With white hair, a beard that is untrimmed all day, and a pair of sunglasses that never seem to leave his eyes, this old man born in 1952 seems to associate people with a singer no matter what, and even from the appearance alone, if he is more worn, he is more like a scavenger. However, it is such a humble old man, but once set off a storm in the Korean entertainment industry, his "Wild Chrysanthemum - the first album" was even more robbed by Korean fans, in the late 20th century selection of "Korean pop music top 100 golden songs" activities, he was rated as the first place, even today, he relies on his unique voice and passion, is still one of the favorite singers of Korean young people, and even affectionately known as "Choi Jian of Korea", "Luo Dayou". He is Jeon In-kwon, and tonight he will be on the stage of the PyeongChang Olympic Games with musicians such as Ha Hyun Woo and Ahn Ji Young, singing for the world.
Born in Seoul, as the youngest of the three children in the family, Jeon In-kwon was the most favored one in the family since childhood, but also the most characterful, from childhood his dream was to be a painter, but at the age of 19, his dream changed, and the reason is very simple, that is, because of a song by Beatles, after listening to the song "IMAGINE", his soul was greatly shocked, and gave up the dream of being a painter, determined to become a singer like John Lennon.
Excellent voice advantage, coupled with fanatical love, soon Jeon In-kwon devoted himself to music and won the recognition of the people around him, until his father died 2 years later, and he sold all his property and officially started his bar singing process. This period of time was the most difficult day of his life, there was no stable source of income, coupled with lack of fame, eating and sleeping, eating this meal was a common thing for him, and even in order to maintain his life, he also went to restaurants and nightclubs to sell songs.
This went on and on and off for nearly 10 years, during which he completed his musical accumulation, and in September 1985, he launched the famous "Wild Chrysanthemums - The First Album", a rather personality record, which was successful once launched, selling 800,000 copies in South Korea, and at the same time, The name of Jeon In-kwon also became a well-known singer in South Korea. A year later, he withdrew from his second album and still gained quite a stir in the Korean music scene. In his singing, there is not only self-struggle and rebellion, but also criticism and rebellion against the world, and it is precisely because of this unique style that he becomes the object of pursuit of young people.
But it was this unique style that led him to a detour, a man who pursued freedom and inner rebellion, and eventually went to jail for smoking marijuana. Of course, he doesn't think he's wrong with taking drugs, because in his world, only smoking marijuana can give him more creative inspiration, and he also enjoys the feeling of being silent in his own music world. But he also fell into the misunderstanding that as a public figure, he played a bad role as an exemplary role, and the law was bound to be punished by the law, and he was not able to override the law, so from the 90s to the 2000s, he spent most of his time in prison.
After his release from prison, Quan Human Rights re-examined his life, values, and once again plunged into the world of music, although during this period he was suspected of relapsing, and was also sent to a mental hospital, but no matter what happened, it did not affect his love and dedication to music, and even made his understanding of music further. Especially after he came out of the mental hospital, he said in an interview, "I regained my confidence, I began to know how to dissect every scale, how to practice." So through such a process, my strength has grown a lot, and my friends have also been shocked. What I want to say is that even in a very difficult environment, don't give up easily, if you give up easily, there is no hope."
In the days that followed, Jeon In-kwon became an authentic positive energy communicator, he used his own music to infect and influence fans, whether it was in the 2012 NBC tv strike in South Korea, or in June 2013 in front of 20,000 people singing "imagine", he poured his understanding of life and the real world, he said: "People who make music need to know how to coexist, how to tolerate, do not bias towards a certain position, people who engage in music also need to express their worries, need to explode, But at the same time, you need to know how to comfort people. ”
In "imagine", there is such a lyric, "You may say I'm a dreamer", which is Quan Renquan's favorite sentence, and he also hopes to tell fans through this song, stick to their dreams, don't give up, be a brave dreamer, your life will be more complete and more beautiful! Having experienced the ups and downs of life, suffering from the bittersweet and bittersweet of life, Quan Renquan, who has been more than 60 years old, is now not only a singer, but also an old man who spreads positive energy, as he said, "What I want to sing is actually very simple, like love, trust, faith, and morality, I think these can make the world more perfect and make the world's people live better." In fact, the person who pursues money will let him go his own way. But once people like business seekers, people who pursue money, once they turn around and want to destroy my faith, if they destroy my values, I will not let them go. I think even if you are poor, you have to laugh like this and live happily. In love, tolerance is the most important thing. ”