On May 9th, "Singer 2024" announced the first singer lineup, namely Na Ying, Rainie Yang, Silence Wang, Hailai A Mu, Second-hand Rose Band, Faouzia and Chanté Moore. This time, "Singer 2024" innovated the program form and changed the program to live broadcast. For the live broadcast of the program, Na Ying said in an interview at the "Singer 2024" conference that receiving the invitation to the program was originally a surprise, but it became a "scare" after knowing that it was live broadcast. But she also believes that even if there is a "car accident" scene on the live broadcast, as long as the mood is there, that voice is attractive.
The first live competition of Singer 2024 will be broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV at 8: 00 pm on May 10th. Na Ying, Rainie Yang, Silence Wang and Hailai A Mu all chose their own representative works as the first competition songs, namely, the songs Silent, Take Me Away, Think of Us and Your Wan Shui Qian Shan.
Na Ying, known as "after the first day in China", had sold more than 23 million albums in Asia before 2001, and was once rated as "the favorite voice of 1.3 billion Chinese people" by Time magazine, with the reputation of Whitney Houston in the East. Na Ying, as an old-timer in the music circle, has many well-known classic songs, such as Conquest, Meeting in 1998, Dark in the daytime and Laughing it off, etc. The song Conquest won the TOP20 most popular song award in the fifth Chinese language list, and Meeting in 1998 even appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening in 1998.
Na Ying is not only widely sung in music, but also loved by netizens in personality. Na Ying used to be a judge of The Voice of China, and was loved by many netizens because of her sharp comment style. This time, some netizens ridiculed that Na Ying was the judge and other singers covered Na Ying’s masterpiece, so as to increase the interest of the program.
Silence Wang, whose representative works include the annual rings, A Little Sweetness, Little Star, Love Without Breaking Up, Laughing at the Beautiful City, etc., won the Best Newcomer Awards such as the Music Pioneer List and the Oriental Billboard in 2012 and the Most Popular Creative Singer Award in the 25th Oriental Billboard Music Festival in 2018.
Rainie Yang, whose music representative works include Rain Love, Tree Rings, Anonymous Friends, Take Me Away, etc., was short-listed as the most popular female singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 2016, and won the Best Golden Melody Award of the Year in the list in 2018 with Who Lived in Youth. In 2018, she won the award of "The Most Popular Female Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan" in the Asian New Songs List.
The starting lineup Hailai A Mu and Second-hand Rose Band triggered a hot discussion among netizens.
The singer Hailai A Mu burst into flames on the platform of Tik Tok, and his main representative works include Three Happiness in Three Life, Your Thousand Waters Qian Shan, Aguo Jiqu, Not Passing the World, Better Meet, and so on. As a network singer, Hailai A Mu’s songs almost covered the song list of the post-70s and post-80s, and were widely loved by middle-aged people. The Spring Festival Evening and the single pure chorus song "It’s better to meet one side" have attracted more attention, but their singing skills are still questioned by young netizens. Some netizens commented, "Can Hailai A Mu be eliminated in the first phase?" "Is Hailai A Mu a singer?" "I really didn’t expect Hailai to come to A Mu.".
Founded in 1999, Second-hand Rose Band is a rock band. Its current members include lead singer Liang Long, guitarist Yao Lan, bassist Li Ziqiang, folk music Wu Zekun and drummer Sun Quan. Their musical style has been controversial: Liang Long’s stunt of dressing up as a woman was criticized as "pseudo-rock" and "showing off national elements" and so on. Some netizens questioned that it was inconsistent with the tonality of the program, grandstanding, and there were no good representative works.
Singer 2024 has changed the style of previous programs, and its popularity is hard to guarantee.
In the past, Singer programs mostly invited singers with good singing skills, such as Han Lei, Han Hong, Sun Nan, Li Jian, Sandy Lam, Angela Zhang, G.E.M., Jane Zhang, etc. But now Singer 2024 has changed the positioning and style of the program, inviting singers such as Hailai Amu and second-hand roses, which tends to sink the market, so as to win the love of audiences of all ages. Whether the program viewing can be guaranteed is unknown.
The positioning of "Singer 2024" is vague, which neither continues the fine tradition of previous programs, invites seniors and powerful young singers, nor makes clear the positioning of the program. In the first few seasons, "Singer" has been devoted to digging up the treasure singers who have not been seen by the audience. Powerful singers such as G.E.M. and A-Lin are known and loved by more people because of this program, and the program has also excavated more musical talents for the mainland music scene. This time, "Singer 2024" seems to deviate from the original intention of the previous program. Many singers invited by the program are frequent visitors to variety shows, and netizens are inevitably tired of aesthetics and can’t afford to be interested. What kind of ratings will Singer 2024 finally achieve? Let’s wait and see.
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