He inoa ʻo Jeangu Macrooy i lohe nui ʻia e ka poʻe aloha mele ʻEulopa. Ua hiki i kahi kanaka ʻōpio mai Netherlands ke hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo i ka manawa pōkole. Hiki ke wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia ke mele a Macrooy he ʻuhane o kēia wā. Aia kona poʻe hoʻolohe nui ma Netherlands a me Suriname. Akā ʻike ʻia ia ma Belgium, Farani a me Kelemānia. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka mea mele e pani i kona ʻāina i ka Eurovision Song Contest 2020, i mālama ʻia ma Rotterdam me ke mele "Grow". Akā ua kāpae ʻia ka hoʻokūkū ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Akā ʻaʻole i haʻalele ke kanaka a hōʻike i ka Netherlands ma Eurovision 2021 me ke mele "Birth of a New Age". I kēia manawa, hīmeni ʻo ʻEulopa. ʻAʻohe hopena o ke kanaka i ka poʻe nūpepa, nā mea paʻi kiʻi a me nā mea aloha.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Zhangyu Makroy
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Jeangu Macrooy (hōʻike ʻia ʻo Shàngú Makrói) ma Nowemapa 6, 1993 a hānai ʻia ma Paramaribo, Suriname, he kolone Dutch ma ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO ka ʻōlelo kūhelu o Suriname ʻo Dutch, no laila ua mākaukau ʻo Zhangyu i kēia ʻōlelo. Nui nā poʻe Surinamese e neʻe ana i Netherlands no ka hana a me ke aʻo ʻana, a no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Ua noho a hana ʻo Zhangyu Jerrel makuakāne ma Amsterdam no kekahi mau makahiki ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i Suriname a hoʻomaka i kahi ʻohana.
I ka makahiki ʻumikūmākolu o Zhangyu, ua kūʻai aku kona mau mākua iā ia i kāna kīkā mua. Ua lilo ia i mea punahele ma ka hale. ʻAʻole i hoʻokuʻu maoli ke keikikāne iā ia mai kona lima a aʻo i ka haku akamai i ka mea kani. ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, hoʻomaka ʻo Zhangyu a me kāna māhoe ʻo Xillan i ka haku mele a hoʻokani i kā lāua mele ponoʻī. ʻOiai, ua ʻike ke kanaka e hoʻopili ʻo ia i kona ola e hiki mai ana me ke mele. Mai ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻomau ʻo Zhangyu i kāna ʻoihana mele ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka moana, ma Netherlands. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi hui mele me ka mea hana a me ka haku mele ʻo Perquisite. Ma hope mai ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me ka inoa kaulana ʻo Unexpected Records.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala hana a Jeangu Macrooy
I ʻApelila 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mini-album mua a Jeangu Macrooy "Brave Enough". Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Zhangyu "Serious Talent" e ka lekiō 3FM. A i hoʻokahi pule ma hope o kona hoʻokani ʻana i kāna mea hoʻokahi "Gold" ma ka hōʻike kamaʻilio aupuni Dutch "De Wereld Draait Door", ua lilo ʻo ia i malihini ma ke TV. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka pā like ma kahi hoʻolaha no ke kahawai HBO.
I ke kauwela o 2016, hoʻokani ka mea mele a me kāna hui i nā ʻahaʻaina he nui, a ma hope iho ua hele lākou i kahi huakaʻi o Netherlands me Popronde i ka hāʻule. Hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo no Blaudzun, Remy van Kesteren, Bernhoft a me Selah Sue. ʻO ka hopena, ua mālama ʻia nā ʻaha mele he 12 i loko o 120 mahina wale nō. Ua pau ka 2016 me ka hana a ka mea pena kiʻi ma ka ʻaha Noorderslag. Ma ʻaneʻi ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka makana Edison ma ke ʻano ʻo Best New Artist.
ʻO ka album mua a Zhangyu Makroy
ʻO ka album mua o ka mea mele "High On You" i lilo i mea ikaika a hula. Akā, lanakila mau nā mea o ka melancholy i nā mele e like me "Circles", "Crazy Kids", "Head Over Heels". Ua mele ʻia kekahi o nā hana ma ke ʻano he duet me kona māhoe kaikaina ʻo Xillan. Hōʻike ʻo "Antidote" a me "High On You" i ka pilina o Zhangyu no nā mele ʻuhane. Aia ma luna o kēia mau mele i hoʻonui ʻia kona leo ikaika e nā hoʻonohonoho brassy e hōʻike ana i ka hapa nui o ka album. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka pae maʻamau i loko o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ʻo ia ka mana leo kūʻokoʻa o Zhangyu. Hoʻopiʻi ia i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a lawe i ka mea hoʻolohe i kahi honua ʻokoʻa loa i ka pae kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "High On You" e Unexpected Records ma ʻApelila 14, 2017. Ua komo ka mooolelo i ka Palapala Palapala Holani. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no "Best Edison Pop Album" a loaʻa iā ia ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi mai ka poʻe paʻi. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Algemin Dagblad i ka album 4 mai loko mai o 5 mau hōkū a kākau ʻo ia, "He 23 wale nō kona mau makahiki, akā aia ka hohonu o kona leo." Ua koho ʻia ʻo "High On You" ma ke ʻano he mele mua loa Dutch o 2017. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Telegraaf: "E hāmama kou waha me ka pīhoihoi a me ka mahalo. ʻO ke ala kūpono e hoʻomaka ai i kāu ʻoihana mele!”. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Oor magazine ʻo Zhangyu "he mea hou e hoʻohuli maoli iā ʻoe."
