Author/Shi Xin han
16 years ago, Tainan was in the hot summer. Tens of thousands of young people gathered at the Municipal Stadium. They all have a common name - Clover/Orange Man. Their faith—three young girls, after singing their first song "Love Not Full" on stage, she burst into tears.
"This song made you know SHE. I hope you will remember us many years later." A few years later, Ye Zi was crying when she heard this sentence in front of the screen.
This is SHE's first concert.
16 years later, when the prelude to "Love Not Complete" sounded again, the short-haired girl of that year was already a mother, the sweet princess experienced the impossible hardships in fairy tales, the girl who sang "It's good to be lonely" was still alone, the three of them walked through different life tracks, but they could always gather on the same stage on time.
"We are SHE." The three shouted out this exclusive slogan that has accompanied them for seventeen years. There were still tens of thousands of viewers coming out of the audience, but some of them were no longer young. Ye Zi in front of the screen has also changed from a primary school student who secretly listened to "Love Not Full" on a tape recorder to a corporate employee.
Let us turn the pointer of time back eighteen years ago...
Beautiful New World
That year, Selina was not called Selina, but Ren Jiaxuan , and there were no Hebe and Ellah, only Tibezhen and Chen Jiahua .
Three girls rushed to Taipei from Pingtung and Hsinchu to participate in the singing competition jointly organized by the record company and "The Great National of Television" - "The 2000 Powerful Beautiful Girls Battle". Among them is Ren Jiaxuan, who has just been admitted to , Taiwan Normal University, and . At that time, they did not know that their destiny would change.
486 young girls competed for the only place to sign a contract with a record company. No one could make a conclusion by his chest that he could become the one favored by fate.
"Who feels that I can go to the end?" In the corridor of the
Video building, the TV station staff held a DV to the girl who was nervously preparing for the battle. The moment they heard this question, everyone looked at each other.
"I want to be remembered." As soon as this idea came up, Chen Jiahua, who seemed to have nothing to do with the beautiful girl in the corner, had always had a star dream, raised her hand excitedly and said, "I can." Ren Jiaxuan and Tian Fuzhen, who were standing aside, began to notice this girl who looked like a "boy".
She has indeed become the only player who has not entered the finals but has successfully signed a contract.
And Ren Jiaxuan and Tian Fuzhen did not go smoothly either. In one game, Ren Jiaxuan almost fell down the stairs when she appeared, singing the unfamiliar English song "Reflection" tremblingly, and was so nervous that she was wrong; Tian Xibi chose " Like You " by Chen Jieyi , but forgot the lyrics for 10 seconds, and could only "sway" with the accompaniment in the middle. Later, when the three of them looked back at the game video at that time in "Lu Yu's Appointment", they all felt "absurd".
According to the original competition system, only Ren Jiaxuan, who won the championship, can sign a contract with Huayan International, but the company always feels that she is still a disadvantage to becoming a real artist. Realizing the gap in the girl group in the Chinese music market, the company decided to make a group. So a week later, Chen Jiahua and Tian Fuzhen hurried back to Taipei again.
Then, "Taipei Little Girl", "Hsinchu Rice Fan Girl" and "Pingtung Tomboy" each have new stage names, Selina, Hebe and Ella, respectively, symbolizing tenderness, confidence and courage. They also have a common name - SHE. At that time, who would have thought that these simple three letters would have entered the youth of countless people in the future, including Ye Zi, who was attracted to the three of them when she saw them on TV for the first time.
Since then, they have taken the train called "Famous in Fame" and opened a "beautiful new world" for three people.
When the train started, the three of them were excited and nervous.But before they could get used to this tension, the train had already quietly entered the "popular" station.
On September 11, 2001, three girls appeared at their debut press conference with anticipation, but found that there were very few media present. Seeing that the front page headlines of newspapers and TV that day had nothing to do with them, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks occupied a lot of space. They even thought that they could only become "a piece of singers" - singers who only posted one record.
"We won't be popular, maybe we'll go back later." Ella teased her status in the commemorative MV of "Seventeen".
