Novels like Reborn: The Rise of Folk Music
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- 1 I'm Xu Gao, and My Song Hallucination Made Lao Xue Cry! 我，许高，一首幻听唱哭老薛！ Xu Gao transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a nobody, an unconventional singer ranked eighteenth-tier. At the same time, he is bound to the Best Singer System, whose current mission is to stun everyone with a single song. On the stage of China's Got Talent, he faces doubts from diva Na Jie. Xu Gao performs an original song, “Auditory Hallucination,” and wins the approval of the other three judges. Xue Zhiqian: Everyone calls me the prince of heartbroken songs. I think your “Auditory Hal 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Opera-Style Performance of Vast Lands Sets the Stage Ablaze, and I Lead Traditional Chinese Culture! 戏腔万疆炸场，我引领国风文化！ [No plot, mostly patriotism and singing, with a relaxed pace! If this isn't your kind of story, please don't click in. Thank you!] Leng Feng transmigrates to a parallel world starved of music and takes part in the police academy's farewell performance. To earn 100,000 popularity points, Leng Feng decisively changes the song he plans to perform. Amid everyone's confusion and doubts, his rendition of “When Farewell Blooms” leaves the whole crowd in tears! The lyric “There is a home waiting for you 478Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 3 Building an Entertainment Empire, Starting with Traditional Chinese Style 从国风开始，打造娱乐帝国 In a parallel world, the entertainment industry in Xia Country is more prosperous than ever. Girl groups, variety shows, stand-up comedy, and Western instruments have captured almost all the audience’s attention. Celebrities worship all things foreign, proudly singing songs in other languages and treating collaboration with foreign stars as an honor. Lan Zhan was reborn into this foul, chaotic world. People resist what they don’t understand. This world is heartbreaking. No one has experienced th 216Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 4 My Voice Was Ruined, So I Became the Great Demon King of Showbiz! 嗓音被毁，我化身娱乐大魔王！ Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a graduate of the Magic City Conservatory of Music in a parallel world. The good news: none of the classic songs from his previous life exist here. The bad news: an accident has ruined his voice. With no other choice, Shen Mo makes a living writing mediocre novels. But when he puts classic songs from his previous life into his novels, he discovers that readers aren't buying it at all. Reader A: “I've never heard the songs in your novel. What kind of non 9.8kReads8.3Score67314d adds
- 5 Cross-Dressing Me Redefines the Nation's Sweetheart 女装的我，重新定义国民女神 As society progresses, the gap between men and women in how they see the world continues to grow. Women think that men who complain about the pressure of making a living are just useless. If they had to work as men, they’d surely earn more than men do. Men, meanwhile, think women have it far too easy in this society. They don’t have to pay when they go out to eat, drink, or have fun, and they don’t have to worry about the pressure of bride prices, cars, and homes. Who wouldn’t want to be a woman 141Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 6 Showbiz: I Ushered in a Golden Age of Entertainment 娱乐：我开创了文娱盛世 [Dual male leads] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Shiyi brings the culture of his own world and showcases its unparalleled glory, creating a golden age of entertainment that belongs to him, an era of dazzling literary talent and peerless elegance. 36Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 7 China Has No History? My Past Life Is Exposed and Shocks the Internet 华夏无史？