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A music variety show, because of a live broadcast, it has risen to an unprecedented height. Why didn't I find out before, the Chinese music scene has pulled its crotch to this point.
In the latest season of "Singer", the two foreign sisters won the top two, and the diva Na Ying, who is a powerful singer, ranked third, as for Na Ying, Wang Sulong, Rainie Yang, Hailai Amu, and Second-hand Rose are also fiercely competitive, but they are competing for the penultimate position.
With the broadcast of the show, netizens' stalks have also begun to ferment on social platforms, and now almost all popular singers in the comment area are Na Ying's emojis, "The fifty-year-old is too big to fight foreigners", "Na Ying guards the country alone".
The popularity of the show has fermented to this point, and many singers have responded.
Lin Zhixuan said that the schedule conflicted, and he would definitely go to the next season, and strongly asked the program team to retain the form of live broadcast with full open mic.
Zhang Jie lamented that singing live is the basic requirement of a singer, but he is also busy touring and has no time to take care of it.
As for Deng Ziqi, who responded to the enthusiasm of netizens in the live broadcast room, he also said that he was busy with the concert, and after the live broadcast, he was even ridiculed by netizens for "guarding the country in fifty years and eating ramen in thirty years".
Many objective conditions prove that it is not an accident that this season of "Singer" will have this situation.
First of all, objective conditions determine that most of the singer-songwriters in domestic entertainment can't sing European and American pop singers.
Racial superiority has led to most European and American singers having a wide vocal range.
And small-voiced singers like Wang Sulong and Rainie Yang have lost their momentum in terms of technique.
Secondly, the foreign pop music system has been very mature, and most singers have perfectly integrated bel canto and national singing into pop music.
But a small number of singers who have studied bel canto and folk music in China do not create pop music, and there are very few singers like Zhou Shen who have studied bel canto but mainly focus on pop music.
This can be seen from the lineup of singers who have taken the initiative to apply for the competition since the fermentation of the new season of "Singer".
In addition to Han Hong and Alin, the other singers who signed up may not be up to the level of Wang Sulong and Rainie Yang. This also made many netizens ridicule, "What is needed now is the national team, not the county team."
Moreover, judging from the news previously revealed by the variety show director, the guest lineup that everyone wants to see is really not invited. There are really many singers who can sing in China, but either the coffee seat is too big to invite them, or they are intimidated by the live broadcast format of this season of "Singer".
It is reported that before the preparation of the new season of "Singer", Wang Sulong took the initiative to vacate the schedule, but was rejected by the director, because the program team had already finalized the lineup, but "Singer" was changed to a live broadcast format, and many people temporarily regretted it, which allowed Wang Sulong to fill the position.
Now looking at the situation of "Singer", there are three trump cards that "Singer" missed, which can actually calm the field.
The first trump card is Jacky Cheung.
Although Jacky Cheung is 62 years old, he is still holding various concerts in the mainland, and the strength of Jacky Cheung on the stage is not inferior to that year, after "Flowers" became popular, "Stealing Hearts", which Jacky Cheung had not sung for many years, was picked up again.
And Jacky Cheung's concert scene is still very stable and eye-catching, his grasp of the treble, has feelings, and a sense of strength, even in the face of live broadcasts, the live experience of perennial concerts can also make Jacky Cheung not have unstable breath or overturn.
It's a pity that Jacky Cheung is too low-key, he responded in his early years why he didn't come to participate in the music program, he felt that he was born in a competition, and he didn't have professional music learning, so he would be weak when he came to this kind of music program.
But in fact, with Jacky Cheung's strength and coffee position, it is enough to support the ranks of Chinese music.
The second trump card is Andy Lau.
Andy Lau once responded to why he didn't participate in music programs, his reasons are the same as Jacky Cheung's, "I don't dare, I'm afraid", because he is not professional enough, so he feels that he is not worthy of sitting in the mentor seat in the music program.
In fact, Andy Lau has had a lot of golden songs since his debut, and he has also had a concert itinerary in recent years, although he is not a professional, but he has the quality of a musician, even if he can't spell a foreign singer who sings dolphin sounds easily in terms of skills, but in terms of coffee position and popularity, Andy Lau has a certain status.
Compared with Hailai Amu and second-hand roses, which are the Avenue of Stars and red and white ceremonies, Andy Lau's appearance on "Singer" will at least not make netizens feel "ashamed".
The third trump card is Zheng Zhongji.
As a well-known Hong Kong actor, Cheng Zhongji is also a Hong Kong pop singer, he has many famous albums and singles, and has an innate advantage in terms of style and strength.
Moreover, Zheng Zhongji was known as a love song genius in the early years, and although he is becoming more and more low-key now, his strength in the Chinese music scene should not be underestimated.
Just from Zheng Zhongji's attitude towards mainland music programs, it can be seen that he has actually seen through some of the tricks and methods of mainland music programs for a long time, and he also ridiculed Li Keqin for participating in "The Masked Singer" before, but he was not recognized as "too fake".
How the show "Singer" does not evaluate, but it is obvious that many well-known celebrities disdain to use this kind of stage to prove their strength. "Singer" couldn't invite big-name stars, in addition to not having enough money, it was also related to the previous vicious circle of reviews.
And these big names are the ones who are really not afraid of live broadcasts and dare to live.
The above three, strength, popularity, and coffee positions are all at the level of the big devil, but it is obvious that not only "Singer" cannot be invited, but it will be difficult for most music variety shows in the future to invite them out of the mountain.
As for the public opinion ridiculed on the Internet, it has actually reached a point of self-proof strength, Chinese netizens are unwilling to watch their home stadium be robbed of all the halo by European and American singers, but it is indeed difficult for a truly powerful singer to stand on the stage of "Singer".
There are actually too many obstacles to the two-way choice between the show and the guests. Scheduling issues, competition format issues, strength issues, etc., have all contributed to the current guest pattern of "Singer" with a mixture of Golden Melody Awards and the village stage.
But we don't lack powerful singers, but we lack the market that knows how to appreciate powerful singers, and now the development of pop music is gradually tilting towards the creative type, which is not only a problem of internal entertainment, but also European and American pop music.
However, even if it is supported by netizens, there will definitely be powerful singers who "see uneven roads", such as Han Hong is a typical example.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the current situation of "The Singer"? Do you have confidence in Chinese music singers? Join the discussion in the comments section.