Behind the scenes of Never Say Die

The history of fame of new generation idols

In 2010, which new generation star was the most popular, gained the most fans, and received the most attention, there is no doubt that this crown will be Leave it to young Canadian R&B singer Justin Bieber. Lady GaGa, who thrives on her weird looks, is no match for Bieber. Bieber, who was born in 1994, showed extraordinary musical talent when he was a child. Although he grew up in a single-parent family, although his family was poor, his mother only relied on doing odd jobs to support the family. But Bieber's musical talent still brought a lot of brightness to his life. After teaching himself piano, drums, guitar and trumpet, Bieber participated in a local singing competition when he was 12 years old and won second place.

In order to make it easier for her family and friends to watch Bieber’s growth, his mother Marit uploaded Bieber’s game videos to YouTube. After getting good results in that competition, Bieber began performing on the streets to earn some pocket money. And his mother has been uploading these videos of Bieber singing to YouTube. In 2008, legendary music producer and talent scout Scott Brown saw a video of Bieber online and was shocked. Brown was determined to turn this gifted and talented young man into a first-class star. Subsequently, Brown found Bieber and became Bieber's agent. Successfully arranged a meeting between him and R&B king Usher, and prompted him to sign a contract with the label RBMG. In 2009, Bieber released his debut single "One Time". The song became a chart favorite upon its release. This song has reached the top 30 on the charts in more than 10 countries. On November 17, 2009, Bieber released his first album "My World". The album went platinum in the United States, and seven of its songs entered Billboard's annual Hot 100 list. On March 23, 2010, Bieber released his first studio album "My World 2.0". Compared with "Minecraft", this album achieved greater success. There is a special remix version of "Somebody to Love" on the album. In this version, Bieber teams up with his idol Usher.

Next, Bieber started touring - which also became the main line of the documentary filmed by Zhu Haowei. During the tour, Bieber also made several guest appearances as a guitarist in "CSI", "British Idol" and Hubworld. In the summer of 2010, Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith co-wrote and sang an R&B song called "Never Say Never" for the film "Kung Fu Dreams", although the song was not released in the film. It did very well on the charts, but its name became the title of Zhu Haowei's documentary.

Mixed-edited documentary

The director of the film is Zhu Haowei, who is good at directing musicals - especially pop music and hip-hop. This Chinese-American has filmed the critically acclaimed "Dance My Life: Street Dance" and "My Life I Dance 3D". This documentary about a singer directed by Zhu Haowei takes the concert scene as the main line. For him, shooting such a film is very familiar. However, in the face of doubts from the outside world about whether the "documentary" is really telling the story of Justin Bieber's growth experience, rather than simply filming a "concert", Zhu Haowei said: "The film starts with the song and tells the story of Justin Bieber. It can be said that this is a documentary mixed with videos of Bieber’s concerts and different periods.”

This is all thanks to Bieber’s mother, who became pregnant at the age of 18. The young single mother who had sex with Bieber. It is precisely because the camera in her hand is filming Bieber almost all the time that we can see such rich video material about Bieber. These materials comprehensively record almost every aspect of Bieber's self-taught music - the first time he played the piano, the first time he picked up the guitar, playing drums on the sofa, etc. Zhu Haowei said: "Almost all of these materials can be found in Bieber's home, and many of them have appeared on YouTube. All I have to do is to clean up a main line from it, and then start from one song to lead to Bieber's entire fame. It can be said that this is a documentary derived from material editing. I mixed and edited these materials with the concert footage in order to give people a more thorough and comprehensive understanding of Bieber’s family. and talent." Zhu Haowei said: "Bieber understands the value of hard work and dedication, and he also understands how to win the respect of others with facts. Some people once said that he couldn't play the drums, but he would show it to others on the spot; some said, Even if he uploads his singing video to the Internet, no one will view it, but his video does have millions of views - this is how Bieber uses practical actions to win reputation and respect for himself. He used to be just a person. A 'little star' of Youtube. Now, he is a world-famous star, but he has never lost this spirit of 'speaking with facts', and we can see his hard work during the filming of documentaries and concerts. and Lawton.

I think this is the real Bieber. "

Although Bieber is now a star who is "loved by thousands of people", no one else will be too stressed when working with him. Some of the crew and concert work People all said that Bieber's fame almost happened "overnight". Some people said: "His existence makes us understand the importance of believing in dreams, exploring talents and potential, and 'never say never.' Bieber is like a blank child, with almost zero experience. Therefore, we don't think he is a star, but we think he is an ordinary child.

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