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Preamble:
is in the music world, but has a different temperament, what kind of encounters has this music idol experienced in his life?
What did she do wrong to even have her right to struggle questioned?
Let's peel aside the fog of time and peek into the unknown legendary life of this female singer.
The rise of the first generation of idols
In 2005, Super Girl, a talent show known as "Fairy Fight", set off a huge entertainment wave in China.
Li Yuchun from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, stood out among thousands of contestants with her unique sound and personality, and finally won the championship in one fell swoop.
She used to be unobtrusive in the crowd, but now she shines brightly and becomes the center of attention.
21-year-old Li Yuchun descended on Earth like an "alien", and her appearance broke all the inherent definitions of "idol" in the music industry.
The crowd blocked her path, countless cameras focused on her, and the sound of "Chunchun, I love you" almost "shattered" her eardrums.
As a girl who has been "different" since she was a child, she seems to have long been destined to embark on a "maverick" path.
Even as a child, she showed that rebellious and uninhibited personality, insisting on her own unique style.
In this way, from an ordinary conservatory student who was still worried about her future, she became a top-notch superstar overnight.
The sudden change in her life made her feel at a loss for a while, and the huge success made her a little overwhelmed, countless media wanted to interview her, and countless magazines also invited her to shoot covers.
Some people even assert that her "short-lived" success will only last for three months at most.
However, for the talented Li Yuchun, the lasting and moving musical prowess will eventually prevail over the pop in the pan.
However, in just one year, 2005 became a turning point in Li Yuchun's life.
She released the single "TMD I Love You", which caused a sensation in the Hong Kong music scene, becoming the first mainland singer to appear on the cover of Time Magazine, and finally signed with a record company, officially embarking on the road of professional singers.
For this post-80s girl who is full of personal style and "does not play according to the card", she seems to have surpassed the category of "singer" as soon as she debuted, and was rated as an outstanding "post-80s" figure and became a representative symbol of the entire era.
Subjected to personal attacks and questioning
Although his career is at the peak of his brilliance, Li Yuchun, who is full of halo, has not been able to enjoy the joy of his success alone.
Voices of doubt and criticism also permeate her life.
Soon, the name Li Yuchun became a "stalk" and a laughing stock on the Internet, and was belittled as a "tomboy" and "neither male nor female".
The outside world is also picky about her background, appearance and singing skills, pointing out that she "became popular too fast" and "has no talent and no virtue".
Yang Kun, a senior in the music industry, questioned her "can't sing at all", and then a senior artist He Yimin asserted that she "is not important if she is short-lived, the key is how far she goes".
For a time, she was questioned and criticized from inside and outside.
In 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake that struck her hometown left people across the country heartbroken.
As a native of Sichuan, Li Yuchun hopes to contribute to his homeland.
She resolutely went to the hospital to donate blood and supported the reconstruction of her homeland with practical actions.
However, when the photos of her blood donation were circulated on the Internet, the voices questioning her "show" and "fakeness" were louder than the voices of praise.
This undoubtedly gave Li Yuchun a blow to the head, and her kind and pure intentions were distorted and slandered.
As time passed, the personal attacks and insults never stopped.
At a concert, although Li Yuchun was performing seriously on stage, some of the audience at the scene obviously had bad intentions and malice.
While shouting provocative and insulting words such as "Brother Chun, pure masters", they threw mineral water bottles and other flying objects at her.
In the face of this filthy behavior, Li Yuchun, who was in the prime of his youth, was undoubtedly greatly hurt.
Later, in an interview, she also said that the sentence full of malice and sourness "Brother Chun" has accompanied her for many years and has become an unforgettable shadow of her nightmare.
Cyberbullying doesn't stop there.
At an awards ceremony in 2009, when the host was about to announce the award of his personal awards, he incoherently broadcast Li Yuchun as the "Most Influential Male Singer of the Year".
In the face of such a naked insult, Li Yuchun still maintained the greatest professionalism in the audience, but quietly shed sad tears.
You can imagine how much her heart has been hurt.
What's even more terrifying is that some people actually spread rumors of Li Yuchun's "death" on the Internet, which is shooting her as a "live target".
This forced her old father to stand up and accuse the rumor-mongers of hooligan behavior in order to defend his daughter's reputation.
This "human sniper war" has lasted for many years, and it can be seen that cyberbullying and personal attacks are hurting this talented female singer almost all the time.
However, even though he was criticized and questioned, Li Yuchun still sang all the way and used his musical strength to fight back against abuse.
In 2007, the "Corn Love Fund", donated by her fans and named after her, was officially independent, injecting new vitality into China's public welfare undertakings.
Fans have proved with their actions that their idols are worthy of respect and pursuit.
is controversial, but can always appear in the C position
Entering the 2020s, Li Yuchun's career can be said to be blooming everywhere, and his achievements are extremely enviable.
Whether it is the star-studded New Year's Eve parties or the popular variety shows of David TV, Li Yuchun can always firmly occupy the most conspicuous "C position" central position and become the focus.
Even the "resurrected" Teresa Teng's digital avatar has to "stand aside" to her.
