For Huang Zitao, the recent hot search has been too frequent. First the "elves" are out of the circle, and then the new dramas broadcast continue to detonate the topic points... At the same time, his works have also continued to achieve excellent results: the number of new dramas has exceeded 2.5 billion, and the new songs have dominated the major music charts... As an all-round artist, Huang Zitao has developed in multiple dimensions in film and television, variety shows, fashion, etc., but he has never been able to let go of his original intention - music. In 2019, Huang Zitao's music project is unveiling the tip of the iceberg.
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<h1>"Leave the entertainment industry for a while"</h1>
On June 24, 2018, after the recording of a variety show, Huang Zitao suddenly sent a Weibo.
“...... From the second half of 2017 to the present... At this moment, I can finally put down the mobile phone, put down the script, dance can no longer dance, the initiator no longer have to take the hand card, leave the noisy city, go to a place where no one disturbs, rest quietly and make music. After ending two programs, only to end Chongli Ming's entire life... At this moment, I really feel that the life in the play is incredibly wonderful and real, and I miss everything about 'Yan Shifan'. Everything is the best arrangement, go with the flow, and when it's all over, it's just the beginning. Goodbye variety shows, goodbye talent shows. Or is it more down-to-earth and quieter to shoot, or music makes me know myself and feel that I am the happiest to express myself. These two things are there, and everything else seems to be unimportant. Thank you. Any obstacle, any difficulty, come on, just do it. Thank you for having a strong opponent in this era, so that I will not relax for a moment, thank you for living in this era. Finally, allow me to disappear for a long time. Goodbye, your entertainment circle, rest gone. ”
This long microblog quickly attracted the attention of netizens, and many media took it out of context as "Huang Zitao temporarily left the entertainment circle".
Standing in 2019, we look back at 2018 and naturally know that Huang Zitao did not have this "plan", but returned with new plays and new musical works not long after. 2018 was a year of great success for Huang Zitao' career: he served as the captain and promoter of two blockbuster variety shows, started filming two new dramas, a topic drama hit, and released seven new singles... He is non-stop, and it is no wonder that he wants to "say goodbye to the entertainment industry for a while.".
But he circled two key points in the article: filming and music, which will be the focus of work for a long time to come.
<h1>A one-of-a-kind all-round artist</h1>
Variety shows have indeed made many people "turn to powder" for Huang Zitao.
In 2016, Huang Zitao took over a variety show called "Real Man", which allowed guests to go to the army, eat and live with the soldiers and train, Huang Zitao appeared in it, not afraid of suffering and tiredness, his natural sense of humor, in the variety show has become a highlight.
Variety shows his sincere side. He takes variety shows very seriously, good and bad let you see, this is really him, even if not perfect but will not cheat.
Huang Zitao himself has said, "The law of survival is yours, and I have my own law of survival." In the era of star-making with a unified, industrial assembly line standard, "being yourself" has become a rare "willfulness". But on the contrary, it is the truth and imperfection of Huang Zitao's body that distinguishes him from others and becomes the most arbitrary wave in the heart of the "sea wave".
In recent years, Huang Zitao has rarely participated in reality shows, and in 2018 he participated in "This! It is the two variety shows of "Street Dance" and "Creation 101", which played the roles of captain and promoter in the show.
He prefers to give up more shots to the contestants in the show. If the reality TV type of variety show makes him more approachable, then he is out of reach as the initiator. Because he is not reading the script, nor is he pouring chicken soup, but he is serious about passing on the life creed he has always followed to the players without reservation. The audience can see his reverence for the profession of "artist" and even the values of his life.
This! In "Street Dance", he gave the towel representing the promotion to the contestants who stepped forward to help others, and said that "being a kind person is more important than anything." The same thing happened in Creation 101.
He taught this lesson to the contestants, and was subsequently praised by the name of the Bright Network. "Idols are the power to burn themselves and bring others more youthful." This title also comes from the mouth of Huang Zitao, whose words are used to describe him, and Huang Zitao abides by the artist's standards in his heart.
<h1>New identities, new challenges</h1>
A month after Huang Zitao announced his "disappearance", "The New Youth of Yanshifan" was completed.
He fulfilled the first promise in the "farewell microblog": to put an end to Chongli Ming's life.
Chongli Ming, the man who makes Huang Zitao's heart and mind, may be the role that Huang Zitao has the greatest contrast with himself in his current acting career, leaving him the deepest impression.
When the acting reached the bottleneck, he asked Jackie Chan for help, and Jackie Chan replied to him with a large paragraph, and he realized, "It turns out that I am so devoted to the role." ”
In the crew, the way he decompressed himself was to chase after the new drama he was broadcasting at the time, and see the "Xie Xiaofei" he created on the screen, so that Huang Zitao could ease up from the immersive state of "Yanshi Fan's New Youth".
