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TFBOYS (The Fighting Boys)
Chinese name 加油男孩
Origin China
Occupation Singers, actors
Genre(s) Mandopop
Label(s) Time Fengjun Entertainment (TF Entertainment)
Years active 2013 - present
Members
Karry, Wang Junkai 王俊凯
Roy, Wang Yuan 王源
Jackson, Yi Yangqianxi 易烊千玺

TFBOYS (also known as The Fighting Boys, 加油男孩) is a teenage Chinese boy band formed by Time Fengjun Entertainment (TFent). The group consists of the leader, Wang Junkai (王俊凯, also known as Karry), and members Wang Yuan(王源, also known as Roy) and Yi Yangqianxi (易烊千玺, also known as Jackson). TFBOYS officially debuted on August 6, 2013[1] with a promotional video "Ten Years".[2] The boys were between 13 to 14 years old at the time of debut. Their first mini album "Start To Love" 《Heart 梦·出发》, was subsequently released on October 18, 2013.

They gained popularity rapidly on the internet, through social media platforms such as Sina Weibo and video sharing platforms such as YinYueTai. On April 15, 2014, during The 2nd Vchart Awards by YinYueTai, TFBOYS won 2 awards - "Favorite Artiste - Mainland" and "Yin Yue Live Stream Favorite Artiste" (音悦直播人气歌手). Thereafter, they were invited to appear on various television variety shows and music award events, hence brought them before the eyes of mainstream Chinese audiences. TFBOYS released their hit single "Manual of Youth" on August 16, 2014, which then went on to chart at number 1 on Yin Yue Vcharts for 5 consecutive weeks. The song won "Song of the Year" at 2015 iQIYI Night Awards, "Top 10 Songs of the Year" at 22nd Dong Fang Feng Yun Awards (东方风云榜音乐盛典), and "Favorite Song of the Year" at 15th Top Chinese Music Awards (音乐风云榜). During the 2016 CCTV New Year's Gala, the most significant television event in China due to its high viewership, TFBOYS performed a musical "Growing Up in Happiness" incorporating the "Manual of Youth". The TFBOYS has hence became a household name in China.

Their success were attributed to their fresh, school boy images, which filled the void of young male idol groups in China,[3] and amassed large numbers of fans. They are frequently compared to former Taiwanese boy band, The Little Tigers (小虎队) , whose popularity sweep across Chinese regions in the 1990s.

History

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) entered the company a year after Karry as a trainee. In an interview, he explained he joined the company as it offered free training classes. Roy Wang is known to have a silvery voice, and is dubbed by fans to be "peppermint vocals prince" due to his dulcet, clear tones. He is the only team member who plays the piano which he showcased during concerts and TF variety shows. He has hosted the TF variety show for 3 seasons. In July 2012, Roy Wang and Karry Wang covered One is Like the Summer, One is Like the Fall (Chinese:《一个像夏天一个像秋天》) as a duet. The video garnered more than 5 million views online by September 2012 and received recognition and praise by the original singer Christine Fan(范玮琪) when she re-posted it on her weibo.[4] On April 1, 2013, Roy Wang and Karry Wang covered When Love Has Become The Past (Chinese:《当爱已成往事》) together 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). Through these solo and duet covers, their popularity on the Internet began to rise and earned the attention of the public.

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. Their fans' name is Four Leaf Clover（Chinese：四叶草）. The group's fan support colour is Orange. 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.[5][6] 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.

Members

Wang Junkai, Karry

  • Chinese: 王俊凯
  • Born on September 21, 1999 in Chongqing, China.
  • Fans are called "Little Crabs" (Chinese: 小螃蟹). Fan support color is blue.
  • Plays the guitar.
  • Joined TF Family as trainee in 2010.

Wang Yuan, Roy

  • Chinese: 王源
  • Born on November 8, 2000 in Chongqing, China.
  • Fans are called "Little Tangyuan" (Chinese: 小湯圓), playing a food pun on his name. Fan support color is green.
  • Plays the piano.
  • Joined TF Family as trainee in winter of 2011. First appeared on TF Family webcast during the Christmas special show.

Yi Yangqianxi, Jackson

  • Chinese:易烊千玺
  • Born on November 28, 2000 in Hunan, China. Moved to Beijing, China with his family since young.
  • Has one younger brother, whom's pet name is "Nannan" (Chinese：楠).
  • Fans are called "Thousand Origami Cranes" (Chinese: 千紙鶴), taking the character '千' from his name. Fan support color is red.
  • He was talent-scouted by TFent during a Hunan Television reality talent show. While both Karry Wang and him were eliminated in the Top 100, he was invited to audition with TFent, and subsequently formed TFBOYS together with Karry Wang.

