Music makes us perceive each other, and I don't talk much, I just want to sing to you.
01.
At the end of the spring, iQiyi, the "explosive manufacturing machine", launched the super network roundup "I am a singer-songwriter".
iQiyi positioned the show to reject all cover songs or new songs, all of which must be new works that have never appeared before.
On March 12, after the poster of the starting lineup was announced, people first discovered a long-lost name - Zeng Yike.
The "I Am a Singer-Songwriter" program group wrote in a promotional message about her:
Ten years ago, you stuck to your style and chose to be yourself. In ten years, you didn't give up and music was finally recognized. Ten years later, welcome to the singer-songwriter Zeng Yike.
On April 19, Zeng Yike calmly stood on the stage of the second issue of "I Am a Singer-Songwriter" with his band and the new single "Rumors".
The phrase "flowers in thorns bloom brilliantly" makes people first feel her no small change in style and singing.
The audience commented: The lyrics have deep meaning, the melody is avant-garde, there are memory points, and it is also very "Zeng Yike".
The flowers in the thorns bloom brilliantly but no one is brave, no one approaches the rough waves, in fact, gentle but no one risks false rumors are real swords...
One of the questions the director asked Zeng Yike was: Do you think your songs can become mainstream?
Zeng Yike didn't think much about it and asked rhetorically: Why not?
Zeng Yike also explained his name in this way: "Yi" means to transcend the ordinary, and Zeng Yike means to transcend the general.
And she did.
Ten years after the end of that Supergirl, there is only one work that everyone remembers, and that is Leo.
And sheep sounds, out of tune, can't sing... These keywords also accompanied her for ten years.
In April, when Zeng Yike stood on the stage of "I Am a Creator" again, another voice began to appear: Did we underestimate her in the first place?
Zeng Yike on the stage, wearing left earrings, a neat neutral shirt, and a black vest. When singing emotionally, I close my eyes.
The fans in the audience, or holding their cheeks intently, or their thoughts unconsciously, slipped back to ten years ago...
02.
Ten years ago, if there had been no match, Zeng Yike might not have suffered so many doubts, and he would not have had today's growth and transformation.
Without that competition, she might have become an excellent translator after graduating from Jilin Foreign Chinese University with a major in translation.
On that day in June 2009, Zeng Yike carried a guitar all the way south, and on the green-skinned train, dialed his father's phone: "Dad, I went to Changsha to participate in the Supergirl competition." ”
The temperature in June is particularly protective of Changsha, and a cool breeze unintentionally blows through, which is very precious.
Zeng Yike walked out of the station, feeling like a seasoning box that had been touched.
In her memory at the time, this was the first decision she had made without consulting her father. It took her a long time to press the familiar phone number, rubbing her hands repeatedly to cheer herself up: I'm 19 years old.
Zeng Yike was taught from an early age that he must listen to the words of his elders, and it is not too late to have his own decision-making power when he becomes an adult.
Unlike most children who love music and have a slightly rebellious personality, she has been living a life that has been arranged, including applying for the English Translation Department of Jilin Foreign Chinese University with a musical dream.
Zeng Yike showed great interest in music in junior high school, and in that era when black-and-white screen mobile phones did not have much use function, she often took her father's mobile phone and made up her own call ringtone according to the basic notes, or suddenly captured inspiration and improvised to write a song.
But when it comes to professional training in music, the only thing she has experienced should be that she learned junior guitar for half a month after graduating from high school.
In the supergirl field, the contestants generally sang cover songs and were good at repertoire, only Zeng Yike always insisted on originality, the selection range was small, and he was also the fastest player to set songs at that time, and his personality was very prominent.
In the face of the strict and professional judges of the Supergirl competition, there is a controversy about Zeng Yike, which has never stopped, and she has undoubtedly become one of the hottest topics in 2009.
In the Supergirl National Top 20 Promotion Tournament, Zeng Yike became the last player to qualify. Bao Xiaobai, a Canadian Chinese, was dissatisfied with this and spoke out.
She left me to go, she left me to stay.
Bao Xiaobai believes that Zeng Yike's five tones are incomplete, his singing is out of tune, his breath is not enough, and even his guitar is not played at all.
In the face of Zeng Yike's promotion, Bao Xiaobai left the table in anger.
This was the first time that Zeng Yike, who was 19 years old at the time, had met someone who did not like himself so strongly and spoke out in front of so many viewers.
