Chapter 225 "Fantasy" is released and the new god ascends the throne!

December 12, 1 noon.

"Fantasy" is officially released.

During the pre-sale period, the number of reservations for "Fantasy" exceeded 1000 million.

After its official release, the album quickly topped the digital album sales chart in just 15 minutes, with nearly one million people listening to "Love in BC" online at the same time.

On ZZ Music platform.

The top three on the rising charts are: "Love in BC", "Simple Love", and "Nunchucks"

The top three on the hot list are: "Quiet", "Can't Open Your Mouth", and "Simple Love"

The top three new songs are: "Love Before BC", "Can't Open Your Mouth", and "Simple Love"

The top three in the popularity index are: "Love in BC", "Nunchucks", and "Simple Love"

Without exception, every song is Cheng Cheng's!
The MV of the album "Love in BC" was released simultaneously with the song at 11 noon on November 1, and the number of views on the Douyin platform exceeded 12 million in 3 hours.

On ZZ Music, the MV broke the record for total MV playback, total sharing, total comments, and 10 million certification time in a single day.

At the same time, the release of "Fantasy" also sparked widespread discussion on social media.

On Weibo, there are nearly 20 hot searches related to the album, including #Love in BC is so beautiful#, #Cheng Cheng's Love in BC MV premiere#, #Cheng Cheng's new song#, #Cheng Cheng's passerby's disk#, #Cheng Cheng YYDS#, #Fantasy God Album#, #Is Cheng Cheng's unclear pronunciation intentional#, etc. The real-time dynamics are full of users sharing the new songs.

As of 12 p.m. on December 1, in just one hour, Cheng Cheng's digital album "Fantasy" sold more than 11 million copies, with each album priced at 110 yuan, and total sales reaching 15 million yuan.

Major news and music websites have reported in detail on the album's release:
"Making history! Cheng Cheng's first album "Fantasy" breaks the world's fastest record of breaking 10 million!"

"Record-breaking! Cheng Cheng's "Fantasy" is online, Yan Gou'er appears in the MV, and multiple platforms are busy"

"Sung Cheng's "Fantasy" was released within one hour and he made tens of millions of dollars. He is indeed the new god of Chinese entertainment!"

"This Moment is Eternal: Cheng Cheng's "Fantasy" is officially released, and the record of the Chinese music scene should be broken!"

"Have you listened to Cheng Cheng's first album "Fantasy"? Netizens highly praised: He is the king of music!!!"

"Fantasy" sold for 15 yuan, with an average of 1.5 copies sold per song. The ultra-low price was praised by netizens as a conscience. Whose face was slapped?"

Weibo:

"Whose bows and arrows belonged to the priests of the temples?

I like the picture of you belonging to me alone in the crowd.

Passing by the Sumerian goddess, I made a wish in her name.

Longing spreads like the Tigris River, when only the incomprehensible language remains of the ancient civilization.

The legend has become an immortal poem.

The lyrics of "Love Before the Common Era" are so beautiful!!! I am intoxicated!"

"Cheng Cheng is really talented. He has never had a bottleneck in his creation!"

"He deserves the title of Tianxia's No.1 talent!!!"

"All the songs were written and composed by Cheng Cheng. I listened to them all in an hour. Can I say I cried?! They are so so so good!!! There is not a single bad song! No!!!"

“Cheng Cheng put all his best songs in this album!”

“The only feeling I had after listening to this was that the Chinese entertainment industry is saved!”

"After this album is released, I dare say that no one in the Chinese music scene can replace him!"

“In ‘Love Before the Christian Era’, I felt like I was singing history for the first time!”

"Dad, I'm Back", that "Ni Zou Kai" made me laugh out of my sad mood..."

“Wow, I feel like there’s something new on this album!!!! But I can’t tell what it is!”

“The piano part in the middle of “Nunchucks” is really cool, although I didn’t hear any a cappella singing~”

"In this album, Frog created a new singing style with unclear pronunciation, but it is inexplicably very moving!"

"This is the unrivalled talent of Cheng Cheng!!!"

Station B, "Love in BC" MV.

