Gamer Superstar - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: 97 – Bailando
The song that System chose for me was one that was very successful in my previous world, not as much as Despacito, which was something extremely unusual, but if you add up the versions of this song in different languages, it got over 5 billion views.

The version with the most views was the Spanish version, which had 3.5 billion views, but the version that the system chose for me was something different.

It was the version of the song that mixed English and Spanish.

I could understand why the system wanted that. At that time, as BlackVelvet, my audience was mostly English speaking, there were people from other countries who spoke other languages, but the vast majority for now were English speaking, if I released a song in a completely different language with no English at all, I would completely disenfranchise my American audience.

This would probably cause the retention of my videos to drop to a much lower number, possibly decrease the number of clicks on the song, and cause MeTube’s algorithm to stop promoting that song to the public, which could even affect other videos.

So mixing two different languages was the safest model.

Just like the Kpop artists have done so masterfully.

Although 80% of the songs are in Korean, just having the chorus in English and a few words scattered throughout the song in English gave audiences around the world parts that they could understand and sing along to, and opened up opportunities for these Korean artists around the world.

Looking at the mixed audience staring at me, with the Latinos looking forward to the song I was going to sing and the Americans just curious, I knew I could surprise them.

So, smiling, I started to play my guitar.

“This is a song I’ve been using to practice my Spanish, currently the song doesn’t have a definite name, but I call it [Bailando].” I said smiling as the Latin reaggeton began to play on the guitar, with Mark and Frank following on keyboards and drums.

It wasn’t easy being a rock band, but I could tell by the smiles on the Latinos’ faces that they were having fun.

[Enrique Iglesias – Bailando (English Version) // You can search for it on Youtube or join the discord server to get the direct link at Discord.gg/NunuXD]

🎼🎶🎤

You look at me and, girl, you take me to another place…

Got me feeling like I’m flying, like I’m out of space…

Something ’bout your body says: Come and take me…

Got me begging, got me hoping that the night don’t stop…

🎼🎶🎤

The beginning of the song was in English, which confused the guests, but I still saw that there were people who enjoyed the dance rhythm of the song, who didn’t mind and started to like it.

But then came the chorus, which was short but entirely in Spanish.

🎼🎶🎤

Bailando… bailando… bailando… bailando…

Tu cuerpo y el mío…

Llenando el vacío…

Subiendo y bajando…

🎼🎶🎤

Smiling as I sang this part, I saw that the people who were confused before were now excitedly dancing on the dance floor and starting to enjoy the music.

🎼🎶🎤

Bailando… bailando… bailando… bailando…

Ese fuego por dentro…

Me está enloqueciendo…

Me va saturando…

🎼🎶🎤

By the second chorus they were singing the “dance” part of the song and even bigger smiles appeared on their faces.

Especially Sarah, who was the liveliest on the dance floor, bouncing to the upbeat rhythm of the song for Michael, who had a big proud smile on his face as he looked at his wife.

🎼🎶🎤

Girl, I like the way you move.

Come and show me what to do…

You can tell me you want me…

Girl, you got nothing to lose…

ya no puedo más…

ya no puedo más…

🎼🎶🎤

As I continued with the song, I noticed that both the Americans and the Latinos were dancing together on the dance floor to this song, just as I wanted.

The problem was that with the rhythm of this song, it was much easier for the three girls near the stage to do more suggestive dances for me.

At one point, the three of them stood with their backs to the stage and started shaking their asses in a way that seemed to be accidental, but the look they gave me from time to time made it clear that they were doing it on purpose.

Especially the girl in the middle, the first one to give me her cell phone so I could record a story.

Controlling my gaze, I kept my eyes away from them and continued singing the song, eventually getting to what I thought was the funniest part of the song, the part where the original singer mixed English and Spanish in the same line.

🎼🎶🎤

I wanna be contigo…

And live contigo…

And dance contigo…

Para have contigo…

Una noche loca…

Ay besar tu boca…

🎼🎶🎤

As I sang this part, I could see the amused looks on the faces of the Latin and American guests as they realized how I had mixed the two languages like a beginner learning a new language.

🎼🎶🎤

I wanna be contigo…

And live contigo…

And dance contigo…

Para have contigo…

Una noche loca…

(With you, girl)

Con tremenda loca …

🎼🎶🎤

As I sang this part of the song, the mood of the party was at its highest as my eyes wandered closer to the stage and the three girls bounced their hips as they looked at me, not even hiding how thirsty they were.

When the song finally ended, I needed to cool down, so I grabbed a glass of drink offered by one of the guests and drank the whole thing in one gulp.

“Woooooo…” I heard the crowd yelling and clapping for me as I drank the glass, making me wonder if it was because of the music or the way I drank it.

But smiling, I took the microphone back as I sat panting in a chair and asked, “What did you think of my song? I’m still learning Spanish, so it’s hard to do a song only in Spanish…”

~ The song was amazing! ~ said one Latino guest excitedly in Spanish, and the other Latinos agreed by shouting excitedly and raising their glasses.

“I think it was the first song in Spanish that I liked.” An American woman also said excitedly because it was a song she could understand and she enjoyed the rhythm.

~ You sang that very well, thank you for singing that song for me, BlackVelvet! ~ Sarah said happily as she hugged Michael excitedly.

Michael also had a big smile on his face as he nodded at me.

Seeing the reaction of the audience made me very happy.

Looking back, I could also see the surprised and excited expressions on the faces of Mark and Frank, who seemed to be experiencing for the first time what it was like to have the audience so excited about their work.

From what they told me when we rehearsed at my house this morning, they were thinking of quitting their band with Jannet because the band wasn’t growing anymore and playing concerts was getting boring after she started fighting with her boyfriend and the audience didn’t like their songs that much.

But seeing how they reacted to the audience’s reaction, I imagined that maybe I could have rekindled the spark of excitement in them to play shows.

I hadn’t told them of my intention to hire them as a permanent backing band because I wasn’t big enough to pay them and still make a profit, but with the income from MeTube it was getting closer and closer.

Even if the shows didn’t make me a profit, with MeTube revenues skyrocketing and Mark and Frank joining the vlogs to help me create content, wouldn’t it make me even more?

But I put that thought aside and went back to focusing on singing the normal songs I used to sing at events like this.

The only thing was that I had to sing [Bailando] a few more times for the Latin audience because I didn’t know any other song from that world in Spanish to sing for them and I didn’t want to sing a whole new repertoire in Spanish.

So the focus of the evening was on the English songs, with a few of my original songs in between, which got a very positive reaction from the audience.

The most surprising thing for me was that one of the girls in the trio, who was dancing at the front of the stage, asked me to sing Boyfriend for her, which caused the other girls in the trio to scream with excitement as they looked at me expectantly.

Hearing this request, I was a little at a loss as to what to do, as I didn’t feel it was an appropriate song to sing at a wedding, but when I looked at Sarah and Michael, the bride and groom, and saw the look of expectation on their faces, with Sarah even joking about the girl named Ashley, I realized it would be okay to sing it.

“Okay guys, this song I’m going to sing next, at Ashley’s request, is one of my songs that’s been very successful, with over 1 million views on MeTube and hundreds of thousands of plays on Spokify, I hope you like it.” I created a context for the song to explain it to the rest of the audience, made sure I was singing it at the girl’s request, and ignored the girls’ screams when they realized I knew the name of the girl who asked me to sing the song.