Zeng Yike was silent for a long time, and responded lightly: "If you don't like it, forget it, nothing can affect me." I'll continue to sing my original songs. ”
Another month passed, and in the top 10 promotion match as promised, Bao Xiaobai did not keep his promise and returned as a judge.
Before the competition officially began, the host asked the judges: What do you most want to hear?
Gao Xiaosong said: "Moving people is the only criterion. ”
Bao Xiaobai, who was captured by the camera, never smiled and his every move became the focus.
"I just want to listen to confident singing, not trembling, not out of tune." Bao Xiaobai alluded to Zeng Yike, so said.
The top 10 competition was officially launched, and Zeng Yike, as the number one player, appeared first, singing the adapted "Review Little Love Song".
Gao Xiaosong was excited by the phrase "the trepidation of flying away" and praised Zeng Yike's creative talent.
And Bao Xiaobai, expressionless, made a painting on the spot and said to Zeng Yike:
"I painted you a wooden house, and you are like this wooden house without a foundation, which was flattened by a storm, and this is where you are now."
This round, Chun Xiao, Wu Qixian, Gao Xiaosong three judges all gave Zeng Yike three points, Bao Xiaobai did not think, held up a zero point card.
Although Bao Xiaobai was not optimistic about Zeng Yike from beginning to end, on the other hand, the judge Gao Xiaosong admired her very much. He is also supportive of her work.
Gao Xiaosong said: "Seeing Zeng Yike is like seeing myself. ”
Zeng Yike had hoped that with the support of Gao Xiaosong, he would continue to advance to the top three in the country. But in the end, under the pressure of Bao Xiaobai, it stopped at the ninth place in the country.
03.
At the end of the competition, Gao Xiaosong has been supporting Zeng Yike, and personally operated the work, becoming the producer of Zeng Yike's album, opening up a new path for the 19-year-old girl.
As for music, Zeng Yike has always had his own ideas. Although he has great respect for Gao Xiaosong, he is not obedient.
When recording "You Are My Forever Friend", Gao Xiaosong insisted on adding pop elements to it, and Zeng Yike was not satisfied with the recording effect of the pop arrangement after trying.
Finally, at zeng Yike's insistence, Gao Xiaosong replaced the popular elements and rearranged them once.
However, even in the continuous dispute in the recording studio, in the face of the public's doubts about Zeng Yike, Gao Xiaosong still did not hesitate to stand up for him, and Zeng Yike's criticism of the teacher never hung on his heart: "He (Gao Xiaosong) is actually a very easy-going person. ”
Not only that, Gao Xiaosong also helped Zeng Yike analyze his own shortcomings, improve guitar playing, and carry out aerobic exercise at a specified time every day to increase the breath when singing.
With the help of Gao Xiaosong, Zeng Yike also relied on his own efforts and talents to walk on the road of rapid growth.
Subsequently, Zeng Yike's debut album Forever Road was released in November 2009, and all the tracks on the album were her originals.
Zeng Yike also became the first person to publish an album in the same supergirl, and she won the Best Creative Newcomer Award of the Year at the "China Song Chart Beijing Pop Music Ceremony" with this album, which was recognized by more people.
In March 2010, Zeng Yi composed the ending song "Night Train" for Wang Lihong's self-directed and self-starred film "Love Notice", and starred in the role of female number three.
On August 12, the film set a box office record of 5.7 million on the day of its release, becoming a box office dark horse. At the same time, Zeng Yike also gained more fans.
In the following 7 years from 2011 to 2018, Zeng Yike appeared in variety shows many times, and many people began to like the girl who wore a white shirt and had short hair in the second season of "Fancy Years".
She said that the reinforced concrete in the city is difficult for her to find inspiration for her creation, and she prefers to follow the program team to the original environment.
Zeng Yike has written many excellent works in this constant search for inspiration, insisting on producing an original album for two to three years and repeatedly creating a listening myth.
"Sometimes inspiration comes and you can write a song in an hour." Zeng Yike said.
At the beginning of 2019, Zeng Yike's "Possible Night" quickly became popular on Douyin, and within 30 days, 300,000 people shared the song in the circle of friends. The wide range of singing proves Zeng Yike's original music.
Zeng Yike said: "Likes and dislikes coexist, happiness and sadness coexist, and all things cannot have only one side." ”
Today's Zeng Yike still maintains the original distinct personality characteristics, and what she brings to fans is always a rare tranquility. It is precisely this kind of independence and persistence that has made her what she is today.
She also always seems to be able to capture those subtle, fragmented emotions more easily than ordinary people, compose notes of different temperatures, and clearly play the whole picture of the world.