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The previous album, the Grammy was born, and the sales peaked.

The next album is highly anticipated. Although the album is still above the standard line, it is difficult to reach the height of expectations. Even though the quality is similar, it still arouses embarrassment, sighs, and even constant criticism.

Adele, that's it. "21" sold 30 million worldwide, while "25" dropped to 22 million.

Norah Jones is no exception.

"Flying Away" was not explosive enough but had a strong stamina. In the end, the global sales exceeded 20 million copies. It is still the top ten album with the highest sales since the millennium, and it has established Nora's position in the industry in one fell swoop.

"Like Home" is explosive but lacking in stamina. The global sales figure is finally fixed at 12 million. Although the performance is still good, it is no longer a tonnage compared to the previous album.

"Flying Far and High" has been able to remain on the sales list until five years later; "Like Home" has disappeared from view in less than two years.

The One Day King has almost perfectly copied Norah Jones' career curve, and now he has come to a similar situation, so will the dilemma of "Like Home" also continue to "Nine"? Will the pressure brought by the expected value break the table affect the word-of-mouth of "Nine" and affect the album sales?

Don't forget, the album "Seven" won a high score of 93 in the media review, which is tied for the second highest score in 2012.

That is to say, one day the king is under heavier pressure and hotter expectations than Nora and Adele, and the "nine" score will face a more severe test.

With the sales volume of 1.17 million in the first week, the media reviews have appeared one after another.

At the beginning, "Seven" quietly appeared on the stage, and the scores of professional music critics gathered scatteredly. By the time of the Grammy nomination, there were only 42 reviews.

Now, with the grand debut of "Nine", the ratings of professional music critics are naturally pouring out, and forty-nine comments have exploded in less than five days.

The treatment is not the same.

However, looking around, the number of neutral and negative reviews has increased significantly. The year before last, "Seven" was a work with zero negative reviews, but this time, "Nine" had one negative review and 12 medium reviews. From the number to the proportion, we can see a huge change, which makes people think of "like home” situation.

The Guardian, forty out of 100, the only negative review out of forty-nine.

"The overall style of 'Nine' is a little messy. You can clearly feel Ronan Cooper's struggle and difficulties as a producer. Although he tried to break through, he still didn't get out of his comfort zone. It is more popular but also more mediocre and boring."

with full force!

From the words, you can deeply feel the "Guardian"'s hatred of iron and steel, and give severe criticism calmly and objectively. However, the 40-point evaluation still did not fall further below the bottom-after all, 20 points and 10 points are not enough. It is still the bottom line that can be explored, and the "Guardian" still has no further criticism.

However, the "Guardian" is not alone. At least, they have twelve media reviewers to accompany them. As a whole, we can see the disappointment and embarrassment of the professional media.

"Now" magazine, 40 points, although it is also 40 points, but they give it affirmation in the middle review - below the average, but not to the extent of bad.

"The best one-day king is still gratifying, and the album once again dedicated three top-level works, 'Mars Splashed', 'Rebel' and 'Strangerer' are fully comparable to the peak of the previous work, and even slightly worse. The sublimation of artistic conception and thought is impressive; but the worst one-day king breaks the bottom line, the album is excessively mixed with pop elements and the overall quality of the work is lowered, such as "Young Blood" and "Lost Self" The work is intolerable."

"Now" magazine made a discussion on the upper limit and lower limit, and finally gave it a 40-point evaluation. You can see between the lines that they have more expectations for One Day King.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is still because of the great success of "Seven", which made music critics look forward to Ronan and the king's one-day improvement, but "Nine" failed to meet expectations. "Emotions let them pass on to the band through their own words and scores.

"All the Music," Sixty.

"Worthy of the one-day king's breakthrough attempts, Ronan Cooper is still trying to break his own safety field, he has not been able to stick to success; but unfortunately, these attempts are dull, more popular and at the same time More banal, with the band's edge lost in the din of electronics."

"Obviously, this is not the one-day king we were expecting."

"Spin," sixty.

"One of the things that people like to talk about for a day is the re-creation of the melody composition, creating a three-dimensional architectural experience. The melody and lyrics burst out with greater power under Ronan Cooper's strong control. , but on this album we don't see 'my demons' or 'fall apart', just Ronan's clumsy imitations and copies of himself."

The situation seems to be slightly bad.

Everything is developing according to Nora-Jones' route, the same situation and the same situation, of course, it's not just Nora and King for a Day? It's not just Adele who released "25" in 2015. To be precise, every artist and even every ordinary person in real life is like this, living under the pressure of expectations.

For example, if a primary school student scores 60 points in the test this time and 70 points in the next test, people expect to get 80 points in the test next time.

Or in other words, genius, if you got 100 points in the test this time, people naturally expect to see 100 points every time, even beyond people's imagination.

Expect, that is.

One bad review and twelve neutral reviews, you can feel the sincerity of these music critics every word, not for scolding and mindless accusations, but more for objective criticism in anticipation that one day the king can go further .

However, they are not the only voices. Don't forget, there are a total of 49 comments, of which 36 positive comments account for the majority.

Still the same sentence, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand people, and the appreciation of art is inherently private.

Before that, the "Guardian" beat his chest and stamped his feet and scored 40 points, and then the "Rolling Stone" gave 100 points in admiration.

"Whether it's the casual humming of the transition section or the full release of the chorus, when Ronan Cooper is singing, he can always inject the temperature and weight of his soul into each note, and then bloom out Brilliant light. The most moving part of One Day King's music is always the sincerity and purity, a power that makes people want to believe that Neverland really exists.

Is 'Nine' the perfect album? Obviously not. But it is precisely this imperfection that creates perfection, a throbbing that tries to challenge and break through an uneasy status quo and continue to embark on a journey. Ronan Cooper once again proved his talent through the music of King for a Day. "

Full marks, a gift!