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The original singer of "Two Butterflies", the hottest singer in the era of mobile phone ringtones, has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 4 times...... Why did the singer Pang Long, who has so many labels on his body, stage "evaporation from the world" in the entertainment industry overnight?
In 2004, the sentence "Honey, you fly slowly" directly made Pang Long earn 200 million, but he didn't think that the money in his hand was not hot, so he directly turned on the "death mode".
not only held a concert on the same day as Andy Lau, but also took the initiative to say that "Andy Lau is not as professional as me", and the consequences of this operation can be imagined.
As soon as the concert in 2011 ended, Pang Long directly "found no such person" in the entertainment industry, and this departure was a full 10 years, and it was not until 2021 that he successfully "won the repechage match" with his old songs.
It wasn't until the familiar melody was sung all over the country again that many people finally admitted that Pang Long did have two brushes in the matter of singing!
The old song became popular, and the original singer turned out to be him
In 2021, the melody of "Brother hug me and talk about what is in your heart" will become popular on the short video platform, and many netizens have also said that this down-to-earth old song is the most durable!
When the song becomes popular, naturally the singer will also attract attention, but when you open the song list, everyone finds that the original singer of this song "Brother Hug" is him!
He is Pang Long, in the era of mobile phone ringtones, Pang Long's song can be said to be known to everyone, when he was popular, this song "Brother Hug" is simply not ranked in his works!
Following Pang Long's name, netizens also recalled the old songs they loved to listen to when they were young, what "Two Butterflies", "You Are My Rose", many familiar classic songs are Pang Long's works.
And Pang Long can not only sing love and brothers, but also a good hand in singing praises to his hometown, many people don't know, even the song "Home in the Northeast" is also sung by Pang Long!
Just looking at the number of Pang Long's classic songs, he has to occupy a place in the Chinese music scene no matter what he says, but the strangest thing is that Pang Long has always been popular.
I have sung so many good songs, but I am becoming more and more unvalued, how can this be?
Regarding why Pang Long has never been popular, there are different opinions for a while.
Some people say that Pang Long has not become popular all these years because he is too vulgar, and he sings some saliva songs in the vernacular, how can such a singer not be abandoned by the times?
In fact, the reason why Pang Long really went into decline was precisely that he was unwilling to keep singing "vulgar songs" like "Two Butterflies", and he had to find ways to get rid of stereotypes.
Unexpectedly, before he got out of the embarrassing situation of annoying the folk customs, Pang Long first made a big fuss in 2011 and almost ruined his singing career.
was praised by Liu Xiaoqing, but bumped into Andy Lau and was ridiculed by the group
Pang Long's road to showbiz is inseparable from two famous actors, one is Liu Xiaoqing, and the other is Andy Lau, these two people surnamed Liu have brought completely different influences on his development path.
Pang Long's fortune is inseparable from Liu Xiaoqing, because Pang Long was struggling before meeting Liu Xiaoqing, although he struggled to make his debut and sang some songs, his talent has never been discovered, and his popularity is mediocre.
The difficult life began in 1988 when Pang Long began to sing, and it didn't end until 2004, because it was in this year that Pang Long met his nobleman - Liu Xiaoqing.
At that time, Liu Xiaoqing had not yet become a "girl professional", her acting skills and aesthetics were online, and the TV series "281 Letters" she participated in after she was released from prison became a hot mess as soon as it was broadcast.
And Pang Long is the singer of the theme song "Two Butterflies" of this drama, thanks to Liu Xiaoqing's comeback, Pang Long has also become a well-known singer from a little-known little singer, and even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala 4 times.
At that time, it happened to be the era when mobile phone ringtones were all the rage, and to test whether a song was popular or not, it depended on whether there were many people who used this song as mobile phone ringtones.
And Pang Long's "Two Butterflies" is undoubtedly the king of mobile phone ringtones, and when participating in variety shows, he even mentioned that "Two Butterflies" has created an income of 200 million yuan with mobile phone ringtones alone.
