TFBOYS (IC photo/photo)
At 10 pm, when the classic farewell track "Heart" ended, I turned off the TV with almost nostalgia. I took out my phone and saw that the fan group of four college friends was very quiet tonight. No information is updated at this time.
At 7:30 pm on August 22, 2020, the well-known and popular mainland group TFBOYS held an online concert "Sunlight Travel" to celebrate its seventh anniversary on an online music platform. If one word is used to describe a personal viewing experience - I think it would be "boring".
This year, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is not new for celebrities to hold online concerts. Chinese-language music stars such as Eason Chan, Stefanie Sun, Mayday, and Rene Liu all met with the audience in this way. But what is different from the predecessors is that TFBOYS's concert is paid (the last paid live concert was the farewell ceremony of Rocket Girls 101 in June). After the ticket information for the
TFBOYS 7th Anniversary Concert was officially announced, many netizens began to sigh: they smelled a strong "cutting leeks". Concert tickets are divided into three levels: 30 yuan, 158 yuan, and 860 yuan. Spend different money and enjoy different fan benefits - the ticket price of 30 yuan corresponds to the most basic viewing and playback functions; the ticket of 158 can enjoy single focus, colored barrage, and blue-ray quality; the ticket price of 860 yuan is qualified to buy idol blind boxes.
For those who are familiar with the TFBOYS fan circle ecosystem, the most eye-catching operation among the three tickets is the "single focus camera" - this is obviously for the three "single fans" (referring to fans who only like Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan or Yi Yang Qianxi alone), which means that as long as you spend more money, you can get the idol's single camera. Some industry insiders pointed out that the ticket price of up to 860 yuan can already buy VIP tickets for live concerts of well-known singers.
This made many forum netizens sigh, "The leeks of 'Empire' (referring to the TFBOYS group) are really fresh."
.5 million online tickets and "2-hour MV"
html On August 21, the night before the performance started, rumors came from the fan group. The captain of the TFBOYS group, Wang Junkai, was still in Shanghai, and the other two teammates Wang Yuan and Yi Yang Qianxi were in Beijing. This triggered the speculation that the three of them would not join together on the day of the concert, and even recorded the broadcast.Until 10 minutes after the concert started, the group sang "Young", "three seconds of dress-up" appeared - in the previous scene, the three of them were wearing a shiny black cloak, and in the next scene, it turned into a white suit. Many talents have truly confirmed that this is really a recorded online concert.
According to media reports, after the TFBOYS seventh anniversary concert officially started on August 6, the number of votes sold in 24 hours has exceeded 500,000. This means that the ticket-buying audiences of this concert can fill at least 6 Bird's Nest Stadiums that can accommodate 80,000 people.
Before this, the electronic ticket for the TFBOYS "Sunlight Travel" 7th anniversary concert sold by a certain online music platform clearly stated "Blu-ray 1080P Live Broadcast" in the viewing rights column. This made many viewers exclaim that the recording concert was a "naked fraud" and threatened to file a complaint from the Consumer Rights Association.
The so-called "single focus" is like a collage photo. On the right side of the screen, a small box is opened separately and a real-time single-person lens is placed. The first song is the three of them sang "Noah's Ark". When Yi Yang Qianxi in the main picture is singing affectionately, Wang Junkai in the small frame holds the microphone and remains still. This gives the picture a weird and humorous effect.
"recording", single focus, and the junior brother "TF Three Group" with TFBOYS on stage... Soon after the concert began, fans complained about the topic of "Li Fei, founder of Times Fengjun," "Li Fei has no heart" and became a hot search on Weibo and ranked more than 20 at one time. Many netizens from Douban entertainment groups also posted and sighed: "I am worthy of being you" and "business genius". According to the information of "Qichacha", the company's current chairman is actually Chen Chunhui. After the concert, the producer column also wrote the name of Chen Chunhui. This made the fans' artillery fire seem to have chosen the wrong target of sniper.
To be fair, compared with last year's TFBOYS sixth anniversary concert, the "smog filter" that has been widely criticized due to too much dry ice on site and the live broadcast of the Internet is almost impossible to see clearly. Whether it is stage design, sound effects, band, styling, post editing, and program arrangement of each solo link, this concert can be regarded as attentive. The combination of the three of them on the stage for a long time was already touching.
