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In 2015, Li Jian sang a top song on the stage of "I Am a Singer".
In the spotlight he chanted like a poet, and later the song caught fire.
But its original song Wan Xiaoli is still little known.
The impression is that Wan Xiaoli always has a thin figure, his eyes are slender and bright, and his long hair looks like a chivalrous guest in a novel.
Before becoming a singer, he was just a worker at the distillery in his hometown of Cixian County.
In 1991, he married under the arrangement of his parents, and his wife's nickname was "Xia".
Later, Wan Xiaoli wrote a song for her, which was included in his first album, and the name of the song was "Xia".
Others say that life after marriage is heavy and can no longer be like when you were young.
But Wan Xiaoli was different, he held a guitar and ran from his hometown of Handan to Beijing in one breath.
The purpose is very simple, come up with an album.
Wan Xiaoli was 26 years old that year, with only four hundred yuan on his body, and his life turned into a guerrilla war, and he used to wander in various basements in Beijing, running around every day to make money, singing in bars until late at night.
I left work at three or four o'clock in the morning, and when I came home, I would cook myself a bowl of noodles to eat, and by the time he was about to go to bed, it was already dark outside.
The days went on and on, Wan Xiaoli felt that he had become a gyroscope, and time was the whip.
Later he sang in the song that if I could stop, I wanted to open my eyes.
Living at that moment, in Wan Xiaoli's eyes, this neon-filled city began to become strange.
The huge gap between ideal and reality once made Wan Xiaoli feel confused and confused.
The disappointment and anxiety in his heart repeatedly tormented him.
It wasn't until 2002, when a friend recommended him to the owner of Modern Sky, that he was finally able to record his first album.
But he never expected that this would be the time when the recording industry was at its worst.
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In 2007, Song Dongye, a freshman in college, bought an album at the Book Building in Zhongguancun, Beijing.
After listening, he began to skip class and decided to become a folk singer.
And this album that changed Song Fatzi's life is from a person named Wan Xiaoli.
At that time, other people's wallets were all pictures of girlfriends, and only Song Fatzi's wallet contained Concert tickets signed by Wan Xiaoli.
Later, Song Fatzi said that it was the golden age of Wan Xiaoli.
The impression is that When Wan Xiaoli performs, he always wears a sea soul shirt, and fans regard him as a spiritual leader. It spontaneously echoed the legendary Sea Soul Shirt.
Later, Wan Xiaoli explained that he was standing in the spotlight for the first time, and he really didn't know what to wear, so he bought three sea soul shirts.
It is said that the price is extremely cheap, and it only cost 18 yuan in total.
In that era when folk songs were still in their infancy, Wan Xiaoli's concert venue was full.
People chanted his name as if they had planted some kind of totem on their hearts.
It's just that no one knows what Wan Xiaoli saw when he closed his eyes and sang.
Under the fame, the invitations of various media activities, like snowflakes, rushed to Wan Xiaoli.
That was the first time he realized that fame might not be a good thing.
Life wrapped him around him, and he ran to the crowd without hesitation.
This made Wan Xiaoli feel uncomfortable, and soon after, he pushed off all business activities.
Locked himself in the attic, made a recording of the flower servant, and wrote songs day and night upside down.
For two or three months, he didn't have any socializing.
I don't even talk much to my family.
He was like a desperate warrior, choosing to die alone with music.
Five years later, Wan Xiaoli's third album was released.
The cover is a sea soul shirt with a large hole in its chest, and perhaps in the time when people can't see it, he personally killed Wan Xiaoli in people's hearts.
Soon after, the fans' doubts rang out.
Because they suddenly found that they couldn't understand what Wan Xiaoli was singing.
The famous music critic Ma Shifang said such a sentence after listening to this album, which is difficult to swallow but worth chewing.
But Wan Xiaoli felt that he was right, the reason why the audience did not listen to it now was the audience's problem, they needed enough time.
That was the first time people saw that under his extremely low-key personality, he was stubborn and confident in music.
03.
In 2014, "After The End" was released.
Director Han Han included a cover song "Daughter Love" in his own movie.
Through the screen, many people met this emaciated and non-talkative man for the first time - Wan Xiaoli.
People who don't like folk songs may not be familiar with the name.
He once warmed up Cui Jian and served as a special guest on Li Zhi's national tour.
Gao Xiaosong and Xie Tianxiao once stood and watched him perform.
Song Dongye regarded him as a spiritual idol and admired him all his life.
Wan Xiaoli said that at that time, like an old man on the edge of the ruins of war, calmly and soothingly told the story of the world's collapse.
Shortly after the release of "After The End", he turned his back and fell into a lonely and desolate dream.
Haven't come out for a long time.
When most of his peers began to live by soaking goji berries in thermos cups, he moved to Hangzhou with his family.
In the world of music, constantly examine yourself.
In a cottage in the country, he conducted sound experiments again and again, trying to give the audience the best thing.
His attitude makes his music fundamentally different from other music.
But transcendence is dangerous.
During that time, he lost a lot of audiences and made a lot of mistakes.
Sometimes he would involuntarily look out the window.
The wind blows the bamboo forest, and the sound is like the waves of the sea.
Fine sunlight would shine through the cracks and sprinkle on his face.
In 2017, his new album was finally released.
The title of the album is outrageous, but people can hear a different taste from it.
Warmth is the main theme of this album.
It took Wan Xiaoli a long time to untie himself.
Now he can sing freely and freely, and he can also walk the road that he has not walked before.
People say that we have met the best Wan Xiaoli, just like we have met the best era.
Now, when we go back to 2006, Wan Xiaoli released one of his most famous albums, called "It's Not As Bad as Imagined."
In a trance, people are reminded of the poet's index finger's "Believe in the Future".
The turmoil had just begun.
Nineteen years later, 25-year-old Haizi lay on the cold railroad tracks, leaving a song "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms".
Thankfully, Wan Xiaoli is still there.
As Song Dongye once said, he returned to the human world again.
Bring us a new round of good times.