On the evening of April 20, Singaporean veteran female singer Xu Meijing held a comeback concert in Nanjing.
The originally anticipated "collective memory of youth" came to naught, the audience shouted "refund", many people were so angry that they couldn't sleep after going home, and scolded the organizer and Xu Meijing on the Internet for being "too outrageous", so that fans watched the biggest performance accident of the year!
Xu Meijing's performance this time is written on the flyer "Xu Meijing Meet Concert", and the audience who is familiar with the routine should understand that according to the literal meaning, this is a channel for singers to meet and communicate with fans, which is different from ordinary concerts.
However, the venue (large stadium) and ticket prices selected by the organizers are all in accordance with the standards of the concert, and the tickets are divided into four levels: 380 yuan, 680 yuan, 980 yuan, and 1280 yuan.
Such an arrangement confuses fans to a large extent, making everyone think that Xu Meijing is here to sing for everyone!
But what about the facts?
According to the audience, the concert started at 7:30 and ended at 10 o'clock, two and a half hours, but the song list was only about ten songs......
Some netizens calculated the time, Xu Meijing's agent interacted with the audience twice for a total of 40 minutes, and the chat time was 20 minutes, and it was just such an hour.
When interacting for the first time, the audience didn't react, and they felt funny when they saw the fans' various confessions, but as the interactive session became longer and longer, and various guests were arranged to sing on stage, everyone gradually became impatient and collectively asked for a "refund".
It is reported that the three guests on the stage are all fresh faces and do not sing well, perhaps due to pressure, Xu Meijing came to the stage, but she sat and motioned for everyone to listen to the song quietly.
Then, Xu Meijing opened her mouth to sing, but she couldn't finish singing her famous composition, either asking the guests to help, or handing the microphone to the audience...... She still has to look at the subtitles to sing it.
In the second interaction, the audience couldn't bear it, their emotions became more and more intense, and they began to suspect that those who chatted with Xu Meijing on the spot were actually "trust" arranged by the organizer.
At this time, Xu Meijing's agent also said something amazing, he publicly said, "The concert process is arranged like this, and those who don't want to see it can go." ”
Won't it be too easy to make money?
The agent really thinks that fans buy tickets for 1280 yuan to see Xu Meijing?
Faye Wong didn't dare to be so confident.
Xu Meijing used to be a popular singer, her singing accompanied everyone through her youth, and everyone bought tickets to relive their youth!
However, Xu Meijing did not sing the classic songs "Spread", "Regret" and "Moonlight in the City", she handed them all over to the band to sing with her.
Also, in popular songs such as "Iron Window" and "Sunshine Always After the Wind and Rain", Xu Meijing sang a few words and handed the microphone to the audience and let the audience sing in chorus......
The songs that Xu Meijing can sing in their entirety are relatively unpopular, and almost no one can sing them on the scene.
Some netizens concluded that Xu Meijing sang half of the ten songs that night, and handed over the rest to the band and the audience.
It can be said that the experience of this concert is extremely poor, and most fans feel that they have been cheated.
Does Xu Meijing herself know that her so-called concert will eventually be held like this?
Many fans are not from Nanjing, everyone deliberately rushed over from all over the country, tickets + travel expenses + hotel accommodation, minutes is half a month's salary, the agent's sentence "If you don't want to see it, you can go" is really chilling.
Xu Meijing suffered from severe mental illness after becoming popular, and her physical condition has been poor, so she "disappeared" for so long.
Fans are not inconsiderate of her situation, as long as they make it clear in advance, I believe many people will be able to accept it.
If you want to hold a fan meeting, don't charge the price of the concert; if your voice can't support the whole performance, you can note how many songs you can sing, and who are the guests who will help you sing on the spot...... In this way, people's expectations will not be so high.
Of course, if it is really so "honest", the organizer may not be able to make money, and with Xu Meijing's current state, she is likely to earn the last "pension".
Some netizens pointed out that if the singer is plagued by illness for a long time and cannot insist on singing and high-intensity exercise, he will not be able to hold a concert!
A specific example can be referred to 51-year-old Sammi Cheng, who was unable to complete her concert in July last year due to a recurrence of asthma caused by the new crown infection, and was forced to postpone it to this year.
In the past year, Zheng Xiuwen mainly recuperate, she didn't dare to diet to lose weight or exercise, so she could only lie flat.
After recovering her health, Zheng Xiuwen immediately practiced singing, and at the same time asked the coach to help her exercise and adjust her body to the best state as much as she could, because she had to sing a lot of fast songs, and she couldn't complete the task without physical strength.
This is the reason why Xu Meijing can only sing three or four songs in a row, it's not that she doesn't want to sing, but she can't sing at all.
Before holding a solo concert, Xu Meijing was a guest at Li Yuchun's concert, when she sang with Chunchun, and some viewers thought that Xu Meijing sang to the end "powerless".
50-year-old Xu Meijing was born in Singapore, once won the title of "Little Faye Wong", and became popular in 1996 with the two albums "Regret" and "All Return to the Night", but quit the music scene in 2000.
Xu Meijing has behaved many times since she retired, she has been taken to the police station for causing trouble in a bar, and she has also tried to follow strangers into hotel rooms and chant "Call Me God" (Call Me God).
In 2019, Xu Meijing was found to be working as a street performer on Orchard Road in Singapore, when she wrote something powerful on paper: Xu Meijing's family dragged Meijing to Woodbridge Hospital in order to seize the family property, and Meijing severed all ties with the corrupt Xu family and her agent Chen Jiaming.
At that time, some media interviewed Xu Meijing, and she explained that she wanted to sue her family and agent in this way, and asked her friends for help in this way.
Last year, Xu Meijing made a comeback, and she told fans that she suffered from "psychosis", and her condition recurred, and she was hospitalized many times, causing her to be unable to work normally.
"I don't know if it was my personality or my fate that caused me to have schizophrenia, so I wasn't too well-behaved at that time...... When I was in the hospital, I tried to suddenly lose air, and the whole person was about to leave, several times like this, but I didn't want to go like this, I still have some unfinished dreams......"
Regarding the reason for Xu Meijing's illness, it is reported that she was stimulated to be mentally ill because she met the "scumbag" Chen Jiaming and suffered a full injury.
But this statement has not been confirmed, but Xu Meijing maintained good interaction with her family and Chen Jiaming in the later period, and all the contradictions seem to be just hallucinations of Xu Meijing's illness.
Chen Jiaming is actually a music producer, he holds Xu Meijing with one hand, writes lyrics and composes music for her, it can be said that without Chen Jiaming, there would be no Xu Meijing.
Last year, Xu Meijing said that her mother had gone to heaven, she was unmarried and had no children, and she depended on her father, who would care about her every day whether she had taken medicine and take care of her daily life.
At that time, Xu Meijing also said that fans were her biggest bond, "I hope that one day, we can chat, eat, and sing, I hope this can be realized, this is my wish." ”
Probably, Xu Meijing held a concert and met with fans just to realize her dream, but she had no choice but to meet an unreliable organizer, and it was her fans who were hurt in the end.