Author | Zheng Xuan
After watching this year's B station across the night, staring at the computer screen and thinking of two o'clock in the morning, I don't know what to write.
The original plan was to talk about the "terriers" of this year's B station cross-night - the first two years of the cross-night, the second dimension, nostalgia and the various niche cultures popular in the station flew together, not to mention the newcomers who just registered the B station or the "middle-aged people" who came to admire the name, even if the lv6 that has been in the B station for many years, without the bullet screen and Baidu's blessing, it is difficult to "get" all the stems.
But this year there is really no need for science popularization. The content of the cross-night is fully closer to the trend culture, most of the time are decent pop singers, decent dance, stage plays, only in Zhou Shen, Maxim, Yuan Shen and some other deeper corners, can see the shadow of station B. The barrage of the live broadcast of the party can not see too much science popularization and resonance in the previous two years - of course, from a good direction, "Why are they all Japanese songs?" "Why broadcast this?" The barrage of bullets, this year is also much less.
There are also two hosts whose cutscenes seem to have become concise and advanced, but they have lost the "B station flavor" that Zhu Guangquan, Sa Bening, and Chen Chao hosted in the previous two years. Ignore those few bad cheers, three consecutive terriers, a party to watch down, said which satellite TV cross-night host is not a violation at all.
Unlike BML, which positions the two-dimensional culture, the cross-night is a symbol of the B station breaking the circle, and there is no problem in embracing the mainstream culture itself. In 2019 and 2020, the practice of Station B is more like a clever fusion of the two, the subculture of the second dimension is presented in a more popular way, and the popular culture and traditional culture are presented in a way that combines with the culture of Station B. In the end, a diversified New Year's Eve party was presented, which was very B station and very rare. And this year, it's more like a cut, leaving only what is more acceptable to mainstream culture at the New Year's Eve party.
From the perspective of the public, it is difficult to say whether such an approach is correct or wrong for today's B station. From the data point of view, around 11 o'clock across the evening live broadcast value exceeded 300 million, the popularity is still above 2020 (the peak popularity value of about 250 million); after the end of the party Weibo hot search also rushed to about 10, feel better than several David TV people or accounted for the majority.
But for the old users of Station B, it is obviously not easy to accept emotionally. At 8:00 a.m., I opened the comment area of the cross-night playback, accumulated about 1,000 comments, most of them stayed up all night to read the cross-night, and the old members who stayed up late to comment were those old members of level 5 and 6, I read the long reviews and the short comments that went to the front row - "disappointed", "not as good as the previous two years", "stage advanced but the quality declined"... It is the most common emotion of the "old people" of Station B.
After thinking about it, I decided to record the "left- and "disappeared" things that were "left" and "disappeared" at the end of this year's B station, and also remembered the lost youth.
01 Disappeared: Mayday
I hesitated for a moment which of "Mayday" or "Second Dimension" should be placed first, and after thinking about it, it should still be Mayday.
Mayday has a song called "Cheers", the fame of this song may not be in the top ten in Mayday's popular songs, but in the B station is known to everyone. As we all know, Station B has a Slogan that has been used for eight years - "(゚- ゚)つロ Cheers ~bilibili". Although Station B updated Slogan in 2020, before that, Cheers has long been one of the symbols of Station B culture, just like coin, triplet, and bullet screen.
During the 2019 and 2020 cross-night, Mayday is the finale, accompanying thousands of B station users to spend the last day of the new year. Many people only listen to "Cheers" once a year, but in the past two years, this song has been the last song that young people in Station B listened to in that year, and the first song of the new year.
Mayday | The picture is from the 2020 B Station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve Party
In cooperation with Tencent Music this year, Mayday broadcast the New Year's Eve concert on the video number, drove a helicopter, excavator, cruise ship to play until it flew, and also pulled Jay Chou; at the same time, "Fen Shen" went to Hunan Satellite TV to cross the night, and sang "Suddenly Miss You" and "Cheers".
Only the old users who guard the computer to watch the B station cross the night are asking: What about our Li Guyi?
(Note: Li Guyi's "Unforgettable Tonight" is a resident program of the Spring Festival Gala New Year's Eve, because of "Cheers", Mayday is also known as Li Guyi, the B station. ）
02 Disappearing: Quadratic
In the broad sense, the second dimension refers to all things related to ACG culture, and in the narrow sense, the second dimension refers to the Japanese otaku culture such as anime, manga, Cosplay, otaku dance, and idols that have been introduced into Japan.
