"The Godfather of Love Songs" Li Zongsheng also spoke highly of it: "Whether it is music, technique, or musicality, I think Faye Wong is very top-notch in this era."

Brother Leslie Cheung said this: " Faye Wong is a genius in singing." Sammi Cheng also deeply agreed: "We are just artists, Faye Wong is an artist."

"The Godfather of Love Songs" Li Zongsheng also gave High praise: "Whether it is music, technique, or musicality, I think Faye Wong is very top-notch in this era."

deeply agrees. In the Chinese music scene where the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, no matter how many trendsetters come out, Faye Wong is always a legend.

If anyone’s songs have influenced several generations and are still lasting, then Faye Wong must be one of the few.

Her singing voice is ethereal, lazy and delicate. When she sings a song, everyone's hearts are filled with excitement and it touches the depths of their hearts. Her singing not only inspired generations of singers, but also healed hearts one after another.

Unlike her lazy singing voice, she seems to be "obsessed" in love and refuses to listen to dissuasion and perseverance. Facing the "scumbag", she still pursues him relentlessly, never looking back until she hits the wall.

Today we will talk about the history of sadomasochism and fame of "Queen of Music" Faye Wong.

The time goes back to 1969, when Faye Wong was not called Faye Wong at that time.

On August 8th of this year, Xia Guiying, a soprano from the Beijing Coal Mine Art Troupe, was singing heartily on the stage. When she reached the high notes, she suddenly felt unbearable abdominal pain and a sinking feeling.

As a mother of a child, she knew that this was a precursor to childbirth. The dedicated woman finished the song calmly and then asked for leave from the group leader, asking the driver and colleagues from her unit to help take her to Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

On the way to the hospital, while taking advantage of the pain, she asked her colleagues to remember to send a telegram to her husband, coal engineer Wang Youlin , who was sent to a remote mining area to work.

A colleague said to her: "As soon as I learned that you were going to give birth, the team leader immediately sent someone to the post office to send a telegram to Gong Wang. Just go and have the baby with peace of mind. If you give birth to a daughter, Gong Wang will probably I will be so happy can’t open my mouth from ear to ear.”

Xia Guiying, who gave birth to her beloved son Wang Yi two years ago, thought the same thing. If she gave birth to a daughter this time, she would really have both children. She was quickly sent to the delivery room without letting her think any more.

With a loud cry echoing throughout the delivery room, a new life was born safely. The nurse took the child and took a look at her and said:

"Congratulations, you have given birth to a little princess as you wished. This child has a loud voice and long arms and legs. In the future, whether he will be a singer like you or a... Athletes are all good prospects."

Hearing the nurse's words, a thought flashed through Xia Guiying's mind: "In the future, this child should just be a scientist and a pillar of the motherland like her father. She must not be a singer or sing. At most, it can only become her hobby. "

This baby girl is the later "Queen of Music" Faye Wong.

However, her name was not Faye Wong at that time. For some reasons, before she was 15 years old, she took her mother's surname of Xia and took the last character of her father's name, Lin, and called her Xia Lin .

It is worth mentioning that her grandfather Wang Zhaomin (formerly known as Wang Molin) was a prominent figure in the political arena. He later settled in Taiwan, China, and became a local legislator.

In addition, Wang Zhaomin and Li Ao's father Li Dingyi are classmates, and both graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University. This intricate network of relationships also laid an important foundation for her future.

However, when she was young at that time, she did not feel the superiority of her prominent family at all. Instead, she often felt very troubled and could not tell who her parents were.

Her father is a coal mining engineer. There are definitely no mining areas in the urban area of ​​Beijing, so her father had to take root in a remote mine and stay there for a year and a half.

Her mother is a singer in the coal mine art troupe. She will undoubtedly go deep into major mining areas and use her singing to bring warmth to the workers who are working hard in the mining areas.

The young couple has taken root in the mining area, and the elders in the family have no time to take care of their grandchildren. In desperation, I could only spend some money every month and entrust my daughter to a kind-hearted neighbor aunt to help take care of her.

