2004 is destined to be an unsurpassable year for the Chinese music scene.
Jolin Tsai's "Love 36 Count" became a hit, Liang Jingru's "Tranquility" became a campus hit, and S.H.E's "Persian Cat" became popular.
As a newcomer, Jay Chou won the Best Album Award with "Ye Huimei", and relied on the single "Qilixiang" to completely establish the status of the future Chinese music scene.
Despite the stars, countless mainstream celebrities that year were defeated by a grassroots singer.
He is the Daolang who has spread all over the country with a song "The First Snow of 2002" - Luo Lin.
At that time, as long as you walked down the street, five out of ten shops were playing this song.
Walk into the video store, and you will hear it 100%.
All the bosses almost patted their chests and said.
"As long as it is broadcast, the business in the store will not be bad."
With the popularity of the song, Dao Lang this person seems mysterious, a Han chinese, actually became a representative of Xinjiang songs, and he also left many unknown puzzles on his body.
Why is he called Daolang?
Why does Dao Lang always wear a hat?
And why did he choose to leave at his peak?
Next, let me explain to you the legendary experience of "grassroots singer" Daolang.
"Xinjiang people" Daolang
Daolang's stage name sounds very special, but his own name is actually very ordinary.
Daolang's real name is Luo Lin, and many people who are not familiar with him once thought that he was a Xinjiang native, after all, he was first famous for singing Xinjiang folk songs.
But in fact, Daolang is indeed an authentic Sichuanese.
On June 22, 1971, Daolang was born into an ordinary family in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province.
The family also has an older brother who is five years older than him, and Daolang also grew up under the care and bullying of his eldest brother when he was a child.
Once, Dao Lang got into trouble outside and was beaten by a group of assholes, and after his eldest brother knew about it, he carried an iron rod and went to beat the assholes who bullied his younger brother to the nose and blue face.
But when the eldest brother returned home, he beat daolang again and warned him to cause less trouble.
A group photo of Rollin with his brother
However, in an accident, Daolang's eldest brother died in a car accident.
According to Dao Lang's recollection, when he went to the public security bureau to collect the body, his brother's body was still soft.
Since then, Dao Lang has never locked the door to sleep at night, because her mother said that if she locked the door, big brother would not come back.
After the death of his eldest brother, Daolang could only go to work in other places to earn a living in order to live.
And during this wandering day, Daolang met his wife Zhu Mei.
Zhu Mei is a native of Xinjiang, and after the two married, Daolang went to live in Xinjiang with his wife, and in this land of Xinjiang, Daolang's music also officially opened a new chapter.
Rowling with his wife Zhu Mei
As mentioned above, the reason why Daolang is often mistaken for a Xinjiang native is because his cover of Xinjiang folk songs is good and everyone likes it.
"Remembering Comrades-in-Arms" and "Turpan's Grapes Are Ripe" A popular cover song first made him angry.
But why can a Han Chinese interpret Xinjiang songs so specially?
Throughout the Chinese music scene, many famous singers are from ethnic minorities.
Na Ying was a Manchu, and Cixi was a branch, that is, the Yehenara clan
Sha Baoliang is Hui and Han Lei is Mongolian.
And the famous female singer Han Hong also has an unknown name called Yangjin Dolma, because she is Tibetan.
Han Hong
But it is not surprising that ethnic minorities sing well, is there a Han Chinese who sings minority songs in turn to make you feel good?
I'm afraid that when I think about it, only Luo Lin is alone.
The biggest reason why Rowling can do this is his voice.
Rowling's voice is very recognizable, there are too many homogeneous singers and songs in today's song world, but the memory point is insufficient, but as soon as Rowling's voice comes out, you can immediately recognize it.
And his vicissitudes of voice, interpreting the songs of Xinjiang also complement each other, and even the people still prefer Luo Lin's cover songs to the original songs.
And the other aspect is because of Rollin's character.
Dao Lang
Friends who have been to Xinjiang know that the sky is also blue and the area is vast, and Luo Lin, who first came here, fell in love with this land at once and drew a lot of inspiration from the local music.
It is also because he likes Xinjiang music, often cover songs when performing in various places, and luolin has become a little famous in Xinjiang.
The origin of Daolang's name
So how did the stage name Daolang come about? This is about his first record label.
One day, the owner of Deweilong Audio and Video Company overheard Luo Lin's cover of Xinjiang songs, and he was immediately attracted by Luo Lin's voice, so he immediately sent someone to contact Luo Lin to help him produce an album.
And what was Lorraine's situation at that time?
At that time, although Luo Lin was not worried about eating and wearing with cover songs, he still wanted to insist on original music, and in order to make his favorite Xinjiang music style, Luo Lin ran all over the Gobi Desert.
Dao Lang
But when he confidently approached Uighur residents and asked them to comment on his Xinjiang music, everyone frowned.
"What's wrong"? Rollin looked puzzled.
And the fellow villagers also looked embarrassed and endured for half a day to say a word.
"You're writing Indian music."
And then Rowling's first album only sold 2,000 copies of the dismal performance, which made his career fall into a low point.
Just when Luo Lin was painstakingly studying Xinjiang music, there was a company that wanted to help him produce an album, and Luo Lin was naturally happy.
