Fan Qing: A 19-year-old slaughter singer like Adele is more than a good voice that can't run away
Text/Lu Shiwei
Fans who are still paying attention to the mainland music charts should all notice that in the past month, there is a name that has appeared at the top of different charts many times, from "Always Thinking of You" at the top of the global Chinese album chart on December 8, 2021, to the subsequent Anhui Music Broadcasting FM89.5 Music Kunkun said that the top of the TOP20 mainland chart is still this "Always Miss You", and then the first champion of the 887 Chinese Pop Full Song Chart in the first week of the first week of 2022 is still this "Always Miss You" The next week, although the winners of the Frog Peak Chart and the HOW TOO Hot Song List were replaced by "Best Friend", the singer still had the same name: Fan Qing.
Perhaps you can't help but ask: Who is this Fan Qing?
To talk about this Fan Qing, most people know her, it should be in the fourth program of this year's "The Voice of China", she appeared as the second contestant of the current period, without any prior introduction, sang a song she created with her friends at the age of 15, this song is about a unique whale called Alice floating in the vast sea every day That no one can understand, the song sings "Lonely It is little by little entangled, the thoughts are a little bit light, I am not known in the deep sea", and this girl, who no one knew, let her singing be entangled little by little, a little lightly, and her loneliness and persistence pushed and unfolded layer by layer in the song, and finally immediately brought her to the entrance of hope - six mentors turned for her on the spot, and after singing a song, Na Ying said:
"When you sing, I have a special sadness, she has a kind of sourness, there is a strong feeling, in my heart, this is a good voice that can't run away!" 」
Lee Wing-ho also praised her for being "particularly explosive" and successfully included her in his team.
At this time, people learned that this tall and fat girl was only 19 years old at the time, and only returned from abroad last year to start a music career as an independent singer-songwriter. In the following program, Fan Qing sang two songs "No Need" and "My Light" in succession, both of which are from her own original works, as assistant teacher Zhang Bichen said on the spot, her singing and creation are very clear - her innate big smoke voice makes her singing voice have a sense of maturity and thickness beyond her own age, and her lyric creation also follows this maturity and thickness, revealing a kind of introspective and introverted temperament, but her singing is calm and not dull, And there is a thick and thin force that will gush out in the second half of the song in a layered manner. Na Ying called her a heavyweight singer, "The shock of your expression of music makes me have to snatch you back!" ”
And Fan Qing's state in the Voice Competition can't help but remind me of when Adele first debuted.
Adele also debuted at the age of 19, and Fan Qing's state from voice to body shape can be said to be similar, including the style of music is also based on blues, R&B and jazz as the main line, singing is also the fearless youth and desperate efforts of 19 years old, but wrapped in a distinct high and cold style.
Just as Adele came out with an album of "19", four singles slaughtered the charts in succession, and since then began to become famous in the international music scene.
Fan Qing also sang in the good voice with three songs, from the state of "I sing alone and no one knows" in "52HZ" to the situation of "no sunshine, but I am brighter" in "My Light".
But Fan Qing certainly did not come for the goal of a replica Adele in the music world. Although they have similar external conditions, their respective cultural backgrounds, growth experiences and age differences also determine that they have their own different connotations and extensions in the content and means of expression.
In fact, as early as before the voice competition, there were friends in the industry who recommended Fan Qing's works to me, that is, in March last year, a record company friend sent me a newcomer's work called "Hello Mother", which is a work created by Fan Qing for his mother's birthday when he was 18 years old, this work is very different from many works we have heard before expressing maternal love, one is to give up the kind of blood-sprinkling affection and gratitude from the direction of singing, from the beginning to the end is the mother-daughter nickname style of telling. Second, the lyrics are also designed in the form of a letter to the mother, telling all the homely details that Chinese mothers and daughters can see everywhere, the words are simple but true, coupled with her thick and warm voice, which also makes the song sound more sincere and moving.
So from the beginning of this song, I was impressed by the name, and then I also paid attention to the different works published before and after, and found that her composition and singing forms are very broad, both lyrical and warm "Hello Mama" and "Always Miss You", as well as the sexy and charming "LOSE", both the elegant and confusing piano sketch "Man in the Moon", and the hot and cool electronic dance song "BEST FRIEND".
