Chapter 537 537 Sensitive Topics

Today's KIIS program is obviously full of revelations, and Jojo has done his job well, digging out topics that are of interest to many listeners. When "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger" was broadcast, the topic of a new day instantly became popular, which also attracted the attention of more ordinary listeners in the Los Angeles underground rock circle.

When the show came back, Qiao Qiao knew that his task for today was basically completed, and the interview with Glory to Death was coming to an end. At the closing stage, Qiao Qiao had many choices. His original plan was to talk about the album itself. .

After any new album is released, the promotion is actually divided into two systems, one is album promotion and the other is title song promotion. The reason why we want to promote the title song is very simple. It is to select the best or most topical song of the album, promote it repeatedly, add the audience's impression, and then use the success of this song to drive the recognition of the entire album. Knowledge.

This is also the reason why two major charts, the album chart and the singles chart, appear on the Billboard.

But the situation on the singles chart and the album chart is very different, because a single is a good song, and an album needs the overall quality; singles are more likely to benefit from the soaring radio demand rate to achieve good results , the album needs more support in terms of sales to earn a good spot. So, it's not easy to dominate both Billboard's singles and albums charts at the same time.

However, most rock bands don't pay much attention to the singles charts. Because rock bands are more popular through touring performances, they are more willing to promote albums as a unit, and extract a single song as a single for promotion. In the eyes of rock bands, it is too commercial, so often many Rock bands don't specifically promote singles.

This year is the most typical example. When Pearl Jam released their new album "Showdown" at the beginning of the year, the band broke up with the record company and refused to release any videos and singles about their new album, which caused a lot of uproar. Despite the lack of pre-promotion, Pearl Jam's "Showdown" album has been a very good sales, and the first week of "Almost Famous" release on the Billboard album chart belongs to Pearl Jam.

This time around, Glory to Death did the same, they only released the album "Almost Famous" and didn't release a single. However, since Glory to Death signed with EMI Records, EMI must have taken these situations into account during the contract signing stage. In the style of a large record company, single release is imperative. Even if there are no signs yet, the release will come sooner or later.

So Jojo originally planned to ask the band members what their favorite song on the album was, and then follow the flow to ask them what they thought and expected about the single.

However, after nearly half an hour of conversation today, Qiao Qiao found that there is always more content to be discovered in Glory to Death. It may not be a breakthrough point, but it is definitely an interesting conversation, so Qiao Qiao thought about it. Intend to throw a more interesting topic as a closing, and maybe get good results.

"Hugo, there have been a lot of controversies surrounding you recently. This seems to be a very disturbing thing. I wonder how you deal with these pressures?" Jojo opened today's interview with a very common topic. last round of questions.

Hugo smiled, "I don't remember where I heard this sentence. In the entertainment industry, news is always better than no news." This self-joking made Pedro and Alfonso chatter. smiling.

Jojo nodded in response, "No attention is the saddest thing. This is a famous Hollywood quote."

In the entertainment industry, there is always more negative news than positive news, because people want to see negative news, such as the news that someone has raised funds or that someone has a charity event, but it can never be compared to the latest scandal or news about a celebrity. News that someone was caught stealing food. In fact, it is not only the entertainment industry, but the whole society. People are curious and peeping. Desires and gossip will always be infinitely amplified by this kind of negative news.

Therefore, in Hollywood, the most tragic thing is not the bad news, but the lack of news at all. This is the real decline.

Hugo's ridicule was actually insinuating the period after the release of "Hudson Eagle", when the negative news on him was the most serious, and then reached the bottom of the Golden Raspberry Awards, and the current situation In fact, it has gotten much better. It's just that people like Pedro, Alfonso and others can hear this kind of ridicule, so I don't know if the listeners in front of the radio can understand it.

"I have no way to stop these negative reports, because this is the inevitable consequence of the limelight. I will try my best to stand by my position and hope to let reporters know the truth, but the freedom of speech of reporters is beyond my control, and people My aesthetic is beyond my ability. So, I am learning to deal with these pressures, and seeing those who judge me with the right eyes is not an easy task.” Hugo smiled. Speaking of, although the words are relatively heavy, Hugo's overall aura is still relatively positive, which is how he gradually grew up after the Golden Globes incident, "I had the honor to meet Ms. Katherine Hepburn, she told Me, if I keep focusing on the negative news and ignore myself, then I'll never get better."

