China Entertainment 2000

"Fuck! This stupid dog is talking nonsense again. What on earth does he know?!"

"He is just a curly-haired gorilla locked in a zoo, jumping up and down and eager to be fed by tourists. How can he comment on Spike?"

"Hey man, are you discriminating?"

"..."

Thanks to the fact that this rich man has always liked to jump around in various hot entertainment news to find a sense of existence, and even often makes news headlines for no reason, the Zhou Yi style that is currently starting to blow up in the United States has obviously become his target for rubbing -

It doesn't matter if he is scolded, he has plenty of money.

He only wants a reputation, to make himself familiar with the news, and to develop himself in the direction of "known to everyone" as much as possible.

As for why he rubbed Zhou Yi...

It's mainly because the end of the year has arrived.

2003 is an extraordinary year for the American music scene, and even the entire European and American music scene.

First, the reputation of Michael Jackson, the world's No. 1 king, continued to decline, and this year, under the superposition of various unfavorable factors both inside and outside the venue, he completely lost the public opinion reputation that was 50-50 with the scandal;

Later, Madonna, who was known as the world's No. 1 female queen, had a huge and highly anticipated new album, which was a Waterloo in sales. Not to mention that she was defeated head-on by Zhou Yi, she was even beaten to the ground by the rising stars, and the reputation of the album in the art market plummeted.

Other top queens of the previous generation, such as Mariah Carey, also appeared strangely, with their exposure obviously not much reduced, but their popularity has been declining again and again, and a new generation of singers began to eat at the table.

Among them, Beyonce, who went solo from the group Destiny's Child, 50 Cent, who was humiliated by Zhou Yi, Linkin Park, who has become a rock band, and Avril, the punk little witch from Canada, can be called the four most popular kings in the European and American music scene this year.

Above these four kings is Zhou Yi, who single-handedly broke through the entire American music scene. His popularity also rose from the epic battle of Billboard's first album and five singles.

Among the four kings, only Beyoncé was not defeated by Zhou Yi because her album was not released in time, so she became the only survivor.

In this case, when the major authoritative music magazines in the United States conducted the selection at the end of the year, Zhou Yi's horror was naturally remembered again. 50 Cent, who had finally survived, became a laughing stock again and was rewritten into jokes by many talk shows that are good at capturing hot spots.

With high discussion, Zhou Yi's popularity naturally increased.

Especially after various year-end summaries were released this month.

"Following the pop album "The Attitude Show", Spike, who entered the rock circle, delivered another masterpiece this year, "Forever Young", which can be called a legendary rock album. This is an album that takes into account both connotation and market, and Spike himself has deeply implemented the rock spirit that shines like gold..."

This is the review written by the authoritative American music review organization and music website PITCHFORK for Zhou Yi's album. The words are full of its usual style of daring to say, directly prefixed with legend, and rarely gave "Forever Young" a super high score of 10/10.

As a company that was only established in 1995, but has rapidly grown into the most authoritative music review website in the United States and even Europe and the United States because of its independence, PITCHFORK has always preferred independent musicians and even so-called artistic albums.

They only gave a 7-point evaluation to Zhou Yi's last album "The Attitude Show", but this year's "Forever Young" turned the tide and made them give it a full score of 10 points in this year's year-end summary.

They praised his actions of carrying the banner of anti-racism and believed that he would lead the trend and background of rock songs in the new era.

The old music magazine "Rolling Stone" directly gave a 5/5 full star rating, and directly ranked Zhou Yi's "Forever Young" first in the annual 50 best albums list in the year-end special issue "2003 Yearbook".

What made the American music and even the industry even more excited was that Rolling Stone not only ranked Zhou Yi's album first in the 2003 annual album, but also ranked it in its own "The Greatest 500 Albums" list.

At the beginning of the 21st century, "Rolling Stone" magazine began to prepare for the ranking of "The Greatest 500 Albums", and it was not until the end of this year that it was finally completed and this version of the ranking was made.

Countless ancient gods, mythical beasts and even pioneering music pioneers are shining on this list, and on this list that often dominated the 1960s and 1970s and competed in the 1980s and 1990s, the albums on the list after the new century are pitifully few.

Zhou Yi, however, managed to get into the list with only one album, "Forever Young", but he was not the last one, ranking at 254th.

In comparison, Zhou Yi's rival Eminem was also selected into the Rolling Stone 500 Albums, and the album on the list was his 1 Slim Shady LP, ranked at 273rd.

This decision directly caused a great earthquake in the global music industry.

“Pop music has always been dominated by American music, but now, an Asian, a Chinese, has torn off the cloak of racial discrimination with angry rock and roll, and has opened up our so-called open but actually closed music scene.

“This is a miracle.

“There is not a single song in the entire album that has been criticized, and the depth of the album content perfectly retrieves the gradually disappearing rock connotation.

“To this day, every song in this album has achieved an extremely terrifying popularity, and it can be called the strongest rock album in the 21st century. I can even say that there is no other, and Spike himself will never be able to surpass it.

"Spike's terrifying talent seems inexhaustible, as if God grabbed his hand and wrote this magical "Forever Young".

"He is like a child of God, a treasure given by God to the world music scene, and a person favored by God..."

Knowing that putting Zhouyi in the top 500 albums would definitely cause a lot of controversy, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Rolling Stone" magazine took the initiative to publish an explanation of the editorial department's unified decision on his personal blog. The title cited caused an uproar in the American public opinion circle!

Son of God!

"Fuck! Old man! How much money did Warner give you to make you speak so unconscionably? ! Spike doesn't even believe in God!"

"So irritable? Are you an Eminem fan? Or a 50 Cent fan? Spike once said that I am the only one under God. Have you all forgotten it? ! "

"I am not a fan of anyone, I am a believer! And that statement is not evidence of Spike's arrogance? When did it become proof of being the son of God? ”

“A passerby sits at the same table with a dog.”

“*****!”

Because the year-end of the American music scene has come to an end, the public opinion in the British and American music scene is almost in a mess.

PITCHFORK: 10/10

Rolling Stone: 5/5

Mojo (a long-established British music magazine): 4/5

Billboard200: T1 (21 weeks)

RC: D

Although the well-known and authoritative music critic RC unexpectedly gave it a D, this did not prevent Zhou Yi’s album from winning a great victory in word of mouth and business, and its popularity exploded after it was selected into the top 500 albums.

In Japan, when the results of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums list came out, the Japanese music scene, which was already selling Zhou Yi’s new Chinese album, unexpectedly saw another wave of Zhou Yi fever. The characteristic of worshipping the strong broke out again after this news came out, and Zhou Yi gained a group of passers-by who turned into fans——

“Si Guoyi!”

“Sparasi! ”

Surprised exclamations and compliments were heard everywhere, and the gold content of the "Son of Rock" leaked by Fuji TV in the past has risen again-

"Didn't you see that Americans call Zhou Yijun the Son of God? !"

"We say we can brag, but Americans are not better than us when it comes to bragging?"

"If you can do it, go ahead! Go to the United States and convince the Americans to put your album on the list of the world's top 500 albums, okay?"

"We are still being conservative. Americans call him the Son of God, so we can only call him the Son of Rock. We still lack imagination..."