How popular KTV used to be, how sluggish it is now.
People can't help but think that maybe in another ten or twenty years, KTV will gradually become "the tears of the times".
An invention that changed the Asian night
Earlier, KTV was called karaoke.
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, due to the influence of American hippies, young people in Japan were very obsessed with ** and often went to bars and other places to listen to singers sing.
At that time, if you want to sing a song, you need microphone equipment and a live band, which is a very "luxury", and it is difficult for ordinary people to have such an opportunity.
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So a singer named Daiyu Inoue had a whim to make an accompaniment machine with its own microphone, and as long as you put coins into it, you can ** accompaniment, so that anyone can go up and sing.
He found a friend who did mechanical design, and he really made this thing out, which is the first generation of karaoke machines.
The so-called karaoke is taken from the pronunciation of the first two letters of the Japanese word "kura" (pronounced "karao") and the English orchestra (symphony band), respectively, which means "unmanned band." ”
This style of singing quickly became popular among young people.
Later, this form spread to Taiwan, China, and Liu Ying, who was originally engaged in the ** video tape business, found that many customers came to the store to try out and sing, but few people bought it, so he combined MTV and karaoke together, so that the guests could watch and listen and sing in the store.
This is what became a household name in the cash chest.
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In terms of form, the previous KTV model of charging according to the number of songs has also been changed to hourly billing, that is, "mass sales".
* It has also become a lot more common, so that KTV, which was only affordable for the wealthy in the past, has gradually become an entertainment method that the public can afford.
When KTV is at its hottest, you can even see a lot of stars going to karaoke in the private room.
Therefore, KTV is often considered to be a great invention that "changed the night of Asians", and "eating, drinking and singing K" has become a one-stop pastime and entertainment for many people at night.
KTV is also a unique form of entertainment for East Asians.
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Some netizens once studied abroad and found it very difficult to find a decent KTV in the local area.
I finally found one, but I actually needed to order a song with a songbook, as if I had returned to the first ten years of the last century.
He asked his friends curiously, don't Westerners sing K?
The answer they got was that they thought that people who sang well would choose to form a band, and those who didn't sing well would not choose to sing in front of people at all.
But in the eyes of East Asians, who are introverted and subtle but yearn for emotional catharsis, this has nothing to do with singing, but a way for emotions to be vented and released.
Whether it is incomplete or the singer Maiba, you can have your own highlight moment in KTV.
A crowd of people revelry
There was once a popular saying on the Internet about such a "loneliness level".
Among them, singing KTV alone was "diagnosed" as level six.
At that time, KTV was a carnival for a group of people.
As a post-90s generation, Xiaoshi still remembers that when he was a student, the KTV in his city opened at 11 o'clock at noon.
But before 10 o'clock, the hall was already crowded with students on vacation, just to grab the cheapest small private room.
As for the food and alcohol in the KTV supermarket, it is impossible to buy it.
So you have a bottle of drink, I have a bag of shrimp crackers, hide them in your bag and smuggle them in, and from time to time you have to fight wits and courage with the staff who patrol back and forth.
At that time, even if I sang all night, I didn't feel tired, because KTV was one of the few places that could be ** except for bathing in Internet cafes.
At that time, I always wondered, when would I be willing to buy and drink in the store and eat fruit plates? When can you open a big bag without picking a time slot?
At that time, it was also the pinnacle of the Chinese music scene.
A male classmate with a story likes to sing Eason Chan's "Ten Years".
While singing "If those two words don't tremble", he thinks about the person who left regrets.
People who are single all year round must sing "Single Love Song".
At that time, they were looking forward to "finding a favorite and deeply loved dear person to say goodbye to singleness"; Later, I found out that the people I met were all people who "gave themselves scars".
There are always some people who don't believe in evil and want to challenge "Love When You Die".
It doesn't matter if the high notes don't go up, it's the most important thing to sing that heart-rending feeling.
If there are lovelorn sisters at the scene, they will definitely order a song "Happy Breakup" for her.
Happy breakup, happy to you, you can find a better ......The talent of the wrong and the right meet ......It is the most sincere blessing to them.
However, there will always be people who cry silently while singing "We're all right, it's just not suitable", or "It's a pity it's not you, accompany me to the end".
When there are many people, order a song "King of Love Songs".
The skewering of more than 30 love songs in 12 minutes is enough for everyone present to participate.
When you are cold, order a song "The Most Dazzling National Style".
Even if you only do Zeng Yi, you can instantly heat up the atmosphere.
You will find that the usually inconspicuous boy is beyond when he speaks, and the charm of the whole person seems to have improved a lot.
The taciturn girl sang the Takeoff Band, which immediately won the cheers of the audience.
Two people who are often coaxed are pushed onto the stage and sing a song "Summer Blown by the Wind" together, and they are sweet and green when they look at each other.
There are some songs that have become the tears of the times.
The wolf falls in love with the sheep", "Seeking Buddha" and "White Fox", these love songs about animals always seem to be silly and unclear.
"Mice Love Rice" and "Two Butterflies" dominate the KTV charts all year round, and it's hard to tell who is more popular. ("Lilacs" expressed dissatisfaction and applied to play.) ）
Autumn Doesn't Come Back", "Serious Snow", and "Who Do You Think of When You're Lonely" are all emo boys' favorites.
The song "The Funeral of the Rose", which was popular all over the streets, did not find out that it was not sung by Jay Chou until a few years later.
There are some songs that have endured.
Until now, if you want Jay, **she......Don't expect to dominate the microphone, group choruses are inevitable.
Miraculously, their songs seem to have not been learned in each song, but they can sing a few lines in each song.
The strange thing is that we who go to KTV now seem to sing back and forth with a few words.
It's as if the heyday of Chinese songs is stuck at that stage, and we are no longer willing to move forward.
A safe haven for one
Nowadays, the meaning of KTV seems to have changed again.
We no longer need to wait early before the door opens, and the wish of "opening a big bag" as a child can now be easily realized.
No more sneaking snacks in, finally able to afford a fruit bowl and a beer.
It's just that when I opened the song orderer, I found that the charts had already been updated, and the new songs on the screen couldn't be sung or heard.
As a result, I chose and chosen, and I sang the old songs that were once all too familiar.
It used to be a place to measure the level of loneliness, always carrying the carnival of a group of people; But nowadays, those who have been partying together have long since gone their separate ways.
Even on the days of a brief reunion, the proposal for everyone to play together is no longer KTV, but more inclined to choose the more popular script kill or escape room.
KTV, which was originally a "group gathering", has become a "safe haven for one person" in many cases.
Middle-aged people who work hard for work, career, and family will choose to "hide" in KTV for a short time to release pressure to their heart's content.
It's interesting to look back at the list that used to measure loneliness levels, and it seems like we've all done it before we know it.
Those behaviors that are branded as loneliness have long become the norm for everyone.
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I don't know if you've noticed, but today's technology seems to be deepening loneliness.
What used to be necessary to meet to communicate, can be achieved with a message at the touch of a finger.
To go to the supermarket restaurant, you don't need to communicate with anyone, from ordering to checkout, you only need a ***
There are more and more recreational activities that can be carried out even by one person.
We are getting farther and farther away from the era when we went to sing K with a lot of money.
Compared to when I was a child, I left the group and returned to myself.
Less expression and socialization, more loneliness.
Just like the KTV that goes from prosperity to loneliness, it is also the norm of life to move from lively to lonely.
But even so, like the enduring songs in KTV;
On this road to loneliness, the warm and brilliant times we once had are indelible marks called growth.
Content is quoted from Visual Chronicle Entertainment Playlist Memories