"Katherine Hepburn!" Jojo said in surprise, not only him, but also Neil, Fokin and others sitting next to him were surprised, not to mention the other staff sitting outside, including Henry and Samora also involuntarily showed their surprise.

Hugo smiled embarrassedly, "I'm not sure if she'll be happy that I mentioned about her." He didn't really think much about it when he said it, he just said it for granted, but thinking about it now, Catherine- Hepburn, however, doesn't necessarily like being mentioned in this way. It seems that he still has a lot to learn in dealing with the media and dealing with interviews. But now that he said it today, Hugo still needs to explain a little bit, "When I was watching a show on Broadway before, I had the honor to watch Ms. Hepburn's live performance, and then I went backstage to visit her and had the luck to chat for a while. That experience was unforgettable and important to me.”

Qiao Qiao really found a treasure, and this news alone is enough to surprise the Los Angeles Times for a while, which also made Qiao Qiao more confident, and then said, "There are countless reports from media reporters, and there are real There are also fakes, how the audience should distinguish the facts is a science; similarly, as the center of the focus, how to deal with the response, this is also a science.”

Qiao Qiao is actually a media staff, but as a host, he is also a part of the artist, but he has more feelings, which has also been recognized by the members of Glory to the Dead.

Jojo went on to say, "Speaking of Ms. Katherine Hepburn, Ms. Hepburn scolded the reporter severely in an interview recently. I wonder if you have seen the news." Originally, Jojo was still worried How to naturally cut the topic into the core of the last round of questions, I didn't expect Hugo's answer but gave him a natural entry point.

"What's the news?" Hugo raised his doubts. Henry focused on music news, and Joseph was in charge of movie news. When the two were not in touch, Hugo's understanding of movie news was indeed lagging behind. Yes, things will improve when Samora starts working.

Although Hugo thought so, Henry's head lit up when he was standing outside the recording studio. The news Jojo was talking about was movie news, but it was also music news! Henry's usual lazy attitude was instantly swept away, and he stood up abruptly. He frowned slightly, and looked at the recording studio with some worry.

If you put it at any other time, this news doesn't really matter much, but recently Hugo himself has been in the midst of two public opinion whirlpools: "Schindler's List" and the album "Almost Famous". Another whirlpool, the situation is not what he can predict as an agent.

However, now Henry couldn't break in to prevent the recording of the show, so he could only stand outside and watch worriedly.

Samora next to him didn't know why, was startled by Henry, and stood up abruptly, and then looked at the recording studio in confusion, but was only full of question marks.

"The recent prostitution of Michael Jackson. Child news has entered a new round of climax, the testimony of Jackson's sister La Toya has turned the situation fatally, and almost all entertainment news pages are discussing this breaking news, and now The entire public opinion situation is very unfavorable to Jackson." Jojo said his key topic in one breath, he was very curious, what would Hugo think of Michael Jackson, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion? "Ms. Katherine Hepburn scolded the reporters in an interview. She firmly believes that these reporters are shamelessly slandering Jackson's reputation. She believes that these reporters will do anything for the news, which is the whole entertainment industry. Degraded. Ms. Hepburn believes that the judicial system is now also blinded by the limelight and has lost its sense of reason. Ms. Hepburn urges everyone to calm down and see the truth of the matter."

After Jojo finished the premise of the whole topic, she paused, and then said, "I don't know, do you agree with Ms. Hepburn's remarks, and what do you think about Jackson's negative news?"

After this topic came out, the entire recording studio became silent in an instant, and the sound of the tape running could be clearly heard. This silence overwhelmed the heartbeat, and the more than three million listeners in front of the radio were even more All fell silent. Michael Jackson, one of the greatest stars in American music history, is now facing the biggest crisis of his entire life! Now, this question has been thrown to Hugo who has been in the whirlpool of public opinion recently. What will Hugo give?

"This is another Rodney-King-style persecution, and this is a disgrace to American justice!" Hugo said loudly!