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十五岁的贝齐·库尔(Beckii Cruel)原名
丽贝卡·弗林特(Rebecca Flint),原本只是一个生活在英属马恩岛的平凡少女。和其他女孩不同的是她十分热衷日本文化和动漫。她把自拍的舞蹈视频上传到视频分享网站Youtube,没想到迷倒无数日本宅男,从此一炮而红。她是Youtube日本栏目里被评论最多的用户,而她的Youtube账号访问量已达550万次。(怎么这么像当年在中国网络爆红、并有无数模仿者的“红老外”?呵呵~~)
网上走红以后,她接受日本公司的邀请到日本发展,如今在日本拥有超高的知名度。她的走红也引起了英国广播公司(BBC)的注意,BBC 3台在今年8月播出了有关贝齐的纪录片——《贝齐:14岁的少女明星》(Beckii: Schoolgirl Superstar at 14)。
下面,我们来听听贝齐讲述这段神奇的走红经历。
It All Started When…
A couple of years ago, I became really interested in Japan through manga and anime cartoons. The music is quite unique, and I was soon learning dances from the cartoons, and like lots of other fans, posted them on Youtube. One of the dances, Danjo注1, went on to get well over two million hits. Before long, completely
unexpectedly, I had several agencies and producers
asking me to come to Japan and perform.
I think part of the reason why this happened was that I was a Western girl who was so interested in
Japanese culture. Also, I do look a bit like one of their
cartoon characters. I have quite a slender[细长的] face and big eyes, and for the people that follow manga and anime, it was like one of the characters had come alive. People in the West find that really odd and hard to understand, but the Japanese are really visual people, and for them it was really exciting.
The thought of going to Japan was quite
daunting[使人畏缩的], but my mum, dad and me were able to look at all the proposals. Mum and Dad, along with my Japanese manager, were really careful at making sure things remained really balanced, and that the two lives I was about to start leading would be able to be kept a bit separate.
I’ve now been to Japan seven times. I’ve opened films at the Cannes Film Festival and been to Monaco for the World Music Awards Party. I’ve modelled at one of the world’s biggest fashion shows, and I’m recording with Tom Nichols, who has produced Kylie Minogue注2, and have just got to do things that teenage girls dream of
doing. I do love it and know I am so lucky to have had the chance to experience those things.
The most amazing thing is all the emails and
fanmails I get from people my age saying I have inspired them! If that’s true, then that’s amazing, and something I would love to keep on doing.
I know it all sounds glamorous[富有魅力的], but it is
harder work than people think. I was away at the
weekend for a family wedding, and we were in a
restaurant and the waitress recognised me and was
really nice. But it was one of those moments that you
realise that you are in the public eye all the time and can’t really let your guard down.
The Fame Game
We get dozens of emails every week asking for
advice on how to become famous. The truth is that I can’t tell them; it just happened for me. I didn’t go looking for it, and in lots of ways, they shouldn’t either.
Just be happy at trying the very best you can at what you do, and if the opportunities come your way, be sure to take them. But make sure that you get good advice, and just be really, really careful. There are lots of people out there who will take advantage, and I am glad I have had my mum and dad to look after me so well.
I think the most important thing to do if you do reach really big stardom is to make sure you do something
positive with it. I would hope that if things ever do become
that big for me, I will remember to do something special.
As for more normal stuff, I am still studying hard right now, and that is really important. I love
languages; maybe I will study them. The past year, though, I have become a lot more interested in the fashion side of the pop business. I study textiles[纺织品]
at school, so I might look for a way to combine the two.
Like many people of my age, I love Eminem注3. His music is so deep and has a lot of meaning, and it’s a nice change from other pop music. I also listen to more obscure[不引人注意的] online artists like Alex Day, who is based on Youtube and writes his own material.
This year has been really different for us at home because we haven’t really had a family holiday. Every time I have been off school, Mum or Dad have been jumping on a plane with me to somewhere. So that has been quite hard.
My friends have been really brilliant, though. They have had little parts to play when I have been filming here on the island, which has been fun, and they are just so supportive. They are the best.