Discography

Singles

Release Date Title Details Tracks
April 28, 2014 "Magical Castle"

《魔法城堡》
  • Distributed by: 中国科学文化音像出版社
  • Theme song for movie "Roco Kingdom 3"
 CD：
  1. 魔法城堡
  2. 魔法城堡 (Instrumental)

DVD:

  1. 魔法城堡 MV
  2. 魔法城堡 MV behind the scenes
August 6, 2014 "For Dreams, Always Be Ready"

《为梦想，时刻准备着》
  • Distributed by: 步步高家教机有限公司
  • Commercial song for 步步高家教机
 CD:
  1. 为梦想，时刻准备着

DVD:

  1. 为梦想，时刻准备着 MV

Mini Albums

Release Date Title Details Tracks
October 18, 2013 "Start To Love"

《Heart 梦·出发》

 Distributed by: 星外星唱片
  1. Heart
  2. 爱出发
  3. 梦想起航
October 17, 2014 "Manual of Youth"

《青春修炼手册》

 Distributed by: 重庆出版集团天健电子音像出版社
  1. 青春修炼手册
  2. 幸运符号
  3. 快乐环岛
  4. 信仰之名
December 29, 2015 "Big Dreamer"

《大梦想家》

 Distributed by: Shanghai Audio-Visual Press
  1. 大梦想家
  2. 宠爱
  3. 样（YOUNG）
  4. 剩下的盛夏
  5. 少年说
  6. Love with you

Other Tracks

Release Date Title Details
July 4, 2014 《想唱就唱》 Theme song for movie《我就是我》
September 1, 2014 《第一课》 Theme song for television channel CCTV1's variety show 《开学第一课》
April 14, 2015 "Love Journey"

《恋西游》

 Theme song for cartoon 《梦幻西游2》
June 1, 2015 "We are the heirs of communism"

《我们是共产主义接班人》
September 16, 2015 “Love With You" Theme song for "MusicRadio我要上学" charity[7]
December 8, 2015 《梦想天灯》
  • Collaboration with Yu Quan
  • Theme song for 康师傅 《梦想天灯2016》 endorsed by TFBOYS and Yu Quan
January 1, 2016 《不完美小孩》
  • First performed live during Hunan TV channel 2015-2016 countdown concert
February 22, 2016 《真心话太冒险》 -
May 20, 2016 《守护家》 Commercial song for 舒肤佳Safeguard

Solos

Release Date Title Members Involved Details
January 13, 2016 "Because I Met You"

《因为遇见你》

 Roy Wang
  • First song with music and lyrics both written by Roy Wang
  • Dedicated to his fans
  • First showcased live on November 8, 2015, during his birthday concert "Roy's Serenade"[8]
  • Produced by elite music producer, Benson Chen

Filmography

Year Released Title Members Involved Role Type
2015 Pound of Flesh

《致命追击》

 All Cameo Movie
2015 Mr. Six

《老炮儿》

 All Cameo Chinese Movie
2015 The Little Prince

《小王子》

 Jackson Yi Little Prince

(Voice)

 Animated Movie
2016

Post-production

 L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties

《爵迹》[9]

 Roy Wang The pale teen Chinese Movie
2017

Post-production

 The Great Wall

《长城》[10]

 Karry Wang Emperor Renzong of Song Movie

Dramas

Release date Title Channel Type Members Involved Role Episodes
2016

Not yet released

 《青云志》 - Television drama series
  1. Karry Wang
  2. Roy Wang
  3. Jackson Yi
  1. Teenage Lin Jingyu 林琼羽（少年）
  2. Teenage Zhang Xiaofan 张小凡（少年）
  3. Xiaoqi 小七
 -
2016

Not yet released

 《小别离》 - Television drama series
  1. Karry Wang
  2. Roy Wang
  3. Jackson Yi
 Special appearance -
2016

To be released in Summer

 Finding Soul

《超少年密码》

 - Web series
  1. Karry Wang
  2. Roy Wang
  3. Jackson Yi
  1. Xia Changan 夏常安
  2. 002 and Sui Yu 隋玉
  3. Chen Haoxuan 谌浩轩
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