When the music started playing, Jiang Yuan and Louis sat upright together and looked towards the stage.
"Last year, many high-quality collaborative singles were produced."
"A total of five pairs of singers have been nominated for the IMA Annual Best Collaboration Award. The following are the nominated works:..."
As usual, after a brief introduction, snippets of several nominated singles began to play on the big screen.
"STAY", which Jiang Yuan and Louis sang together, also occupied about ten seconds of it, and a short chorus was played.
"I do the same thing I told you that I never would..."
While the music was playing, Louis also hummed quietly from the sidelines. He also seemed to like the single he collaborated with Jiang Yuan very much.
"The IMA Award is presented to..."
After the nomination list was played, the screen cut back to the stage, and the award presenters opened the envelopes, as crisply as ever.
"Congratulations to Jiang Yuan and Louis for the single "STAY"! Boys, come on stage to accept the award!" The award presenter revealed the answer in a congratulatory tone.
The music of "STAY" began to play again at the scene, and the stage background had switched to the single cover of "STAY".
While Jiang Yuan was still reacting, Louis beside him had already stood up from his seat like a proud rooster.
Jiang Yuan, who stood up slowly, was suddenly hugged by Louis' shoulders, "OMG! We are the winners, I know it!"
At this time, the audience's attention was also focused on Jiang Yuan and the two of them. Louis waved hello to familiar faces around him, while Jiang Yuan received congratulations from Paul and others.
Then they straightened out the wrinkles in their clothes and walked towards the podium.
Although it was the Best Collaboration Award, there was only one trophy, and the award-giving guest handed it to both of them.
Jiang Yuan took the first to receive the trophy, felt its weight, and then handed it to Louis beside him.
The single was released as part of Jiang Yuan's album, so the trophy undoubtedly belongs to Jiang Yuan.
Louis took the trophy with joy and walked to the podium with Jiang Yuan.
Although he was always very excited in the audience, after taking the stage, Louis calmed down a bit and gave up the home position to Jiang Yuan.
"The collaboration between the two of them is very exciting..." The award presenter greeted the two of them, and then it was Jiang Yuan's turn to give his acceptance speech.
Time was running out, so Louis gave up half of his body to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan held up the microphone in front of him, thought for a moment and began to speak, "When we participated in the show and reached the cooperation, we did not expect to be standing in this place together, but after the song was released, it did become a success."
"Now that I have been recognized again, I need to thank IMA, and I also want to express my gratitude to Louis..." Jiang Yuan said, turning his head and looking at Louis.
Louis just waved his hands with a "not worth mentioning" expression.
"I would also like to thank everyone who collaborated with me on the album "Life", and thank you to the fans and friends who supported us."
Jiang Yuan briefly ended his acceptance speech. After all, this award was not the most important among many awards, so Jiang Yuan just clicked on it and did not go into too long a speech.
After Jiang Yuan finished his speech, Louis also raised the trophy, leaned in front of the microphone and shouted, "Thank you everyone!"
After receiving the award, Jiang Yuan and the two walked off the podium and returned to their seats amid applause and cheers from the audience.
Jiang Yuan looked up at the auditorium and found that one location was particularly lively. After thinking about it, he thought it might be the location with more fans, so he waved in that direction with the trophy.
After receiving a trophy and returning to his seat, Jiang Yuan felt relieved.
Even though the award that I most want to win has not yet been announced and has not been awarded yet, if I win an award, at least there will be no shocking news headlines such as not receiving any of the six nominations.
The rhythm of the scene changed very quickly. As soon as Jiang Yuan and the two took their seats, the next award began to be presented on the stage.
"This year's IMA trophy is quite beautiful!" After returning to his seat, Louis also began to take out his mobile phone and began to take photos of the glittering golden trophy.
Based on Jiang Yuan's understanding of Louis, if the two of them had not gone on stage to receive the award, Louis would probably have complained about the ugly design of the trophy. Oh, and by the way, there was also the curse of the judging panel being deaf.
"How does it feel to win the award?" On the side, Paul raised his glass and touched it with Jiang Yuan.
