Since the first season of "Dance Storm" became a hit, Li Xiang has become the immortal who dances classical dance in the public's mind, and to this day, the clip of him dancing in "Dance Storm" is still popular on the Internet. Recently, Li Xiang participated in the popular variety show "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" (hereinafter referred to as "Brother"), and once again appeared in the public eye as a "brother". Only this time he didn't come purely to dance, he had to "do things he hadn't done", such as learning to sing, such as learning rap, such as popping. Living with so many "brothers" this time, he broke the laws of the past countless times and made many good friends, which is another different surprise he has gained on this show.
Reporter He Haizhu Intern Wang Siyuan
Not satisfied with a public stage
"I'm not in this show
Play to your best"
When he first heard that there was such a program, Li Xiang was very interested in participating, and later when the "Brother" program team found him and sent him an invitation, Li Xiang immediately agreed to come down. "First, there is no doubt that the show is famous, and there is no doubt that it will help itself. But the most important thing is that there can be such a stage for me to do things that I have not done, which is very attractive to me. Before the program was recorded, the information Li Xiang obtained from the program group was "you can sing without dancing, but you can't just dance without singing", and singing is the thing he wants to do most when he comes to this show, so before the program is recorded, Li Xiang is preparing with the mentality of making a breakthrough on his stage.
But things often do not go according to people's wishes, on the stage of Yigong, Li Xiang, who was invited to join Lin Zhixuan's tribe, had different opinions on the division of labor and cooperation in song and dance, and Lin Zhixuan. It can be seen from the show that Lin Zhixuan, who demands perfection on all stages, has more ideas to do his or her job among the members and do what they do best. But Li Xiang and Liu Jia, who are good at dancing, have put forward different views, and they hope that they can have more breakthrough attempts in addition to dance, such as singing, even if it is only a sentence or two. At the beginning, Lin Zhixuan, Li Xiang, and Liu Jia could not convince each other, and everyone was deadlocked, and the atmosphere was awkward. Sandwiched in the middle and not knowing how to be good, another member, Li Yundi, tried to play the piano to ease the atmosphere, but it had little effect. Later, in the evening, there was still no progress in the division of songs and songs, and everyone dispersed unhappily and returned to the dormitory with no expression. But the time to practice is so much that if it is not resolved as soon as possible, the whole group will eventually be affected. Therefore, after returning to the dormitory, Lin Zhixuan, Li Yundi, Li Xiang and several other brothers discussed it together, and finally decided that Lin Zhixuan was responsible for the main part of the song, Li Xiang and Liu Jia were responsible for the main part of the dance, but at the same time Li Xiang and Liu Jia also sang a few words, although not much, but their final singing performance was still unexpected.
"It turns out that you not only dance well, but also sing well," Li Xiang said, and after the end of "Love" on the Yigong stage, many brothers said similar praise to him. But in Li Xiang's view, everyone will have a basic understanding of themselves before going on stage, "If I don't imagine saying that everyone will say after they come down, 'Your pitch is so good, you sing so well', I don't have the courage to sing it." On the stage of "Brother", through the evaluation of singing, Li Xiang has his own standards, not just someone else's sentence "You sing really well". On the stage, the final ranking of "Love" is not bad, but in Li Xiang's view, he is still not satisfied with this stage, because "I did not play to my extreme in this show, did not exert myself, did not reflect my own value." ”
He and Ao Inu Yin are becoming good friends
"I can know brother Zheng,
One of the greatest prides of my life."
In the program "Brother", "breakthrough" is what Li Xiang wants to do the most, not only to make a breakthrough on the stage, but also to make a breakthrough in life. Li Xiang did it, because for him, eating, drinking and living with more than 30 brothers was already a break in his solitary life for the past 9 years. Since graduating from college in 2012, Li Xiang has not lived a group life on any day, and the recording of "Brother" has to live a life similar to a university dormitory with more than 30 brothers, which is undoubtedly a challenge for people who like to live alone.
But judging from the content currently broadcast, Li Xiang adapted quickly and adapted well. He broke the laws of his past countless times, in the past, he never took the initiative to chat with strangers, but in the show, he often took the initiative to talk to brothers he didn't know, and had all kinds of communication with them. He found that when he opened himself, he would get unexpected results, and he made a lot of good friends. Among them, Ao Dog, who lives in the same room as him, and Yin Zheng, who admires him mutually, became his two best friends in the show. "I eat together, live together, rehearse together, and do everything together, like even babies." My brother and I are extremely appreciative of each other, and I feel that I can know my brother, which is one of the greatest prides in my life. There is a gift exchange link in the show, Li Xiang and Yin are the two brothers who have successfully exchanged gifts, Yin Zheng gave Li Xiang a very special gift from his fans, and Li Xiang returned an original vinyl record of "Overlord Farewell" starring Zhang Guorong. Yin Zheng likes Zhang Guorong, vinyl records are not easy to buy now, so in the eyes of many netizens, Li Xiang's gift is quite attentive. And Li Xiang said that if you want to send it, you can't cope with it, and it doesn't matter how expensive the gift is, but you have to really be careful.
