Everyone has a mindset problem.

  In normal social interactions, everyone will pay attention to the first impression, and they are all concerned about this first impression. Because once the first impression is formed, it is often difficult to change.

  In the film and television industry, if you are recognized by everyone as a powerful actor when you first start out, then even if you go on to make many commercial films later on, or even have a few box office flops, people will still subconsciously think of you as a powerful actor. But if you debut and are recognized by everyone as a flower vase, whether male or female, then no matter how hard you work for many years, honing your acting skills and performing in numerous art-house films, the label of being a flower vase will be very difficult to shake off.

  For example, from a big red vase to finally becoming a recognized powerful actor, Zhang Manyu spent more than a decade, Charlize Theron also spent over a decade, while Andy Lau has been unrecognized for decades despite winning several Best Actor awards. And Leonardo... anyway, until Li Qian arrived in this time and space, he still couldn't get the Oscar statuette.

  This rule also applies in the pop music scene.

  Britney Spears is back in the spotlight, but the Grammys still don't welcome her because she's been considered to have no singing skills since her debut, at least not artistic enough. On the other hand, Adele's albums sell well too, but she was considered "music with soul" from the start of her career, so she makes a lot of money commercially and is also treasured by the Grammys.

  To make an analogy, in the current domestic music scene, Liao's status is similar to Adele's in a certain era, and Wu Xing Yu Su's situation is somewhat similar to Britney's in the art world.

  So, Liao Liao is a force to be reckoned with, and has been since his debut.

  So, although her album sales are also not low and can be classified as a singer who has achieved success commercially, but within the music circle, the evaluation of her is always quite high.

  On the other hand, Wu Suo is also known as an idol group since their debut and until they were widely recognized by fans across the country with "Sisters Stand Up". They still are.

  Although Li Qian also tried his best to suppress the rhythm of the entire album and enhance the overall momentum, he didn't hesitate to "waste" the song "See You Off" on them. However, it was all in vain. The album was a success, well-received and sold well in the market, but within the music circle, many people looked down on this bouncy group composed of five girls.

  So, for the market and fans, when the three major female voices start to compete, everyone's expectations for the three new albums will definitely be high, with Wu Mochou at the top of the list. Liao Liao may surpass He Ruyi by a line or two, but not by much.

  However, for the music circle itself, everyone's expectation of Liao Liao's new album "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" is enough to leave Wu Xing Wu Su and He Runqing far behind by several streets!

  And even in the midst of fans' expectations, if we talk about quantity, Wu Xing Su would undoubtedly occupy the first position without dispute. However, when it comes to the quality of expectations, Liao Liao is still enough to crush He Runying, who has not changed his tune for many years, and Wu Xing Su, who is classified as an idol.

  Three album press conferences and the release of the first single were held at almost the same time, with a difference of only four days at most, but the listing date was delayed for the longest time.

  A lead single was released just a little over a month before the album, perhaps for most singers. Even pirated versions came out, and everyone had already gotten tired of listening to this song from pirated sources. So, this so-called first lead single has basically been wasted, at least it can't play a role in promoting the entire album.

  But for Liao Liao, an absolute force to be reckoned with, this is not a problem at all.

  Especially when she, a powerful singer, encountered an absolutely classic good song, it was even less of a problem.

  Even so, Sony invested NT$1.2 million to promote He Ruyun's new album, but later the situation became more severe and this number was doubled to a staggering NT$2.4 million. Hua Ge Records prepared NT$1.5 million for Wu Su's new album, while Long Sheng Records only allocated NT$600,000 for Liao Liao's new album... still no problem!

  Just on the second day after the official release of "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" album, Wednesday, China Radio's Golden Chart was released, which explained everything.

  After the continuous rise in popularity over the past two or three weeks, "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu" which was not yet released at that time, suddenly topped the chart this week!

  And on this day, the Artist Weekly went public with another headline commentary signed by Xie Jinshun - "This is what we call Chinese style!"

  "...Chinese-style songs are very popular recently, many singers release albums and promote certain Chinese-style songs in their albums. But I want to ask, do you know what Chinese style is? Is Chinese style just filling some elegant words with four or six characters? Is Chinese style just composing a song with the flavor of Peking Opera? Honestly, I can only shake my head. In my understanding, so-called Chinese style, the most important thing is that unique emotional resonance inherited from the classical culture of the Chinese nation! Without this emotional resonance, no matter how elegant your lyrics are, no matter how much your melody follows the Peking Opera style, you don't have the qualification to be called Chinese style!"

  "So the question arises, what is Chinese style? Or rather, what is good Chinese style? In my opinion, among the so-called Chinese-style songs that have appeared on the market, only about three and a half are worthy of being called by this name. The half refers to the song "Ice Sugar Gourd" from Zhang's album "Five Lines I Am", and the reason it can only be counted as half is because although the emotional connotation of this song is quite authentic, the lyrics are not elegant or refined enough."

  "The refreshing elegance of 'Half a Jar of Silk', and the subtle Zen meaning conveyed in this song, can be counted as one. Although 'Unfinished Love' is also biased towards Peking Opera style, its implicit and unspoken emotions are absolutely unique, and it can also be counted as one. The last one is the purpose of writing this article today, that is, Liao Lianxin's newly released 'Tao Sheng Yi Jiou'! From now on, if someone asks what Chinese style is, I will tell him to go listen to 'Tao Sheng Yi Jiou', that is Chinese style! If someone says their work is Chinese style, I will tell him to go listen to 'Tao Sheng Yi Jiou', that's what Chinese style is!"

