Looking back on Wen Ming's short and tragic life, Tan You couldn't help but sigh. She herself had essentially been a child left to her own devices, but the biggest difference between them was that Tan You didn't possess Wen Ming's overflowing emotions. She wasn't nearly as sentimental.
Wen Ming, on the other hand, was incredibly sentimental. When she sang on stage, she would completely immerse herself in the music. You could say that Wen Ming's performances were about life, about experience. But to be honest, it was very difficult to make a name for yourself with those kinds of soulful performances.
No matter the era, what the public loves most are always the high-energy, wild performances that get their emotions running high. Otherwise, how would disco in the '80s and the clubbing scene that followed ever have found a market?
For someone like Wen Ming, who sang so quietly and lacked good original songs, it was truly difficult to stand out in the industry.
