Unexpectedly, I did not expect that "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" was broadcast to this day, and the hottest person was Zhang Qi.
In the recent program, Zhang Qi can be described as "three fires".
The first fire, of course, is to win consecutive championships.
When the first gong, a song "yellow" showed good strength, but also won the championship; the second gong's "Wukong", and won the championship in the first half, if the first time to win the championship is luck, then to the second time, how should it be strength.
The second fire is the king of votes.
In the vote officially launched by "Chopping Brother", no one expected that Zhang Qili overpowered Bai Jugang, Zhang Zhilin and Chen Xiaochun and other big brothers, and won the top spot in the popularity list in one fell swoop.
The third fire is professionalism.
Zhang Qi accidentally had a nosebleed due to excessive concentration during training.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qi was very calm, he was not in a hurry, just covered his nose with his hand, and then wiped off the blood flowing out with a tissue, and even the staff did not bother.
This very "man" way of handling is countless fans of Zhang Qi's circle, and he did not expect that he did not think so, saying that he fell behind this old problem because of excessive force in practicing songs.
At the same time, in the interview, he warned the audience not to blow his nose vigorously.
Three things made Zhang Qi the top stream of "Brother Chopper".
In fact, Zhang Qi's sudden popularity in "Chopping Brother" is not accidental, from his story, you can see the energy that he has been accumulating for so many years, those only waiting to erupt:
1. Children who have no connection with singing
Zhang Qi was born in Beijing on January 22, 1981.
He is the biggest wave of the post-80s generation and has also caught up with the best dividends of this era.
When he was a child, Zhang Qi looked good, but his academic performance was really not flattering.
Just when his parents were worried about his study, Zhang Qi inexplicably fell in love with an instrument: the trumpet.
Although the little Zhang Qi was not interested in scientific knowledge, he had a talent for music at a very young age. The trumpet was blowing, and he was actually admitted to the Silver Sail Art Troupe.
After going to the art troupe for a few days, Zhang Qi's hobbies changed again. He abandoned his previous favorite trumpet and threw an olive branch to the dance.
Probably because of interest, Zhang Qi likes to dance, and dances very well. When Zhang Qi was 12 years old, his parents sent him to the Beijing Dance Academy for dance training.
In the early 1990s, Michael Jackson was popular all over the world, and in school, Zhang Qi was Michael's best imitator, and he also took care of Aaron Kwok's dance.
In addition, Zhang Qi's appearance at that time was very handsome and handsome, almost at the level of the North Dance School Grass, so for a time, the Beijing Dance Academy began to circulate the "legend of Zhang Qi".
The instrument was also played, the dance was also danced, and Zhang Qi began to get bored again, when two things happened that pushed him onto the road of singing.
The first thing was that Zhang Qi was injured in a dance, and Zhang Qi injured his ankle, making it difficult for his dance skills to improve and fell into a bottleneck period.
The second thing, he fell in love with a girl, when the teenager who held the guitar and roared, always got the girl's heart.
So Zhang Qi resolutely decided to choose the guitar again, for the sake of career and love, he began to learn guitar with singer Yang Jiasong.
As he learned, his interest in the guitar grew stronger and stronger, and the girl's business was left behind.
In this way, a teenager who had loved trumpets and danced, without knowing how to understand, held the guitar and rushed into the world of singers.
2. From bar singing to happy male voice
Since the age of 15, Zhang Qi has learned to write songs, and in order to earn living expenses, he began to sing in bars.
In Beijing in the 1990s, bar singing was a fast-paying profession. Mature resident singers can earn at least 100 yuan a night.
Zhang Qi's first bar performance only earned 30 yuan, but he was happy enough to fly, because he tasted the sweetness of his interest into money, and also saw a bright future for singing.
At that time, Zhang Qi liked the Black Panther Band, so he learned to grow long hair like a singer in the Black Panther Band, and at the age of 17, he and a few like-minded friends formed a band called "Non".
They dream of music, sing in bars every day, and talk about so-called dreams that are far away.
Survival and career are like two parallel lines, and Zhang Qi, a teenager who established a band, although he continues to be a bar singer, his career has not improved.
Everything did not develop in the direction he had planned, and Zhang Qi was a little flustered at this time.
In 2001, Lu Chuan, the director of the movie "Looking for a Gun", approached Zhang Qi and asked him to compose an original music for the film.
Later, "Looking for a Gun" was on fire, the music was on fire, and Zhang Qi, as the lead singer, was still lonely and nameless.
In the same year, through this experience, Zhang Qi signed a contract with Jingwen's music label to become a professional singer and released his first album "Turn Around and Go".
But rock is a niche circle after all, and with a single, it can't bring anything to Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi once thought about putting his music on the Internet, but at that time, the quality of Online songs was uneven, and Zhang Qi felt that this was contrary to his original intention and gave up.
After that, he had his first real opportunity.
In 2007, "Happy Male Voice" was broadcast, and Zhang Qi, with the encouragement of his boss, set off in full gear.
Zhang Qi, who was full of confidence, did not expect that he participated in the draft for the first time and only got a "top ten" ranking.
Because of the rock niche and the off-field support rate is too low, Zhang Qi stopped in the top ten in Xi'an.
Zhang Qi, who folded the sword again, quit his job as a singer and returned to his familiar bar to sing. This time he worked his way to the level of music director.