And her lyrics always exude a strong confidence and fearlessness, there is a broad vision and a broad pattern, she can laugh at her fat self, "In fact, I am an angel protected by fat" ("Fat Child"), because she does not rely on the eyes and evaluation of others, because she understands her energy and strength, "In fact, I don't need your appreciation, why should I put away my sharp edge Is this light too bright or my aura is too strong to cause you to panic too much" ("No Need"), and firmly believe in yourself" Can one day become the brightest star" ("Fat Kid"), she is very firm in her goal, "I just want to be my own pride, look for hope, I can't see hope, I am hope" ("No Need"), the future of life is frank and free, "I and life to the end, stop and walk, never look back, I follow the river with everything, who goes who goes, no one stays" ("Who I Am"). With such works continuing to be output, it can be basically determined that if Fanqing can maintain this posture and continue to exert force, this will be a girl with great achievements.
Sure enough, at the beginning of 2022, Fan Qing launched his first official EP "Fanished".
"Fanished" actually comes from Fan Qing's own English name Fanish, which is obviously a compound word, its meaning is finish + vanish, and the name of this EP is added a suffix indicating past tenses ed, those that are over, disappeared, what are they? It is not difficult to see the intention that Fan Qing wants to express through this EP.
Fan Qing herself also specially reminded that her EP needs to be listened to in order of the track, even so, then we may as well follow Tu Suoji to hear what she has finished in this EP and what she has eliminated.
The first "Who Am I", as the name suggests, this is a song about self-confusion and inner examination, the opening of the confused electronic music weaves a confused atmosphere space, where the cold voice wanders around to explore, follows the smell, goes deep into the dream, the future is looming but unclear, so, can only chase the darkness of the light, can not see where is their way out, belonging and pillar, "I fell backwards with the dust into the trough of the sky, the destination of the land, I and the sky to find the end of the road hand in hand into the glorious poor road", that kind of uncertainty about the future, The uncertainty of the self has become one question mark after another, as if "blowing fog with the world", but "one sentence after another no one understands", such a state of myth, I believe that everyone who has gone from adolescence to maturity has experienced.
The second song is the "Heart Demon" that fell into confusion after being confused, thinking that I could become who I was, thinking that I must be who I was, and involuntarily desperately bet on it, but I ran into a state of wall everywhere, "I was full of labels, full of blood, trembling word by word, living on the edge of the heart, practicing compromise until I was skilled" "I had pretended to be dazzling, pretended to understand, entangled in whether there would be a difference between giving up and escaping, I was addicted to acting, until I was deeply trapped" When the heart demon entered the marrow, I consciously isolated myself from the crowd, But he couldn't extricate himself until "I will eat my personality and entangle with the muddy quagmire for another moment", in the dense drum beat, Fan Qing tore his own sober but difficult to sustain himself with the sound cavity of rock and roll, and the words were heartfelt.
The third song "My Light" is still a hypnotic drum beat and rhythm, but began to hear the orderly level and suddenly cheerful firmness, obviously understood the previous myths and demons erosion, in fact, are "you yourself choose not to let a ray of sunlight shine in", will end the entanglement, eliminate the heart demons, then also clear the fog, find the courage to believe in themselves, and finally understand "for a long time have believed in my own future, don't be afraid of fragile wishes being buried deeply, burned into ashes I will also find out."" And began to encourage himself, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you won't be dark because of the haze."
Such a process also clearly smooths out the complete process of Fan Qing before deciding to enter the music industry from expecting goals, to being troubled by goals, and then to finally determining goals and preparing to start a bright life, so That Fan Qing's intention of this EP is also very obvious: it is actually equivalent to a music prequel that Fan Qing entered the industry, explaining the ins and outs of his want to step into this industry, as well as the confidence and courage he has accumulated.
Of course, in this process, Fan Qing also concentrated on showing the various musical qualities and skills she had prepared, her songwriting theme was deep and clear, the form was rich and accurate, and her singing was also energetic and personal.
The song "My Light" was also sung in the Voice Program, and after singing it at that time, Lee Young-ho said to her:
"I vaguely feel that you seem to be ready to be a singer, and you are already very mature!"
And after listening to these three songs, I believe more people have clearly felt it.
So, what's next?
At the end of the EP, Fan Qing also joined a bonus track "And Then", at this time we also learned that "Fanished" is only the prelude to the complete album that Fan Qing is preparing, after the overture, it is time to step into the real battlefield, and now, Fan Qing has officially opened her own music career, with her strong energy and self-confidence, with her courage to move forward, she already knows who she is, and also sees her light, and then her movement should not be small, She will only be more determined and more invincible, because for her:
In front of you is the light in your dreams.