When she grew up, Faye Wong recalled:

"Although the neighbor's aunt had seven children at home, she treated me as her own and loved me very much. At that time, I had a very vague impression of my parents, and I unconsciously combined my dependence on my mother with Trust was transferred to the neighbor's aunt. "

Unfortunately, not long after, the neighbor's aunt's daughter gave birth to another child. Because she had to help take care of her grandson, the neighbor's aunt who was too busy had no choice but to hand her back to her parents.

The couple really couldn't spare time to take care of their children, and they couldn't find anyone as reliable as their neighbor's aunt to help take care of their children. So, the two cruelly "packed" their 4-year-old daughter and sent it to their aunt's house in Shanghai.

Even though she was fostered at a relative's home, it was really hard to live under the shelter of others.

As a little girl, she became quieter and quieter. She often sat by the window and wandered around, imagining that a beautiful fairy flew by the window, sat next to her, chatted with her, sang and danced for her.

Her mind often wanders around in endless fantasy worlds, which invisibly enriches her imagination and provides inspiration for her future songwriting.

It wasn’t until she was in primary school that she was taken back to Beijing, ending this period of “leaving her hometown”.

Parents work outside the home all year round, which means they cannot be with their daughter. However, fortunately, he is accompanied by his brother Wang Yi at home in the Qingyinggou Coal Mine Compound in Beijing.

The two siblings went to school together, came home from school together, and played football together. She gradually became cheerful. At the same time, her innate musical talent gradually emerged.

When she was in elementary school, she was selected to join the Galaxy Youth Choir, which is affiliated with CCTV and is the leading children's choir in the country.

With excellent academic performance and good singing skills, she quickly became a "person of the hour" in Ditan Primary School. Unexpectedly, a junior high school entrance exam would bring her, a "man of the moment," to the bottom of her rocky bottom.

Faye Wong takes a photo with her family

Her academic performance is not only top-notch in the class, but also among the best in the school. Almost everyone is sure that she will be admitted to a key middle school.

However, the unexpected happened. During the primary school entrance examination, several teachers suddenly came to the examination room and accompanied the leaders of the Education Bureau on patrol in various examination rooms.

Faye Wong's family photo

Faye Wong, who was still in elementary school, was so nervous when she saw this battle that her heart beat faster and her mind went blank. She obviously knew how to do the questions but couldn't remember how to do them, and her composition was a mess.

There is no doubt that in this state, she did not do well in the exam, and finally went to an ordinary junior high school.

Faye Wong takes a photo with her brother.

As a result of this chain reaction, her mother became extremely strict with her and no longer allowed her to participate in various cultural activities.

In an interview with Yang Lan, she described her mother like this:

"I was very afraid of her when I was a child, she was very strict. I would obey whatever she said, but in my heart I felt that what she said was not always right. For example, I She has always been opposed to singing since she was a child. Because she is a little-known singer, she feels that this path is difficult and she thinks that being a singer has no future. When she was a child, she did not allow me to attend school. Performing, you are not allowed to join this kind of team or that kind of team. "

However, fortunately, she did not cut off her hobby because of her mother's obstruction.

In 1984, at the age of 15, she participated in the selection of the CCTV June 1st Gala without telling her mother, and sang the song " The Sea, My Hometown" solo on the stage.

With her daughter’s repeated assurance that she would definitely be admitted to a key university, Mrs. Wang turned a blind eye.

This year, she also changed her name from Xia Lin to Faye Wong, following her father's surname.

In 1985, at the age of 16, she was spotted by a record company and released her first cassette, covering Teresa Teng 's song "Where Does the Wind Come From".

In 1986, at the age of 17, she also appeared on the stage of the "First Top 100 Singers", with the already famous Zheng Xulan, Zhang Baomo, Zhou Feng, Wei Wei, Mao Amin, Li Lingyu, etc. People perform on the same stage.

In 1987, at the age of 18, she fulfilled her promise to her mother and was admitted to the Department of Biology of Xiamen University.

However, what is surprising is that after fulfilling her promise to her mother, she chose to pursue her dream - drop out of Xiamen University and go to Hong Kong to study vocal music.

There is no doubt that this decision was strongly opposed by Wang’s mother, but Wang’s father supported his daughter to pursue her dream, believing that she did not have to be a scientist to get ahead, and singing was also a way out.