But what is interesting is that although he treats friends with care, Li Xiang is a person who is slightly afraid of society. Li Xiang said that usually he is not the kind of person who will take the initiative to contact friends, everyone gathers for parties or something, he is neither good at nor likes. But there is no way, now young people seem to like this way more, so on the 29th birthday, although Li Xiang was worried, he also stiffened his scalp in the KTV group and called some friends to come and play. The bureau is not big, there are not many people, there are only a dozen or so, but it is already the limit of Li Xiang, this is the first time in his life that he has called so many friends to play. Fortunately, two host friends came that night, one of them was responsible for half of the friends, and the scene was very hot that night. Later, the two host friends joked with Li Xiang and asked him to give him a salary. At present, in a few months, Li Xiang's 30th birthday is coming soon, this is a more commemorative birthday, how will Li Xiang live? Have you ever been? Under the reporter's questioning, Li Xiang said that he did not have specific ideas for the time being, "I will definitely still have to live with my friends, maybe I have to change the form, and the experience of failure is enough." "The reporter suggested that he consult with his friends in advance for advice, and Li Xiang immediately thought that he could rent a larger car and go out to play together for two days." Motorhome travel seems to be quite popular now. "Yes, even if you don't know each other, I think you'll definitely know each other if you travel together."
Nandu Entertainment × Li Xiang
"Never thought about it one day
You can watch Li Yundi play the piano so closely."
"Didn't make it hard, didn't reflect their own value"
Nandu Entertainment: Although the competition nature of the "Brother" show is not very strong, it is still a competition variety show after all, what do you expect from your own ranking?
Li Xiang: When I came to this show, I never treated it as a competition for a second. I certainly want to stay on this stage, I don't want to be eliminated. However, I didn't treat it as a match because I felt like I came to this show and there was nothing comparable to anyone else. Because I'm not a singer myself, I'm a dancer. Then my dance field is a little more academic, so I really don't have anything to compare with others. That, for me, is a platform for learning and breakthroughs. It's good to be able to do things on this platform that haven't been done before. The so-called game has always been to compare yourself with others what you are best at, right? And on this stage, I don't have any things that I'm good at that I can do to PK or battle with others. So for me, it's just a stage for a show. Regarding your ranking, if this thing once measures your ranking by numbers, then of course you hope that you can be at the top. But what I am happy about is that I am in a state of gradual improvement, gradually finding the value and meaning of my existence on the stage, and I am improving.
Nandu Entertainment: Are you satisfied with the Ichigo stage?
Li Xiang: Not satisfied. Because I came to this stage, in fact, it only had 5 performances in total, and then the sixth time was already the finals of the live broadcast, so every performance was a one-fifth, one-sixth concept for me. The one-fifth and one-sixth stages must be paid enough attention to and cherished for me. On the stage of "Love", I feel that for me, I did not play to my own extreme in this show, did not make it vigorous, and did not reflect my own value. It's not that how many shots I take up, how many shots I have, this thing doesn't matter at all. I said on the show, I said I don't care how many shots I have, I care about what I'm doing when the cameras are given to me. So this is the point where I am not satisfied. I don't think I did it to leave the work. For me, Li Xiang did not leave a single work on the stage of "Love". Or, after many years, to friends, to family, to the people around me to share, I come to the stages of "Brother with Thorns", I let them see my works, I will not show you "Love".
Nandu Entertainment: You posted on Weibo your daily routine of learning piano, did you learn a little from Li Yundi in the program?
Li Xiang: I remember very clearly, the first time I saw Li Yundi playing the piano. I stood outside that classroom door, and then I walked in, and I stood next to Digo, and I said I never thought I could watch you play the piano so close. I thought that was a world-class pianist, and I never thought I would stand behind him and watch him play the piano, you know? Talk to him or something, I think he's too obsessed with his music. Then I might think he wouldn't bother to talk to me about something so professional. In fact, I didn't ask him. Another point is that I taught myself piano, and then I actually dared to play blindly in front of Li Yundi, you know?
Nandu Entertainment: Did you play in front of him? What did he say?
Li Xiang: He said it was not bad, he said have you studied it? I said I learned it myself, and I didn't even know the staves.
