Yi Yujun who is listening to the song|Xie Fenghui
"If MARiA does not form a group, everyone here is responsible!"
"Come on, give the inner entertainment a small two-dimensional shock!"
These days, whenever you open a video or post related to "Pure Land of Bliss", you will see similar comments. In "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves 4", Japanese female singer Mei Yi Liya became the first on the popularity list with this song "Pure Land of Bliss", and the current number of votes is approaching 70 million.
Source: "Riding the Wind and Waves" video screenshot
As early as 7 years ago, the Pure Land of Elysium had "bloodbathed" Station B, with a total of hundreds of millions of views, as long as the video related to "Pure Land of Elysium" can be viewed millions or tens of millions.
What is the magic of "Pure Land of Bliss" that can become a generation of divine comedy?
The magic of song and dance in "Pure Land of Bliss"
There is a reason why "Pure Land of Bliss" is so popular.
In terms of rhythm, "Pure Land of Bliss" adopts 4/4 beats (four or four beats), the beat point is very obvious, the rhythm is clear and the rhythm is strong, and with the electric sound, everyone will involuntarily start shaking their legs when they listen to it.
The beat is a unit of measurement of rhythm, and in music, a series of beats with a certain intensity and weakness are repeated at regular intervals, such as 2/4, 4/4, 3/4 beats, etc. Among them, the four and four beats have a strong sense of rhythm, similar to "moving and fighting", which is easy to remember, and easy to make people move when they listen to it. Some netizens compared it like this:
Listen to 44 beats, I shake left, I shake right, I shake slowly to the left, I shake right again; Listen to 42 beats, I shake left, I shake right; Listen to 43 beats, how do I shake? Cut the song.
Doing radio gymnastics for generations is four or four beats
Now most popular music mostly choose the rhythm of four or four beats, for example, Jay Chou's "Confession Balloon", Lin Junjie's "Keywords", and even the "digging and digging" that was sung by the whole network a few days ago is also four or four beats.
In addition, the melody of "Pure Land of Elysium" is also directly into the ear, and the melody travels in the shape of a step, and most of them climb between the second and third degrees. This is similar to the climbing logic of the basic syllables 1234567 and is very catchy.
In terms of lyrics, according to the interlude, the lyrics of "Pure Land of Bliss" can be divided into 3 paragraphs, except for some lyrics that appear repeatedly in three paragraphs, the lyrics and melody of the last two are basically repeated, which can deepen the familiarity of the audience to a certain extent and facilitate singing along.
The essence of human beings is a repeater, and according to psychology, this repetition is very much like a person repeating a sentence in your ear with a different tone, but it stops abruptly before the critical point where you are bored to death, not only does not make people feel bored, but makes it easier for people to enter the music and like it.
The full version of the lyrics Chinese "Pure Land of Bliss"
Secondly, from the point of view of the accompanying dance of "Pure Land of Bliss", the original dance performance is charming and sultry, which is very ornamental; And because of its strong sense of rhythm and easy to learn, it has set off a national imitation boom.
From the perspective of the beauty of the dance, the dance of "Pure Land of Bliss" contains a large number of butterfly steps, flower steps and hand movements, which are full of vitality and elegant charm, which is very suitable for the song.
Butterfly step you are not familiar with, ghost step dance you must have an impression. In 2008, user "Dong Dong is Singing" uploaded the first video about Melbourne ghost step dance on Youku, and in just a few years, this dance step became popular all over the country. The original ghost step dance has a changeable pace and fast rhythm, which may be difficult to learn, but it can't stop its flowing pace and strong sense of rhythm, which makes people can't help but try it, and the more they jump, the higher they go. And the butterfly step in "Pure Land of Bliss" originally added ghost step dance elements, more or less with similar appeal.
The Hana Kui step originated in the Edo period in Japan, and refers to the "inner eight characters" or "outer eight characters" footwork taken by the flower kui on the way to meet guests, which is elegant and beautiful, and is very ornamental.
Devilish Ghost Step Dance|Source: @小英夫妻: Wenzhou family
In addition, most of the dances that can be widely spread have a prominent characteristic: the movements are simple and repetitive, and they are very rhythmic. This kind of dance often means good dance, and naturally more people will learn it.
The butterfly step and the flower step in "Pure Land of Bliss" are always repeated, there are many similar movements, and the card points of each step are also obvious, so this dance is not difficult to learn as a whole.
Many dances that set off the whole people have this characteristic. For example, "Flower", which many people have been learning before, is to change hands and twist waists with the rhythm of the music; There is also the seaweed dance that became popular in 2018, and the body, left hand, and right hand twist like a wave.
