Alexander Song, whose stage name is APLUS, has Chinese and African ancestry. He sprang up in Chicago in 1990 and is known for his talent and changeable style.
A second-hand shop for rap songs composed by him and co-authored lyrics with Lori II, currently has triple platinum sales. Later, he composed an equal rights song to De Klerk, which was sung by Milla Jovovich. This single created double platinum sales in North America, and its overseas sales momentum was also very gratifying.
At the end of the year, after signing with Columbia Records, the debut single Ifeelitcoming, which took over the lyrics, music and singing, dropped to 15th place in the first week of its release. This single was deeply popular with its innovative style combining retro singing and electronic music. The praise of music critics and radio DJs, the on-demand rate of all major radio stations in the country is currently high, and the stamina is full.
Chicago 1990 Chapter 77: Go hole
There are too many benefits for the airborne bulletin board list. Young people and music fans who follow the trend will buy singles because of curiosity. Even if the radio DJ confiscates the money, they have to comment on it. The cool music critics and Paper media have to start talking about and analyzing the style of lyrics and music, no matter whether it is good or bad, they have to give an attitude, which invisibly greatly increases the exposure, and it is free.
Ifeelitcoming's sales increase in the next week is predictable. Sales are one of the calculation weights of the bulletin board singles chart, which in turn can help to make the chart. In addition, Columbia Records has been continuously investing in regular promotion, and the entire project has entered The positive cycle.
DJ helped to make the list, and the list drove sales and media attention, which in turn encouraged Columbia Records to increase its publicity, and then several weighting directions worked together, and the list position continued to rise, driving more sales and attention...
very perfect.
and it became famous, and the rest of the promotional itinerary can start to make money. Many local nightclubs and bars have contacted Hayden.
"You pick a higher price, safer, and schedule it."
Song Ya now needs some extra cash income to smooth out the accounts for the bribes that are constantly being sent to black DJs everywhere.
Hai registered, "Okay, but if you don't really sing in those places, you will be beaten?" He laughed.
"It doesn't matter if you really sing. There are no cameras in those places. If you sing it overturned, you are not afraid of being left with evidence. At most, your reputation is a bit bad." Song Ya heard a lot of knowledge about acupuncture points from Tony.
"You should add some staff, an assistant or manager, at least one." Hayden suggested, "It's best if you can eat it in a nightclub, otherwise you will have to pay for it after the show."
"Ok."
Song Ya knew that there was not enough manpower on his side, and Tony was the best, but he and the'silencer' came back to Little Lorraine after a week of help. Al's personality is too awkward to do that kind of thing. Hayden and Dyley were even more troubled by the white men, and besides, they still had a lot of things to do.
"Forget the manager, I can do it myself, the assistant can find one, but..."
The manager is to be divided according to the income like the broker. Song Ya does not want to bleed. He knows in his heart that the assistant is a close person, and when it comes to collecting cash from nightclubs and other places, he must be absolutely trusted, except for Tony. , He couldn't think of any good candidates. Unfortunately, Tony is loyal to Lori.
"How about Tyron?" Al interjected.
"do not……"
Song Ya doesn't want to involve relatives without blood, besides, he is also a stuffy jar like a ‘silencer’, which is also not suitable.
"I used to complain to Tony about the attendant culture, but I didn’t expect that I only think the attendant is not enough..."
He thought helplessly, "Forget it, this time I'll do it myself, anyway, there are only three weeks left in the publicity, and then I have to go back to school in Chicago. Hayden, you will check for me and only choose regular nightclubs."
"Ok."
Hayden took notes, and Song Ya threatened him not to renew his contract. He was much more diligent during this time.
"Can you help me design some actions that can be performed in a nightclub? As far as I know, such places have high requirements for interaction."
Song Ya looked at the person in charge of publicity.
"indeed."
The other party laughed, "Your stage performance is a disaster, I wanted to say it straight."
"……"
"Just kidding, just kidding, so, have you seen MJ's performance?"
The person in charge of publicity made a motion of pressing the crotch with one hand and then moving forward.
"No one knows MJ's signature moves."
"You can learn it and change it a little bit. When it comes to Ifeelitcoming..." He dropped his hands on his sides and flicked his hips to the rhythm. "That's it. You know, nightclubs." Locally, this kind of suggestive action can easily induce heat."
"That's it..." Song Ya knows how to draw inferences, he remembered the action that Zach Schneider killed in the MV, "Then I sing Andtheheatbetweenyourlegs, can I use this action?"
He put his hands on his chest and closed them, and then moved them away.
"Yes, you can! Hahaha!"
The head of publicity, Hayden, Dile, and Al all laughed.
The first stop of the trip to the south is New Orleans, the hometown of jazz. It is said that that kind of performance first came from black musicians in the red light district, because the white people working upstairs need a kind of lightness, like touching women’s skin and shaking. The curtain slides across the bed, but it does not disturb the passionate music.
Now New Orleans even retains part of the pattern of a century ago. Although there is no legal racial discrimination, the blacks and whites here are still distinct, and the wealthy areas of the white people still retain the old days of the colonial era of the last century. , While the black area is too poor. Unlike Chicago South City, it is closer to Mexico and it is easier to obtain drugs derived from plants, unlike Chicago’s gangs who have long focused on chemical products. New gadgets.
The radio DJs here are very proud. In addition to their proud jazz, they also have their own southern rap, and they always scorn the style of other regions.
"I have heard of your second-hand store... The song expresses the joy of choosing items in the second-hand store, and then satirizes those shopping psychology that blindly chasing famous brands. Is my understanding correct?"
"Yes, that's it."
Columbia Records picked a radio DJ who doesn’t like embarrassing people so much, and was interviewed. He didn’t expect this guy to ask a very strange question, “So do you think this is a kind of self-dwarfing? It’s like, this Like a value imposed by white people, black people deserve to be poor, and they deserve to be unable to afford famous brands. Then instead of trying to change all of this in your song, you are enjoying yourself in this value..."
"WTF……"
Song Yaxin said what the **** is this asking? He couldn't tell the fact that the original song in Apocalypse was white, so he had to avoid, "Good question, but when I wrote this song, I didn't have this idea. You know, the lyrics for the rap part are written by Lori. , I think he should be able to give you the answer."
Since Little Lori took his own lyrics, he should take the crime.
After a battle of wits, both sides ended the interview with dissatisfaction.
"This DJ gave me a set and will not accept his interviews from now on." Song Ya walked out of the radio and whispered to Hayden.