"Not bad." Jiang Yuan told the truth, feeling that the sparkling water had become a lot sweeter.
"Why are you still drinking water? Let's celebrate with some champagne!" After Louis took the photo, he noticed Jiang Yuan and the two of them, and he was about to ask the waiter to serve wine.
Jiang Yuan looked at the time and found that halftime had not yet arrived, so he quickly waved his hand and refused, "Let's wait until later!"
Louis instantly understood what Jiang Yuan meant. Although he had already won a trophy, Jiang Yuan still had several major nominations waiting to be announced. He immediately nodded and said, "That's right, we'll start again later!"
The IMA awards ceremony was broadcast live in real time. Although there was a slight delay, fans learned the news that Jiang Yuan had won the award immediately.
【Wow wow wow, I got a prize, I got a prize!】
[Bulls, the judges still have good taste!]
【Jiang Yuan is worth it!】
[The best cooperation of the year, congratulations to Jiang Yuanxi for winning the first IMA tonight!]
【The first international music award, worth remembering!】
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Jiang Yuan participated in IMA, and many fans were paying attention. Now that they saw Jiang Yuan winning the award, they started celebrating in Yuan Universe.
After Jiang Yuan sat down for a while, he also picked up the trophy and took a few selfies, preparing to upload them to Yuan Universe.
Louis noticed that after Jiang Yuan took a selfie, he also appeared in the corner of the camera with half of his head and scissor hands.
After posting the photo on Yuan Universe and seeing the discussion among fans, Jiang Yuan realized that strictly speaking, this was his first time winning an award at a European and American music award, and the commemorative significance suddenly increased a lot.
After Jiang Yuan won the award, domestic media and marketing accounts began to forward live broadcast clips of Jiang Yuan's award and report related news.
At the same time, related terms quickly appeared on the hot search list.
Many marketing accounts also silently deleted some news and entries about Jiang Yuan that they had previously prepared for betting.
But some people just slightly modify the written copy and add an award in addition to cooperation, so that it can be used again.
However, under this kind of entry, there will always be some incongruous sounds.
[If I didn’t write down all the awards in the entry, I thought I was winning a grand prize, but it turned out to be just a collaboration award!]
[Winning this award is mainly because of Louis!]
【Is IMA a big award? 】
[? Anyone who badmouths KY under the entry is out of his mind? IMA recommends that you have a lot of gold content. If you can watch the show, I guess you will have to publish a lot of drafts! 】
[It really embarrasses me to say that this award comes from Louis!]
[Hahahaha, I didn’t expect that after so many years of ruining the path, I could still get a prize.]
[Although I am a road fan, I was a little bit overwhelmed when I saw that Jiang Yuan won the award on the small road. If it had been three years earlier, it would indeed have been possible. 】
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There will be some negative remarks under the entry, which is a normal phenomenon.
However, in the end, they are only a minority. In fact, it is quite feasible to use Jiang Yuan's idea of publishing black manuscripts just to win prizes, which can be regarded as a more typical way of attracting people.
Simple and crude, but effective.
It's a pity that this time we met Louis. If it were Paul's band who went on stage with Jiang Yuan to accept the award, this direction would still be more feasible.
But who is Louis? He is already well-known in the circle for being a little king who shows off his wealth.
I haven't been shortlisted for several years, and it's not like I don't want to win awards. It's not like I haven't collaborated with some singers before working with Jiang Yuan, but I haven't won any such awards.
"I have decided!" When Jiang Yuan was paying attention to the awards ceremony on the stage, Louis suddenly spoke seriously and attracted Jiang Yuan's attention.
"What?" Jiang Yuan looked at Lewis's expression of "Come and ask me" and asked.
"I will also collaborate with you on a single when I release an album this year to commemorate the award I received today!" Louis said while staring at the trophy.
He realized it and felt that he should cooperate more and explore diversity.
After all, some of the albums I released solo in the past basically only won sales, but I didn’t win any awards, and I didn’t get good reputation from music critics.
