Under the bright light, Lan Li stood quietly in front of the microphone, without accompaniment, light or rehearsal, just singing in a clear voice. The moving voice, with a trace of hoarseness, was like poetry or singing. The telling story gently and profoundly pulled the deep emotion of the soul, and the light bitterness spread on the tip of the tongue.
This is the acceptance speech. This is the acceptance speech of the Grammy album of the year. However, Lan Li did not speak, did not thank anyone, but chose to sing a song.
It is not only the sword's deviation, but also the shock of the world, which has aroused a circle of ripples; What's more, lanli's singing is so moving, so sincere and so beautiful. The charm of melody and lyrics makes everyone involuntarily immersed in it. Entering the world constructed by lanli, they gradually understand the meaning of this "award speech".
As a result, not only the staples stadium, not only the Pioneer Village, but also the audience watching Grammy in the United States, all of them fell into a short period of stupor and consternation. Temporarily put down the things in hand, quietly, quietly listen.
"To be perfect, to be far away."
A piece of "beast", finished. Lan Li stood quietly in the same place, his surging mood did not calm down quickly. He completed the concert agreement, but she did not complete the "beast" agreement; But tonight, at least he can stand on the stage and perform the "beast" and fulfill her dream.
With his head down, the gramophone trophy in his hand is brilliant and dazzling under the light, and the heavy weight is heavily pressed on his heart. This trophy is not only the praise of Don Quixote, but also the dream of musicians, but also the persistence of countless don Quixotes; At the same time, for Langley, it was Heather's dream.
From today on, he will carry another dream and move on.
Mood, calm; Fist, clench.
He looked up again and said, "thank you." A thank you, carrying too much, but enough. Without stopping, Lan Li turned around and left the stage.
All the guests were silent and immersed in the melody of the song.
No one chose to sing a song as the award speech, no one sang "so grass your dream" to express their gratitude to Grammy, no one turned away freely after winning the album of the year award... Until tonight, and the aftershock seems to be far from stopping.
According to statistics, more than 43 million people watched the awards ceremony that night, second only to the Grammy Awards ceremony in 1984, when Michael Jackson swept eight gramophone trophies, which attracted 51 million viewers!
This is not only the first time since 1988 that the number of viewers of the Grammy Awards ceremony has exceeded 30 million; And with absolute advantage, it has become the second most watched event in history.
After the millennium, the ratings of major award ceremonies are gradually declining, including Grammy and Oscar. For Grammy, in the past 12 years, the highest number of viewers was only 27 million, but this year it soared to 43 million, an incredible peak.
This is undoubtedly important news for Grammy, which is bold and innovative!
Sampling questionnaire survey showed that Adele became the highlight of the night, and more than 17% of the interviewees chose her; Lanli became the second biggest attraction of the award ceremony, and 16.5% of the interviewees chose him; In addition, Adele's duel with Bruno Mars, the salute to Whitney Houston and miss Gaga's performance ranked third to fifth respectively.
On the question of "the biggest surprise of the night", 26% of the interviewees chose "Randy Hall's unexpected Award", 19% chose "Adele swept five trophies", and 11% chose "Randy Hall's three award winning speeches".
The most amazing thing is that Adele's first comeback live performance after throat surgery, with 23% of the vote rate, is the first question about "the most wonderful performance of the night". However, after 18% of the vote rate, Adele's second performance is the "speech of the year album Award"!
When receiving the album of the year award, Langley chose an unexpected way of acceptance speech, but he received explosive reactions and feedback. Even the musicians led by Paul McCartney, John Legend, Katie Perry and miss Gaga were full of praise, not to mention the ordinary audience.
In the sample survey, the performance of this award-winning speech defeated countless wonderful performances and gained 18% of the voting rate, which is just the tip of the iceberg; Then, in Google's keyword search ranking, the keywords of "lanli hall, award speech, performance" remained the champion within 48 hours.
