In the hit drama "You Are My City Pool Fortress" starring Ma Sichun and Bai Jingting, Zhang Yao, in addition to playing the role of "sister", also sang the interlude "Zhou Xuan", which is known as the best in the play - whether it is acting skills or singing skills, it has received a lot of praise. Many viewers and netizens said that they did not expect that the "sister" sang so well.
In fact, Zhang Yao debuted as a singer, entered the industry for decades has experienced ups and downs, once because the album results are not ideal, the song is not interested and the negative "runaway" turned around to shoot, a different song is ten years.
In order to shoot the scene, Zhang Yao shaved his head, gained weight, hung Weiya and broke his leg, and the most desperate time for filming was 330 days a year. It took her 10 years to really turn herself from singer to actress.
But in the past 10 years, in Zhang Yao's heart, in fact, she has not really put down singing. The song "Zhou Xuan" let more people know the identity of Zhang Yao's singer, and she laughed that this was "picking up grass and beating rabbits", an unexpected gain. But she really hopes to let everyone know that she is actually a singer, and continue to sing and make albums.
The role of "sister" has made many people call Zhang Yao a sister, and the 40-year-old Zhang Yao also accepted frankly, although people reach middle age, they still have a girlish heart.
Entering the year of confusion, Zhang Yao learned to let go and be content, hoping to live a simple life and live a comfortable life. "I think there will be less desire and more happiness."
The album results are not ideal, and the negative "run away" of the music scene
21 years ago, 20-year-old Beijing big girl Zhang Yao participated in the CCTV "New Audiovisual" talent contest and won the championship in one fell swoop, and has since entered the singing world. Being a singer is Zhang Yao's original dream, and after becoming a singer, her biggest wish is to win the Best Female Singer Award. In fact, since entering the music scene, she has achieved what she originally wanted, such as the Best Newcomer Award, the Best Singer Award, signed the Hong Kong EMI, which was originally the world's fourth largest record company, and released records in Hong Kong, and achieved remarkable results.
In the meantime, Zhang Yao's belief in being a singer has also been shaken, and he even wants to give up. Zhang Yao recalled that it was around 2005, and the record company spent a lot of money to launch the record "Seven Days". That year was also the year when the attention and topicality of the talent show "Super Girl" reached its peak, and "Seven Days" was finally drowned in such a wave of national drafts and referendums.
The results did not achieve the expected results, Zhang Yao was disappointed, "It is really a change of the times, for the music industry it is a new change." In those days, you could still spend so much money on an album, but it didn't pay off. I felt like I didn't earn that money back for my boss and was a bit disappointed. ”
For many years since then, Zhang Yao has even rejected the fact that she was once a singer and sang, "because I was a little disappointed in my singing and couldn't find the direction, so I didn't want to sing and didn't want to mention this matter." I didn't figure it out. ”
Zhang Yao thinks that she is lucky, and when she encounters setbacks, failures, and feels that she is not good, there will always be someone who will appear to pull her. In 2006, Zhang Yao met director Gu Changwei and participated in the filming of the movie "Li Chun", playing Gao Beibei in the film, which was her first experience as an actor.
I couldn't imagine that "one shot was out of control", and I went farther and farther on the road of acting, and then successively filmed film and television dramas such as "To the Youth We Will Eventually Pass Away", "About Winter", "New World", "Dear Myself" and so on.
In 10 years, from singer to actor
For Zhang Yao, being an actor is an accident, before that, she never thought that one day she would go to filming, let alone a film for ten years. From "Li Chun" began to contact this industry, Zhang Yao felt that this was an incomparably good start, which made her like the feeling of being an actor, and the encouragement of Gu Changwei and Jiang Wenli also gave her the confidence to continue acting.
"When you were a blank sheet of paper, you entered a particularly benign work team. At that time, I asked director Changwei and Sister Wenli, 'Can I shoot a scene'? They both told me that you could consider filming in the future, and singing wasn't the only thing you could do. Their encouragement is also very important, and then they slowly have the confidence to be actors. ”
In order to shoot the scene, Zhang Yao shaved his head, gained weight, hung Weiya and broke his leg, and the most desperate time for filming was 330 days a year.
"At that time, I was preoccupied with filming and stopped singing. I just want everyone to recognize that you are an actor, and you are not here to play tickets. I went from singer to actor, and it took at least 10 years to get to today. ”
In the past 10 years, in Zhang Yao's heart, she has not really put down singing. 10 years of shelving, in which there are some elements of necessity and youthful willfulness. During this period, Zhang Yao still pays attention to the music scene, listens to a lot of music, and occasionally sings the film and television drama songs he starred in.
Zhang Yao also seriously asked herself in her heart: How much do you like to sing? "I think I still like it. Therefore, at the end of the previous year, I began to make new songs one after another. At the end of last year, a song called "Ten Thousand Protagonists in Ten Thousand People" was written for 2020. ”
"The acting is someone else, the song is my own"
Picking up music again, Zhang Yao is like re-encountering an old friend who has been missing for a long time, and the feeling is indescribable, "I think I like it more, and it is more comfortable." Because I finally figured it out - doing anything is good and bad, there is a loss and a win, and I care so much at the beginning, or because I want too much. ”
When I regained my music in a confused year, the last resort and all the troubles of that year gradually dissipated with growth. The only regret is that the voice of a 40-year-old may not be so transparent and clean compared to that of 20 or 30-year-old, but fortunately, it smells different. "Acting is someone else, the song is my own, I want to sing what I like and what I like, so I am no longer bothered by the list, nor will I deliberately pay attention to sales."
After returning to music, Zhang Yao plans to release at least three or four new songs every year, "If I am lucky, I will record songs every year." As for filming, don't plan, "because there are too many actors in the whole market, you can't think too much, so you can first shoot the scenes you receive at the moment." You have to play well, and you don't have to worry about not having food. ”
A little less desire, a little more happiness
The 40-year-old Zhang Yao also accepts the passage of time and the increase of age, and does not mind others mentioning age and accepting the reality that she will also grow old. Compared with the state when she was 20 years old, she prefers her current self, including her current voice and current appearance, which is a feeling that the more she looks at it, the more pleasing and comfortable it is.
"I myself think I'm still quite girly, that is, you have to learn to accept that you must be different from before, or more than before." 」 We can't always have the state of 18 years old, 18 years old is immature mind, many things can not be understood, there are many troubles, so I like the current me. ”
After the age of 40, Zhang Yao hopes to live a simple life, the pace of life is not fast or slow, it can be just right, and it is comfortable to live casually.
"I can't say that I have no desires and no needs, I must have what I want, but that is within the limits of my ability, and I can reach it." I used to be a shopaholic and sometimes I couldn't sleep just to buy something, but now I don't. ”
After the broadcast of "You Are My City Fortress", many people called Zhang Yao "sister", and some netizens suggested that Zhang Yao go to the variety show "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves". Zhang Yao admits that she has indeed received invitations from such variety shows, but she does not want to make life tense, and she does not want to make herself so tired, "Every year, shoot her favorite scenes, be an actor in a down-to-earth manner, it is impossible to occupy everything." A little less desire, a little more happiness. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Shou Penghuan
Editor/Ying Qiao