IJeangu Macrooy yigama abathandi bomculo base-Europe abaselizwa kakhulu muva nje. Insizwa yaseNetherlands yakwazi ukuheha ukunaka ngesikhathi esifushane. Umculo kaMacrooy ungachazwa kangcono njengomphefumulo wesimanje. Abalaleli bayo abakhulu baseNetherlands naseSuriname. Kodwa futhi uyabonakala eBelgium, eFrance naseJalimane. Lo mculi bekumele amele izwe lakhe ku-Eurovision Song Contest 2020, ebiseRotterdam ngengoma ethi "Khula". Kepha umncintiswano ukhanseliwe ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Kodwa lo mfana akazange alahle ithemba futhi wamelela iNetherlands ku-Eurovision 2021 ngengoma ethi "Ukuzalwa Kwenkathi Entsha". Manje yonke iYurophu iyayicula. Umfana akapheli izintatheli, abathwebuli bezithombe nabalandeli abababazayo.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaZhangyu Makroy
UJeangu Macrooy (ophinyiselwe u-Shàngú Makrói) wazalwa ngoNovemba 6, 1993 futhi wakhulela eParamaribo, eSuriname, okwakuyikoloni langaphambili lamaDashi eNingizimu Melika. Ulimi olusemthethweni lwaseSuriname isiDashi, ngakho uZhangyu ukhuluma kahle lolu limi. Abaningi baseSurinamese bebelokhu bethuthela eNetherlands ngenxa yomsebenzi nokufunda, futhi sekungamashumi eminyaka. Ubaba kaZhangyu Jerrel waze wahlala futhi wasebenza e-Amsterdam iminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eSuriname futhi aqale umndeni.
Lapho uZhangyu eneminyaka eyishumi nantathu, abazali bakhe bamthengela isiginci sakhe sokuqala. Sekuyinto eyintandokazi endlini. Umfana ngokoqobo akazange amkhulule ezandleni zakhe futhi wafunda ngobuciko ithuluzi. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, uZhangyu newele lakhe u-Xillan baqala ukuqamba nokwenza owabo umculo. Nalapho, lo mfana wayazi ukuthi uzoxhumanisa impilo yakhe yekusasa nomculo. Kusukela ngo-2014, uZhangyu uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe womculo ngaphesheya kolwandle, eNetherlands. Ukusebenzisana komculo kwaqala nomdidiyeli nomqambi uPerquisite. Kamuva wasayina inkontileka nelebuli edumile ethi Unexpected Records.
Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala yeJeangu Macrooy
Ngo-Ephreli 2016, kwakhululwa i-albhamu encane kaJeangu Macrooy ethi "Brave Enough". Ngemuva kokukhululwa, uZhangyu waqanjwa ngokuthi "Ithalente Elinzima" ngomsakazo we-3FM. Futhi ngemva kwesonto edlale ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi "Gold" ohlelweni lwezingxoxo lukazwelonke lwaseDutch "De Wereld Draait Door", waba isivakashi esivamile ku-TV. Kamuva, kwasetshenziswa okufanayo ekukhangisweni kwesiteshi se-HBO.
Ehlobo lika-2016, umculi neqembu lakhe badlala imikhosi eminingi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho bavakashela eNetherlands ngePopronde ekwindla. Uphinde wanikeza ukwesekwa uBlaudzun, Remy van Kesteren, Bernhoft noSelah Sue. Ngenxa yalokho, kwaba namakhonsathi angu-12 ngezinyanga ezingu-120 kuphela. U-2016 uphele ngokudlala komculi emcimbini we-Noorderslag. Lapha uqokwe ngendondo ye-Edison emkhakheni weBest New Artist.
I-albhamu yokuqala kaZhangyu Makroy
I-albhamu yokuqala yomculi othi "High On You" ibonakale inomdlandla futhi idansa. Kodwa izici ze-melancholy zisekhona ezingomeni ezinjengokuthi "Imibuthano", "Crazy Kids", "Head Over Heels". Eminye yemisebenzi yayiculwa njenge-duet newele lakhe u-Xillan. I-"Antidote" kanye nethi "High On You" ibonisa ukuhlobana kukaZhangyu nomculo we-soul. Kukula maculo lapho izwi lakhe elinamandla lithuthukiswa khona ngohlelo olunethusi olugqama iningi le-albhamu. Nokho, intambo evamile kukho konke ukuqoshwa kuseyikhono eliyingqayizivele lezwi likaZhangyu. Ilalisa nge-hypnotize ebangeni eliphansi futhi ithuthele umlaleli emhlabeni ohluke ngokuphelele ebangeni eliphakeme.
