In our impression, it seems that as long as the artists who come back from Korea as trainees can turn into phoenixes and become hot top stars one by one. From Han Geng, to Lu Han, Huang Zitao, Zhang Yixing and other "four sons who returned to China", and then to Song Qian, Wu Xuanyi, etc., generation after generation, after returning, they have developed better than the other.
But things are not so absolute, such as the one we are going to talk about today, which is a negative model.
You have to say that she did not catch up with the time, she is Lu Han's sister, Han Geng's sister; you want to say that she has no strength, she is a "female singer with excellent singing skills and perfect voice" hand-picked by SM boss Li Xiuman; you want to say that she has no resources, when SM top resources were blessed, it was intended to make her a second treasure...
But in the end, whether it was during the development period of Han or after returning to China, she was always tepid, and now she has no one in the music scene.
Her name is Zhang Liyin.
Recently, Zhang Liyin finally appeared on tv shows. It turned out that she was still singing, and those who didn't know thought she had withdrawn from the circle.
In the latest issue of Oriental Satellite TV's "All the Way Singing", the music treasure hunting group came to Chengdu, the capital of music, and it was here that Zhang Liyin (she was originally from Chengdu).
Zhang Liyin sang an original work "Origin" in front of Hu Yanbin, almost the level of "opening his mouth and kneeling", which made Hu Yanbin drunk, the style of world music, the sense of atmosphere, and the endless high notes were easily controlled...
Netizens commented in the bullet screen that this voice condition is that God chased after the food to eat. What are the "beautiful people, sweet singing, strong strength", "powerful sister charming", "sister singing is fantastic, worthy of the name of the strength singer" and so on, have expressed great praise for Zhang Liyin's strength.
If it is so powerful, why is Zhang Liyin lurking in his hometown? What about obscurity in show business?
Zhang Liyin was born in 1989, the same age as Zhang Bichen and Meng Jia, and two years younger than Song Qian and Wang Feifei, but when it comes to Han Drift's experience, these are her juniors. In 2003, at the age of 14, she was selected to go to South Korea and become an artist under dr Music. It seems that Han Geng also went in the same year. Then, the following year, she jumped to SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. and became Han Geng's sister.
At that time, Zhang Liyin was deeply appreciated by the boss Li Xiuman, who named her "a female artist with excellent singing skills and perfect voice".
We all know that SM is best at creating a boy band girl group, Zhang Liyin originally had the opportunity to become a member of the "Girls' Generation", but due to various considerations, SM finally let Zhang Liyin debut as a SOLO singer in 2006.
The debut song is "Timeless" sung with "Oriental Divine Rise" Kim Joon-so, and also sang the Chinese and Korean versions;
He then released his debut EP "Timeless", which topped the comprehensive chart of Melon in South Korea and the champion of "SBS Popular Songs" in South Korea, the most eye-catching of which was the Newcomer of the Year Award at the MKMF Asian Music Awards (now MAMA).
In fact, at that time, many people were skeptical about her winning this award, "Timeless" sales were not so high, people were not so hot, and there was not so much recognition of her voice, but SM was too good for her, and Kim Joon-so's blessing; it can even be said that at that time, the whole company escorted her, including the hottest brother group Super Junior at that time, and also tried to take her. When she won the MKMF Newcomer Award, she was surrounded by SJ and 18 handsome men from the Oriental God in cheers, which was the peak of her life.
The MV of "Timeless", starring Han Geng, Choi Shiyuan, Lee Yoon-hee, etc., is still an outdoor shooting, and there is a thrilling plot. This ultra-luxurious configuration is not something that ordinary SM artists can enjoy, and some people even say that this is the treatment of Li Xiuman's daughter.
Under such praise, Zhang Liyin did not catch fire as he wished.