Barrage:

[Major event that shook the Chinese music scene]

[Album sales will soon exceed 10 million]

[One hundred million times more]

[It’s over, it’s over, it’s over]

[The prelude is so nice]

【Music Emperor】

【One million photo】

[Can I say that the MV was shot so well that I couldn’t even listen to the song the first time? ]

[Awesome! The lyrics all rhyme like an]

[Eternity is engraved in cuneiform... Every line of the lyrics is full of classics]

【God’s Voice】

[Can you imagine that Frog is only in his early 20s? He is really talented! ]

[Who would have thought that the song could be sung like this]

[I have goosebumps all over my body! I am amazed at the creation of the lyrics and music! ]

[Yan Gou'er is so beautiful! I love them both so much! ]

Comment area:
"Cheng Cheng is truly the best thing that has happened to the Chinese music scene in the past 100 years!!! You will hardly find another musician who is so versatile, so talented, whose creations are so close to the public, and who can achieve such success in the pop music field!"

"After listening to the piano prelude, I feel that Cheng Cheng is worthy of being the god of Chinese music. Congratulations on the ascension of the new god!!!"

“He’s a living legend!”

"Brilliant!"

"father!"

“Succinct and to the point!”

"The singing is average. My evaluation is not as good as the next one."

"The knife is not contained."

"13 minutes have passed and they still haven't released a new album. Even the donkeys in the production team wouldn't dare to take a break like this."

"Okay, this is an old song. When will the new song come out?"

“The God who looks down upon the Chinese music scene!!!”

"Fantasy" has been online for more than an hour and has been praised overwhelmingly on the Chinese Internet, but the reviews from music critics have not yet come out.

The current Internet environment is like this. In this age where marketing is more important than quality, whether it is a movie, album, song, TV series, variety show... the real evaluation is often lagging behind.

Especially for an artist of Cheng Cheng's size and level, it is almost impossible to see large-scale negative reviews when the work is just released, because there are too many interests involved, and the platform and distributor will not allow such reviews to exist.

In addition, with the large fan base, there are many people who praise the song with their eyes closed. Therefore, the current online praise cannot prove the quality of the song, but only shows that Cheng Cheng has a strong appeal.

Finally, two hours after "Fantasy" was released, Rong Pei, a well-known music critic in the circle, published a music review.

Rong Pei is a die-hard fan of Cheng Cheng, but there is one weird thing about him: the more fans he is of someone, the harsher he scolds that person.

Because he felt that there were so many people praising him that he didn't need another one to flatter them, and he believed in the power of criticism. He felt that he had an obligation to let the musicians he admired hear the most authentic voices.

Even if this real voice is harsh.

But after listening to "Fantasy", he found that he couldn't criticize it!
Can't spray at all!!!
In this album, every song is nice to listen to, every song has an attitude and something to express!

He posted a music review of "Fantasy" on Weibo using his 300 million followers Weibo account.

[After listening to Cheng Cheng's "Fantasy", I will first draw a conclusion:
"Fantasy" will become the most famous album in the Chinese music scene in the new millennium!!!
I personally believe that there are several criteria for judging the value of an album, with the difficulty gradually increasing:

1: Ensure the quality of every song in the album, at least the quality of most of the songs, and at the same time have a certain musicality.

2: Some of the outstanding and personalized content in the album forms the personal style of the singer/musician.

3. Certain technical aspects can represent the extremely high level of music in a certain time and region, and be recognized by authoritative awards;

Fourth: It has had a profound impact on the music market and the aesthetic preferences of the audience, and has been imitated by a large number of practitioners;
5. It has opened up an unknown area of ​​popular music, or it has improved and redefined a certain musical style, being ahead of its time and becoming a benchmark.

The album that can achieve all five of the above is the ultimate god album!!!
The third and fourth points will take time to verify, but Cheng Cheng has undoubtedly achieved points one, two and five.

1. Love in BC

The guitar loop suddenly changes from being played out loud and runs through to the end... The interlude pauses and changes key, and the main song ends with a faint rap, contributing an excellent god-level bridge, pushing it from the peak to a higher level, and finally ending with the theme, leaving a lingering feeling.