This is not the first role created by Huang Zitao, but every time he tries his best. Filming "Railway Flying Tiger", minus five degrees Celsius, lying on the ice-like iron for several hours; the body is full of chicken pox, but as soon as the film starts to show everyone's eyes is the energetic Huang Zitao; shooting "Portrait of a 19-year-old in summer" insists on not using a stand-in, even if he is injured.
This is Huang Zitao's respect for the new identity of "actor".
From "Railway Flying Tiger" to "Negotiator", from "The New Youth of Yanshifan" to "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", Huang Zitao has experienced the lives of others in film and television dramas and grown up with his characters. He is Xie Xiaofei, but also Zheng Baixu, who will soon be transformed into Chongli Ming, and he devotes his whole body to it, whether happy or sad, but from this process, he has found a new sense of achievement. Acting has become Huang Zitao's new career pursuit, so what about the music he has always loved?
<h1>"Like is the driving force of everything"</h1>
"I have made so many TV series for music, I have been on variety shows for music, TV series have been recognized by everyone, variety shows have been recognized by everyone, but this thing that I only wanted to recognize, I did not achieve what I finally wanted." He was nestled in the couch, his eyes downcast, as if he were deflated. In front of the camera, he has never shown such a tired state.
Huang Zitao came up with an idea: to make a TV series that sings for himself, which has led to the recent hit "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky". With him as the lead actor and artistic director, the soundtrack of the play basically uses Huang Zitao's original songs. Word-of-mouth and response were unexpectedly good, with a Douban score of 6.7. As of press time, the show has broken 2.5 billion views.
"The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" gives Huang Zitao plenty of room for self-presentation, and Zheng Baixu, who plays him in the play, is an original singer who often holds a guitar and sings low, and his inner feelings slowly flow out with the sound of the piano.
If you search for this drama on Weibo, at least one of the first ten articles is a "road to fan" declaration issued by passers-by. With that, some people began to praise Huang Zitao's songs in the play.
To be praised by passers-by is a great satisfaction for him. "Because I like music myself, music has always been what I want to do and insist on, every song is derived from my own feelings at the moment, I shoot dramas, I participate in variety shows are hoping that more people will listen to my songs." 」 He confesses that his love of music is all his motivation.
<h1>"C-POP is pluralistic"</h1>
Maybe we will be blinded by Huang Zitao's recent frequent changes to Weibo names and his diligent pursuit of dramas, forgetting his original Weibo name. When no new dramas were launched, Huang Zitao kept adding "C-POP" to his Weibo name.
C-POP has become one of his most frequently mentioned words. Regarding this concept, he has repeated countless times: "South Korea has K-POP, Japan has J-POP, and we in China must also have our own C-POP!" When he went to work overseas, he opened the car door and asked fans: "Do you like C-POP?" In the new drama "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", Huang Zitao borrowed the mouth of Zheng Baixu, who played himself, and said: "I must bring C-POP to the world!" ”
Huang Zitao did not keep C-POP in words, he has long realized the importance of works, he wants to get rid of those so-called "labels", only good works can stand the test of time.
In 2018, Huang Zitao released 7 singles, and each capital achieved remarkable results. "Beggar" entered the top ten on the iTunes beauty list and the POP sub-list, "Misunderstanding" took the second place in the iTunes beauty list, "HATER" and "Beggar" were selected as the top ten annual gold songs in the 2018 Asian New Song Chart, and "Stay Open" cooperated with Diplo and MØ won the first place in many of the qq music charts.
He was born with musical intuition, not even talking about musical enlightenment, from a young age, when he heard good music, he would hum along, and when he became an artist, he began to slowly study his own songwriting style.
The inspiration for the song basically comes from the moments of their own lives, and living in the songwriting is more important than the idea of planning in advance. When I have inspiration, I can write two or three songs a day, and after the melody that suddenly appears in my mind and the direction of the song that the producer consults to please, sometimes stay in the studio for two or three days. Such a Huang Zitao can not be said to be a talented player.
And he is constantly enriching his musical genre. From rap to EDM to lyrical songs that have accounted for the vast majority in recent years, Huang Zitao has always been brave in music. Just like his understanding of C-POP: "For C-POP, I think it is diverse, not just pop, EDM, trap, trying to interpret the music I love through different artistic dimensions." When everyone began to pay attention to the "personalization" of musical works, Huang Zitao turned around and returned to lyrical songs.
So, in late 2018 and early 2019, we saw "Break up without separation" and "Single".