But in fact, as soon as the first album "Girls' Dormitory" was released, it recorded 160,000 copies in Taiwan and 750,000 copies in Asia, and its main song also won the top three radio voting in 2001. A month later, the signing meeting came with a large number of fans, surrounding the venue. At that time, Ella signed in and shed tears.
The next year, the three of them released two more albums: " Youth Co., Ltd. " and "Beautiful New World". The former won the double championship of Rose Popular Records once it was released, and ranked among the top three in the sales rankings for several consecutive weeks; the latter directly pushed SHE's music to the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions. One week after the release of the film, the album order exceeded 200,000; for the first time to go to the mainland for promotion, the Changsha signing party poured in 5,000 fans.
But they still seem to be unprepared for becoming famous, and they don’t know that many veteran singers have heard of them.
At the 14th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards ceremony one year later, compared with Alan Tam, Jacky Cheung, who has long become the king of heaven, and Taiwanese local superstars A-mei, and Wu Zongxian, the three girls still seem young even though they have become famous all over the country.
When the trophy of the "Best Recital Group" award was handed to the hand, Ella, the most talkative one, was not next to her, Selina and Hebe looked stunned and confused. Ella, who was still lying on the hospital bed at the time of recording the show, was very excited, but she almost regretted her life - that was the first and only time they won this award. The commemorative MV after
15 specially reproduced this small twists and turns. As soon as he saw this scene, Ye Zi remembered the two people on the stage that they were so nervous that they even forgot to get the trophy.
Three girls also have their own idols. Once in the event backstage, they learned that the queen of the queen Faye Wong was in the lounge next to them, so they took the initiative to introduce themselves to Faye Wong. As a result, Faye Wong said: You are so popular, how could I not know you? Originally worried that Faye Wong, who had become a queen, would not know her fledgling self. The three of them were flattered, but they also understood their influence more and more.
, SHE, who once predicted that she would be popular for two years, will continue to sweep the Chinese music scene and strode forward to the peak of the Chinese girl group. Since "Super Star", four albums have sold over one million in a row, and everyone thinks they have created miracles in the recording industry. Fans have built 78 websites for them. For a long time, their songs could be heard in department stores and TV programs.
That was their best era and the last highlight of the record market.
Don’t want to grow up
became famous too quickly, and the three of them have also experienced doubts and abuse.
At that time, countless netizens posted countless posts with bad intentions on their official website every day. In Selina's words, it's impossible to delete it.
At that time, the fans of the three of them also had a big quarrel. The only fans' light cards in the concert are more prominent than those of the fans. They were puzzled: How could fans who like us be the same as those outside, and don’t believe that the three of us have a bad relationship?
0 Since junior high school, Ye Zi has gradually changed from liking three people to only liking Selina. She will argue with others in the forum about who is the most beautiful in the group and who has the best singing skills. When she sang SHE's songs with her friends, she always sang Selina's part.
She thinks Selina's gentle and charming personality is exactly what she likes. The look of Selina's golden Barbie doll in "Don't Want to Grow Up" was her favorite at the time.
The girls who sing "Don't Want to Grow Up" will eventually grow up, although the audience also hopes that they will always look like little girls.
When this express train that had been speeding for nine years entered the station called "Soloom", the three got off and each set off on a new train in different directions. Although Hebe, who doesn't like to talk, he also has to start learning to be an independent singer, Tian Fuzhen.
In 2010, Ye Zi, who was still in college class, received a Weibo push. Her favorite princess was burned during filming and was in danger of her life. After reading this news, Ye Zi fell into a trance. She has no intention of listening to the class and is desperately trying to browse the latest news about Selina on Weibo. As soon as the explosion occurred in
MV, Ye Zi felt mixed emotions and tears rolled in her eyes.
Fate gave Selina ugly scars in the most beautiful stage of life. That year, Selina was 29 years old and had just received a proposal from her boyfriend Zhang Chengzhong , and was about to fulfill her wish to get married before she was 30 years old. The girl who most longs for marriage in the group is infinitely close to the life she yearns for.
