On the evening of November 4, singer Lin Qide will launch his third round of national music tour in Xiamen.
Who is Lin Qide? You may not be familiar with it. But you must have heard his song , "OtaGosoZai".
"Be a person for a lifetime, happy for a few days, a big road is divided into two sides, whichever side you want to go." This melody can be said to have spread all over the country, and even some netizens commented that "there is "Wild Wolf Disco" in the north, and "Datian Housheng Boy" in the south."
But what is not known is that behind the song red people who are not red is the bitter past of Lin Qi's "Xiamen Drift" for many years. Small-town youth, veterans, Xiamen workers, grassroots singers, musicians... A few days ago, the Herald reporter interviewed Lin Qide, a "multi-faceted" who is preparing to formally settle in Xiamen.
As the song goes, "If you are not afraid, you are not afraid, I am a young man, the wind and rain are big, the sun is big, I just dare to work hard." This is also the expectation of Lin Qide, the "post-born boy of datian", for his future.
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<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > song became an overnight hit The original song is little known</h1>
"Daejeon Housheng Boy" "exploded". Uploaded to the "NetEase Cloud" music platform, in just over two months, the total number of netease cloud music plays exceeded 300 million, and the average daily playback volume reached more than 15 million. Lin Qide's version of "Datian Houshengzai" and the other two female cover songs of "cheerful acceleration version" and "female voice version", 3 songs even on the same day on the top 5 of the NetEase Cloud Music Soaring Chart, and triggered a cover singing boom on major short video platforms.
In the three months of release, there were 123,000 videos on related topics in Douyin alone, with a total of 2.53 billion plays; the "Datian Houshengzai Dance" dubbed and adapted with this song was also played as high as 2.273 million times, which was imitated by the whole network.
"Be a person for a lifetime, happy for a few days, a big road is divided into two sides, whichever side you want to go." This Minnan melody can be described as spreading throughout the north and south of the river, and even some netizens commented that "there is "Wild Wolf Disco" in the north, and there is "Datian HoushengZai" in the south."
In February this year, in the Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Voice of Heavenly Gift" program, Chen Zhipeng, a member of the Little Tigers, and Yao Chen, a member of the R1SE, also sang the song, and Su Youpeng wet his eyes with tears and stood up to watch the performance.
Despite this, Lin Qide is still little known. Sitting outside a café on Hubin North Road, Lin Qide laughed at himself as "the most miserable original singer". Many of his works are often female cover versions of the red, and everyone does not know that the original song is him.
In the CCTV "Open the Door" program broadcast on February 3 this year, Lin Qide finally got his wish and performed his own "Datian HoushengZai" as the original singer.
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"Datian Housheng Boy" is a turning point in the life of lin Qide, a young man in the town.
"Houshengzai" means "young man" in Hokkien. Lin Qide, born in 1996, was born in Jianshe Town, Datian County, Sanming City.
Lin Qide's father drove a taxi in the county town, and at the age of 13, Lin Qide became obsessed with music, wanted to be a singer, and paid in installments with the piano company, and had his first guitar.
"When I was in junior high school, my parents objected to my music and smashed the guitar." Lin Qide recalled that later, he was admitted to the county's secondary school and studied computer science.
But Lin Qide, who has not yet graduated and loves to "toss", went to become a soldier at the age of 18. "Thinking that it was very beautiful to be a soldier, I was afraid that I would not be able to go, so nervous that I had to do the electrocardiogram physical examination three times before I passed." Lin Qide said with a smile.
Served as a soldier in the Sichuan Plateau for two years. The next year, Lin Qide let his sister send a guitar to the barracks, picked up the dream of being a singer again, and spent his spare time on the creation of songs, "At that time, I had more than ten songs in my pocket." ”
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<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > sell used cars during the day and play in bars at night</h1>
After retiring from the army, Lin Qide got on a bus, packed his bags, and came to Xiamen to become a "hit worker".
In fact, when he was studying, Lin Qide went to Xiamen and worked as a summer vacation worker in a packaging factory. Coming to Xiamen for the second time, Lin Qide's "Xiamen Drift" life is still very bitter.