<h1>Huang Zitao's blue period</h1>
If the busy Huang Zitao has been burning himself, then for him who has a new music plan this year, the next few days are "burning blue". Because this year his music project is called "the BLUE Project". His only concert this year, "Huang Zitao 2019 IS BLUE Concert", has unveiled this mystery, spanning an entire year and divided into four parts to explain the concept one by one.
"Blue is blue, which reminds people of 'life, nature, ocean, emotion'" Huang Zitao elaborated on the musical concept of "BLUE" in this way. In his eyes, water is the same as the most precious emotions of human beings, adhering to this idea, Huang Zitao personally wrote the design of the cover of the single, "I blend the waves with the sky to become a water-like 'planet', in this newly created world, full of blue and tranquility." ”
"Break up is not separated" and "Single" belong to the first part of "Life is BLUE", these two songs are delicate and gentle love songs, with uncomplicated instrumental music to set off Huang Zitao's seemingly calm but undercurrent of the inner world, Huang Zitao personally shot an image for "Single", called "Selfie", through his own lens, to the audience what he saw and heard.
With the popularity of "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky", the long-completed ending song "Good or Bad" also met with fans, and the inspiration for the creation of this song actually came from Huang Zitao's fantasy, "A girl is no longer in this world, but I still like her, but I can't touch her, and finally wrote this song." ”
"Good or Bad" is also the first song in the "Love is BLUE" section. Although the tune is very sad, whether it is from the lyrics or the visual design of the single, what Huang Zitao wants to convey is a positive energy: don't be afraid of heartbreak, be braver to express, and love more freely.
For example, the cover design of the single subversively did not use blue, but chose rose pink as the base color, using bright lemon yellow to outline the outline of a heart, adding a little gentle encouragement to the delicate mood of the original heartbreak. The promotional photos also use pink and blue as the background colors, and the fusion of the two colors in the background symbolizes the interweaving of half heartbreak and half hope for love.
"Love is BLUE" is the second part, with two more parts left, which also means that there are still many new songs to listen to. Among the two new songs currently recorded, one is lyrical style and the other is trap, and from what angle will they interpret "BLUE", Huang Zitao left enough suspense.
Actors, singers... He has a few more identities than he used to do pure music, and the harvest brought by these experiences to Huang Zitao is also stored in the "the BLUE Project", marking his growth in the new works to be released next.
<h1>A "love letter" to fans</h1>
The success of an artist is inseparable from fans. Artists lead the growth of fans, and fans are also building their own idols. Fans used pieces of puzzles in their hands in the name of love to piece together the appearance of "Huang Zitao". Huang Zitao, in turn, in the support of fans, has become more determined step by step.
He knows that he can't do without the support of fans all the way, and Huang Zitao is willing to "spoil fans" in his own way and establish an equal interactive relationship with fans.
After the concert, he chartered a car to send fans home; when recording the program, he was afraid that the fans waiting outside would starve, so that the staff could buy food for the fans; after the news of the new concert was released, some fans left a message "What to do if you hit the fourth-level exam", Huang Zitao replied to her: "There will be next year, a good exam." ”
He values his fans. On the 2018 tour, Huang Zitao recalled the scene of the impressive fan confession: "One fan said that even if he kneels, he will accompany me. What he didn't say was that when Huang Zitao took the microphone and replied, "We're going to stand and walk together." ”
This is also the source of the famous lyric in "Yesterday", every year at the concert he will sing this song, "Love let me see the bluest sea / Love gives me the strength to resist hurt / Dazzling moments you are / In the moment of embarrassment you are / Please save this love for me", and finally there is a response: "Even if you kneel, accompany you." ”
He has always been grateful to his fans, and among the new songs expected to be released this year, there is an exclusive love song for "Ocean Waves".
Despite the full schedule that followed, Huang Zitao still wanted to deliver the music to the audience in the form of live. Unlike previous tours, this time there was only one concert in Shanghai. Not only will he sing many new songs, Huang Zitao also revealed that he will present this surprise through the perspective of "space".
At this year's concert, will the familiar song "Yesterday" still sound? How many fans will sing the new song for "Waves"?
Blue is natural, calm, and the color of the waves. "Love is Blue" is exactly a love letter written by Huang Zitao to the waves: "The sea will not be blue, and the waves will not be absent." ”
<h1>epilogue</h1>
As the initiator of the variety show, he said to the contestants: "After you form a group, there will be a lot of activities, announcements, endorsements, the artist's shelf life is very short, the only thing that can make you active for many years is the work, and the work is to use time to precipitate." ”
This is both an exhortation to the contestants and a self-encouragement from Huang Zitao.
