TFBoys

TFBOYS (The Fighting Boys)
Origin China
Born Roy: November 8, 2000; Jackson: November 28,2000; Karry: September 21, 1999
Occupation Singers, actors
Genre(s) Mandopop
Label(s) TF Entertainment
Years active 2013 - present
Members
Karry Wang Junkai
Roy Wang Yuan
Jackson Yi Yang Qianxi

TFBOYS (also known as The Fighting Boys) is a Chinese music band formed by TF Entertainment. The group consists of Wang Junkai (王俊凯, Karry Wang), who is the leader and the main vocalist , Wang Yuan (王源, Roy Wang), , and Yi YangQianXi (易烊千玺, Jackson Yi), the main dancer. TFBOYS officially debuted on August 6, 2013.[1] Rapidly gaining popularity on the Internet, especially through social media such as Sina Weibo, their performances and songs are well known in Mainland China.[2] With appearances on various TV shows and music awards,[3] they have become well known in Mainland China, Taiwan, and many Southeast Asian countries.

Pre debut

Wang Junkai(王俊凯, Karry Wang) was chosen as a trainee in TF Entertainment accidentally. The staff of the TF Entertainment found the boy when they have already finished the trainee selection process. They immediately decided to give the boy a chance to audition, though he had missed the interview. Previously, he had tried out for a company in 2011 because of his love for singing, and before his debut in TFBOYS, he was a vocalist for TF-Family. In 2011, when he auditioned for a talent show he was unable to finish and was not picked. In 2012 he tried again with a cover of Rolling in the Deep by Adele in Chinese. However, he was disqualified in the top 100s. When his company posted a cover of him singing the Chinese song Prisoned Bird (Chinese:《囚鸟》), it went viral on the internet. In September, 2012, he released a cover version of You Exist in My Song (Chinese:《我的歌声里》), recorded by himself in the washroom.

Wang Yuan (王源, Roy Wang) came into the company a year later than Karry. The boy chose to enter this company because it is free to practice singing. Roy Wang's voice is known to be attractive and unique. His specialty is playing the piano and playing basketball. He also has a talent for hosting: his eloquence, wit, and humor gained him an entrance to a job as a host in family variety show. On July 2012, Roy Wang and Karry Wang covered A Summer Like A Fall (Chinese:《一个像夏天一个像秋天》) together, and the video garnered more than 5 million views by September. The original singer Christine Fan(范玮琪) forwarded the video as well. Roy Wang went viral on the internet and was recommended by youku.com home of The Circle (Chinese:《旋木》). Their popularity on the Internet began to rise and earned the attention of the public. On April 1, 2013, Roy Wang and Karry Wang covered When Love Has Become The Past (Chinese:《当爱已成往事》) together in order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Leslie Cheung(张国荣), and the video was viewed more than 40 million times by April 4. On May 31, 2013, Roy Wang and Karry Wang sang their cover of The Onion (Chinese:《洋葱》), by MayDay Ashin(五月天阿信).

In July, 2013, Wang Junkai along with Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi (易烊千玺, Jackson Yi) were ready to debut as the Chinese boy band---TFBOYS. The first album was tailored for them by a South Korean music team, which is the former album producer of Lee Hyo Ri(이효리). The post-production was finished in South Korea.

At the age of five, Jackson Yi was acknowledged for his dancing skills, winning a kids' dance contest. Several of his dance videos went viral on the Internet. Eventually, in all types of shows, whether it be dancing, calligraphy and writing, or talent shows, he performed extraordinarily. At the delicate age of 5 and 6 his parents brought him to learn the traditional Chinese dances, stretching out his muscles and making him very flexible, not knowing this would be one of his advantages in life. Later, he starting learning the tango and other dances. In 2012, he participated in the same talent show Karry Wang had participated in. In the end, he was eliminated in the top 100 because his judges felt that the music didn't match his dance moves. Because the company also hope the combination can develop in many ways better, so let him join with his good dance.