What's even more astonishing is that even a king-level superstar like Jay Chou was taking a group photo, and the organizer actually lined him up behind Li Yuchun, and Li Yuchun was domineering and occupying the rare "C position" center.
In the eyes of many people, although Li Yuchun is famous, her singing skills and the strength of her musical works are only decent, and she has even been criticized as "no masterpiece".
So, "Why?
"Why does she always occupy the C position" has become an eternal mystery in the hearts of countless netizens, and there are different opinions on this.
If you change to other singers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get such a heavyweight treatment.
A "temperament singer" who flies against the wind
A veteran in the circle explained the reason why Li Yuchun can always specialize in the "C position": because she has an innate "temperament", a unique personality, and a unique musical temperament and penetrating power.
Even if the works are ordinary or even bad in the eyes of others, they will become different and exude a unique charm under her interpretation.
From lyrics and music composition to her unique attitude towards music, she has condensed her own "Li Yuchun symbol".
This also explains why she is always different from other idol singers and can win the attention of industry insiders.
In fact, this has long been a clue to follow, Li Yuchun himself once said: "Women's beauty should not be defined, everyone is an independent individual." "
It is this quality of not following the crowd and sticking to her heart that makes her stand tall in the ever-changing fashion circle and music scene, and become a "temperament" singer with both internal and external charm and unique personal charm.
Her outstanding temperament and inner beauty have long been recognized by insiders, not just her appearance and fame.
However, Li Yuchun's personal life has also been tormented by many difficulties and diseases.
This singer who is riddled with stubborn illnesses should be in the golden age of his life, but he has to fight to the death with stubborn diseases and death.
In recent years, she has disclosed that she suffers from "ankylosing spondylitis", a stubborn disease known as "immortal cancer".
In the days when the disease was raging, she lost almost all the ability to walk, and could only rely on a wheelchair to survive.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to a female singer in the prime of her youth, but she was not knocked down and still fought to the end with high morale.
Fashion darlings are angry
However, just as Li Yuchun gradually came out of the haze of illness, she was once again involved in a new whirlpool.
In 2023, when the famous luxury brand Versace appeared at Fashion Week, he invited her to walk the catwalk as an exclusive model to participate in the brand's heavyweight fashion events.
However, this move has aroused strong dissatisfaction and abuse from many Chinese netizens, and accusations have been raised.
The reason for the public outrage was that a few years ago, Versace released a clothing printed with a map of China that was suspected of undermining the integrity of the country's territorial sovereignty, which caused an uproar at the time.
As a powerful response to condemning this insulting behavior, former brand spokesperson Yang Mi and others have rejected brand business cooperation, completely drawing a line with it and breaking off relations to express their patriotic feelings.
However, Li Yuchun was "embarrassed" with Versace at this juncture, and regarded it as "turning over old accounts and exploiting loopholes" and "setting up patriots to overturn" to the outside world.
Although Versace claimed to have made corrections and apologies for the original clothing involved, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, Li Yuchun's approach is still "for the sake of petty profits, stepping on the history of the motherland's struggle to market himself" and challenging the moral bottom line of the Chinese people.
Netizens have angrily denounced that this is a naked trampling on national self-esteem with monetary interests.
Destined to be different from the beginning?
Looking at Li Yuchun's bumpy and legendary life journey, we can't help but ask: What kind of "different" is the fate of this destined female singer?
Why is she destined to go through so many hardships and criticism?
Perhaps the roots of all this can be traced back to her birth and upbringing.
mentioned at the beginning of the article that Li Yuchun was born in an ordinary family, and his parents were ordinary salarymen.
But since she was a child, it was her nature to be "rebellious" and "different", and she seemed to be destined for a different life experience from her arms.
When she was three years old, she threw away all the beautiful little dresses that her mother had carefully sewn for her, insisted on cutting her hair short and dressed like a boy.
Later, although she was admitted to the Sichuan Conservatory of Music as she wished, she was determined to enter the record industry, and she had already planned to "drift north alone" to pursue her dream after graduation, but unexpectedly, the chance opportunity in 2005 pushed her to the peak of idols in one fell swoop, which doomed Li Yuchun to an extraordinary fate.
Since then, she has fallen into an endless cycle of "fame and fortune" and "questioning and criticism".
Even if her career takes off and her name goes down in history, she still has to endure personal attacks and abuse from all sides.
Fate seemed to be particularly harsh on her, and even lowered the test of life, she was trapped by illness for a time, and almost lost her future.
But even though he was difficult and suffering, Li Yuchun still stood tall, made great progress all the way, insisted on himself, and finally became a "temperament" singer.
Epilogue:
An idol singer is destined to be questioned or sought after?
Li Yuchun's legendary life seems to give a perplexing answer.
She single-handedly shattered people's stereotypes of "idols", and on the other hand, her background and experience made it difficult for people to identify with her success.
As a result, the name Li Yuchun has become an eternal "mystery".
However, today's Li Yuchun is still standing tall and insists on being a "temperamental" singer.
Perhaps it was God who gave this girl too many hardships, but she was always reborn in the face of adversity and showed extraordinary resilience and temperament.
Let's wait and see how far this "different" idol will continue her "symbol".