"There was always an hour before the bar started, when I was sitting in my chair singing my sister's slow song, and a spotlight hit me, and it was pitch black and silent."
When I first met Murong Xiaoxiao, I couldn't relate to the internet divine song "Love Sale" that was popular all over the country, and she didn't look "god" at all. Murong Xiaoxiao was small, sitting in the café, mixed with background music and noisy vocals, not very conspicuous. I thought she would be quite "stylish", but in fact, she was not at all. She patted the couch seat and beckoned me over, as if to say something homely.
After sitting down, I thought that Murong Xiaoxiao herself was definitely not as hot as her song "Love Sale", otherwise she would not be able to sit calmly in the crowd for me to interview. Seeing her dressed as an ordinary girl, thin and quiet, people can't help but wonder where the explosive, high-pitched voice comes from - so the first sentence wants to ask her: "Did you sing "Love Sale"?" ”
Many people know about the internet mythical song "Love Sale", which is known as "rural heavy metal", but few people know about it - its singer has been working in the music industry for more than 10 years and is currently working on her seventh album.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Guangzhou and returned home in frustration</h1>
"The songs I can sing are few and dirty, I really don't have confidence, and after more than half a year, I can't mix."
Murong Xiaoxiao's original name was Wu Li, a native of Anhui, and his stage name was fortune teller, and he took his surname only to avoid confusion and repetition. Murong Xiaoxiao, who listened to Huangmei opera in her womb and won numerous awards in the Huangmei opera competition in the province on behalf of the city, county or town, ultimately failed to become a folk artist or school teacher who inherited the Huangmei drama genre, mainly because of her determination to change her destiny - the family's lack of wealth and the unstable income of the Huangmei Theater Troupe in her hometown gave Xiaoxiao the courage to step into the pop music scene. However, the motivation still stems from love - when "Huan Zhu Gege" was all over China, Xiaoxiao used his first salary of 300 yuan to buy a tape Walkman, and xiaoyanzi and Xie Tingfeng were still played. At the age of 19, by chance, she heard Zhang Huimei's "Listening to the Sea" from a friend, and since then she has been enchanted, and all she listened to was A-mei's songs.
In 2002, XiaoXiao was in Guangzhou, and the first fever disc "Love Myself" was completed, which also covered A Mei's songs. However, in Guangzhou, "going to the cave" is all the result of her big idea and running away from home. This Anhui girl with dreams and a restless heart, wandering alone in the flower world of Guangzhou, encountered an opportunity but how to be unsatisfactory, she said to me: "At that time, the strength of Guangzhou singers was too strong, I remember there was a imitation of Tian Zhen, the voice and appearance are exactly the same." They (the resident singers in Guangzhou bars and nightclubs) have a unique style on the stage, and a singer can almost hundreds of songs. When people sang very popular Cantonese songs, I sang "Eighteen Bends of mountain road", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", "Loess High Slope" - at that time, I really had no self-confidence, and after more than half a year, I couldn't mix. ”
Xiaoxiao, who is in his 20s, was hit and returned to his hometown, but he always strengthened his determination to "sing out". After winning the opportunity to work as a singer in a nightclub in Anqing City, she not only got a considerable 50 yuan per night appearance fee, but also met various friends in 4 months, and in the process of going to the cave in various cities, Murong Xiaoxiao finally decided that she was going to Beijing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > go to Beijing again and wait for the opportunity</h1>
Every day, I put on mental makeup and stood in front of the hotel waiting to be "ordered" by the bar agent.
I begged my mother bitterly, and finally my family agreed and gave me 1,000 yuan. Now that I think about it, I was quite bold at that time, and if it were now, I probably wouldn't have the same vigor as I did then," Xiaoxiao told reporters. However, although she talked to her family about everything and received support, the future was far from bright. Beijing was not, as she had imagined, a "place full of scouts," and there were countless overcrowded and dilapidated rental houses, including the damp basement huts that had long since belonged to her.
