Since this award was not scheduled within the ceremony, Wang Ruolin, who was suddenly informed that she had won the award without knowing it, was eating something backstage and was not sitting in the audience. She thought that her father, Wang Zhiping, had won the award. Under th

(MusicVibes / Text) On the evening of June 29, at the Golden Melody Awards where gods fight, Wang Ruolin received her first Golden Melody Award trophy since her debut without warning - the Jury Award.

Since this award was not scheduled within the ceremony, I was suddenly told that the winner, Wang Ruolin, was eating backstage and was not sitting in the audience. She thought that her father Wang Zhiping had won the award. , under the urging of her manager, even though she was wearing 10-centimeter high heels, she was able to sprint from the backstage to the stage at a speed of 100 meters and took the trophy from her father, with a look of extraordinary condition.

Since Wang Ruolin was not in the audience, her father Wang Zhiping took the trophy first.

Wang Ruolin, who ran from the backstage to the stage, was blinded.

Later in an interview, she admitted that she had not planned to come to the Golden Melody Awards, but to go to the United States to record. new album. "I only decided to come to the Golden Melody Awards yesterday." She quickly said that it was a good thing she came.

Chen Shanni, who is also an alternative creator, has high praise for Wang Ruolin.

Wang Ruolin's album "Modern Tragedy" launched last year was highly praised by the jury Chen Shanni: "It is difficult for this winner to be placed in any category, because she is creating Continuous breakthroughs on the road have also brought new possibilities to female creators. Her imagination and bravery encourage us."

When it comes to Wang Ruolin, many people still have the impression of her first album " labyrinth ". Singing with a lazy and rich alto that does not match his age:

"Let's start from here

It doesn't matter, take your time

The future is like a maze, go around in a circle

Where will it go I like love to be a bit mysterious

I don't care where we go

Let's start from here”

It seems that everyone can sing a few lines. Later, for many people, Wang Ruolin disappeared.

Many people think that Wang Ruolin still looks like this↓↓↓

In fact, she has already become like this↓↓↓

The last time it was on the hot search was because of this performance of "Descendants of the Dragon" at the music festival↓↓↓

At that time This performance was wildly forwarded as a weird joke, and many people thought she was "crazy"; many people began to ask, what happened to Wang Ruolin?

At a certain music festival, after Wang Ruolin danced and sang a few songs from the "BOB Music" album, someone below started shouting "Maze", but Wang Ruolin said, "That's the song I hate the most," and then her head turned. If you don't reply, you will be dismissed.

Also, would any female singer directly play and sing the entire album (19 songs) in a random corner of her home, without makeup and no baggage, and post it to Weibo to promote her new album? ↓↓↓

Wang Ruolin can do it, and she sang "Modern Tragedy" which won the Golden Melody Award.

html Wang Ruolin, who released her first album "Start From Here" in 2008, has been in the industry for 11 years. In these 11 years, she has successively released 9 albums and one EP (excluding the first EP before her debut). The output is still amazing. , then why has Wang Ruolin, who has released so many works, disappeared from the public eye? This starts a long time ago.

First, let’s take a look at the number of people and ratings of the first three albums on Douban:

Let’s look at the ratings after letting go:

It’s obvious: the number of people dropped sharply, and the scores plummeted.

html At the beginning of 2008, Wang Ruolin came out. Her "Start From Here" seemed to be playing in every cafe. Her lazy and mature voice fascinated people. When everyone knew that she was only 19 years old at that time, it became even more... It’s surprising: too few voices like this are heard in the Chinese music world, especially from such a young singer.The album "Start From Here" contains 7 original English songs, 3 of her own creations, 2 covers of Western classics, and 5 Mandarin songs with so-called jazz elements. With this album, she almost won the Best Newcomer Award in all the music awards that year. She had so many commercial performances that she was indispensable in the most popular New Year's Eve performances of major TV stations in those two years. For a time, Wang Ruolin became synonymous with "petty bourgeoisie" and "jazz".

Subsequently, the second album "Joanna Wang Ruolin" arrived as promised in 2009, continuing the status of the first album. It included Western classics + jazz adaptations and covers of Chinese old songs. It still received a lot of praise, but in addition to the praise, there were also voices of doubt. It also gradually increased.

For example, some people questioned her affectation, too much imitation, poor handling of emotions, and too bitter singing.

Some people even complained that she "depends on her father for a living."