In contrast, classical dances that have no obvious jams, high difficulty and little repetition can rarely be imitated and spread by the whole network, and can only sigh "so beautiful and advanced".
Supporting up, it can also absorb | Source: UP main @BML production headquarters video capture
In addition, Mei Yi Li Bud itself is very strong, the full open Mai singing and dancing is still super stable, and the costume shape is eye-catching, plus the infectious smile and dance steps, such a performance is not good.
In general, the song and dance people are three-in-one, and it is difficult not to be popular.
Become a "joint code" for two-dimensional people
If the songs and dances that come with "Pure Land of Bliss" are the basis of its "virality", then countless parody and remake videos on major platforms are the fuel for its fire.
The re-creation of well-known UP owners and celebrities has allowed a large number of videos related to "Pure Land of Bliss" to spread throughout the Internet, and over time, people who were originally not cold were also pulled into the circle, and even the more they listened, the more they watched.
In April 2016, "Pure Land of Elysium" was moved by the UP master to the house dance area of Station B for the first time, and by August, its popularity began to explode on the whole platform. The jumping videos released by Station B UP Main = Biting Cat = (4.181 million fans), Chijiujiu (421,000 fans) and Youmei Sauce (156,000 fans) have nearly 30 million views and are also included in the "Inbound Must Brush" collection.
Source: UP main @ = biting cat = video capture
Many UP masters who like games and animations also use the dance of "Pure Land of Bliss" as a model to model popular characters and let the characters dance in the two-dimensional world with the Divine Comedy, including but not limited to the game "Onmyoji", virtual singer Hatsune Miku, and anime "Naruto".
Released on July 30, 2016, the number of views is close to one million|Source: UP Main @schrodingcat Video capture
There are also many star singers who break the dimensional wall and perform "Pure Land of Bliss" on the stage of the show.
In 2017, Xiao Zhan danced "Pure Land of Bliss" with his teammates at a concert in Shanghai; In 2020, singer Zhou Shen sang "Pure Land of Bliss" while dancing at the Tmall Double 11 Carnival program.
As a result, "Pure Land of Bliss" has become the source of all evil that dominates Station B, and the "joint code" of two-dimensional people, as long as the melody sounds, the DNA in the body moves.
Brainwashable "bugs"
However, although the Divine Comedy is good, its brainwashing effect is really easy to overwhelm.
At any time, in any place, the brainwashing divine comedy is played on a loop, and midnight dreams are not spared. This will not only affect sleep at night, but also easily lead to poor concentration during the day.
In psychology, this phenomenon is also known as the "earworm effect", which refers to the behavior of people unconsciously imagining repeated pieces of music, specifically manifested as music tunes entering the mind without active recall and repeating the loop without conscious control.
So, what kind of music is more likely to become an "earworm"?
First, music contains simple, repetitive syllabic fragments that are easy for people to remember and sing along.
Jay Chou wrote songs with a commonly used universal chord - 4536251, this chord was later used repeatedly by others, and it can be found in many songs, so isn't it easy to remember?
Second, the rhythm of the music is cheerful. Studies have shown that fast-paced tunes are more likely to form involuntary musical imagery than slower-paced tunes, and exaggerated tones in some music can become a clear sign engraved in the mind.
"Pure Land of Bliss" can be said to perfectly fit these two characteristics, as well as Sister Lang 4, Gong Linna's adaptation of "Love is Like Fire", which also has the style of the divine comedy "Anxiety", which is super catchy.
A study published in June 2021 in Psychological Science showed that—
People who experience the "earworm effect" have a harder time falling asleep, wake up more during the night, spend more time in the light sleep phase, and spend less time in deep sleep. The deep sleep stage is the "golden period" for the brain to remove excess waste, and the result of the reduction in deep sleep time is that the recovery effect of physical energy is poor, resulting in physical exhaustion and inability to lift the spirit. People who experience the "earworm effect" once or more times a week are six times more likely to have poor sleep quality than people who rarely experience "earworms."
So, is there a way to shut up the "bugs"?
Yes, try to avoid listening to your favorite songs repeatedly, but this may not be realistic.
Another way is to chew gum. In 2015, a research team from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom conducted an experiment that simply compared the number of times 44 subjects remembered the content related to the song after listening to the chorus twice without interference and chewing gum. The results showed that chewing gum reduced the number of times participants remembered the song, whether in a state of compression or relaxation.
Warm reminder, friends who have not yet entered the pit Meiyi Li bud, listen carefully to the song, don't overdo it, be entangled in "earworms"!
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