Zhang Qi, if you heard this name two months ago, many people may be confused.
In the first round of stage display of "Brother with Thorns",
The director divided Zhang Qi, Chen Hui, Huang Guanzhong and Ricky into the same group.
Compared with the brothers in the Greater Bay Area, these people are little known and have zero voices.
In the introduction, the program team used this description:
"What they hooked up was a glorious period of Chinese rock."
In the moment of rock and roll decline,
This kind of evaluation may give the audience a glimpse of the ups and downs behind these people.
But it is difficult to really give true admiration and affection.
However, after only two performances, Zhang Qi became the object of the audience's pursuit.
Two months ago he didn't even talk, and now he's been happy with multiple hot searches.
Some people are surprised by his identity as the lead singer of the Band Black Panther,
There are also many people who appreciate his contrasting charm before and after the stage.
So, what kind of singer is Zhang Qi?
How did he get the appreciation of Black Panther and continue to be its lead singer for eight years?
Can the Black Panther, who has been in turmoil for 34 years, take advantage of the east wind of Zhang Qi's fire to climb to the next peak of his career?
Zhang Qi, born in 81, listened to the songs of the Black Panther band when he was very young.
At that time, Black Panther was still the top chinese rock band, and their works swept the streets.
The young Zhang Qi did not expect that he would become one of them in more than twenty years.
Because at that time, what he liked was not music but dance.
But an accident injured Zhang Qi's ankle and broke his dream of dancing.
The road to dancing did not work, Zhang Qi became obsessed with guitar again, after which he studied music, played folk songs, engaged in rock and roll, and signed a company.
Zhang Qi, who became a signed singer, tried to participate in "Happy Male Voice", but regrettably stopped at the top 10 in Xi'an.
He also worked as a radio DJ, a resident singer in a bar, and a supporting role in a web drama, and was always depressed.
From such a career experience, Zhang Qi at that time was like many unknown young artists now.
However, it is such a young man who is neither from a professional college nor has outstanding achievements,
At the age of 32, he became the new lead singer of the veteran band Black Panther.
This naturally caused questions and concerns from the industry to fans at that time.
On the one hand, this kind of doubt and worry comes from the lack of understanding and distrust of Zhang Qi.
On the other hand, it is because the Black Panther band has changed 9 lead singers before this.
Speaking of this, I have to mention the growth history of the Black Panther band first.
The 1980s and 1990s were the golden age of rock 'n' roll.
Ding Wu, an art teacher who is addicted to rock and roll, pulled Li Tong and Wang Wenjie to form the Black Panther Band.
He was the lead singer himself, but the founder stayed at Black Panther for only a year.
After that, he found another partner to start the Tang Dynasty Band.
The Black Panther band ushered in what can be said to be the most important lead singer in its 34 years of existence - Dou Wei.
During the period of cooperation between Dou Wei and Black Panther, both sides stood at the peak of their careers.
In 1991, the Band Black Panther released his first album, Black Panther.
Among them, "Landless Self-Tolerance", which was composed and sung by Dou Wei as a songwriter.
"Don't break my heart" is still a Black Panther classic to this day, and Black Panther was the most popular that year.
Some people asserted: Dou Wei is the soul of the black panther, and the black panther cannot do without Dou Wei.
However, Dou Wei and Black Panther eventually parted ways.
The outside world likes to attribute the reason to Faye Wong.
Faye Wong was originally the girlfriend of Luan Shu, a keyboardist in the Band Black Panther, and later admired Dou Wei's talent and came together with him.
Maybe it's because you can't face your friend and partner Luan Shu, or maybe you really want to have a more free and independent development space for love.
In short, Dou Wei quit the Panther, and after separation, both sides fell into the embarrassing period of their careers.
Dou Wei's side, although he has never given up his enthusiasm for music creation,
But the outside world is most concerned about his love story with Faye Wong, the Queen of Heaven;
On the Panther side, Dou Wei was lost, and the keyboardist Luan Shu topped the lead singer's position.
