Gaining Attention
After seeing the response from her Weibo, she decided to do a little research on "TMY", and "Fox" to get a better understanding of public opinion. Her current popularity could already be compared with a minor celebrity after all, and understanding your audience is key in a popularity-based business like music production.
She found a lot of web posts, and a few local newspaper posts. The majority of which were just speculation on her identity.
"Who is TMY?" 79 replies.
"Who is "Fox" artist?" 33 replies.
"Does TMY have any other songs?" 41 replies.
"I went to the bar today, and the DJ played a song I hadn't heard before called "Fox". Whose song is it?" 12 replies.
"10 things you need to know about "TMY"." 58 replies.
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"Fox" appeared too suddenly, and everything happened so unexpectedly. Before most music fans could react, this song had already broken into their lives with a captivating gesture, and completely captivated them.
Although "Fox" falls within the same genre, its unique sound and way of storytelling has completely hooked their souls. The song quickly gained a fanatical fanbase, who constantly raved about the song and complained that every other artist didn't hold up when compared to "TMY".
However, when they wanted to know everything about this producer, many people discovered to their dismay that there was no information at all. The words displayed on Light Cloud could barely count as information.
Her identity is unknown.
Gender unknown.
Appearance unknown.
"Fox" is the only song listed.
This makes the three simple letters of TMY shrouded in a fog of mystery....
In fact, on almost every local forum, people could be seen discussing "Fox" and it's artist. It had even spread to a few areas outside of Shanghai, and the reach of the song even spread to the Nanjing area, though not as viral.
Everyone loves a local artist, after all.
And among the electronic music lovers in Shanghai, there is a high-profile post with the title: [Scene Direct: The dance floor of Meiye Club exploded yesterday, and the chief DJ played an unknown song for the finale, which caused the scene to explode! It was so popular, the next showing is already sold out! During the show, performer 'Little Wild Cat' showed off his superb Urban style dance skills to the song, and received a standing ovation! ]
Due to the high profile nature of the post, replies and retweets numbered in the thousands!
The post itself was a low quality cell phone video. The camera man was obviously not very skillful, as the video bounced up and down, making the already blurry stage even harder to see. Occasionally though, there were rare moments of clarity, in which one could make out a figure wearing a mask and a black silk half dress and short skirt, dancing to the music, amidst the clamour of the audience.
What really stood out, was the audience itself. Instead of chatting normally, or having the dance floor taken up by a few skilled audience members, it seemed like the entire club was on the dance floor together, jumping to the beat of the song in unison.
Under this post, there are a bunch of replies.
"I'm the one in the front row, at 1:11. The song in the video is called "Fox", you can find it on Lignt Music, it's by 'TMY'... Anyway, don't bother asking me to reply to any questions, my friend's cat is sick, and so she asked me to take care of it, but as I looked at the front of her house, I noticed her bushes were overgrown, so I'm trimming her hedges rn."
"Thanks for the song, but was all the extra information necessary..."
"This song is too addictive, really, I can't stop it, how the hell can I listen to other electronic music?"
"In the live show, my legs were shaking last night. The little wild cat is so sexy. I really wonder what the face looks like under the mask. It's amazing."
"The skill of such a song is masterful, to be able to make a successful song without singing, or a human voice?"
"This is real electronic music. It began as pop music, right? It's ELECTRONIC music. It's not bad to sing from the beginning to the end, the issue is that the ELECTRONIC part is not skillful at all."
"The only voice in the song is an actual recording of a fox. Go to the comment section of "Fox", to see the full comment, or go to Weibo to find out, TMY has finally joined."
"I've already become a fan. If TMY likes my comment, I'll go to every show they do."
YooimEric: "^^^ That guy's lying. I met them at Seans birthday party back in '06. They're broke."
"It's true, I was the tablecloth."
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However, no matter how spicy the gossip on the Internet is, for Tang Miaoyi herself, it has not had any impact at all. She should just continue to do whatever she wants.
The time passed slowly, and before you knew it, the sun was about to hide for the night, as the clock moved to five in the afternoon.
At this time when An Qiuying was about to return home, Tang Miaoyi heard a knock on her door, and received a package.
She looked at the sender on the shipping label. It was the shop she had ordered the pad and headphones from a few hours ago. It had arrived much faster than she thought possible. Have delivery services become so advanced already?
"Easily 5 star service!" Tang Miaoyi carried the package back to her room, took out the equipment, made sure it worked on her computer, and sat back, satisfied.
The lighting on this pad that Tang Miaoyi bought is soft, but vibrant, and it can support multiple different programs. It is currently the highest rated in that store. She had thought it would be the best choice to shoot her new music video with.
Of course, in addition to this, there is also a head-mounted monitor earphone delivered together with the pad. These two pieces cost a total of 24,994.52¥. If she had tried to get the headphones by themselves they would have cost 6000¥ on their own...
Playing electronic music is really expensive...
Connecting the two devices to her production software, 'RPA', Tang Miaoyi took out her mobile phone and took a photo of her new devices. She opened her Weibo, with the intention of making a new post, to preview the reaction her video would get.
However, after she opened Weibo, she was stunned by the explosive scene, her lips parted slightly.
TMY.
Verification: Gold
Bio: Electronic music producer/DJ.
Followers: 350 790!
"Three...three hundred and fifty thousand followers?"
The number of followers had reached 350,000, which was terrifying, and caught Tang Miaoyi off guard for a bit.
She also noticed her verification changed. Before, she had just had a small yellow V icon, but now it had changed to a Gold outlined, red symbol, with a gold V.
"Could it be that someone bought me bot accounts?" Tang Miaoyi doubted the authenticity of these fans.
After all, how long has it been since this account was registered? Even the first post is only a few hours old, right? But in just a few hours, the number of fans had risen to 350,000, which although large, is normal for a local celebrity.
China in this world is a prosperous nation, with a domestic population of more than four billion. With this amount of people, having 300,000 followers can only be considered small when compared to real celebrities. Even so, in a single afternoon, a new electronic music producer gaining 300,000 followers while only having one song is still unbelievable.
However, the doubts about zombie fans also dissipated immediately after she clicked on her first post and saw the terrifying number of comments and likes.
And because of her upgraded verification, going from Yellow, to Gold, it seems that she really just has that many fans...
"Well, this planet is slightly larger than Earth, after all..." Tang Miaoyi thought, editing the post quickly, and sending it out to her newfound following.