Gamer Superstar - Chapter 147 - Bailando

The rest of the week I had to divide my time very well.

Part of the time I focused on recording ‘Bailando’ again, editing the vlogs and the music video, and the other part I spent practicing my acting skills.

Selena even canceled my weekend shows so that I could focus even more on this.

It was like a bet.

Even though the in-person shows would help me gain popularity, what I would gain from the Internet was much greater, so we would cancel the in-person shows and I would focus as much as possible on those weeks to develop my fan base to reach D Rank before the contract with the TV show team.

My time was very limited, but I was confident that it would be possible.

[BlackVelvet – 723rd -> 611th E Rank].

Since my songs were already getting a lot of views, the amount of popularity I was receiving every day was very high, but I still wanted to make sure that this would increase my rank in 2 weeks, so with Selena’s help, I started an advertising campaign on my accounts.

Every day I did more than 10 stories to attract the public to my profile, I posted at least one photo on my profile every day, as well as more hints that something in Spanish was coming.

From the comments I was getting, it was starting to work.

As the number of posts on my profile increased, my photos began to be recommended to people outside my bubble who were only interested in my appearance and then discovered that I was a singer.

With the Stories I posted, the public, who previously only remembered me occasionally when they wanted to hear a song, became more accustomed to seeing me every day when they opened Instabram, which also generated more engagement with my posts, causing the algorithm to promote me even more.

These changes meant that my Instabram profile increased the number of followers it received per day by 30 to 40%, which was already a very good figure.

As for MeTube, there wasn’t much I could do.

I just had to edit the videos and continue to post them as usual, which fortunately took less and less time, even as the quality of the editing increased, since my video editing skills were improving very quickly.

With the launch of my vlog on Friday, the views it got on the first day were much higher than what it would normally get after I posted it on Instabram, because of the new audience that came from there.

Surprisingly, MeTube promoted my vlog even more, which was even better than usual!

When I looked at the comments, I had a proud smile on my face.

[BlackVelvet can speak Spanish?!?!?!]

[Since when can he speak Spanish?!]

[I wonder if he’s of Latin descent?]

[Look at his accent, he’s learning Spanish all by himself! If he was Latin, he wouldn’t have such an American accent!]

[You can’t imagine my surprise when I saw BlackVelvet start speaking my language in the middle of the video!]

[I got goose bumps when I heard him speak Spanish!]

[Even my parents stopped watching the video I was watching on the living room TV when BlackVelvet started speaking and singing in Spanish].

[Why haven’t you released BlackVelvet yet?!]

[I want ‘Bailando’ on my desk now!]

[If you want, I can ‘Bailar’ for you BlackVelvet…]

[Sheeesh… that was fire!]

[BlackVelvet, when this came out, I was homeless, on drugs, and in jail. Now I have a good job, a husband, and I’m healthy. This song and “Clover Cage – Miracles” are the two songs that helped me through my depression. I just want everyone to know that things do get better. We are in this together. I love you]

There were some very creative people in the comments of the songs and what made me laugh the most was the last copypasta I read, something I was sure I’d read in the comments of every song in my old world.

I had no idea where it came from, who invented it, but seeing it in the comments of every song I saw was very funny, not to mention great for me as a singer because it would increase the engagement of the video and make it even more popular!

From what I noticed in the comments, not only were there people living in the US who were Latino, but I also had some fans from Latin America and Spain in Europe who were surprised that I could speak their language.

The most common thing was that Latin and Spanish artists learned English to get an audience, not the other way around.

So to see an artist go the other way was apparently surprising.

It was great for me.

In the time that I was not editing the videos, I was completely focused on improving my acting skills, trying to get them from Lv 16 to above Lv 20 by the day of the audition, but if possible, I would try to get them as high as possible.

Even though the role I was going to play was a small one, just the boyfriend of one of the main characters in the series, I was still excited to find out what it would be like to act and how it could help me get even more of an audience for my career.

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If I thought the release of The Lazy Song was explosive, it was because I hadn’t yet seen what Bailando would be like…

A few minutes after the song was released, a MeTube text appeared above the song title.

[#49 Music Trending]

My song was trending!

This was a separate MeTube ranking where only the most viewed songs and videos at a given time appeared!

[Bailando – 193,000 views]

The song had almost 200k views in just 2 hours… even The Lazy Song and Boyfriend Live, which had done very well, didn’t get off to such a good start!

Looking at the comments on the song, I got more and more excited.

Although most of the people who commented were old followers, there were many new followers who commented in surprise.

[Who is this guy? He appeared in my feed out of nowhere].

[How come I didn’t know you?]

[Haha, those people who didn’t know BlackVelvet…]

[Ai papi…]

[How can an American sing such a good Latin song?!]

The surprise was palpable and the numbers didn’t lie.

Just today I had gained more than 5,000 subscribers with the other videos, but after Bailando was released, the number of subs I was gaining every hour had doubled!

For the 250,000 subs I had when I woke up, I could see that I might have over 300,000 by the end of next week!

With so many new people coming to my channel, the analytics showed me that not only was Bailando doing very well, but it was also pulling up all of my other videos.

Whether it was the vlogs on the channel that people were using to find out what I was like as a person, or even the other songs from people who were curious to see what I was like singing those songs with over a million views!

It all started with Bailando, and while I had a big smile on my face, Liv came into the basement shocked.

“Do you speak Spanish?!” She asked.

“Didn’t you see my vlog from yesterday?” I asked laughing.

“No…” She replied a little embarrassed.

“I’ve been learning it for a few months, so when that Latin family wanted to hear something in their style, I sang them this song.” I explained.

“But I’ve never heard you practice this song…” She asked suspiciously.

But I just smiled without explaining anything, which made Liv even more suspicious, but she didn’t want to push the issue.

I could hear my music playing on the TV in the living room through Liv’s open door, probably my parents who were home because it was Saturday night and I was curious to know their reaction.

I was very surprised to go into the living room and see the two of them dancing together while listening to my song.

Ethan was very happy to see them acting like that and even Liv, who was obviously a little embarrassed, accepted them acting like that.

“You can even dance…” She complained when she saw me dancing with the Latin actress in the video.

“I learned at the new school.” I explained. I explained. “You did?”

She looked at me embarrassed and looked away without answering.

A bigger smile appeared on my face. “Do you want to learn?”

She looked at me, thought for a few seconds, then shook her head and ran away in shame.

Seeing her act like that, I just laughed, if she wanted to learn to dance, I’d have no problem teaching her.

With my [Teach Lv 33] skill, she would learn it very quickly, but I wouldn’t force her to learn it with me either.

So I just went back to the cellar and continued reading the comments.

The next day, I got a call from Selena with some surprise news.

[Your song Bailando is doing very well! Even some Latin radio stations are calling me and are interested in playing your song]. Selena said, surprising me.

[Really?] I asked.

[Yes, from what I can see, this song is going to go even more viral than The Lazy Song, so be prepared.] She said.

Prepared for what? I asked myself mentally, still confused.