Nickname: Pen Pen
Birthday: 7.26
Hometown: Hunan
Star sign: Lion
Blood type: Type A
Language: Chinese, English, Cantonese
Height: 165cm
Weight: 51kg
Shoes size: 39
Specialty: Singing
Hobbies: Music, ball games
Personal Information
Most Important Person: Parents
Favorite Artist: Faye Wong, Rene Liu, David Tao
Favorite Sport: Basketball
Favorite City: Paris
Favorite Season: Four seasons
Favorite food: Sushi, pumpkin
Favorite accessory: Silver
Favorite color: Pink
Favorite magazine: sports
Favorite genre: R&B, JAZZ, Blues
Favorite pet: Dogs
Most wanted to try career: Service industry
What I appreciate most about myself: Nothing
Biggest wish: To be happy every day
Assessment of myself: Continue to work hard In June 2001, I took part in the National Youth Newcomer Art Competition and won the second prize in Guangdong Province;
In March 2002, I made my own first CD disk, "How much I want to think of you" (original), which was made available on the Internet;
In July 2002, I made my first CD disk, "How much I want to think of you" (original).
July 2002, on behalf of Shenzhen fans to attend Jay Chou fan meeting in Guangzhou, and by Jay Chou invited to sing the same song "Dragon Fist";
December 15, 2002 to participate in the "Pepsi New Generation Singing Contest", a song "the weather outside the window" was the winner of the juvenile group, and received the only "
On July 26, 2003, she took part in the National Bar Singing Competition and won the third place in Guangzhou;
On August 28, 2003, she took part in the National Art Nova International Exchange Competition and won the first prize of Adult Popular Singing and the Gold Prize in Shenzhen.
On the evening of May 22, Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall was brilliantly lit, where the Fifth Chinese Music Media Ceremony was awarded. Most of those who came that day were big names in the Chinese pop music world.
Zhou Pen-chang participated in the "2005 Super Girl" before, or Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music, an ordinary sophomore, now, she has been as the ceremony's guest performer, appeared in the performance of the singer. A neutral dress, a dark-colored shawl, plus a "moon on behalf of whose heart", Zhou pen-chang and the mainland Hong Kong and Taiwan popular stars on the same stage with the song, not confused, not afraid, the stage style calm, but also a cadre of fans enthusiastically cheered for it.
Because not long ago just won the "2005 Super Girl" Guangzhou singing champion, Zhou Penchang fame, in the major BBS have a group of die-hard "pen fans". Men's clothing, wearing glasses, singing R& B, this is Zhou Penchang consistent appearance, but also let her become a super girl in the alternative image. Reporter Xu Xun
Growth "female version of Jay Chou" from a musical family
Zhou Penchang was born in Hunan, a musical family, maternal grandparents, aunts and uncles are music teachers or singing actresses, her maternal uncle is the first chairman of the Association of Musicians of the new China Lv Ji.
Zhou's mother was a singing actress in a cultural troupe in Hunan province, and later worked as a music teacher at Fuhua Primary School in Shenzhen. Born into such a family, Penchang showed her talent from a young age.
"I've been sensitive to music since I was a child, and I learn music especially fast." Penchang said. Penchang's mother remembers her daughter's musical sensitivity even more vividly. At the age of two, many children couldn't even speak properly, but at that time Penchang was able to sing the theme song of a TV series in its entirety.
The real love of music came when Penchang was in middle school. "When I was in junior high school, I began to especially like listening to music, foreign, Hong Kong and Taiwan, mainly to pop songs." Like all music-obsessed people, Penchang started to buy CDs, and gave most of her pocket money to the CD store. The more CDs she had at home, the more they accumulated, and in the end, the boxes at home couldn't hold them anymore, so she had to painfully throw away some of them.
Since then, Pen Chang has been obsessed with R&B, which has a strong sense of rhythm and I like it a lot. The first contact with R & B, is to listen to foreign CD, and then Penchang know Tao , then a hair out of control to get hooked on him.
In 2002, Jay held a fan meeting in Guangzhou to meet with more than 300 Guangdong fans. Zhou Penchang was invited to the stage by Jay **** with the singing of "Dragon Fist", Zhou Penchang will be Jay's style to learn the perfect, and thus get the "female version of Jay Chou" reputation.
Personality: The opinionated "tomboy"
In July 2003, Zhou Penchang scored 681 points on the college entrance exam, and was admitted to the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, where she studied in the Department of Social Music. In fact, with Penchang's grades, she could have gone to a better university, but she stuck to her guns because she liked popular songs. "Other schools don't have this specialty that I want to study, and it's useless to take the exam." At a young age, Zhou Penchang is already very opinionated.
When it comes to Penchang's distinctiveness, the most striking thing is, I'm afraid, her unisex outfit, with short, vertical hair, characteristically black-rimmed glasses, a casual shirt or T-shirt, and sometimes a small tie, which makes her look like a handsome boy at first glance.
This style of dressing Penchang since middle school, but she does not recognize it as menswear. "It's not really menswear! I like casual, comfortable dressing, that's my style of dressing, actually a lot of girls like it too. Long hair and long dresses don't suit my personality, besides, everyone has their own characteristics, girls don't have to be very feminine!"
While her parents have always disapproved of her "tomboyish" attire, she ignored them: "I don't care about them, I'm just comfortable."
