side A are due to the popularity of the album.
Therefore, the songs played are the title track of the album, as well as melodic and more brainwashing tracks.
As for the b-side of the album, the first song is "Fireworks".
The second half of the album is more rock-oriented overall, which is also the style Lu Qing was good at in the past.
"St Dance" is like the title of the song, "The Last Dance", and is placed as the last song on the b-side.
After listening to the entire album, Yang Chao suddenly fell in love with the little tape in his hand.
The entire album is rich in genres and highly listenable. The most important thing is that the overall concept and physical design of the album make this album not like a product of this era.
It is as if it is an old object that I dug out from the bookshelf.
But it is indeed a new album just released today, and it was given to me by Yang Miaomiao.
Yang Chao flipped through the lyrics book again and saw Jiang Yuan's name on several pages.
Then I remembered that Lu Qing had signed a contract with Jiang Yuan Studio, so I took out my mobile phone and sent a message to Jiang Yuan, asking for a signed tape of Lu Qing.
Jiang Yuan received Yang Chao's message and responded accordingly.
I don’t know how many messages he has replied to today asking for Lu Qing’s signature.
He could feel Lu Qing's appeal among the older generation.
In addition to Lu Qing's signature book that was prepared for Song Ya's father, Ye Xuanqi and Lu Qingge also sent messages.
What's even more outrageous is that even my predecessor's parents, who have been traveling abroad all year round and have not been in contact with much, made a special call back.
After a lot of compliments, Jiang Yuan made a career out of bb. In the end, he wanted a signed album. Finally, he asked Jiang Yuan to remember that Lu Qing should inform them in time if there was any news about her performance.
This was just what happened within two hours of the release of Lu Qing's album.
Jiang Yuan had just finished a vocal lesson in the company classroom. At this time, Zhang Qing pushed in the door and made a report on the results of Lu Qing's album.
Lu Qing's new album can be regarded as a major recent project of Jiang Yuan Studio.
Although the songs in the album cost nothing, the overall production cost is not small.
After calculation, Lu Qing's album sales must exceed at least 50,000 copies to recover the cost.
Obviously, Lu Qing's album has successfully recovered its costs during the pre-sale period and achieved profitability.
"So far, the sales of "The 1997" have exceeded 160,000, of which nearly 110,000 are the Time Express version priced at 138 yuan, 30,000 tape versions, and 20,000 CD versions."
"The cost of the Time Express version, including publicity and production costs, is controlled at 69.75 yuan per copy..." Zhang Qing read the report in her hand.
Jiang Yuan interrupted, "Just tell me the final profit."
Regarding the cost of the album, Jiang Yuan was involved in the entire process and knew it clearly.
"The current revenue from physical albums is around 6 million," Zhang Qing said.
Jiang Yuan nodded, this piece is the entity's profit.
When it comes to physical production, Jiang Yuan Studio doesn't have much control over costs. For example, the album's paper binding and printing are not covered at all.
Otherwise, if costs are further compressed, there will be room for profit growth.
Leaving aside the physical income, the bulk of the music copyright fees will have to wait for subsequent monthly settlements.
"Currently, Lu Qingqing's album "New Boy" ranks first in the three real-time charts, and the curve is stable."
""Life is Like a Summer Flower" also maintained its second position."
""Hanabi" and "Do You Want to Dance" also returned to the top ten."
"Of the other six included songs, five entered the top ten in the first hour. After an hour, the curve fell back, and now they are all in the top ten." Zhang Qing then reported the results in terms of music sources.
After listening to the results report, the market response to Lu Qingqing's album is still very good.
"Let the photographer come to the practice room later. I, ew boy, will help Lu Qing play songs." Jiang Yuan thought for a while and said.
Although the curve of the song "New Boy" is relatively stable so far, everyone also likes it very much.
But the same song, performed by different people, will produce different effects.
Lu Qinglai's singing has the power to drag people back to the old days.