Two months later, Selina publicly reported her safe after the burn: "Hey, it's me. Because I have taken off morphine, I'm more awake." The audio was accompanied by Selina's long-lost laughter. Ye Zi couldn't help but listen to the recording.
It is hard to imagine how the little princess who would cry after eating delicious food, cry when she watched idol dramas, and was afraid of pain and would cry when she was beaten by a mahjong ruler.
After three months of treatment and rehabilitation, a formal press conference was held. With the help of Ella and Hebe, Selina, who had difficulty even bent her joints, trembling on the stage with difficulty. At that time, she put on light makeup, cut off the princess's beloved long hair, and showed her a flat head. He has gained a little weight, and there are some slight scars on his chin and face.
"Sorry, I'm worried, I can finally go home today." Selina said with a smile at the microphone at the press conference. Ye Zi was heartbroken when she saw this news.
Under the leadership of Ella, the three people shouted again: "Hello everyone, we are SHE." However, no one knows how long will the next fusion come after. In the two years after
, a Korean nine-member girl group called Girls' Generation brought the most fresh visual impact to Chinese audiences. Street shops and variety shows are enjoying playing Girls' Generation songs, and the limelight seems to be about to catch up with SHE in its heyday.
In those two years, the Hong Kong girl group Twins, which also experienced career suspension, also announced its comeback, continuing to post songs and win awards.
In those two years, Hebe continued to release records, Hebe starred in TV series, and Selina released her first EP after the accident, but the news of the three being together was never confirmed.
SHE seems to be about to be forgotten by the public. At first, Ye Zi would discuss with you on the forum when SHE will come out. Gradually, fewer and fewer people are discussing it, and many people pessimistically believe that they may never see the complete SHE anymore.
In the spring of 2012, people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the Three Places can see a news that is enough to be excited all day long - SHE will appear at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards as a performer.
June 2, SHE, who had been away from the stage for a long time, merged at the Taipei City Father Memorial Hall as promised. In this performance, SHE chose two songs, one was the last song "Shero" before going solo, and the other was the "Super Star" that made them famous. Ye Zi, who was sitting in the university dormitory, sang in front of the screen while crying. She hadn't sang these two songs for a long time. After the song, the flag fell, and the crying Selina finally shed tears in relaxation. There was a sentence written on the flag - "We are back." At this moment, Ye Zi waited for 555 days.
Selina finally came back, the train restarted, but Hebe is no longer called Hebe, but Tian Fuzhen. Ella also entered the marriage, grew long hair, and tore off the label of "Tomboy". While Selina was still wandering, the train Hebe and Ella had already taken had already gone far.
You used to be a boy
In the second year when SHE started to merge again, another three-person group called TFBOYS appeared, but this time it was a boy group.
Their popularity speed may not be as fast as the three girls twelve years ago, but in the next three years, they will also grow into the most popular national group. Their songs are indispensable in department stores and TV programs. Many veteran artists in the circle have heard of these three children with super popular popularity and are very curious. At that time, many fans even said that the three of them might be able to start the era of male version of SHE.
2014, after a certain issue of "Happy Camp", Ye Zi had a new identity - Four Leaf Cru, which is the fan name of TFBOYS. At that time, she spoke about the songs TFBOYS had covered before, just as she hummed "super star" and "Semi-sugarism" every day ten years ago.
In the same year, SHE held eight tours nationwide. Although the train they took together no longer speeded, their respective trains gradually climbed to another high ground.
sang " Little Lucky ". Hebe Tian Fuzhen entered the youth of a younger generation as an independent singer, and Tian’s singing style was recognized by more people; Ella Chen Jiahua became a regular host of many variety shows in the mainland; Selina Ren Jiaxuan not only hosted the program, but also became obsessed with the sport of running, participated in half marathons many times, confidently revealing the scars on her body.
