Wang Xinling: Standing on the stage, I am calm and at ease [about the 20th anniversary of debut, I think "sweet" is not "stupid white sweet", revealed that there is a suitable script and I will not rule out acting again]
In an ever-changing world, the unchanging things are always more precious.
On the stage of the variety show "Riding the Wind and Waves 3" last year, Wang Xinling with "curved eyelashes and round eyes" hit the hearts of the audience with a sweetness that has remained unchanged for more than ten years. The love intertwined with memory and imagination condensed into a sweet The storm sent her straight to become the annual champion.
Many people wonder why this sweetness can last for so long?
But for Wang Xinling, sweetness is an inherent part of her, and keeping this self will only make her more comfortable, and she will never feel any difficulties or troubles.
She admitted frankly that from entering the showbiz to now, her mentality has rarely changed.
You will not change yourself because of the outside world, but you will continue to evolve yourself in your heart.
Looking back on her acting career on the 20th anniversary of her debut, Wang Xinling can even see the difference between her 20s and 40s from the eyes on the album cover—the eyes of 20 are the most simple and direct, but now There is an extra layer of maturity and gentleness; she saw that she dedicated her youth to her work, in exchange for Wang Xinling today, and also saw that she slowed down after turning 30, and she no longer fought like a beast for many things.
"However, my personality is not as fierce as a beast. I used to be more like a fierce cat, but now the minions are retracted and they are more flattened."
"Sweet" label
Sweetness is not "stupid white sweet", but it is my innate
Wang Xinling knew her appearance was sweet since she was a child—round eyes, round nose, and curved eyelashes. Sweet with a little cool."
But it was after she debuted as a singer in 2003 and released her first album "Cyndi Begin" that this innate sweetness is a charm that is very popular and sought after by the public.
"Cyndi Begin" contains 10 songs including "Cinderella's Tears", and "When You" is the title song ranked fourth.
Back then, record companies were used to creating their own singers, and Wang Xinling, who was still a rookie in her early twenties, just followed the company's arrangement in a ignorant way.
In the "When You" MV, she put on her high school uniform and showed the most natural appearance under the lens of director Huang Zhongping.
In the whole album, this MV got the best feedback after its release.
"I had only graduated from high school for two or three years, and the appearance in that MV was closer to the real me. I found that the most authentic appearance of myself is more likely to be liked by everyone." Therefore, in the second In the MV of the album "Love You" (2004), she continued her youthful and sweet uniform look.
18 years later, on the first stage of "Riding the Wind and Waves 3", Wang Xinling in uniform sang "Love You" again, activating the youthful memories of a generation. This sweet storm brought back her classic songs and the idol dramas she starred in back then. The hot search list also gave birth to a hot word "Xinling boy" (male fans who like Wang Xinling are mostly born in the 80s and 90s).
And what impresses Wang Xinling is not only "Xinling boy", but also "Xinling girl".
She mentioned that she had seen many fans at close range in previous concerts, and this time she saw them who had already married and established businesses, and who were more humorous and life-oriented.
"Some 'Xinling Girls' came with their boyfriends a few years ago, then they brought their husbands, and then they brought their first child, and now they bring their second child... It feels like I really accompany them. Watching them grow up and start a family.”
Wang Xinling's songs accompanied the fans' youth, and she also thanked the fans for accompanying her through youth.
"Because I debuted relatively early, about 20 years old, in fact, the relationship between me and fans is more like growing up with each other." Looking back on her youth, she still remembers that when she first debuted, young people liked to sing K and dance , Occasionally indulge in playing with friends until dawn before going home, but she has never experienced such "indulgence".
"I only had the experience of shooting MVs until dawn and then returning home. So my youth, after the age of 20, was given to work and to my fans and friends. But it is precisely because of this dedication that Wang Xinling is now .”
As an artist, it is undoubtedly a success to let the audience remember its characteristics and put a certain "label".
But whenever it changes, the "label" often becomes a limitation.
For Wang Xinling, "sweetness" is the most prominent label since her debut, and there is no limited confusion, because she agrees from the bottom of her heart that sweetness is an innate part of herself.
"But sweetness doesn't have to be 'silly, white and sweet', it can also be gentle and firm." What really bothers her is that the public has expectations for her transformation from time to time: "'Shouldn't you Change your type? Should you change your look? Should you...' This makes me more entangled. I am not interpreting a role, I am being myself. Generally speaking, I am a person like this, From entering the showbiz to now, my mentality has not changed much."
singing vs acting
I love singing more than acting, and I feel most at ease on stage
In the eyes of the public, Wang Xinling is a singer, but in fact she first came into contact with acting before becoming a singer.