However, the collaboration with Jiang Yuan made Louis feel the feeling of being praised for the first time in a long time. He took into account the praises such as the excellent use of the characteristics of the timbre and the charm.
Now that I have won another IMA award, with this song, I may participate in multiple award ceremonies with Jiang Yuan.
Thinking of this, Louis decided to ask Jiang Yuan to make a song again.
"Okay, just send me a message anytime." Jiang Yuan thought about it for a while and agreed happily.
On the one hand, the two have just won an award together, and there is a possibility that they will continue to win awards in the future. On this basis, if the two of them release a song, the attention will indeed not be too low.
Furthermore, Jiang Yuan felt that her relationship with Louis was not bad. They had previously flown to the imperial capital to be guests at his concerts, and he happened to be touring Europe and the United States in the next period of time, so the time was suitable.
"We are also preparing to release an album." After Paul saw that Louis' invitation to sing successfully, he immediately said, "Me too."
Jiang Yuan also nodded and agreed, and decided with the two of them on how to serve as guests at the concert in the future, focusing on reciprocity.
The crisp sound of clinking glasses symbolizes the conclusion of a verbal agreement on cooperation.
Everyone continued to look at the stage and watch the award ceremony.
Because there are also some performances between the series of awards, the pace is always relatively fast, and it will not make people feel bored watching it.
At the same time, when some relatively niche awards were announced, Jiang Yuan was also able to discover some high-quality music that he had not paid attention to before through some clips.
So it's quite interesting to watch and you won't feel bored.
The only pity is that I once again missed the nomination in a small category, which was the Best Electronic Music Single Award.
To be honest, this was the award that Jiang Yuan thought he was most likely to win.
After all, the single shortlisted was a hit single like "Faded".
Jiang Yuan had been looking forward to this award to once again change his previous image of the little prince of electronic music. As a result, the nomination was so exciting that another singer finally won the award.
"The judges are blind!" He smiled at the camera. After the camera moved away, Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and soaked in water, performing a face change.
"Correct!" Louis immediately shared his hatred.
Although after "Faded" was released, electronic music's little prince is no longer a derogatory term, but Jiang Yuan feels that the song itself is still worthy of the award.
After missing out on one nomination again, Jiang Yuan was left with only the last three nominations, namely, annual album, annual single, and best singer.
It can be said that any of the three items is the target of competition for many singers present, so the order of presentation was also pressed to the last moment.
The award ceremony was almost halfway through unknowingly. Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Yuan and Louis both received the news and got up, left their seats and headed backstage.
It's almost time for the two of them to perform on stage.
Jiang Yuan's performance was arranged in the middle of the awards ceremony, giving him just under nine minutes of performance time. Among the many performers tonight, it was considered a relatively long performance.
However, it also includes a collaborative stage with Louis. Strictly speaking, the time for solo performances is not much different from other singers.
The backstage of the award ceremony was also a lively scene, which can even be described as a bit noisy.
As soon as Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yuan arrived backstage, they were immediately recognized by their respective styling teams.
There are still some differences between the stage makeup and the infield makeup.
Not only the clothes, but also the hairstyle has undergone a slight change.
I quickly changed into my performance clothes in the temporary dressing room, and my look immediately changed from a relatively low-key look to a much more flamboyant one.
The silver performance costume with diamonds is worn underneath a white hollow translucent T. Her blond hair, which was originally smooth, was now curled up by the curling iron.
With this look, Jiang Yuan and Louis took to the stage together.
When the lights dimmed, Jiang Yuan and the two began to perform.
The arrangements and everything were all the versions used in the previous concerts, and even the stage animations, Jiang Yuan directly copied the versions used in the concerts.
The song "STAY" successfully heated up the atmosphere at the scene.
As one of the singers in the chorus, Louis jumped directly to the audience, pulling many singers to dance together.
Then after the performance ended, Louis sat directly back in his seat and handed the stage to Jiang Yuan to continue the performance.
After the song ended, the audience was still applauding, and then "Sugar" was sung again at the IMA.