8.8/10.0
2. Dad, I'm Back

The sound of thunder and rain first exaggerates the terrifying atmosphere of domestic violence... The elements are rich and reasonable, the arrangement is better than the composition, and the lyrics are written by myself with realistic thinking - anti-domestic violence, I was immediately distracted when I heard the word "Ni Zou Kai"!

8.4/10.0
3. Simple Love

Rhythmic R&B, the triangle continues to match the drums, and the addition of harmony makes the whole song seem not so simple. The song is as its name suggests, but it is more than just its name. It is the song that best suits the public's aesthetic taste and is expected to become a big hit.

7.4/10.0
4. Ninja

Japanese exotic style, a loop runs through the end, ... the interlude flute sound embellished with some electronic game percussion sound effects is very immersive, and finally ends with a funny yo melodious, it is really a good work
8.0/10.0
5. "Can't Open Your Mouth" The guitar is played in the roaring environment of the launch cabin... The chorus is joined by magnificent strings, and the interlude continues to advance, and finally ends with the string staccato under the roar. It is a great pop love song.

7.8/10.0
6. The Magic City in

This is probably the shortest prelude in the entire album, opening with a roll cymbal... The grand wind music that appears in the interlude symbolizes the extraordinary nature of the story, and it ends with a multi-track harmony of the chorus and harmony, which is thought-provoking.

The sense of history and nostalgia invisibly brings the entire song to a higher level.

8.2/10.0
7. Sorry

The opening guitar loop is very catchy...and it ends with a multi-track harmony, which is a very good R&B.

7.8/10.0
8. William Castle

The chirping of cicadas and the sound of bells first create an eerie atmosphere in the castle. In this environment, the organ loop appears, making it luxurious, and the harmony at the end of the sentence is just the right embellishment...

8.0/10.0
9. Nunchucks

The frenetic electric guitar and percussion are contrary to the impression of R&B. The call & response of the pre-chorus and the chorus are very powerful. The addition of the erhu is seamless. The sudden insertion of a piano piece is a stroke of genius. There is also an unexpected high-level pause at the end, which buffers the enthusiasm. The whole piece is full of wild imagination.

Cheng Cheng's first new metal song is so damn good!!!

9.0/10.0
10. Quiet

The piano plays the base, the strings push forward, and the last few powerful drum beats push it to the top, successfully venting! It is also predicted to be a big hit!

7.4/10.0
Judging from the melody of the entire album alone, there are love songs with catchy melodies that are not out of date, such as "Can't Open Your Mouth", "Simple Love", "Love in BC" and "Quiet".

From the perspective of musicality alone, "Nunchucks" and "Ninja" are so imaginative that they are groundbreaking! "William Castle" incorporates classical Baroque string accompaniment and band and Spanish-style string performances; "Sorry" uses a lot of legato singing to successfully break through the limitation of emphasizing correct pronunciation.

From a critical perspective, there are songs like "Dad, I'm Back" about domestic violence.

This album, just like its name Fantasy, directly displays Cheng Cheng's whimsical imagination.

Every song in the entire album can be used as a hit song, and it is no problem to use it to dominate the Chinese music scene! ]
"major!"

“I already thought it was awesome, and after listening to the analysis, it feels even more awesome!”

"Cheng Cheng's album has broadened the boundaries of mainland pop music!"

"The scoring is a bit strict. In my mind, this album is close to a perfect score."

"It's hard to hold "Simple Love" at 7.4 points. It feels like you are praising it openly and criticizing it secretly. No matter from which angle you look at the creation of "Simple Love", this song reveals a sense of simplicity from complexity. A rating of 8.5 is definitely not an exaggeration."

"It's OK. Those who are familiar with this competition know that it is very strict in giving scores. Can you believe that "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" only scored 9 points?"

"The album "Fantasy" meets all the requirements of a masterpiece and has far surpassed the threshold of a masterpiece. There is almost no reason why "Fantasy" cannot be called a masterpiece!"

Rong Pei’s music review makes people love and hate it. What you love is that he really praises Cheng Cheng, but what you hate is that the score he gave is too low!
Now, it has reached the point where not praising it strongly means not praising it at all.

