The entire global music platform eagerly awaited.
The next day, eight o'clock.
The official account of Times Girls punctually released their new song.
"Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens" officially launched with its audio and the main promotional poster.
The girls embraced each other tightly, with the totem of a flying phoenix beside them. A grand and ancient aura radiated from the image, delivering a powerful visual impact!
They were the kings, the phoenixes, the most radiant streak of light in the heavens and earth.
In contrast,
The second single from the sweet girl group, boasted to have cost millions to produce, "Sacred Light Continent," was met with widespread criticism from its poster onwards.
"This is too awful, isn't it?"
"Oh my god, this aesthetic is a complete nosedive. Garish colors, fluorescent green… Can't you put some thought into it? This poster is maximum five-cent special effects!"
Everyone mercilessly ridiculed it.
The team hired by Lu Keke and the others clearly had no sense of aesthetics, Photoshopping each member of their group to look like a mannequin.
"This is a disaster. I think if you can't make a good poster, you shouldn't bother. Why pollute everyone's eyes?"
"Same 'visual centers', the two peaks of beauty in Times Girls truly make people want to lick their screens every minute. But Lu Keke's so-called Sweet Dream team, their visuals are truly unsightly…"
"Sigh. They still want to compete with Times Girls? What do they have to compare with? Blown-up lies?"
Lu Keke and the others’ new song was quickly released.
But people were too lazy to click on it.
Everyone was waiting for Times Girls' "Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens."
Upon its release, the single instantly surpassed ten million listens.
Overseas paid platforms immediately raked in tens of millions of US dollars in revenue.
"It's amazing! I can't describe the excitement I felt the moment I heard this song. The collision of a genius composer with the most talented girl group of this era, every word sang straight into my heart."
"Perfect. I thought 'Breaking Through the Mist' would be their most glorious song, especially since Ling Qianhe wrote it."
"But I never expected 'Breaking Through the Mist' to be just the beginning of their rise. This song is so inspiring."
"Full of power, full of… full of touching emotions. I feel like I could stay up three nights straight writing my thesis, I feel like I can face my own life with more effort!"
"The power of idols is truly magical!"
Compared to the highly acclaimed Times Girls,
Lu Keke's group also had many people, after listening to Lin Muci's new song, check out her new song out of sheer curiosity. After listening, they were utterly speechless.
"This is too awful to listen to!"
"Sacred Light Continent?"
"More like Scum Continent."
#Lu Keke’s New Song Is Too Awful# trended on hot searches. The public truly felt their ears had endured unbearable torture.
Meanwhile, Lin Muci and their new song received extremely high ratings on major music websites, scoring above 9.5, practically a masterpiece.
Lu Keke's new song was heading straight for a rating of three.
It was like heaven and hell.
The comparison was truly devastating.
…
Lu Keke’s side was in a terrible state.
"Keke, the new song's sales are terrible… The ratings are also very low. We won't be able to recoup our costs at this rate…"
"Lin Muci's group found the author of 'Red Butterfly', the renowned composing genius Ling Xiao, to write their song. We're no match for her!"
Lu Keke took a deep breath, her face extremely grim.
"Bastards… all of them!"
Lu Keke's expression was as dark as charcoal.
"She couldn't possibly have found that great deity to write a song for her. Someone who disappeared for five years, reappearing just to write Lin Muci's second single? That's absolutely impossible…"
"They must have faked the lyrics and composer credits, using the name of the great deity who vanished five years ago…"
"How shameless!"
"Lin Muci is actually capable of using such brazen methods!"
Lu Keke gritted her teeth.
Hearing Lu Keke say this, Lu Miaoyu's mind sparked, feeling like she had stumbled upon a traffic password.
She said timidly.
"Then, what if… what if we report them?"
"Report them for faking the lyrics and composition…"
Lu Keke frowned.
"But we don't have any evidence."
Lu Miaoyu looked up at Lu Keke, nodded, and began to explain.
"It's okay if we don't have evidence—that composer genius Ling Xiao has been missing for a full five years anyway, maybe they're already dead."
Lu Miaoyu’s heart stirred, and she continued.
"We can completely find someone to impersonate them… They intentionally found someone to impersonate them in the first place!"
This scheme was quite sinister.
Lu Keke remained silent for a moment, pursed her lips, her voice hesitant.
"But… what if it's really the author of 'Red Butterfly' who wrote their new song? What should we do then?"
She frowned, looking at Lu Miaoyu opposite her. Lu Miaoyu's face also turned grim upon hearing Lu Keke's words.
But she said with a firm tone, "I absolutely don't think it's possible… The author of 'Red Butterfly' has been gone for such a long time, it's impossible they would write a new song for them. This is not possible."
"They are impersonating. This is our only chance, we must grasp it firmly!"
Lu Miaoyu looked up.
At Lu Keke opposite her.
"We've already given our word that we cannot lose!"
"Only by exposing their secret can we… regain a point."
"Besides, our song is so excellent, and we spent a lot of money to acquire the song 'Sacred Light Continent'. It's impossible for it to be inferior to theirs…"
Hearing Lu Miaoyu say this, Lu Keke thought of the tens of millions spent by her family on the second single. This time, they were truly fighting with their backs against the wall and could not afford to lose, otherwise her idol path would become a joke. With this thought, Lu Keke gritted her teeth and said,
"Okay, I'll contact the reporters to publish the news right away!"
…
Lu Keke's family had some connections in the entertainment industry, and soon the media she bribed began publishing articles questioning Lin Muci's team for impersonating Ling Xiao!
"Explosive! Lin Muci's team embroiled in a song-buying impersonation scandal…"
"Accused by the legitimate songwriter, 'Red Butterfly' author Ling Xiao claims never to have written songs for Times Girls…"
"Impersonating a composer, shamelessly boasting, is the Times Girls group about to fall?"
"Impersonation is shameful!"
These articles instantly appeared everywhere.
Yang Weiyang was so angry she wanted to jump, but she had no way to deal with this false accusation.
As everyone knew, the author of "Red Butterfly" never showed their face. Even five years ago, they had never appeared in public, nor did they attend award ceremonies to accept the Best Composer award.
Such an arrogant and aloof great deity.
They were afraid they couldn't possibly invite them.
Now Lu Keke was shamelessly counterattacking.
When people are shameless, they are invincible.
They truly had no recourse.
Unless they were to reveal the personal email of the author of "Red Butterfly," but this would violate the spirit of contract and would lead to the email of the composer, who wished to remain hidden, being harassed.
Yang Weiyang was so angry her lungs were about to explode. She hugged Lin Muci's arm and said in a childish, pleading tone.
"Xiao Ci, why aren't you angry at all? This is too infuriating!"
Lin Muci paused, but a confident smile bloomed at the corner of her lips!
"Why should I be angry?"
"Lu Keke and the others claim they've contacted the legendary composer, the author of 'Red Butterfly', Ling Xiao?"
"They are courting death!"
Lin Muci said this with immense dominance!