Tenger: Don't lose your style just because the cover becomes popular

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Tenger: Don't lose your style just because the cover becomes popular - Lujuba
Tengger has gained the love of many young netizens in today's traffic era.


At the age of 60, Tengger relies on his cute image and recognizable cover to gain many young people in today's traffic era. Like netizens, this is rare among old artists. But there are also voices who believe that he is catering to the market and has lost his posture. On June 27th, he went to Guangzhou as a flying guest for the innovative Chinese classic music competition show "National Music Ceremony". Before the show was recorded, he responded to an interview with the media, saying that he should not lose his style just because the cover became popular. In addition, he also talked about the protection and innovation of national music.


talks about the "uncle cute" style: I am very happy that is liked by the audience


. On social networks, young netizens call Tengger "Uncle Cute", and they hear most of Tengger's covers, such as "Invisible" "Wings of Love" and popular songs "Maybe" and "Calorie". In these works, Tengger uses a bulldozer-like voice to present the songs with a cute contrast. They are praised as "hardcore cover" and "cool and cute". They are mentioned more frequently than his familiar original work "Heaven "Looking at it this way, Tengger's rapid adaptation and incomparable flexibility in following the interests of young people today surprised many people.


's unique "cute" point makes him the object of invitations to various variety shows and galas such as "Dear Inn". He and the most popular flow artists perform on the same stage. The generation gap and communication barriers caused by age It often makes him a little embarrassed, but this kind of embarrassment can just cause heated discussions among netizens and make him popular again. Tengger was active on the stage and gained considerable living space. He said that he felt very happy to be liked by the audience.


Faced with popular aesthetics, the change of "Prairie Man" Tengger was not sudden. As early as 2013, in the MV of the original song "Peach Blossom Spring", he changed his usual calm and rugged image into "Uncle Meng" and danced his own "Peach Blossom Dance", which attracted much attention and also attracted ruin. Mixed.


Regarding the changes in creation along the way, he said: “I have to keep my own style in singing, and make some changes according to the characteristics of the times. But I can’t lose my style just because the cover is popular. In fact, occasionally. Singing is good for everyone and myself, because it is very difficult for you to make children like my pure style. After all, the age is different. Since I live in this age, I must learn to integrate. "


talks about folk music: innovates on the basis of protection:


A series of cover songs have attracted Tengger's attention. Some people think that he has lost the attitude of an old artist. Has he ever struggled with this? Tengger said "no", "this is a very easy and pleasant thing, this is not what I said after being liked after the cover". In fact, he even sang Cui Jian and Liu Huan’s songs, but in the end people couldn’t remember, “This is a bit regretful. I don’t have to sing the most popular song. I can sing any song of any kind and anyone. It still depends on the situation."


Recently, he also released his original single "Black and Red", which is out of style and funny in style, trying to get close to the aesthetics of today's young people, but the popularity is not as expected and the spread is not as good as his cover works. He said frankly that "original is as difficult as cover singing", "I don't imitate other people's cover singing,The more difficult it is to cover the classic, the creation needs to inject a new vitality into it." In addition, Tengger still has a strong feeling for Chinese folk music. At the age of 15, he went to the Inner Mongolia Art School to learn dance first, because dancing needs to be done every day. He woke up early to practice morning exercises. Two months later, he couldn’t stand it anymore. He ran to the Academic Affairs Office and cried. The school arranged for him to learn Sanxian. Later, he stayed at school to teach Sanxian. This time on the stage of "The Classic of Chinese Music", he used Sanxian performed in concert with the band, and the effect was praised by the audience. When listening to the adaptation of "Erquan Reflected in the Moon", he called out: "Not enough, we need a single loop. "For the development of national music, his views are similar to cover songs. "Innovation on the basis of protection. For example, many instruments such as the erhu have been circulating for so many years. These must be preserved. Our arrangements must be innovative. Advanced techniques can be applied to musical instruments. I hope it can keep up with the rhythm of the times."


talks about the creative plan: writes on the grassland theme is difficult to break through


. In the interview, although I have experienced too many similar occasions, I still have Geer did not talk and laugh, and the golden sentences were repeated, and he was not as "cute" and "skin" as expected on the Internet. He was even a little nervous and shy, and it seemed that he did not easily open his heart to the outside world. This state and his childhood in the grassland Growing up, there were only grassland, sky, cows and sheep around at that time, suitable for a quiet meditation. He revealed that in 1985, he graduated from Tianjin Conservatory of Music and was assigned to the Central National Song and Dance Ensemble, and became the deputy head of the group. , I have been living on the grassland, "The place where I was born is my parents' home, and now my parents are gone, but the grassland is still there, that's my parents' home."


Now, Tengger lives in Beijing, I usually go back to the grassland when I have the opportunity to eat beef and mutton and drink with my old friends. It is very happy. "There is also a Tengger forest planted there, and someone takes care of it. Every time I go back I feel very relaxed because the environment is very quiet. But staying for a long time is not good and needs to adapt." When asked if he plans to write songs on the grassland theme, he bluntly said: "Not necessarily, because I have written a lot of grassland songs before, and now there will be some repetitions. It's hard to break the frame, or it's hard to surpass "Heaven". "


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