At CCTV's Lantern Festival, Phoenix Legend and Wang Zhengliang sang songs together for everyone. However, when Linghua and Wang Zhengliang walked out together, everyone wondered, "Where did Zeng Yi go?" Then, Zeng Yi's slow appearance eliminated the audience's worries. Then the microblogging phrase "almost thought the Phoenix Legend had disbanded" hit the hot search. The news of the group's disbandment has been coming out ever since the duo stopped attending events together. The Phoenix Legends used to be one of the hottest groups in China, and most of their songs were easy to understand and catchy, reaching listeners of all ages. But I don't know when it started, Phoenix Legend's songs began to become grounded, and became the background music for the dusky amazons when they danced in the square.
Phoenix Legend's scenery is no longer. To the point of participating in commercial performances are not a few viewers to support the scene, and even Zeng Yi misidentified as a manager. From the beginning of the hard to find, to today's unrecognized, Phoenix Legends experienced what? 2005, Phoenix Legends officially debut. Before that, Linghua and Zeng Yi were two people who could not be found in the same place. The reason for pushing the two together was their love of music.
Born in Inner Mongolia in 1980, Linghua is Tengger's niece. Growing up in the prairie, Linghua has a warm and brisk personality, and the wide grasslands gave her a melodious, high-pitched voice. This also gave her a great love for music. Because of her preference for literature and art, Linghua began to learn to dance at an early age. After graduating from the dance school, Linghua thought about the family factors, they returned to their hometown Ordos, in a shopping mall as a salesman. Every day monotonous sales of electrical appliances, so that Linghua some numbness, coupled with the heart of an unfinished dream of music, so that she felt that life may not be so plain. After two years of work, Linghua's parents finally agreed to let her take the path of music, thanks to Linghua's hard work and persuasion.
At this time, Zeng Yi also gave up his stable job in Hunan and came to Shenzhen's "Golden Period" dance hall. With the help of his friends, Zeng Yi became the music director of the Golden Age. At this time, he was waiting for the arrival of his "golden partner" Linghua.
At this time, Linghua came to Shenzhen, but in the pursuit of the road to the dream of successive obstacles to participate in many cultural platforms but no results. 1998, the end of the disheartened Linghua came to the "golden period", did not expect to be the top of the eye, the victory of acceptance, and became a colleague of Zeng Yi. Because the two have very different views on music, so the idea of setting up a group came together. At that time, the Korean group "Cool Dragon" was very popular, Linghua and Zeng Yi are their fans. So they named their group "Cool Fire".
Soon the group became the mainstay of the company. Under Zeng Yi's choreography, "Cool Fire" became the hottest group in the Shenzhen performance market. Seeing the duo's success, the company added a member, Zhang Jie, to the group. In order to attract the attention of the masses, they changed the name of the group to "Hair Nervous Group", which means the flesh is glowing. At that time, their performances were not only singing, but also playing skits to catch the audience's attention in a funny way. The group later became a two-person partnership after Zhang Jie quit.
In 2003, musician He Muyang was writing a public service song, but was worried about finding a singer. Until occasionally He Muyang heard Linghua's singing voice, was moved by its tension of the voice, and asked her to sing the song "Above the Moon". This ethnic style separated from the rap style of the song, pioneered a precedent in the music industry. The two also successfully turned over their popularity. Since Linghua's singing voice in the group was more emphasized, many companies threw olive branches to her. One day, Linghua received an interview invitation from one of the largest record companies in Guangdong. About the other side of the pay, salary, let Linghua heart, but when heard the other side only want to sign her a person, Linghua decisively refused. Knowing how difficult it has been for the group to make it all the way to the present day, Linghua will not give up on Zeng Yi no matter what.
In 2004, the duo joined Peacock Records and officially changed their name to Phoenix Legends the following year. As their name suggests, the duo has cultivated a legacy in the Chinese music industry. Their debut album "Above the Moon" hit the number one spot for color ringtone downloads, and literally everyone has this music on their phone. Their subsequent albums, "Soar Free" and "All About Love," and so on, have become songs that are played in rotation on the streets and alleys. The Phoenix Legend also triumphantly appeared on the Spring Festival Gala to sing for everyone. The concerts it held were also hard to get tickets, and the venues were full.
2010's "Moonlight in a Lotus Pond" was even more popular up and down the country, and its influence was no less than that of today's popular music. Every album since then has been sung by familiar voices. But the group, which has contributed countless classic songs, has unknowingly become synonymous with "rustic".
In 2012, Phoenix Legend participated in Hunan TV's New Year's Eve Spring Festival Gala, leading more than 300 audience members to play the square dance "the most dazzling national wind". From then on, square dance began to flourish all over the country. Phoenix Legend's songs also naturally became the accompanying music of many square dance lovers. Since then, Phoenix Legend's music has no more young listeners. Even if you accidentally played their songs on your cell phone in public, you would feel a little embarrassed. This has led to many people hearing their songs and showing contempt for them.
In fact, the music is not up and down, Phoenix Legend's songs may be a little grounded, but also to cater to the audience. I can say that their songs are suitable for both young and old, compared to those who make people sad and tearful "songs", the Phoenix Legends of those who drive the heart of the song is more worthy of implementation. Even if they are labeled as the "King of Square Dance", they will continue to sing, because the audience needs them. Because Linghua and Zeng Yi are partners, coupled with frequent performances together, many viewers mistakenly think that this is a couple. In fact, both of them had once had their own families.
In 2020, after Yamy was exposed to abuse by her boss, the audience realized that Yamy's boss Xu Mingzhao was Linghua's husband. The two met when Linghua was a member of the "Cool Fire" group, and Xu Mingzhao was absorbed by Linghua's qualities, plus he was Linghua's mentor. After a few moments of contact, Linghua slowly opened her heart. What's more, Xu Mingzhao accompanied her during the downturn of her career.
At that time, Linghua's career took off gradually thanks to "Above the Moon", but then it was revealed that plagiarism had implicated their group. In the same year to repair the fruit also Zeng Yi and his girlfriend outside the circle.
Many people wondered if this pair of "golden partners" hadn't developed feelings after so many years of collaboration together. On this matter, the two also responded, when the peak of the career, each other is the longest companion. If you are busy, 24 hours a day together, it is difficult not to produce feelings. But the two have never been to each other to produce men and women's feelings, the relationship between the two instead more like buddies.
After knowing the identity of the two, we began to wonder how to allocate labor fees between them. Because the combination, Linghua as the lead singer, while Zeng Yi's lyrics are only rap that small part. So much so that some people felt that Zeng Yi's existence was unimportant. In a certain episode of Spitting Image Zeng Yi said that the two of them get paid exactly the same amount of money. Why is this after all? In fact, the two boss Xu Mingzhao has long said: the combination of Zeng Yi's part is irreplaceable. From the beginning of the combination to now, the two have gone through nearly 20 years, each other has long been treated as my relatives. How will be due to the problem of money and arguing it. Besides, without Zeng Yi's Phoenix Legend is not the real Phoenix Legend.