Do you ever feel like the Mayday/Fahrenheit connections are just far, far too prevalent? This isn’t all that direct (not like last time), but doesn’t this just look like it should be the Fahrenheit guys in this picture, but Mayday was photoshopped in instead?
There are more pictures here.
The pictures are for Mayday’s promotion of the video game “Twelve Sky,” so they’re wearing video game warrior outfits. Worryingly, the boys LOVED their outfits, and they were jostling for glimpses of themselves all armored up in the mirror. Well, as long as these keep these costumes off the stage, I guess it’s okay… how’s that for grudging acceptance? But seriously, it just looks SO boybandy. I mean, look at this. ‘Nuff said.
On February 18th, Victor Wong held a concert in Hong Kong and his erstwhile singing companion Michael Wong appeared as the special guest. This means that the two have taken the stage together twice in the last few months, increasing speculation that they might be considering getting Wu Yin Liang Pin back together. Hearing this chatter, Victor begged for time, saying that both guys are with different labels, working on different aspects of their careers right now. It’s not yet the moment for considering reforming the group.
Victor was glad to be in Hong Kong, noting that his girlfriend lives there, so every time he has to change planes in the city he strikes out to see her. He did sing one song in Cantonese, noting that there were lots of Cantonese speakers where he grew up in Malaysia – he actually learned Mandarin second, so singing an occasional Cantonese song was not any particular hardship. On the 21st (um, today, I guess), Victor will join label-mates Fish Leong and Mayday for a performance in Macau.
Okay, jumping forward to the next totally unrelated topic: the first song from Superband 纵贯线 is now out, and it clearly demonstrates why the other guys wanted Chang Chen-yue in on it. They’ve just filmed the video, and they’ve got concerts scheduled for Taipei and Hong Kong next month and Beijing in April. The album should be out in early summer, or so go the rumors. [Edited to add: I'm going on record now that I love this. I think the album will be fantastic, and I hope they'll come down to the central regions on their tour. My spring schedule is just too tight for Beijing, but Shanghai/Nanjing is wide open....]
Finally, I have two random Mandopop Movie observations to make. First, I watched Butterfly Lovers on one of my many recent long-haul flights. Yes, I voluntarily watched a movie staring Wu Chun of Fahrenheit and one of the girls from TWINS (I forget their names, but it is the one who did NOT get into Edison Chen’s pictures), though I think we’ve established that I’ll watch anything at 35,000 feet (*coughhannahmontanacough*). It was showing, and I thought it would be diverting. Mostly, I was right. Neither pop star has much going for them in the acting department, but the first half at least was sorta cute. The cutest thing, though, was when the seventy-year-old Filipina woman in the seat next to me leaned over to tell me that she went out to see Wu Chun when he visited the Philippines to promote one of his dramas. “He’s SO handsome!” she sighed.
The second one is that Cape No. 7 has finally been released on the big screen here in China. It’s about about a half an hour shorter than the Taiwan version, so I might still go find that one eventually, but at least it’s out. I loved the movie so much – it was much funnier than I expected, and by the end I was really cheering for Old Mao to get his moment in the sun – that I stopped on the way home for the soundtrack. Highly recommended, and (note for American readers) available on Netflix. 
actually I thought it’d be cool if they wore those costumes on stage for their next tour.. though I wonder if they’d be able to jump around in them lol
And can Guanyou even move his arms?
oh, the chorus from that 纵贯线 was performed on the CCTV new year’s gala. i didn’t expect the whole song to be mostly rap, but i like it.
sorry, in my last post i mean to say “that 纵贯线 song.” the song itself is called 亡命之徒 i gather.
I don’t think Netflix really has “Cape No. 7.” It only lists it. It says the DVD hasn’t been released yet, so they don’t actually have it for rent.
The Superband is looking good! Have you heard A-Yue’s new duet with Lin Xin Yi yet?
Oh – I didn’t look up the availability, I just noticed mention of it at the site. For obvious reasons, I’ve had to give up my Netflix subscription…. I’d be sort of surprised if they didn’t get it eventually, though!
My friend in Hong Kong went to the Victor Wong concert and she said Ah Shin and Fish Leong were the surprise guests!!! Apparently, they quietly ventured onto the stage to give Victor flowers, and Ah Shin was wearing a cap so my friend almost couldn’t even recognize him! Fish sang one song with Victor but Ah Shin didn’t (don’t know what he did then, i forgot to ask haha). I wonder if Ah Shin purposely went alone for the surprise, or whether he was in HK with the rest of the band?? I wish I could’ve gone!!!
That’s too bad. I was just listening to “Interview With the Vampire” yesterday and I thought, they finally sound their age. Well, it’s OK if they have some fun sometimes.
OOhhh, I loved Cape No. 7 as well! If you really want to watch the Taiwan version, someone is selling the DVD on ebay and it works for all regions and includes Chinese and English subtitles.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Cape-No-7-Chinese-Movie-DVD-Music-and-Romance_W0QQitemZ150327205528QQihZ005QQcategoryZ617QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
Hm. I always thought that Mayday was well known for their 大孩子 image despite their age so i actually found this kind of cute (especially how they were “jostling for glimpses of themselves all armored up in the mirror” ^^) although I have to admit that the armors are a lil overboard haha.
Oh and thanx for posting these news updates! :]]]
The outfits are very amusing.:) It would be rather funny if the boys wore it at their concert, I think.
Enjoyed Cape No. 7 as well. Especially enjoy the little girl and the song she sings on the song track.:)
A-yue has a song out called, ‘Malasun’, presumably related to the movie. It’s pretty catchy.
A-yue originally released “Malasun” in 2005 on an EP (along with the “Goodbye” EP to hold us all over during that long, long, LONG wait for the next album) – I’m not sure it has a direct movie tie-in. But, of course, they can make it into one now.
The band wardrobe at the final show had me doubled over, I was laughing so hard.
Cape 7 is full of great musicians. The scene when the lead vocal from The Clippers, the drummer in Cape 7, was watching drunk guy trying to sing 轉吧!七彩霓虹燈 by The Clippers was hilarious. Hehe 馬念先 aka 馬尿, the bassist in Cape 7 was from 糯米團 and I loved them. They were humourous and played great music. I am not happy with Mr Fan though, he can sing(not my cup of tea but at least he can carry a note unlike some 4 member boybands I shall not mention here) but his guitar playing pales in camparision to 馬尿. The policeman (民雄) is a also a great singer. The girl’s mother, 林曉培 is also a good singer though she has had problems since her drunk driving accident where she ran over and killed someone.