At one of Hong Kong's five major award ceremonies "Chill Club Promotion List Annual Promotion 2021-2022" held on the evening of the 24th, Lu Hanting, a popular member of Hong Kong's first-day group, defeated Mesozoic NO.1 Leslie Cheung with a huge advantage of nearly 100,000 votes. Waiting for strong opponents, he won the Gold Award for Best Male Singer of the Year, Best Song of the Year (No. 1 in the Top Ten Songs, and Song of the Year), setting a new record in the Hong Kong music scene.
Mr. Lu Hanting is a dancer. In 2018, he participated in the ViuTV talent show "Star Making". In the finals, he was defeated by Mr. Jiang Tao, the two-time favorite male singer and finished second. However, he still made his debut as a member of MIRROR. In the past few years, Mr. Lu has not only made great contributions to MIRROR becoming the number one band in Hong Kong, but also became the group's "number one" with the so-called super drama Hong Kong version of "Uncle's Love", which became the super popular Wang Jiang Tao. In the picture below, Mr. Lu has occupied the C position of the group:
From a fledgling newcomer, he has defeated the mainstays of the music industry such as Zhang Jingxuan and Lin Jiaqian to win the gold medal for the best singer of the year. At the same time, he starred in movies and TV series and was awarded the so-called popular TV star and best actor. It only took him less than 4 years. There is no doubt that Mr. Lu’s rise in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is as fast as the SpaceX rocket. PS: After Henry Cheung lost miserably to Lu Hanting in the Singer Award and Song Award, he said that he was convinced of the loss.
Teacher Lu’s fans always believe that Teacher Lu’s music and film and television works are advanced and have a keen sense of smell. With his representative song "Megahit" "For example, it not only goes against the traditional style of Hong Kong music and catches up with the international trend, but also "pays tribute" to the Korean idol group NCT in the MV, which greatly shortens the distance between Cantonese songs and KPOP.
Why do you say that? Because Teacher Lu's "Megahit" MV is very similar in many aspects to NCT member TEN's earlier single "Paint Me Naked" MV. If you don't believe it, you can search the two works on YouTube for comparison. Of course, this is definitely not plagiarism, but a tribute and friendly communication. The following is a screenshot comparison of the two works:
In addition, Mr. Lu also won the "Asia's Best Newcomer Award" at the "Mnet Asian Music Awards " (Mnet Asian Music Awards, referred to as MAMA) held in 2021, although his company ViuTV It is one of the largest partners of the ceremony. According to Hong Kong media and fans, this achievement brought glory to the Hong Kong music scene and marked his and MIRROR's success in breaking out internationally.
Many Hong Kong fans and musicians say that Mr. Lu and MIRROR revived Cantonese songs and that the entire Hong Kong music scene was "reborn" because of them. This shows that they have occupied an important position in the history of Hong Kong pop music. Otherwise, we would be very sorry to Hong Kong. Press release from the media. Finally, I strongly recommend that interested friends listen to Mr. Lu’s songs and watch Mr. Lu’s live performance. Maybe then everyone will know why Leslie Cheung is convinced that he lost.
