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Today's Kiis program is obviously full of revelations, and Jojo has done his job 'colorfully' and dug up many topics of interest to listeners. "Don't be upset about the past. look。 ba。 Anger)" became an instant hit when it was played, and it also attracted the attention of more ordinary listeners to the Los Angeles underground rock scene.

When the show returned, Jojo knew that his task today had been basically completed, and the interview with Glory to Death was nearing the end, and in the closing stage, Jojo had many choices, and he originally planned to talk about the album itself.

After the release of any new album, in fact, the promotion is divided into two systems, one is the album promotion, and the other is the title song promotion. The reason why the title song is promoted is very simple, it is to pick out the best or most topical song of the album, promote it repeatedly, add the impression of the audience, and then use the success of this song to drive the recognition of the whole album.

This is also the reason why there are two main hit charts on the Billboard: the album chart and the singles chart.

However, the shape of the singles chart and the album chart is very different, because a single is the 'color' of a song, while an album needs overall quality, a single is more likely to do well thanks to the soaring radio on-demand rate, and the album needs more support in terms of sales to win a good position. Therefore, it is not an easy task to dominate both the billboard single and album charts at the same time.

However, most rock bands don't pay much attention to the singles charts. Because rock bands are more of a guò tour to promote their songs, they are more willing to promote the album as a unit, extracting a single song as a single to promote, which is too commercial in the eyes of rock bands, so often many rock bands do not specialize in promoting singles.

This year is a typical example, when Pearl Sauce released their new album "Showdown" at the beginning of the year, the band tore up with the record company and refused to release any videos and singles about their new album, which caused a lot of uproar. Despite the lack of pre-promotion, Pearl Sauce's "Showdown" album still achieved very 'outstanding' sales, and the first week of "almost famous" release belonged to Pearl Sauce.

This time, the same is true of Glory to Death, they only released the album "Almost Fame" and did not release a single separately. However, since Glory to Death signed with EMI Records, EMI must have taken these circumstances into account at the signing stage of the contract, and in the style of a major record label, it is imperative that the single be released. Even if there are no signs yet, it will be released sooner or later.

So, Jojo originally planned to ask the band members what their favorite song was on the album, and then ask them what they thought and expected from the single.

However, after nearly half an hour of conversation today, Qiaoqiao found that there is always more content to be excavated in Glory to Death, which is not necessarily a breaking point, but it is definitely an interesting 'exchange' conversation, so Qiaoqiao pondered for a while, and planned to throw out a more interesting topic as a conclusion, which may receive a good effect.

"Hugo, there have been a lot of controversies that have been around you lately, and it seems to be a very disturbing thing, I wonder how you deal with these pressures?" Jojo kicked off the last round of questions in today's interview with a very common topic.

Hugo smiled, "I don't remember where I heard this sentence, in the entertainment industry, it is always better to have news than no news." This self-deprecation caused Pedro and Alfonso to laugh there.

Jojo nodded in response, "Not paying any attention is the saddest thing. This is a Hollywood quote. ”

In the entertainment industry, there will always be more negative news than positive news, because people want to see negative news, similar to the news that someone has raised funds or someone has a charity activity, and it will never compare to the latest scandal of a celebrity or the news that someone has been caught stealing food. In fact, not only the entertainment industry, but also the entire society, people's curiosity and voyeurism. 'Desire' and gossip will always be infinitely amplified by this kind of negative news.

Therefore, in Hollywood, the saddest thing is not that there is no negative news, but that there is no news at all, which is the real decline.

Hugo's ridicule is actually a mockery of the period after the release of "Hudson's Eagle", when the negative news about him was the strictest, and then he reached the bottom of the Golden Raspberry Awards, and now the situation is actually much better. It's just that this kind of ridicule can be heard by Pedro, Alfonso and others, and I don't know if the audience in front of the radio can understand it.

"I can't stop these negative reports, because that's the inevitable consequence of the spotlight, and I'm going to try my best to stand my ground and hopefully let journalists know the truth, but I can't control the freedom of speech of journalists, and people's aesthetics are beyond my ability. So, I'm learning to deal with these pressures and see the eyes that are judging me with the right eyes, which is not an easy task. Hugo said with a smile, although the words are heavier, but Hugo's whole aura is still relatively positive, which is also the expression of his gradual growth after the Golden Globe incident, "I once had the privilege of meeting Catherine and Hepburn 'women', and she told me that if I keep paying attention to these negative news and thus ignore myself, then I will never improve." ”

"Katherine a Hepburn!" Qiao Qiao said in surprise, not only him, but even Neil, Forkine and the others sitting next to him were all surprised, not to mention the other staff members sitting outside, including Henry and Samora, who also couldn't help but express their surprise.

