"Singer 2018" has passed most of the way, when the last supplementary singer Yu Kewei appeared, it also heralded this year's show, and there is only one direction next, that is, the direction to the annual championship.
Every year's "Singer", the champion is the focus of everyone's attention, but in fact, the real excitement of the "Singer" show lies in its process.
Each episode of the show will emerge with a classic version, as well as a dark horse singer from different seasons. In particular, the latter has become the main source of topics for singers in each season.
Perhaps, this year's "Singer 2018" makes more people remember Jessie J's international diva style, or Wang Feng's popular science and recommendation for independent music, but from the perspective of the degree of popularity, there is a singer who has a stronger memory point.
From the "nameless" before the start of the show to the famous after the show was broadcast, the singer left behind both the wonderful works on the stage and even the many meanings behind the stage...
Her name is KZ Tan Ding An and she is from the Philippines
The singer is KZ Tan Ding'an, a Filipino singer of Chinese descent who had nothing to do with the Chinese music scene before.
When it comes to the Philippines, most people think of tourist meccas such as Long Beach, but there will also be senior Chinese music fans who can think of Du Zizhi, Bobby Da, Ludoni, etc., Filipino musicians who played a mainstay role in the golden age of Hong Kong pop music.
KZ Tan Ding'an is not the first Filipino singer to come to the stage of "Singer", and Du Lisha in the last season is a singer of Filipino descent. But although they are both from the Philippines in terms of blood, KZ Tan Ding'an and Du Lisha are completely different. One is the difference in age, which makes them very different in musical aesthetics.
The other is Du Lisha's music career, mainly in the Hong Kong music circle, and KZ Tan Ding'an appeared in "Singer 2018", and her relationship with the Chinese music scene was unfamiliar to each other.
She is from the Philippines, a world of music that most Chinese fans don't know about.
She's from the Philippines and she's also international
After arriving, KZ Tan Ding'an successfully kicked the pavilion with a song "Rolling In the Deep", and defeated the idol Jessie J, as well as the domestic Brilliance Yu, Wang Feng and other new and old celebrities, becoming the champion of the 5th issue.
Don't talk about rankings, talk about music.
From kicking the stadium to the main game to returning to the field, so far, KZ Tan Ding'an has sung a total of 6 songs in the program of "Singer 2018". In terms of song selection, in addition to the "Pain You Don't Know" sung in the 6th issue, which is a skewer of three Chinese songs, the other five songs are all mainstream and popular golden songs in the European and American music scenes, and they are also works after the new millennium, which can be seen as the musical source that affects the growth of KZ Tan Ding'an music.
Compared with the Chinese music scene, because English has no obstacles in the Philippines, coupled with the influence of European and American pop music for many years, there has never been an international proposition. Their fans and singers have always been part of the international.
Nowadays, Chinese pop music has gradually integrated into the internationalization. Like KZ Tan Ding'an's cover of Lorde's work "Royals", it is also a song that we fans are familiar with today. In terms of musical communication and aesthetics, China and the Philippines have become more consistent.
From the general direction, KZ Tan Ding'an's singing is indeed very British and American, that is, very international. For example, in works such as "Royals", "Real Gone" and "Say Something", KZ Tan Ding'an's performance, saying that she is an American singer and a British singer, does not have a sense of violation.
Most people can calmly accept KZ Tan Ding'an, which also shows that KZ Tan Ding'an is a mirror, indicating that Chinese pop music has an international foundation.
PS: To digress, this time KZ Tan Ding'an on the stage of "Singer 2018" can show internationalization, and there is a little difference in internationalization, and it is also from the behind-the-scenes team, there is a positioning producer like Liu Zhou. Also influenced by Western music, but with a deeper and deeper idea of music, the two also hit the music at a close, making internationalization differentiated.
Differentiation under internationalization
Of course, KZ Tan Ding'an not only has that kind of textbook internationalization, but also has her own differentiation under the international style and selection of songs.
