In the 2019 band variety show, after "Summer of the Band" and "Let's Band Together", the third program "Our Band" also began recording at the end of the year. Recently, the official announcement of the program group will usher in the official premiere on March 14. On the evening of March 7, the official released a super long trailer. Through this trailer, we have a basic understanding of the lineup and settings of the entire show.
For the mentor, the three presidents of the "Band Unlimited Company", it has been announced before, including Nicholas Tse, Xiao Jingteng and Wang Junkai. Judging from the information revealed in the trailer, Xiao Kai is still quite stressed, and the two big brothers regard him as a "little friend", look at him with a pampered eye, and praise him for being "super talented" and "a particularly good child" after a simple practice.
Later, when commenting on a band, Xiao Kai carefully said his opinion that "they are a band that complements each other, and the melody will be slightly weaker", Nicholas Tse looked at him with a spoiled face, "Yes, what do you say is", "Isn't the current 20 years old very powerful"...
Whenever this time comes, Xiao Kai can only smirk, quite embarrassed. Since he came to participate in such a music program, how could he not want to be treated as a hot-blooded man by the two predecessors, instead of always being taken care of and pampered.
Let's take a look at the lineup of musicians.
From the more than 1,000 musicians recruited, the program team selected 69 as candidates to enter the program recording. Of these, 15 were initially designated as ACE candidates and another 54 as members.
The so-called ACE is the core and soul of the band. In the trailer, all the ACEs don't seem to appear, just appear in the poster column on the wall. At a cursory glance, the ACE candidates are Wang Ether, Circle 9, Ye Zi, Jiang Shan, Hu Mengzhou, Ni Yanchen, Wang Lixin, Guo Hanlong, Sun Cho, Cao Xu, Qi Shuyu, Adawa, Zheng Weijie, Gong Zhao, and Zheng Luoyu.
To be a candidate for ACE, you are naturally a very good person. The main criteria for the official selection of ACE are:
Leadership + Creativity Dual Buff
Excellent comprehensive ability, condensing the advantages of all employees
Unique aesthetics, rich ideas, dare to do dare to fight
Among the ACE candidates above, there is also no shortage of familiar faces:
Circle 9, lead singer, 2016 Super Girl National Champion. It sounds the same as Li Yuchun, but there may not be many people who really know her, but at least the business card is shiny.
Wang Ether, lead singer, 2018 "China New Rap" contestant, 2019 "I am a singer-songwriter" guest, is still well-known in the rap circle.
Guo Hanlong, drummer, drummer of the mainland metal giant "Wanton Wu" band, professional drumming for 16 years, can be regarded as a big brother level musician.
Looking at other member candidates, the main criteria for official selection are:
Passionate about music and band culture
Good teamwork skills
Unique and brilliant musical skills
Among the 54 candidates, there are also many familiar faces:
Zhang Tian, lead singer, the starting singer of "Singer 2018". Although the performance in the show is not outstanding, its singing strength cannot be denied, and it can be proud of this resume alone. On the spot, other musicians confessed to her: I am your fan!
Wang Beiche, the lead singer, he can be said to be a singer who is already very popular, with a song "Trap" swept the whole network. There is a saying that "I have dodged the modern brother Ning Ge, but I have not escaped Wang Beiche", which shows its popularity. His voice is very charming and recognizable, he used to be in a band, due to the concept of discord and left the team to fly alone, it seems that this time he came to this show to find the band dream again.
Pikett, lead singer, 2018 "China New Rap" contestant, won the national top nine. Later, he often collaborated with Wang Ether to create and perform.
Liu Junge, lead singer, Liu Junge almost did not have a camera in the trailer, but she spoke later when talking about ACE.
She was the runner-up of The Voice of China in 2018. Of course, she has a more important identity, that is, the apprentice of her mentor Nicholas Tse. The appearance of Liu Junge confirms Xie Tingfeng's statement that he is responsible for the trainees to the end. But participating in this show this time may also have potential trouble - if Liu Junge stands out, it is inevitable that some people will question Tse Tingfeng's bias towards apprentices.
When the 54 member candidates gathered together, as the curtain of the ACE poster column fell, everyone saw the lineup of the ACE and the introduction of them on the top, and the discussion began to be hot. Some say, what is the core candidate? Captain? Some say, wow, it's all great; some say, is this us picking him, or is he picking us?
However, there are also people who express dissatisfaction with this, they did not expect that there is this setting, in a band, everyone should be the same, everyone is the core, so as to make music well, why do you want to engage in a "leader" out?
Piket said, "The core of the band has already framed the idea, and the band I want is the kind of band that everyone can communicate (equally), can communicate (equally) ..." And Wang Beiche immediately said "I am too", and then they decided not to play, waved their hands, left together, and did not come.
What's the situation that the show doesn't play before it even starts?
In my opinion, as a band, the core soul figures should still exist. This person is not a leader, not an authority, he does not hinder everyone's free expression and equal communication, and everyone's status is still the same. His existence is mainly to enhance cohesion, to turn four or five individual individuals into a group, so that everyone's different ideas tend to be consistent. Without the existence of this role, a band would be difficult to go far, and there will always be a day of falling apart.
I don't know if Wang Beiche and Piket really left, or the suspense deliberately set up by the show? The official premiere next week is something to look forward to.