Fighting to be heard Chinese singer Zhou Shen，28，has become more popular after appearing on the TV show Singer （《歌手》）.He impressed （给……深刻印象） people not only with his unusual recording（录制） ways – he has performed in his bedroom twice because of the novel coronavirus outbreak – but also with his singing itself.
    Zhou performed different styles of singing on the show.He covered a song by popular virtual（虚拟的）singers Luo Tianyi and Yan He，as well as sang songs with Suzhou Pingtan and Russian elements（元素）.
    Singer Gao Xiaosong said Zhou has "come out of the cocoon （茧） and become a butterfly".It has taken Zhou a long time to do so.
    Zhou loved singing when he was a little boy.However，his voice didn't change like other boys during his teenage years.It still sounded like a girl's voice – thin and high.The children about his age laughed at him and he refused to sing in public. "I sang in my bedroom secretly，" he said.
    At 17，he sang online without showing his face.Some people were very interested in it.On one of his birthdays，he agreed to show his face.However，when they found out that he was a boy，some of them made fun of him.Zhou felt bad about this，but later he got the chance to sing the theme song to the movie Big Fish and Begonia（《大鱼海棠》），which turned out to be a big success.
    After that，Zhou appeared on several TV talent shows.In his own words，"it was to give my voice a chance." He even wore women's clothes on the show Masked Singer. "It wasn't hype （炒作），"he said. "I just want people to care about my singing rather than my gender （性别）."

                                                               Popularity of Zhou Shen

When ：After he appeared on the TV show Singer，he became more popular. Why：He recorded his songs（1） in unusual ways in unusual ways and performed different styles of singing on the show. How：Zhou spent much time on it.
（2） When he was a little boy When he was a little boy	He loved singing.
During his teenage years	His voice didn't change like other boys—still thin and high.He didn't （3） enjoy enjoy going out to sing in front of the people.
At the age of 17	He sang online without showing his face and his voice became popular.
A few years later	He（4） didn't didn't become very successful（4） until until he got the chance to sing the theme song to the movie Big Fish and Begonia.
In the following years	He got many chances（5） to appear to appear on some TV talent shows so that he could become more and more popular.