In the golden age of the mainland music scene in the 1990s, it can be described as a hundred flowers.
At that time, singers such as Liu Huan, Lin Yilun, Mao Ning, Tian Zhen, Na Ying and Sun Yue casually mentioned which name they wanted, which was not well known and well-known.
Although the stars are shining, Xie Xiaodong is definitely the brightest of them.
Known as the "King of Evening Songs", he has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala 14 times, and has left a deep mark on the memory of generations with classic works such as "Today is Really Happy", "Healthy Song", "China Baby" and so on.
However, it is such a singer who has achieved great success on the stage, but has repeatedly declared himself a "failed singer" in interviews.
To this end, he spent his life to footnote "success".
Although the idea is not realistic, I just want to succeed.
Xie Xiaodong, who was born in a family of art, planted the seeds of being a star in his heart.
Xie Xiaodong's mother is a famous opera actor, and his father is also the propaganda minister of the local coal system, under the influence of the family artistic atmosphere, Xie Xiaodong will sing a lot of children's songs at the age of five or six, showing a high enthusiasm for music, hoping to grow up to be on the stage and become an artist.
But fate is always unsatisfactory, in the year when Xie Xiaodong was 8 years old, because of an accident, resulting in a serious fracture of his left leg, so that Xie Xiaodong's young mind cast a layer of lost shadows.
Fortunately, Luck always loves brave people, and in order to get Xie Xiaodong out of the haze, his father told him a story about a person who had the same experience as him.
The famous British novelist Herbert George Wells also broke his leg at an early age, so that he was disabled for life, but this did not prevent him from bravely pursuing his dreams, writing more than a hundred works in his lifetime, and was well-known in the novel world.
After his father's encouragement, Xie Xiaodong regained the courage to pursue his dreams, and his injured leg gradually healed, and finally ushered in a turning point in his life at the age of 11.
With his slender and sharp physical condition, Xie Xiaodong was admitted to the Anhui Provincial Art School as a good seedling for dancing, and he happily believes that his star career is just around the corner.
Since then, Xie Xiaodong has been extremely hard, desperately practicing dance and singing, hoping to become a multi-faceted artist, but the result is counterproductive, the original leg injury worsened, and he had to rest from school to recuperate.
When Xie Xiaodong was interviewed by the media and talked about this experience, he was grateful: "The encouragement and support of my parents have never given up my desire to become a star on the stage. ”
After nearly two years of suspension treatment, Xie Xiaodong not only recovered from his leg injury, but also learned to write poetry and compose music, and his piano skills became more and more exquisite, which saved valuable energy for him to enter the music world.
Although Xie Xiaodong, who came to Beijing alone to seek development opportunities after graduating from art school, has repeatedly encountered walls, he has never given up his dreams with self-confidence and tenacity, and has repeatedly sought advice from Gu Jianfen.
As Shi Tiesheng, who was crippled, wrote: "The limitations of destiny can be eternal, but the indomitable challenges cannot be required or lacked." ”
Finally, after years of experience, Xie Xiaodong stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala at the age of 22 with the good results of the third place in the Youth Song Competition, and since then he has opened his stage glory for more than ten years.
The definition of success has always been diverse.
Xie Xiaodong in the 90s was a young Fanghua, singing and dancing well, he made the audience in front of the screen shine, suddenly sucked countless fans, and at the peak of the period, he was called "China's Xicheng Xiushu" by iron fans.
In particular, in 1995, a song on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala called "Today is Really Happy", which made Xie Xiaodong popular all over the country, and it should be known that this song has the name of the earliest rap in the Chinese music scene.
This year, Xie Xiaodong not only had unlimited scenery on the stage, but also gained love in life. He married his girlfriend Yu Jia'en in a low-key manner, started a family in Beijing, and gave birth to a son "Niu Niu" two years later.
For his private life, Xie Xiaodong is very cautious and responsible, out of fear of the calm of life after the media exposure, he chose to hide his emotional life, which made the outside world think that Xie Xiaodong was single for a long time.
A reporter once interviewed Xie Xiaodong's question about which family and career are put first, and his unthinking answer is to put the family first:
"In order to put my family in a more important position, I have given up many career development opportunities, and even felt that the film and television circle was too sensitive to be afraid of affecting the family, and also pushed away a lot of film and television opportunities, I think the sweet feeling of family life, more than the rush of the career, let me have a sense of achievement." 」
It is not difficult to understand why Xie Xiaodong did not have any lace scandals after becoming famous for several years, and quietly withdrew from the stage after 2000 to try to transform.
