The list of the top ten hot songs released by Tencent Music Entertainment recently showed a list of completely different list details from our imagination: the songs on the list are "Cloud and Sea", "White Moonlight and Cinnabar Mole", and "Gossip about the Prodigal Son". , If you don’t follow short video songs, you don’t even know what these songs are.
For a time, there was a rumors on the Internet that "the Chinese music scene has regressed."
Coincidentally, the "Top 100 Hottest Songs in Mainland China 2021" released by APPLE MUSIC also shows that Jay Chou's songs exceed half.
For nearly 20 years, it seems that the Chinese music scene has not yet found a successor to Jay Chou. This can't help but make people think: Has the Chinese music scene really regressed?
On December 15th, the "2021 Hall of Fame Annual Humanities List" selection activity sponsored by Cover News and West China Metropolis Daily was officially launched.
On December 28, the annual music chart will be officially released.
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Which music events do you remember in 2021?
Just after New Year's Day in 2021, the music circle ushered in the first "crit": On January 5, Xiami Music announced that it would officially shut down in March, arousing the memory of the entire network.
Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat "shrimp".
As the spiritual habitat of countless people, Xiami finally fell in the copyright dispute of major music platforms.
On February 3, Zhao Yingjun, the musician who sang "The King called me to patrol the mountain", died of illness at the age of 43.
Just before his death, the movie of the same name in which he sang the theme song "Send You A Little Red Flower" has just been released.
In March, "Shanhe Ling" swept the Internet, starring Gong Jun and became popular overnight.
During a live broadcast, Gong Junqing sang the online song "I love you so much", which was ridiculed by fans as "the tone is not complete".
Among them, the phrase "love you woohu" went out of the circle and triggered the "Gong Jun battle" between Wuhu, Anhui (homonymous "woohu") and Chengdu, Sichuan.
The grassroots singer Pang Mailang, who quickly became popular due to "My Skate Shoes", was admitted to a mental hospital by his agent, and his absurd history of fame and the story behind it once again appeared in the public eye.
It is worth pondering whether the fame made him or ruined him.
In May, the copyright dispute between Wu Qingfeng, lead singer of the leading Chinese music band Sodagreen, and his former agent was aroused.
I can’t sing my own songs, and the dispute over the copyright of the songs has caused heated public opinion.
At the same time, Zhang Wei, Deng Ziqi, Tian Fuzhen, and even the international queen Taylor Swift were caught in such problems.
On July 24, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a decision to order Tencent to lift the exclusive copyright of online music and other penalties.
Subsequently, head music platforms such as QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music began to share resources.
The era when the core exclusive copyright was once monopolized is passing, and the word "exclusive" is slowly disappearing.
This also means that the music of popular singers such as "Jay Chou" and "Mayday" will appear on multiple platforms.
In the August Olympic month, a magical brainwashing divine tune occupying the hot search on all major platforms-"Ping Pong Pong is Unparalleled in the World", the song is collectively sung by the members of the national table tennis team, and most of them are not good at singing.
In addition, the lyrics are convoluted and the tune is very rhythmic, which forms a strong contrast with the players and spreads rapidly on the Internet.
TFBOYS, which debuted for 8 years, cancelled the concert for the first time this year, which caused dissatisfaction among fans.
This is the first time that the three members have cancelled a combined concert since they formed a group. Even in 2020, when the epidemic is the worst, the combined concert will be held online.
For a while, there have been hot discussions on the Internet, and I don't know if the 10th anniversary debut concert can still be held.
Four months after Cai Xukun's new album "Fans" went on sale, there are still 6 songs yet to be released.
The term "song on credit" spread like wildfire, arousing criticism and discussion across the Internet.
Critics believe that "sing on credit" means cutting fans and leeks and malicious marketing.
But fans and some musicians in the circle think this is a normal way of making albums.
Multi-party discussion has also triggered discussion again: Has today's popular music entered the age of "enclosure and self-advanced" fans?
At the end of the year, a warm "Mohe Dance Hall" evoked popular memories. The simple and touching emotions touched thousands of people, making the song played 2.9 billion times on Douyin, and Mohe, the northernmost town in China, also entered. The public eye.
In 2021, is the Chinese music scene really "finished"?
There is no doubt that the overall performance of the Chinese music scene has been poor in recent years.
This is the common feeling expressed by many music producers to West China Metropolis Daily and cover news reporters.
Earlier, singer Yang Kun once said: The Chinese music scene has gone backwards for ten years.
Not long ago, he made another comment on Weibo: I suddenly found out that I was wrong, too conservative.
It is true that in recent years, it is difficult for us to hear a popular song that is widely sung and truly popular.
Yu Dumiao, the founder of Da Yu Culture, who is deeply involved in the production of current popular music, sighed to reporters: The most profound impression in the music circle throughout the year is probably that netizens urge Jay Chou's new songs, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
The marketization of the use of short videos has also brought about profound changes in the carrier of music dissemination.
If we look at the data, we can find that most of the most popular songs are now popular with short videos.
This change has also led many singers to try to release new songs on short video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou.
15-second, 30-second song fragments became popular, and people seemed to have no more patience to listen to a complete song.
"So the ten hot songs released by Tencent, you don't know what the title is. Netizens think it is absurd, but if you play the clip, most of them have heard it and it is really popular." Yu Damiao said.
Such changes have brought pros and cons at the same time.
The positive side is that it does increase the spread of the song, and it also poses a positive challenge to song production.
But the bad side is also obvious: fragmented dissemination will inevitably affect the complete song creation with texture.
On the other hand, some musicians also believe that the "Internet songs" that are widely broadcast and spread on the platform do not represent the Chinese music scene. They are more like BGM (background music) for short video services. Although these songs are clicked High, but the quality and value are completely beyond consideration.
And another more serious impact on the music world, in the eyes of professional musicians, may also have an impact on the fan economy.
"The Chinese music scene has long since disappeared. Now there is only the entertainment industry." Of course, Xiao Zhan’s "Light Spot" can break the sales history of the Chinese music scene. Lacking.
"Speaking of the end of the Chinese music scene, this is not enough, but the quality of music is indeed decreasing." Yu Damiao said, but this is not entirely a bad thing.
The hot search on this topic proves that it has aroused public reflection, and it will inevitably bring a series of reflections from producers and singers.
"I believe this is a process worth waiting for. In the next two years, Chinese music will definitely improve."
West China Metropolis Daily-Cover News Reporter Xu Yuyang