In nine years, Zhou Shen has changed from a coward to a lone brave!

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At the age of thirty, Zhou Shen undoubtedly stood still!

In 2023, Zhou Shen appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the second time with his personal single "Flowers Blossom and Forget Worries".

In this year, Zhou Shen successively sang theme songs for the movie "The Wandering Earth 2" and the TV series "Three-Body Problem", which is still a walking OST. He has also won the Weibo Night Male Singer of the Year Award and the TMEA Most Influential Mainland Male Singer of the Year Award. He is still a regular guest at major gala festivals, such as the New Era Classic Works Concert, the "Bay Area Rising Moon" 2023 Greater Bay Area Film Music Gala, CCTV Qixi Gala, etc. Of course, variety shows are even more constant, including the now popular stage survival experimental variety show "Stage 2023", in which he serves as a stage recommender.

"Stage 2023" is different from traditional music variety shows, and its original five "survival mode" format is the most eye-catching.

Lone brave, challenger, adventurer, ordinary person, coward, under these five survival modes, the singer has different "special skills", and the choice of mode is in the hands of the singer himself. What survival mode to choose, whether to actively use or passively cope with the rules, actually reflects the singers' perception of themselves.

Recommending people is no exception, and they also need to choose their own survival mode, which is both a process of re-understanding themselves and a process of letting the public understand them.

Zhou Shen chose the "coward" mode at first.

The reason for choosing "coward", he said, is more related to his own experience.

He specifically mentioned the third season of "The Voice of China", which he believes would not have participated in until the third season if he were not a "coward". Because in the first and second seasons, he was already approached to participate in the show, but he refused. At that time, he was not confident and bold, so he chose to study safer rather than become a singer. But then the public also saw it, and he still embarked on the road of being a singer.

In particular, he said, "I was pushed down a path to be a lone brave."

Today, there are both "cowards" and "lonely braves" along the way, so much so that another recommender, Chen Jiahua, said that he was in the middle. Zhou Shen also joked that he was a "brave man".

In the interview with "Answering the Drifting Bottle", Zhou Shen was asked this question again.

Once again, he said, "If I were a stage singer, I would choose a coward."

This time, he added to the choice of this model.

He said that his personality will be more like "coward", and "coward" here may sound a little derogatory, but behind it also represents a kind of tenderness. Zhou Shen further explained, "Coward, he often does not want to create pressure on others, does not want to upset a established balance, so he is actually a gentle option. ”

Of course, everything changed later.

Zhou Shen changed from a coward to a lonely brave, and in his opinion, as an insecure person to abandon his sense of security, to challenge everything, to find an unknown, this in itself is a very lonely thing.

Now he is indeed a "lone brave", but this is the result of nine years of experience, both internal and external factors.

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Zhou Shen was born in an ordinary peasant family, and his parents left home in order to live, and under such a family, Zhou Shen also began to understand things very early. Later, he went with his parents to settle in another country.

As early as elementary school, Zhou Shen became a popular figure in the school because he could sing, and he also won awards repeatedly, which made him proud. But he didn't expect that in junior high school, he began to feel inferior when he was in the period of growth and voice change. Not only did he not grow one, but his voice did not complete the voice change, which was different, and from this point on, he began to be ridiculed by others, taking various ugly nicknames.

Obviously such a confident and good "little singer", in such a sensitive stage of growth and development, because of ridicule fell into autism, dare not sing in front of classmates anymore.

It wasn't until high school that he regained the courage to sing again. In particular, he won the championship in the school singing competition, and suddenly became famous, and then a senior invited him to sing the songs he wrote.

At this time, Zhou Shen regained a little confidence in singing.

With the rapid development of the online platform, Zhou Shen also found his own way to sing, and began to sing on the Internet under the screen name "Kabu".

Singing without public appearances immerses him in the joy of singing. But the good times did not last long, when he really turned on the camera to face the netizens, it was like being ridiculed by his peers in junior high school, and all kinds of ugly remarks filled the screen, so that he was finally forced to stop singing.

After the college entrance examination, Zhou Shen, who did not have satisfactory grades, eventually went to Ukraine to study medicine and learned. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, this industry is the most popular. But for Zhou Shen, he couldn't be interested. Coupled with language problems and unfair treatment, he finally made a bold decision to choose his favorite music major.

After hard work, he was admitted to the Lviv State Liseko Conservatory and began to study vocal music.

Originally thought that he finally began to do what he dreamed of, but surprisingly, due to improper training methods, there was a problem with his vocal cords, so he embarked on the road of seeking medical treatment everywhere and tried various treatments before finally recovering.

After such an incident, he knew the importance of teachers, so he decided to change to a teacher who was more suitable for him, and after three months of hard work, he was finally accepted by the new teacher, officially started his studies, and graduated in the summer of 2016.

During this period, Zhou Shen released his cover of the theme song "Let it go" of "Frozen" on the Internet, ranking No. 11 on the whole site, which attracted him great attention and was also discovered by The Voice program group and wanted him to participate in the show. As mentioned above, Zhou Shen was still a "coward" at that time and did not have the courage to participate in such a program, so he refused, or honestly stayed in school.

However, after many invitations and persuasions, he finally made a bold decision to participate in the third season of "The Voice of China".

For participating in The Voice, he initially came to find self-confidence, because he experienced one blow after another, which made him feel inferior and confused about the future. At this time, he was a real "coward", but when he stepped on the stage of The Voice, he had already begun to evolve into a "lone brave".

Although it did not go to the end, participating in such a show was a turning point for him.

Not only did I get the turn of the three mentors, but also greatly improved my self-confidence, and I also had more performance opportunities and attracted more people's attention.

From this year, he truly embarked on the path of singer.

Of course, as he once said in a variety show, the first three years of his debut were his trough, there were no works, no places to sing, no stages, places that everyone could imagine, such as the street.

After a trough, in 2016, a song "Big Fish" made him popular all over the country.

The song has won many awards such as the Top Ten Golden Songs of the Year on the Asian New Song List, and the Best Film Song Award of the 17th Music Billboard.

Zhou Shen's road to the "lone brave" officially set sail.

Although the public is still half-convinced of this fledgling new singer, and even the discordant voice still exists, Zhou Shen has no more choices, only to rush forward and change from a "coward" to a "lonely brave".

In 2017 and 2018, no one may have cared, but in 2019, with the championship of "Our Song" with his predecessor Li Keqin, the public no longer dares to underestimate him.

Then participated in "The Year of the Singer Dangba", and a song "Dara Bang Bar" exploded the whole network again.

Since then, he has become a hot top singer in the mainland.

In 2020 and 2021, he won the TMEA Best Mainland Male Singer of the Year Award for two consecutive years, the Most Popular Male Singer Award on the Oriental Billboard, and in 2023, he won the TMEA's Most Influential Mainland Male Singer of the Year again, and also won the Best Male Singer of the Oriental Billboard, and he has his figure in the top ten golden songs every year.

From major variety shows to various gala evenings to the theme songs of film and television dramas, Zhou Shen is now never absent and is a top singer certified by CCTV.

He is no longer a "coward", but has become a "lone brave" in the mainland music scene.

Now participating in "Stage 2023", he looks at those juniors, as if he saw himself back then. Now as a senior, after nine years, his experience and experience have increased significantly, and he is like those seniors who helped him to help these juniors and realize their musical dreams.

Nothing is static, but fate is in your own hands, just like the five modes in "Stage 2023", which one to choose, is in your own hands. But no matter which model, we must go all out to pursue our dreams bravely, not to be a "coward" in life, but to become a "lonely brave" of dreams!