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Hot Boys of Taiwan.......5566 & F4
August 16, 2005
Ultimate Test: The Group Phenomenon
2 Gether is known as the Great Boy Group, we will not say, as there is no PERFECT! There are 4 members, there are also 5 members. 5 members is a true definition to be called as Boyband. 5 is 5566, 4 is F4, but still F4 is considered a Boygroup. Anyone with all-male group of 3 - 5 is considered a Boy Group!
Each member has a certain preset personality that is required for a Good Boy Group : hearthrob, shy one, bad boy, cute, older brother type
The Babe-licious one can be Jerry Yan for F4 and Jason Hsu for 5566
The Shy Type can be Vic Chou of F4 and Sam Wang of 5566
The wacky Jerk can be Vanness Wu of F4 and Zax Wang of 5566
The serious one but :-) with character can be Ken Chu of F4 and Tony Sun of 5566.
Jerry Yan is a fan fave, but a lot of girls like Jason Hsu. Ken Chu is not the outright hearthrob of the group, F4 because he may not be as goodlooking and he is very serious type that fans can be intimidated. Wonder if Ken is a nice guy though many girls like him but many also have moved to Jerry or Vic or Vanness. Tony Sun is known as the "nice guy" of the group. This would automatically put him in the category of the nice one.
It is a formula that has been more and more successful than any other tests or experiments in the laboratories. Hot guys (plus) nice voices (plus) great moves (plus) is a total of Great Group! There are lots of examples that can best attached to Great Group. There is 5566, F4, K One, 183 Club and even a new group called Alive! The list goes on and on as group of boys start to increase exposures and introductions. The groups mentioned above have always been on top of the charts and selling millions with their projects and albums streaming with heart melting lyrics and rock heading moves.
Although these groups are more likely considered as boybands, they seem to want to stay away from such image. They have their own respective crowds. They are considered according to poll surveys and interviews the even more popular in respective countries. 5566 seem to be most known in hometown, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and China. Whereas F4 is more known in Korea. and recently Japan. And have equal share of audience in Hongkong. As for Philippines, they are the previous favorites of Filipinos before, but according to interviews and poll asia, popularity of F4 in Philippines have regressed, according to sources, because Filipinos prefer to support individual members rather than the group. 183 Club and KOne, both from Taiwan also are making their own names and having their own followings as well. 183 Club's song Xiang Xin Yong Yuan (Believe Forever) was a hit in Singapore.
The battle between the groups is not as competitive like that of the fans. Most F4 fans dislike 5566 for various reasons and same with 5566 fans who dislike F4. And that is for the fact that because they put in mind that F4 and 5566 are rivals, but the truth, they are not! THese 2 groups are friends in any way, both are Taiwan-based groups, both are talented and both are loved by their own respective fans. And that's about it, these 2 groups have the most respectable personality. The pressure is on the fans because they are the one who believe that these 2 groups are actually rivals, when they are not! These type of groups are very similar in certain ways, but each and every one of them try extremely hard to take their own original road and to find their identity. However, even through this battle, the fans keep coming and neither F4 nor 5566 like the idea of their fans believing they are competitors or rivals because they actually are not close friends, but they are civil friends.
The scream from the fans are really unbelievable, and when the four-some walks by, or even the five-some walks by, the stampede of crazy and wild fans is almost terrifying! In the recent promotion for 3rd album of 5566 in Taipei, fans didn't care if the weather/typhoon was terrifying, they will queue to get the best seat and ticket for the said event just to see the group. And with F4's invasion to Japan, fans no longer care about their local artists, they now talk about overseas artist like F4. F4 and 5566 share fans that give them all the devotion they have. What is it that attracts so many young females to these 2 groups? Why do these girls fall in love and devote their life and money to these groups?
Falling in love is a little too strong of a term, but it does describe a lot of fans. Correctly, it's more like admiration, inspiration and idolizing. Hearing the lyrics to their many hits, most girls cant help but say, "oh, how touching, very romantic" it's an automatic reaction! In the new carrier single of 5566 "Long Time No See" on their 3rd album which will be out on August 19, it's a touching song with melodious tunes with matching "Sign languages" that no group has ever done. Vanness Wu's soon to release album will also contain songs that harmonize tunes that will feel a bit of attraction, that when it hits you, you will definitely remain to be a fan.
WIth these 2 groups, all with unique personalities and styles, there has to be one that suits your ideal guy. When you start to like one member, its difficult to avoid the other four or 3 for F4. Now you become completely attached to them like a glue, you buy everything they come out, merchandises, stuff with their names faces etc, you love every little thing they do. Once you become a fan, you extremely become addictive of your idols. They become a huge part of you! It's factual! It's like an impulse for you to buy magazines with them, posters with either their personalized signature and you go on line for hours to vote for your favorite group/member in a poll survey on the net. Once you look back at what you have been doing for that period of time, you'd realize your life almost basically revolves around them. If the power of being a fan can capture your mind to do all these things, it has the power to control your fanatic actions as well.
F4 and 5566 fans have incredible imagination and its easy for them to create their own little exquisite world and you can even see their stories at http://www.winglin.net (all about fanfiction).
We also have asked fans from asia who among the 4 groups (F4, 5566, Kone, 183 Club) for them is extraordinary. Most from Taipei and Singapore answered K One and 5566, for Korea and Philippines, they said it was F4. And for Hongkong, it was just almost with equal results. "I truly and genuinely adore 5566 music & performances while I like F4's looks, Vic on top of it" Virginia Chau, Hongkong.
For those people who don't understand professional competition, and they get mad at a certain group for reason that they are rivals, its wrong! Because F4 and 5566 are not rivals, again, they are friends! Fans should not over-react to a situation where they bash one group because of the group they love. It will be safe if you just don't compare as to why you admire this group than the other one, cause there isn't really definitive answer for fans as a whole. According to Vanness Wu "we all need is a role model and we as artists are more
than happy to lend that helping hand to stop the comparison and avoid enemies in the industry caused by people's wrong belief"
Source: F4 Ameblo Japan
Translated by and Credit to F4ModeJapan of onlyvanness
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