He has classic songs such as "North Wind", "Not Me Accidental", "Back to the Past", "Good Man" and so on.
His name is Jang Ho-chul, a singer from South Korea who has made a difference in the Chinese music scene.
He was also the first Korean singer to sing in Chinese, and if the K-pop is not divided into periods, then in the 80s Jang Ho-chul was the representative of the K-pop.
His songs are still the favorites of many people, he sings the voice of a man, he sings nostalgia from the north, his songs are always full of truth, singing to the hysteria in the deepest part of the listener's soul.
He sings that a good man never hurts a beloved woman, and in reality he is indeed a good man.
Zhang Haozhe, who has a full beard, is a gentle man in private.
After coming to Taiwan, Zhang Hozhe fell in love with a Taiwanese girl, and three years later they married.
But perhaps for the sake of work, it wasn't until 1991 that they had a daughter.
But within a few years, his wife fell ill, and he did not abandon it, and in order to take care of his wife, he chose to retire.
I used to think that Zhang Haozhe was a Chinese, because he always sang Chinese songs, and the sad tone was the love of the woman and the man.
Moreover, his Chinese is similar to our Chinese, and it is understandable to let people misunderstand.
In fact, Jang Ho-chul is an authentic Korean who only came to Taiwan to study in the 1980s.
Like many international students, Zhang Hozhe also likes to work odd jobs in his spare time, and he goes to the restaurant to sing.
In fact, at that time, he did not think much about it, just to enrich the life of studying abroad, the initial dream was to learn Chinese in Taiwan, and then return to South Korea as a Chinese professor, who knows was discovered by the record company.
In 1988, Polygram Records released an album for him, "I Really Didn't Mean it", a song on the album "Back to the Past", which was affectionate to the bone and became a classic, and other songs were also hurt and tearful.
In 1989, Zhang Haozhe released his second album "Not Me Careless", and the title song "Not Me Careless" became popular, which was also in a lyrical and sad style.
Probably Because PolyGram felt that "Not Me Accidental" was not good enough, it was adapted into a Cantonese version of "Unchanged for Life" in the same year, which was given to Li Keqin to sing.
Li Keqin initially thought that the song tone was very vulgar, but "Unchanged for a Lifetime" won him the Golden Melody Award of the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody and the Golden Melody Awards Ceremony of the Top Ten Songs.
And the above Golden Melody Awards have nothing to do with Zhang Haozhe, "A Lifetime Unchanged" seems to surpass "Not Me Accidental", but with the change of time, we savor it carefully, in fact, each version has its own characteristics, and thousands of people listen to it.
In 1990, Zhang Haozhe continued to work hard and released the album "North Wind Crossing the River" full of nostalgia, and the title song "North Wind" made people cry.
Zhang Hozhe is from the north of South Korea, walked through countless stranger seas, blowing different winds from north to south, and the sound of the north wind is always unforgettable.
"I fell in nostalgia, grew up from the strange, the future journey is longer, I think of the helpless gaze of the north, I know I can't forget, the north wind again came a familiar voice, suddenly let me suddenly feel so cold, as if telling me to go too far, have not forgotten the initial meeting." 」
This song blew a wind of nostalgia, and if the wanderer who went to the country and nostalgia listened to it, he was even more choked up to the point of not being able to help himself.
Because of its popularity, this "North Wind" won the Best Composition Award of the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, which is also one of the important awards won by Zhang Haozhe so far.
Zhang Haozhe's outstanding achievements in the Chinese music scene have also seen his talent in South Korea, and he has also been awarded the honorary title of "Outstanding Korean Overseas".
Zhang Haozhe's singing voice carries a hint of vicissitudes, especially suitable for singing with sad love or light nostalgia.
Now Zhang Haozhe still often travels between South Korea and China, participating in variety shows and holding concerts, and his music market is still in the Chinese-speaking area.
Good man Zhang Haozhe, since the death of his wife, he has also spread a scandal, so that the image of a good man is lost.
This scandal is the love affair between Zhang Hozhe and actress Zhang Shaohan's mother, Jiang Rouyi, and the two were photographed kissing on the street.
Afterwards, although both of them denied it, and even Zhang Shaohan came out to explain that this was normal social interaction, it still triggered the divorce trigger between Jiang Rouyi and her husband, and even Zhang Shaohan had a bad relationship with her mother.
Zhang Haozhe also fell into the position of "third party", and gradually retired from it, and only appeared in some variety shows many years later, but there were no new works.
For this scandal of Zhang Hozhe, perhaps they were just a romantic encounter, when Zhang Haozhe was already single, and Jiang Rouyi was separated from her husband.
They are together, naturally caused a sensation, if jiang Rouyi divorced two years later, they are together again, maybe they can also harvest a lot of blessings?
However, right or wrong is not only known to the parties, we are just people who eat melons and watch the hilarity.
No matter how Zhang Haozhe is, he cannot bury his position in the Chinese music scene, and his songs represent a kind of man's vicissitudes, a kind of northern nostalgia, and a shining point in the cultural exchange between China and South Korea.
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