In today's Chinese music scene, in addition to the stars of various record companies operating in the Western, Hong Kong and Taiwan models, there is also a special group of artists with local characteristics of the mainland. Some of their works became popular overnight through the Internet; some were well known through the spontaneous bombing of street shops; some were squeezed into the music scene through word of mouth, with the route of towns surrounding the city; some were highly sought after among the QQ space background music list and non-mainstream killing Matt teenagers and their people were worshipped as religious leaders; some were quietly spread throughout the north and south of the river because they were extremely grounded and deeply in line with the tastes of working people, and resounded throughout the square where Big Mama marched in every evening and early morning...
They and their works are usually not publicized much, or even not promoted in the traditional publicity channels of the record industry, but the degree and speed of popularity and the economic benefits of the output make the white-collar elite traders of the record companies and the self-appointed big and small "kings" and "queens" envy and hate and dare not admit it.
You may not like their songs, but you will definitely sing two sentences of their songs.
They are the makers of the Divine Comedy.
The name of the "Divine Comedy" is a double-edged sword, which is very popular with the masses at the same time, but also bears the name of "vulgarity". Between the two extremes of "pursuit" and "prejudice", how do they find a balance and move on? Where are we going?
The "Divine Comedy Maker" series of interviews, dialogue with "Divine Comedy" singers, creators, producers, to break through the fog of "deification" or "demonization", together to get to know the real them, as well as their world and dreams. — Editor's Note
Cui Zige became popular with the internet divine song "Wife Max", and once occupied the top three places in the Baidu TOP500 total list, as well as the top 10 champion of the singer soaring list and the champion of QQ music audition. "The Biggest Wife" was born in 2012, and was immediately warmly sought after by the majority of netizens across the country, following "Love Sale" and "Can't Afford to Hurt" once again swept the streets and alleys, and was once again named "March 8th Women's Day Song".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Where did Trigg come from? </h1>
What did you dream of when you first started and what kind of work were you doing?
Cui Zige: Actually, I started the industry relatively early, and I have been doing production for five or six years after I entered the industry, and then I have helped a lot of people sing demos. I came to Beijing with a dream of being a singer, and I wanted to be a singer, but you know that in fact, the singer requirements are very comprehensive, either there is a big record company to package you, or there is a big TV platform to promote you, at that time, the draft has just begun, and I did not think about going to the draft. Yin and Yang mistakenly invested in behind-the-scenes work, and also produced for many artists, such as Wang Xinling has a song called "The Wedding Dress of Flowers" (2005 "The Wedding Dress of Heaven") theme song), in addition to some TV series soundtracks, and later Lin Zhiying's advertising song "Cheerful". I've been working on productions, and I've had some masterpieces, and I've been singing demos to countless people in the process. Being a songwriter is a great improvement for me, especially in terms of singing skills.
What made you a singer?
Cui Zige: Because I like to sing, I have also published some works before 2011, such as the theme song of the "Pleasant Goat and the Gray Wolf" New Year movie, and many TV series theme songs and interludes are sung by me. In 2011, I heard a Korean singer Shu-hee singing on the Internet called "La-La-la", which was very good, and then I asked someone to fill in the words for me and publish it on the Internet, called "Bu Gua". At that time, the network response was particularly good, there were many people on the cat pounce, hundreds of people left me messages every day, and some people wanted to cover songs to accompany. I thought maybe I could go the artist path as well.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Wife Max" represents my view of love</h1>
There is a "wife's biggest" flower supermarket on the road, and in Taiwan's night market, there are T-shirts that sell "the wife is the biggest, the husband is the second". "Wife is the biggest" has become a cultural trend word, and the brilliance of the Divine Comedy has once again illuminated the land of Shenzhou. Some girls chased after it and said, "This song sings our hearts, and we want our husbands to listen to it well." Some boys also find it very interesting after listening to it, thinking that "hearing Cui Zige as a little woman's pampering, the mood is good." ”
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What is your definition of the Divine Comedy?
Cui Zige: I first heard "Rats Love Rice", "Two Butterflies", "Love Deal" many years ago, and I was thinking that if "Mouse Loves Rice" was not sung by Yang Chengang first, and it was not through the network, which is a very grounded platform for the people to spread by themselves, (but all the people spread it themselves, everyone feels that it is not up-to-grade, but through the orthodox platform, such as television or regular media, everyone will feel high-end) may not be so hot. You see the chords of "Two Butterflies" and "Xiaowei" are the same, if "Two Butterflies" is sung by the singer who sang "Xiaowei", then everyone will definitely think that it is not so drooling. And many of the songs of S.H.E and Jolin Tsai are also very salivating. If "Look at My 72 Changes" was sung by XiangXiang (a singer who sang "Song of the Pig"), and if "Song of the Pig" was sung by Fan Xiaoxuan, everyone may have another feeling. That's it, to some extent, the domestic network, the communication platform of the people, has led to a song becoming very "god".
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The "Divine Comedy" seems to be a curse, but all singers who "originate" from the Divine Comedy have difficulty taking off the hat of the "Divine Comedy Singer". Cui Zige released three albums after "Wife Max", which is remarkable, but it does not seem to exceed the peak of "Wife Max".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > create a unique triad</h1>
Since Cui Zige released the well-made, "Fresh Chinese Style" album "Little Beauty", she will go all out to create a new album with a mix-and-match style, "Unique Style". Cui Zige said that the style of each song on this new album is different, which is completely unique.
"Whether it's the albums I'm making now, or the musical form, it's just my side. The music is also more of a show of my view of love. In my heart, I actually want to show you a full range of things. The next fourth album will incorporate more of my own stuff, including some of my own creations. Three or four of the 10 songs I compose. Two of the duets were composed by me and belonged to a bit of commercialization, one of which was sung in collaboration with Liu Yutong in the HOPE group, and one was sung with our boss Cui Shu, telling the sweet things between couples. Talking about a song called "Black King Kong Barbie Dream" in the album, Cui Zige said that this is the theme song of a more fashionable American drama (Chinese director, telling the story of American street girls), she laughed: "I think it is also the embodiment of my own personality, Black King Kong is the pure grandfather, Barbie Dream is a cute dream Sweet Dream, telling some positive things about girls in the process of rebellion." ”
In the promotional materials of the new album, Cui Zige changed his rebellion to a word - "tide", in her eyes, "tide" is not necessarily reflected in appearance, but more reflected in ideology. "For example, I want my music, my lifestyle, my way of working to be unique and innovative. Since I was a child, I liked to be different from people, to be a maverick, very rebellious. ”