My motto is to live life with no regrets – I can’t change it anyway, so why should I think about how it could have been. I’m very thankful for what I’ve had, and I feel I have only improved from any mistakes I’ve made. I love my two lives and wouldn’t change them for anything!
一切始于……
几年前,透过动漫作品,我对日本产生了浓厚的兴趣。他们的音乐很特别,于是不久后我开始学跳动画里的舞蹈。和众多粉丝一样,我将视频发布到 Youtube网上。其中一支舞蹈——《男女》的累计点击率超过两百万。没过多久,几家经纪人公司和一些制作人叫我到日本表演,这让我始料不及。
我认为一部分原因是我是一个十分热衷日本文化的西方女孩。另外,我确实有点像他们动漫中的某个角色。我的脸蛋尖尖的,眼睛大大的,对于动漫迷来说,就像从画中走出来活生生的动漫人物。西方人认为那很奇怪,难以理解,但日本人很注重视觉,他们对此欣喜若狂。
去日本的想法确实让人望而却步,但爸爸妈妈和我看完所有计划。爸爸妈妈还有我的日本经纪人都十分谨慎,确保事情得到平衡发展,保证我即将开始的双面生活不会互相影响。
至今为止,我已经去过日本七次。我曾经在戛纳电影节上为电影开幕,参加过摩纳哥的世界音乐奖派对;我在全世界其中一个最大型的时装秀上当过模特;我正在与曾经担任凯莉·米洛制作人的汤姆·尼科尔斯
录制唱片——我做的是所有少女梦寐以求的事情。我的确很喜欢这样,我知道有机会体验那些事情是多么
幸运。
最棒的是我收到年龄相仿的人发来的电邮和粉丝邮件,信里说我激励了他们!如果那是真的就太棒了,我很乐意继续这样做。
我知道这些听起来很绚丽多姿,但它实际上比人们想象的要难得多。某个周末我参加一场家庭婚礼,我们在一家餐厅的时候一名女侍应认出了我,她很友善。但就在这时,你意识到自己时时刻刻处在公众的眼光下,一点也不能松懈。
名利游戏
我们每周都会收到几十封电邮,问我怎样才能成名。事实上我也没有答案,我只是顺其自然,并没有刻意
追求——而且在很多方面,人们也不应该追名逐利。
只管开开心心、全力以赴去做吧。如果机会来到你面前,一定要好好把握。但是记得听取好建议,还要万分谨慎,因为外面有很多人想利用你。我很庆幸爸爸妈妈对我照顾入微。
如果你真的成为超级明星,我认为最重要的是让名气发挥积极作用。如果自己走红了,我一定会做一些特别的
事情。
说到平常生活,现在我仍在努力学习,那相当重要。我喜欢语言,也许会攻读语言学科。然而在过去一年里,我对流行产业的时尚领域越来越感兴趣。我在学校学习纺织品方面的课程,所以也许我会试试看有什么方法把两者结合到一起。
和许多同龄人一样,我喜欢埃米
纳姆。他的音乐很深刻,内涵丰富,听多了其他流行音乐换换口味也不错。我也听网上那些不太出名的艺人的音乐,例如以Youtube为据点、自己写歌的
亚历克斯·戴。
今年对我们来说确实很不一样,因为我们没有过上一个真正意义的家庭假期。每当我上完学,爸爸妈妈就带着我坐上飞机到某个地方,所以一直很辛苦。
我的朋友可有才了。我在岛上进行拍摄的时候,他们会扮演一些小角色,好玩极了。他们很支持我,他们棒极了。
我的座右铭是无悔地生活——反正我也无法改变它,那为什么还要去想(不这样)会变成怎样呢。我对曾经拥有的一切心存感激,也发现自己可以不断从错误中完善自我。我爱我的双重人生,这是千金不换的财富!
