About the time of 2002, there was a song that was very popular, the song was called "Too Much", and the singer was called Chen Guanpu. Do you have an impression?
The chorus is sung like this:
Too many excuses, too many reasons
For love, I also betrayed everything
If you want to leave me, stop cowering
Too many excuses ~ too many reasons
Stop asking me how I live when I'm sad
Maybe it will live well or it may disappear without a trace
What do you care about
"Too Much" was the ending song of the TV series "Oolong Breaks through love", and it was also the theme song of the TV series "Love Through Time and Space" and the opening song of "The Legend of the New Shushan Swordsman", and the song was indeed popular. But the singer Chen Guanpu, who sang this song, has always been very mysterious and has never appeared in public.
When I first saw the name "Chen Guanpu", I thought it was Chen Guanxi's person. Because its singing voice is very special, high-pitched, clear and feminine, a bit of a sense of indistinguishable between male and female, so there are people on the Internet who have rumored that Chen Guanpu is Chen Guanxi's sister's oolong.
Later, Chen Guanpu released his personal album "Just Let You Go", which included several songs that were loved by fans later, including "Blue Tears", "Just Let You Go" and "Too Much". Everyone also gradually learned that this singer is a man from Taiwan. But from the album cover, it is a bit of a taste of the Taiwanese version of Daolang - it does not appear to be true.
The album copy describes Chen Guanpu as the most high and softest tenor in the history of music, giving the listener an infinite sky. It is also true that Chen Guanpu's voice is a very special voice in the entire Chinese music scene, high-pitched and powerful but not sharp, without craftsmanship, good to hear but not greasy. However, when we fell in love with this unique voice, he did not appear in any public places, and even the few photos of him on the Internet were blurred, and we did not know what he looked like.
Chen Guanpu was born in 1970 and was 32 years old when he sang "Too Much". Originally from Pingtung County, Taiwan, he came to Taipei to pursue his dreams when he was young because he loved singing. After a long period of stumbling, I was later given the opportunity to sing in a bar. Because he sang in the bar, he met a nobleman, that is, Liu Jiachang, a famous music godfather in Taiwan. Liu Jiachang, who loved talent, accepted him as a disciple, taught him singing skills, and led him into the industry.
However, in the next few years, Liu Jiachang did not let him become popular smoothly, and it was another musician Xu Jialiang who made him popular. Xu Jialiang is also a famous music producer and creator in Taiwan, such as Andy Lau's "Wooden Fish and Goldfish", Zhao Wei's "Love Deep in the Rain", Wen Zhaolun's "Suiyuan", Wang Jie's "Heart Intoxication" and so on are his representative works.
Xu Jialiang took a fancy to Chen Guanpu's voice, and after careful consideration, he single-handedly created the record "Just Let You Go" for him, including the composition, arrangement and production of all works, and finally pushed Chen Guanpu's natural voice to the music world.
It is said that Chen Guanpu's appearance is not outstanding, or extremely ordinary, and considering some factors, they deliberately hid their true appearance when they released the record, only showing people with a vague side.
Some people say that his face is defective, and one side of his face has been burned; some people say that from the MV, he is an ordinary-looking fat man who looks like Fan Wei. From the MVs of several songs such as "Too Lonely" and "Too Much", it can be seen that the singer is indeed a middle-aged fat man with a hat.
However, the photo on the encyclopedia entry is obviously a thin man, and listening to him singing does not sound like the voice of a fat man; and there is a photo related to him circulating on the Internet, wearing glasses and wearing a red shirt, but this looks quite handsome (probably not him)...
In any case, the authenticity of these pictures on the Internet cannot be verified. Chen Guanpu has become a mystery, and some people even dare to suspect that there is no Singer Chen Guanpu in the world, and his singing voice is only synthesized by computer.
As a star in the mixed entertainment industry, only showing people with singing, not appearing with his true appearance, why do you stand for a long time. Although Chen Guanpu has a natural voice, because his appearance has dragged his legs, he is not young when he becomes popular, and the company feels that it lacks commercial value, so after giving him an album, he is no longer willing to package him, which is understandable. In this way, Chen Guanpu disappeared before he appeared.
Nowadays, searching for the keyword "Chen Guanpu" on the Internet, the related searches are "Chen Guanpu personal picture", "what does Chen Guanpu really look like", "Chen Guanpu is a man or a woman", "Where did Chen Guanpu go", and "Chen Guanpu Masked Singer King".
At first glance, I thought he had been on "The Masked Singer", but after understanding, I found that there was none, but the fans hoped that he could go to "The Masked Singer".
Why do fans want him to be on "The Masked Singer"? One is that I really want to hear him come out and sing again, and the other is that this show is more suitable for him, because he can wear a mask and sing.
In Tieba "Chen Guanpu Bar", there is a post titled "Support Chen Guanpu's comeback please sign here", the post was published on September 8, 2005, so far it has been extended for 15 years, there have been 2177 replies, every year every month and week there are fans to sign the wish, the last reply is within this week...
It can be seen that although Chen Guanpu disappeared after singing those songs, there has been no news for 18 years, but his singing has not been forgotten, and everyone has been looking forward to his return.
In 2015, under repeated questioning by fans, Chen Guanpu's old partner Xu Jialiang revealed that Chen Guanpu had comeback plans and a new album was also planned. The news made fans very excited. A year later, Xu Jialiang reported again that the new album was still being planned, not so fast, but tried not to disappoint everyone.
But after another 4 years, Chen Guanpu still has no news. It seems that the resistance to Chen Guanpu's comeback is not small.
Counting up, this year's Chen Guanpu is already 50 years old, where is he? What is he doing? How was he doing? Did he know that there was still a group of people here who were always thinking about him?
"Maybe you will live well, maybe you will disappear without a trace", perhaps he sang the answer for everyone 18 years ago.
People who are destined to leave will eventually leave us, even if it is the person you once loved the most, or the singer you like; why ask too many reasons. As long as his singing voice remains in our ears, isn't it the best memory and imagination, what else do you care about?