But in the past 2 hours, I watched the edited and recorded singing and dancing programs continuously, which made people feel that this is more like a super long version of the exquisite MV skewer - you should know that many people even spent a high price of 860 yuan.
According to media reports, before the concert began, Wang Yuan’s fans were the first to issue a call among the three families: the effect of high ticket prices is not very meaningful, and it is suspected of inducing consumption and causing malicious competition. It is not recommended to purchase a single link of 860 yuan, do not participate in any malicious battle, purchase according to individual needs, and minors should consume cautiously. The other two fans also quickly issued an initiative to "eliminate malicious inducement of consumption and not participate in note competitions."
The only element that can be called "live broadcast" in the entire concert is the interaction between the three in the live broadcast room.
htmlOn the evening of August 22, the recording concert will occasionally be cut to the live broadcast room. Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan, Yi Yang Qianxi and the host sat upright in front of four cameras and spoke, and were teased by netizens as "taking online classes." What impressed me the most was that the camera deliberately moved away several times, revealing the mineral water, orange juice and snacks endorsed by the three people at the table - which made the picture look like online live streaming.The next day, the backstage staff posted photos on social networks. When the camera switched back to the concert recording scene - their singing and dancing performance, in the live broadcast room, the host was playing with his mobile phone. Some of the three idols of the TFBOYS group had already closed their eyes and fell asleep, while others collapsed on the sofa, looking tired.
"Sisters of the Empire" battlefield
August 9, 2019, after nearly 9 hours of long high-speed rail time, I arrived in Shenzhen from Beijing to prepare to attend the TFBOYS sixth anniversary concert on the second day. At that time, the southern country was the hottest season. If you stay outdoors for half an hour, you would sweat profusely.
That was the first time TFBOYS held an anniversary concert in Guangdong.
In August, when the heat was hard to wait, fans from all over the country rushed to southern China on trains, high-speed rails, and planes, and were nicknamed "North Fans and South Diversion" by fans. According to the relevant person in charge of Damai.com, the 25,000 tickets issued in the first round of the concert were sold out in 3 minutes and 34 seconds. With the subsequent round of ticket releases, there were more than 30,000 spectators on the scene.
TFBOYS's anniversary concert has always been a major event in the domestic entertainment fan circle and is also a battlefield with the annual "smoke of gunpowder". According to the saying circulating among the people, the fans of this group are called "Imperial Sister" or "Imperial Girl" in the fan circle because of their strong combat power, just like "the existence of the great powers of the empire". The three members of the group, Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan, Yi Yang Qianxi, etc., are called the "Three Sons of the Empire" because of their long-term top traffic status and their well-known national popularity.
My friend A and I made an appointment to see this concert. At that time, I stayed at Home Inn near Nanshan Metro Station and it took nearly 40 minutes to get to the site. But during the day on August 10, I met many young people with fans in the halls, elevators, and corridors. A short-haired girl who looks like a junior high school student, with her parents standing next to her.
At that time, I was at Home Inn Hotel, and I had already felt a subtle atmosphere. A told me that when faced with strangers, fans generally do not expose their "fans" to avoid encountering "opposites" - the most obvious sign is that before entering the venue, everyone will not wear their own ribbons and headbands for support, not only for safety, but also for "not to expose their own number of people before the concert."
When entering the elevator, a girl in black wearing a baseball cap and heavy makeup turned her head slightly and looked at us with her eyes. At four o'clock in the afternoon, as the departure time approached, there were more than a dozen or twenty young boys and girls sitting on the first floor, but the lobby was very quiet. A girl went to the service desk to pick up the takeaway. The staff took a look at the name on the white stick and shouted "Yi Yang Qianxi's mother".A low sneer came from around.
According to Douban netizens, around 2015, "seven companies" were fissified within the "Empire", namely "group fans" who like TFBOYS groups, and only like "Kaiwei", "Yuanwei", "Qianwei", and "Qianwei" of Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan, and Yi Yang Qianxi, as well as the three CP fans "Kaiyuan", "Qianyuan", "Kaiqian", etc., a total of 7 companies.
