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Sister Quan is currently following a music variety show "Come to Our Concert", which is the first concert-style music variety show in China. Three generations of musicians, old, middle and young, bring their friends to present an audio-visual feast for everyone. In addition to many young faces of the new generation, Sister Quan also saw the old singer Zhang Xinzhe .
When you think of Zhang Xinzhe, what do you think of? Is it the soulful performance of [ Love Song Prince ] while holding a microphone? Always dressed in white, spotless from head to toe, he tells us love stories one after another with a healing voice, from "Love Like Tide" to " Too Much ", singing to the point of making others cry and breaking hearts.
However, in this variety show, Chang Xinzhe's performance is different from what Sister Boxing imagined. It turns out that Xinzhe Chang is not the old singer who can only sing love songs. The stereotype of and is too boring, but Xinzhe Chang himself is much more interesting.
For example, Zhang Xinzhe brought his old friend Wu Sikai, who he has known for 26 years, to participate in the show. When his friend asked seriously how long the show would be recorded, Zhang Xinzhe responded with a "venomous tongue" and recorded it until it was perfect. It was very similar to our daily life with our talkative friends.
In the game of the variety show PD group, a huge table was filled with variety show guests. Faced with this scene, Zhang Xinzhe also acted particularly outgoing. He raised the wine glass in his hand and said to everyone, "Drink, drink, drink up." Isn't it a bit like the social cow friend who likes "I'll bring you a drink first" around everyone.
Faced with friends teasing him for being a "social cow", Zhang Xinzhe couldn't help laughing. Even in front of the camera, every frame he cut out could be used as an emoticon. He invited his junior Zhang Yuan who liked him to sit next to him, and even took the initiative to pick up food for him. Zhang Yuan was flattered and said he wanted to eat the whole thing in one bite.
Such a multi-faceted Zhang Xinzhe not only made Sister Fuan interested in learning more about him, but during the process of digging deeper, Sister Fang also discovered that he has been balancing classics and innovations along the way, and has achieved a valuable self-consistency.
01 Keep innovating
In terms of music, Zhang Xinzhe's innovation has never stopped. For example, he has always liked to cooperate with new music forces. As early as 1994, Zhang Xinzhe invited Tao Zhe, who had just returned from the United States, to be the producer of his English album. You must know that at that time, Tao Zhe was not the current godfather of [R&B], but just an unknown person behind the scenes. Only then did "Somewhere In My Broken Heart" come out, which was innovative enough in that era.
The two have always maintained a good friendship. When Tao Zhe celebrated his birthday last year, Zhang Xinzhe specially recorded VCR to send him his sincere blessings.
As early as 2008, Zhang Xinzhe took a fancy to a song written by Li Ronghao , which later became "Peony Worry". In this song, Jeff Chang tried an R&B style and combined it with some ancient styles. Even now, it doesn't sound outdated at all. That year, Li Ronghao had not officially debuted, and he was just a guitarist who wrote songs. Zhang Xinzhe became the singer who collaborated with him relatively early.
In addition to liking to cooperate with new people, Zhang Xinzhe has also tried various distinctions. In the album "Free Time" released by Jeff Chang in 2012, we can hear bel canto, rock , Chinese style and even hip pop music. The production and planning of the entire album, the concept of the entire song and the visual idea are all dominated by Chang Xinzhe.
In addition, Zhang Xinzhe also frequently appears in music variety shows. In 2016, he participated in "I Am a Singer". Although he has been ill, he still made new attempts in selecting songs. He himself also expressed in the interview that he hoped to play something different from everyone's established concepts.
In the variety show " Tianlaizhan ", Zhang Xinzhe also challenged rap for the first time.Although in the first second, Zhang Xinzhe said that he was afraid of the rap part, but in the next second, he turned on his mobile phone and seriously imitated the rap of hot dog , which looked a little serious and a little funny.
In another variety show, Zhang Xinzhe collaborated with young singer Taiyi and began to "return to his old career". He added a rap section in the middle of the song performance, which also received applause from the audience. I heard that in the latest program, Leslie Cheung will rap in English again. Sister Quan is really looking forward to it.
In addition to his professional career as a singer, Zhang Xinzhe also likes to try many new roles. In 2001, Zhang Xinzhe collaborated with the famous actor Zhou Xun to film the Chinese-style love movie "The Love in the Rain". It is said that he also participated in an actor training class for this purpose and wrote a thick biography of the character in order to speculate on the character. He was very careful.
Chang Hsin-chee has participated in stage plays, from participating in the play "Watching TV with Me with Me" directed by Lai Shengchuan , to taking over the "Taipei Story" theater in 2011, having his own theater troupe, and stage plays were also set up in concerts. He himself also starred in the famous stage play " Lulu listen to me ", and even won the award for Best Newcomer.
In addition, Zhang Xinzhe is also involved in business and opens multiple restaurants. In Kaohsiung there is Jinhe Bieyuan Faya Kitchen, in Taipei there is Erya, and in Shanghai there is Sanqianyuan. All the decorations in the restaurant were designed by him personally, and all the furnishings are antiques he has collected over the years.
Although Zhang Xinzhe has always tried new things, he has never discarded the classic things.
02 Continuing the classic
Zhang Xinzhe still retains his own unique singing style. He does not mind his title of "Prince of Love Songs". After all, that is his closest connection with his long-lasting fans. Therefore, wherever Leslie Cheung appears, there must be his "Philosophical Love Song". Whether he is twenty or fifty, he can once again put on his white suit and sing "Love Like Tide" for everyone.
Zhang Xinzhe has liked to collect some very classic things since he was a child. He is a veritable big collector. He has collected stone carvings, bronzes , furniture, carpets, thangkas, and even antique furniture. In October 2020, the exhibition "People·Tide - Rare Paintings of Monthly Plates and Fashion Trends of the 20th Century" initiated and organized by him was exhibited at the Aurora Museum in Shanghai. Who would have thought that many of the classic cheongsams here belong to Zhang Xinzhe’s private collection?
In view of his own experience in collecting, Xinzhe Chang even published a book called "The Philosophy of Playing Things". In this book, Xinzhe Chang shares with readers his collecting experience over the years and the aesthetics of life in his eyes through the stories behind his collections. He even bluntly states that "life should be wasted on beautiful things".
Although in the eyes of many people, Zhang Xinzhe has now been classified as a "has-been singer", young people seem to be embracing the new generation, and the era of Zhang Xinzhe has long ended. In this regard, Zhang Xinzhe also behaved very calmly. He said that he accepted the statement of "outdated". After all, the entertainment industry has always been pursuing freshness. This is the model of the market.
And as he said in the interview, he accepts all evaluations from the outside world, but still does what he wants to do, whether it is cross-border rap singing or continuing to collect his antiques. Zhang Xinzhe has achieved a rare balance between "maintaining innovation" and "continuing classics", and continues his lively life.
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