"High On You" ikhishwe yi-Unexpected Records ngo-Ephreli 14, 2017. Irekhodi lingene eshadini lama-albhamu e-Dutch. Iqokwe ku-"Best Edison Pop Album" futhi yathola ukunconywa okubucayi kwabezindaba. U-Algemin Dagblad unikeze i-albhamu izinkanyezi ezi-4 kwezingu-5 futhi wabhala, "Uneminyaka engu-23 kuphela, kodwa kukhona ukujula kwezwi lakhe." I-"High On You" iqokwe njenge-albhamu yokuqala ye-Dutch ehamba phambili yango-2017." I-Telegraaf yanezela: “Umlomo wakho uzovuleka ngokumangala nokuncoma. Indlela ephelele yokuqala umsebenzi wakho womculo!” Umagazini i-Oor ubize u-Zhangyu "ngomuntu omusha ozovula ngempela."
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu kumakwe izinkambo ezimbili zamakilabhu eNetherlands. Umculi unikeze amakhonsathi ayishumi nanhlanu, amathikithi awo adayiswe aphela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Ehlobo lika-2017, uZhangyu wadlala imikhosi eminingi neqembu lakhe, okuhlanganisa iNorth Sea Jazz kanye neLowlands. NgoDisemba, uZhangyu wandiza wabuyela eSuriname. Udlale nebhendi yakhe phambi kwezilaleli ezijabule zabantu abangu-1500. Lapha, iculo lesihloko elithi "High On You" ebanjwe endaweni yokuqala kumashadi amaviki ayisikhombisa alandelanayo. Ebuyela eNetherlands ngo-2018, wadlala e-Eurosonic Showcase.
I-Creative tandem uJeangu Macrooy nomfowabo
Lo mculi unewele lakhe elimncane ngemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye kuphela. U-Zhangyu usondelene kakhulu no-Xillan (lelo igama lomfowabo) hhayi kuphela ngokobuciko. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, bajwayele ukwenza konke ndawonye, futhi babelane ngazo zonke izinjabulo nezinkinga ezimbili. Kodwa uma kuziwa emculweni, futhi banesitayela esikhethekile sokusebenzisana. Ngokusho kukanina uJeannette, abafana bebelokhu benendlela yabo yokubhala izingoma. Yathuthuka ngenqubo yokudweba izithombe ebuntwaneni. Babesebenzisa ishidi elilodwa njalo emsebenzini. U-Zhangyu upendwe kwesokunxele seshidi, no-Xillan kwesokudla.
Futhi kamuva, yileyo ndlela ababhala ngayo izingoma namazwi. Omunye waqala ngomugqa othize, omunye ngolandelayo, njalonjalo. Abazalwane baqala ngokuhlukana lapho uZhangyu ethuthela eNetherlands ukuyofundela umculo. Kwaba nzima kakhulu kubona bobabili, ikakhulukazi kuXillan. Ngenkathi uZhangyu elandela uthando lwakhe, u-Xillan wahlala engashintshile. Ngokujabulisayo, manje sebephinde bahlangana njengoba uXillan naye esethuthele eNetherlands. UXillan naye uneqembu lakhe elibizwa nge-KOWNU. Umlandeli wabo omkhulu, kunjalo, uJeangu Macrooy.
Zhangyu Makroy: amaqiniso athakazelisayo
Lo mculi ungummeli oziqhenyayo futhi okhuthele wamalungelo e-LGBT ezweni lakubo. Yize wayevuleleke kakhulu emphakathini we-LGBT kunomakhelwane bakhe abaningi nabangane. U-Zhangyu uyavuma ukuthi wazizwa evaleleke kancane eSuriname. Lokhu futhi kwaba ngesinye sezizathu ezenza wathuthela eNetherlands.
Yena noXillan babevame ukukhuluma ngamagama acashile. Ngale ndlela, badonsa ukunaka kwabanye. Ngisho nasezingomeni zabo zokuqala bayisebenzise ngempumelelo.
Uhambo lwakhe lokuqala lwenzeka eneminyaka engu-17. Abazalwane basungula iqembu lomculo elithi Between Towers ngesikhathi befunda eSuriname Conservatory. Ngosizo lukayise, benza amakhonsathi ezindaweni zokudlela ezincane kulo lonke elasenhloko-dolobha.
Ngokushesha wazakhela igama eNetherlands. Kwamthatha cishe iminyaka emithathu ukuthola ukuthandwa. Lo mculi uqokwe kabili emklomelweni we-Edison. Uyinguqulo yesiDashi yama-Grammy Awards. Ubuye waba nezingoma ezimbalwa eziphumelelayo ezifana nethi “Gold” eyasetshenziswa kwezentengiso ye-HBO ye-Game of Thrones.
UZhangyu Makroy ungumqeqeshi wokufunda. Uthanda ukucwila encwadini ngezikhathi ezithile. Futhi ngo-2020, uZhangyu waqanjwa njengomunye "wabaqeqeshi bokufunda" abathathu abazokhuthaza abafundi baseDashi ukuthi bathathe incwadi. Ehlangene nama-rapper uFamke Louise noDio Jengu, lo mculi umema izingane ukuthi zifunde izincwadi ezintathu ezinyangeni eziyisithupha. Umkhankaso uqale ngoNovemba 2020 waze wafika kuMeyi 2021. UZhangyu wakhetha ukufunda izincwadi zababhali banamuhla baseMelika kanye nesiNgisi, yena ngokwakhe azifunda ngokujabula.