His slogan is "just do it". Whether it's sending blessings to friends or talking about his expectations for the future, he always uses these three words to express his attitude.
This sentence is still true. "My life is three words: just do it. Solve problems when you encounter them. He firmly believes that time and works will prove everything.
Huang Zitao never disappointed those who supported him, and he always said, "Wait a few years before you come back!" "All the Flags he made were verified one by one.
He said he wanted to be a good actor, and he starred in a film and television drama with a higher rating than the other; he said he wanted more people to hear his music, and he said that his efforts would be rewarded in the future, and he did. The teenager of that year was holding the blueprint for the future in his hand, and it was opening up to us little by little.
"The sea will not be blue, the waves will not be gone", and now he has become a leopard that keeps running, as he wrote in his own song. He ran faster and faster, farther and farther away. Huang Zitao in 2019 will still be very busy, he is a burning blue, with the "blue project" to hand over the best answer sheet to himself, to fans and to those around him.
<h1 class="ql-align-center"> Q&A </h1>
Q=Q Magazine A=Huang Zitao
Q01: What is your original intention in making music?
A: Because I like music, music has always been what I want to do and want to insist on, every song comes from my feelings at the moment, I shoot dramas, I participate in variety shows in the hope that more people will listen to my songs.
Q02: Do you consider the market's reaction when writing songs?
A: I will write my own melody that feels good into the song, and then listen to it over and over again, sometimes I listen to it too much, I will stop for a while, and then take it out and continue to listen, over and over again until I am satisfied. I won't deliberately write some songs for the sake of the market, just focus on doing what I'm good at.
Q03: What was your musical initiation? What is your favorite musical style?
A: It's not about enlightenment, it's just a natural love of music. When I was young, I didn't have a complete musical concept, but I just listened to a good concert and hummed along with it, and after becoming an artist, I would slowly study my own original lyrics. Both the lyrical and EDM genres are loved, but each period is different.
Q04: From having a spirit to finally producing the finished product, what is the whole process of writing songs and making songs?
A: Write a little when you have inspiration, and you may write two or three songs a day. Suddenly there is a good melody in the mind, record it immediately, and then find time to create it with the producer, maybe in the studio for a few days.
Q05: What makes you so determined to make music? Can you tell the story of you and the music?
A: Like is motivation. When I am busy, I will listen to some favorite music to let myself relax, and at that time I will also write different songs according to my state of mind. Some songs are written with a sudden sense of emotion during filming; some may be written when they are on vacation because of the company of their families. For example, "Break up is not separated" records the love affair of friends around them, who may be separated from each other, but still care about each other like friends.
Q06: In "Stay Open" with Diplo and MØ, you can see that you have elements of C-POP added to the arrangement. Will you continue to work with musicians abroad in the future? Is there anything new to learn from working with them?
A: Look at the opportunity. For C-POP, I think it's diverse, not just pop, EDM, trap, trying to interpret the music I love through different artistic dimensions. When working with foreign musicians, there will also be many new inspirations, such as the way of arranging music and new musical styles. But I will not blindly borrow, will integrate their own musical ideas, create our own C-POP.
Q07: Since 2018, seeing that most of your works are lyrical slow songs, why did you start to reduce the proportion of rap in your works?
A: Every song I write is inspired by the moment, and in my music there are more raps or EDMs.
Q08: For you, what is the difference between writing rap lyrics and writing lyrics?
A: It is to write with heart, and the lyrics of rap will be discussed with the producer and shown to friends. Lyrical songs record the moments of life.
Q09: What is your current positioning for your music? In recent years, the proportion of rap has decreased relatively, and lyrical songs have increased, has your personal musical positioning changed?
A: I don't define myself and want to be a better version of myself.
Q10: Is the "singer-songwriter" mentioned in the play also the goal you are striving for now?
A: I presented the story I wanted to tell everyone in the play. The original will continue to persist, and the inspiration will be recorded. From 2017's Promise to the latest, "Good or Bad," most of the songs are my own lyrics and songs.
Q11: Can you talk about the two released singles "Single" and "Good or Bad"? Let's make a simple preview of the songs that will be released later.
A: "Good or Bad" is the first part of the "BLUE" series "Love is BLUE", which expresses the understanding of love: your expression is your love. "LOVE" is a link in the current era, and "I" is another link in the current era, and it is we who together make up this era.
"Single" is a somewhat special song, in the creation of the time in one go, the first half of the piano accompaniment, through the clean tune to present its femininity, the second half of the guitar and strings and other instruments, so that the music has different levels and dimensions.
The songs to be released later, one of which was given to "Ocean Waves", thank you for your support of me.
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