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Chapter 274 - 251: Bad News, Wu Mu is Going to Lose_2

Chapter 274: Chapter 251: Bad News, Wu Mu is Going to Lose_2

Wei Fangfang: "Recently, something ridiculous happened online, a domestic young idol, Wu Mu, clashed with the South Korean singer, Yi Junxi."

"I’ve seen some of Wu Mu too, and it doesn’t surprise me at all that he’s clashing with someone, but some of his fans down there are saying that young idol Wu Mu’s strength isn’t any worse than Yi Junxi’s, which I find a bit laughable. Aren’t his fans just so used to follower-driven music that they think all singers around the world are at this level?"

"Today, we’re going to set aside those with ulterior motives who are trying to frame this as a patriotic issue and simply compare the two people in terms of their abilities and the songs they’ve sung in the past, to really dig into who is stronger and who is weaker."

"Let me just give you a straight answer for those who just want the conclusion, Wu Mu is talented, and among domestic singers, he’s very strong, but compared to Yi Junxi..."

"He’s a tier below!"

"From my point of view, Wu Mu’s singing ability has always been overhyped online, all that emotional resonance singing method, everyone turns to jelly after they get into it."

"In fact, if you actually listen to his songs closely, there aren’t many that can be called top quality. In my opinion, only ’Legend’ and ’numb’ meet the top-quality standard, others like ’Under the Sea’, ’I Remember’, ’The Brightest Star in the Night Sky’, ’As You Wish’, etc., are all very audience dependent. If you aren’t his target audience, you simply can’t get into them."

"Moreover, the songs that everyone always raves about, like ’Heavenly Queen’, ’People Like Me’, ’Wukong’, and others, those can only be popular because he’s possibly more touched himself, sings with more infectiousness, that’s all. Upon careful analysis, in terms of quality or target audience, these songs are just mediocre."

"The rest, like ’Your Love at 105 Degrees’, aren’t even worth mentioning."

"Then there’s Yi Junxi, not to mention his songs, just look at the awards he’s won, and you can see his worth."

"Three Grammy nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, South Korea’s Golden Disc Awards, K-song Awards and so on. He has four of the top ten album sales in South Korea, ranks in the top eighty for global album sales, a single music video on YouTube with over 1.6 billion..."

"To sum it up, young idol Wu Mu is really not in the same league as Yi Junxi. You all hype him up saying his ability isn’t any worse than Yi Junxi, I feel embarrassed for all of you. If this gets out, people might laugh us off the stage for being arrogantly ignorant. To be honest, if I were Wu Mu, I wouldn’t even have the face to be in the center position, I would have dropped out of the competition to save face from losing it all later."

A long paragraph later, Wu Mu spent a few minutes reading it and laughed, "Yi Junxi’s honors are that impressive? Then I really should drop out to save some face."

Shu Mei hummed, "Boss, don’t listen to her nonsense, she’s long been exposed as a fan of Korean stars! Pretending to be an impartial observer."

"These honors seem numerous but are actually low in value, Grammys are all nominations, and those Billboard Music Awards, are just things like Top Social Media Artist, Top Social Artist, basically relying on popularity."

"And they intentionally downplayed your songs, deliberately omitting good songs like ’Star’, ’Canon’, and other mentions, sharply undermining your abilities!"

Indeed it was using the tactics of glorification and diminishment.

Enhancing Yi Junxi’s achievements and abilities, while downplaying Wu Mu’s, purposely picking on the worst aspects, all in order to prove a huge gap in their abilities.

But really, to the uninformed outsider, this seemingly impartial opinion is hard to debunk.

Moreover, those honors do look impressive at a glance, truly making it look like a global superstar versus a locally famous idol star, not at all in the same league.

Big V stepped up, Yi Junxi’s fans were triumphantly parading around with screenshots of the comments, mocking Wu Mu.

Online, there were also many fun-loving people who didn’t mind seeing Wu Mu underperform, Wu Mu’s own fans hardly defending him.

So, the online opinion was completely biased towards Yi Junxi, making Wu Mu seem like everyone wanted to beat him up.

Amidst this, the program team started their rehearsal.

The music during the live show would be played by the band, so a rehearsal to get well-prepared was necessary.

...

"Chizuru-chan, you just sang so wonderfully!"

Tsukishima Chizuru’s manager handed her a water bottle while they took a break from the rehearsal and happily praised her.

"With that performance, the first round’s top spot is definitely Chizuru-chan’s."

Tsukishima Chizuru took a few sips from the water bottle, her face still a bit flushed from just having sung, and shyly smiled, "Not necessarily, Yi Junxi and Wu Mu are also very strong."

Since their meeting that day, Tsukishima Chizuru had become somewhat infatuated with Wu Mu’s looks.

After returning, she immediately had her translator find and listen to all of Wu Mu’s songs.

Then, upon hearing it, she felt a kind of breathtaking amazement.

She didn’t understand the lyrics, but she could comprehend the melody and emotions.

Some of the melodies in the songs were truly top-level!

And the emotional depth was frightening!

Tsukishima Chizuru admitted to herself that she couldn’t win against Wu Mu’s strongest performances.

She had never imagined there could be such a powerful idol star in Hua Country.

Not only was he incredibly handsome, but his singing was also top-notch, especially when she learned that he wrote the songs himself, she was truly amazed.

"Yi Junxi and Wu Mu? I wonder who will win the first round." Her manager, who had been listening to the songs with her for the past few days, had also learned some news about Wu Mu, and naturally, he saw the online buzz.

Tsukishima Chizuru felt, "It should be Wu Mu, his songs are too infectious, and when the skill difference isn’t so clear, it makes a much deeper impression."

In the end, singing competitions don’t have a perfectly correct and fair scoring machine; scores still depend on various judging panels.

And judges’ scores inevitably tend to be influenced by subjective factors.

With Wu Mu’s emotional and infectious singing style, anyone listening would be impressed and he would have an advantage.

Tsukishima Chizuru was more optimistic about Wu Mu.

"I’m going to the bathroom." After drinking half a bottle of water and catching her breath, Tsukishima Chizuru headed to the restroom with her assistant.

And then...

On the way to the restroom, passing by a rehearsal room, she heard faint sounds coming from inside and her eyes lit up slightly, "Is this Wu Mu’s rehearsal room?"

Although everyone rehearsed, to maintain suspense and a sense of surprise, they did so separately from each other.

Hearing the sounds coming from inside, Tsukishima Chizuru couldn’t help but stop.

"I once asked endlessly, when you would come with me..."

Faint singing could be heard.

Tsukishima Chizuru couldn’t understand the lyrics, she could only listen to the melody.

Hmm, a melody she hadn’t heard before, was it Wu Mu singing someone else’s song, or a new song he wrote?

She wondered to herself.

But as she listened, she gradually felt something was off.

"Hey, why doesn’t this song have the infectiousness of Wu Mu’s previous songs?"

She asked her assistant, puzzled.

The melody sounded impressive, but strangely, it lacked the infectiousness she had heard in Wu Mu’s previous songs.

Without that infectiousness, focusing purely on his singing, it inevitably brought attention to some of his vocal weaknesses.

For instance, Tsukishima Chizuru felt that some of the vocal transitions were not handled well; she could probably have done them better.

"Is Wu Mu not in good condition?"

This condition...

Oh no, Wu Mu was going to lose this time!