It started with influencers loyal to their dreams

Post-95 female singers are beginning to emerge

In recent years, the new forces in the Chinese music scene has emerged a strong "small fresh meat" trend, newcomer male singers in the fan economic environment like a fish, compared with it, newcomer female singers are slightly inferior, in addition to the post-95 generation in addition to taking the group idol route, many of the female singers who take the personal route The first scene of the debut is mainly on the Internet - first in the form of Internet celebrities into the public vision, and then into the mainstream music market is packaged and built. Born in 1997, Malaysian Chinese female singer Zhu Zhongai will spend her 20th birthday on the 7th of this month, from the initial publication of cover songs on the Internet to be concerned, to the official debut of the work "Malaysia Chabor" in Malaysia, to enter the Taiwanese music scene and then turn to the mainland market, and become Wang Lihong's love on the stage of "Heroes of the World", Zhu Zhongai is accelerating from internet celebrity to professional singer in the past two years. Although Zhu Zhongai, who has officially released an album, still can't tear off the label of Internet celebrity in some people, she said that she doesn't care, "People have this idea because I'm not good enough, and it also proves that I need to work harder to become a real singer." ”

"Making a revolution" made its debut

Zhu Zhongai's music road began from middle school, she used the "clover" as the net name to upload the cover video to the personal homepage, but also shoot some makeup, dancing small clips to interact with netizens, over time the fan base is getting bigger and bigger, and Zhu Zhongai's singing has also entered the vision of Malaysian composer Huang Mingzhi. "At that time, I was already planning to study abroad, and I could continue my studies later, which was a rare opportunity." Although she is not very old, the idea in Zhu Lord's love is particularly firm, and she understands that her current self is the golden age of breaking into the show business circle. "But my family is very traditional, I want to study well, and I even got a scholarship to study in england at that time, but I knew in my heart that this was not what I wanted to do." I stayed at home for three months without going out, 'making a revolution'. Later, Huang Mingzhi thought of another way, "Using the song "Malaysia Chabor" as a bet, but also an experiment, I promised my parents that if the song became popular, it would prove that I should do what I wanted to do." ”

Zhu Zhong'ai let go and win the "revolution", "Malaysia Chabor" received more than 1.6 million views in a week or so in Malaysia, and Zhu Zhong'ai officially entered the music scene. "Malaysia Chabor" in addition to the agreement between Zhu Lord's love and his family, there is also a layer of meaning to justify his own name. Because the makeup is Korean style, some people who do not understand the situation misunderstand that Zhu Zhongai is Korean, and some people look at her with misunderstanding and discrimination against the Internet celebrity body, thinking that she went to South Korea to do plastic surgery. "This song has the feel of a Malaysian ballad, there are five languages, some people say I am Korean, I use this song to tell everyone that I am a Malaysian girl, and I also responded to plastic surgery rumors in a self-deprecating way."

Favorite singer status

With the accumulation of popularity, in 2015, Zhu Zhongai entered the Taiwanese music scene and released the album "Good to Miss You", in her upcoming new EP "Cold Christmas Together", the title song "Cold Christmas" was filled in by Zhu Zhongai herself, which is about her situation when she started in the Taiwanese music scene. "I just arrived in Taiwan to release a film, just in time for Christmas, Malaysia is very hot whether it is Christmas or the New Year, but the Christmas weather in Taiwan is very cold, I am not familiar with life, the mood of leaving the country is written in the song, I want to give it to the wanderers who can't go home during the New Year's Festival, warm everyone." Last year, Zhu Zhongai began to enter the mainland market and participated in the music program "Heroes of the World" on Jiangsu Satellite TV. "At that time, this show was looking for singers of different styles and elements to participate, and the production unit felt that my style was very special, and Teacher Wang Lihong personally selected me." Zhu Zhong ai said that the biggest gain from participating in this show is that she has more confidence, knows how to perform on stage, and knows how to face pressure, "Before I was holding Ukrili to sing on the stage, on this show I joined dance and stage play, many breakthroughs." The other contestants are very strong, there are Korean idols, as well as Ji Ke Junyi, Li Qi, I am the youngest, in the face of those big brothers and sisters I will have pressure, I am afraid to give Teacher Li Hong a hind leg. I am very grateful to him for always encouraging me, which has made me more comfortable performing on stage. As for how to evaluate his performance on the stage of "Heroes of the World", Zhu Zhong ai said that he "did not dare to say good, but he was very comfortable."

Last year, Zhu Zhongai starred in the movie "Best Guy", but she said that she still prefers the job of singer, "Actors are playing others, singers are very personalized, and they are the most able to express themselves." In the future, I want to be a singer-songwriter and a producer, and now I am working towards this goal. ”

Face up to the "influencer" label

When he first debuted, although Zhu Zhongai faced the evil words on the Internet with a self-deprecating attitude in "Malaysia Chabor", he also fell into a low ebb because he endured a lot of negative evaluations. "At first, everyone had a good impression of me on the Internet, but suddenly the attention increased, and good and bad remarks came, and even slander and rumors. I was at a low ebb and wanted to give up. In the low tide, Huang Mingzhi told Zhu Zhongai that "these things have survived, you have succeeded", and the family who originally opposed Zhu Zhongai's debut also encouraged her to persevere, "For those ugly words, at first it looks unaccustomed, and then it looks open, everyone discusses that you are a good thing, which means that you have the value of news, and the work will be heard by everyone." Treat this matter as a good thing, good comments are encouragement, and bad ones are used as motivation to urge yourself to reflect. Keep the principles, keep the style, and make the people who like me like me more. ”

Now that zhu has entered the mainstream stage, Zhu Zhongai has always used the previous screen name "Four Leaf Clover", and the label of Internet celebrity is not exclusive. "I know very well what 'influencer' means. I look fresh and shy on stage, but I have a big personality and a big grin in private, and I am boyish. As soon as I get on stage, I'll have fun. One of the things I also appreciate about myself is that I position myself very accurately and know my strengths and weaknesses. For example, although I have already released a film and am already an official singer, most of the mainland still thinks that I am a network singer, and I will not be uncomfortable and unhappy because of this. People think this way because you're not doing well enough, proving that you need to work harder. ”

Beijing Morning Post reporter Wang Lin