Chapter 281 "Call Me Maybe" Is Now Available in North America!

On March 2, Liu Yifei's first English single "Call Me Maybe" is scheduled to be officially released today.

Because it is a single, not an official album, and not even an EP, there is no physical DVD for this song, but it is only available on online streaming platforms.

In the United States, music streaming has developed much earlier than in China, and the legal mechanism is relatively sound.

Apple's iPod has been on sale for seven years and has gone through six generations.

iTunes's streaming music platform has become the largest online paid music platform in North America and even the world.

"Call Me Maybe" was launched on iTunes Music at 1 pm on March 2.

Because this is an English song, Wu Yuan did not arrange for the Chinese company to do any publicity work for Liu Yifei before it went online.

At present, Apple's iTunes business is not very sound in China, and almost no Chinese people use iTunes to download songs.

Although, iPod sells well in China and is considered the most advanced MP3 player.

But those who know know that there are free song sources on the Chinese Internet, so who would spend money to download music?

Even when the iPhone became popular all over the country, there were very few Chinese users using iTunes. When some domestic singers and dancers wanted to increase sales in Europe and the United States, their fans would go to iTunes to buy singles for their own brothers in an organized manner.

When a new song of Moufan was released, its sales on iTunes surpassed Rihanna's on the day of release, shocking North American fans. Then it was reported and was considered to be a data manipulation, and was directly removed from the charts.

Wu Yuan didn't want to lose face abroad ten years in advance.

Therefore, the release of "Call Me Maybe" on iTunes this time was very low-key, and it only spent money to increase sales of about 10,000 copies to support the scene.

Even after the MV of the song was released on YouTube, it did not cause any waves.

However, the cold response when it was released does not mean anything.

How many songs in this world can quickly become popular without any publicity costs and become popular by word of mouth from fans?

According to the arrangement of the North American record company that Wu Yuan found, Liu Yifei flew to New York on the 2nd.

On the morning of the 3rd, Liu Yifei and several team members came to the downstairs of a radio station in New York.

Let me introduce you.

The Billboard Hot 100, also known as the Billboard chart.

The ranking of the Billboard chart is determined by the sum of the record sales in the United States and the number of times the single is broadcast on the radio.

Therefore, the number of radio broadcasts is crucial to whether it can enter the Billboard chart.

In the United States, influential radio DJs can really decide whether a song can make it to the Billboard chart.

Like Liu Yifei's "Call Me Maybe", the cooperative record company in the United States gave money to many famous radio DJs in North America to play this song more in the next week.

This operation is a bit like the feeling of various products looking for popular big Vs and top UP hosts after the development of online social platforms in later generations, forwarding pictures and texts or making evaluation videos and publishing them on the Internet.

I don’t know if the money was in place, anyway, when I met this legendary radio DJ who is very famous in New York at the radio company, the other party was very enthusiastic.

"Hey, Crystal, right?" The white DJ, who was dressed casually and wearing fancy frameless glasses, complimented Liu Yifei enthusiastically as soon as he saw her:

"Wow, you are really beautiful, the most beautiful Asian girl I have ever seen."

"I heard your new song yesterday, it's really good."

"This kind of sweet pop song is quite popular with the audience, which fits the positioning of our radio station."

Popular songs are not actually a derogatory term.

The so-called pop songs are actually more routine and easy to be sung. When listening to them, the audience will hum along with the singer, and it is easy to spread popular songs.

For example, the DJ only listened to "Call Me Maybe" two or three times, and he basically knew how to sing it. When he was free, the melody of the song would pop up in his mind from time to time, making him hum a few sentences subconsciously.

That's why he thought that this song was likely to become popular in North America, and he was also quite enthusiastic about Liu Yifei.

Even if they are paid for their work, as professional DJs, they also want to recommend some really good songs to the audience, instead of forcing shit on the audience!

"Thank you for the compliment." Liu Yifei smiled reservedly, rejected his warm hug, and just stretched out her hand to shake his hand.

The white DJ was a little disappointed that he couldn't hug the beauty. He shrugged and joked: "Well, I know you Asians don't seem to be used to greeting with hugs."

"Introduce yourself, just call me Irfan (Irfan), don't be too formal."

Looking at the time on the watch, Irfan whistled: "Okay, beautiful, our radio program is about to start, come with me to the recording studio."

After entering the recording studio, Irfan stopped laughing and began to seriously introduce to Liu Yifei this button can not be touched, that button can not be pressed, and after roughly going through the radio program process with her, a smile reappeared on his face.

As a radio DJ who can make it in a big city like New York, Irving certainly has a lot of skills. At least he takes his show extremely seriously.