Nandu Entertainment: He should also think that you are quite powerful, even the staves are not known, and he can dare to play in front of him.
Li Xiang: Oh, I don't care, I'm not a professional.
"From a young age, I made my own ideas and did not grind things"
Nandu Entertainment: In the show, I think your stage is often fairy and fluttering, but privately watching you get along with your brothers, I think you are more funny. What is your usual personality?
Li Xiang: What you see in the show, I am what I am, without any disguise. Because the thing that comes from the performance, it is not yourself, even if you attract others to like you through the thing you play, you will one day show the stuffing. The most real thing to you, you like it, you don't like it, you don't like it, I'm OK. Even if it is something that is hard to perform, there will be people who don't like you, and then your hard work will become meaningless.
Nandu Entertainment: You left home to study at a very young age and traveled to many places to learn dance. Do you think this learning experience has any impact on your current life and character?
Li Xiang: The big impact is what I look like today, making people think that I, such as gao leng, or I am arrogant, or that I include this northeast pepper, and I have a lot to do with my life alone when I left home from childhood, and subtly will be affected in personality. There are many things I can make on my own, and I don't ask anyone else. I also don't like people who are indecisive and grinding. Then I also don't like it when people come to me and complain about what he's done that he regrets. Because these things are things that I haven't happened to grow up with.
Nandu Entertainment: Because you're used to making up your own mind, right?
Li Xiang: Make your own decisions, and then take responsibility for your own actions. I don't know much about grinding.
Nandu Entertainment: You seem to be a person who loves life more, if you don't dance and don't have a job, what will you do?
Li Xiang: Staying at home and enjoying life.
Nandu Entertainment: What do you do at home?
Li Xiang: Sleep is most of the time, when I am not working, I am a person who can sleep, that is, I can sleep until our aunt thinks why can't I get up, is it fainting? So when I got up, I stayed at home with the dogs, and then I played the piano, practiced guitar and sang by myself. Then occasionally go downstairs, because our community environment is particularly good, just like the park, go down and take a turn, just like the boss.
"Venting my anger in my private domain, of course I want to block"
Nandu Entertainment: You recently sent a weibo that shook the sunspot, do you usually pay attention to the comments of netizens?
Li Xiang: Attention, I can seriously watch. What do you actually say about me? I don't think I'm distracted, but I'll really go and see it. Maybe I'm not really that mature yet, because I talk to a lot of brothers, and a lot of brothers say they never look at those things. I think it might be another two years, and maybe I won't look at it either. But I think looking at it now is also a process and experience of my growth.
Nandu Entertainment: What comments or words from netizens will make you particularly angry?
Li Xiang: Vent your anger, but you can't talk about anger, I'm angry with them, they really don't deserve it. Mainly they vented their anger on me because I had talked to friends about it. It's my tweets, and I never felt like it was part of my field of work. In fact, it is like my circle of friends, which is to record my own growth and daily life, including the works of my work, to share my works. So I don't feel like I'm going to be in business for business, you know? That's my private domain, you run to my private domain to vent your anger, of course I'm going to block you. How simple. I haven't sued you for breaking into people's houses yet.
Nandu Entertainment: Did the brothers teach you some ways to quickly face these?
Li Xiang: The quickest way is not to watch, but I can't help it. Their comment, ah, sometimes like watching a horror movie, you know? Scared again, but wanted to see. In fact, many people on that Weibo did not recommend me to send it, including my own team, and they also felt that I did not need to respond to this. But in fact, I am not responding, I feel that more often than not, I have to show my own attitude. Like I was on the show, my personality was the most authentic side of me. Then I don't want to tell others on Weibo, as if I don't care or how, even if I post this Weibo is also an attitude of my own. I can't go to Weibo every day to show my attitude, and what someone says next is something I can't influence. But with this Weibo, anyone who can get to know you a little bit will know what you are like. I think it's important.
Nandu Entertainment: Because of physical or injury restrictions, many dancers may not be able to engage in the profession of dancing for a lifetime, have you considered when you want to dance?
Li Xiang: Without thinking about it, I jumped if I wanted to, and I didn't jump if I didn't want to jump. After not jumping when you don't want to jump, suddenly one day you want to jump, you can also jump. It's a very casual thing. I said at the time of Dance Storm that I didn't like to make a particularly large-scale plan for my life. I prefer life and work to be a little random, I will have a general direction, to go to the goal. But I don't want to say how long I'm going to stop dancing, which time is my farewell stage, and then I'm going to change careers and do something, what I'm going to do with that thing, I don't have that kind of thought. I think that loses a lot of the meaning of life. Surprises are no longer surprises. I don't like to have a KPI for everything.