When she was studying stage play at Huagang Art School in high school, she caught up with director Zhang Zuoji to cast a role for "The Car Is Chasing" (2000), which gave her her first chance to act in a TV series.
Three years later, she debuted as a singer, and she appeared in many popular idol dramas one after another. "It was a very brilliant period for idol dramas, and I was fortunate to participate in several of them." Among them, she played the role of "Smiling Pasta". "Turtle girl" Cheng Xiaoshi has been talked about by netizens so far, and some commented that she played in her true colors.
She smiled and told the Beijing News reporter that no character would be exactly like herself, but compared with the characters in "The Wedding Dress of Heaven" and "Peach Blossom Little Sister" at about the same time, Cheng Xiaoshi was indeed closer to that time. of myself.
"She is sunny and positive, always full of hope and never discouraged. Just smile and nothing is too difficult. Sometimes I am the same way."
After Wang Xinling set off "memory killing" in "Riding the Wind and Waves 3", "Smiling Pasta" and the actor Zhang Dongliang of the show were also brought to the hot search list, which shocked Zhang Dongliang, who had been silent for a long time, to post "Thank you everyone for missing him".
After "Riding the Wind and Waves 3", they were reunited in a reality show variety show. Wang Xinling talked about this incident with a smile in his tone: "Dongliang, I met him a while ago, but I think the two of us grew up together." It got closer after that." These years, Zhang Dongliang has been in his hometown of Malaysia, but he has kept in touch with her intermittently.
"Back then, the filming was on Monday, and it was going to be broadcast on Saturday. Everyone was in a busy and high-pressure state. Except for reciting (drama) scripts, they were filming. They were so tired that they didn't even have time to sleep. He didn't take care of me, and neither did I. He, haha. We really get along after we grow up."
At this reunion, Wang Xinling smiled and described that the feeling of getting along with everyone is different from when they were young.
When recording variety shows together, Wang Xinling experienced the baptism of "Riding the Wind and Waves 3", while Zhang Dongliang participated in a reality show for the first time in his life, so he was inevitably nervous.
"I just said to him: 'Don't be afraid, I'm here!' He immediately felt that I gave him a lot of security. Although I looked like a delicate girl who needed to be taken care of, I was grown up now and had shoulders to let him go. Damn, hahaha... But he is still the big boy who makes people feel warm when he smiles, and he told me that he has slowly relaxed during the recording process."
The reunion with Zhang Dongliang also made many netizens realize that Wang Xinling has not acted for many years.
She also admitted that in recent years, she has indeed focused her work on being a singer. "If I was suddenly asked to act, I might still be a little nervous. Now I just occasionally shoot MVs to enjoy the show." She said, acting and Singing is my favorite way of performing, but influenced by my mother since I was a child, I like singing more, and I also prefer to perform more on stage.
"I think I am the most relaxed and comfortable on stage. In addition, I have been planning the album for the past few years, but I have not encountered a suitable script. Before I came to look for the script of an idol drama, I thought it was not so suitable. No. If there is a suitable script, I am willing to challenge it again."
Wang Xinling does not reject acting in idol dramas, she believes that idol dramas have their own meaning and can make everyone relax and see hope.
And some more realistic dramas will arouse resonance and thinking in people's hearts.
She usually watches idol dramas when she wants to relax, and realistic dramas when she has a lot of time.
When asked what kind of idol drama can impress her to star in at this stage, she thinks it is the kind of work that uses the idol drama method to film the story of mature women.
"Like the Korean drama "Drunkard Urban Women", it is quite interesting and relaxed. The three girls are all mature women. Sometimes they have a drink together and some interesting things happen."
Character comes from experience
She has been a "little mother" since she was a child, and she is also willing to take care of others
The sisters of "Riding the Wind and Waves 3" gave Wang Xinling the nickname "Captain Lao Mazi", because she loves to worry about the show and is willing to take the initiative to do a lot of things for the group.
Hearing the reporter mention this nickname, she put on an unhappy face, but she failed after saying a few words—"I don't think it's appropriate, but they think it's appropriate. I don't know when I got this nickname. Actually I just don't want to admit it, haha... Yes, I do often ask everyone about their time, because every artist has their own work, and other things may be arranged offline. It is very important to integrate everyone's time to practice dance Yes. Sometimes when it’s almost time, I’ll call everyone: ‘Come on, sisters, we have dance practice, sisters, how about we come’. They feel that I have been reminding this and reminding that.”
She also said that she must improve next time and let herself relax a little bit.
But according to the reports of the sisters who participated in the variety show together, she just said that she should relax and play badly, but in fact, whenever she has something to do, she will do it naturally.
She also had no choice but to sigh: "It can't be helped, this is my personality." Because as early as more than ten years before singing and acting, she had such a personality, and she would pay attention to and take care of the needs of colleagues around her.
