text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Hu Guangxin
Identification object: Zhao Lei "Shuqian Street Boy"
Release time: August 29
"Missing Person" Zhao Lei finally returned, and released his new album "Shuqian Street Boy" after six years. Although rap and the band have successively become new "musical trends" with variety shows over the past six years, folk has long been the most popular music style in the mainland music industry, but Zhao Lei's sales are still strong - the current sales of "The Boy in the Street" of "Shuqian Street" has exceeded 200,000 copies.
Combined with Zhao Lei’s experience in recent years, "The Boy in the Front Street" is indeed rare. In 2017, he became popular in "Singer" and " Chengdu ", and he was hard to get a ticket for live performances... No matter how you look at it, Zhao Lei has become a star now. But in this album, the grassroots temperament that best impresses the audience in his music has not faded. In "The Boy from the Forefront Street", Zhao Lei still sings the familiar urban life. For example, in "Abdullah", "There are always drunk people kicking empty beer bottles in the lonely restaurant in the downtown area"; for example, in "Early Morning Taxi", "only the lights of the convenience store are on, I am the only passenger of the night bus "; in "Night in Sanlitun", "The crowded buildings suppress my breath, maybe you are more suitable here"... In the city, these scenes are too common and inconspicuous. Only by looking at the lives of ordinary people can you understand what kind of emotions it contains. Zhao Lei still maintains his sensitivity to life. Although his lyrics are far from being exquisite, they can accurately capture these moments that make ordinary people emote.
But for me, Zhao Lei is keen enough but not rich enough. "The Boy in the Front Street" is still trapped in the cliché of "sad + nostalgia". Most of the songs in this album use minor , creating a strong sad atmosphere. The songs written to my mother, the autobiographical "The Boy in the Front Street" and other songs can be sincere; songs such as "Girl" and "Cheng Aiying" have Zhao Lei's unique tenderness. Unfortunately, except for the gap between ideals and reality, and the edges and corners of time, Zhao Lei seems unable to extract more different insights from life. From "Can't Grow Up" to "The Boy in the Front Street", Zhao Lei has not changed, but he has not grown up either.
This constant is "A's honey, B's arsenic". "The Boy in the Front Street" will have its own audience, but unfortunately I am not within this range. (For more news, please follow Yangchengpai pai.ycwb.com)
Source | Yangcheng Evening News·Yangchengpai
Editor | Shao Ziheng
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