After the second album came out, Luan Shu also quit black panther,
The reason was blunt but elusive— he was going to study horsemanship.
Music and equestrianism, two fields that are not in the eyes of ordinary people,
Luan Shu studied it thoroughly, and also formed the first professional equestrian team in China.
Luan Shu's equestrian career is booming, but the Market for Black Panthers is becoming more and more sluggish.
The clouds flowed like water for Qin Yong, Zhang Kepeng and other six lead singers,
Almost every one of them briefly occupies the position of lead singer,
After that, the cooperation was often terminated due to the disagreement of creative ideas and dislike of the constraints of the Black Panther.
The albums released in the meantime also sold dismal. Such a situation ended until the appearance of Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi was only 6 years old when Black Panther was founded, and Zhang Qi was still imitating Michael Jackson when Black Panther was brilliant.
As they searched for a way out in their respective worlds, the two sides had a brief intersection.
Zhang Qi once sang the theme song "Love You Is My Breath" for the movie "Parting is Also Love",
And the composer of this song is Li Tong of Black Panther.
At that time, Zhang Qi plucked up the courage to ask Li Tong if he could be the lead singer of the Black Panther.
Since Black Panther had no intention of changing the lead singer at that time, Li Tong gave a negative answer.
Until later looking for a new lead singer,
Li Tong and the other members of Black Panther remembered the young man they had seen in the studio.
So Li Tong sent an interview invitation to Zhang Qi.
On that day, Zhang Qi sang nine black panther songs with great effort and trepidation.
After that, he realized his dream many years ago and became the tenth lead singer of Black Panther.
That's eight years.
Zhang Qi, who was once questioned, proved himself in the first year of becoming the lead singer,
In 2013, Black Panther released a new album "Who We Are",
The album was widely acclaimed and won the China Golden Disc Award that year.
It is a very weighty return announcement given to the music world by Black Panther who has been dormant for nine years.
In the following years, the cooperation between the two sides was also very pleasant.
The members of the Black Panther are all post-60s and post-70s, and as the big brother, they are very fond of Zhang Qi, the younger brother of the post-80s, and affectionately call him "Busy Inside".
The generation gap and differences that the outside world fears do not seem to exist between them.
For the "no freedom" mentioned by many former lead singers, Zhang Qi said that he and other members were "discussing" in terms of creation.
Perhaps, Zhang Qi is the lead singer who shares the same aspirations and concept as Black Panther.
The era of rock 'n' roll seems long gone.
After 95 and 00, most of them grew up in the era of double J and double jie fengshen gods.
They witnessed the peak of the Chinese music scene,
But by then it was already a glory reserved for the individual and not the band;
And the younger generation,
Their childhoods were mostly frequently updated Online Divine Comedies or idol-crafted albums that were difficult to break.
Rock 'n' roll is far from young people.
It was once seen as a catharsis for young people,
But now young people generally don't like to roar,
Nor is he willing to express his confusion and sharpness bluntly, which makes rock and roll even more difficult to absorb fans.
Even the Panthers began to reflect on whether they should adjust their development strategies.
Zhao Mingyi, drummer and manager of The Panther, said:
"Most of the Black Panther's performances were on the stage of the festival... It is still the original fans who attracted them. ”
If you want to break the circle, you must use more communication channels.
Supporting lead singer Zhang Qi to participate in "Brother Who Cuts Thorns" is undoubtedly the right step.
The lead singer is the soul and core of the band,
Zhang Qi on the stage with a melancholy and cold artist temperament,
A deep, hoarse metallic voice,
The steady and infectious typhoon has attracted the attention of many people,
More people's attention was also focused on the Black Panther band, which had been silent for many years.
In Zhang Qi, both Black Panther and fans saw new hope.
Someone once said that a black panther without Dou Wei is as soulless as Beyond without a foal.
It turns out that with the decline of rock and roll, Black Panther did say goodbye to his peak.
However, as a rare band that is still active after 34 years of existence,
As a group with little change in its members except for the lead singer,
Regardless of the future, Black Panther is already a legend.