I once surprised the actors in the same group because I drove the team to the set in a station wagon every day.
"My car was the biggest at the time, so we divided the work. I drove to the set in the morning, and my assistant drove everyone back in the evening. Everyone supported and took care of each other. I think everyone needs to be taken care of. When they are taken care of, they will It feels warm. But I’m not someone who can only be taken care of, I can take care of others too.”
She analyzed that her personality is related to her childhood experience.
"People may think that I was taken care of very well, but that's not the case. I grew up in a single-parent family. Even before my parents divorced, they both had to work, and I often had to take care of my brother who was five years younger. After they divorced, I became a 'little mother'." Wang Xinling, who is used to being a "little mother", usually unconsciously observes what the people around her need.
She likes to order food for everyone at parties. If it is a gathering of relatives or friends, she must remember who likes what to eat and who does not eat what, and arranges the types and quantities of dishes reasonably.
"I'm quite traditional, and I think it's good for everyone to get together to eat. But I don't like to order a bunch, and I can't finish it in the end. So I always try to grab a reasonable portion when ordering. Everyone always buys CDs. I Just very happy."
After her parents divorced, she lived with her mother, and the relationship between mother and daughter has always been very close. Later, she was influenced by her mother when she became a singer.
"My mother is very good at singing. There are many trophies she won in singing at home, all of which are first place, no second place. I think my natural sense of rhythm is inherited from her, and my love of singing and dancing was also influenced by her. "My mother is 21 years older than Wang Xinling, but she described her interaction with her mother as a friend since she was a child. She is willing to talk to each other if she has anything to say. Of course, her "Leo mother" must make the final decision.
After working, she became like a "little mother" who liked to share her thoughts.
Now, it's her mother who is more dependent on her, and she needs to calmly analyze and comfort her mother when anything happens.
"My mom was like, 'Well, yeah, that doesn't seem like a big deal.'"
20 years since debut
The cat puts away its minions but its love for music remains the same
Counting from "Cyndi Begin" in 2003, this year marks the 20th anniversary of Wang Xinling's debut.
This is a time point that she values very much. She has planned to release her 20th anniversary new album early on, and she has already started collecting songs for the new album last year.
"After all, the 20th anniversary of my debut is equivalent to turning 20 years old. I think this is a very important year for growing up. So I will definitely devote myself to the production of the new album in the future, but the specific release time Let’s talk a little further first, otherwise my fans will keep chasing me. Think about Christmas this year, if it can be brought forward, it will be a surprise.” As for the style of the new album, she said that she will not deliberately set a style , because no matter what, it starts from itself.
Looking back on her acting career at the juncture of her 20th debut and a life without confusion, Wang Xinling feels that the meaning of music to her has never changed.
"Music is a very natural thing in my life, just like drinking water. I listen to music before going to bed, I listen to music when I wake up, and I listen to music when I make up. So I played music just now...it just exists in my life so naturally, it has been the same since I was a child. Play different music at different times, and then I can be healed by music." Her attitude towards music There has been no change. They are all negotiated and determined, and rarely act arbitrarily.
"I have been involved in the discussion and production since the collection of the song, and everyone makes the decision together. I don't say: 'I don't care, I want this song!' Maybe when I'm joking, but in the end I will make a decision from a rational point of view. "
But with the growth of age and the increase of life experience, she also clearly sees that the evolution of life attitude is also contained in the sameness - when she first entered the work, she mainly obeyed the company's arrangement, and now there will be more own ideas, will participate in more discussions.
Even looking back at her album cover in her 20s now, she can tell at a glance that the look in her eyes is different from when she was 40.
"The eyes of people in their 20s are the purest and most direct. Now they are more mature and gentle."
In the past, she would set specific goals for herself, and she would hope that she would develop like a certain star. After the age of 30, she saw a lot of things.
"But this doesn't mean that you can stop working hard and just do whatever you want. With my personality, I will try my best to do my own thing well, but now I am more comfortable with the results." She also admitted that such a change has nothing to do with It is related to changes in the general environment of the recording industry.
When she was around 30 years old, she just experienced the transition of the record industry to the digital age, and she no longer released films at the high density as in the early days, so she can slow down a bit overall.
"After slowing down, I have time and space to balance my work and life, as well as my family and friends. After slowing down, I will still work hard on many things, hoping to get good grades, but not I will fight like a beast." After saying this, she corrected it with a smile, because her character was not like a beast even in her early years.
"The beast can't stand up, maybe it's more like a very fierce cat. That cat rarely shows its claws and claws, and now the claws are retracted, and they are more flattened."
B02-B03 edition writing/New Beijing News reporter Yang Lianjie
The Beijing News, January 5, 2023, edition B02-03