But to his disappointment, the company didn't care about his originality at all, and the reason why he helped him out of the album was to value his cover singing ability.
Dao Lang
Cover the song, after all, the meal still needs to be eaten, and Lorraine agreed to come down first.
But Luo Lin's voice was naturally fine, but his name was not good.
The boss thinks that the name of a person who sings Xinjiang songs is Luo Lin, which always sounds awkward, and this name must be changed.
So what's the change? The boss patted his thigh, so why don't you call buy and buy it!
Rollin was anxious as soon as he heard it.
I'm a Han Chinese, isn't it a lie for me to call me Maimaiti? He said nothing.
Seeing that Rowling did not agree, the boss thought again.
Then you are called Daolang!
Dao Lang
Daolang, this name is actually transliterated from Uighur, and in normal Uyghur language, it should be pronounced "duolang".
This duolang is actually the surname of a tribe on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the ancient period, and later evolved into a cultural form that expresses the customs and customs of Xinjiang.
But called Duolang, it does not sound in line with the language habits of the Han people, simply take a harmonic sound, it is called Daolang.
Good name! It sounds like the desolate feeling of the Northwest Desert.
As a result, Luo Lin was officially known to the public under the stage name of Daolang.
Why does Dao Lang wear a hat
Then Daolang is so hot, there are many people who like him, but if you ask you what Daolang looks like, you may want to think for a while.
Because in all the public occasions of Daolang, he always wears a hat and never lets people see his face, so why is this?
Dao Lang
Many people say that Daolang is bald and has no hair on his head so he wears a hat, and some people say that he looks ugly, so he does not dare to show his face.
But these statements are all wrong, and the reason why Dao lang wears a hat is related to his work.
Dao Lang can't be considered handsome, but it is not ugly, except that he has some handsomeness and looks very much like a white-faced student.
But his voice is indeed extremely vicissitudes, and when you close your eyes and listen, you will fantasize in your mind that Dao Lang must be a bearded, five big and three thick northwestern men.
But when you open your eyes, you can see a white and clean cream child, which gives people a great sense of gap.
Just like Zhang Fei's embroidery, it makes people feel violated and is not conducive to the interpretation of the song.
Dao Lang
It is for this reason that Dao Lang wears a hat when performing, so that the audience can focus on the song.
Another reason is that Dao Lang does not like to show his face.
He enjoys everyone's favorite work, but in life he can take off his hat and be an ordinary person and live a peaceful life.
This is what Dao Lang pursues.
On daolang's cover song road, he will also "carry bootlegs" from time to time and send some of his own original songs.
Finally, in 2004, a song called "The First Snow of 2002" became popular all over the country, as the lyrics sang.
"The first snow of 2002 came a little later than ever."
This 2002 song is two years late in one night, and the 34-year-old Daolang is also completely popular with this "heavy snow".
The first snow MV of 2002
At that time, daolang was so hot, in that era when records sold more than 100,000 copies and could be called platinum records, daolang could sell 2.7 million copies of an album, and even pirated copies sold 10 million copies, crushing a number of singers at that time.
Many of the superstars who are familiar with the music industry today were not as good as Daolang in terms of album sales in that year, not to mention the popularity of songs.
"Impulsive Punishment", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "Love is You and Me", you walk across a street, you will definitely hear the song of Daolang.
At Dao Lang's concert tour, the entire stadium was full, and tens of thousands of spectators sang from the beginning to the end.
Dao Lang toured
Many couples came to listen together, and many people were in tears at that time, and this sensation was not something that few singers could do now.
And just when Daolang's career was at its peak, he gradually faded out of people's sight
Not recognized by the knife lang
At that time, it was the top ten most influential singers selected by the 2000-2009 Music Chart.
Whether it is record sales or song popularity, Daolang is a name that cannot be bypassed in that era.
Na Ying, who can serve as the main judge, publicly stated in the interview that Dao Lang was not eligible for judging, and she believed that Dao Lang's songs had no musicality to speak of.
"It's migrant workers who go to KTV to order songs."
Na Ying
And Yang Kun, Wang Feng and other mainstream singers have also expressed the shortcomings of Daolang music, and he also failed to be selected.
But in the face of mainstream music questions, Daolang did not pay attention to it.
Like it or hate it, he just wants to make the music he likes.
And he is really like a lone wolf, gradually away from the music world, back to the desert Xinjiang, to create more music.
In 2020, the long-dormant Daolang returned to the public eye with the new song "Painting the Ship", and the old fans who waited for him for more than ten years also sent blessings for the first time.
And whether Daolang's songs are good or bad, in fact, every listener naturally has an answer in their hearts.
In the disc "Heaven and Earth", several of the "principals" of the Hong Kong music scene, Tam Wing Lin, are in collaboration with Dao Lang, and the principal also hopes to adapt "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" into Cantonese songs.
And the godfather of music, Li Zongsheng, once said: "I have heard his songs, very simple and straightforward, and I really like his national music."
Andy Lau, the Heavenly King, also invited Daolang to sing.
And Dao Lang also mentioned in the program: "Folk songs are all around us, and they can be used at any time." ”
Ya or vulgar, Dao Lang has never changed his original intention of making music, all good or bad are left to time to comment on it!