"Kiss the tears dry on my face, warm my young heart", this is one of the most popular and classic songs in the 80s, was how much of the soul. The singer Zhu Xiaolin has also become a national celebrity with this song, and has sung the youthful memories of an era.
A 15-year-old Zhu Xiaolin's voice gives people a feeling of transparency and passion. And "Mom's Kiss" also record sales of the first solo album, more than 2.6 million boxes surprised everyone, so far no one can match. Now more than 30 years have passed, that 15-year-old on the young fame Zhu Xiaolin why gradually disappeared?
01Many people only know the singing diva Na Ying and Tian Zhen, but did not know that before the two, there are Zhu Xiaolin and Chen Lin's hot north and south of the country exists, but also by the people at the time known as the "South Zhu North Chen".
In 1969, Zhu Xiaolin was born in Yangzhou, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and has been praised since childhood for her "beauty and sweetness". She has been praised for her beauty and sweetness since she was a child, and her high attainment in singing is due to her own hard work, talent and diligence. Zhu Xiaolin is neither a high-ranking child, nor was born in the literary family, and even relatives and friends are not engaged in the creation of art.
Zhu Xiaolin's parents were an ordinary middle school teacher, although it has nothing to do with music, but the attitude towards education is not so stereotypical. Zhu Xiaolin grew up with a love of singing and a great voice that was loved by all. And when Zhu Xiaolin's parents discovered their daughter's talent, they didn't stifle it, but gave her a guitar.
Joo's father was not a music major, but taught her to recognize sheet music, which was a great inspiration for her musical development. When Zhu Xiaolin started elementary school, she immediately joined the local "Little Red Flower" art troupe. It may not have been a big deal, but for Zhu, it was the stage she had been waiting for.
In order to improve her singing skills, Zhu Xiaolin recorded songs sung by singers and sang along with them over and over again, fantasizing about becoming a real singer on a bigger stage. Zhu Xiaolin's parents were Zhu Xiaolin's guides on her musical journey, encouraging and praising her all the time. This is an extremely rare thing in an era when learning the arts is not a career.
Zhu Xiaolin's family lived in a guesthouse that often hosted art groups. Zhu Xiaolin's parents were so enthusiastic that the artists often visited their home and heard Zhu's "heavenly voice" by accident. Singers such as Wang Kun and Li Guangxi have heard Zhu Xiaolin's voice and praised her, but in their eyes, Zhu Xiaolin is just a child, not worth mentioning.
Zhu Xiaolin is a girl with ambition, even if she is not introduced by others, she did not give up on herself, but did not miss any opportunity to communicate with artists, so that her own singing level to achieve excellence.
02Those who work hard are always treated gently by time and can always wait for their own opportunities. In 1984, Zhu's father mailed Zhu's cassette tapes to Guangzhou's Pacific Audiovisual Company. The songs on the tape were sung by Zhu Xiaolin at home, but her sweet voice was still of great interest to the music editors.
Zhu Xiaolin probably never dreamed that her father would be the one to open the door to her music. Pacific Audiovisual immediately sent someone to contact Zhu Xiaolin, and wanted Zhu to record songs and become a sought-after singer. At that time, Zhu Xiaolin was still in junior high school, and her studies could not be put down at will.
While Zhu Xiaolin sings beautifully, she is still unsure whether she can become a star. If she abandons her studies and does not get what she wants, she will not be a chicken and egg. One is a singer's dream, one is unfinished schooling, Zhu Xiaolin into hesitation. And a decision from Pacific Video Company directly solved all the problems.
Pacific Audiovisual promises to make up for the delayed lessons due to the recording of the tapes in Yangzhou, and to cover the costs of making up the lessons. A little girl, who was not yet a singer, had already made Pacific Audiovisual pay so much attention to her, so it was clear how much she loved her.
At that time, Guangzhou was known as the "frontier of mainland pop music", and Zhu Xiaolin started her own singing career. No one knew how much of a shock such a child would bring to the singing world, and how much she would rival Chen Lin, who had already become a star with "Little Screwtape".
