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Time Out Heroes Beijing
To celebrate 40 years of Time Out worldwide, we invited 40 of our heroes to a party. We gave them champagne, told them to be themselves and sat back as they did their thing. This is what happened.
Superstar tomboy
Li Yuchun
When Li Yuchun won the Super Girl contest (China’s Pop Idol equivalent) in 2005, it not only attracted a record 400 million television viewers but smashed the notion that Chinese female singers must be pretty and feminine. Suddenly it was OK to be a tomboy, and girls across China posted blogs saying that the ballsy and idiosyncratic Li had inspired them to be themselves.
Three years and three albums later, the phenomenon has barely dimmed – both Time Out assistants were more star-struck by the icy cool Li than any of our heroes; one shop assistant almost fainted when we said we were borrowing clothes for Li Yuchun; and her shoot attracted a gaggle of breathless fans.
She has even won praise from reclusive Wolf Totem writer and fellow hero Lu Jiamin, who described her as a ‘good symbol for Chinese society’. Her music may not be to everyone’s taste but as a cultural icon and role model, there aren’t many bigger or better in China.
Li’s hero: Shakira. Watching one of her videos inspired me to be a singer. I was in the Music Conservatory at the time and I was still unsure about my life, but at that moment I decided I wanted to be a singer.
Time Out Heroes Beijing
To celebrate 40 years of Time Out worldwide, we invited 40 of our heroes to a party. We gave them champagne, told them to be themselves and sat back as they did their thing. This is what happened.
Superstar tomboy
Li Yuchun
When Li Yuchun won the Super Girl contest (China’s Pop Idol equivalent) in 2005, it not only attracted a record 400 million television viewers but smashed the notion that Chinese female singers must be pretty and feminine. Suddenly it was OK to be a tomboy, and girls across China posted blogs saying that the ballsy and idiosyncratic Li had inspired them to be themselves.
Three years and three albums later, the phenomenon has barely dimmed – both Time Out assistants were more star-struck by the icy cool Li than any of our heroes; one shop assistant almost fainted when we said we were borrowing clothes for Li Yuchun; and her shoot attracted a gaggle of breathless fans.
She has even won praise from reclusive Wolf Totem writer and fellow hero Lu Jiamin, who described her as a ‘good symbol for Chinese society’. Her music may not be to everyone’s taste but as a cultural icon and role model, there aren’t many bigger or better in China.
Li’s hero: Shakira. Watching one of her videos inspired me to be a singer. I was in the Music Conservatory at the time and I was still unsure about my life, but at that moment I decided I wanted to be a singer.
