20 little things about Li Min | Goodbye, forever female warrior
To this day, watching the news of Li Min's death is still unbelievable. Before that, she was like a cultural symbol, representing eternal energy and joy.
No one thought that she would leave, let alone that she would suddenly leave in this way. She is by her company every step of the way, so subconsciously I always feel that she will always exist. The occasional disappearance is just relaxation, and she still appears on stage to shine when the audience needs it.
She tries to transmit her happiness to the outside world as much as possible, and everyone who interacts with her is infected by her enthusiasm. Ru Mao is not easy to know the Weibo she wrote after she left: I have a good mood when I see you, except for today, it will always be.
We have compiled 20 small things about Li Min, there are big and small, but without exception, when we look back on her gorgeous and bright life again, these things make us understand that she is actually far greater and stronger than we imagined.
In 1993
In 1993, Li Min was just 18 years old. Participated in the program "Rookie Singing Competition" hosted by Hong Kong TVB and finally won the runner-up. In the same year, she signed a contract with Hong Kong Huaxing Record and its subsidiary Taiwan Modern Record, and made her debut smoothly.
Li Min once said that it was participating in the "Rookie Singing Competition" that made her discover that she belonged to the stage, and she liked her confident self on stage, so she made up her mind to become a singer.
In 1994
"Love Is Now" is Li Min's first album, which exceeded 130,000 after its release, breaking the record for a newcomer's first album. The title song "I Still Be Your Lover" injected an unprecedented American singing trend into the Taiwanese music scene, and received many praises at the time.
But when the song was first recorded, Li Min had a disagreement when working with the producer. She would sing in a lot of short notes, and the producer didn't like the American way of singing, telling her, "You can't sing like this, it's not commercial to sing like this, we won't like it." Li Min was very insistent, and his attitude was clear: "This is Coco's style, there is no way to change it." ”
And it turned out that Li Min won. She will always remember the producer's saying "let's take a risk", which led to an even more unique Coco style in the future.
In 1994
In 1996, Li met her musician Yao Qian.
For the cooperation between Sony and Yao Qian, Li Min only has one request, which can dye his hair. At Modernist Records, they didn't let her dye her hair, thinking that an American singing voice was enough, "Do you want to do this hair?" That’s too much”。
Li Min and Yao Qian's first album "CoCo Li Min" opened the way for Li Min to American R&B dance music diva, in this album, Li Min dyed his hair orange. For each album that follows, Li Min will have his own ever-changing hair color.
This year, Li Min also released "CoCo's Camp", which was the first fitness video recorded by a star in China.
In 1998
In 1998, Li Min released two classic albums "Di Da Di Hint" and "Sunny Day Good Mood", the former has a red ball head on the cover and the latter is an orange wool roll, which is the most vibrant and bright year since Li Min's debut.
"Di Da Di Hint" sold 1.8 million copies in Asia and appeared on Billboard Billboard. So far, Li Min is still one of the few Chinese singers on the B list.
In 1998, Li Min also became the first Asian song queen to appear on the stage of the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and her "Color" was the first officially recognized World Cup representative song in Asia
Also this year, Li Min sang the theme song of the cartoon "Baolian Lantern" "365 Days of Thinking of You", which became a classic memory in the hearts of a generation, and the national popularity and status in the music scene rose several times again.
In 1999
In 1999, Michael Jackson held a charity concert in South Korea, and Li Min became the only female singer invited in Asia.
This year, Li Min also released his first English album "Just No Other Way", which sold 2 million copies worldwide. The album's 3 singles made her the first Asian artist to enter both the MTV Asia Hitlist and Top 100 Asia Singles Airplay charts, and the lead single "Do You Want My Love" once again appeared on the Billboard chart.
In 2000
In June 2000, Li Min became a Cartier celebrity ambassador, and three months later, she became Cartier's Asian fashion ambassador.
She was the first female singer spokesperson found by Cartier, and the only spokesperson for Cartier Asia at that time. Li Min once asked Lu Huiquan, CEO of Cartier Asia Pacific and China, why he chose his contemporary spokesperson, and the reply was that they wanted to find a female artist with an international sense and fashion sense who could represent the trend. And these elements, Li Mintong has it.
Li Min is also the first Chanel spokesperson in Asia. In 2001, she participated in the Oscar red carpet to amaze the crowd in the rainbow dress, from Chanel.
In 2001
2001 should be Li Min's most radiant year.
She was invited to sing the theme song "A Love Before time" for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 73rd Academy Awards, becoming the first Chinese singer to sing an Oscar.
In July, Li Min appeared as a guest at the Moscow venue on the night of the Olympic bid in Beijing, accompanied by Stephen Chow, Lu Yu and Dou Wentao. Together, they witnessed the success of the Olympic bid.