Here I have to mention Wang Ruolin’s father, Wang Zhiping, a well-known music producer in Taiwan. He is responsible for the album production of Tao Zhe’s album of the same name, S.H.E, ASOS, Lin Youjia , Yang Naiwen and Stefanie Sun and other artists and groups. When Wang Zhiping was young, he formed a band with Yu Chengqing. His daughter is singer Wang Ruolin. Wang Zhiping used "Eye" included in Lin Youjia's "Mysterious Guest" album and "LOVE!" included in Tian Fuzhen (Hebe)'s "To Hebe" album. "Won the Best Single Producer Award at the 20th and 22nd Golden Melody Awards respectively, and was nominated for the Best Single at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards for the song "Please Give Me a Better Love Rival" from Hebe's "My Love" album Single Producer Award.

In front of her father, Wang Ruolin often couldn't help but break down and cry.

Wang Zhiping, who discovered his daughter's talent, introduced Wang Ruolin to the top management of the record company and served as the producer of his daughter's album.

Although Wang Ruolin and the record company are very reluctant to "teacher Wang Zhiping's daughter" become the standard line for the media to introduce Wang Ruolin, it cannot be denied that as the daughter of one of the best and most senior producers in Taiwan, she is still interested in Wang Ruolin's music career. It is a very influential element. Because of her father's relationship, Wang Ruolin has listened to good music in various languages, genres and eras since she was a child, which also inspired her interest in music and creation.

Wang Zhiping opened the door to Wang Ruolin's music, but it also brought invisible pressure.

Wang Ruolin is left-handed. Since she was a child, she has longed to play the piano with her left hand like Paul McCartney, a member of her favorite band The Beatles. Her father gave her a left-handed guitar when she was 12 years old. He originally hoped to lead her on the path of creation. Unexpectedly, Wang Ruolin, who has a strong personality, felt that playing the piano in front of an outstanding musician and guitarist like her father There was too much pressure, and I always felt that my performance was too poor and embarrassing, so I didn’t want to pick up the guitar again because of it.

Fortunately, her love for music still allowed Wang Ruolin to pick up the guitar two years later. She began composing at the age of 14 and started performing at the age of 16. At the beginning of the performance, her father happily invited all her relatives, friends and many musicians to watch. Every performance was always full of guests, but Wang Ruolin was not particularly happy about it. She always thought that these people were not here to listen to her singing, but just because they were singing. That’s why my father’s friends came to support me. Because of this, Wang Ruolin is different from many other performers. Sometimes when there are no people in the audience, she is also very relaxed and comfortable without being depressed. It seems that she cherishes this kind of performance occasion that "has nothing to do with her father".

Even though her father Wang Zhiping puts a lot of pressure on Wang Ruolin, who is strict with herself, in Wang Ruolin's heart, her father is still the most respectable producer. Wang Ruolin believes that her father's work attitude and sincerity towards music are impeccable, and he also has a good command of music. No matter what kind of song is given to her father, he can fully present the taste and appearance of the song. Therefore, this album is naturally produced by his father Wang Zhiping.

In Kangxi, Wang Ruolin said that she was very cruel to her father.

In the two years before and after the album was produced, father and daughter Wang Ruolin and Wang Zhiping had conflicts many times because of their different opinions on music. Wang Ruolin said that she was very Thanks to her father for his tolerance and love for her. Teacher Wang Zhiping said, "Perhaps many people will think that Wang Ruolin has the opportunity she has today because of me, but I know her talent and talent very well, and she will definitely be outstanding in the future."

A good hand of cards is played badly? Frequently "seeking death"

Wang Ruolin: The recording of the first album is "the process of a teenager being cheated by a record company"

As a senior producer, Wang Zhiping knows what kind of music the market needs, so in the first two albums, Each song has a "framework" set, and Wang Ruolin only needs to "fill in the blanks" with her own voice. How could the rebellious Wang Ruolin be willing to endure such an arrangement? So shortly after the release of her first album, even though it received rave reviews and achieved results that countless newcomers dream of, Wang Ruolin announced that she would go back to the United States to study and take a break from the music scene. At that time, Wang Ruolin confided, "I have always felt that being a PopStar (mainstream singer) is very embarrassing", "I am very sure that after returning to the United States to study, I will not return to Taiwan to release films", "In the United States, my friends and I look down on mainstream singers, no When I thought about returning to Taiwan, I became a mainstream singer and became the laughing stock of my friends. They deliberately played the MV in front of me to make fun of me. "We can see that doing what you like and being a person with pursuits are deeply ingrained in her heart. . And pointed out that the time of withdrawal will be after the third album with Sony. When her second solo album "Joanna Wang Ruolin" was released, Wang Ruolin openly wrote "It's embarrassing to be a pop singer" on the inside page of the album, which attracted severe criticism. The general manager of Rolling Stone criticized: "Don't be ashamed if you make money in this industry. Her words hurt the entire pop music and people who like her, and erased the hard work of many people over the years. She doesn't even respect herself, and the people who buy her albums Don't you want to hit the wall? It's embarrassing to listen to her songs!"