But after becoming famous, Pang Long is not without troubles, as a graduate of a professional conservatory, he always has an expectation in his heart not to be a layman and not to sing vulgar songs, if it weren't for the embarrassment of life at that time, I'm afraid "Two Butterflies" really wouldn't be his turn to sing.
Although he said that he was worried about the style of the song, Pang Long did not do less to make money while it was hot, and then he also intensified his efforts to launch "You Are My Rose", using this love song to contribute to his career.
If "song customs" is just a temporary dilemma, then in 2011, he made disrespectful remarks to Andy Lau in front of the media, which may be the real reason for the decline of Pang Long's creative career.
On April 23, 2011, Pang Long, who was still popular at this time, was going to hold a concert in Beijing, and it happened that his concert and Andy Lau's not only dated, but also the address was in Beijing.
One is a veteran Hong Kong star, the other is a new singer, Pang Long and Andy Lau instantly set off a storm, even if they didn't know Pang Long, after hearing that he dared to sell tickets with Andy Lau, most of them would leave an impression on him.
The media was even more afraid that the world would surround Pang Long for an interview, but he didn't expect that Pang Long had already been fascinated by the previous cheers at this time, and he was ashamed to say something.
"I'm not nervous at all, although Andy Lau is a highly comprehensive artist, but I was born in a professional class, he didn't go to music school, of course it's different from me. ”
In just two sentences, Pang Long has lost the audience he has accumulated over the years, from a popular pop singer to a little star who has a high eye and a low level of disrespect for his predecessors, and the ending of that concert can be imagined.
So in Beijing, Andy Lau's concert on April 23, 2011 was still crowded, but Pang Long's concert was full of empty seats, and his reputation plummeted.
In the end of this farce, Andy Lau, who was ridiculed as "unprofessional", was unharmed, and even aroused the sympathy of many fans, but it was Pang Long, who claimed to be "professional", who lost his face and left a black history in the entertainment industry.
It wasn't until the popularity of "Brothers Hug" in 2021 that Pang Long finally gave Pang Long a chance to return to the public eye and reshape his image as a veteran singer.
At this time, someone asked again, where did Pang Long go in the years when he left the public eye?
When the professor took over the commercial performance, he was very happy after not being popular
In fact, the answer to this question can be found under Pang Long's own social media account, and the title of "Professor of the Department of Popular Music of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Master Tutor" shows Pang Long's efforts in recent years.
And it is not difficult to see that Pang Long is not just an idle "academic bastard", since he became a professor at Zhejiang Conservatory of Music in 2015, he has started a career of teaching and educating people conscientiously.
Pang Long, who is a teacher, will even create with students, and add little-known students to his own musical works, which can be said to show the dedication that a good teacher should have.
Pang Long also used his fame to publish a teacher-student album, in this era when jobs are becoming more and more difficult to find, such a move is undoubtedly paving a new way for his students, and he is simply the "dream mentor" of many college students.
The experience of creating with students left a deep impression on Pang Long's heart, and since the birth of this album in 2021, he has put it on the top of social platforms, which is quite proud to show the teaching results.
Just when Pang Long was obsessed with teaching, he even ushered in unexpected good luck, and in the same 2021, Pang Long's old song "Brothers Hug" turned out to be popular again!
This time, Pang Long is no longer entangled, and quickly launched a new version of "Brothers Hug", and also took advantage of everyone's nostalgic popularity to settle in Douyin, and also ate a lot of traffic from his youth.
Although this popularity came and went in a hurry, Pang Long also successfully brushed out his presence again, not only in Beijing Satellite TV's "May Fourth Song Meeting" in 2023, but also in the theme song of the torch of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
On March 24, 2024, Pang Long also posted a video of his commercial performance in Heze, Shandong, and sang a song "When You're Old" that was applauded by the audience.
epilogue
Time has passed, and Pang Long, who has experienced years of polishing, has a more calm mentality than when he was young
With Pang Long's maturity, the music career that was once cut off by his own hands has also ushered in a new starting point.
I don't know if Pang Long will feel relieved when he looks back on his small mistakes.
What is your impression of Pang Long's songs that are popular all over the country?
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[4] "Pang Long released the album "Beautiful" in Beijing, talking about the mysterious lover for the first time"