In the meantime, Zhang Qi tried various music-related careers.
He has made web dramas, run music festivals, and even worked as a DJ on Beijing Radio, but these careers seem to have no future for Zhang Qi.
He seems to have finally let go of his vision of the future and is willing to be a behind-the-scenes musician.
Zhang Qi said: "I missed too many opportunities in those years, I couldn't become a singer, no one applauded me. ”
3, 32-year-old lead singer of the band
Zhang Qiwan did not expect that he could still intersect with the Black Panther Band in his life.
When the Black Panther band was formed in 1987, Zhang Qi was only 6 years old. His favorite song, "Landless Self-Containment," was released when he was 7 years old.
Just when his career fell into a low point, in 2012, Li Tong, the lead guitarist of Black Panther, sent him a message to invite him to participate in the recording of the band's new album "Who We Are".
Zhang Qi chuckled in his heart.
Because as early as a few years ago, when he was recording, he once plucked up all the courage to ask Li Tong a deep soul question: Can I be the lead singer of the Black Panther band.
But that time, he was ruthlessly rejected.
After several years, when he received Li Tong's call again, Zhang Qi was very worried in his heart.
On the one hand, he is 32 years old and has been doing behind-the-scenes work; on the other hand, rock and roll is not dead, and the dream of the rock star in his heart has been stirring.
Under Li Tong's successive verbal attacks, Zhang Qi lost his defense.
It went well when he went to the band to audition, and he quickly integrated with the "idol band" he grew up with and signed a 15-year contract.
At that time, the lead singer of the Black Panther band changed again and again. In the past few decades, the Black Panther Band has replaced 10 lead singers such as Luan Shu and Qin Yong.
At this time, the members of the Black Panther Band are also old cannons: three post-60s, one post-70s, and the youngest lead singer Zhang Qi is after 80, who is also 32 years old.
As the youngest lead singer, when the band officially announced Zhang Qi, the social media scolded.
For many years of Black Panther fans, Dou Wei may be the only lead singer, who pushed Black Panther to the peak of Chinese rock.
At this time, Zhang Qi was inevitably compared with Dou Wei.
Moreover, all Black Panther fans are reluctant to accept an unknown bar singer who has become the soul of the band among the old guns and heroes.
"Bar singer" has become a title he can't shake off, and Zhang Qi seems to never be able to get the recognition of fans, just like the voice of his singing, drowned in the accompaniment of the old cannons again and again.
Zhang Qi fell into self-doubt, and it was Li Tong who gave him encouragement again and again.
"Dudes think you can do it, you must do it."
In the midst of repeated insults, Zhang Qiren began to grow again in middle age, and eventually with the release of the new album and the increasing improvement of Zhang Qi's singing skills, the doubts gradually disappeared.
The two songs of "Tide" and "It's my time" in the album are still the words of Zhang Qi.
From 2013 to 2021, Zhang Qi has been the lead singer of the Black Panther Band for 8 years, and it should be known that the average life span of the lead singer of this band that carries the banner of Chinese rock is only three years.
4. "Brother Chopper" became a hit
When receiving the invitation from the program group, several elder brothers of the band pushed Zhang Qi to "cut through the thorns" for the Black Panther Band.
When this 40-year-old boy stood on the stage, with long hair, a guitar, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the whole stage was conquered.
This sound contains 30 years of persistent pursuit of rock and roll, contains the musical dream that has always been there, contains the initial opening of the love sinus for rock and roll, and the fire-like enthusiasm for music.
In the face of Chen Xiaochun, Zhang Zhilin, Bai Jugang, Zhang Qi is not inferior, from the beginning of the official propaganda of the lead singer of a piece of insults, to today's "Brother with Thorns and Thorns" opened his mouth to kneel infinite appreciation, Zhang Qi seems to have spent a full eight years, in fact, has exhausted the first half of his life.
People began to pick up the keyboard to search for him, and his name gradually appeared in the news, in the videos, in various articles.
This time, Zhang Qi, who took to the stage, finally felt the taste of being applauded by others, and he gradually became stable and flat, as always.
Zhang Qi, who exploded overnight, actually did not change much in his life. He bluntly said that what he cherished most was his wife.
Zhang Qi and his wife Wei Jia met at a bar, when a friend took Wei Jia to listen to Zhang Qi sing, and the girl fell in love with Zhang Qi at first sight.
Friends hurriedly introduced them to each other, and a good story was born.
At that time, Zhang Qi was still singing in the bar, and his income was not stable, but Wei Jia did not care, and the two walked hand in hand for 20 years.
Zhang Qi and Wei Jia have no children, and the two have a pine lion dog named "NuanBao", two people and a dog, living a life that many young people envy at the moment.
Zhang Qi protected Wei Jia very well, and before participating in "Brother Chopper", almost no one knew who his wife was.
After the variety show, Wei Jia said "Come on, Brother Qi!! While letting the audience sniff enough sugar, they knew the identity of Zhang Qi's wife.
As the reputation becomes more and more popular, some people specifically dig up Zhang Qi's black materials, but they can find many days empty-handed.
Playing music, the emotional world so clean?
This unspoken rule of the entertainment industry was broken by Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi, who is 40 years old this year, has once again stood at the starting point of his life.
I hope he really cuts through the thorns and lives the life he wants.
This time, he deserves the applause of the whole world.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Miao Miao)