html In March 2009, Wang Ruolin held two solo concerts called "Adult Storybook" in Hong Kong. Afterwards, the company arranged for her to continue touring and singing in Shanghai and Beijing. However, on the night of the Shanghai concert on June 28, the organizer announced that Wang Ruolin's Beijing concert on July 4 had been cancelled.

Sony Records stated that the reason was "difficulty in coordinating preparation time, performance schedule, and publicity." However, the organizer of this concert believed that the reason was that the ticket sales situation was not ideal. "The agency said midway through that a company wanted to book the venue and would keep 2/3 of the tickets. However, shortly after, it said that the company had canceled the booking plan and it was too late to do so. After pushing for tickets, only about 1/3" was sold. Coincidentally, news came out from Taiwan on July 14 that Wang Ruolin's original plan to hold a concert in Taiwan in October was also aborted. "I prefer singing in bars. Whether I start singing depends on whether I like the stage. For me, guests are the time to change clothes. I pay more attention to music. It doesn't matter if there are no guests."

Wang Ruolin once said " The recording of "Start From Here" was "the process of a teenager being deceived by a record company" because at first she resisted the jazz image packaged for her by the record company and refused to complete the homework assigned to her. After

became famous, more and more people pointed out that what Wang Ruolin sang was not jazz. Of course Wang Ruolin was very clear about this. As for whether she didn’t love jazz, she actually responded many times: " I don’t actually dislike it. I like jazz, but I just don’t like people packaging pop music into jazz, which seems to be more textured and tasteful. I think that’s the “conspiracy” of the record company! (Laughs) What kind of jazz is this? People who play traditional jazz would not consider it jazz. Growing up, I didn’t like to confuse concepts.Because I really hope that the connection with the audience is the most beautiful part in my mind. I hope to put this out and everyone wants to enjoy it. To me, this is the best relationship between the creator and the audience. connections, and now there are more and more such connections, I think everything is a miracle! "

This can also explain why she wanted to go back to the United States to study, escape from the music scene, and cancel the concert.

Compromise? Use marketable covers to raise music "dreams"

"The first album is just a soft-style guava song , has nothing to do with Jazz. The image of me packaged by the company is very different from my real image. ".

So what is Wang Ruolin like in reality? What kind of music does she want to make? In fact, the later album will tell you the answer.

"Later, I threatened the record company if I was not allowed to release an original album. , I will not return to Taiwan." The persistence and obsession with original music made the record company give in. The two parties discussed releasing a few more commercial albums, which could be interspersed with a more self-titled album. So we saw The advent of avant-garde and unique works such as "Bonnie's Adventure", "Galactic Crisis: The Strangest Midnight Broadcast" and "House of Bullies" seems like a compromise: using marketable covers to support "dreams". ".

The first time that everyone saw her true self was probably from the album "Bonnie's Big Adventure". Wang Ruolin's stubborn side in music was vividly displayed. It completely subverted the audience's perception of her and abandoned her. All the preparation and accumulation of previous albums, extensive use of synthesizer sounds in the arrangement, and the style of music has become psychedelic retro and avant-garde electronic, with shadows of opera, making people unpredictable and unable to stop

. "Brilliant Turn", the company was very worried about the affordability of the Chinese music scene, and finally chose to launch the album in Japan, a country with a mature music industry.

In fact, the record company was right to worry about the market. Since this album, people like "Jazz" Fans of "Wang Ruolin" Wang Ruolin could not accept this "change" and gradually lost their fans. What is ridiculous and sad is that this so-called "change" is actually real, born this way, and Wang Ruolin can be herself. This starts from the beginning of the article Wang Ruolin This can be seen in the change in the album's ratings on Douban. Many people felt that the previous cover of "Vincent" by Wang Ruolin was too painful and artificial. When she sang this song again at the Workers' Stadium Concert last year, Wang Ruolin burst into tears. Maybe that was the moment. She really empathizes with Van Gogh's pain.

is constantly revising the outside world's perception of her with a series of works.

