Becoming a Global Superstar Starting as an Idol Trainee

When Chen Minhao decided to participate in the recording of "Jingwen Face to Face", the program team finalized the main topic of this recording with him: Chen Minhao's black draft that was rampant all over the Internet last month-about Chen Minhao's exhausted talent.

two days ago.

"Chen Minhao, in front of fans, you must learn to show weakness appropriately." Kang Hui handed a data summary report prepared by Wu Xiaoshuang to Chen Minhao: "According to the feedback we conducted on your fan group: 70% of your fans think that You are omnipotent.

Although 'omnipotent' is a compliment, it is not a very good signal. We must give your fans a sense of need and presence. We must let them know that you need them and let them participate in your development, or at least make them feel involved in your development. "

Now, the show is being recorded live.

Zhan Jingwen's question just now caused Chen Minhao to fall into a brief silence. He frowned, as if he was thinking about how to answer this question.

Chen Minhao smiled bitterly, and said "frankly": "I do have a plan to release an album this year, but I couldn't write a single song a while ago, and the daily pressure is extremely high. I am very worried that I will disappoint the fans' expectations. .

After I saw some press releases on the Internet, my stress became more intense. At that time, I began to wonder if I was really exhausted. "

Zhan Jingwen looked at Chen Minhao worriedly: "Actually, I have interviewed many music creators and directors. Every creator will encounter similar bottlenecks. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Zhan Jingwen paused, and added: "Because creation is a process of expressing oneself, and sometimes indeed at a certain point in time, the creator will inevitably encounter a problem: the water has run out."

two days ago.

Kang Hui looked into Chen Minhao's eyes and said, "Now that the Internet is so developed, the relationship between idols and fans has been brought closer, so it is no longer realistic for idols to expect to maintain their superior image. And we don't plan to take the route of traffic. A Baiyu Weibo A flawed you is more flesh and blood than a perfect-looking you, and fans will like it more.

On top of that, we also have to manage the expectations of our fans. Expectations act on the psychological level of people. Only by successfully managing fan expectations can we increase fans' sense of belonging and identification with the album. "

Kang breathed out a smoke ring and continued to add: "If your fans expect too much from your album at the beginning. To give an extreme example, they think your album will be the number one in the world, then wait for your album to come out. In the end, they inevitably have some gaps.

Don't think that fans can't tell the difference between good and bad or that fans have no aesthetics at all. Generally speaking, even if an idol's album is a piece of shit, fans will support it, they will help to hit the charts, and they will use rainbow farts to praise the album on Weibo. But in the process of this support, what is actually consumed is the fans' love for idols. If one day their love for idols is exhausted, they will abandon the pit.

Conversely, if your fans start with low expectations for your album. When your album is released and exceeds their expectations, fans and the general public will increase their recognition of you, and their love for you will also increase. "

Now, the show is being recorded live.

Chen Minhao said with a smile: "Some time ago I had severe insomnia, and I couldn't fall asleep when I lay in bed every day. However, it's not that I can't write songs at all, but after I write them, I am not satisfied. I keep denying myself , thinking I couldn’t write well enough, I could basically fill the wastebasket to the brim every night.”

Zhan Jingwen was about to offer words of comfort, but Chen Minhao showed a relieved smile: "But fortunately, I have passed the most difficult time now, although many media on the Internet said that I was exhausted, which gave me great pressure. But more fans left messages to encourage me, which gave me a lot of motivation and information to work hard. Now two songs have started recording."

Zhan Jingwen covered her mouth and smiled lightly, and said: "I know, Teacher Wu Hongrong still said on Weibo, ''It sounds good'. I am looking forward to your album very much."

Chen Minhao smiled shyly, and said, "I will definitely give you one when the time comes."

The recording time of the program is not too long, only about 40 minutes. After saying goodbye to the staff, Chen Minhao and Kang Hui left the studio, and the staff sent them to the airport.

In the VIP room of the airport, Kang Hui took out a pack of steam eye mask from his small bag and handed it to Chen Minhao, saying, "The plane is delayed, and we have 40 minutes to board the plane. You are busy recording programs these days, and here During the interval, you still spent time writing songs. Now you have to empty your mind, close your eyes and rest, take the time to rest."

Chen Minhao shook his head and said, "Sister Kang, I'm not very sleepy now."

Kang Hui still took off the steam eye mask and handed it to Chen Minhao: "I don't usually pay attention to maintenance, and you have no place to cry when you have dark circles. By the way, the recording of today's program was very successful. Why do I feel that you are unhappy? I I feel that after the show aired, the response from the audience and fans should be good."

Chen Minhao thought for a moment and said: "Actually, on the way to the airport, I was thinking about a question: The me shown during the recording of the program is not the real me. Even if one day, I really become a global superstar, but I have changed It’s not me, and the audience doesn’t like the real me, does that make any sense?”

Kang Hui rolled his eyes and said two words coldly: "Pretentious."

"You young people, you tend to think too much, and then be hypocritical." Kang Hui said simply: "You have traveled so smoothly all this way, and you have never encountered any setbacks, so you think so much.

When you are not busy, I should take you to Hengdian to see how hard the extras are and how hard they have to work to get a character with lines. Some of what you have now is something they only dreamed of. And the position you are after—a global superstar—is beyond their imagination. You are much luckier than them. "

Then, when Kang Hui said, Chen Minhao only agreed with half of it: "I have been going smoothly along the way. Maybe for them, everything is hard-won, so I walked on thin ice. I think I am talented and lucky enough , so I can be a little hypocritical: I still want to be myself as much as possible in front of fans and audiences, and it should be taken for granted. And I think my personality is quite pleasing."

Kang Hui was stunned for a moment, she felt speechless: what he said Chen Minhao made sense, Chen Minhao really couldn't be measured by the dimension of an ordinary star.