The disappearance here is mainly about the two-dimensional element in the narrow sense. Needless to say in 2019, the content of the 2020 trans-evening two-dimensional dimension has been somewhat reduced, but at least the virtual idols can be remembered, the Kyoto animation theme song mixed by several UP lords, the anime divine song "Angel's Action Plan", the AKB48 SH singing "Princess Connection", the dancing secretary dance...
Chen Yile sings "Cruel Angel's Action Plan" Picture from the 2020 B Station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve Party
This year there is no one left anyway - oh yes, this year in The battle of Li Yanliang and Tan Yizhe's instruments, there are two BGMs of Naruto and Pirate in the middle, of course, there are no words.
The only thing that is gratifying is that this year, no one has sent a bullet screen of "why have you been singing Japanese songs", and there is no need for the old users of B station to tell them with a "sense of superiority" - "This is station B".
03 Left Behind: Zhou Shen
The smell of Zhou Shen's B station is still so strong.
Zhou Shen became famous on the B station, stemming from the amazing anime theme song "Unravel" sung on BML. But today, out of the needs of Station B, it is obviously unrealistic to want to hear him sing Japanese songs at night.
In 2021, zhou shen's first song "But it loves this world" is said to be created by Zhou Shen in tribute to the anime "Natsume's Friend's Account". The climax takes place in the middle of the song, when Zhou Shen hummed a melody of the ending song of the first season of "Natsume's Friend's Account", "Natsuyuki", which was only about 10 seconds and did not have a single lyric.
Zhou Shen | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
For a moment, the bullet screen seemed to return to the original appearance of the B station: some people popularized what song this is, what anime it comes from, and some people made a wish to hear Zhou Shen sing "Summer Sunset Sky". In the 10 minutes before zhou shen's appearance and the half hour after that, most of the time the bullet screen brush is good-looking, good-sounding, XX (artist name), it feels like a certain quirk and a certain video.
Even the cutscenes, Zhou Shen is not the same as other stars.
The first song ends and the new stage begins to rise in the interval. "Don't go up to the stage, just light up and start screaming," Zhou Shen said to the screaming and cheering audience, "See the world, friends!"
Zhou Shen interacted with the audience | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
I don't know if it was rehearsed beforehand, or if the scene was too relaxed and casual. These words are not very idol, but very B station. The moment he finished speaking, the scene and the bullet screen were laughing. But I don't know if he knows, many people cry out after laughing, and in this cross-night event, the only friend who can talk to us like this is him.
04 Disappeared: Luo Tianyi
Let's talk about a disappeared, the daughter and princess of Station B, Luo Tianyi.
The parent company of virtual idol Luo Tianyi, Henian, was acquired by Station B at the end of 2018, and the most popular virtual idol of China's Generation Z has been the C-bit of Station B in the past two years: super gorgeous appearance, first-class guests in the same frame. Many old fans of Station B waited for one night, just to wait for the 10 minutes when Luo Tianyi appeared.
Luo Tianyi | The picture is from the 2019 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
Blame them for not looking at the program list in advance, these three hours are in vain.
But it is still a little strange, Luo Tianyi 2021 is singing the Winter Olympics, but also on the Spring Festival Gala, people's daily, the Communist Youth League and other official media are also praised, as if it has become a bridge between mainstream culture and young culture. This year, I didn't appear in the evening, maybe like Mayday, but I was snatched away by other satellite TVs.
I hope so.
05 Left Behind: Maxim
It is a little strange to say that Maxim was left behind, this Croatian piano prince is the first year B station across the night, why talk about staying?
But there is nothing wrong with this, the piano's not-so-trans-night performance project has become a major feature of the B station' late-step, such as the 2019 piano prince Richard Clayderman's stunning "Hedwig Theme Song" (Note: Harry Potter series movie theme song), 2020 Lang Lang's "Marvel Heroes Never End".
From this point of view, Maxim has done a good job of completing the inheritance of his predecessors. The first song, "Wild Bee Flying", vividly shows Maxim's most famous "hand speed" among Chinese audiences; the second song, "Let's Go!" Autobot (Transformers theme song), both the stage effect and the CLASSICs of the IP are not lost to 2019 and 2020.
Cybertron Hornet expressed high appreciation for the music of Earth musician Maxim | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
It is also worth mentioning that the performance of Transformers is a tribute to Universal Studios Beijing, which began operating this year. In the show, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and the villain Wei Zhentian appeared one after another, and Wei Zhentian finally appeared, and the Wei Zhentian actor who rushed to the hot search in Universal Studios said the same thing, but just after saying two or three sentences, he was interrupted by the director on the scene, saying "Let's record the next show". The program effect is full.