Before that, because her grandfather Wang Zhaomin was recuperating in Hong Kong, her father had already immigrated and settled in Hong Kong. In order to allow his daughter to pursue her dreams freely and without hindrance, Wang's father helped her go through the immigration procedures and went to Hong Kong to study vocal music.

After arriving in Hong Kong, the advantages of a prominent family background emerged.

Faye Wong and Dai Sicong

After connecting with a series of good resources, she studied vocal music under Dai Sicong, the mentor of Anita Mui, Liming , Andy Lau , Aaron Kwok and others.

When she first arrived in Hong Kong, she worked as a model for a period of time. However, she soon got tired of it and found being a model boring, so she continued to concentrate on studying vocal music.

In 1989, with the song " is still an old sentence ", at the age of 20, she won the bronze medal of "Asia-Pacific Golden Zheng Pop Song Creation Competition", and signed a contract with Xinyibao record company, becoming Leslie Cheung, Beyond , Xu Guanjie ’s junior sister.

In order to cater to the Hong Kong audience, she followed the advice of the brokerage company and changed her Chinese name to Wang Jingwen , and her English name was Shirley. It is worth mentioning that this is also her third name change.

This year, she released her first personal music album of the same name "Wang Jingwen". The album sold 30,000 copies and won the Golden Record Award.

At the same time, this album also allowed her to win the "Bronze Award for Best Female Singer" in one fell swoop. In 1990, she released her second album "A Moment".

The results of both albums are very impressive, but becoming famous at a young age did not bring her any pleasure.

She said:

"The clothes I wear every day are chosen by others. They are hung on me and my name is also covered. They are not me at all. I don't even know who I am and what I am doing."

Every day on stage, she sings the same love songs, performs designed stage moves, and uses the name chosen by the agency. Even every sentence she says during the interview is written in advance by the agency.

In the impetuous and noisy entertainment industry, she can always look at the fame and fortune clearly. She is unwilling to deliberately please the audience or act like an assembly line product. She has lost her true self and the original intention of making music.

So, at the age of 22, he gave up his famous acting career and decided to go to the United States for further study.

When outsiders were puzzled, she with a free and loose personality replied: " If you don't feel happy singing, then you don't want to sing anymore. "

Her lack of ambition and disobedience naturally made the agency very "high" "Fire", she was packaged and "sold" to Taiwan's Rolling Stone Records for 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

At that time, how happy were the executives of Xinyibao Company that they finally got rid of a "trouble". How regretful they would be a year later. They were too blind to recognize the benefits and just gave away their own "money tree". Give it to your colleagues.

In 1992, Qiu Aokuan, 29, and his friend Chen Jiaying jointly opened a company called K’s Production. One person was mainly responsible for the Taiwan business, and the other was mainly responsible for the Hong Kong business.

By chance, Chen Jiaying heard Wang Jingwen's singing.

She immediately said to her friend Qiu Aokuan: " I have found a girl with an incredible voice, and we will sign her together. "

In this way, Wang Jingwen, who was still studying in the United States, was "changed" again. Once, he became a singer under Qiu Haokuan and Chen Jiaying's company.

At the same time, the opportunity to change her destiny has quietly arrived, and her time is coming. In 1992, she ended her study abroad life early. Under the operation of his manager,

returned to Hong Kong and released his fourth solo album "Coming Home". With the song "Easily Injured Woman" in the album, she became famous overnight and successfully became a first-line singer.

From then on, her road to becoming a queen has been smooth and smooth. However, as smooth as her road to becoming a queen is, her emotional road will be tortuous.

The 1990s was the "golden decade" of rock music in my country that cannot be copied. During this decade, many outstanding rock singers emerged, such as Cui Jian, Xu Wei, Zhang Chu, Black Panther Band, etc. .

Black Panther Band

At that time, there was a saying in the rock world: There is no Dou Wei , no Black Panther. At that time, the Black Panther band's concert was sold out, and tickets were hard to come by.

Dou Wei is the lead singer of the Black Panthers and the soul of the band. In 1991, the Black Panthers released their first album of the same name, which sold 1.15 million copies in Hong Kong alone.