Looking at Liu Yifei who put the headphones on her head and sat obediently in front of the microphone, he checked the time, then gently pushed up the signal and turned on the radio.

"Yo, dear listeners who are waiting in front of the radio station, good afternoon everyone, are you having a good day today?"

"Here's Owen's Music Patty!"

"We have a very special guest on our station today."

"She is the main actor in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and a superstar from China!"

"She is Hollywood director Daniel Wu's favorite actress in China!"

"And today, she is a guest on our show with her first English single "Call Me Maybe"."

"She is Crystal Liu from China. Oh, forgive me, this Chinese surname is really difficult to pronounce. Let's just call her Crystal."

"So, before today's program officially starts, let's listen to this new song "Call Me Maybe" from Crystal!"

At the beginning of the radio program, Owen played Liu Yifei's new song first, which can be said to be a great honor to her.

At this moment, there are probably one or two million listeners in New York listening to his radio program on time.

In Manhattan, the most prosperous city in New York, John was waiting for the traffic light on Fifth Avenue. He stopped at the intersection and turned on the radio skillfully, and heard Irving's words.

"Crystal?" He muttered to himself in confusion, realizing that he didn't know this Chinese superstar at all.

After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that when he was paying attention to the news about "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he seemed to have indeed seen a Reuters photo of an Asian actress starring.

Although he was still unfamiliar with this singer, for the sake of Daniel Wu, as a loyal fan of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, he chose to continue listening.

Soon, a piece of light music sounded in the carriage.

"I threw a wish in the well."

【I made a wish on the wishing well】

“Don’t ask me I’ll never tell.”

[Don’t ask me what I promised, I will never tell you]

"I looked to you as it fell."

【When I look at you it’s like falling in love】

“and now you’re in my way.”

【And now you appear in my life】

The brisk melody and sweet voice immediately attracted John's attention.

He was still a little careless at first, but he unconsciously moved his head up and down along with the melody, and started humming along with it.

I have to admit that the song "Call Me Maybe" is really brain-washing, especially the chorus. It is unforgettable after listening to it once and keeps repeating it in my mind.

In fact, Liu Yifei's singing skills are not very good. After all, she only received one year of professional training. To say how professional she is and how good she is at singing is definitely nonsense.

But in such a sweet song where the treble is neither high nor the bottom tone is low, and there are no difficult transpositions throughout, her singing skills are definitely adequate.

"Hey I just met you~"

【Hey, I just met you】

"and this is crazy!"

【This is really crazy】

“But here’s my number~”

【But this is my phone number】

"So' Call Me Maybe!"

【So maybe you can call me】

No skills, all depends on the voice!

The sweet singing voice made John smile unconsciously.

It wasn't until the car behind him beeped that his horn beeped that he came to his senses. It turned out that the green light was already on.

While humming a light and sweet chorus to the rhythm of the music, John stepped on the accelerator and got back on the road.

Not only him, but millions of people in New York were all immersed in this light and sweet singing because of the appearance of this song.

The 3 minutes and 13 seconds of the song soon ended, and the radio microphone returned to Irving's hand.

"Wow! Do you think this song is great?"

"Yes, I feel the same way, so I will share it with you as soon as I hear this song."

"In less than two days after this single was released online, more than 10,000 copies of the song have been sold online, ranking fifth on the iTunes real-time popularity rankings."

"As a Chinese singer, this is quite an achievement."

"Listeners who are listening in front of the radio station, if you haven't heard enough just now, you can go to the iTunes website and pay to purchase this song to listen to it."

"Remember, this song is called "Call Me Maybe" and it is sung by Crystal Liu. Everyone, please act quickly!"

It was a good radio music program, but Owen made it look like a TV promotion.

No way, I got paid.

Liu Yifei blushed a little when she heard him bragging.

The sales of more than 10,000 copies on iTunes were almost all inflated by the record company.

A single costs 2 dollars, and more than 10,000 copies cost more than 20,000 dollars.

It’s not that Wu Yuan is stingy and unwilling to spend more money, but this water injection also requires skills. Liu Yifei is a newcomer in North America, and it’s really the best to inflate 10,000 copies. If she inflate more, she will be criticized by other companies.

“Okay, let’s stop here for the recommendation.”

“Today, we are fortunate to have the original singer of this song. Let Crystal say hello to everyone and talk about the interesting things about this single!”

Owen continued to host the radio program, and Liu Yifei also smiled.

"Hello everyone who listens to Owen's music Patty program, I'm Crystal Liu, an actor and a singer."

"It's an honor to be a guest on Owen's radio program."

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I'll update twice today to keep it steady. Don't worry, I'll definitely update three times a week (seven days). If you don't have enough, just postpone it.