In 2014, a popular song called "Little Apple" became a hot hit, circulating in the streets and alleys,? You are my little ah little apple, how to love you are not too much.?
The tune is cheesy but very brainwashing, and Wang Taili's lyrics are catchy and in keeping with his usual style. The song has made the Chopsticks Brothers popular again, but it also brings questions about how the Chopsticks Brothers, who created such high-quality God songs as "Old Boy" and "Father," have been reduced to the level of square dancing.
Unexpectedly, "Little Apple" is the last peak of the two. In the years that followed, Xiao Yang became an actor and Wang Taili had no more work to do, so the two chopsticks were finally separated.
Shaw Yang has loved art since he was a child, and came to Beijing from Hebei to take the exam for the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and after high school, Shaw Yang developed a strong interest in film and television, and in his sophomore year of high school, he took a course in graphic advertisement, and at the same time, formed his own band, which was simply the rage of the student era.
In 2001, Xiao Yang was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy advertising director major, from then on officially embarked on the road of film and television, during the school period, he actively participated in extracurricular activities, roaming in various advertising agencies, the development of their own in the field of film and television in the circle of people, the industry is known as the king of the living? The king of the living?
It is the gap between people that is the farthest distance in the world.
On the contrary, Wang Taili, and at this time compared to the smooth Xiao Yang is the distance between heaven and earth. After graduating from high school, Wang Taoli, with a dream of music and 500 dollars, from his hometown in Shandong to Beijing to learn to sing, enrolled in a class and rented a room, not a few days, the 500 dollars will be spent, he can only then slink back to his hometown.
So many times until 1996, Wang Taili once again ready to leave for Beijing, his father gave him 1800 dollars, said: ? You are not too young, anyway, this is the last time to give you a chance.
The gap is unfair, but time is fair.
After this trip to Beijing, Wang Taili went from being a member of the music magazine department to setting up his own cultural company, which took only a year. 2005, Xiao Yang, who was still in his senior year of college, received an opportunity to shoot an advertisement, and the party was Wang Taili, who was the only one in the company at that time. He and his wife, who chose to shoot an advertisement for Xiao Yang because it was cheaper for a student, were both realistic and ridiculous.
But Xiao Yang judged through keen intuition that Wang Taili's attainments in music were unmatched. Although there is a difference of 11 years, Wang Taili and Xiao Yang are very opportunistic, and then the two people from customers to friends, from friends to partners. The name of the duo means that chopsticks come in pairs, and the lack of one means that the two can work together forever.
Because "Little Apple" was so hot, many people think the Chopsticks went down the path of spoofing for fame and fortune, but that's not true - Wang Taili and Xiao Yang got their start in the early days by making funny videos.
For example, in the six-minute-long musical microfilm "Memoirs of a Male Geisha," Wang Tali has already sacrificed his image by dressing up in women's clothes and playing a couple with Xiao Yang.
Siao Yang later recalled: ? Although Mr. Wang was not very willing to wear women's clothes, there was actually a little girl living inside him.?
But it was the 2010 youthful inspirational film "Old Boy," written by Wang Taili and directed by Xiao Yang, that introduced most people to the group.
Youth is like a rushing river, a going away too late to say goodbye, only numbness I have no year's blood.? The lyrics sing of Wang Taili's life in the north, but also in the hearts of many people.
The Chopsticks Brothers then analyzed market demand and decided to focus on realistic types of musical works, releasing "Father" in 2011, which was circulated in the radio machines on the streets for a while, ? I would like to hold your warm hand as before, but you are not beside me to send the wind to bring you good health.
The song originated from Wang Taili in the process of filming the old boy, his father died of illness, but he did not rush over in time to see his father's last face, y regret the affection of the world, the last line of the lyrics? The child you hold on to ah, grow up.?
Wang Taili did not let his father down.
July 2014, Chopstick Brothers shooting "Old Boy's Fierce Dragon", but the film did not get the audience's affirmation, the two people suffered a major setback, began to drift apart, never again published as a combination of music movies.
Shaw Yang? After he went solo, he began to appear in many movie and TV dramas. Later, began to appear in many film and television plays and movies, from the "saint of love" to "Tang Dynasty" fixed actor, Xiao Yang with the strength to prove the success of the singer crossover actor, this year's unseen drama and Li Yifeng cooperation "trumpet in place", burst with or without burst is just a matter of time.
The chopsticks are still the same two chopsticks, but they have become one long and one short. In comparison Wang Taili is hardly in the news anymore.
Previously, when he and Xiao Yang took part in the "Spitting Image", Wang Taili said, half jokingly and half angrily: ? I treat you as a brother, you treat me like chopsticks.?
Think it is also many years of good brothers to be able to afford this kind of joke, we are still looking forward to the chopstick brothers again to create a shocking masterpiece of the music industry, the story to listen to it.