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9/17 Fans Craze on Boybands, Not Only Girls! (Epstein Boao Hanako Japan)
Epstein Boao Hanako Japan, 17-09-2004
Thanks to Amio of http://www3.azaq.net/
Translated by Shing of Onlyvaness http://onlyvanness.proboards18.com
Posted by Zippederjie at Flower4creation
As "boy groups" once more explode on the pop music scene, we have
discovered that not an "all-female" fans go crazy on male bands but
also bandwagons, hold a second --- audience now ready to reveal their
inner closets"
Wherever there are boybands there are gay boy fans! That is the way
it is always been!.
"I about almost died when I heard that F4 were coming to Singapore"
recalls michel, guy, now 25. "But because I didn't want to make it
look obvious to others that I had a crush on this guy group, I would
go to the grocery store, do some shopping and conveniently throw in
any teen magazine containing F4 on it at the bottom of my shopping
cart under the food that I bought so I wouldn't attract attention."
"I am a Ken-aholic!" raves Wes, a 20-year-old from Mainland. But
while Michel buried his enthusiasm beneath the produce, Wes buys F4
Magazines to have little posters" to hang on his walls. "At first my
friends were like, `He went from gay to supergay,' " he adds, "but
that did not last long. Soon enough they found the same appeal to
this group that I did."
Even high school students have let their fandom out of the closet. "I
would scream and shout and act all crazy if I got tickets to a Comic
Boyz show," writes 16-year-old "Tai," who couldn't get his parents'
permission to be out for this story. "I think liking boy groups
reinforces some people's ideas about me being gay, but I also think
the stereotype that all gay guys like boy bands is dumb. In fact,
none of my gay guy friends like boy bands nearly as much as I do."he
explains.
Vanness Wu, who were being stalked by millions of fans all over asia,
even showered him with expensive gifts said "I like the attention I
get from the fans, it makes me feel much better about myself, it's a
solid inspiration for me in every task I do" Admittedly receiving
Dakota and Swatch Watches from a fan on his birthday and party at
Vivid Salon Store, Vanness, more than any expensive gifts he got was
more impressed with the Chinese Drawing with letter given to him by
an american fan during the grand opening of the second vivid salon. "
I don't think any of the group bands had a problem dealing with this,
but this is their way of reaching out to us, we cannot possibly stop
them from giving us presents, but we are not encouraging them to
totally give it all out, like buying gifts for us, your support and
love for us matter most than any other expensive gifts"
"Few guys love Jerry Yan!!!" proclaims a fan who is registered as
Closet Fan in site dedicated to Jerry Yan of F4. "At the time I had
this big thing for Tony Sun of 5566," he confesses. (He now thinks
F4's Jerry Yan is "the cutest guy in any group he has ever seen.") "I
love the `mysteriousness' of boy next door type image of Jerry," he
explains. "He just put across a sound and style that is easy to
listen to and his eyes makes me drool"
Closet Fans point out that even fully clothed, many boy bands are co-
opting looks pioneered by gay men. "They are more accessible to gay
youth because of the cross-pollination of fashion trends between gay
and straight cultures," he muses. "Look at the members of current
successful boybands who have body-conscious clothing, and body
piercings. These are all affectations that originated in the gay
subculture."
Popular group KOne member Darren added. "I have never had a gay fan
come up to me and say, `Hi, my name is so-and-so and I am gay,' " But
I don't think that a person's sexuality is important when it comes to
music."
"That's what's so incredible about the gift of music," echoes Milk of
Energy "You can write something, and even though maybe you're writing
it about one aspect of your life, someone can listen to it and have a
totally different interpretation. If that's ever able to help someone
through something, then we're doing our job. I hope that our music
has that ability because that's wonderful."
How will you handle if 1 member of your band is actually ----- GAY?
"It has nothing to do with that member being gay," insists WeWe,
Chinese Singer "The sound of most Asian boy bands is not right for
what's happening in pop music here. It didn't have to do with the
image. It had to do with the songs."
Should one member of a band of four or five come out, the straight
band members "could absorb" the fallout, argues former editor Fields.
But that wouldn't be his professional advice. "If I had a group I'd
say, `Sleep with who you want, but don't get up and announce it.' I
don't see what good it can do. I have never seen it really help
anyone's career."
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