I Will Rock You

"Let's welcome the dazzling debut of the band 'Soul'!"

When the audience heard this, they all raised their hands in unison, ready to cheer for them, however—

"Where are they? Where are they?"

"Could it be delayed again? We're already twenty minutes overtime!"

Some unsuspecting viewers began shouting, their anger rising. "Refunds! Refunds!"

The DJ was also a bit confused at this point. "Um, there might be a slight problem backstage. Please wait a moment while I check."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sound like an icebox door opening rang out. The large truck bed that had been serving as a backdrop was suddenly opened horizontally, and the rectangular sheet metal was lifted and stretched out to form a large screen. Below the screen, in the original truck bed, a stage was already ready to go.

Smoke swirled on the stage, and rows of lights emitted strange glows rising from below. An exciting prelude emanated from the speakers on either side, silencing the audience's restlessness.

"Ahem, obviously, this is a little joke the Soul Band played on us; they've been here the whole time!"

--The performance has begun.

In the shadows of the stage lights, bassist Jiancao Erren began with a powerful, earth-shaking intro, while drummer Dave, positioned towards the back of the stage, coordinated the beats, the crisp drum sounds hitting precisely at each opportune moment, as if providing a perfect commentary for the bass.

Guitarist Diduo Chengjie and lead Kyoka Makoto walked out from the side while jumping around, and then walked to the front of the stage.

However, Kyoka Makoto didn't start singing. Instead, he stopped in front of the microphone stand, rhythmically stomping his legs and clapping his hands.

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang"

To the bewilderment of Yaoyorozu and the others, nearly half the audience began clapping to this rhythm. Perhaps infected by the atmosphere, Uraraka also started clapping like Jiro.

"Buddy entices areaboyakeabignoise (You're just a loudmouth)"

py'thestreetgonnabeabigansoda (Playing around in the street, hoping to one day become a big shot)

You gotudonyo'face (You've made a fool of yourself)

Bigdisgrace (utterly pathetic)

(Kicking the tin can around)

sg (singing)

Kyoka Makoto grabbed the microphone, raised his fist, and roared at the top of his lungs.

"We will we will rock!"

As Jilan said, this way of rocking out with your whole body is the most suitable for singing this song, Kyoka Makoto really felt the exhilarating feeling that this performance style brought to them.

The audience was the same; during the second verse, more than half of them waved their fists and started singing along, "We will, we will rock!"

Watching them from backstage, Jilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, seeing Kyoka Makoto's current excited state, it seemed that after a day of guidance, he wasn't rejecting this free-flowing singing style. 35xs

Kyoka Makoto's Quirk is truly remarkable; he can influence other people's emotions through his voice or musical instruments. Whenever he gets excited, the audience below the stage will also be affected by his Quirk and become excited. Of course, there are also many people who willingly let their emotions be influenced by him.

The song we just heard was Queen's signature song, "I Will Rock You." Many audience members, even if they hadn't heard the original, had heard their elders humming along. It's arguably the most well-known song besides the risqué one the DJ just played.

The next song was "ridiogaga," the same song Jilan sang in the basement. This time, Xiang Tang Kyoka Makoto suit, mimicking Jilan's movements as he walked around the venue. Although each of the four of them had a microphone, he still stood next to that person, fidgeting and singing along with him.

When Kyoka Makoto arrived at Diduo, he was playing the guitar and singing when he suddenly remembered how Jilan taught Kyoka Makoto to dance, and an urge to burst out laughing arose in his heart.

I won't go into the details, but in short, after Kyoka Makoto learned this position, Camie Utsushimi, who had watched the whole thing, looked at Jilan Jiyu with a strange expression and gave him a wicked smile, "You're so sexy."

The other members of Soul wanted to laugh too, seeing their usually serious leader wiggling his hips in front of so many audience members. However, seeing the enthusiastic shouts from the audience, they didn't falter and continued the performance with smiles on their faces.

At the end of the song, Kyoka Makoto held the microphone stand as if he were holding a guitar, looked at Diduo, tilted the microphone stand to the side, and shouted the last words.

This song depicted for the audience a scene of United States teenagers in the 1980s imagining the world through the radio. Except for those who were not good at English, everyone else felt a sense of nostalgia and fantasized about life a hundred years ago.

The next song is "I Want to Break Free," and a story must be mentioned when talking about this song. When filming the video for this song, the drummer Hua Hua's girlfriend suggested that they could dress up as women, so the group of rough guys from Queen Band did just that. Although the video caused a lot of controversy at the time after its release, its influence was undeniably enormous.

Jilan Jiyu suggested that they dress up as women during their performance. Kyoka Makoto and Jiancao Erren didn't say anything, but Diduo Chengjie and Dave strongly opposed it, saying that they didn't want to experience dressing up as women at all.

Originally, the song was meant to liberate housewives from constraints, but Kyoka Makoto's performance evoked a sense of awakening in those troubled by love, causing some female audience members, especially middle-aged women, to consider divorcing their husbands upon returning home.

In their eyes, Kyoka Makoto is getting more and more handsome, and even every jump in every frame is so cool and dashing. Among them, the middle-aged women of the biker gang are the most impressed, of course, not including Mitsuki Bakugo, the leader.

However, what they didn't know was that their sudden surge of emotion was simply due to Kyoka Makoto's Quirk; this emotion would gradually disappear after the concert ended. If they were the impatient type who immediately pulled out their phones to make a call, hopefully they wouldn't go to the Women's Federation to cause trouble for the Soul Band.

The next song is "So Body To Love".

Kyoka Makoto took off his coat, revealing a white vest underneath. After announcing the piece to the audience, he sat down at the piano in the lower left corner. Hitomi Mishima, as his assistant, quickly took the microphone stand, giving him ample time to prepare.

In several performances by the Queen Band, the person who hands the microphone stand to lead singer Uncle Teeth can be considered the fifth member of the band. His presence allows Queen to sing the songs they want without any worries, without fear of any stage equipment interfering with their performance. In the Soul Band, Hitomi Mishima plays this role, and she plays it exceptionally well.

This is a lyrical song, and the audience hummed along softly, carrying the song far and wide, attracting the attention of passersby.

At times like these, Jilan Jiyu are not present.

At this moment, he was standing in front of the mirror backstage, looking at himself in a light green suit, adjusting his dark green tie, touching the skull watch on his wrist, and thinking about the events of the past two days. He felt absurd at the same time, but also somewhat sentimental.

He ignored Camie Utsushimi's teasing gesture of putting her hand on his shoulder, listened intently to the singing coming from outside, and silently thought to himself.

Soon it will be my turn to go on stage.