Debut

On August 6, 2013，TFBOYS was founded. They debuted with the single Heart. Shortly after, Love Departure (Chinese:《爱出发》) and Dream Set Sail (Chinese:《梦想起航》). TF Entertainment then created a variety show titled "TF Teens Go!" which chaired by Roy Wang featuring TFBOYS and some other trainees (all boys). In 2014, Roy Wang and Karry Wang starred in the TF family made network drama Boys College Self-study Room (Chinese:《男生学院自习室》)which made them get a lot of fans, and TFBOYS published Manual of Youth (Chinese:《青春修炼手册》) which was and still is a big hit, along with Magic Castle (Chinese:《魔法城堡》).

In 2015, their singles include Young (Chinese:《样》), Adore (Chinese:《宠爱》), The Rest of Summer (Chinese:《剩下的盛夏》), The Big Dreamer (Chinese:《大梦想家》). TFBOYS have recently been also active in the movies and TV shows. They have acted in many online TV shows. Karry Wang is acting in famous director YiMou Zhang's movie The Great Wall along with Matt Damon and Andy Lau and other excellent actors in China and America. Roy Wang is acting as a role in JingMin Guo's movie Legend of Ravaging Dynasties (Chinese:《爵迹》) with many other famous Chinese celebrities. And Jackson dubbed the animated film Le Petit Prince. All 3 boys have a role in the still-shooting TV show Zhu Xian (Chinese:《诛仙》). On June 22, Wang Junkai had also been presented with a Guinness World Record for a total of 42,776,438 reposts on Sina Weibo (Chinese edition Twitter) for his birthday message which is currently the most number of reposts on Sina Weibo.[4][5] On November 8, Roy Wang began doing songs choreography and even sang a song Because I Met You (Chinese:《因为遇见你》) which he wrote his own words and music to thanks his fans at the age of 14 with playing piano on his 15th birthday, and become China's first appeared on the New York Times Square after 2000s (decade) artists. On November 28, Jackson Yi began doing dance choreography and choreographed two dances for his fans on his 15th birthday.

In 2016, in Hunan Channel's new reality variety show Run For Time (Chinese:《全员加速中》) ,TFBOYS were part of the cast and was participating in every single episode. In the end, Jackson Yi won the title of "Speed Up King," and will start being a representative celebrity for MengNiu Brand. The boys have also been on many other reality variety shows in China and have had documentaries done on them. On January 13, Roy Wang's first single Because I Met You was released, It had reached #1 immediately after hours on China's charts and play volume exceeded 300 million in 26 days,still is a new record playback volume.and on January 1,Imperfect Child (Chinese:《不完美小孩》)and on January 22, Truth Or Dare (Chinese:《真心话太冒险》) was published.

Songs

Accolades

TFBOYS has amassed numerous achievements and awards in their home country. In 2013, within a year of their debut, they won 4 awards. In The 2nd Vchart Awards, they got popular singer and the mainland's most popular singer 2 awards. In Scream 2015 Iqiyi night, they won the year's most popular combination and annual Golden 2 awards.

In 2014, they received a total of 10 Music Awards. In 2015QQ annual music festival, they won the annual new music forces combination and the most popular Chinese combination 2 awards. And won 3 awards are the annual Top Ten hits, the year combination and the best combination in 22th The Oriental Billboard Music Awards.In The 3rd Vchart Awards, they got 3 awards are popular singer, the mainland's annual wind direction artists and the mainland's most popular artists. Got the most popular songs and the most popular mainland combination and band 2 awards from The 15th session of the 2015 Billboard Music Festival of the year. And won the Iqiyi music charts a quarter hit King. In addition, they also received 2014 micro-blog night micro-blog's annual public service contribution award.

References

  1. ↑ "TF家族最年少偶像团体TF BOYS九月正式出道_网易娱乐". ent.163.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  2. ↑ "有料Vol.48万万没想到！TFBOYS走红原因全解析_影音娱乐_新浪网". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  3. ↑ "偶像新力量！TFBOYS重磅加盟《全员加速中》". 新浪新聞中心. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  4. ↑ "加油少年tfboys组合成员资 料大揭秘". henan100. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "TF家族练习生档案馆". TFent. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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