From the high-quality idol of that year to today's beard pulling, I have to say that the transformation of Wang Lihong's image has surprised many people, and even some netizens shouted: What has Wang Lihong experienced?!
At noon on July 12, Wang Lihong launched his live broadcast debut, which was popular, and the number of online people was 500,000+, and 12.242 million people watched. However, many netizens are not accustomed to Wang Lihong's new shape, and "what Wang Lihong has experienced" has appeared on the hot search, triggering heated discussion among netizens.
For a long time, Wang Lihong seemed to have become a bit untrimmed and did not pay much attention to appearance, and some netizens issued a soul torture question: Has he given up image management? "What kind of stimulation has the second brother (the nickname of the fan, the second eldest in Wang Lihong's family) been stimulated, and why should he make himself so full of incomprehensible artistic atmosphere?"
Keanu Reeves China Branch? In the live broadcast, the beard is pulled without trimming
In the live video on the 12th, 45-year-old Wang Lihong wore a simple T-shirt, long hair, beard untreated, looking really untrimmed, many netizens commented: "You are not Wang Lihong." Some netizens quipped: "Is this just escaping from the primeval forest?" ”
Some netizens also feel that his image is similar to that of Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, a serious and funny greeting: "Hello Keanu Reeves" and "Keanu Reeves China Branch". However, some netizens do not think much of this, thinking that "the second brother can appear in such a non-trim style, and he does not treat fans as outsiders." ”
Later, at the request of fans, Wang Lihong shaved online to reveal his "original face". In the process of shaving, Wang Lihong kept screaming, screaming very painfully, and he teased himself that he finally saw his face. Netizens were also excited, saying that they "also appreciated Wang Lihong's prosperous beauty." ”
In the live broadcast, Wang Lihong shared with fans that he had not yet released a new song, singing very devotedly, in the process Of which Wang Lihong unconsciously made a move that made netizens stir: singing to the emotional place Wang Lihong stroked his hair, so that netizens called "greasy". When Wang Lihong finished shaving his beard, netizens said one after another: The second brother made a hair action again, and he did not feel greasy.
As early as two months ago, Wang Lihong was a long-haired and long-bearded style, and he posted a dirty braid and beard pulling style on Weibo, and said that he couldn't remember when he shaved and cut his hair last time.
Previously, Chen Jianzhou posted a party video on the social platform, and Jay Chou and Wang Lihong cooperated on the same stage again after a gap of 20 years, which triggered heated discussion among netizens. Wang Lihong sings, Jay Chou plays the piano, and 45-year-old Wang Lihong wears a plaid shirt with black leather pants, and his face is full of stubble to look old-fashioned.
A combination of family lineage, talent, character, and academic qualifications
There are many artists in show business who are called "idols". However, the idol that integrates family lineage, talent, character and academic qualifications is probably only wang Lihong can afford.
Wang Lihong has always given people the impression that in addition to singing and composing, he also has a handsome and handsome appearance. At one point, he won the award, best song, best male singer, best composer, best producer, all kinds of awards, but he is still a proper student bully, some netizens called him "a person who may have saved the galaxy in his previous life" - with two honorary doctoral degrees from Williams University and Berkeley College of Music, mastering English, French, Chinese, Japanese and other languages.
Wang Lihong was born on May 17, 1976 in Rochester, New York, Usa, with his ancestral home in Yiwu, Zhejiang. Wang Lihong's great-grandfather, Xu Fengzao, was a Chinese admiral, and his grandmother, Xu Liufen, graduated from tsinghua university's department of economics and served as the director of the general department of the Taipei City Chamber of Commerce. His father, Wang Dazhong, graduated from the Department of Medicine at National Taiwan University, and his mother, Lee Ming-shu, received a bachelor's degree from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. His brother Wang Lide received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a doctorate from the University of Chicago, his sister-in-law Stacy received a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a master's degree from the University of Chicago, and his younger brother Wang Likai and his sister-in-law received a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wang Lihong graduated from high school with a full score on the SAT (American College Entrance Examination) and won the American Outstanding Student Scholarship, and was later admitted to three well-known universities in the United States at the same time, and finally he chose Williams College. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Williams College, he received his double degree master's degree from the Berkeley School of Music in the United States.
Later, due to his outstanding performance in the Chinese music scene, Wang Lihong received an honorary doctorate from Williams University in June 2016 and an honorary doctorate from Berkeley College of Music in November of the same year.
Originally planned to stay in school to teach, he was discovered by musician Li Shouquan and entered the music scene
After graduating from school in the United States that year, Wang Lihong and his family believed that staying in school to teach was the best choice. By chance, Wang Lihong's cousin, the singer Li Jianfu, recommended Wang Lihong to a famous musician in Taiwan, and Wang Lihong's life had different encounters. The one who changed wang Lihong's fate in life was Li Shouquan. He has produced many albums for Su Rui, Pan Yueyun, Liu Wenzheng and others, and is the producer of Jacky Cheung's first Chinese album "Love Without Four Returns", and later discovered Wang Jie and produced the classic album "A Game and a Dream".