The album "The Crisis of the Galaxy: The Strangest Midnight Broadcast" is the title given to her by the company. Directly becoming an Asian fantasy music composer “These elements were deeply planted in my nine-year-old mind. One of my favorite albums when I was a kid was a Powerpuff Girls themed compilation called "Heroes and Villains." You can hear the influence of this album on me in Galactic Crisis, along with some video gaming and my beloved 60s influences. "The music throughout the album has such a bright color, joy, fantasy and 'I don't care what you're thinking' punk ." It’s a collection of cartoon theme songs in some form! "

Later, Wang Ruolin even released an EP called "Ham". This was an assignment she submitted when she participated in a songwriting camp where creators gathered:

Question 1: Please customize a song for your group A large Japanese female idol group (40+ members), give us a song that feels like a theme song for a summer soft drink commercial.

Question 2: Please customize an RB autumn and winter single for a sweet Korean duo with your group. Give it to us.

That's it...Wang Ruolin racked her brains as a producer to think about "what is the perfect girl idol", until three years after the song didn't sell...the fictional super youth ham idol artist-Wang Ruolin.H.A.M. - Happy Accessible Music was born! This is indeed a virtual artist, because she is neither in the business required by the record company nor the music she wants to do, but this attempt to escape also makes her have a great time, and these three songs are different There's a certain degree of obscurity about other creative albums, which is quite pleasing to the ear.

and then the Golden Melody Award-winning work "Modern Tragedy" continued the black humor concept of the previous album "Bullying House". This time she directly puts the tragedy of life in front of you, asking you to take a closer look: The days of mixed joys and sorrows are reality, but because of this, life is full of flavor. "Modern" refers to the life of modern people. "Tragedy" in life is often mixed with complex emotions such as happiness, sweetness, nostalgia, regret, stupidity... Wang Ruolin uses her unique sense of humor to tell a story through music. This album is a story of bitterness and joy, with 19 tracks outlining a variety of different characters and situations in modern life. It is full of imagination and thinking. Several lofi songs are also outstanding, with a strong sense of stage and drama.

And obviously, this album has been accepted by more people. Winning the Golden Melody Award is a good proof. As Wang Ruolin said before, she has really connected more and more with the audience by being herself. As time goes by, As time goes by, everyone grows and changes, and there is no need to do it deliberately. Being yourself and the market is not a conflict in itself, and this balance will become more and more delicate.

Wang Ruolin also uses this series of works to constantly revise the outside world's perception of her.

The new album will be sung with Japanese enka and Teresa Teng

At the Golden Melody Awards celebration banquet, Wang Ruolin also revealed the direction of the new album: "I will sing many Japanese enka-style songs. In fact, Japanese enka has many stories of tragic women. They are all very dramatic. For example, songs by Teresa Teng and Hibari Misora, like "Lover", I want to make an album like this. "The new enka-style album is appropriately named "Call of Love" and will be released in the second half of the year. issued.

It seems that even if there are compromised mainstream works, Wang Ruolin is now doing it in a meaningful way.

You can say that she is not "smart" enough, but you must admit that she is brave enough.

After letting herself go and being herself, a reporter once asked Wang Ruolin directly: "What if no one listens to the music you insist on making, and it won't sell. What should I do if I lose it?"

Wang Ruolin, who has a straightforward temperament, replied: "I can't help it! I'm in the music business, and I'm not asking others to buy it."

Is Wang Zhiping wrong? Of course not. What father doesn’t love his daughter and doesn’t want to give her the best? The first three works that protected her are exactly what Wang Zhiping sees as good music - music that has a market is good music. I still remember the surprise and emotion when I first listened to "Start From Here", even though Wang Ruolin was in the album at that time. It can only be regarded as a "sound machine". And he knows very well what heights his daughter's talent can reach. Just imagine if Wang Ruolin was a good girl and didn't "seek death" so much, she would have been the so-called "Jazz Diva" in the Chinese music industry by now, and she would not be able to stop her commercial performances and tours. , make a lot of money.

Is Wang Ruolin wrong? Of course not. In this era, how many artists and musicians can really put aside the fame and fortune they once had and give up their bright stardom to truly pursue what they want to do like her? It's all really love. After

won the Golden Melody Award, Wang Zhiping also warmly shouted "I'm so proud" on the stage. Wang Ruolin said that she rarely heard her father say similar words, and she was most grateful to her father for trusting her and "let go". She said: "I'm leaving. She is in a very lucky state where she has no pressure to create a work and is free to fly wherever she wants. "You can say that she is not "smart" enough, but you have to admit that she is brave enough. Wang Ruolin exchanged "suicide" for the freedom and the most comfortable state that she truly enjoyed. For a conscious artist like her, isn't it all very worthwhile?