The gaze from the mighty sky | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
See a comment that gave 2 stars to the 2021 New Year's Eve party said, 1 for the staff and 1 for Maxim.
That's it.
06 Disappeared: Zhao Zhao
In the past two years, I have been deeply impressed by the symphony orchestra conducted by Zhao Zhao.
Teacher Zhao Zhao, who was wearing Thanos gloves and commanding, | The picture is from the 2020 B Station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve Party
When Maxim played this year, there was a strong sense of discord, not the pianist himself, but the accompaniment of the orchestra. I recalled it carefully and remembered that I had not seen Teacher Zhao Zhao this year.
Zhao Zhao, the music director of the 2019 and 2020 B Station Crossover, conducted the orchestra in 2020 and the Chinese classical musician Wu Tong (Note: playing an ancient Chinese musical instrument Sheng) is still vividly remembered.
Teacher Zhao Zhao and Teacher Wu Tong's "business blowing" | The picture is from the 2020 B Station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve Party
This year, I did not see Zhao Zhao himself, nor did I see his name appear in the various lists of the party. Went to his Weibo to take a look, Zhao Zhao forwarded his own photos of himself on Hunan Satellite TV.
alas!
07 Left behind: "Original God", "Spirit Cage", "Agent of Time"
These three IP programs should be the first appearance of this year, to be precise, but they have a common label behind them: domestic two-dimensional IP. "Original God" is a game, "Spirit Cage" and "Time Agent" are national comics produced by Station B.
Jaws Sings the Time Agent theme song | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
Last year and the year before, there were also many IPs of national comics and domestic two-dimensional games that landed on the night, such as "Town Soul Street" and "Nezha" in 2019, and "Immortal Sword" in 2020.
The rapid development of national comics and domestic two-dimensional games in the past two years is a good thing, and it can also be understood that Station B wants to develop the determination and necessity of domestic two-dimensional games. But how much space is left for B station users who like Japanese two-dimensional elements, is this kind of tolerance not the community culture that B station has always emphasized?
Of course, some things may also be caused by A B.
08 Left Behind: Esports
Combined with the above picture, this year can be the important memory of EDG winning the championship, left at the New Year's Eve party, Station B should also have made a lot of efforts.
EGD Championship Winning Screen | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
Hopefully, after the Asian Games in September this year, the wind direction can improve.
09 Left Behind: A New Generation of Rap
The first season of the large-scale network roundup "Rap New Generation" produced by Station B in 2020 has achieved great success, and it has also completely integrated rap culture into Station B.
Rap and talk shows are a bit like this subculture comes with an offensive nature. In order to allow the rap program to better integrate with the mainstream culture needed by the B station to cross the night, the two programs jointly performed by Zhao Chenlong, Pharaoh, TangoZ, Sha Yiting and several other Rappers this year are songs that are biased towards the main theme.
Four Rapper | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
But for me, it was still the 2020 cross-night, the newly established label and Tengger together, to the advertising gold lord Yuanqi Forest made a Rap advertising song, leaving a deeper impression.
10 Disappeared: Ge Ping, Tengger, Lang Lang
All three of them only participated in the trans-night festival last year, and it is reasonable to say that they cannot be considered to have disappeared this year.
But their relationship with station B actually has a common label: Lang Lang, Ge Ping, Tengger, are the most popular materials in the ghost animal area of station B, and everyone carries several million million ghost animal videos, so it has become the most popular star artist of station B.
Ge Ping | The picture is from the 2020 B Station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve Party
The 2021 Trans-Moon also invited many stars: Xu Song, Phoenix Legend, Zhang Yixing, Xue Zhiqian, Guo Caijie... Luckily, they all don't have much to do with the ghost animal area.
Maybe this is just a coincidence, after all, this year's "Let the Bullets Fly", which was taken out as a representative of the film and television classic IP, can become the highest-played movie on the B station, but also because it has been made into a ghost animal video and widely disseminated.
11 Left behind: Von Timo
Feng Timo has appeared for three consecutive years, which is already a reserved program for the B station, after all, she was signed at a high price that year, and she must still be on the contract during the validity period.
Feng Timo | The picture is from the 2021 B station "The Most Beautiful Night" New Year's Eve party
When Feng Timo first signed into the B station, I also paid attention to it for a while, watching her learn Japanese songs, learn home culture, learn B station culture, and it can be said that she is trying to integrate herself with the B station very hard.
Only today, more than 2 years into the B station, less than 3 million fans, a total of more than 100 videos, the average playback of about 400,000 or so, signed The effect of Feng Timo, presumably did not meet the expectations of the B station.
What's the problem?
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