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Written by: Liu Jialun Photography: Zhong Hanping
Yan Ting Zhou Yin Ting (YT), who debuted for nine years, once planned to change careers due to poor development, and even disappeared for a while. It was not until 2021 that the lead singer of the theme song “Late Repent” of the ViuTV drama “Taiping Tattoo Shop” was released. To make the public remember this singer, the record company lobbied YT, who had settled in Singapore, to return to Hong Kong and develop again.
In the past few years, YT has experienced failed marriage proposals. He wrote his love story into the new song “Three Lives of Fortune” and shot the MV by himself. Within a few days of its release, it has reached the top of the YouTube music fever chart and was posted by Lien Dengzai. He shouted, “YT is not popular and it is unacceptable.” Time is also fate, it is better to be late than never, which just describes YT’s career as a singer.
YT, who was born in Hong Kong, immigrated to Singapore with his family when he was in kindergarten. He returned to Hong Kong when he was in elementary school. However, because he could not adapt to the Hong Kong curriculum, he returned to Singapore to complete elementary and middle school. In addition to serving in the local military, he also studied film, audio, video and other majors. Get a diploma.
“Three Lives of Fortune” MV
As early as 15 years old, YT had already determined to become a singer and boldly recommended himself to major record companies. “I am not from a musical family. I am self-taught in singing and musical instruments. I wanted to enter a music school but didn’t meet the threshold, so I had to jump into the film industry. I learned how to do audio recording, how to record demos and shoot movies. I returned to Hong Kong with this skill and knocked on the door of every record company, no matter how big or small, film company, model company, record company, I I knocked on every door and sat in the reception every day. Of course, many people rejected it, but there were also people who were willing to go out and scare this idiot.” In 2014, YT was finally recognized by Hong Kong’s New Art Treasure Records and officially debuted the following year. , the record company held a large press conference to announce it at that time.
YT described his nine-year journey as a singer by saying, “Seeing mountains is mountains, seeing mountains is not mountains, seeing mountains is still mountains.” “I officially debuted at the age of 25, and finally felt that I was a singer. I did it, but I found that Seeing the mountain is not the mountain. I have achieved nothing in three years. No one listens or recognizes me. The company is starting to narrow its budget. Well, in business, I lost this game. I am a failed singer.”
Today, nine years later, his career is finally improving. YT will hold his first solo concert in May. The concert is named “WHO IS YAN TING”, which is a bit ironic. This sentence was YT’s promotional slogan when he debuted, “Debut” I had a meeting at the time and thought about putting up “WHO IS YAN TING?” posters on the street, but in the end I couldn’t do it. I didn’t expect that it would go a long way and it took nine years to complete it. I believe this concert is The answer to ‘WHO IS YAN TING?’”
When he was planning to propose to his first girlfriend of sixteen years, she actually broke up with him.
Before suddenly disappearing from the scene, YT explained: “My career has reached a low point. I feel that I can’t stay here. I want to try to learn different things, to study movies, make movies, shoot commercials, work in agencies, and do marketing. Is it related to music? I found that in addition to making a song that sounds good, you also need to make it heard by others. These skills are what I learned in these places.”
《 LOUDER 》 MV
At that time, YT had his first girlfriend, whom he had been dating for 16 years. When he was planning to propose, her girlfriend actually broke up with him, and YT suddenly had to accept “double loss”. “When I returned to Singapore, I was focused on proposing, but it didn’t work out in the end. He said that I had so much patience, it would be better to break up. In fact, there was no betrayal in it. He said it so calmly, but for me it was like a bolt from the blue. I woke up and shouted, walked and shouted, and wandered in the streets for three days every day. , four hours, thinking about what is life? Nothing has been accomplished in my career, and even the most important relationship has been lost, which made me decide to stay in Singapore. I tried to save the relationship, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful.”
YT learned how to bake cakes at a friend’s bakery in Singapore. He taught his friends’ children to do homework every day, and went to and from school together. He planned to live an ordinary life. “One day, Universal Music came on the scene, and I recorded a song. Finally someone heard it, it was the theme song of “Taiping Tattoo Shop” “It’s Too Late to Repent” and asked me if I wanted to return to Hong Kong? At that time, I thought that my life as a singer was over. Until one day, I went to pick up a friend. After school, my son hugged me as soon as he opened the door. I suddenly remembered the feeling when my father picked me up from school. I wanted to go back to Hong Kong. Global Dialogue had one last song to sing. Did I want to try it? The last song, can you let me do what I want to do? At least let me bring it to an end. This song is “Unexpected Scene”.”
Recently, YT released a new song “Three Lives of Fortune”, which composed the lyrics, produced and directed the MV. It tells the story of being invited to attend a wedding before, which resonated with many music fans. In just a few days, the song hit YouTube “#1 in the music fever video rankings” “, broke through 1.8 million views, and even surpassed the popularity of Korean girl group LE SSERFIM’s new song. Asked YT if he writes his own story? He said: “The song incorporates a lot of my own feelings, and it is the third part of “Late Repent” and “Unexpected Scene”. I always ask myself, if one day, I will really be invited to his wedding. , will you go? This is my most personal story. If anyone else writes it, they won’t be able to write about the feeling in my heart.”
