2018 is the 30th anniversary of the Tigers debut. The endorsement received by
TFBOYS asked the three of them to sing "Love" with the image of the Tigers. When cousin
saw this video, she felt a little bit embarrassed.
From 1988 to 2018, in the 30 years that spanned the past 30 years, the Tigers and TFBOYS represented two completely different star chasing years.
In 1988, 18-year-old Wu Qilong was still selling clothes at a street stall, 17-year-old Chen Zhipeng was practicing dancing in the dance room, and Su Youpeng was a middle school student obediently doing homework. These three people,
, formed the "Little Tiger Team" because the variety show "Youth Confrontation" requires three male assistants. The three of
only appeared on stage occasionally to warm up the show at the beginning. It didn't take long for the program team to discover that many viewers watched the show to watch the Little Tigers. The
Little Tigers is so popular, and their popularity has not experienced too many twists and turns. Once the compilation of
Little Tigers and You Huan Party was released, the sales volume in Taiwan-Bay alone exceeded 250,000. The song "Green Apple Paradise" by
, from the elderly to the babbling children, will hum a few words, "Don't wander around midnight on weekends, come to Apple Paradise".
On April 8, 1989, the Little Tigers held a "Marathon Ten Thousand People Signature Event". The three of them were sitting in a red convertible, surrounded by fans. The journey from
to the signing ceremony site originally took only 10 minutes, but in the end it took more than an hour. When the
company originally promoted it, it was a "ten thousand people" signing event, but the signing scene was once popular, and the flow of people reached 50,000 at the peak.
The term “chaser” originated from the Little Tigers. At that time, fans were more enthusiastic about chasing idols than they are now.
However, the way of chasing stars at the time was actually very simple.
Because the Internet is not as popular as it is now, they like an idol, and most of them can only see the true face of the idol through radio and TV.
put up a few posters in the room, or put a few of their music albums in the drawer. As a fan, I have been able to get a sense of happiness and honor from them.
is different from the unforeseen sudden popularity of the Little Tigers. TFBOYS, as a "growing idol", has experienced the trainee stage.
Before TFBOYS officially debuted, the trainee system developed relatively mature in Japan and South Korea.
In South Korea, some trainees who have the potential to become entertainers have been signed by economic companies as early as elementary school or middle and high school. They will undergo a two- to three-year training cycle until they are sixteen or seventeen when they are mature.
In 2009, Beijing Times Fengjun discovered a gap in the domestic "trainee" market and established the TF family project. The star-making model of
is actually like a gamble. The lucky ones who have been selected can come to the stage and accept the cheers and applause of the people; there are also abandoned children who have no chance to stand on the stage. When
TFBOYS officially debuted, the average age was less than 14 years old. Before their official debut, they entered a series of vocal and dance training in the company.
For example, Wang Junkai, the weekend before his debut and the winter and summer vacations are like this: get up at 6 o'clock, take a two-hour bus to the company, start vocal music, dance and guitar lessons on time at 9 o'clock, until the end of the training at 5 o'clock in the evening , And then take the bus home.
Yi Yang Qianxi will join TFBOYS by accident. He has participated in various talent shows since he was 5 years old, and Wang Junkai is also because of the talent show "Go Up!" "Youth" and got acquainted, but both of them were eliminated. After the
combination lineup was determined, the media person Sun Xiang took TFBOYS as an analogy to the Little Tigers: "Captain Wang Junkai took Wu Qilong's route. He is handsome and cool, attracting fans who like hardcore idols. Wang Yuan corresponds to Su Youpeng, sunshine and cute, warm man, saying Yi Yang Qianxi, who was not a member of the TF family before, made his debut directly after airborne. He corresponds to Chen Zhipeng. He has outstanding dance and almighty learning, which inspires the worship of young fans. This iron triangle Matching ensures that the preferences of mainstream fans are covered." In addition to the same positioning of
, coincidentally, Wang Junkai’s father is a fan of the Little Tigers.
In August 2013, TFBOYS officially debuted.
In just over a year, they have become super idols, won the Most Popular Singer Award, and participated in various domestic variety shows. The single "Magic Castle" broke the "most dazzling ethnic style" as soon as it went online. Maintain MV click rate for many years.
For a while, the streets and alleys could hear them singing "a slow motion with left hand and right hand".
Compared with the Little Tigers, the outstanding feature of TFBOYS is development, that is, fans can participate in the idol's growth process.
For example, before their debut, Wang Yuan and Wang Junkai would sing in crowded places, and the recording conditions of some singing videos were also very simple.
Even some videos of TFBOYS's training, rest, and eating before his debut were recorded by the camera. Fans of
will feel how difficult it is before their idol debuts.
And now, three people from TFBOYS have come out, all of them are the existence of top traffic, and they grow with the idols, which makes fans have a full sense of accomplishment.
fans look at their idols, as if watching the process of cocoon metamorphosing into a butterfly, the difficulty of molting and the beauty of becoming a butterfly, they all feel the same. After
has a sense of participation, fans will become more sticky and will not easily drop fans.
's sense of participation is particularly evident in Wang Junkai. On June 7, 2014, on the eve of Wang Junkai's high school entrance examination, fans posted more than 400,000 messages on Weibo, just to help Wang Junkai review the knowledge points for the high school entrance examination.
"The 140-character version of "Five-year High School Entrance Examination Three-year Simulation"", some netizens described.
Today, the glory of the Little Tigers can only rely on recollection, and the history of TFBOYS is still being written.
From the Little Tigers to TFBOYS, the development of idols is a bit like a process from stocking to captivity.
However, as an idol, the tasks are actually the same.
stands in the spotlight and accepts flowers and applause from others. What
idols carry is actually the wishes of fans. They must work hard enough to deliver positive energy to everyone, and they must be cautious in their words and deeds, and they must not make mistakes in words.
Otherwise, a little carelessness will cause a widespread public opinion war on the Internet.
Wang Yuan’s mother once said in an interview with the media: “If he could come back, I would never let him go this way.” The flower path of
idols is not easy, but there are still thousands of people, for Become an idol and follow on this path like moths to the fire.
Bluestone Film Editor | Cousin
