Zhao Lei, 3 1 year-old, became popular because of Chengdu. The audience praised him and the fans were crazy about him. It turns out that folk songs can be so beautiful and charming. However, Zhao Lei has not been active in the audience's sight since he became popular. After the wave, he disappeared. The last Weibo stayed on July 20th, 2020, and he was not seen on the stage in Shang Yan. The latest single is Little People from 19 to 12.
One is because of a movie on the road to music.
The audience who has heard Zhao will be moved by a certain lyric. The reason why he can write so many touching words is that he has walked a lot, suffered a lot and experienced too many stories. Zhao Lei is from Beijing. His parents make a living by doing small business, and their lives are not rich, but they can get by.
Originally, like ordinary children, he went to school regularly every day and enjoyed himself on holidays. He never thought about what he would do when he grew up. One day, he watched a movie called Brave New World, in which Wu Bai played a wandering singer, carrying a guitar, wandering in the underground passage where people came and went all day. Others saw the bitterness, but for young Zhao Lei, he just felt so cool that he began to sing like a singer on TV.
In order to pursue his musical dream, he went to the underground passage with his guitar on his back, playing and singing with his unskilled hands, just like the people in the movie. At that time, he didn't even think about making money. He has some money in his pocket to buy mutton skewers. This free, carefree and stress-free life fascinated Zhao Lei. When the university sent a notice, he gave up without hesitation. He was 17 years old.
Second, the endless green leather train in those years of "wandering" outside, station after station, brought Zhao Lei from Beijing to Lhasa, from the bustling city to the ethereal and agile holy land with blue sea and blue sky, one flower and one grass, one person and one scene, all of which made this 20-year-old boy sigh.
The enthusiasm of Argo did not trip Zhao Lei's footsteps. He got on the train again and went south to the mysterious Old Town of Lijiang. Those bridges, roads paved with red breccia, square streets, shogunate and Wufeng Tower with a strong sense of history all fascinated Zhao Lei and wrote songs for those days. In addition, Zhao Lei has been to Shaanxi and Gansu, where he not only felt the lonely desert smoke and vast sea of clouds in the north, but also saw the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, stories can't be eaten as meals. By the end of the trip, he had spent all his money and wanted to earn some money by singing in the underground passage, but he was told to wait in line. In the end, there were not many people around him when he sang, and he only earned a miserable five dollars. There was nothing he could do, so he had to ask his family for help and let them pay the fare so that he could return to Beijing. Perhaps this slightly embarrassing incident made Zhao Lei feel that the pursuit of spiritual freedom should also consider realistic material, not to mention that he is not young.
3. What did Zhao Lei go through from being popular to disappearing?
Is Zhao Lei different after he became famous? After Zhao Lei became famous, he received many high-priced business invitations. The organizer only asked for one thing: just sing "Chengdu". This song once made Zhao Lei prove his talent, but now it makes him lose himself more and more. He is an independent musician with personality. He has his own pursuit. Continuous Shang Yan and repeated songs made him feel "consumed".
However, after the song became popular, it was just the same fate as Zhao Lei. In countless Shang Yan, they sang the same song and were constantly consumed. When the heat gradually decreased, they went downhill and entered a trough. Fortunately, Zhao Lei didn't let himself be consumed. He released a new song some time ago, without marketing or much publicity, but this is Zhao Lei who tore off the label of Chengdu.