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In 2002, the song "It Doesn't Matter" swept the country like a whirlwind. On the radio, KTV, on the streets, the melody of this song is everywhere. People have asked: Who is this singer named Yang Kun? His voice was hoarse and soulful, as if it spoke the heart of every wanderer.
However, what few people know is that this 30-year-old singer who was "born out of nowhere" has a story of ups and downs behind it. Before becoming famous, Yang Kun wandered in Beijing for nearly ten years, moved 55 times, and even relied on his ex-girlfriend to support him for 3 years.
This song "It Doesn't Matter" is a true portrayal of his ten years of hard work.
Yang Kun's experience can be called a realistic version of the "History of North Drifting Struggle".
Yang Kun's story begins with an ordinary working family in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. As a child, he was sent to the countryside to be raised by his grandparents. Every morning, Xiao Yang Kun would follow his grandfather to the pasture to herd sheep, and when he was tired, he would lean on his grandfather's broad back and fall asleep.
This simple and warm childhood experience later became the inspiration for his song "The First Son".
After returning to his parents, Yang Kun began his formal school life, but also faced harsh discipline. His father was an erhu player of the steel plant's literary and artistic propaganda team, which invisibly sowed the seeds of music for Yang Kun.
However, his father's strict requirements for him also made the young and rebellious Yang Kun feel pressure, and the relationship between father and son was tense for a while.
Yang Kun's music path did not start smoothly. When he performed on stage for the first time at the Baogang Children's Palace, he forgot the lyrics and melody due to nervousness, and was stunned on stage for three minutes.
He was embarrassed by the laughter of the audience, but the experience unexpectedly strengthened his love for music.
In 1990, 18-year-old Yang Kun participated in the selection of the Inner Mongolia Armed Police Cultural Troupe. He performed two classic songs of Tong Ange affectionately, and successfully joined with his excellent singing ability.
In the art troupe, Yang Kun not only learned the saxophone, but more importantly, found a stage to display his singing talent. He sang in bars and nightclubs and rose to prominence.
However, fate played a joke on Yang Kun. Due to long-term high-intensity singing, he suffered from vocal cord nodules and had to go to Beijing for treatment. This trip to Beijing allowed Yang Kun to see the wider world, and also planted the seeds of his future drifting north.
After several months of recuperation, Yang Kun regained his health. After returning to Inner Mongolia, he began to think about his future. The bustling Beijing and the music world full of opportunities deeply attracted him.
So in the spring of 1993, Yang Kun made a life-changing decision - to step on the train to Beijing alone and begin his arduous and hopeful career in North Drifting.
In the spring of 1993, Yang Kun came to Beijing with a musical dream. However, what awaits him is not flowers and applause, but the cruel reality. Yang Kun, who first arrived in Beijing, was full of confusion and anxiety in the face of this strange and prosperous city.
In order to make ends meet, Yang Kun had to work as a resident singer at a nightclub called Casablanca. However, the instability of the job often puts him in financial trouble.
Sometimes he had to spend the night in a bathhouse or at the bus station, and even a bowl of noodles for 5 yuan became a luxury. Yang Kun once recalled: "At that time, the cheapest place to live was an underground air-raid shelter in the Wukesong Qingta community, with a monthly rent of 150 yuan.
It was supposed to be a place for residents to store their belongings, and the environment was harsh, but I was lucky to have a place to live at the time.
What's even more surprising is that Yang Kun moved as many as 55 times during the North Drift. Whenever a nightclub finds a better singer, he will be ruthlessly replaced and will have to find another place to live.
In addition, Yang Kun is introverted, unsociable and unwilling to deliberately cater to the preferences of guests, which makes it difficult for him to work in the same place for a long time.
Just when Yang Kun was in trouble, the god of fate favored him once. He meets Bai Xue, a girl also from Inner Mongolia. Bai Xue works as a backup dancer in a nightclub, and the two met because they were fellow countrymen.
When Bai Xue learned that Yang Kun was homeless, she kindly invited Yang Kun to live in her dormitory temporarily.
And so they began to live together. Although the room is only 10 square meters in size, it is a safe haven for Yang Kun, his first home in Beijing.
For the next three years, Yang Kun relied almost entirely on Bai Xue's financial support. Bai Xue can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month through dance performances, while Yang Kun is still holding on to his dreams with a meager income.
However, the cruelty of reality eventually crushed their relationship. During an argument, Bai Xue reveals that a rich man is pursuing her. This sentence deeply hurt Yang Kun's self-esteem and made him feel inferior and helpless.
This quarrel became the fuse, and Bai Xue finally decided to break up with Yang Kun.
When they broke up, the kind-hearted Bai Xue still gave Yang Kun a gold necklace as a souvenir. After Yang Kun left, he immediately threw away the gold necklace in exchange for 800 yuan in cash to make ends meet.
"I was penniless and had to find a way to survive," he said.
Without Bai Xue's support, Yang Kun returned to the most difficult days again. However, even in the most difficult times, he never gave up on his musical dreams. Every night, he would play and sing alone, using music to express his inner emotions.