Dou Wei

23-year-old Wang Jingwen was also impressed by Dou Wei's talent and singing voice, and fell madly in love with Dou Wei, the lead singer of the Black Panther Band.

Even though she was the girlfriend of Black Panther keyboardist Luan Shu at the time, and Dou Wei also had his girlfriend Jiang Xin who had been in love for many years and lived together, none of this could stop her.

Jiang Xin

She decisively broke up with her boyfriend Luan Shu and launched a "girl crush" campaign on Dou Wei. She often sent records, gifts and letters to Dou Wei.

Once, she asked in a letter: " Can you stop calling me Xiao Wang? " Perhaps this was also the beginning of their ambiguous relationship.

In the interview, Faye Wong longed for her future boyfriend:

"You must understand Mandarin. I like people with small eyes and single eyelids, just ordinary northerners." Everyone around her knows that the person she is talking about is Dou Wei.

Guo Chuanlin, the guitarist of the Black Panther Band, was the first to discover that something was wrong with their relationship. Guo Chuanlin cryptically persuaded Dou Wei:

"It is not easy for brothers to get together to make music. Don't break up because of a woman."

But Dou Wei still failed to withstand the offensive of his crush Wang Jingwen. He broke up with his girlfriend Jiang Xin who had been in love for many years and took Wang Jingwen's hand.

Of course, he also paid the corresponding price-quitting the Black Panther band.

When he left the band, his manager said to him: "You can leave, but you can't sing the songs of the Black Panthers again."

What people didn't expect was that Dou Wei's departure also made the Black Panthers slump and never regain their glory. Furthermore, at the same time, Dou Wei's career also fell from its peak to its lowest point.

At that time, Wang Jingwen was full of joy to be with her lover, but she never thought that she was not the final winner. After all, nature is easy to change and hard to change. There are only 0 and countless times of cheating.

But at that time, everyone did not know that these things would happen in the future.

Perhaps love gave her the inspiration to create. In 1993, she tried to create for the first time and wrote the song " persistent and unrepentant ".

24-year-old Wang Jingwen is certain that Dou Wei is her true love, just as she sang in " ":

"This time I face it persistently and indulge in willfulness. I don't care, whether it is wrong or right, Even if I am trapped, I will do whatever it takes, even if I am obsessed, I will not regret it.

Others say that I should give up and open my eyes. I use my heart to see and feel that you are not me. How can we understand. "

This song also laid the foundation for Wang Jingwen's career as a queen.

In the music world divided by the four kings, she fought her way out and won the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards at the 11th Top Ten Golden Melody Awards.

In 1994, "Cold War", " I do ", " Oath " " Dream Man " " Angel " " Chess Piece " " Please Yourself " and other songs also became A timeless classic.

It is worth mentioning that the song "The Oath" was personally produced by her boyfriend Dou Wei.

This year, she made her debut at the Stadium in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, and held 18 concerts in a row. Her boyfriend Dou Wei was accompanying her in the dark and singing backing vocals.

At that time, Wang Jingwen, whose boyfriend Dou Wei was everywhere, did not know that there would be a boy named Nicholas Tse who was 11 years younger than her in the audience. She would secretly swear in her heart that "she must be the one in this life";

She also did not know that soon At a later party, she will meet a man named Li Yapeng who is 2 years younger than herself.

In the same year, she starred in "Chongqing Express" directed by Wong Kar-Wai . With the role of A Fei in " Chungking Express", she was successfully nominated for the 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress, the 31st Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress, and the first Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress. Best Actress, and won the Best Actress at the Stockholm Film Festival .

When a reporter asked, what is her biggest worry now?

She flipped her hair and replied playfully: "My biggest worry now is that I am too red."

However, when her career was at its peak, she also did two things that were eye-popping -

First, Changed the Chinese name from Wang Jingwen back to Faye Wong, and changed the English name from from Shirley back to Faye.

Secondly, she was photographed by the media living together with Dou Wei in a courtyard house in Beijing, but even though she was a diva, she covered her nose while emptying the urinal and going to public toilets.

These two incidents caused quite a stir in the entertainment industry.

