Monday, November 23, 2015
Michael woke up to the soft sound of rain hitting the window of his new room. For the first ti in months, he didn't feel the wave of anxiety about Ethereum. He had checked it the night before. The price remained stable, $0.88. He was getting used to the slow drip.
What he did feel was curiosity.
He had released 'Ghost Girl' the night before, on Sunday. He knew it wouldn't be a viral banger like 'White Iverson' or 'Sodium'. He didn't expect millions of views. This song was different. It was a gift. A story that needed to be finished.
He got up, made himself a coffee, and went to his studio. He sat in his Herman Miller chair, the steam from the cup rising in the cold morning air.
He turned on his MacBook. It was ti to see the reaction.
He opened his laptop and checked his social dia. The reaction was already flooding his feed. His tweet —"Started with a ghost. Let's close the circle. 'GHOST GIRL'."— had been retweeted hundreds of tis.
But it wasn't the hype blogs. It was his fans.
He opened SoundCloud. His eyes went straight to the numbers.
The song wasn't a failure, far from it, but it wasn't a viral explosion either. While 'White Iverson' had reached millions of plays in its first few days, 'Ghost Girl' had a respectable 300,000 plays in its first twelve hours. His other hits had acted like a magnet, drawing people to his profile, ready to listen to what was next.
The numbers were modest. But the "like" ratio was insane. It had more "likes" than 'Sodium', which had triple the plays.
And then, he saw the comnts. And they were exactly the ones he expected.
The top comnt, pinned by "likes", was from Chloe.
"It's perfect. It's the other half of the story. Thank you.
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