Served as the 10th lead singer of the band and quickly made his way out of the circle with "Brother Overcoming Thorns"
Zhang Qi leaves Black Panthers to recruit new lead singer
On February 9th, the Black Panthers publicly recruited a new lead singer. The band's drummer and manager Zhao Mingyi posted a recruitment poster in Moments, which was widely forwarded.
The former lead singer Zhang Qi was once the "group favorite" of the band. With his performance in "Brother Riding the Thorns", he quickly became popular, and his popularity and influence far surpassed that of the Black Panthers.
In his tenth year with the Panthers, he chose to fly solo.
According to an insider, the reason is nothing more than the word "interest", but no matter what, as netizens said: Bless both parties, get together and leave well.
10th year with the Panthers
From being lukewarm to attracting attention
The copy of "New Lead Singer Recruitment" reads: "The Black Panthers have stood firm for 36 years, poured rock and roll with deep love, defended their dreams, and died." To develop, we must control the style and creativity of the sublimation black panther, and we must agree with the concept of adhering to the team as one, "to fight hard, to burn, and to be courageous."
The copywriting also specifically lists four "interview tracks": "Always Not Enough", "Myna", "Looking for" and "A Person". Applicants are required to "select two of the specified songs to record singing videos" and need " Guaranteed in writing that he has not signed any performing arts or brokerage contracts with other companies".
When the Black Panthers announced the recruitment of a new lead singer, Zhang Qi's profile on Weibo was still "Leader of the Black Panthers".
He joined the Black Panthers in 2013 as the 10th lead singer of the band. During this period, he released two music albums, "True Color" and "Who We Are". He also led the band to participate in some variety shows, but the response was mediocre and tepid. fire.
It wasn't until August 2021 that Zhang Qi participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "Brother Overcoming Thorns" that he ushered in his highlight moment. In the show, Zhang Qi attracted much attention because of his good looks and professional ability. "Come and pester me", the audience commented that he sang the variety show as a concert with tens of thousands of people.
After the three rounds of performances, many audiences fell in love with Zhang Qi because of the song "Wukong".
In the end, he joined the "Hot Singing Family" with his personal favorite, and his popularity and attention far surpassed that of the Black Panthers.
Since then, he has participated in variety shows such as "Our Hot Life", "Classic Odes", "The Fourth Season of Our Songs", etc., and the attention and topics have always remained high.
lead singer of the black panthers
Was positioned as a "group pet"
Zhang Qi once said in an interview that he decided to participate in "Brother Overcoming Thorns" with the encouragement and support of several brothers in the band. , My brothers also supported me to participate. All members of the band will overcome obstacles mentally.”
Before the show started, Zhang Qi posted a screenshot of a group chat of the Black Panthers, which became a hot topic among netizens.
The content of the chat was a message from Zhao Mingyi: "Qizi, the brothers' hopes are pinned on you, and you have to work harder as you are busy." Zhang Qi didn't know why, so he replied: "What is busyness? Are you busy and tired?" Then Hui Peng A red envelope of 200 yuan was sent directly, with the postscript "Change to a package with Internet access".
Wang Wenjie had no choice but to explain: "It's the group favorite."
After the show started, all members of the Black Panther band gave their full support, and posted articles to call the "group favorite" almost every day, such as "Group pet, come on! Looking forward to Zhang Qi's stage" "The spirit of the Black Panther will never be silent, and Qi brother's stage will be ignited." He also wrote in the article "Zhang Qi Participated in the Brother Who Overcame the Thorns, the Black Panthers Have Something to Say": "Our lead singer Zhang Qi has a solid business and top-notch singing skills, and his stage performance and personal image are also outstanding. I hope there will be Through this program, more young people can fall in love with Zhang Qi, the lead singer of the Black Panthers, and fall in love with the Black Panthers and rock music..."
There have long been rumors of "solo flight"
Both sides lose?
In fact, as early as November last year, there were rumors that "Zhang Qi is going to quit the Black Panthers". develop.
But there are also netizens who believe that it is the Black Panthers who have made Zhang Qi successful, and they should repay their kindness.
At that time, the Black Panthers did not make any response to this, and released a new EP "Xun" on November 29.
Three months later, the rumors became true.
The official Weibo of the Black Panthers recently released two pieces of content, one is the new EP "Xun" and the other is the recruitment of a new lead singer.
According to an insider, the change of the lead singer of the Black Panthers is actually a lose-lose matter, and both sides have problems. "In fact, many things can be discussed and resolved, rather than just considering unilateral interests."
At present, Zhang Qi has not made any statement, but the news has aroused heated discussions among netizens.
Some of these discussions supported the Black Panthers and some supported Zhang Qi, but most still expressed regret.
"Let's think about why the lead singer keeps changing!"
"It's a pity, we agreed to walk together for 15 years!"
"Let's disband immediately, the 36-year-old Black Panther has already become a legend..."
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lead singers of the black panthers
The Black Panther Band was established in 1987. During the past 36 years, the Black Panther Band has changed many lead singers and was ridiculed as "the lead singer of the iron-clad Black Panther".
Ding Wu, Dou Wei, Luan Shu, and Qin Yong are recognized as the four most influential lead singers in the history of Black Panthers.
In 1987, Ding Wu, Li Tong and Wang Wenjie jointly formed the Black Panther Band, with Li Tong as the lead guitarist, Guo Chuanlin as the guitarist, Wang Wenjie as the bass player, Cheng Wei and Wang Wenfang as the drummers, and Ding Wu as the lead singer.
In 1988, Ding Wu quit the Black Panthers, and Dou Wei joined as the lead singer, and gradually took over all the songwriting.
In 1989, after Zhao Mingyi transferred from the army, he joined the Black Panthers as the drummer of the band.
During the same period, Luan Shu joined as a keyboard player.
In 1991, lead singer Dou Wei left the band, and keyboard player Luan Shu took over as lead singer.
In 1994, lead singer Luan Shu withdrew, and Qin Yong joined as the lead singer.
On March 16, 2005, Qin Yong, who had been the lead singer for 10 years, announced his departure from the band, and Zhang Kepeng joined the band as the lead singer.
In 2012, lead singer Zhang Kepeng "broke up peacefully" due to musical differences with other members of the band.
In March 2013, 32-year-old Zhang Qi joined the Black Panther band. At that time, the outside world mostly ridiculed and disdain Zhang Qi as the lead singer of the Black Panther band.
Eight years later, Zhang Qi shined through the stage of "Brother", but at the height of his popularity, he chose to "shoot and part" with the band.
This group article/Reporter Shou Penghuan
Coordinator/Man Yi
Beijing Youth Daily