At the end of 2010, Shanghai Stadium.
Two singers in the form of migrant workers and big star Wang Feng sang a song "In the Spring", which pushed the concert atmosphere to a climax, and the scene was cheered by thousands of people.
In 2011, the two appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and were well known to more people.
They are the group that became popular because of a video of "In the Spring", "Rising Sun Masculine".
However, the speed of the entertainment industry's new and old changes is beyond everyone's imagination, from unlimited scenery to desolation, it is likely to be overnight.
This is the case with the "Rising Sun Masculinity", which once spread all over the country.
After they became popular, they quickly became representatives of grassroots counterattacks, and they were busy taking over business performances and releasing albums.
But before they knew it, the bells had already sounded.
When they came back to God, they found that the times had created them and abandoned them, and the audience had long since stopped buying them.
When the times abandon you, you won't even say hello.
Some time ago, a video released by Wang Xu, one of the members of "Rising Sun Masculinity", caused heated discussion among netizens.
I saw him in the picture wearing a hard hat and pulling up the hollow bricks, and it seemed that he had returned to the construction site and lived the life of a migrant worker.
Although the sweat-wet marks under his armpits were very clear, the sharp-eyed netizens found that he was wearing clean pants and brand new shoes.
In response, Wang Xu himself responded that it was specially washed.
However, it is this sentence that makes people think deeply, why do you need to wash it deliberately, is it for the sake of appearance or for the ritual of work?
Only recently, Wang Xu responded in an interview with reporters:
"I didn't go back to the construction site, and the photos that went viral on the Internet were actually a set of stills from the public welfare film "Teenagers Chasing Dreams" filmed in Chaoyang, Liaoning."
His answer was obviously not convincing, after all, everyone was talking about the video he had released himself, not a few simple stills.
What's more, even if he is performing, he can't hide the desolation and loneliness of his body.
Many people can't help but wonder, from grassroots representatives to almost disappearing, how did the rising sun masculine go from scenery to decline?
As we all know, the rising sun was first popular because of a video of a cover song "In the Spring".
Today, their popularity is full of surprises.
Wang Xu and another member, Liu Gang, both work in Beijing.
During this period, he worked as a porter, worked on the construction site, and insisted on his dreams while running for a living.
In 2005, Liu Gang was still singing in the underground passageway in Xidan, Beijing, and Wang Xuda also came here to sing after completing it.
Two people with musical dreams met and knew each other, and they had the "Rising Sun Masculine" group.
Both are grassroots, one has no background and no funds, and the combination has been tossing in Beijing for several years and still has no improvement.
In August 2010, Wang Xu and Liu Gang returned to the rental house after singing at the subway station. While smoking and drinking, he sang "In the Spring" with all his might, as if he was venting the unwillingness and anger in his heart.
In the dim and dilapidated rental house, two men who have passed the age of standing are in tears.
This scene was filmed by friends and transmitted to the Internet, the smoke is swirling, ideal and reality, persistence and confusion, the helplessness and indomitability of the two big boys, extremely infectious.
Riding on the train of the times, the video quickly became popular on the Internet, breaking through ten million views in three days.
Unsurprisingly, the "Rising Sun Masculine" is on fire!
Later, the two successfully participated in the hottest talent show at the time, "Walk of Fame", and won the second place in the annual finals. He also participated in the "I want to go to the Spring Festival Gala" that year to get the Spring Festival Gala through card.
For a time, countless people were touched by their singing of "In the Spring", and the story of Wang Xu and Liu Gang's grassroots counterattack also inspired young people who fought for their dreams.
Wang Feng, who had already become famous at that time, was also attracted by them and invited the two to the Shanghai Stadium to sing "In The Spring" together.
At the same time, the two were also granted the copyright of "In the Spring" and let them sing on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which can be described as strong support.
The wheels of the times rolled forward, and Wang Xu and Liu Gang had not yet had time to think, and were pushed all the way forward.
After becoming big stars, they began to make money after the fire, commercial performances continued, the appearance fee rose, and sang a 5-minute song "In the Spring", which cost as much as 200,000.
In the end, Wang Feng sent a 5,000-word article, completely prohibiting "rising sun masculine" from singing his own "Spring".
In the text, he told his own difficulties, and from the perspective of the masculine sun, he considered that it was not long to only cover the mature works of others.
