China News Entertainment, Beijing, May 28 (Liu Yue) On the eve of June 1st, a group of people whose legal age has long exceeded the Children's Day limit frequently lamented the same thing:

　　This May, "dead youth" has been attacking me nonstop.

　　At 8:00 pm on May 27th, Stefanie Sun opened an online singing and chatting session. The melody of many songs such as "Stefanie", "Balance", "Meet", "I Wish You Happy" and "Trench Coat" opened the door to our memories.

The famous "unpopular singer" eventually reached 240 million hits.

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　　The hour hand is set back to a week ago, on May 20th and May 21st, the "Strongest on Earth" and "Magic Tianlun" concerts will be re-screened online.

Jay Chou, who has "not enough data", has won nearly 100 million viewers and 100+ hot searches on Weibo.

Screenshot of Jay Chou's re-screening concert

　　On the same day that the fans of "Lun" were heartbroken to the abs guy on the screen who hadn't fallen in love with milk tea at that time, the third season of "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" was launched, and a sweet song "Love You" made Wang Xinling "suddenly became popular".

A group of fanatical fans "turned out", crazy for her, crazy for her, and banging against the wall for her.

Screenshot of the third season of "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves"

　　According to the editor's "irresponsible" prediction, perhaps from now on, "unpopular singer Stefanie Sun", "Not good data Jay Chou" and "Suddenly popular Wang Xinling" will become the three giants in the minds of middle-aged star-chasing groups.

　　At this moment, there may be too young children looking at the screen with a confused face and asking the post-80s and 90s to slap their fists hard: "Are they ever very popular?"

Were they ever red?

　　In 2021, a 14-year-old netizen posted a sincere Amway post on a forum: "Recommend an unpopular Chinese singer, Stefanie Sun."

Screenshot of nga forum

　　The more sincere the tone, the more the onlookers will be dumbfounded.

Netizens are still in the shock of "the children today don't know Stefanie Sun", but Stefanie Sun herself is leisurely, and she also posts a blog to ridicule herself.

Screenshot of Stefanie Sun's Weibo

　　Please, this is Stefanie Sun.

　　He was born in 2000 and won 15 newcomer awards, a record that no one has ever broken in the Chinese music scene;

　　Released seven albums in a row, sweeping the major charts, and songs such as "Dark Sky", "Meet" and "I Miss" are popular all over the streets;

　　The popularity award of the professional award was soft, and the sales of records were calculated in tens of millions. "Asia Weekly" summed it up as "Sun Yanzi phenomenon".

Stefanie Sun's first album of the same name QQ music screenshot

　　For Stefanie Sun, the title of "Queen of Chinese Music" is well deserved.

What's interesting is that there were basically no shortage of awards for powerful singers in that era, but the "Best Newcomer of the Golden Melody Award", which was once in a lifetime, was won by Stefanie Sun from an evenly matched opponent.

　　That person is called Jay Chou.

　　Jay Chou, the king of Asian pop, has 15 Golden Melody Awards trophies.

He pioneered the Chinese style of pop music and influenced the tastes of generations.

For example, I guess you can't read this sentence normally in a tone other than R&B: "Hurry up and use the nunchaku hahaha."

　　The number of MP3 downloads of his songs ranks third in the world, and there is no need to give examples of representative works, because the space is limited and there are too many to be included.

Screenshot of Jay Chou's first album "Jay" QQ music

　　Such a cross-generational character seems to never have anything to do with "passing".

Earlier, however, major charts, Weibo reposts, and super talk rankings became the key factors to measure whether a singer was "passed".

Red or not, the data has the final say.

As a singer who has not even opened Weibo, 90% of the time is happy and fat, and 10% of the time is used to compile reasons for delaying manuscripts, Jay Chou, who does not release albums and does not operate, naturally becomes the representative of "data not good".

　　So, someone asked on Douban: "Jay Chou's Weibo data is so bad, why is it difficult to buy concert tickets?"

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　　When this remark came out, it caused a public outcry.

When did we start to use "data" instead of "work" to evaluate the status of singers?

In an instant, a group of fans who didn't even know where to open the "Super Talk" door rolled up their sleeves and rushed into Weibo, setting off a boom for "middle-aged and elderly fans", and the scene was out of control for a while.

Weibo screenshot

　　In the end, this group of fans who called themselves "Sunset Red Sky Group" pushed Cai Xukun, who had been on the mainland list for 64 consecutive weeks, out of the championship, and Jay Chou, who had "not enough data", successfully reached the top.