注1:“danjo”是日文“男女”的英语发音。
注2:凯莉·米洛是澳大利亚著名歌手、歌曲作家及演员。
注3:又称“痞子
阿姆”,是美国著名说唱歌手、唱片制作人及演员。
丽贝卡·弗林特(Rebecca Flint),原本只是一个生活在英属马恩岛的平凡少女。和其他女孩不同的是她十分热衷日本文化和动漫。她把自拍的舞蹈视频上传到视频分享网站Youtube,没想到迷倒无数日本宅男,从此一炮而红。她是Youtube日本栏目里被评论最多的用户,而她的Youtube账号访问量已达550万次。(怎么这么像当年在中国网络爆红、并有无数模仿者的“红老外”?呵呵~~)
网上走红以后,她接受日本公司的邀请到日本发展,如今在日本拥有超高的知名度。她的走红也引起了英国广播公司(BBC)的注意,BBC 3台在今年8月播出了有关贝齐的纪录片——《贝齐:14岁的少女明星》(Beckii: Schoolgirl Superstar at 14)。
下面,我们来听听贝齐讲述这段神奇的走红经历。
It All Started When…
A couple of years ago, I became really interested in Japan through manga and anime cartoons. The music is quite unique, and I was soon learning dances from the cartoons, and like lots of other fans, posted them on Youtube. One of the dances, Danjo注1, went on to get well over two million hits. Before long, completely
unexpectedly, I had several agencies and producers
asking me to come to Japan and perform.
I think part of the reason why this happened was that I was a Western girl who was so interested in
Japanese culture. Also, I do look a bit like one of their
cartoon characters. I have quite a slender[细长的] face and big eyes, and for the people that follow manga and anime, it was like one of the characters had come alive. People in the West find that really odd and hard to understand, but the Japanese are really visual people, and for them it was really exciting.
The thought of going to Japan was quite
daunting[使人畏缩的], but my mum, dad and me were able to look at all the proposals. Mum and Dad, along with my Japanese manager, were really careful at making sure things remained really balanced, and that the two lives I was about to start leading would be able to be kept a bit separate.
I’ve now been to Japan seven times. I’ve opened films at the Cannes Film Festival and been to Monaco for the World Music Awards Party. I’ve modelled at one of the world’s biggest fashion shows, and I’m recording with Tom Nichols, who has produced Kylie Minogue注2, and have just got to do things that teenage girls dream of
doing. I do love it and know I am so lucky to have had the chance to experience those things.
The most amazing thing is all the emails and
fanmails I get from people my age saying I have inspired them! If that’s true, then that’s amazing, and something I would love to keep on doing.
I know it all sounds glamorous[富有魅力的], but it is
harder work than people think. I was away at the
weekend for a family wedding, and we were in a
restaurant and the waitress recognised me and was
really nice. But it was one of those moments that you
realise that you are in the public eye all the time and can’t really let your guard down.
The Fame Game
We get dozens of emails every week asking for
advice on how to become famous. The truth is that I can’t tell them; it just happened for me. I didn’t go looking for it, and in lots of ways, they shouldn’t either.
Just be happy at trying the very best you can at what you do, and if the opportunities come your way, be sure to take them. But make sure that you get good advice, and just be really, really careful. There are lots of people out there who will take advantage, and I am glad I have had my mum and dad to look after me so well.
I think the most important thing to do if you do reach really big stardom is to make sure you do something
positive with it. I would hope that if things ever do become
that big for me, I will remember to do something special.
As for more normal stuff, I am still studying hard right now, and that is really important. I love
languages; maybe I will study them. The past year, though, I have become a lot more interested in the fashion side of the pop business. I study textiles[纺织品]
at school, so I might look for a way to combine the two.
Like many people of my age, I love Eminem注3. His music is so deep and has a lot of meaning, and it’s a nice change from other pop music. I also listen to more obscure[不引人注意的] online artists like Alex Day, who is based on Youtube and writes his own material.
This year has been really different for us at home because we haven’t really had a family holiday. Every time I have been off school, Mum or Dad have been jumping on a plane with me to somewhere. So that has been quite hard.
My friends have been really brilliant, though. They have had little parts to play when I have been filming here on the island, which has been fun, and they are just so supportive. They are the best.