In 1995, Wang Lihong released his first album "Love Enemy Beethoven", which became a blockbuster, and it was from this album that Wang Lihong's talent as a singer-songwriter also began to show. After that, his musical works such as "Rotation rotation", "Incredible", "Sun and Moon in my Heart", "Hero of the World" and other musical works won him countless awards, and his songs such as "The Only", "Rotation rotation", "Big City Little Love", "Sun and Moon in the Heart", "Things You Don't Know", "In the Plum Side", "You Are a Song in My Heart" and other songs have a high degree of transmission.
In addition, Wang Lihong has also crossed over film and television and achieved good results, such as the movie "Thunder X-Men", "Color Ring", etc., in 2010, he wrote and directed his own love movie "Love Notice", and in 2018, he won the Best Actor Award at the 10th Macao International Film Festival with the youth romance film "No Questions Asked".
Wang Lihong completed his transformation from a high-quality idol to a powerful musician in the shortest time, and his popularity and influence in China are also increasing day by day, he has appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala many times, and served as the torchbearer of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. In 2012, he was the torchbearer of the London Olympic Games. In 2013, he was invited to give a lecture on the theme of "Understanding Hualiu" at Oxford University.
Weakened popularity: Getting married and having children is a hurdle for him
In recent years, Wang Lihong is still active in the show business circle, but I don't know when Wang Lihong, who has a good family, a good family and a good business, is gradually weakening as a high-quality idol, and he grows his hair, grows a beard, subverts the original handsome and handsome style, making netizens wonder: What has happened to him in these years?
Some music critics once commented that Wang Lihong's later works were too novel and self-expressive, and were not suitable for today's market. In 2011, Wang Lihong left his old club Sony Records, and released the album "Your Love" four years later. "Experimented with electronic dance music, such as the song "Forget Me", which can be said to be a style that has never appeared in the Chinese music scene. But this album, whether it is sales or word of mouth, has encountered Waterloo, and Jiang Lang's talent is fully revealed.
The new album "A.I. Love" in 2017 incorporates a new concept of artificial intelligence, but the word of mouth and popularity have still not improved. In the ten years from 2011 to the present, except for "A Bridge of Fate" as the ending song of the movie "The Great Wall", his musical dimension is almost entirely supported by old works before 2011. Although his old rival Jay Chou has slowed down during this period, he has "Red Dust Inn", "Ming Ming", "Confession Balloon", "Mojito", "Say Good Don't Cry", "Wait for You to Leave Class" and other highly sung works.
In 2013, Wang Lihong became a family, and some fans had difficulty accepting idol love and marriage, so Wang Lihong also lost a lot of fans. Some people think that Wang Lihong's career has declined after marriage, and his popularity is no better than before, which is indeed a situation.
In the five years after marriage, Wang Lihong successively ushered in the birth of two daughters and a son. Taking time and energy to take care of families and children is a reasonable thing, reducing work and lack of exposure is also reasonable, for example, a variety show "Brother's Hot Life" that recently came out that the male version of "Sister Lang" was once invited to Wang Lihong with a reward of 15 million yuan, but Wang Lihong refused because he had "more important things to do". It is reported that the reason for Wang Lihong's refusal is to accompany his family and does not want to isolate in the mainland for so long. However, it is also said that another "important thing" of his is the online music teaching APP "Monthly Learning" that he has founded in recent years. The teaching of this online application earns about 30 million yuan in one semester. In the live broadcast on July 12, Wang Lihong solemnly introduced this music course.
The wife's lack of experience as an agent The effect of participating in variety shows is not ideal
In addition to family reasons, Wang Lihong himself has a low-key and introverted personality. In the hot period of variety shows such as the talent show, Wang Lihong did not follow the trend, and Jay Chou has served as the mentor of "The Voice of China" for 4 consecutive years, which can be described as fame and fortune. Although Wang Lihong also served as the mentor of "The Voice of China" in 2019, he was criticized for lacking a sense of variety, and even complained about low emotional intelligence, and the variety show trip did not receive the expected effect.
After marriage, Wang Lihong's wife Li Lianglei began to serve as his agent, due to lack of experience, the team's poor ability to operate, resulting in Wang Lihong's slow career development. Zhou Qun, the host of Anhui Satellite TV, once posted on his personal social platform, complaining that Wang Lihong's agent refused to play Wang Lihong's wife in the Spring Festival Gala sketch, which triggered heated discussion among many netizens. Some netizens believe that the love of husband and wife is good, but as an artist should separate work and life, artists interact with the opposite sex at work and even play a couple is inevitable, simple and rude refusal, may delay the work, Wang Lihong's wife agent This practice is really unprofessional.
In any case, Wang Lihong's musical talent is beyond doubt, and as an American, Wang Lihong's unique shape today may be influenced by European and American fashion culture, but it does not affect him to continue to bring high-quality works to the public. As netizens said: Li Hong, who has always "regarded the value of appearance as dung", does not eat by the face.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Shou Penghuan