03In 1984, at the age of 15, Chen Lin released her first cassette tape, Song Lin. Zhu Xiaolin", and one of the first song "Mom's Kiss" directly burst into popularity, quickly spread through the streets, hundreds of millions of fans of the heart was touched, "that year I was seventeen years old" also became the hottest song on campus. A rising teenage star came out of nowhere, and Zhu Xiaolin's life trajectory changed completely.
"Mama's Kiss" was a song created by Fu Lin specifically for his beloved apprentice Ching Lin, only for Ching Lin to abandon the song when she recorded her album. And Pacific Video then gave it directly to Zhu Xiaolin to sing, perhaps by mistake, but also crooked, Zhu Xiaolin unexpectedly burst into the limelight.
At the age of 16, Zhu Xiaolin was awarded the "Top Ten Newsmaker of Jiangsu Province", and was also named the "National Audience's Favorite Singing Performer" by the China Central Radio and Television (CCTV), and her song "Mama's Kiss" was named the "Youth's Favorite Song" by the CCTV. The "Mother's Kiss" was also named by CCTV as the "Youth's Favorite Song". It's hard to imagine a young girl in her prime having everything she needs overnight.
The first album was a hot seller, and Zhu Xiaolin became a new favorite of record labels. Albums such as "Flower Fairy" and "Wind Kissed Green Hills" sold out as soon as they were released, and the theme song for the Japanese anime "Flower Fairy" was the song "Flower Fairy". But Zhu Xiaolin is still a child of study, and a life of fame and fortune only makes her bored.
04Eileen Chang: "Fame should come before it's too late," but too early doesn't seem to be a good idea. After she became famous, Zhu Xiaolin followed her company and performed everywhere without any breaks. Although she was paid 300-500 yuan for a performance, she had no concept of money and was even "not interested" in it.
Zhu Xiaolin said: "At that time, I was performing all over the place, in one place, singing for two months, as if I was doing nothing but singing. By the end of singing, I was bored to death!" Singing used to be Zhu Xiaolin's favorite thing, but after she became popular, she became the thing she hated the most.In 1990, Zhu Xiaolin made a bold decision to go to Fudan University in Shanghai to further her studies in English.
The year she quit singing, Zhu Xiaolin was only 21 years old, the singer's best years, but Zhu Xiaolin did not have any attachment. Because of singing, Zhu Xiaolin's studies have been deserted, this time, she wants to take the initiative to make up. In order to hide her identity as a singer, Zhu Xiaolin changed her name to "Yang Shiyun".
During her English studies, Zhu took up a new hobby called "design" and said, "Designers can still design good-looking clothes when they are 90 years old. After graduation, Zhu did not hesitate to choose to open a clothing design company. However, Zhu did not have the same luck as she did when she sang, and her clothing design company failed with a loss.
After her unsuccessful career as a clothing designer, Zhu wanted to get back into the singing business, and was re-signed to Pacific Video as part of a reorganization. But time has changed, and Zhu Xiaolin's fame is long gone, and the release of her album "Thoughts" has made no waves. And Zhu Xiaolin gradually faded out of the singing scene, even being forgotten.
Today, Zhu Xiaolin is 51 years old and still unmarried, and has been living with her parents. Talking about why not to get married, Zhu Xiaolin said: "I think women can not get married for the sake of marriage, too anxious instead of let themselves hurt, or let nature take its course". Perhaps Zhu Xiaolin is waiting for her destiny, but it hasn't come yet.
In the interview, asked if she regretted her decision, Zhu Xiaolin said: "If there is another chance, she will still leave". And now the showbiz is too complicated and more depressing than before, and there is no private space, the re-entry is long overdue for Zhu Xiaolin to consider.
In life, there are young people who have made it to the top, and there are late bloomers, and Zhu Xiaolin belongs to the former. For a lot of things, Zhu Xiaolin does not force and not obsessive, although as short and brilliant as a shooting star, but also leave people with the most classic memories of eternity. And Zhu Xiaolin does not sing for many years, so far alone, seldom show their faces, but still let people forget.
Whether it is love, or singing career, others are all a million regret, Zhu Xiaolin but never regret, nor extravagant hope, perhaps everything is the best arrangement.