Li Min has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala a total of five times, the first time in 2001. Wearing a red top and skinny jeans, she sang a song "Good Mood" energetically. This performance not only made Li Min a well-known national singer on the streets; Her generous presentation of female clarity and sexiness has also planted the seeds of fashion enlightenment for many girls.
In 2002
This year, there was Yao Ming's first game after joining the NBA. The organizers invited Li Min to sing at the home court of the Rockets, and Li Min became the first Chinese singer to perform in the NBA.
In 2009
Li Min is the first Chinese singer to hold a solo concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, USA. In July 2009, she held a solo concert here, in order to fit the environment of the concert hall, Li Min chose to focus the whole performance on classic love songs, covering a number of classic love songs in Chinese and English.
On the Disney Concert Hall's promotional page, they described Li Min as a world-famous Asian singer and quite representative, so they named Li Min's performance "Global Pop At The Music Center".
In Li Min's interview, she is still working hard to promote Chinese culture, and she hopes that more Chinese singers will be invited to perform at Disney Concert Hall to learn about our culture through Chinese music.
In 2013
In 2013, when an earthquake struck Lushan, Sichuan, Li Min personally brought a truck loaded with 4,000 boxes of milk powder, biscuits and other materials to the disaster area. Wearing a volunteer's vest and a volunteer badge, she climbed up and down the truck, moved and carried with other volunteers, transferring donated materials without a star shelf.
After learning the news of her death, local citizens sent photos of the earthquake relief that year to mourn her, with the text: The love you left behind is in the world.
In 2016
In 2016, Li Min returned to China to participate in "I Am a Singer Season 4". At the finals scene, she re-put on the red cheongsam at the Oscar ceremony that year and sang her classic work "Moonlight Lover", winning the title of singer and well-deserved.
Also that year, Li Min helped a 76-year-old man in Hunan sell oranges. Because she couldn't get to Changsha because of the delay in the plane, she entrusted her mother and sister to buy 66 bags of oranges on the spot, and left 2,000 yuan for the old man, so that the old man could go home for the New Year with peace of mind. Later, Li Min took the orange to the recording site of "I am a singer" and distributed it to the staff on the scene. She said that she wanted to use the sincerity (orange) and sincerity (orange) of the whole family to wish everyone a successful New Year.
There were also many oranges waiting to be sold in the old man's village, and Li Min continued to help, and under her influence, eventually sold more than 200,000 catties of oranges in a week.
In 2020
In 2020, Li Min sang the theme song "Myself" for Chinese Disney live-action movie "Mulan". This is the second time she has sung for the live-action movie "Mulan" after singing the theme song for the animated version of "Mulan" in 1998.
In an interview, she said that when she recorded "Myself" in '98, she expressed that this was the most difficult song she had ever sung, and it is still "the most difficult song to sing". In the past, she interpreted the song with the stubborn mood of a "little girl", but now, "it is to figure it out with a feminine feeling of tenderness, strength, and care for everything." ”
In 22 years, she has long lived as strong and brave as Mulan.
In 2022
Because of "Endless Sound", Li Min went to participate in Mao Buyi and Li Xueqin's variety show "Mao Xuewang". In the program, she sincerely shared her understanding of women: "I still think that it is not easy to be a woman, I hope that girls must be self-reliant, must have their own world, have their own thoughts, have self-confidence, and have a career." When you have a status and a career, you have a choice, and if you have a choice, it is easy to do. ”
Growing up in a single family, she knows more about how much pain women will experience growing up, and she also told about her current dream in the show, "I hope to be a place, they can call for help, someone to help them, give them hope, this is my dream." ”
When Mao Buyi subconsciously sighed that this dream was really great, Li Min looked at him firmly and said, "I think I can do it." At that moment, we all believed she could do it.
In 2023
In February this year, Li Min spoke out through Weibo, telling about her "biggest fear of life", and the outside world learned that she was born with a defect in her left leg and had unsuccessful surgery in her early years, resulting in so many years of stage support from her right leg. Due to the old illness in October last year, the condition was so serious that he could no longer live normally, and he had to be treated in the hospital.
In March, Li Min completed surgery and shared a video of her rehabilitation and relearning to walk.
On May 20, Li Min enthusiastically announced the launch of "War Song", "Life has to face many difficulties and pains, bravely challenge, to pursue, you are a warrior." ”
Until July 2, the day Li Min chose to leave, she also posted words of blessing to everyone in her fan group. She brought her love for everyone to the last second.
Li Min once said at the concert that she actually kept all the cards sent to her by the audience. "When I think about you, I take it out and I think, wow, in the past 25 years, you have made my life more exciting."
And what we want to say is that our lives have become brighter and happier because of your existence.
"With you you you is in a good mood, like eating ice cream in summer."
Goodbye, female warriors who give us infinite happiness.
Editor: Sibe
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