He Jiong is 50 years old.
In the early hours of this morning, Zhang Jie and Xie Na both posted on social platforms to celebrate He Jiong's birthday, and their deep friendship also made everyone very envious. Yang Di also posted the poster of He Jiong's latest single, and wrote sincerely, "Mr. He, I have known you for fifteen years, and you are still holding the pearl and jade as always, warm as ever, I wish you a happy birthday and all the best." ”
Yes, He Jiong released a song on his 50th birthday - "The Ideal at That Time (2024)". Strictly speaking, this is not a new song. The song was written and composed by Ding Wei, and was originally included in He Jiong's music album "Myself" released in December 2006.
▲Poke to listen to the single "The Ideal at the Time (2024)"
Different from the original version, this time "The Ideal at That Time (2024)" is more free and calm, with a soothing melody and He Jiong's gentle voice, not only singing about the past, but also about thinking about life. "Life is so short, I just want to grasp the ordinary happiness", this is a dialogue between He Jiong and himself at the moment, and at the same time, he also wants to encourage everyone to move forward bravely and embrace their own bright future.
After the song was launched, Ding Wei also shared her feelings on social platforms, "The process of re-arranging and recording and producing this song is very smooth, and it was launched on Mr. He's birthday, which is very commemorative." I would like to thank the members who participated in the production of "The Ideal of the Time (2024)", and I would like to thank me at the time for writing this song that has not become obsolete after 18 years. ”
As we all know, He Jiong has many identities, he is a host, a writer, an actor, a director, and a singer. As early as 2004, He Jiong released his first single "Gardenia Bloom", which is also the youth memory of many people. When it comes to the background of the song's creation, it is actually He Jiong who hopes to give a gift to the students who are about to leave the campus in the graduation season, and later it was created by Wu Jiao, so there is this song "Gardenia Blossom".
When mentioning the experience of recording songs, He Jiong also revealed, "At that time, my voice was not very bright, and one of the high-pitched sentences 'open, open' had to be sung many times, and I shouted it separately one by one, and drank a sip of water when I sang it, so I persevered." With this song, He Jiong also won the 2004 TVB8 Golden Melody Award "Best Newcomer of the Year Award" and the 12th Oriental Billboard "Top Ten Golden Melody Award".
▲Poke picture to listen to the album "Can Love"
Then, He Jiong included the song "Gardenia Blooming" in his debut album "Can Love". This album invited Li Quan and Wu Zhongheng and others to participate in the production, and integrated rock, R&B, electronic and other elements into the songs, and the music style is very rich.
After that, He Jiong began to sing OST for many film and television works, such as: the theme song of the animation "Today, Tomorrow" "Today's Us", the theme song of the movie "Get the Father-in-law" "Hand to Hand Agreement", the theme song of the movie "Three Kingdoms Killing: Fantasy" "Don't Be Afraid", etc. In June 2019, He Jiong sang the Chinese theme song "I Am Your Good Friend" for the animation "Toy Story 4". In fact, He Jiong and Disney Pixar animation have been associated for a long time. In 2006, He Jiong dubbed Xiaomi in the animation "Food Story", and in 2013, he dubbed the big-eyed boy in the movie "Monsters University". The singing of "I Am Your Good Friend" was written by Chen Shaoqi, and He Jiong interpreted the moving "Song of Friendship" with a healing voice, which deeply touched everyone.
In January this year, the youth drama "Love for a Long Time" starring Yang Zi was broadcast. In addition to Stefanie Sun and Yang Zi, He Jiong also sang a song "Grow Up Sometimes" for this play. "There are 10,000 ways to change people in the world, I hope you will become your favorite appearance", the song portrays the appearance of youth, and He Jiong slowly conveys that power with a very story-like voice.
When they saw the topic of "He Jiong is 50 years old", netizens also exclaimed, "Is Mr. He really 50 years old? I feel more energetic than me in my 20s." "In short, let's wish Mr. He a happy birthday, and look forward to Mr. He bringing more beautiful songs in the future!