  As for Xie Jinshun's status in the Jianghu, once he speaks, it becomes a settled theory!

  Moreover, it seems to be echoing his "three and a half" argument in this issue of China's Voice Golden Oldies. In addition to the sudden rise of "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou", some things that were initially difficult to understand but became clear after reading this article also occurred.

  Because, "Unfinished Love" is back!

  The album "Liao Liao" has been on the market for over ten months. As time passes, and with new songs constantly emerging, before the three major female vocalists declared war, all the other songs from her previous album, except for "Zhí Zhuó", have already fallen off the charts, like "Wèi Liǎo Qíng" which has been off the charts for almost half a year.

  However, now that "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu" is getting increasingly popular, this album still hasn't been released yet. While everyone was waiting for Liao Liang's new songs, it seems like they've all gone back to thinking about the feeling they had when listening to his previous album. As a result, first "_Gan Bei, Peng You_" returned to the top of the music charts, and now, another Chinese-style song "_Wei Liao Qing_", which is more similar in style to "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu", has also made its comeback!

  Although "Unfinished Love" only ranked ninth, which is a mediocre ranking, it's worth noting that for the vast majority of singers, having one song on the chart already represents great success. Moreover, even for top-tier singers like Liu Mingliang, Hu Yang, Zhen Zhen, He Runqing, and Liao Liao, they can only dominate the charts for a short period when their new album is first released. However, to still be on the chart almost a year after release is an extremely difficult, if not impossible, feat.

  And now, before the album "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" was released, just releasing the song "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" for promotional play on major radio stations has already allowed Liao Liao to regain his momentum of having four songs charting at the same time!

  "Sound of Waves Remains", First Place.

  "Obsession", third name.

  "Cheers, Friends", seventh place.

  "Unfinished Love", Ninth Name.

  For a time, the entire domestic music scene was shocked and turned its attention to this matter.

  And just on this list, the new album's title song "Let Me Fly" by Wu Yifan, which was still in third place last week, unexpectedly dropped directly to sixth place!

  On the contrary, "Sisters Stand Up" has always been a hit among young people, and despite being sandwiched by several songs by Liao Liang on this week's chart, it still sits firmly in second place, continuously showcasing its strong strength!

  Moreover, if it's just the song "Let Me Fly" ranking down, perhaps it can't explain anything. After all, for most songs, they will be on the chart and even surge in popularity during the first few weeks after release, and then the heat of the single song will decrease, and the ranking will slowly decline, which is a normal phenomenon. On the contrary, it's like "Obsessed" occupying the chart for nearly a year, or "Sisters Stand Up" occupying more than half a year with still plenty of momentum left, that's what's abnormal.

  The current problem is that the album "Let Me Fly" was officially released nationwide last week, and all ten songs on the entire album have been met with fans and listeners. However, in this period's Golden Melody Chart top 10, except for the title track "Let Me Fly", not a single song from the album made it onto the chart!

  If the ranking of "Let Me Fly" falling cannot explain anything, then the overall poor performance of the entire album, in the eyes of professionals, undoubtedly explains that there is a problem with the overall quality of this album.

  And it's a very serious problem!

  In short, due to the pre-publicity and hype, because of the great momentum of the three major female vocalists' battle, and also because of the nationwide fans' expectation for Wu Xu's new album following the previous one "Sisters Stand Up", "Let Me Fly" easily topped the charts regardless of its quality. However, when fans really got their hands on the whole album, they might not be disappointed, but at least they found that this album did not completely meet their expected value.

  You are the Five Elements, you sang "Sisters Stand Up", "Happy Baby", and also sang "The Breakup Frontline Alliance", "Ice Sugar Gourd", "Love Bird" and "Farewell". Your new album, if it's just okay, how can that be enough?

  Not to mention excitement, it didn't even ignite at all!

  So, "Let Me Fly" didn't show any strong performance at all, and after just a few weeks, the ranking started to decline, completely lacking the strength and resilience that "Sisters Stand Up" should have had.

  So, except for this song, none of the songs on the entire album made it onto the charts!

  Moreover, it is slightly ironic that although the performance of this new album "Wu Xing Wu Su" does not seem to be very strong, on this week's chart, except for "Sister Stand Up" still ranking second, and "Love Bird" ranked tenth but still on the chart, I don't know if fans are too disappointed with this album or too nostalgic for their previous one, or maybe it was influenced by the super popular Chinese style song "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou", anyway, "Ice Sugar Gourd" and "Unfinished Love" have both returned to the chart after a long time!

  This led to a very strange thing: the new album of Wu Su, which had been released for some time, did not have any songs on the Golden Melody charts except for "Let Me Fly", which was pre-released as the title track. On the other hand, three songs from their previous album, which was released half a year ago, suddenly re-entered the charts at the same time!

  Of course, perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Wu Yusen and Liao Liao, who both have four songs on the chart, are equally impressive. The two of them together occupy eight seats in the top ten of the Golden Melody Chart, compared to He Runkai, who also has a new album out but only one new song "Si Shu Zhu" on the chart, they are really too strong.

  But...that's just an outsider's opinion!

  In the eyes of insiders who have studied album sales, only one pre-released title track can trigger a trend in the music scene and even directly or indirectly affect several seats in the top ten of the Golden Melody Chart, "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" is truly powerful!

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