However, for the two of them, who can understand Wang Feng's situation, they simply think that Wang Feng is jealous, so that many fans also scold Wang Feng for "too small a pattern".
In fact, after the rising sun just became popular, there have been their own original works, but what everyone can remember is always Wang Feng's "In The Spring".
Wang Feng's "forbidden long text" cooled down the fiery sun.
If they could wake up at this time, they might not be able to fall so quickly, but unfortunately there is no if.
Wang Feng forbade them to sing "In the Spring" here, and they didn't have any works that they could get their hands on, almost at the same time, negative news followed.
As the old saying goes, it is easy to share suffering, but it is difficult to be rich and noble.
After having money, the contradictions between Wang Xu and Liu Gang also increased.
The first is a combination of two agents, Liu Gang to find his cousin, Wang Xu to call his best friend;
Secondly, there are differences in the planning of the future, Wang Xu hopes to open his own company steadily, and Liu Gang only wants to sing;
Although they have always declared that they will not disband, the brothers have less and less intersected.
At this time, the "rising sun masculine" has long been in line with the gods, and has long forgotten the original intention, and gradually separated from the public.
He has always regarded himself as a "grassroots" and "migrant worker", but he has been frequently rumored to go out and only take business class, buy a mansion, and drive a luxury car.
In 2012, Liu Gang drove a luxury car to run red lights, speeding, disrespect for the elderly and other negative reports, but also heard endlessly.
Some people say that he has drifted, his popularity has plummeted, and Wang Xu of the same combination has naturally been greatly affected.
Slowly, the "rising sun masculinity" that did not have many works gradually disappeared, and the combination that once inspired many people died out.
Seeing the video released by Wang Xu now, people can't help but sigh.
In fact, Wang Xu is still very powerful, his voice is vicissitudes and very penetrating, if you precipitate down and learn more, your future achievements will definitely be far more than this.
It's just, a pity.
From grassroots to pop-up, from unlimited scenery to no one cares, the two have no other masterpieces except "In Spring".
The money-making behavior without a lower limit was put to rest after experiencing Wang Feng's ban on singing sanctions, and it was difficult to maintain its popularity.
After all, when the identity is "grassroots", singing is a plus; but when the "simplicity" of the body disappears, people have a higher standard for the professionalism of their singing.
The two years of popularity have brought a different path to their lives.
However, as an ordinary person from the grassroots, he only enjoys the privileges of being a star, but does not want to be subject to the most basic constraints that a star should have.
Just blindly cover singing, do not pursue refined singing skills, do things with a high profile, do not know how to sink their hearts to condense themselves, improve themselves, their ending, is destined to be "cool"!
I don't know that I just hitched a ride on the express train of the times, and I was carried away by the status that did not belong to me, and I felt that I relied on my strength and relied on my own hard work to have brilliance.
Such an idea gives them great confidence.
As everyone knows, "morality is not worthy, art is not matched", there will be disasters.
Their main problem is that they can't figure out their own positioning, and there is nothing wrong with singing other people's mature works in the period of belonging to grassroots singers, and they can be understood if they are not good at singing.
However, since you have stepped into the ranks of real singers, you should better understand the awareness of copyright and creation, and strive to improve your singing ability.
Instead of being a singer who calls himself a singer but doesn't have a real masterpiece, as it is now.
Just like Zhu Zhiwen, Ah Bao, Xiao Shenyang, and Straw Hat Sister, who were abandoned by the times.
Fame still exists, but word of mouth is not as good as a day.
Whether it is masculine or small Shenyang, "grassroots stars" are the products of the times, if you can't recognize yourself in time to improve your professional quality, you are doomed to be questioned and eliminated.
On the contrary, you see the "Phoenix Legend" that became famous in the same period as them, the masterpieces are one after another, the variety shows are one after another, and the popularity and reputation are still very good.
Why? Because they have the strength to recognize themselves.
Looking at the "rising sun masculine", they who do not know how to forge ahead and forget their original intentions are eventually abandoned by the era that built them.
Unfortunately, for many years, Bei drifted hard to get the gift of heaven, but did not know how to control, and the glory of those years finally became a dream of Huang Liang.
Now that they are tossing and turning on the short video platform, I think it is also another struggle against fate!