我前世曝光震撼全网 Blue Star's history has been lost in large part. The only dynasty for which there is any reliable evidence is the Great Qing, a dynasty whose history is filled with humiliation. As a result, Westerners mock and despise them. “Chinese people are born slaves!” “The sick man of the East!” “A bunch of balding princes and women with bound feet. Disgusting!” Faced with foreign taunts, the people of Huaxia dare not speak out, though they seethe with anger. But everything changes when Ye Fei, a history 789Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 8 My Past Life Exposed: The Entire Nation Weeps 前世曝光：举国泪奔 VR technology advances by leaps and bounds, and the particle soul detector is invented. Humanity rebuilds civilization amid the ruins. Some were merchants in their previous lives, with fortunes vast enough to rival entire nations, and can return to the places where they hid their treasures to dig them up again. Others were scientists, able to rekindle the flames of civilization by watching their memories. A show called Past and Present takes the world by storm. It becomes a ladder to a new desti 516Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 9 The Heartbreak Song God: The Whole Internet Begs Me to Stop Singing 致郁歌神，全网求我别唱了 Li Zeyan transmigrates into the body of a depressed singer who tried to take his own life by poisoning himself. The original owner’s agent has also run off with all his money, leaving him saddled with a mountain of unpaid taxes. To pay it all back, Li Zeyan has no choice but to keep competing on a singing show. He’s at the bottom of the rankings and on the verge of elimination. Then “What Can I Use to Keep You” appears. [So life, it is bitter as a song...] The whole internet feels the melancholy 148Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 10 Showbiz: My Opera Heritage Is Exposed on a Beloved Reality Show 娱乐：我戏曲传人，被向往曝光了 Mu Fengqing transmigrated to a parallel world and became an inheritor of traditional opera. It was an ordinary morning of training, and Mu Fengqing sang for the first time. Just then, Zhao Xiaodao, a newly added regular guest on the entertainment show, arrived at the village opera stage to livestream. No one could have imagined that countless viewers would witness the scene. Mu Fengqing’s performance of “Red Cliff” stunned a million viewers and made everyone appreciate the charm of China’s cultu 1.5kReads7.3Score15714d adds
- 11 A Disastrous Start: One Song, Wandering, Made the Whole Internet Cry 天崩开局，一首流浪记唱哭全网 [Singing + Acting + Charity + No Romance + Everyone’s Darling + Fake Angst + Misunderstandings + Frail Hero] After waking up, Li Ruoxun transmigrates into the body of a disgraced top-tier star. His mother runs off with the family money, then breaks down in tears on a variety show, accusing him of being unfilial. People despise and loathe him, wishing he would leave showbiz for good. A born actor and schemer, Li Ruoxun figures he can still turn things around. “Under the Sea,” “The Wandering Song, 22.1kReads8.8Score3.1k14d adds
- 12 Showbiz: I Played a Villain and Became Hated, Then My Charity Work Was Exposed! 娱乐：演反派遭人恨，慈善曝光！ He is An Jiahe, who gave viewers childhood nightmares in Don’t Talk to Strangers. He is Su Mingcheng, the “scumbag” from All Is Well. He is Zhang Dongsheng, the man who went hiking in The Bad Kids… Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, becomes an actor, and activates the [Movie Emperor Training System]. But the System has one requirement: all the money he earns from acting must go to charity, which he can exchange for acting skill points… With no connections and no backing, Lin Feng can on 14.1kReads8.8Score91814d adds
- 13 You Divorced Me for Fame and Fortune, Now You Cry as I Make the Diva a Star 为名利和我离婚，我捧红天后你哭什么 Also known as: After Our Divorce, I Became the Pop Queen's Personal Assistant [Showbiz + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] Right after divorcing his celebrity wife, Lin Zhou unexpectedly became the personal assistant to a rising pop queen. Just then, his memories from transmigrating came back, and Lin Zhou naturally began plagiarizing works from his past life. And so, the legendary man behind the pop queen finally made his entrance! His ex-wife, a second-tier singer: “Lin Zhou is 28.1kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 14 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.6kReads9.3Score94514d adds
- 15 The Global Creator 全球创作家 [No System + Pure Wish Fulfillment + No Angsty Plotlines] After enduring trials across dozens of worlds and mastering every skill, Lu Xun was on his way back to Earth when he stumbled into Blue Star and unexpectedly became a composer. Composing music came naturally to him. Acting was a piece of cake. Writing books was effortless. Playing the piano was no big deal. Fortune-telling, though, was the real deal! He made the legendary superstar. He turned him into a celebrated movie emperor. If he 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