My motto is to live life with no regrets – I can’t change it anyway, so why should I think about how it could have been. I’m very thankful for what I’ve had, and I feel I have only improved from any mistakes I’ve made. I love my two lives and wouldn’t change them for anything!
一切始于……
几年前,透过动漫作品,我对日本产生了浓厚的兴趣。他们的音乐很特别,于是不久后我开始学跳动画里的舞蹈。和众多粉丝一样,我将视频发布到 Youtube网上。其中一支舞蹈——《男女》的累计点击率超过两百万。没过多久,几家经纪人公司和一些制作人叫我到日本表演,这让我始料不及。
我认为一部分原因是我是一个十分热衷日本文化的西方女孩。另外,我确实有点像他们动漫中的某个角色。我的脸蛋尖尖的,眼睛大大的,对于动漫迷来说,就像从画中走出来活生生的动漫人物。西方人认为那很奇怪,难以理解,但日本人很注重视觉,他们对此欣喜若狂。
去日本的想法确实让人望而却步,但爸爸妈妈和我看完所有计划。爸爸妈妈还有我的日本经纪人都十分谨慎,确保事情得到平衡发展,保证我即将开始的双面生活不会互相影响。
至今为止,我已经去过日本七次。我曾经在戛纳电影节上为电影开幕,参加过摩纳哥的世界音乐奖派对;我在全世界其中一个最大型的时装秀上当过模特;我正在与曾经担任凯莉·米洛制作人的汤姆·尼科尔斯
录制唱片——我做的是所有少女梦寐以求的事情。我的确很喜欢这样,我知道有机会体验那些事情是多么
幸运。
最棒的是我收到年龄相仿的人发来的电邮和粉丝邮件,信里说我激励了他们!如果那是真的就太棒了,我很乐意继续这样做。
我知道这些听起来很绚丽多姿,但它实际上比人们想象的要难得多。某个周末我参加一场家庭婚礼,我们在一家餐厅的时候一名女侍应认出了我,她很友善。但就在这时,你意识到自己时时刻刻处在公众的眼光下,一点也不能松懈。
名利游戏
我们每周都会收到几十封电邮,问我怎样才能成名。事实上我也没有答案,我只是顺其自然,并没有刻意
追求——而且在很多方面,人们也不应该追名逐利。
只管开开心心、全力以赴去做吧。如果机会来到你面前,一定要好好把握。但是记得听取好建议,还要万分谨慎,因为外面有很多人想利用你。我很庆幸爸爸妈妈对我照顾入微。
如果你真的成为超级明星,我认为最重要的是让名气发挥积极作用。如果自己走红了,我一定会做一些特别的
事情。
说到平常生活,现在我仍在努力学习,那相当重要。我喜欢语言,也许会攻读语言学科。然而在过去一年里,我对流行产业的时尚领域越来越感兴趣。我在学校学习纺织品方面的课程,所以也许我会试试看有什么方法把两者结合到一起。
和许多同龄人一样,我喜欢埃米
纳姆。他的音乐很深刻,内涵丰富,听多了其他流行音乐换换口味也不错。我也听网上那些不太出名的艺人的音乐,例如以Youtube为据点、自己写歌的
亚历克斯·戴。
今年对我们来说确实很不一样,因为我们没有过上一个真正意义的家庭假期。每当我上完学,爸爸妈妈就带着我坐上飞机到某个地方,所以一直很辛苦。
我的朋友可有才了。我在岛上进行拍摄的时候,他们会扮演一些小角色,好玩极了。他们很支持我,他们棒极了。
我的座右铭是无悔地生活——反正我也无法改变它,那为什么还要去想(不这样)会变成怎样呢。我对曾经拥有的一切心存感激,也发现自己可以不断从错误中完善自我。我爱我的双重人生,这是千金不换的财富!
注1:“danjo”是日文“男女”的英语发音。
注2:凯莉·米洛是澳大利亚著名歌手、歌曲作家及演员。
注3:又称“痞子
阿姆”,是美国著名说唱歌手、唱片制作人及演员。