Competition: Singing from the heart, winning awards by accident
Zhou Penchang is just a little girl who can sing, and is not better prepared for the future. She just flip-flopped: I want to do my own music, I want to sing good songs. What she plans to do in the future, she hasn't thought about yet.
Whether or not she wins this year's "Supergirl" finals, Zhou has become a celebrity and a rare musical talent, so it's only natural that record labels are coming to her door.
"I don't know, mom and dad are talking about it." She told reporters that if the talks are good, she may temporarily interrupt her studies to sign with a record company. It would be a shame to interrupt her studies, wouldn't it? Penchang was optimistic, saying, "It's okay, you can learn a lot of things wherever you go."
In her mind, signing with a record label means that she can see the world, work with many famous musicians, and learn a lot about music. She also has a desire to study in the United States and learn pure R&B. The reporter asked her what she would choose if there was a conflict between signing with a company and studying abroad. She hesitated for half a day, "It's really contradictory, I'd probably still sign with a company, that way I'd be in contact with a lot of musicians."
"I want Tao to write songs for me, he is my idol." The young girl has such a wish.
Some people say they love Zhou Penchang so much that they don't want her to enter the entertainment industry. To love someone so much that you don't want her to enter the showbiz is to really love her, to love her natural color and nature, and to not want her to be hurt or to change because of pollution.
Jianghu more dangerous, the entertainment industry is especially complex. The reporter asked her, if she really entered the entertainment circle in the future, how to keep her innocent color in the complicated circle? After hearing this, I actually "ah" a sound, apparently, she has not thought of such a problem. After a long silence, she said, "If the company really cares about my personality, they shouldn't let me change it, otherwise, what would he sign me for?"
Unlike many contestants and newcomers who want to be a star with a clear purpose, Zhou did not think about what kind of life she would face and what kind of path she would take in the future. "I don't like being a star, I'm not used to that." She said.
When she became famous and would be recognized when she walked down the street, Penchang was still happy, but she wasn't used to it. What she likes is the feeling of standing on stage, singing and immersing herself in her musical world. But the so-called making fans worship and leading the fashion trend, she hadn't thought about it yet and didn't want to think about it.
"Music lasts, and people don't." She said.
She likes the stage, but she doesn't like being a star
Before joining Supergirl, Zhou had already participated in a number of competitions. 2002, Zhou recorded her first single, "How I Miss You," and won the Pepsi New Generation Singers Competition and the "Most Promising Newcomer" award. "Most Promising Newcomer Award".
"Originally, I participated in the competition because I wanted to exercise myself, and there were times when I was eliminated, but I think the more frustrations there are, the faster I will grow." But this time to participate in the "Super Girl", but purely accidental: "originally did not want to participate in, and then students pulled me to, with a playful mentality enrolled." Unexpectedly, this accidentally, actually took a Guangzhou singing champion back.
Getting the title, Penchang said, "Everyone has different characteristics, the reason I got the title is probably because I'm different."
In the "Super Girl" Guangzhou competition, Zhou Penchang has been Tao, Wang Leehom and other people's R & B style songs for their own repertoire, and 20 into 10 a game, Zhou Penchang accidentally chose a song Zhang Huimei's "Deliverance", a song sung, the five judges stood up at the same time to congratulate, Ke Yimin even Ke Yimin was even moved to tears. Many people started to fall in love with Zhou Penchang from the song "Deliverance".
The original version of A-Mei's "Deliverance" was more than deep and sad, and less than brave; while Penchang's "Deliverance" handled the highs and lows of the song and the details extremely well, and showed a long and rippling emotion, and sang a little bit of R&B flavor. "Every song I sing has gone through my own interpretation, and why it touches the listener, I think it's because I put my heart into it."
The "Supergirl" final is just around the corner, and Pen said she will approach it with a normal heart. This final, she will also fight with Zhao Jingyi, the champion of the Changsha singing area, on the same stage. Previously, it was revealed that Zhao Jingyi had defeated Zhou Penchang in a certain competition, which caused a big fuss and a lot of verbal abuse from fans of both sides. Penchang heard reporters ask about this matter, generously admitted, "There are losses and wins in the competition, as long as everyone can grow up in the competition, there is nothing to mind."
Reporter's impression
The colorful girl Zhou Penchang
In the work of the weekdays interviewed a lot of new singers in the music industry, singing in general, but most of them speak a mouthful of Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, "yeah", "la", "Oh" and other auxiliary words constantly, this accent makes people goosebumps fall all over the place.
This kind of interview makes people feel boringly tight, but suddenly came a Zhou Penchang, her knitted brows are ordinary girl's vivid expression, natural, although not the most beautiful, but let people understand, what is called "water out of hibiscus". In this world full of pretentiousness, this is really valuable, so there are so many people suddenly fell in love with her, and worried that she lost her way in the world of fame and fortune, it is really deep love, worry.
Zhou's voice is a little muffled, a little muffled, and she's not particularly articulate, and she even seems a little mumbly compared to the radiant woman she is when she sings on stage, but that doesn't stop her from being innocent.
During the competition, Zhou asked Ke a question about which was more important, making it big or singing her own songs. Ke answered her by singing a verse of "Applause". I asked Zhou Pen-chang the same question, and she thought about it and said that if she really loved music, she wouldn't care if she was popular or not, and would still be happy.
There are thousands of girls who want to enter the entertainment industry and become stars through "Supergirl". Zhou said she just wants to do a good job in music, and I believe her.