Hugo smiled sheepishly, "I'm not sure she'll be happy if I mentioned her about it." He didn't really think much about it when he talked about it just now, and he just said it, but now that he thinks about it, Katharine Hepburn doesn't necessarily like to be mentioned in this way, and it seems that he still has a lot to learn from dealing with the media and interviews. But now that I've said it today, Hugo still needs to explain a little, "When I was watching a show on Broadway before, I had the pleasure of watching Hepburn's 'woman' perform live, and then I went backstage to visit her and was lucky enough to chat for a while. That experience was unforgettable and important to me. ”

Qiao Qiao really dug up the treasure, just this one news, it is estimated that the "Los Angeles Times" was surprised for a while, which also made Qiao Qiao more confident, and then said, "There are countless reports by media reporters, some true and some false, how the audience should distinguish the facts, this is a 'door' knowledge, and similarly, as the center of focus, how to deal with the response, this is also a 'door' knowledge." ”

Qiao Qiao is actually a staff member of the media, but as a host, he is also a part of the artist, but he has more feelings, which has also been recognized by the members of Glory to Death.

Qiao Qiao went on to say, "Speaking of Catherine and Hepburn' 'women', recently Hepburn's 'women' scolded the reporter in an interview, I don't know if you have seen this news." Originally, Qiaoqiao was still worried about how to naturally cut the topic to the core of the last round of questions, but he didn't expect Hugo's answer to give him a natural entry point.

"What's the news?" Hugo raised his doubts, Henry focused on music news, and Joseph was in charge of film news, and the two had no contact, so Hugo's understanding of film news was indeed lagging behind, and then the situation would be improved after Samora's work was started.

Although Hugo thought so, Henry's head lit up when he was standing outside the studio, and the news Jojo was talking about was movie news, but it was also music news! Henry's usual lazy posture was suddenly swept away, and he stood up suddenly, his brow slightly furrowed, and he looked at the recording studio with some concern.

If you put it at any other time, this news actually doesn't matter much, but recently Hugo himself has been in the whirlpool of public opinion of "Schindler's List" and the album "Almost Famous", and if he is involved in another whirlpool, the situation is not something he can predict as an agent.

However, now Henry can't break in to stop the recording of the show, so he can only stand outside and watch worriedly.

Samora next to him was startled by Henry for some reason, and stood up suddenly, and then looked at the recording studio in confusion, but it was only full of question marks.

"Recently about Michael Jackson's prostitution. The children's news has entered a new round of high 'tide', and the testimony of Jackson's sister Rayitoya has made a fatal turn for the worse, and almost all the pages of entertainment news are discussing this explosive 'sex' news, and now the whole public opinion situation is very unfavorable to Jackson. Jojo said his key topic in one breath, and he was very curious, what would Hugo think of Michael Jackson in the whirlpool of public opinion? In an interview, Katherine and Hepburn scolded the reporters severely, she firmly believed that these reporters were shamelessly slandering Jackson's reputation, and she believed that these reporters were doing anything for the sake of news, which was the degeneration of the entire entertainment industry. Hepburn's 'woman' believes that the justice system is now blinded by the spotlight and has lost its rational judgment. Hepburn's 'woman' strongly urged everyone to calm down and see the truth of the matter clearly. ”

After Jojo finished the whole topic, he paused, and then said, "I don't know, do you agree with Hepburn's 'woman' remarks, and what do you think about Jackson's negative news?"

When the topic came up, the entire recording studio fell silent in an instant, and the sound of the tapes running could be heard clearly, and this silence overloaded the heartbeat, and the more than 3 million listeners in front of the radio were all silent. Michael Jackson, one of the greatest superstars in American music history, is now suffering the biggest crisis of his entire life! Now, this question has been thrown to Hugo, who has been in the whirlpool of public opinion recently, what response will Hugo give?

"This is another Rodney gold-style persecution, and this is a disgrace to American justice!" Hugo is loud!

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