The split of the "Empire" has made the August anniversary concert a must-fight for fans of all countries - the most famous landscape is the "Lighting Card War". Due to security and other factors, the organizer repeatedly warned that the audience would not be allowed to bring light signs into the venue. But for the "Imperial Girl", whether you can win in the anniversary concert is not only about dignity, but also about showing the power of capital - my idol is the most popular in the team.
But in TFBOYS's fan circle super talk, such remarks often appear: At the anniversary concert, there are not only audiences and fans, but also the heads of major brands - they can see the results of the "Lighting Card War" most intuitively on the scene. Whether it can form the largest red, green and blue oceans means how many endorsement orders the idol will receive next year. This makes fans feel as if they have a power that can affect the fate of their idols in the capital world. "We are his female warriors in the anniversary concert. (personal) birthday concert, we are his little girls."
's enthusiasm to inspire fans can be called a countermeasure to show their magical powers. According to media reports, "The Imperial Sisters have promoted the rapid development of the world's light brand thinness, weight and brightness with their own strength." For example, last year, a green LED "magic headband" developed by Wang Yuan's fans can "eat" all other colors around it. "In a room of more than 20 square meters, all four walls can be dyed green instantly."
In August 2019, in the hot evening in Shenzhen, outside the Bao'an Gymnasium, a girl put more than ten No. 5 batteries into her sneakers one by one. The light plate, which has been improved and very thin, is folded and placed in a sanitary napkin packaging bag to hide. She walked into the field with her battery.
In the fan group, many girls will say that attending this concert is a gift for them after the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination. After the concert, A and I walked out of Bao'an Stadium, and there were still shouting from fans from various families. In the dark night, Shenzhen was full of traffic. Through the railings, I saw a neat and dense row of middle-aged couples looking towards the stadium. A girl carrying schoolbags ran towards their parents, with her face covered in sweat.
Post-TFBOYS era
Even the most picky spectators may agree that the three 20-year-old boys of TFBOYS are far from the stigmatized label of "feeding boy".
Since the establishment of a personal studio in September 2017, TFBOYS's respective development paths have become increasingly clear: Wang Junkai studied at the Beijing Film Academy, Wang Yuanyuan went to Berkeley to study music, and Yi Yang Qianxi is a sophomore at the Central Academy of Drama. In "Chinese Restaurant", Wang Junkai gained the favor of countless audiences with his good education and excellent empathy. Wang Yuan showed his innocent heart for music in "I Am a Singer and Writer" and his solo album. Yi Yang Qianxi was the captain of "This Is Street Dance". He won the Best Newcomer Award at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards for his amazing performance in "Youth", and became the youngest nominee in the past best actors. As the "three little ones" who grew up watching the people of the country, even if they are not fans, they will probably experience the feeling of "the young man next door growing up" in these three handsome boys.
TFBOYS is the first and most successful training boy group in China to date.
In 2009, Beijing Times Fengjun Company introduced the trainee system from Japan and South Korea to China for the first time, and established a TF family project. Wang Junkai became one of the earliest trainees in China. In June 2013, the company invited Yi Yang Qianxi, who is good at dancing, to join the TF family, and formed the TFBOYS group with Wang Junkai and Wang Yuan, who are good at singing, and officially announced their debut on August 6 of the same year.
On October 4 of the same year, Chongqing Sun and Moonlight Plaza, a simple stage, single-digit staff and more than 100 fans, as well as the "three little ones" wearing Taobao hits - formed the scene of the first concert after TFBOYS debut. At the Yinyue V chart annual ceremony in the second year, after fans slew around day and night, the unknown TFBOYS defeated the Korean idol group SuperJunior and won many honors including the most popular singer of the year in the mainland. The round watermelon head and royal blue straight suit, the "three little ones" on the stage said in a tender childish voice, "We TFBOYS are very grateful to the uncles and aunts for the votes we voted for", which has become a common memory of a generation in the domestic entertainment fan circle.
From the ugly duckling on the 18th floor of Chongqing to the top traffic stars, TFBOYS's success is due to the gaps of the times - the "Korean restriction order" objectively creates a vacuum for idols of the same type, the emergence of Sina Weibo to declare the arrival of the traffic era, and the rise of the fan economy... The three people's Weibo now has more than 80 million fans, and no mainland idol boy group of the same level has ever been produced since then.
