Chapter 159 Failed
For those who didn't really get music, the song sounded nice but had a weird vibe.
When they heard Raymond and Elizabeth's comments, they figured out why.
Turned out, the styles clashed, and Brenda missed the song's essence.
Nancy, a pro singer, noticed something was off midway through Brenda's performance.
"Brenda's style doesn't fit this song. Singing it so gently feels off and doesn't match her personality," she voiced her doubt aloud, feeling more put off by Brenda.
Gilbert added, "Her songwriting leans more towards a male style."
Ronald and Marlon then realized Brenda's "new song" was probably written by someone else.
The live stream audience started chatting about it too.
Some suspected Brenda had someone else write the song, but without proof, it was just talk.
After Brenda finished, she got over half the green button votes, fewer than Gilbert, putting her in second place for now.
She sat down, and Arnold took the stage with his guitar, singing a new lyrical song.
Clark Entertainment backed him big time, overshadowing other similar artists in the company.
He had talent, which explained his fanbase, but his singing lacked emotional depth and his voice wasn't as good as Gilbert's.
Still, he sang better than Brenda and got more green button votes.
Raymond, after hearing Arnold, smiled knowingly. "Brenda and Arnold are definitely siblings; their songwriting styles and habits are identical."
He asked Elizabeth and Nancy, "Did you catch their little habits in the songs?"
Elizabeth, knowing Raymond's point, smiled, "Yeah, every line ends the same way..."
She had noticed the similarities, so she could point out most of them when asked.
Nancy, with her expertise, filled in the rest.
She sighed, "Anyone would think they collaborated; their songwriting styles and habits are identical."
After hearing Arnold, her suspicions were confirmed: Brenda's song was Arnold's work.
She disliked such singers and pointed it out with Raymond and Elizabeth.
Professionals in the live stream comments chimed in too.
[Their songwriting styles and habits can't be exactly the same; it's clear one person wrote the songs.]
[After their analysis, I checked Arnold's songs and found these habits in all of them.]
[I'm a pro, and I want to expose Brenda. The song she sang was clearly Arnold's.]
[Agreed, it's too obvious.]
[Of the eight songs Brenda claimed to write, four have this style and habits.]
[Brenda's other four songs have two different styles and habits.]
[It's impossible for someone who writes and arranges their own songs to have such a wide disparity.]
[Exactly, even with different styles, there'd be some personal touch, which she lacks.]
[I've said before that Brenda's songs were written by someone else. I got attacked by her fans and hired trolls online, but now others see it too.]
Other viewers were also baffled.
[Even though I don't know much about music, Brenda and Arnold's styles do seem really similar.]
[No wonder the middle part sounded like a guy's perspective; it was.]
[Brenda's got some nerve, getting Arnold to write her songs.]
[I don't get it. Isn't Brenda a music school grad? Can't she write her own stuff?]
[She started out acting. If she can't write songs, why not just sing others' work? Why fake it?]
[Because Arnold spoils her.]
[What's their deal? Singing each other's songs is normal, right?]
[Yeah, if the cameraman hadn't caught them early, I'd think they were about to kiss. Singing each other's songs is nothing.]
[This disrespects music and other artists.]
[I used to think Arnold was a dedicated singer. Now I'm disappointed.]
[Didn't expect this from Arnold. I'm let down.]
[Helping Brenda write songs in secret really disappointed me.]
Some fans who liked Arnold for his music felt let down and stopped supporting him.
Arnold's fan organizers tried to calm things down.
Some argued it wasn't a big deal for Arnold to help Brenda with a few songs.
They got scolded, and those objected insisted the issue was Brenda claiming the songs as her own, which was deceitful.
Arnold wasn't innocent either; he helped Brenda deceive everyone, which was unethical.
Both sides argued, but no one denied that Brenda's song was written by Arnold.
This meant the exposure was successful.
Brenda was getting slammed in the headlines.
Many of Kevin's and Arnold's fans were leading the criticism.
At the bar, Brenda didn't know she was trending again.
Seeing the voting results, she smiled and congratulated Arnold but felt sad inside.
She didn't make it to the sing-off.
She was extremely frustrated.
She felt cursed.
She entered the entertainment industry to outshine Elizabeth and become a super star.
That was why she went to music school.
Becoming the most popular star would make more people like her, boosting her Generational Blessings.
In the past, she would've made it to the end today.
But now her luck had clearly declined, leading to her failure.
She glanced at Elizabeth, her eyes full of gloom.
It was all Elizabeth's fault, ruining her plans, causing her to be scolded, and damaging her reputation.
Now, fixing it wasn't as easy as she thought.
In the next few days, she had to perform well to change the audience's perception and make them like her.
After Arnold, a few more people sang.
In the end, Gilbert got the most votes, with Arnold in second place.
According to the bar's rules, the two had to choose the same song to compete with.
Then everyone would vote for who they thought sang it best.
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