Everyone is asking the same question: what's the name of that song?
Obviously, not everyone has listened to "Don Quixote", and not everyone recognizes the singer status of Langley. But after tonight, things seem to be changing quietly.
On the top of the list of instant downloads on the Internet, the single "beast" rocketed up to the top in only two hours; In contrast, Adele's "falling into the abyss" has been popular for a year, and then recovered to the second place in the instant download list.
After that, "beast" stayed on the champion's throne for one day, two days, three days... It seemed that there was no end to its popularity, even surpassing "Cleopatra" and "no doubt", becoming the most well-known single of Langley so far.
We can see the influence of Grammy!
The annual Grammy is the focus of attention, but this year's focus is particularly hot. First Adele, then Bruno Mars, then Langley, then Kanye West and the flamethrowers. One topic after another, one heat wave after another, has caused a sensation in North America. It seems that it has become the most lively, interesting and memorable event in the past 30 years.
And it turns out.
Standing in the future after 20 or 30 years and returning to the development of the music industry after the 21st century, people suddenly find that this Grammy really goes down in history——
Not only because of Adele, Shrek, lanli and other new singers' strong rise, they have injected new vitality into the whole market; It is not only because folk songs and rock show the recovery momentum again, but also awaken the creative enthusiasm of independent musicians; Because of the success of Don Quixote, a seed of dream has been planted in the hearts of teenagers. After taking root, a number of successor Don Quixote have been born, which has become an important force to change the status quo of the industry!
This year's Grammy has had an indelible influence on the development of the industry, on the composition of the market, and even on the trend of fashion.
Under the background of Internet age and fast food culture, the mainstream trend of electronics, dance music and fashion is unshakable, which is the trend of the times; But in the niche and independent space outside the mainstream market, orchid grass, jazz, folk songs, rock and roll, soul, rhythm and blues and so on all come back to people's sight again, a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.
The tide of the times is surging and no one can stop it; But at least the so-called minority can still win their place. Culture and art need diversity rather than singleness; Not the mainstream, but prosperity. The 54th Grammy has become a crucial turning point.
History is always like this, inadvertently subverting an era; But this time, when the award ceremony came to an end, people more or less caught a glimpse of the secret.
It's the end of another year's Grammy. There's no doubt that Adele is the biggest winner this year.
Six nominations, five trophies, including two comprehensive trophies of annual production and annual single, and beat Miss Gaga and Bruno Mars in the fashion department. Each award is full of weight! The only failed album of the year, "21" is still the best-selling album of the year in 2011!
Besides Adele, Kanye West and flamethrowers, who have won four trophies, have completely dominated their music category, and their absolute strong performance has also become a beautiful scenery; Strick, who has won three gramophone trophies, has become a dark horse in the classification of electronic and dance music. The electronic dance music style with new generation will be more and more competitive, and the generation will be more and more fast.
On the other hand, Bruno Mars, Katie Perry, Miss Gaga and Lear Wayne, who came back empty handed, became the losers of the night. Especially Bruno and Katie, the two singers' albums have achieved incredible success in the market, but they can't get the favor of Grammy after all. It's very painful.
However, after the whole award ceremony, the only thing that can be compared with Adele is not Kanye or Bruno, but Langley.
Lanli, who has been climbing the career peak as an actor, contributed a wonderful album in 2011. On the 2011 summary list selected by many magazines, "Don Quixote" almost swept the army. With absolute advantage, he was rated as the best, most wonderful and best album of the year, and professional review ushered in the outbreak of the whole line.
But those are just the affirmations of professional critics, enough to secure Don Quixote's Grammy nomination, not enough to win the gramophone trophy for the album - this time, though.
Best alternative album, rookie of the year, album of the year. Among the three phonograph trophies, there are six nominations. The 50% winning rate is not high. However, there are two comprehensive awards, which share the world with Adele; What's more, it's a folk album, even without its own classification.
Such a feat is incredible!