Now it seems that in 2015, the "whole-net black" era when TFBOYS was called "the boy with feces" was called "the boy with feces". In addition to the discomfort and disgust brought to passers-by by the initial appearance of the logic of the fan circle, the more hidden reason is that three minors became male idol stars, which stirred up the sensitive nerves of the public. From the perspective of ordinary people, it is probably difficult to understand the huge amount of emotions that "mom fans" and "sister fans" put into the three little boys (this makes them look a bit like strange aunts). When TFBOYS entered adulthood one after another, the sexual image of "masculinity" gradually appeared.
The most obvious one is Yi Yang Qianxi. In 2017, 17-year-old Yi Yang Qianxi attended the Grammy Awards Ceremony and quickly appeared in Reuters pictures wearing Adidas sportswear. Countless online girls reposted and exclaimed that the little boy who used to sing "left hand and right hand slow motion" in the past "grown" overnight. When "Youth" was released, many of my female friends walked out of the cinema and shouted that they felt the "strong hormones" of the four-character brother. Even at the Hupu Forum, which is known for its straight male perspective, Yi Yang Qianxi has a very good reputation, which is a treatment that other traffic stars rarely enjoy.
In addition to the "masculinity" that conforms to the public's aesthetic in the mainstream sense, Yi Yang Qianxi's low-key and restrained personality in "This is Street Dance" showed his amazing potential as an actor in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and "Youth of You" - making him look like a standard, excellent, and high-quality idol in any sense. This also made him quickly gain recognition from the capital world. From BMW, Armani, Tiffany, Bulgari, to Tmall, Baicaowei, McDonald's, Qingyang Shampoo... In 2020, our consumer life seems to have been surrounded by the endorsement of the Four-character Brother.
This also represents the current situation of the "three sons of the empire" - after seven years of debut, compared with waves of subsequent traffic stars, TFBOYS seems to have completed the process of "primitive accumulation of capital" of popularity and fame and fortune. Compared with the "Bo Jun Yixiao" CP of "The Untamed" who relied on "selling corruption" last summer, TFBOYS as an adult is more exploring propositions about self and growth. They seem to have more say in addition to the operating logic of power games and traffic capital in fan circles. This makes Yi Yang Qianxi's saying "to make good works" sound more credible and feasible.
Friend A is an old fan of Yi Yang Qianxi. He liked him since he was still the most unknown "ugly duckling". On October 26, 2019, the first day of the premiere of "Youth", after the first show in the morning, praise came like a tide. When we discussed in the WeChat group, A, who held the "original shares", felt a sense of sadness that seemed to be there and not only felt honorable happiness. As young people, after growing up with each other for many years, Yi Yang Qianxi seems to have taken every step steadily, having the opportunity of the times and moving towards greater success, he needs to face the difficulties of ordinary young people. She suddenly gained a sense of ease, "My son is already on the road and no need for help. I don't need to collect the praises anymore, and I feel like I have entered a new stage."
friend B resigned at that time and was preparing to apply for an overseas doctorate. Every day, she looked up from the huge rock-like IELTS test papers and research plan writing. The moment of "chasing stars and fishing" was her happiest time. "It's a bit embarrassing to say it, but it may be that I have gained the greatest sense of accomplishment in the past year because I have accomplished nothing else. Although he has not read any books until now, and his success has nothing to do with me, he really brings me a lot of happiness. "
" social class strata placebo. "B added.
On August 10, 2019, before the sixth anniversary concert of TFBOYS, a crowd of people in Shenzhen was surging. On the big screen in the center of the stage, the "Youth Training Manual" suddenly appeared. I looked at the three little boys in white on the screen. The three adults rarely sang this famous song in public. Gradually, more than 30,000 audiences in the audience began to sing in unison. At that time, the night had not yet fallen, the sky was bright, and the light battle had not started.
"Follow me in slow motion with my left hand and slow motion with my right hand," a clear female chorus surrounded the stadium.
Southern Weekend reporter Fu Ziyang