In the face of fierce competition and updating iterations in the mainland music scene, Xie Xiaodong is under great pressure and feels that his development in the song world has encountered a bottleneck.
Although Xie Xiaodong has made great achievements in the 10 years after 90 years, he has always been called a "party singer", which has also troubled him.
In order to get rid of this title, Xie Xiaodong has made a lot of efforts, such as the transformation of filming the TV series "Long Wisp in Hand" in 2000, the film "Angels Are Not Lonely" in 2002, trying to take the showbiz route but returning home;
In 2001, he terminated his acting activities for two years, devoted himself to writing songs and producing albums, determined to break through his original song path and transform his rock style, but finally had a legal dispute with the record company, and the master tape was detained;
In 2003, with the help of his wife, Xie Xiaodong, who had no business experience, successively produced mobile phones and engaged in real estate joint ventures with others, not only lost all his money, but also owed a lot of debts.
Regarding the definition of success, Xie Xiaodong once joked: "To what extent is success considered an extreme?" In fact, many times are enjoying life, people in this life, multiple experience is the most valuable. ”
In Xie Xiaodong's view, success is only temporary, and the experience of life is the greatest wealth, where there is not only pain and torture, but also joy and harvest.
Fate never fails you, it is just tempering you.
In the few years after 2000, Xie Xiaodong tried to transform, acting failed, records collapsed, and shopping malls sank, which can be described as "a failure".
Xie Xiaodong once said of this "dark" period of life:
"In the past few years of trying to transform, I have no reservations, all of them have been gambled, but I have encountered the most unexpected result, I suddenly felt discouraged, so that I was devastated, I really can't afford it, so I announced my retirement."
Xie Xiaodong returned to the family after the rapids bravely retreated, and put more energy into the growth and education of his children.
Therefore, in 2004, the "China Baby Special Fund" was jointly initiated with the China Children's Fund. Establish "China Baby" music classrooms across the country to infect children through the charm of music and guide them to establish correct and lofty ideals.
He also became the first artist in China to join the ranks of "Hope Project Volunteers", visiting poor areas at his own expense to offer condolences and donating funds to build a number of Hope Primary Schools.
The in-depth participation in public welfare undertakings has gradually freed Xie Xiaodong from the frustration of his previous career, and his mentality of returning to life has become more and more peaceful and calm, and after ten years of dormancy, Xie Xiaodong has also appeared in front of the public with a new look.
On the one hand, Xie Xiaodong established The City Ideal Culture Investment Co., Ltd., which is committed to the music industry.
In 2015, he held the "dream sonic ideal music festival" in Beijing, Shenzhen and other cities, during which there were 150,000 people in 3 days, with unprecedented influence, and in 2018, the company was successfully listed, worth more than 100 million.
On the other hand, Xie Xiaodong also returned to the stage of saying goodbye for many years, full of vitality, and was called "frozen age male god" by netizens.
In 2019, he sang "Pearl of the Orient" at the CCTV National Day Gala, and in early 2020, he appeared on the spring evening of Jiangsu Satellite TV and sang his famous work "Today is Really Happy", which caused the audience to cheer and be crazy.
At this time, Xie Xiaodong experienced the confusion of "passing through a thousand sails is not", and regained the most simple happiness when he first searched for the dream stage.
The return is still a juvenile heart, which is the best arrangement.
After his return to mentality, Xie Xiaodong often refers to himself as a "primary school student in the music world", hoping to re-interpret music with his instincts and passions, and to be able to face music authentically.
Regarding his life's struggles and achievements, Xie Xiaodong summarized it as sailing against the current:
Because not going well will prompt you to become diligent and experience the joy of struggle, but the real success should be able to be proud of your past achievements and be able to stand in the corner and enjoy the achievements of others.
Xie Xiaodong, who has already crossed the threshold of "knowing the destiny of heaven at the age of fifty", has become more and more calm in his handling of life.
As a lyric from Xie Xiaodong's album "Believe":
"Once left his hometown, once a hill full of flowers, once a proud teenager, carrying his bags to grow, no matter how long the road is, he can't stop it."
He came as a naked son, and when he returned, he still had a heart, just as Yu Minhong, the founder of New Oriental, said:
"If we can stick to our ideals, chase our dreams, and explore our own independent thoughts, our youth begins to mature." After setbacks, the original intention does not change is the biggest sign of youth."
May we go away for half a lifetime and still return as a teenager.
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