Author/Shi Xin
The last time Xue Bayi appeared on Weibo's hot search was because of the live singing of "Matriarchal Society" on the night of the "Creation Camp 2021".
Rather than paying attention to the sound, the audience was more surprised by the appearance of a music repertoire with feminist overtones on the stage of one of the biggest male group drafts. The person who sang this song was a Gen Z boy who was often attacked by men as "mothers".
If we follow the aesthetic criticism of neutral men by public opinion in previous years, Xue Bayi may not be able to stand on the stage of a large-scale draft. This year's idol draft has attracted a lot of players who are different from traditional boy bands, one of which is Xue Bayi, Hu Yetao, Sun Yinghao, who are not excluded from being evaluated like girls, but also considered maverick young people.
They have long hair that some men don't understand, and sometimes they wear skirts that used to be considered women's clothing, dressing themselves up like women in the traditional aesthetic. Fans have a high level of acceptance, marveling at their beauty beyond gender.
Just as the public impression of Gen Z, the self, they pay more attention to their likes and dislikes than to the voices of the outside world.
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The decision to keep long hair is because Xue Bayi wants to change his hairstyle and change his mood.
In 2017, Xue Bayi took the art exam for the first time, and the results were not very satisfactory. The following year, Xue Bayi took the art exam again with a long-haired image. "I didn't get in the first year, I was a little depressed, so I thought about how to change myself and then take the exam again."
The results of the second art examination were indeed not bad, but in the end, they passed by the drama and entered the Shanghai Film Academy, and Xue Bayi was satisfied with this result.
But the change brought about by long hair exceeded his expectations. Many people, including himself, have found that the long-haired Xue Bayi has a beauty that is different from traditional men, and the heroism of men and the femininity of women coexist. "Beautiful but not feminine" is the evaluation of Xue Bayi by many fans.
Relatives and friends also have a high degree of acceptance of his image change, "My younger brothers and sisters still think that I am more handsome, and I also feel that I am not particularly like a girl." 」 ”
But the aesthetic that differs from traditional men is not acceptable to everyone, especially male audiences. On social platforms, Xue Bayi often receives private message attacks from some netizens, but he is very open-minded, and he has never rejected some female styles, and has never doubted himself because of malicious attacks by netizens. "I haven't encountered these bad evaluations in my life, and even if I did, their evaluations wouldn't sway my judgment."
In the spin-off variety show of "Creation Camp 2021", because he did not have the experience of playing the game of werewolf killing, he behaved in the clouds, and Xue Bayi also got a new nickname of "Idiot Beauty".
For such an evaluation, Xue Bayi not only did not reject, but calmly accepted, "I admit that it is stupid, I can drop the ticket by plane, but the stupid point is also very good." ”
He seemed to possess an enviable bluntness.
Automatically blocking out a lot of outside voices, he has a natural recognition and confidence in his choice, and many of my answers are particularly crisp.
"Why did you choose the song "Matriarchal Society" in the final? Are you concerned about gender issues? ”
"No, I just want to sing."
He may not know that singing this feminist song may get a lot of support as long as he says two words from the perspective of women.
The "Creation Camp 2021" program team was also surprised when they learned that he wanted to sing this song, and specially confirmed it again. "They said, if you dare to sing, we dare to buy the copyright, and then I really sing."
After Xue Bayi sang "Matriarchal Society" on the night of the group, he reached the hot search high with the keyword of "beauty car accident scene".
"Do you care more about the word "beauty" or the word "car accident"? ”
"It's all right."
In our interview, Xue Bayi said countless "okay". I showed him the video I had taken on the night of the group, and it was the only moment in the whole shoot that made him feel embarrassed.
His agent told me that he would like to be able to express some of his attitudes and values in this interview, which is too little on the show. "It's not that he can't express it, it's that he doesn't want to express it."
"So do you know why you don't have a storyline on the show?"
"I don't want to know, I'm such a character, there's no way, they love to cut or not." After avoiding the question twice, he finally calmly gave me an answer that still had no answer.
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In the second half of the interview, I tried to give Xue Ba, who had said "it's okay" countless times, some pressure, and the question became short and crisp.
"Actually, you're very sensitive, aren't you?" I tried to irritate him.
"Yes, I will observe and analyze everyone around me." He shared his observations of Lin Mo and Liu Yu in the camp: both of them had a particularly large number of hand movements especially in anxious situations. He also shared his observations of the team we interviewed, as well as his brokerage team. "Maybe a little expression of theirs, or a word, I'll think a lot. I may not give feedback easily, but I will go and think about the reasons behind it. ”
Once he develops anxiety, he likes to drink water. During the interview, he had several instances of suddenly drinking water in the face of my questions. "You asked me some questions, probably putting pressure on me, and I could feel my anxiety." He confessed.
"I feel like I'm a very emotional person, and some of the emotions that others pass on to me may ignore and care more about my emotions." Maybe that's why he looks blunt, even a little silly.
"Are you really willing to accept silly labels or outside evaluations?"
"Sometimes this kind of manifestation can make a lot of people not aggressive with you, you know?"
"My protection mechanism for myself is to give a decent affirmation of everything." Leaving the family and entering society means losing these protections. He needs to quickly establish a new and equally powerful protection mechanism. And "it's okay", this mantra has become his self-protection as a sensitive person. The label of "stupid" allows him to be taken care of by more people than to attack.
Xue Bayi is not without ideas, but for him, vague personal attitudes and appeals are the safest state, and every time the brokerage team lets him make a choice, he often gets a "ok" answer. Therefore, the agent also hopes that he can have a clearer attitude, so that he can have stronger personal characteristics in this group of facial artists for more people to remember.
Fans will also use Buddhism to describe him, and some people will be angry that he is not in contention, worried that he will have a hard time having a place in this fiercely competitive vanity fair.
But at this stage, his need for security seems to be much greater than the need for features. "I'm already in this circle and I don't want to cut myself open in front of the public."
From the ivory tower to the entertainment circle, he is like a deer who came to human society from the primeval jungle, carefully looking at everything in front of him. As long as the fawn does not evolve into adults and does not possess human desires, it will not become their competitor and can continue to be protected.
"Actually, I still don't know myself, I don't know what I look like." But he knows that at this stage, many people like him because of his outstanding appearance, not his personality.
"People are visual animals, and I can understand them, but I also need some works for them to get to know me again."
At present, Xue Bayi is eager to have his own film and television works to refresh the audience's impression of him in "Creation Camp 2021".
"You want to disguise yourself through characters?"
"It's not a cover-up, it's about losing your protective colors through the characters."
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