Xu Wei's status in music is obvious to all, the rock music scene of that year because of Dou Wei's withdrawal, only Xu Wei and Wang Feng are left, and the finale of all performances must be Xu Wei, even Wang Feng said that Xu Wei's benchmark for each album is very high.
Xu Wei disappeared for more than ten years, when all the singers were afraid that they were going to pass, Xu Wei hid himself, he was far away from the world, rarely appeared in public, and did not participate in any variety shows, so for so many years, what did he do?
Gao Xiaosong once said that he always remembered that when Xu Wei first came to Beijing to record, there was dou Wei at that time, all of whom were watching outside the shed, saying that this brother was too good. He sang one called "Two Days" and one called "Persistence." Those two songs were so good that all of us were shocked at the time and said that they were too powerful.
It was 1994, when Xu Wei was 26 years old, and the lyrics of "Two Days" were included in the Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Poetry, which included a sentence: "I only have two days, one day for birth, one day for death." ”
The 26-year-old Xu Wei can write such lyrics, which is inseparable from his experience and state of mind. In 1994, Xu Wei's "Persistence" was included in Tian Zhen's album, and this song was popular, but few people knew Xu Wei's name.
He didn't have much income, he couldn't eat every day in a house of less than 6 square meters, and he sat on the cold bench until the album "Elsewhere" in 1997, but he still had to be nameless and profitable.
Later, Xu Wei struggled with insomnia every day, went to see a psychologist every day, and "fought with ten thousand thoughts of suicide every day, and then used ten thousand and one I want to live to overcome it." ”
Xu Wei was replaced by major depression, and Xu Wei's Red Star Company asked Xu Wei's wife Yuan Feng to send Xu Wei to a mental hospital, but Yuan Feng refused: "He is just depressed, not nervous." You find me a car, and I'll take him back to Xi'an. In 2000, Xu Wei decided to go back to his hometown in Xi'an to open a grocery store, at least to support himself.
In the next eight years, it was precisely because of the company of his wife Yuan Feng that Xu Wei came out of the haze of depression. True love is inseparable, Xu Wei decided to make a comeback, and the later album "Time Walk" sold more than 500,000 copies and won many music awards.
Many variety shows found Xu Wei, xu Wei refused, he said that he would not participate in any variety shows or go to any award ceremony to walk the red carpet.
Xu Wei, who first came to Beijing, wanted his musical talent to be seen, but when he got it all one day, fame and fortune no longer mattered.
Xu Wei bought a small courtyard in Beijing's West Fifth Ring Road after having a lot of money, and his wife Yuan Feng was still with him, many people think that Xu Wei made himself "depressed" when he was at the most popular, and "The Voice" found Xu Wei as a mentor, but Xu Wei refused.
In 2016, Xu Wei contracted an orchard in the western suburbs, living with the band members to concentrate on making music, and now Xu Wei is far away from the crowd, although he bought a house in Beijing, he chose to rely on Xishan to buy, so that he can see the mountain, soak himself in nature before he feels at ease.
Ten years ago, Xu Wei also wrote in the song that he had dreamed of fighting the sword to go to the end of the world, and now Xu Wei has experienced the falter of time and only wants to be silent in the mountains and rivers.