As for no longer using the name Wang Jingwen, she responded: "But I don't like it. If you can be popular, just be popular. If you can't be popular, forget it." "

Regarding the matter of "the Queen covering her face and emptying the urinal", she responded with the lyrics from the song "I Do": "I am willing to for you, forget my name":

"I don't care about other people's opinions, I am also with you. Like ordinary people, they need both career and love. I never force anything, but when it comes, I don’t want to refuse. "

In June 1996, Dou Wei once again personally produced the album "Impotent" for his girlfriend Faye Wong, and the cumulative album sales broke the Guinness record. In July, the two got married.

In October of the same year, Faye Wong became the successor to Gong Li The second Chinese artist to appear on the cover of American "Time" magazine.

Faye Wong and Dou Wei

On January 3, 1997, Faye Wong gave birth to her daughter Dou Jingtong in an attempt to tie up Dou Wei's heart.

However. , Faye Wong, who was proud of her love and career at that time, did not expect that a storm was brewing.

Faye Wong, Dou Wei, Dou Jingtong

Due to work reasons, Faye Wong returned to the music scene soon after giving birth.

On the one hand, his wife is proud of her career, but on the other hand, he is criticized by many people, which drags down his wife's career. For various reasons, her husband Dou Wei had the idea of ​​​​escape.

It happened that at that time, photographer Gao Yuan was recording ten years in the rock circle with his lens.

After going back and forth, Dou Wei and Gao Yuan became familiar with each other. The two became so familiar that Faye Wong and Na Ying caught a man and a woman alone in a room with a messy bed.

Dou Wei, Gao Yuan

Perhaps it was because she loved Dou Wei too much, or perhaps because her daughter was still young, Faye Wong chose to forgive. When a woman falls in love with a man, he may not be able to treat you well, and if you treat him well, you may not be able to keep him.

Regarding this marriage, Dou Wei responded: "This marriage is a conspiracy. We can't eat together and live together. Every time I call her, I'm either singing or playing mahjong."

What's even more outrageous is that, In 1999, Dou Wei, who was not yet divorced, was photographed by the media traveling to Japan with Gao Yuan. He also confessed his love in a high-profile manner: "She is Gao Yuan, my lover."

In this way, the marriage between the two lasted less than 3 years. It broke up, and Faye Wong took her daughter Dou Jingtong to Hong Kong alone.

At the same time, the gears of fate also turned. After divorced Dou Wei, someone asked her: "Have you ever thought about finding an ideal father for your daughter?"

After hearing this, Faye Wong responded with a puzzled face: "I have never thought about why I should find an ideal father for her. "My daughter has her own father. What I am looking for is my partner."

In this way, at the celebration party for Tony Leung to win the Best Actor in 2000, the 31-year-old held hands with someone younger than herself. 11-year-old Nicholas Tse walked towards the crowd without any hesitation.

The two of them wore couple rings, had the same butterfly tattoo on their waists, , and flirted with each other at a concert with thousands of people. Nicholas Tse also expressed his love generously: "No, I don't like her, I love him deeply."

In order to propose to Faye Wong before the age of 25, in addition to singing, filming, and commercial performances, he also started a business and worked hard to make money.

However, this fairy tale love that seemed to be a fairy couple did not last long.

In March 2002, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung were photographed traveling in Thailand together.

At the same time, after Cecilia Cheung was injured in an accident and was hospitalized, Nicholas Tse nervously went to the hospital to visit. The media smelled something strange about , but the two insisted that they had a "deep brother-sister relationship."

However, this brother-sister relationship soon changed qualitatively. Faye Wong, who was tired of the scandals surrounding her boyfriend, decisively broke up.

After breaking up with Nicholas Tse, Faye Wong often asked Na Ying to play mahjong to relieve her boredom. By chance, 32-year-old Li Yapeng was lucky enough to join this mahjong game.

While playing mahjong, Li Yapeng launched a fierce pursuit of Faye Wong.

In 2004, he gave up his job for a whole year and accompanied Faye Wong on a nationwide concert tour. In order to support Faye Wong's concert, he also spent more than 1 million out of his own pocket to invite friends to watch Faye Wong's concert.

Li Yapeng

In order to make Faye Wong happy, he saved more than 100 bad jokes in his mobile phone; when Faye Wong caught a cold, he would immediately give up work and fly to Shanghai to take good care of her.

