The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 592 The First Step into the World Hall

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

"He's just a curly-haired orangutan in a zoo, jumping up and down and eager to be fed by tourists. Is he qualified to 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 headlines for news whenever he has nothing to do, the Zhouyi trend that is currently starting to become popular in the United States has obviously become the target of his rubbing -

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

He only wants to gain fame, make the news and become familiar to everyone, so that he can develop in the direction of "known to everyone" as much as possible.

As for why I started using Zhouyi...

Mainly because it’s the end of the year.

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

First, the world's No. 1 singer, Michael Jackson, had a declining reputation, and this year, due to various unfavorable factors both on and off the field, he completely lost his reputation in the public opinion, which was 50-50 due to the scandal.
Later, Madonna, who was known as the world's number one female diva, suffered a huge sales setback with her new album, which was promoted with great fanfare and high hopes. Not only was it defeated head-on by Zhou Yi, but it was even pinned to the ground and beaten by up-and-coming stars. The album's reputation in the art market plummeted.

Other top divas of the previous generation, such as Mariah Carey, have also strangely experienced a decline in popularity despite their exposure not decreasing much. A new generation of singers are starting to take over.

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

Above these four kings is a man who single-handedly broke through the entire American music scene. His popularity also came from that epic battle of winning five Billboard singles titles.

Among the Four Heavenly Kings, only Beyonce was not defeated by Zhou Yi because she did not catch up with the album release, and she became the only survivor.

Under such circumstances, when the major authoritative music magazines in the United States conducted their selections at the end of the year, Zhou Yi's horror was naturally remembered again. 50 Cent, who had finally gotten away with it, became a laughing stock again and was rewritten into jokes by many talk show programs that were good at capturing hot topics.

With more discussion, the popularity of Zhouyi will naturally increase.

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

"Following the pop album The Attitude Show, Spike, who entered the rock circle, released Forever Young, an album that can be called a legendary rock album. This is an album that takes into account both content and marketability. 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 bold style, directly prefixed with "legend", and gave "Forever Young" a rare high score of 10/10.

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

They only gave a 7-point rating to Zhou Yi, an outsider, for his previous album "The Attitude Show", but this year's "Forever Young" turned the tide and earned them a full score of 10 in this year's year-end summary.

People were full of praise for his action of raising the banner of anti-racial discrimination, and believed that he would lead the trend and background of rock songs in the new era.

The veteran music magazine "Rolling Stone" even gave it a full-star rating of 5/5, and in its year-end special issue "2003 Yearbook", it ranked Zhou Yi's "Forever Young" first on the list of the top 50 albums of the year.

What made the entire American music industry and even the industry excited was that Rolling Stone not only ranked Zhou Yi's album as the number one album of the year in 2003, but also included it in its own list of "The 500 Greatest Albums".

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

Countless ancient gods, mythical beasts and even groundbreaking music pioneers shine on this list, but on this list that dominated the 1960s and 1970s and competed in the 1980s and 1990s, there are very few albums on the list after the new century.

Zhou Yi, however, managed to get into the list with just one album, "Forever Young", but he was not the last one, ranking 254th. In comparison, Zhou Yi's rival Eminem was also selected into the Rolling Stone 500 Albums, and the album on the list was "The Slim Shady LP" released in 1999, ranking 273rd.

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

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

“It’s a miracle.

“There is not a single song in the entire album that can be criticized, and the profoundness of the album perfectly restores the gradually lost rock connotation.

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

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

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

Knowing that including Zhouyi in the top 500 albums would certainly cause a lot of controversy, the deputy editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone magazine took the initiative to publish an explanation of the selection decided by the editorial department 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 pay you to speak against your conscience?! 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 that?!"

"I'm not a fan of anyone, I'm a believer! And isn't that a proof of Spike's arrogance? When did it become proof of the Son of God?"

"The passers-by sit at the same table with the dog."

"*****!"

Because the American music scene came to an end at the end of the year, public opinion in the British and American music scenes was almost in chaos.

PITCHFORK: 10/10
Rolling Stone: 5/5
Mojo (British music magazine): 4/5
Billboard 200 (Billboard Album Chart): 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 being a huge success in terms of word of mouth and commercial success. Its popularity exploded after it was selected as one of the top 500 albums.

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

"Si Guoyi!"

"Sparasi!"

There were endless exclamations and praises from the audience, and the gold content of the "Son of Rock" that Fuji TV had leaked in the past had risen again.

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

"We say we can blow the trumpet, but aren't Americans better at blowing the trumpet than us?"

"If you can do it, go ahead! Why don't you go to America and convince the Americans to put your album on the list of the world's top 500 albums?"

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

(End of this chapter)