Also a Chinese trainee, why is Han Geng very popular, but she is not? Some people say that Han Geng is handsome, while Zhang Liyin is not very pretty (some people say that he has been whole), his figure is not very tall, and he looks a little anxious, and he does not look like a 17-year-old girl at that time. Also, Han Geng is in the group, relying on the popularity of the group can also catch fire, and she is a single foreign singer, it is not so easy to get the korean fans to pursue.
In terms of strength, her singing at that time did not reach the point of opening her mouth and kneeling, and even being spat on, and then slowly improved;
From the perspective of personality, Zhang Liyin is too simple, the emotional intelligence is not high, she will not circle fans, she is not particularly suitable for the kind of personality of an artist;
In addition, from the perspective of the company, they may really only be good at creating idol groups, and there is a bit of a problem with the packaging strategy of SOLO singers. Although there were successful cases of Bao'er before, Bao'er did not have a fire at first, and it was only after accidental fire in Japan that it was sold domestically.
By 2008, SJ-M, the SJ squad, went to China to develop and soon became popular. Zhang Liyin also returned to China with them to develop, and held the first audiovisual conference of his personal album "Star Wish" in Beijing. The meeting will be presided over by Mi, and Han Geng will be responsible for sending flowers. Later, SJ-M's singers' clubs in China often took her as a guest...
Rubbing the heat of the master brother, and returning to his own country, this time he should be able to catch fire. However, it still backfired, and it also failed to stir up much splash in China. In 2008-09, SJ-M swept China, but how many people remember Zhang Liyin at that time? Even though she had been on a lot of notices, she was almost transparent.
It was not possible in China, and I had to return to South Korea in sorrow. At this time, the company stopped pushing so her, allowing her to spend several years of cold periods. During that time, she also thought about terminating her contract and returning to China, but she could not afford to pay the sky-high liquidated damages, and there was no way.
Why can Han Geng, Lu Han and others terminate the contract if they want to? In fact, the main reason is that there are people in China who take over the market, full of confidence, and liquidated damages are not a problem. And Zhang Liyin has no popularity, can not bring commercial value, who will take over for her?
The first two generations of the top boy band did not move her, and soon ushered in the third generation of boy band EXO, continue to take her. For example, she sang the Chinese version of the song "Breathe" with EXO Admiralty, Huang Zitao and Song Qian starred in her song "Monologue of Love" MV, and went on the show with EXO. EXO's popularity is booming, and Zhang Liyin is still the same.
The SM boy band has been popular for generations, but the iron Zhang Liyin has not been red for thousands of years, and no one is easy to make, as if he has been under a spell.
In 2017, he finally survived until the appointment with SM Company expired, and Zhang Liyin returned to China with a free body. After that, she signed Zhang Liangying's company at that time, Shaocheng Era. Chengdu female singer ZLY signed another Chengdu female singer ZLY.
SM has no way to do an artist, can Zhang Liangying's company break this spell?
Unsurprisingly, Zhang Liyin did not make any noise after returning home. If you say that before it was just not hot, but after all, she is still active in the show business circle, and in these four years, I really don't know what she has done. Judging from the information that can be found on the Internet, she has sung 4 songs in the past four years, which are basically unpopular film and television interludes, two of which are still sung with others. Otherwise, there are no announcements.
In September this year, Zhang Liyin changed the owner and signed a contract with Xinpai Media. The acting career is back on its way.
Singing on "All the Way" this time, is it her first TV appearance in many years since she returned to China? Will this give her any opportunities? It is estimated that the impact will not be too big, and this show is not hot.
Last year, when the guest list of "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves 2" was circulated online, Zhang Liyin's name was mentioned. If she can really get on the stage like Sister Lang, or have the opportunity to appear on "Singer" in the past few years, it is very likely to become popular, otherwise, it is difficult for the general opportunity to have a significant change for her.
A female singer who has experienced similar to Zhang Liyin is also called Alain. One came back from Korea and the other from Japan, and they were both able to sing, but they were all high and low, and they couldn't get up after returning home. Alain is known for being "lazy", and what about Zhang Liyin, besides what I mentioned in this article, what fatal reasons do you think she has affected her career?