Perhaps she was tired of the turmoil in love, perhaps she was moved by Li Yapeng's thoughtfulness, or perhaps because of an unexpected pregnancy.

On July 28, 2005, the 36-year-old she and the 34-year-old Li Yapeng officially obtained a marriage certificate in Urumqi, Xinjiang. On May 27 of the following year, she gave birth to her beloved daughter Li Yan in Beijing.

Three months later, 26-year-old Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung received their certificates secretly in Philippines . The fate between Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse has come to an end.

But fate also set a test for their respective marriages.

When she was four months pregnant, Faye Wong’s daughter Li Yan was diagnosed with cleft lip and palate during her prenatal check-up, which is also known as cleft lip and palate. Li Yapeng said: "When we returned home from the hospital, we avoided this topic for a few hours and hesitated."

Faye Wong denied: "I have not avoided it, and I have never thought about giving up. My faith does not allow me to do this. Do it."

At the same time, she asked Li Yapeng: "What do you mean, don't you want it?"

In order to win the beauty back, Li Yapeng replied: "Okay, I understand." Maybe it was the way the two communicated. The problem has already laid the groundwork for their divorce.

On May 20, 2012, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung announced their official divorce. Their 6-year marriage came to an end. Their 5-year-old eldest son lucas and 2-year-old younger son Quintus were brought up by Cecilia Cheung.

A year later, Faye Wong and Li Yapeng's eight-year marriage also ended in divorce, and their daughter Li Yan was raised by Li Yapeng.

44-year-old Faye Wong announced her divorce on social platforms: "In this life, the relationship between husband and wife has ended. I am okay, and you should take care of yourself."

42-year-old Li Yapeng later responded in a post: "What I want is a family, but you are doomed. is a legend. misses all the good times in the past ten years. Unfortunately, letting go is the only thing I can do for you. I hope you are happy now, my high school girl.

For the two divorced. For the reason, Li Yapeng said frankly: "The company has had no income for nearly six years, and it depends entirely on my savings and loans."

host Luyu asked: "Are you afraid? You still have to support your family. "Li Yapeng glanced at the window and replied: "So I got divorced."

After going around and around, everything returned to the original point.

In 2014, 45-year-old Faye Wong and 34-year-old Nicholas Tse were photographed by the media kissing passionately at home. News that Feng Fei's relationship was suspected of rekindling an old relationship was unexpectedly exposed.

In addition, on Faye Wong's 45th birthday, Nicholas Tse publicly expressed his love, singing affectionately while talking about the guitar: " Let us go on, let us go on, from heaven to hell, I will accompany you. "

Writer Liao Yimei once said: "In our life, it is not rare to encounter love or sex. What is rare is to encounter understanding."

The first husband Dou Wei said: "Faye Wong is a strong woman." "Second husband Li Yapeng said: "Faye Wong is a girl and a legend. "

But Nicholas Tse, who is 11 years younger than Faye Wong, said: "Faye Wong is just a simple and cute little girl. "

However, just when everyone thought that the two of them were close, Nicholas Tse said: "We will not get married. "

As soon as these words came out, many people accused Nicholas Tse, saying that he has a cold nature and is unwilling to give Faye Wong a status, so he is an irresponsible "scumbag".

But does Queen Faye Wong really need marriage?

Having experienced two marriages and two separations, she may have seen through marriage. Instead of interpreting Nicholas Tse's statement that he will not marry Faye Wong, it is better to interpret it as saying that except for Faye Wong, there will be no one else in my life.

It cannot bind a person, just like Dou Wei back then.

In the final analysis, marriage is about finding someone to stay with for a lifetime. Maybe finding a like-minded person to spend a lifetime and see all the scenery of life is the happiness that Faye Wong wants.

As she sang in "红豆":

"Walking through the barren sand dunes, maybe from now on, I will learn to cherish the eternity and eternity of the earth. There will be times when we are together and apart, and nothing will last forever.

But sometimes I would rather Choose to linger and never let go, wait until the scenery is clear, maybe you will accompany me to watch the long flow of water. ”

I hope that everyone can find their own destination, have a warm home, have people they love at home, have three meals together throughout the four seasons, and spend every ordinary but warm day.