"Sister Riding the Wind and Waves 2" (hereinafter referred to as "Sister Lang 2") was launched last Friday in a chaotic melon field, and the level of discussion is still far behind that of the first season.
My most intuitive feeling after watching the show is that some of the sisters this time worked too hard when they first came on, rushing to join the show, and each one referenced the experience of the first season to create a character that attracts fans. .
However, the more fierce everyone competes for beauty, the more it seems that one sister is particularly "lazy". In this lively place, she yawned, ate, meditated...
Talking about her daily life, she said, "I can't get up, sleep very late, skip breakfast, eat whatever I want at noon, and work hard at night." "Eat" made me feel an unprecedented sense of immersion (bushi) in female celebrities.
This magical sister is Alan.
Alan is a Tibetan singer who has been developing in Japan for a long time. She sang the theme song of the movie "Red Cliff", "Red Cliff: The End of the River", and the theme song of "Inuyasha: The Final Chapter", "Diamond".
She also sang "One Thought Persistence" from "Bu Bu Jing Xin".
People in China may not know her very well, but after getting to know her better, you will understand why Du Hua said to her with hatred: "God has rewarded you with a mouthful of rice. If you work harder, you I won’t be in this position today.”
It would be good for most people to have a mouthful of food from God, but she is a wonderful existence where "God is chasing after her to feed her, but she just eats whatever she wants".
Alan was admitted to the Vocal Music Department of Military Arts at the age of 16. His teacher was Li Shuangjiang, and his duet partner at the school party was Han Hong, a senior sister from the same school.
For ordinary people, this should be a very honorable thing, right?
But Alan didn’t think so. When she got back, she wrote a blog post complaining about Han Hong’s lip-synching.
After 19-year-old Alan kicked out his senior sister for lip-syncing, he did not forget to make a bold statement - "I, Alan Dawa Dolma, will not rely on anyone's influence for my success." I forgot to add: "Even if I don't succeed, I won't regret it, because I tried my best." I am full of feelings.
First of all, it is definitely wrong to lip-sync, but Alan exposed the seniors when he was just starting out, so I must say respect to her.
Later, she participated in a competition and was spotted by Aihui, Asia's largest record company, and signed directly to the headquarters to be trained as a baby.
Does everyone know Kikuchi Kazuhito? A master who often helped Hamasaki Ayumi and Koda Kumi write songs, he directly regarded Alan as his muse. He wrote many songs including her debut song.
Not long after her debut, she was known as the Nine Ai Hui Diva along with Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda and others. At that time, her name was Aesthetic Diva.
Although this title is second-rate, Alan’s face at the time was worth it, really worth it.
(This is her ID photo at that time, it’s really outrageous)
Ai Hui really spent a lot of money to support her. She had a single and even invited Sakamoto Long Yi came to help her with the piano accompaniment.
Her masterpieces are basically songs from the Ai Hui period.
In sharp contrast to the top-notch resources the company gave her, she was criticized by many netizens for being "lazy" and was even given the nickname "Lazy".
Actually, I think Alan’s musical talent and good looks are worthy of these resources, but maybe because of her good conditions, she has never been particularly motivated.
For several years in Japan, Alan’s Japanese was not up to standard, and he made many jokes because of this. The most classic one was probably the one where he said “The office is very hard” as “The office is going to be finished.”
Netizens complained that she was lazy, and also said that she was not good at singing. How could she tolerate this? Her sarcastic words were compiled into "Lazy Quotations" by netizens. Some of the more widely circulated sentences are: "You deserve to teach me a lesson!" "My mother is not anxious, why are you anxious?" "Hamasaki Ayumi even knows me. ! ”
There is also a very practical advice: “Drink more water before singing my song, the tone is too high”.
This... is true, but why do I always feel like something is wrong?
In fact, looking back now, Alan is not really "lazy", at most he is not very ambitious.
On the stage, you should never be careless about what you should do. In addition to singing, she also plays the erhu very well. This cannot be achieved by just relying on talent without hard work.
Her failure to become popular probably had more to do with the decline of the Japanese singer era at that time.