Living in a rental house around Fanghu Lake, selling cars in second-hand car dealers during the day, and going to various bars at night to find work, singing and making a living, Lin Qide said, "When I was poor, the bar owner gave 50 yuan, and I was willing to sing." ”
Bar singing is usually from 7 p.m. to 2 or 3 a.m. "Singing songs, at that time, no one listened to his own songs," Lin Qide said, in order to make more money, he had to catch up many times a night, "see those female singers are so hard singing, what reason do I have not to work hard." ”
He still remembers a winter night in 2017. In the heavy rain, carrying a guitar to catch the last train, he was splashed by the splash of the bus, "At that time, I only had a few coins left in my pocket, but I didn't want to give up." Lin Qide said that he composed and wrote lyrics, recorded songs and produced, all of which were self-taught from the Internet. In order to survive, he did not hesitate to borrow online loans, borrowed up to 80,000 yuan, and from time to time asked his sister Zhou Ji.
"This road is so bitter, why do you insist on it?" Faced with the Herald reporter's question, Lin Qide was very firm, he said, "I have strength in my bones, I don't want my life to be too mediocre, I want to prove that I am right." ”
It's not all bitter either. "A great uncle saw me carrying a guitar, saw that I was an artistic baby, invited me to dinner with him, ordered a lot of delicious dishes, and rubbed a bottle of beer, and I was happy at that time." Recalling this, Lin Qide raised the corners of his mouth.
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< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > once sold only 3 tickets after the fire flew to the country's 100 commercial performances</h1>
Sing it to people who really understand music. In 2016, Lin Qide released the song "I want to have a meal with you" on "NetEase Cloud". Unexpectedly, it was forwarded by Ding Lei, the founder of NetEase Cloud, and commented: ordinary people, precious feelings. This gave Lin Qi enough confidence.
A guitar and a box, uneasy with the status quo, he began his first round of touring. Contact the tour venue yourself and make posters..." At that time, it was very plain, no one helped you, you could only rely on yourself, the box office was very poor, I was afraid that I would not be able to do half of it. ”
In Tongling, Anhui Province, 3 tickets were sold, and only one person came to listen to the song, but Lin Qide still insisted on singing for 100 minutes. After the Harbin tour, he went home for the New Year, he bought a train for four days and three nights, or a station ticket, and when he was tired, he squeezed into the aisle to sleep.
However, at the end of 2018, Lin Qide's song "I am not your Song Dongye" was a small fire, and he earned 50,000 yuan in copyright fees for the first time, and the subsequent copyright fees also made Lin Qide's hard days a little relieved.
And in 2019, he spent an afternoon writing "Datian Hou ShengZai", which made this "grassroots singer" full of food. Lin Qide, who was "poor and afraid", began to fly all over the country to receive various commercial performance announcements. From September last year to the end of last year, hundreds of commercial performances were received, "weddings, night shows, real estate openings... Everything is picked up, 30 days a month, almost 28 days in flight. Lin Qide said that he relied on this song to pay off the online loan, and also helped his parents pay off the mortgage in the county, and staged an inspirational "true return".
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ding Taisheng commented that the work is very vital</h1>
The overnight popularity of "Datian Housheng Boy" also allowed Lin Qide to get more attention. Ding Taisheng, a famous "poisonous tongue" music critic, commented that "it is actually a work with great vitality." ”
And Lin Qide also worked hard. This year, in the "Douyin See Music" program, Lin Qide's entry "The Girl Is a Heavenly Immortal" has been played more than 290 million times and received a lot of praise.
Well-known music critic Liu Shuiji commented that it was "simple, simple and poetic"; Fu Lin, chairman of the Music Association, said that the song was "a detachment of reality and a different kind of chic"; well-known music producer Li Weisong commented that it was "very Chinese style"; music producer Yan Xiaojin also expressed his affirmation of Lin Qide's musical attitude, saying that he could feel his love for music.
From a grassroots singer to a professional musician, Lin Qide has paid many years and efforts. Now, he is ready to settle in Xiamen, move to a new home, sign a music company, and will work with the band to make steady progress towards the third round of national music tour.
He said that he does not want to be just a traffic singer, but also hopes that he can settle down and write more good songs, so that more people who listen carefully to songs can hear themselves.
Straits Herald reporter Kang Zehui/Wen Shenwei/Photo