"Don't mix me up with you guys on your own."
Ohtsuki Yoyoko hurriedly escaped from the cheerful atmosphere of Kessoku Band. She is not the kind of little girl who forms a band simply because she likes it.
Since she has become a member of a band, she must prepare for fame in the future!
"Eh, what's wrong Yoyoko?" Ijichi Nijika asked doubtfully.
"Yo... Yoyoko? When did we become friends who can call each other by first names!"
Ohtsuki Yoyoko took a step back and crossed her arms. "I'd better tell you first, don't think that with a few months of hard work you can compare with our SIDEROS."
"When we perform on the same stage then, if you get laughed at by the audience because of poor effect, I won't care."
Ijichi Nijika nodded, "Mn! We will do our best. Please give us your guidance then!"
The words I just said should be sarcasm, right? Why does this guy still have a 'thank you for your concern' expression!
Ohtsuki Yoyoko looked at Ijichi Nijika who was still smiling, and couldn't help but label the woman in front of her as 'extremely deep'.
It seems that without showing something substantial, you guys won't take our SIDEROS seriously at all.
"Cough cough, actually I saw the MV video you released on the video website. It's barely watchable, but the number of viewers is too small. There are no fans on the account, right?"
Kita Ikuyo chuckled. The band's external publicity has always been done by her, and she is currently responsible for this YouTube account.
"Video websites and social networking sites are quite different... It's so hard to increase the number of fans." Kita-chan was very distressed, mainly because she didn't know what to post.
Ohtsuki Yoyoko finally smiled. "Well, let me tell you first, I have 10,000 fans on my YouTube account!"
Is 10,000 people a lot? Uchiha Ryo didn't know much about the situation of video websites, so he turned his head and quietly asked Hayasaka Ai.
"Not quite sure. If you don't take ads, there is almost no income, right? And only those accounts with millions of fans are considered famous."
Hearing this from the side, Yamada Ryo's eyes lit up. "That means the more fans the account has, the more ad fees, right?"
Hayasaka Ai nodded. "Something like that. Of course, it also depends on what type of ad it is. Cheaper ones like food ads, higher commissions like electronic products or money-burning musical instruments like yours."
Yamada Ryo immediately came to Kita's side. "Do your best, Kita! Let's strive for our Kessoku Band's official account to reach one million fans soon!"
"Mn! I will do my best, Ryo-senpai!"
Ohtsuki Yoyoko snorted lightly. "Hey hey hey, you guys think gaining fans is too easy, right? I've been doing this for so long and only have 10,000 fans, and you open your mouths aiming for a million?"
Ijichi Nijika suddenly thought of a certain Guitar Hero's account which had already grown to 100,000 fans during this time, so she asked doubtfully.
"If it's 10,000 fans, it shouldn't take long if the band develops slowly, right? (After all, we have Guitar Hero)"
"Hah? Do you really understand! In the case of having no popularity itself, how difficult it is to cultivate an account to reach 10,000 fans through shooting and editing!"
Ohtsuki Yoyoko worked very hard to achieve it. She can't let these guys look down on her like this! So she coughed lightly and began to explain.
"Listen well, there are about 300,000 channels on YouTube in Japan that have posted videos. Among them, those with less than 1,000 fans account for about 75%!"
"And those with 10,000 to 50,000 fans account for 20%! Reaching my level means I've already left three-quarters of the people in the country behind, okay!"
As for the money Yamada Ryo mentioned? Hmph! Unfortunately...
Almost more than 95% of the wealth in these channels is occupied by that 0.4% of people! (500k~990k fans account for 0.3%, over 1 million fans account for 0.1%)
This is a wealth possession ratio that even medieval landlords wouldn't dare to imagine! Don't even know this kind of thing, don't think about a million subscribers target!
"So complicated... I thought it was just posting performance videos and some photos."
Kita Ikuyo sighed and said. "After all, I post some selfies on Instagram, and now I have 15,000 followers."
(Instagram is the most popular social networking platform among young people in Japan)
"Fifteen thousand... Tch, for people in a band, fans not attracted by music are meaningless."
Kita Ikuyo thought for a moment. "That's true. Then Bocchi, I remember your YouTube account attracted a lot of fans, right? How many people now."
"Eh! I... I haven't paid much attention recently because of practice... Ah! Kita-chan, you know?"
Kita Ikuyo pulled Yamada Ryo over. "Don't think you can hide it from us by not saying it. Just your style, and Guitar Hero's clothes and guitar, are exactly the same."
Guitar Hero?
Ohtsuki Yoyoko felt she had heard this name somewhere... Let me search quietly on my phone.
"....."
"This is!"
View count many times higher than mine, and this number of comments... The number of subscribers is actually as many as two Tokyo Domes! (Note: Tokyo Dome capacity is around 55,000, implying around 100k+ subscribers)
Quietly looking at the pink-haired girl who was surrounded and lowered her head, called Gotoh... Hitori right? Who exactly is this guy!
A guy with such a number of fans on the internet cannot be a band newcomer! But their band is indeed newly formed, so why would Guitar Hero choose such a fledgling band!
What to do? Suddenly feel so superfluous. My best guitar and fan count are all overshadowed by that pink-haired girl!
Ohtsuki Yoyoko fell into silence. Ohtsuki Yoyoko quietly left.
"Kita-san, what did you post on Kessoku Band's official channel?" Uchiha Ryo suddenly thought of something, so he asked.
"Um, just videos of our practice, and one MV, nothing else."
Uchiha Ryo nodded, then looked at everyone and said.
"Actually, regarding that sentence just now 'fans not attracted by music are meaningless for people in a band', I have a different opinion."
YouTube is a very inclusive video website. There are guitar lovers like Guitar Hero who purely share music, and of course there are also various netizens with wide interests.
"Why don't you try uploading some other types of videos."
Kita and Ijichi Nijika looked at each other. "But apart from music being presentable, we have nothing else to attract people, right?"
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand. "Who doesn't have a life? The competition in the music section is too strong. You can shoot videos for the lifestyle section, right? Or start a livestream to chat with everyone."
In terms of socializing, Kita Ikuyo is very experienced. If she becomes a streamer, people will definitely watch.
Since Kessoku Band intends to develop in multiple aspects, they can completely try to expand their popularity on the internet while improving their professional skills.