　　Jay Chou's "middle-aged and elderly fans" were in a hurry at that time, very much like "Wang Xinling Boy" and "Wang Xinling Girl" who asked around "where to vote" today.

　　The third season of "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" hit the air, and Wang Xinling's explosion sparked this conversation:

　　"Why did Wang Xinling suddenly become popular?"

　　"Her fans are old, not dead."

　　Compared with the above two, Wang Xinling is an idol singer - she sings and dances well, she is pure and lovely, and she was named "Sweetheart Leader" when she debuted.

Screenshot of Wang Xinling's album "Love You" QQ Music

　　The idol pie of that era was not just an embroidered pillow with good looks.

With her sweet voice and good singing skills, Wang Xinling has captured countless boys and girls. The sales volume of her second album "Love You" has exceeded one million, and she has won the four-week championship of G-music. Songs such as Honey" and "The Smile of the Rainbow" are popular in the Chinese music scene.

　　Although she is inferior in terms of awards, her performances in "The Wedding Dress of the Kingdom of Heaven" and "Smile Pasta" won Taiwan's annual viewing champions in 2004 and 2006. After that, Wang Xinling became one of the most popular idols at that time.

Screenshot of "Smile Pasta"

　　A once-prosperous high-quality idol was actually evaluated as "suddenly popular", which is the same as "unpopular singer Stefanie Sun" and "The data is not good Jay Chou", making the fans born in the 80s and 90s feel a little lonely while laughing and laughing.

what do we miss when we are nostalgic

　　Why do we feel unhappy when the idols of our youth are questioned about their popularity, and even a kind of resentment of "what do you little brats know?"

　　Because the wheel of history is rolling forward, everything is developing in change.

And the people and things we have experienced are slowly drifting away from the center of this world.

　　Why are people nostalgic?

Perhaps we are gradually acknowledging the word "aging".

The end of an era, since it was romanticized.

Familiar people and things can give us a certain degree of security.

Screenshot of Wang Xinling's "Love You" MV

　　However, it may be the opposite. We are racing against time, stubbornly proving that "the scenery here is unique".

Our hearts are emphasizing over and over again: How can the idols of today be compared to the idols of the past?

They should not be "tears of the times", they should be forever like the moon hanging in the sky, just as we should be forever young.

　　However, in any case, what can reach a consensus is that the end point of all memories actually points to the former self.

As Stefanie Sun said at the singing and chatting meeting: "These are all your bits and pieces, and it is meaningful because of you."

Stefanie Sun's "Meet" MV screenshot

　　The wind blew through the camphor next to the classroom, and the leaves rustled.

In the headphones shared with the same table, you sang Jay Chou's "Qilixiang";

　　In the diary, in addition to the secret girl's thoughts, you also wrote down the lyrics of "Darkness and Darkness" one by one, your favorite sentence "suddenly looking forward to the quiet rain";

　　You spent the whole summer chasing "Smile Pasta". Although Cheng Xiaoshi is stupid, she is actually very likable.

On the first day of school, you ride your bike through the boulevard and can't help but hum "Smile of the Rainbow."

You are also laughing, looking at the sun at eight or nine o'clock above your head, you are thinking, my future is still very long.

　　So, have you lost these memories?

　　No, they are treasured and hidden in a corner of the heart.

When the familiar melody sounds, the picture will emerge - this is a treasure that no one can take away.

Screenshot of Jay Chou's "Qilixiang" MV

　　So why bother with the generational change of idols?

The people who once listened to Zhang Qiang, Dou Wei, and Cui Jian had a hard time appreciating the pop singers of the millennium; today's children don't understand Jay Chou and Stefanie Sun's style, but when it comes to their idols, your mind and my mind are blank.

　　We will grow old eventually, but when the waves wash away, some things will definitely stay.

There are too many short-lived moments in this world, and there is no such thing as "passing" in the classics.

Therefore, the misunderstanding of "unpopular singers", "data not good" and "suddenly popular" does not affect Wang Xinling, Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou as indelible symbols in the Chinese music scene.

　　As Jay Chou shared on social platforms: "Tell you why I rarely listen to other people's songs, because the songs I wrote 16 years ago are still popular today."

Screenshot of Jay Chou's social platform

　　Yeah, just like the idol we loved 16 years ago, we are still in love.

　　Maybe many years later, you will also "can't appreciate" your grandchildren's idols.

You open the last album released by that person and look proud: "See, this is my idol back then, he/she is a very attractive person."

　　You looked old back then, but you still seemed young.

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