But he did provide ordinary fans with a professional's perspective, allowing ordinary fans to understand what professionals think of Cheng Cheng's first album.

And the fact that Rong Pei, who is always known for her strictness, gave such an evaluation made fans feel more at ease.

Compared to Rong Pei, other music critics are much smarter and they are full of praise.

The Ear God, who is as famous as Rong Pei, commented:

[Love before the Common Era: Exotic customs + Eastern subtlety + Western trends

Dad, I'm back: anti-domestic violence + rap

Simple Love: Fresh style + catchy melody
Ninja: Mysterious Oriental + Hip Hop

Quiet: The Sad Love Song of the Spare Tire
Magic City 1943: Strong summer style + nostalgic music style

Nunchaku: The Divine Song of Creation
William Castle: Western retro style

Sorry: Apology
Can't Open Your Mouth: Catchy Melody + Sad Song

To be honest, I was very worried before the album was released, because Cheng Cheng’s previous works were mostly rock, and the few songs that became famous were all rock.

But I didn’t expect Cheng Cheng to be so awesome!
This was my first time making an R$B style album and I did it to perfection!

The ten songs in one album all have different styles. I even think that one of the reasons why Cheng Cheng made this album is to let people see how high the ceiling of the Chinese music scene is!

When a great work is created, the artist does not know that he has created an entire era of art.

————On November 2022, 11, Cheng Cheng’s first album "Fantasy" was officially released. ]
"Brother Frog is a young genius!"

“I was also the same age as when he released this album, 22 years old, so scary!!!”

"Take the 21 greatest songs in history selected by Rolling Stone for example. Most of these 24 immortal works were written by singers between the ages of 32 and , with the oldest being no older than . From this point of view, it does not quite fit the sayings of "late bloomer" or "a lot of experience and accumulation gave birth to inspiration", but is closer to the aura of young people. For pop music, God's gift is much more important than hard work."

"Cheng Cheng's debut album is so awesome!"

“A landmark album, a milestone in music history, a miracle.”

"The first album has already become a masterpiece, a masterpiece of Chinese music!"

If there is a deification ceremony for singers in this time and space, then after releasing this album, Cheng Cheng has undoubtedly completed this deification ceremony and has become a god overlooking the highest point in the Chinese music scene.

In the next few days, as the word-of-mouth of "Fantasy" spread further and more potential listeners joined in, sales continued to break records.

Within two days of its release, sales of "Fantasy" exceeded 50 million.

Five days after its launch, sales of "Fantasy" exceeded 100 million.

In the first week of its release, sales of "Fantasy" reached 1.21 million!
On social media, the popularity of "Fantasy" has not diminished, and has even continued to rise.

Fans share their feelings about listening to the songs and watching the MV on various platforms including Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, Zhihu, and Douban.

On Douban, "Fantasy" has also been rated, and it has reached 9.1 points!
On shopping platforms such as JD.com and Taobao, physical albums have become a hot item among fans due to their scarcity and collection value.

There was even a spectacular scene where a total of 60 songs, including new songs and past music works, occupied the top seats of the ZZ Music Peak Chart's Rising Chart.

Including many singers in the circle, they also spontaneously promoted Cheng Cheng's "Fantasy" on many platforms and became Cheng Cheng's fans.

Cheng Cheng has set off the Internet from many dimensions and has triggered a "Cheng Cheng Carnival".

The overseas performance is also very significant. 24 hours after the album was released, it topped the overall trend and music trend in many places such as Taiwan, Yeongdo, Serbia, Japan, and Canada on YouTube.

In the peninsula, there is also a name that has attracted everyone's attention. In fact, its influence in the peninsula is not weaker than Cheng Cheng in Tianxia. That name is——

Lin Yi!

This week, SK released four songs, namely "gee", "nobody", "TOMBOY" and "Nxde".

This person wrote the lyrics and composed the music for every song.

As soon as the songs were released, they caused a sensation in the peninsula. These four songs not only sent SK group to the top of the three charts of the hit music chart, surpassing a number of legendary third-generation and fourth-generation groups, and the fifth-generation first group AA, but also became popular abroad! They were listed on the Billboard chart!
Nowadays, SK girl group has become the new fifth-generation No. 1 girl group.

