Zhang Tiegan, who sings English rap Picture source network
Cover News Reporter Hao Ying
htmlOn October 27, Zhang Tiegan appeared in the live broadcast room of Cover News in her iconic flowery cotton jacket. Her cheerful Northeast accent has a sense of humor. It was not until she performed a familiar English rap that the attractive contrast was exposed.She performed the English rap passage of Nicki Minaj (nickname: spicy chicken) in "Plain Jane". Not long ago, she became popular because of covering this song in the fields. Netizens were surprised by her English pronunciation and musical talent. She was also attracted by the rural life in her videos, which had a great contrast to European and American music , and called her the number one rural female rapper in China.
But in the world outside of short videos, her life is still very peaceful. There are many people in the village who know her and will say hello when they see her, but there is no big change.
became popular
Zhang Tiegang's account is called "Liu Xuekun", which is her "old lady" (referring to grandma), and it was originally her account. Of course, Zhang Tiegang is not really called "Tiegang", that is the name of her own account.
The earliest video of the account "Liu Xuekun" was taken by Zhang Tiegang and his grandmother sitting on the kang. "The old lady also likes to watch videos. She also wants to shoot, but she doesn't know how to post. I joked at the time that we took one together, maybe it will become popular." Zhang Tiegang said.
Zhang Tiegan and grandma Liu Xuekun Picture source network
In the video, grandma said an unknown Chinese transliteration lyrics to the camera. The camera switched, Zhang Tiegan sat on the kang and sang the English song, spitting out the correct pronunciation. Grandma, wearing a baseball cap next to her, was doing needlework while shaking to the rhythm of the music. The first video received a good response, and the next few were also in a similar form. Although there have not many fans, Zhang Tiegang thought that if you have started shooting, you should take good photos and do your account seriously. The "popular" rap cover of
was unexpected. Zhang Tiegan was wearing a flowery cotton jacket and looked a little vicissitudes with dark skin. He stood on the side of the dirt road in the village and challenged a "quick mouth". In addition to the amazing English pronunciation, her rhythm and pronunciation are also well completed. Even Lazy, the champion of " Rap New Generation ", left her a comment, "Peak showdown ( Rap program) I won't watch it without you, it's so amazing."
Zhang Tiegang talked about her music hobbies, "When I was a child, I liked Jay Chou . There were many songs in his songs that spoke very quickly, and he could copy lyrics at that time. Later, I listened to a lot of English songs and liked spicy chicken, so I learned this song." In the past, when I heard the songs I liked, she could learn it in one afternoon, and the next day she conceived how to shoot videos, and could quickly shoot the work, but she learned this rap for almost a month in the annotation of pinyin and Chinese characters. "Actually, this is quite difficult, but if you take some time to learn it." Zhang Tiegang did not accept her praise of her English proficiency and musical talent. She felt that she was a funny music blogger, liked to sing, and deliberately amused in the video. She could make everyone happy while listening to the song. She thought it was good.
Controversy
There is also controversy as it becomes popular, "Is there a production team setting up a character? Is it a rural person deliberately dressed up?" Some enthusiastic netizens even suspected that her English is so good, is she abducted and trafficked to the countryside? During the live broadcast, she blinked her eyes and guessed that she was asking for help.
Zhang Tiegan said that she is a native of Anshan people. She has two brothers and grandmas at home. She has no production team and is not a top student who is abducted and trafficked. "I am the person here, I swear." She said seriously. As for English, Tiegang said that he, like everyone else, studied in junior and high school classes, and he did not learn well. There are some familiar words to read, and those who don’t know need to be marked with pinyin and Chinese characters. Not only in English, she is also learning a Japanese song recently, which is the theme song of Slam Dunk. There are transliteration notes in her mobile phone memo, and she also learns the same tone.
"I actually spent 300 yuan to attend class in high school. The teacher was a professor. I went to sing an English song for him. I didn't perform well at the time. The teacher said, you can't sing English songs in your life." Zhang Tiegang recalled his experience in learning music. In order to make a sigh of relief, she did not go to class again and lost her money. She kept practicing, imitating, and learning to sing her favorite songs herself, as close to the original song as possible. "I'm actually very strong in my heart, so I've studied very hard."
Zhang Tiegang's usual videos are mostly taken by Brother Wu for her. The rural MV released recently is Brother Wu's creativity. The farm work they usually do in the video, such as corn rubbing in the video. The old lady is very busy working in the fields and cannot watch videos often. For this family, they have been staying in the village and their lives are very peaceful, and they have no real sense of becoming famous. The biggest change is that more people know them in the village. "The old lady is very happy. People say hello to her wherever she goes, and everyone knows her." Zhang Tiegang said with a smile. "The old lady doesn't know whether it's hot or not. Sometimes she tells us not to shoot and work quickly. She thinks it's more practical to work," added the fifth brother.
contrast
"Liu Xuekun" became popular, netizens found the account "Little Tiegan" where Zhang Tiegan went to post a singing video in the past. As early as early as early 2020, she started publishing her works. In a video of "Before returning to the village vs. After returning to the village", she was wearing European and American-style makeup before returning to the village. She was a young girl in fashionable clothes. The photos after returning to the village are the familiar "iron jar".
Photos in the account of "Little Iron Garage" from the Internet
"I called the Iron Garage to play with, and I feel that there will be a contrast for girls to call this." Zhang Tiegang explained his name like this. In the video of "Liu Xuekun", she is sitting on the kang wearing a cotton jacket and singing the image of European and American pop music, which is also creating another contrasting narrative. This also makes the audience suspect that "Zhang Tiegan" is a false image made up to create a sense of contrast.
Zhang Tiegan explained that when she entered the city, she would also put on makeup when she went out with her friends, but now she has been working for a long time and is used to being plain faces. "There are not many young people in our countryside. If you wear heavy makeup, the elderly may not be able to accept it. It is not normal to wear heavy makeup when rubbing corn."
Back in life, Zhang Tiegang's family is indeed an "atypical" rural family. Zhang Tiegang's brother and sister are very close to their grandmother Liu Xuekun, and there is almost no generation gap. "My old lady likes the song "Love Song of the World" when she has nothing to do at home." Grandma likes to watch short videos and sings, and is happy to cooperate with them to shoot videos. Zhang Tiegang also took videos to record his daily life in teaching his grandma to learn English, so he used the method of marking Chinese characters, so his grandma could learn one or two sentences and sing with her. "It was difficult at the beginning and I couldn't learn it. Now I'll learn a sentence or two quickly, and I'll know it in one go."
It's true that Zhang Tiegang is not a country girl who knows nothing about short videos and becomes popular unexpectedly. She reacted quickly during the live broadcast and interacted enthusiastically with the audience. When the host asked to fight with her, she put on a pair of sunglasses, and Zhang Tiegan immediately took off his fifth brother's glasses and put them on himself. Some people say that when she was wearing glasses, she raised her hand to imitate the old lady's dizzy look and amused. It seemed that her innate sense of humor allowed her to perform a sketch alone, which may be the reason why she was loved.
Although he heard some doubts, Zhang Tiegang said that he could still bear it and many netizens would encourage her. "They cheered me up and said that they thought it was not easy for rural people. I saw it, and it was quite touching for strangers to say these words." She planned to continue shooting videos, enrich her content, learn some new songs or dances, and let time witness what kind of person she is.
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