Moreover, her music style is also quite niche. She does not sing about small love affairs, but mostly about huge propositions such as mountains, rivers, and the earth. It is advanced, but not many people listen to it.
She has the talent to soothe people's hearts when she sings and make people angry when she talks. No wonder her fans heard that she was going to appear in "Sister Lang 2" and told her to sing more and talk less.
Later, when I returned to China and signed with Lehua, the team’s planning and aesthetics declined off a cliff. Alan looked like this during the Ai Hui period:
Alan looked like this during the Lehua period:
With this kind of packaging, no matter how hard he works, he probably won’t be able to become popular...
However, the bottleneck of work in the entertainment industry has not diminished Alan’s courageous character.
She chatted with fans during a live broadcast before, and one fan asked her to listen to "First Dream" sung by Weiqi Fan, because the Japanese original version of this song was covered by Alan.
If nothing else, in terms of singing skills, Fan Weiqi is definitely far behind Alan and the original singer Miyuki Nakajima.
Alan’s comments were relatively restrained at first, saying, “She turned this song into a refreshing style.” After hearing this, he shook his head repeatedly and turned off the song before he finished listening. Help others gain respect? nonexistent.
Performing at the CCTV gala, she let herself go and made faces after singing.
The same thing happened in "Sister Lang 2". Du Hua persuaded her to work hard with a serious look, but she said "I'm here, haven't I?" and she immediately blocked it.
The reason why she can remain like this is inseparable from her "God chases and feeds her" physique. In addition to her singing talent, her investment path is also very smooth.
She bought the original shares of Enlight Media before it went public, so after Enlight Media went public, she immediately became a rich woman. She also has shares in Space Club, a well-known nightclub in China, and is known as "Boss Lan".
This is really chasing and feeding.
To be honest, she is beautiful, young and rich. If I take Alan's place, I am afraid that I will be a hundred times lazier than her...
Because in "Sister Lang 2" Due to his performance on the show, Alan's popularity has been rising recently, and almost all of it is positive.
She is beautiful and good at singing, and her performance on the show is relatively relaxed. The "lazy" and "criticism of netizens" that were criticized before have also become "queen behavior" in the current entertainment context. ”, and even her identity as a rich woman has become a perfect tool to attract fans.
I do think this change in context is interesting in itself.
In the past, artist resources were nothing to brag about. On the contrary, artists with better resources would be more picky.
Alan’s appearance and musical talent are worthy of the saying “excellent talent”, but it is still not enough. As long as she is not motivated enough, everyone will think she is wasting resources.
Many fans who like her will also be in a "furious" mood and advise her to work harder.
But things are different now. As more and more people with their own resources begin to pour into the entertainment industry, they will play the leading role as soon as they debut, release albums, and be the C-position, and they will also be used as celebrities by fans. To brag about "actual results".
As for whether the artist’s own quality is worthy of these resources? That is certainly worthy in the eyes of fans.
The "rich people" who bravely enter the entertainment industry have their own halo. "If you don't become an artist, you will go home and inherit the family business" has become a wonderful fan logic. Girls and teenagers from ordinary families , working hard every day to invest for the children of rich people, it is simply a wonder on earth if you think about it carefully.
If this artist still has character and dares to criticize people, so much the better. As soon as the label of "true temperament" is attached, fans will come pouring in.
If you think about it carefully, behind this change is a change in fans' logic.
The fans before were more like fans of the artist’s works than fans of the artist. When we like the work, if the artist himself is not good enough, then he must be criticized.
Because if the artist does not work hard and is not motivated, it will harm the work.
Alan has high talent and good resources, so everyone will expect her to produce more amazing works, so everyone will hate her for being "lazy".
But many of today’s fans are true fans of artists. What they like is the artist himself, or the persona designed by the artist’s team. Therefore, when an artist's work is not good, they will tend to excuse the artist instead of asking the artist to improve.
To put it bluntly, they may not really like the artist’s work.
But this kind of thinking is really putting the cart before the horse. How can an artist really be remembered by the audience if he does not have excellent works?