Jiang Nan also became the first on the individual list and the most popular member of the fifth generation girl group, completing the top spot.

There is no way, the four songs "gee", "nobody", "TOMBOY" and "Nxde" are just too popular!

Especially the first two songs, which were very brainwashing and directly swept countless classes of men, women, young and old on the peninsula.

Nowadays even children can sing “Jijijijiji, beibeibei”.

As the member with the best figure and the most popular face in the SK group, Jiang Nan is the most eye-catching one.

SK fans went completely crazy on the Peninsula Internet! They launched a fierce attack on AA fans:

Didn't you mock us for being a group of maids before? But not only are we not a group of maids, we have even surpassed you in performance and crushed you. What else do you have to say? !
If you are bad, practice more! If you can't afford to lose, don't play!
The name Lin Yi also attracted the attention of the Peninsula industry. They found that the name Lin Yi had appeared a year ago, and the rise of the SK girl group was closely related to this name.

Do not!
A more accurate way to put it is:
The rise of SK girl group was facilitated by the man behind the name!

It was this mysterious genius who single-handedly helped SK become the top girl group of the fifth generation.

But who is he?

No one knows!

He seemed to appear out of thin air.

Moreover, apart from writing songs for SK, he has never written songs for anyone or any group, as if he was SK's exclusive lyricist.

During the interview, Jiang Nan did not reveal any more information and was very secretive, which made "Lin Yi" even more mysterious. The media speculated that:
Some say that Lin Yi is a genius secretly cultivated by SL company, some say that he is a pseudonym of a certain great god, and there are even more outrageous ones, saying that 'Lin Yi' is one of the members of SK.

In the domestic KPOP circle, the name Lin Yi has also become popular. If it hadn't been for the release of Fantasy, he would have been even more popular, because "gee", "nobody", "TOMBOY" and "Nxde" have the potential to be popular in China, but because of the release of Fantasy, the whole network's attention was on "Fantasy", and no one paid much attention to these four songs at all.

After all, no matter how good your quality is, no matter how strong your musicality is, can it be compared with "Love in BC"? Can it be compared with "Nunchucks"?
But despite this, the four songs "gee", "nobody", "TOMBOY" and "Nxde" have caused an unprecedented craze in the domestic KPOP circle. Their discussion and popularity are almost comparable to those of Sung Jung in the mainstream music scene, but they have not broken the circle.

Some KPOP fans even compared Cheng Cheng and Lin Yi:

"To be honest, I feel that Lin Yi is not inferior to Cheng Cheng at all. Look at the influence of "gee" in the Peninsula and Europe and the United States, sweeping all major music charts. In terms of creativity and freshness, it can definitely compete with any of Cheng Cheng's hit singles."

"Lin Yi is really awesome. From "Queencard" to "SorrySorry", to "Ddu" and now "Gee" and "Nobody", his chances of producing hit songs are ridiculously high. To some extent, his achievements in K-pop are definitely comparable to Sung Cheng's achievements in the Chinese music scene!"

"Personally, I think Lin Yi is better than Cheng Cheng. It's not that Cheng Cheng is not good. After all, we can see from the B chart that KPOP is popular all over the world, but Chinese pop songs are only popular in the Chinese music scene. Few people listen to them after Tian Xia."

"The KPOP community is not small. Cheng Cheng focuses on the domestic market, but Lin Yi looks at the world."

"Now that Lin Yi has become the new golden signboard of KPOP, who wouldn't want to invite him to sing a song?"

"I don't think there's any need to compare them. Instead of arguing about who's better, it's better to say that the two of them are the East Asian twin stars. They're both very strong and both geniuses!"

Jiang Nan laughed secretly after seeing these comments.

Only she knows that Cheng Cheng and Lin Yi are the same person, and netizens are comparing them, but they are actually using their left hand to attack their right hand.

Now, she has finally become the most popular female idol in the fifth-generation girl group, and can barely stand shoulder to shoulder with her good brothers.

Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan are both respected figures in the music world of their respective countries.

(End of this chapter)