2014年的大热歌曲《我的滑板鞋》再次在社交媒体上爆火。主题的歌词以及歌手庞麦郎浓重的南方口音，令这首歌在人们脑内无数次单曲循环，久久不去。然而这一次，歌手华晨宇却将它唱出了自己的风格。他将这首歌改编成了一首精心之作，还收到了专业人士的高度赞赏。
Nicknamed “Brother from Mars”, the 26-year-old singer left the impression of being an *eccentric *weirdo on the public ever since choosing to sing a self-written lyric-less song at the audition for Hunan TV’s singing competition show Super Boy (《快乐男声》) in 2013. In Why Nobody Fights, a song from his debut album Quasimodo’s Gift (《卡西莫多的礼物》, 2014), he repeatedly sang one sentence “why nobody fights” over different melodies.
这位26岁的歌手被昵称为“火星弟弟”。2013年，他在湖南卫视的唱歌比赛节目《快乐男声》的试唱中，选择演唱了一首自己写的无歌词歌曲。自那以后，他就给大众留下了怪人的印象。
“I don’t care how others see my music as long as I enjoy it. Musical works should not be created to *ingratiate anyone,” Hua said in an interview with 163 Entertainment.
“我不在意别人对我的音乐的看法，只要我自己享受就好了。音乐作品不能为了去讨好别人而创作。”华晨宇在接受网易娱乐采访时表示。
Perhaps an *egotistic Hua doesn’t need recognition and applause in his own musical world, but the Mandopop scene, which has been experiencing a low-tide period, does yearn for the next big thing with a large scale of admiration.
也许自我为中心的华晨宇在他自己的音乐世界中并不需要认可或是喝彩，但正在经历低谷期的华语流行乐坛，确实渴望着下一个深受大众喜爱的巨星。
Compared with the film and TV industries, music is now a low-margin field. A so-called “fresh meat” artist can easily earn tens of millions of yuan for shooting a 40-episode ancient fantasy series while CD stores are on the verge of extinction. Many of Hua’s fellow singers who also entered showbiz through Super Boy, including Ou Hao and Yu Menglong, are now more active on the big screen than in the recording studio.
和电影电视产业相比，音乐行业现在是一个低利润的领域。一个所谓的“小鲜肉”艺人可以通过拍摄一部40集古装奇幻剧轻易赚到千万元。然而，唱片店却正处于消失的边缘。而欧豪、于朦胧等许多与华晨宇同时期通过《快乐男声》出道的歌手，现在在大银幕上要比在录音室里更为活跃。
When we talk
当谈及有重大影响力的巨星时，我们仍在讨论周杰伦，王菲或者陈奕迅，就像我们10或15年前谈到的那样。
However, when it’s the worst of times, it’s also the best of times. In the past two years, more Chinese fans are starting to get used to paying for digital copies of songs. When music is given a monetary value, we believe in its prospect.
然而，最坏的时代的时候也正是最好的时代。在过去的两年里，越来越多的中国粉丝开始适应为电子唱片付费。音乐被赋予了货币价值，我们相信它的前景将会变得繁荣。
But in a re-rising industry, who will be the next national idol?
但在一个重新崛起的产业中，谁会成为下一个国民偶像？
Music critic Aidiren has compared Hua with Jay Chou in a review on Quasimodo’s Gift he wrote for Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly. “Hua presents his own sensory world of a bit of bizarreness, spirit and fantasy mixed together. Just like Chou brought in his first album, Hua showcases an *unrestrained artistic talent that differentiates him from his peers.”
音乐评论家爱地人曾为《南都娱乐周刊》写过一篇关于《卡西莫多的礼物》的乐评。在这篇乐评中，他将华晨宇和周杰伦进行比较。“华晨宇展示了自己有点奇异、有点精灵、又有点魔幻的感官世界。就像周杰伦在他的首张专辑中所带来一样，华晨宇展现了一种天马行空般的艺术才气，而这也使他和同龄人与众不同。”
With a wide vocal range and *flexibility, *striking creative talent, a large hard-core fan base as well as a unique musical style, maybe the only thing Hua needs now is a more widely circulated and quality original song.
华晨宇的音域宽广、灵活性强、创造力惊人、拥有一大批铁杆粉丝，形成了自身独特的音乐风格，或许他现在唯一需要的就是一首更为广泛传唱的高质量原创歌曲。
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