When he first arrived, although his throat was often inflamed due to the moisture, although there was no activity and no money to earn, Xiaoxiao still raised his spirits, and after being ordered by a friend to put on makeup every day and stand in front of a hotel near Fangzhuang, waiting to be "pointed" by the bar agent. It's a bit like a chaotic labor market, and you can imagine that a plain-looking, skinny girl must have missed out on many opportunities. Later, it was still kung fu that lived up to the hard work, and luck came again, Xiaoxiao replaced a singer who temporarily broke the contract and was affirmed by the bar agent. But at the scene, she still sang A Mei's song.
The above is the inspirational story of an ordinary singer who can no longer be ordinary, and you can also hear several paragraphs in the draft competition such as "The Voice of China". But there were very few people who could recall it as calmly as if they were talking about other people's affairs, and Murong Xiaoxiao was one of them, and she said calmly: "At that time, I was bitter, and when I drank too much, I would cry." But now that I think about it, I am quite grateful for that period of time, which is a good tempering. I saw so many people in the bar that now the first time I saw anyone, I could guess fifty or sixty percent. ”
Xiaoxiao didn't want to cover Ah Mei's songs all her life, although she enjoyed the moments - "There was always 1 hour before the bar started singing, and then I sat in my chair and sang Ah Mei's slow song, and a spotlight hit me, and it was dark and silent around me. ”
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > suddenly meets a nobleman and has a career turn</h1>
Winning the divine comedy "Love Sale", the 70 million hits on the Internet finally made her fame and fortune
In fact, 2003 was the turning point of her career, when she met Tian Yilong, the agent of Huashun Yiheng Culture. "He was playing guitar in a bar at the time, and in my eyes he was a kid, sixteen or seventeen years old. He kept calling my old sister and sister. He is a bit talented, he can write songs, and the songs on his album are all written by himself. Murong Xiaoxiao did not expect that the "child" in her eyes at that time would become a "nobleman" on her musical path.
Scorpio girls are mysterious, they chase deep and unforgettable feelings, seemingly unrelated to fame and fortune, but in fact they are also inseparable. Xiaoxiao is a frank Scorpio girl, she frankly said that "there is no pursuit of fame, the pursuit of profit is to hope that the family can live a good life." However, this girl whose "heart" is not too big is always doing her best in a flat state of mind, and fortunately her efforts can always usher in opportunities. In 2009, she won the divine comedy "Love Sale", and for a time the network received 70 million hits, which finally made her fame and fortune. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, it became the peak of Murong Xiaoxiao's career development.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > next step, pop music huangmei drama mix and match</h1>
No longer sing A-mei, no longer sing the "Divine Comedy", and regain a quiet world
Murong Xiaoxiao recorded her seventh album and prepared to release a physical record after the completion of the last 4 songs. Regarding the theme of the album, she revealed: "I was not involved in the creation of this album, only responsible for singing. This album has been prepared so far, and there will be about 10 songs. Continuing the previous "Hui Changmei 1" and "Hui Changmei 2", this album will also have a certain connection with my hometown, and one or two of the songs will have a combination of opera elements. In this era of physical records also booming, Murong Xiaoxiao admitted that "physical records are not the main direction, and now basically all publicity will be based on the Internet and radio." ”
As with Murong Xiaoxiao's usual bland mentality, she did not have high expectations for the new album. In contrast, her interest in exploring the fusion of opera and popular elements is even greater. Murong Xiaoxiao believes that songs in the style of mixing opera and popular elements will have a relatively large room for development: "Before, few singers have tried this way, and a Huangmei opera teacher I particularly like has produced an album, but it has not achieved good results, it may be that there are more opera elements. My album is still popular and will have both opera elements, which I think is still quite good. ”
It can be seen from this that murong Xiaoxiao, the "Singer of the Divine Comedy", neither came from the Divine Comedy nor did he walk towards the Divine Comedy. She no longer learned to sing A Mei's songs, covered Ah Mei's songs, she even kicked over the "trophy" of "Love Sale" and returned to a quiet world. Maybe one day another singer will say: "There is always an hour before the bar starts, when I sit in a chair and sing Murong Xiaoxiao's slow song, a spotlight hits me, and there is darkness and silence around me." ”