For example, the first time the stadium kicked the championship of the work "Rolling In the Deep", although the cover is Adele's popular classic, this even seems to be a unwise choice. But KZ Tan Ding'an, in addition to having auto-Tune human voice effects, made a fantastic beginning, in fact, he also began to interpret the main song part, integrating the kind of singing voice in Southeast Asia (South Asia). That vague taste of Indian music also makes the song blossom into a mysterious, psychedelic flower outside the melody of Adele's original work.
If we are accustomed to using ethnic music to transform Western popularity and create a "Chinese style", then KZ Tan Ding'an's treatment can also be said to be "Filipino style". It seems that the localization and integration of international pop music is indeed the basic proposition of musicians in every country and region.
In addition, what added to the song "Rolling In the Deep" was a later Filipino Rap. This kind of use of Rap to set off the musical atmosphere and make the stage more interactive is also what many Chinese singers are good at using now, in this regard, KZ Tan Ding'an is synchronized with us, or synchronized with the international. The difference is that the unique dialect of Filipino also creates a different rhythm when this Rap is combined with rhythm.
Or, Americans and Britons will have this wonderful pleasure when they listen to our Jay Chou sing Rap. This is also the magic of forming regional characteristics under the international music system, because of the difference in language and culture.
More importantly, compared with British rock and American rock, in KZ Tan Ding'an, it also reflects a Filipino cultural temperament, just like the Filipino boxers with deep roots in the field of sub-light and heavy boxing, KZ Tan Ding'an's interpretation has a kind of wild and ethereal, light and light, but also has the speed and strength of the little fast.
KZ Tan Ding An, like a mirror, let us know the international popularity of the Philippines, it turns out to be like this.
A KZ Tan Ding'an who sings Chinese song
Tan Ding'an, who appeared on the stage of "Singer 2018" this time, also sang two Chinese songs. One is "The Pain You Don't Know" in the 6th issue, and the other is "Goodbye to You" sung when the 10th issue returns.
"The Pain You Don't Know" is a three-in-one song, and it is also a brand new work formed on the basis of Xue Zhiqian's "How Do You Want Me" as the fulcrum, and cleverly integrated into the "power train" of "Still Faint Pain" and Wang Lihong's "Things You Don't Know".
The original work of "Goodbye To You" is actually the theme song of "Fast and Furious 7", "See You Again", but Jerry Chen refilled the lyrics Chinese.
Although I have never sung Chinese song before, and even in the process of singing, I don't know what Chinese mean. However, singing according to the Filipino phonetic scheme still has no obstacles to emotional transmission.
This is also a very strange phenomenon. Of course, all this also stems from KZ Tan Ding'an's basic musical skills and spirituality for music.
In both works, KZ Tan Ding'an used the singing technique of the weak mix. In particular, the song "The Pain You Don't Know" is not only a weak mix throughout, but also uses perfect sound pressure technology to make every Chinese-byte tone appear full and transparent in KZ Tan Ding'an's mouth. It is also this kind of good voice that amplifies the true feelings of KZ Tan Ding'an, so it is easy to ignore that she was originally a singer who did not understand Chinese and sang Chinese song.
In addition, it is the processing of emotions. Like in the song "Goodbye To You", the talent for using sound pressure to control emotions also creates a sad emotional magnetic field for the whole song. Many fans who do not know English, French or Italian are deeply moved when they hear a song in English, French and Italian, which is actually a similar reason. It's just that KZ Tan Ding'an's character is a singer.
There is also a noteworthy place, that is, as a representative of international singers, KZ Tan Ding'an, this time with pure Western technology, interpreted the three-in-one Chinese song "The Pain You Don't Know", in addition to verifying the melody creation of Chinese songs, it is not at all inferior to the popular music of other countries and regions, and interpreting these ballet songs with modern vocal interpretation is actually a good touch for the Chinese music scene.
In recent years, many people have resented the Chinese bale songs, believing that they have no novelty and are all routines. In fact, it is not that there is anything wrong with the melody and lyrics of these songs, in fact, it is more of a conservative singing technique. KZ Tan Ding'an", as an "outsider", "stirs up trouble", which just shows that traditional Chinese ballet songs can become more advanced after being improved and upgraded.
From this point of view, KZ Tan Ding'an is also a mirror of the Chinese music scene, letting us know that Chinese ballet songs can be more beautiful.