Hoʻokuʻu album
Ua hōʻailona ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka album e nā huakaʻi hui ʻelua ma Netherlands. Ua hāʻawi ka mea mele i ʻumikūmālima mau ʻahamele, nā tiketi i kūʻai ʻia i loko o kekahi mau lā. I ke kauwela o 2017, hoʻokani ʻo Zhangyu i nā ʻahaʻaina he nui me kāna hui, me North Sea Jazz a me Lowlands. I Kekemapa, ua lele ʻo Zhangyu i Suriname. Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia me kāna hui i mua o kahi anaina hauʻoli o 1500 poʻe. Ma ʻaneʻi, mālama ʻia ke mele poʻo inoa "High On You" ma ka helu ʻekahi ma nā pakuhi no ʻehiku mau pule. Ke hoʻi nei ʻo ia i Netherlands ma 2018, hana ʻo ia ma ka Eurosonic Showcase.
Creative tandem Jeangu Macrooy me kona kaikaina
He māhoe māhoe ko ka mea pena kiʻi, he ʻeiwa mau minuke kona ʻōpio. Kokoke loa ʻo Zhangyu iā Xillan (ʻo ia ka inoa o kona kaikunāne) ʻaʻole wale ma ke ʻano o ka noʻonoʻo. Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, ua maʻa lākou e hana like i nā mea āpau, a kaʻana like i nā hauʻoli a me nā pilikia a pau no ʻelua. Akā i ka wā e pili ana i ke mele, a he ʻano hana kūikawā ko lākou. Wahi a ko lākou makuahine ʻo Jeannette, loaʻa mau nā keikikāne i kā lākou ʻano kākau mele. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ma ke kaʻina hana kiʻi i ka wā kamaliʻi. Hoʻohana mau lākou i hoʻokahi pepa no ka hana. Ua pena ʻo Zhangyu ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka pepa, a ʻo Xillan ma ka ʻākau.
A ma hope, pēlā lākou i kākau ai i nā mele a me nā mele. Hoʻomaka kekahi me kekahi laina, ʻo kekahi me ka laina aʻe, a pēlā aku. Ua hoʻokaʻawale mua nā kaikunāne i ka wā i neʻe ai ʻo Zhangyu i Netherlands e aʻo i ka mele. He mea paʻakikī loa ia no lāua ʻelua, ʻo ia hoʻi no Xillan. ʻOiai ʻo Zhangyu e hahai ana i kona makemake, ʻaʻole i loli ʻo Xillan. Mahalo, ua hui hou lākou i kēia manawa ʻoiai ua neʻe ʻo Xillan i Netherlands. Loaʻa iā Xillan kāna hui ponoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo KOWNU. ʻO kā lākou mea punahele nui loa, ʻo Jeangu Macrooy.
Zhangyu Makroy: nā mea hoihoi
He mea hoʻokiʻekiʻe a haʻaheo ka mea mele no nā kuleana LGBT ma kona ʻāina hānau. ʻOiai ua ʻoi aku kona wehe ʻana i ke kaiāulu LGBT ma mua o ka nui o kona mau hoalauna a me nā hoaaloha. Ua ʻae ʻo Zhangyu ua paʻa ʻo ia ma Suriname. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā kumu i neʻe ai ʻo ia i Netherlands.
ʻO lāua ʻo Xillan e kamaʻilio maʻamau i nā leo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ma kēia ʻano, ua huki lākou i ka manaʻo o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai i kā lākou mele mua ua hoʻohana maikaʻi lākou.
ʻO kāna huakaʻi mua i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 17. Ua hoʻomaka nā kaikunāne i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Between Towers i ka wā e hele ana i ka Suriname Conservatory. Me ke kōkua o ko lākou makuakāne, hāʻawi lākou i nā ʻahamele ma nā hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi ma ke kapikala.
Ua hana koke ʻo ia i inoa nona iho ma Netherlands. Ua lawe ʻo ia iā ia ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki e loaʻa ai ka kaulana. Ua koho ʻia ka mea pena no ka Edison Award. ʻO ia ka mana Dutch o ka Grammy Awards. Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau mele kūleʻa e like me "Gold" i hoʻohana ʻia ma kahi pāʻoihana HBO no Game of Thrones.
He aʻo heluhelu ʻo Zhangyu Makroy. Makemake ʻo ia e luʻu i ka puke i kēlā me kēia manawa. A i ka makahiki 2020, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Zhangyu i kekahi o ʻekolu "kaʻi heluhelu" nāna e paipai i nā haumāna Dutch e ʻohi i kahi puke. Me nā rappers ʻo Famke Louise lāua ʻo Dio Jengu, kono ka mea mele i nā keiki e heluhelu i ʻekolu mau puke i ʻeono mahina. Ua holo ka hoʻolaha mai Nowemapa 2020 a i Mei 2021. Ua koho ʻo Zhangyu e heluhelu i nā puke e nā mea kākau ʻAmelika a me ʻEnelani o kēia wā, nāna i heluhelu me ka hauʻoli.
