At noon on April 7, 2024, #好声音起诉李玟经纪公司将开庭#的话题登上了各大社交平台的热搜榜 once again awakened people's memories of last year's turmoil.
According to the display content of a company's query app, the contract dispute case between Canxing Culture Media, the production company behind the Voice, and Warner Records, Coco Li's agency, will be heard in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on April 9.
The court session was set last year, and the reason for the lawsuit was "contract dispute".
The existence of contract disputes between companies is nothing new, and if there are no keywords such as "good voice" and "Coco Li", it may not even be on the hot search.
Both Canstar Culture and Warner Music intersected with the late singer Coco Lee.
The news of the trial between the two sides once again brought back the public's memory to the summer of last year.
On July 5, 2023, Coco Li, a generation of divas in the Chinese music scene, committed suicide due to depression, and unfortunately died at the age of 48 after all-out rescue.
Coco Li's unexpected death shocked everyone, and she was so sunny and free on stage. Unexpectedly, she was a patient suffering from depression in her life.
A month after Coco Li's death, a recording of her complaint against The Voice of China began circulating on the Internet, and in the nine-minute audio, Coco helplessly recounted the unbearable experience.
She claimed that she was treated unfairly in the show, and because she questioned the competition system, she was targeted by the director, not only adding bad words, but even wanting to do it at one point.
The incident caused an uproar on the Internet.
In September 2022, Coco Li succeeded Liao Changyong as the mentor of the "The Voice of China" program.
Although Coco Li explained afterwards that the "misunderstanding between the two sides has been resolved", everyone knows in their hearts that things are not so simple.
Therefore, as soon as the 9-minute recording of Coco Li's complaint against The Voice came out, many fans and netizens blamed Coco Li's suicide on her failed marriage and this unbearable work experience.
The Voice and the Star Culture Media behind the scenes have also encountered the biggest public opinion crisis since the program was broadcast.
In order to curb the spread of public opinion and understand the truth of the matter, Zhejiang Satellite TV announced the suspension of "The Voice of China" on August 25 last year, and said: "The problems reported by netizens are under investigation." ”
It's 2024 now, and seven months have passed since The Voice was investigated, but so far, the results of the investigation have not yet been released.
Warner Music, the defendant in this lawsuit, was Coco Li's agency before his death.
Coco Li joined Warner Music Beijing two years ago, and I remember that Warner also posted a Weibo to welcome Coco Li to join.
Since then, the cooperation between the two parties has been very pleasant, and Coco Li has launched several new songs through the new platform, such as "The Love You Left Behind" and "Miss Confused", which are deeply loved by the majority of fans.
After Coco Li died of depression, Warner Music once released a blog post to mourn Coco Li, and gave Coco Li a very high evaluation between the lines.
In my impression, there seems to be no dispute and unhappiness between the Canxing culture behind The Voice and Warner, Coco Li's former agency.
If there is an intersection, it is that in the case of Coco Li's accusation against The Voice, Warner Music spared no effort to fight for Coco Li's rights and interests and maintain her reputation.
Regarding the official investigation of The Voice, Warner Music has said that it will continue to pay attention to the investigation and fully cooperate with the investigation.
According to the set date, the case of the producer of The Voice of China against Coco Li's agency will go to trial on April 9.
However, just before press time, some authoritative media reported the latest news.
According to The Paper, the case may be postponed.
Media reporters learned from the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court that the trial court of the above-mentioned case has been changed due to the jurisdictional objections raised by the parties, so the trial originally scheduled for April 9 has been cancelled.
As for the date of the reopening of the trial, it has not yet been officially announced.
In addition, it is also hoped that relevant institutions can announce the progress of the investigation of the "Voice of China" program as soon as possible.