In the past life, before Jiang Yuan traveled through time, the version of "New Boy" that more people listened to was not the original version sung by Pu Shu, but the cover version sung by the landlord's cat.
The two versions actually have their own styles.
Pu Shu sang this song full of hope before the advent of the new century, while Landlady's Cat reinterpreted the classic with a little more vitality.
Not surprisingly, many cover versions will appear in the future.
Jiang Yuan thought that he might as well sing this version himself and help Lu Qing promote it.
Lu Qing was also in the Xingyuan Entertainment Building at this time, responding to fans' messages via various major music software.
The release of the new album also made Lu Qing feel very excited and felt that she felt much younger.
【sounds amazing!】
【Ye Qing is back!】
【What year is it today? Old Lu Shark is crazy!】
[It sounds so good, I love it so much, it’s been like a summer flower, and it’s been on repeat for several days. Can I have a live tour? 】
【Blood Book New Album Tour+!】
Lu Qing looked at the comment section. Although he couldn't quite understand some of the fans' messages, he was still very happy.
This form of replying to fans' messages through the song comment area also made Lu Qing feel very novel, and she concentrated on replying to fans' messages.
Most of the replies were sincere and expressed gratitude for everyone's love.
At the same time, people who don’t understand slang will take the initiative to ask for answers. For example, one of the questions was answered as follows [It is now 2023, and the concept of the album is to go back to 1997. Also, what does the shark going crazy have to do with me?]
Regarding the tour issue, I sincerely replied that it has not been decided yet.
Here Lu Qing is focused on replying to fans’ messages.
On the Internet, two hours after the album was released, many music critics uploaded music reviews about the album "the 1997".
Among them, the most popular topic about the album was not a review by a professional music critic, but a long article written by the lead singer of the band Comet.
[Lv Qingxin’s album "The 1997", when I listen to it, I feel like I have returned to an era.
At that time, domestic bands were springing up everywhere, and Lu Qing and his band were a very dazzling presence. I listened to side A and side B of every tape, repeating it over and over again, and even listened to several tapes.
The moment we appeared on the "Voice of the Times" program and heard him singing "Fireworks", our entire band broke down emotionally and were so moved.
We all thought that the last album was extinct, but Lu Qing used the stage and new songs to tell us that he was back. He was back with such vitality, and he declared that he could still sing.
The album concept of "the 1997" was very well designed. The moment I got the tape, I felt young. I found a tape player that I hadn't used for many years and luckily it was still usable.
I played the songs one by one in order, from "New Boy" to the last "St Dance", and I liked them all very much.
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In addition to professional comments from music critics, bands and singers such as the lead singer of the Comet Band.
Even for actors, posting pictures and sharing recommendations on Weibo will lead to more requests.
This is also due to the fact that Jiang Yuan Studio obtained some contact information through Lu Qing in advance and sent the album package before the album was released.
After everyone received the album, they all spontaneously recommended it on social platforms.
This wave of lively recommendations for Amway and the word-of-mouth spread of the album's official release.
On the afternoon of the day of release, sales grew rapidly, approaching 200,000 copies.
In the evening of the same day, Jiang Yuan also uploaded a video of himself singing "new boy" on the Yuan Universe app.
In the video, Jiang Yuan was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, playing a guitar as accompaniment, and sang half of "New Boy".
Different from the version performed by Lu Qing, Jiang Yuan's singing is clearer, not a very formal cover, and has a more casual and juvenile feel.
Not long after the video was posted to Yuan Universe, it was moved to Weibo and other social platforms.
And it quickly became a hot search topic, #江元ewboy》#
Such an entry quickly reached the top, making Jiang Yuan's short cover video popular.
It successfully added to the popularity of this song, and the search volume on music software increased again.
But Jiang Yuan only sang half of the cover, and there was no sound source, so everyone ended up listening to the version sung by Lu Qing.
The number of listeners, collections and comments of the song have increased a lot again, and the real-time listening curve of other songs in the album has also increased a lot.