The three of them have their own plans, but they live up to the expectations of fans almost every year. They either release new songs in the group or hold concerts together to present the fullest Soul to the fans who like the group. Years have passed, no matter how many idol groups appear, people always think of SHE when talking about group soul. The three letters
SHE have become synonymous with the spirit of the group. When
TFBOYS first debuted, many fans said that it was the time when the group spirit was the most prosperous. Starting from liked the three of them, in order to give the three little idols to a bigger stage, Ye Zi also bought albums, played charts, and voted like other fans. That was the happiest time when Ye Zi was chasing stars. After the " Youth Cultivation Manual " came out, the little idols suddenly became famous. The three of them were like rockets, and quickly stepped onto the stage of major evening parties from homemade small variety shows.
But with popularity, there are also a lot of doubts and abuses. Just like SHE back then, it was just that Weibo made this overwhelming criticism even more.
Gradually, TFBOYS fans also experienced internal struggles, ranking, height, sales volume... but there are much more projects compared to SHE fans than those in the past.
Although Ye Zi also has a preference, she is tired of work and no longer has time to participate in the verbal war. At some point, Ye Zi suddenly remembered that she was a child and argued with fans of Hebe and Ella on the forum, "Maybe she was idle." When she looked through the previous posters and albums, she found that SHE actually had no fixed person in the middle.
In the fifth year of his debut, TFBOYS and the other three also took the train of their own development - their fans have been looking forward to it for a long time. The three of them each spoke songs and participated in film and television variety shows. They rarely gathered together. They never admitted that SHE said that "flying solo and not disbanded" in the past, and repeatedly emphasized that the three of them "flying solo or not disbanded." Like many fans, although he is not sure when the next reunion will be, Ye Zi always has hope.
At 7:30 pm on August 24, 2018, TFBOYS, who had not been in the same frame for a long time, officially opened its fifth anniversary concert with a song "super star". Ye Zi was in tears at the scene. Many people say that this is the intersection of the previous generation of Tianma Group and this generation of Tianma Group.
But unlike the previous generation of Tiantuan, the live broadcast barrage and live light signs of this generation of Tiantuan are clearly divided into four colors. After the concert, the fans' "Lighting Battle" became a topic of relish. Now it seems that "not flying alone or not disband" may be the last comfort to the group fans.
all say that three women play one drama, but the tacit understanding of SHE has become each other's golden bell cover iron cloth shirt, and the relationship is completely unaffected by external voices. In various occasions, they never avoid the word "disband" and even often make fun of it. They have used seventeen years to make a silent proof: our relationship is not a show, but really good.
" Very Quiet Distance " host Li Jing said that SHE broke the concept of women without friendship, only suspicion.
This is also the three proud points that SHE is. "Maybe it was a good fate given by God, or it might be that they all knew how to respect each other." Hebe's eyes shone with pride and cherishment. When three girls with different personalities lived in the same dormitory, they might not have thought that they would become good friends who wanted to hug each other for the rest of their lives, but they all lived a relationship that girls envied.
September 11, 2018, the 17th anniversary concert arrived as scheduled in the drizzle. The idea of a free concert of 10,000 people was proposed by Ella when she was in the confinement center. The three hit it off and soon received recognition from the company.
Under the gaze of millions of eyes off the stage and in front of the screen, Selina, Hebe and Ella finally reunited and sang one classic song after another with emotion. The gap between singing is like many years ago, and she jokes with each other unscrupulously. Even Tian Fuzhen, who is usually a little cold, will become Hebe and become humorous and cheerful.
There are no light signs under the stage, only the Clover cheering lamps from a long time ago; there are no colorful color blocks; there are only eyes staring at the stage.
"We are all moving forward very seriously on our own path. Although we can't always be by our side, we all know that we are all moving forward." Ella hugged the two people next to her, tears flashing in her eyes.
From debut to not disbanding solo, from accidents to getting married and having children, the three of them had reached a high degree of consensus on "not disbanding" more than ten years ago. They use time to prove the existence of the group soul.
Ye Zi was crying in front of the screen, and the two people who played SHE with Ye Zi had been separated from her for a long time.
TFBOYS, seventeen years after its debut, is destined to be a memory of a generation, but can they bring touching like SHE?