Yang Kun once said: "The experience of those years, whether it was joy or pain, has become the source of my creation. I believe that as long as you persevere, one day you will wait for your own opportunity.
This arduous period of drifting north not only exercised Yang Kun's will, but also enriched his life experience. These experiences later became valuable material for his musical composition, laying the foundation for his later success.
Despite the difficult life, Yang Kun never gave up his music dream, and this perseverance eventually helped him get through the low point of his life.
In 1997, Yang Kun, who had drifted north for four years, was determined to release his own original album. With a love for music and a vision for the future, he completed the recording of the album "It Doesn't Matter" alone in a simple bathroom.
However, reality dealt him a heavy blow - this work that he had devoted all his heart and soul to was rejected by several record companies, and did not even receive a trace of attention.
This blow is undoubtedly huge for Yang Kun. He watched his friends such as Man Wenjun and Sha Baoliang sign with record companies one after another, release albums and become popular, and his heart was full of complicated emotions.
Jealousy, loss, unwillingness, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, but Yang Kun did not give up, he chose to continue to adhere to his musical ideals.
In 2000, Yang Kun's life was still difficult. However, he always stood true to his beliefs and never revealed his hardships in Beijing to his family. Every time he goes home for the Chinese New Year, he will try his best to raise funds to buy gifts, and try to maintain a "not bad" image in front of his parents.
But what Yang Kun didn't know was that his father's eyes were bright and he had already understood his son's predicament.
During this period, Yang Kun not only had to face the pressure of real life, but also struggled with his inner struggle. He had fallen into a state of severe depression and was full of hopelessness and helplessness for the future.
Sometimes he stands alone on the streets of Beijing, looking at the people rushing by, feeling as if he is an inconsequential speck of dust in the city.
However, even in the darkest moments, music is still a light within him, giving him the strength to keep going. Yang Kun often plays and sings alone in the middle of the night, using music to express his inner emotions.
"The experiences of those years, both joyful and painful, have become the source of my creation," he says. I believe that as long as you persevere, one day you will wait for your own opportunity.
In this way, Yang Kun insisted on struggling for another five years. In the past five years, he has continued to create and experiment, and has never given up on his musical dreams. He has been to countless record labels and suffered countless rejections, but each failure has strengthened his resolve.
Yang Kun once said: "I can't let the time I spent in Beijing go to waste. I want to incorporate all my experiences, all my joys and sorrows, into my music.
This is not only an account to myself, but also a commitment to all those who support me.
During this period, although Yang Kun did not make a breakthrough in his career, his musical talent has been accumulated and precipitated in these years. There is more vicissitudes in his singing, and there is more depth in his lyrics.
All of this laid the groundwork for his later success.
2002 was a turning point in fate for Yang Kun, who had been drifting north for nearly ten years. This year he met singer Chen Lin, and this teacher became a noble person in his life.
Chen Lin happened to hear Yang Kun's singing that day. Yang Kun's unique voice and profound musical skills immediately attracted her attention. Chen Lin was surprised to find that this unknown singer had such an amazing talent.
She firmly believes that Yang Kun is a musician with great potential and is determined to help him.
Chen Lin did not hesitate to introduce Yang Kun to a record company he was familiar with. She highly recommended Yang Kun to the company, emphasizing his talent and potential. With Chen Lin's efforts, the record company finally agreed to give Yang Kun a chance to record an album.
For Yang Kun, this is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He knew it might be his last chance. With his love for music and his accumulation over the years, Yang Kun devoted himself to the production of the album.
In the recording studio, Yang Kun often sings over and over again, striving for the perfect presentation of every note. He said: "I can't waste the past ten years in Beijing, I can't just waste my time, I want to integrate all my experiences into this album as an explanation to myself."
This opportunity allowed Yang Kun to see the dawn of hope. He finally had the opportunity to show his talent to the world, proving that all these years of perseverance were not in vain.
After months of hard work, Yang Kun's first solo album "It Doesn't Matter" finally came out. This album, which embodies his nearly ten years of hard work in Beipiao, contains ten carefully selected songs.
Among them, the title song "It Doesn't Matter" attracted widespread attention as soon as it was launched.
Yang Kun's unique voice and soulful interpretation, coupled with the true description of life in the lyrics, have resonated with countless listeners. Soon "It Doesn't Matter" occupied a high position on major music charts, and Yang Kun's name began to be known by more and more people.
This album not only made Yang Kun famous in one fell swoop, but also his best interpretation of his life. Years of perseverance and hard work finally came to fruition, and the 30-year-old Yang Kun ushered in his long-awaited "overnight success".
Since then, Yang Kun's music career has been booming. He has released many popular albums, held many large-scale concerts, and has become an important figure in the Chinese pop music industry.
In 2015, Yang Kun also participated in the movie "The Heart of a Champion", which started his career as an actor and showed diversified development potential. From an unknown North Drifter singer to a well-known star, Yang Kun's story tells us: as long as you stick to your dreams and never give up, you will eventually usher in your own spring.
Although he has become famous, Yang Kun has not forgotten his original intention. He often said: "Music is my life, and I will continue to create it, use singing to convey positive energy, and encourage more people to pursue their dreams."
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