Even Korean entertainment, which has a developed "star-making industry", cannot guarantee that star idol groups will never be popular.

From the earliest Wonder Girls, Kara, and Girls’ Generation, which were popular all over the world, to the later 2NE1, 4Minute, T-ara, and Miss A, these groups either disbanded directly, or because their members went solo one after another, Unsustainable.

What is the reason for this?

Fang Zheyong from the MBLAQ group gave the "core insider information" he knew.

The answer is just one word - money.

For example, the discord between the group members and the brokerage company.

The members wanted to get more money, but the agency was not satisfied with the distribution ratio. As the conflicts deepened, people would continue to leave the team, and eventually disbandment became the only option.

For example, the members themselves have disagreements over money.

This artist is more popular and contributes more, but his income is the same as other peers. Over time, his psychology will become unbalanced, and other artists will also fall into jealousy due to their popularity, so they choose to go solo one after another.

In short, in the entertainment industry where "fame and fortune" are intertwined, it seems to be an iron law that "the long-term alliance must be divided."

In the Chinese entertainment industry, the situation is very different.

At their peak, these groups were almost promoted to the altar, but no one could survive the time. As time passed, many groups could only end up disbanding and disappearing.

Let’s take a look at 6 domestic pairs that were once very popular but are now no longer popular. Let’s see how they are doing now.

The first pair: Power Train

The brotherhood of nearly half a century: "Actually, this is very boring"

Even today, there are still Let their songs play.

Especially the song "Dang" should be the most popular and representative work of Power Train in the mainland.

The two members of the group, You Qiuxing and Yan Zhilin, met because of a childhood "car crash".

At that time, deep in the mountains of Taiwan, 5-year-old Paiwan boy You Qiuxing was chasing and playing with his companions on the mountain path, and accidentally bumped into 6-year-old Paiwan boy Yan Zhilin ( The Paiwan people are included in the Gaoshan people among the 56 ethnic groups).

This collision not only created a deep friendship between the two, but also created a legend in the music industry.

When they grew up, the two relied on their strong bodies and did a period of heavy physical labor such as construction work to develop muscles.

With their dreams of music and the genes of ethnic minorities who are good at singing and dancing, how can they be willing to remain just a fool?

So while they were trying to create, they and several other boys formed the "Virgin Chorus" to sing in bars and pursue their dreams.

Then the group changed its name to "Prominence". In short, the name was not very classy, ??and the performance was not well received. The group soon broke up, and You Qiuxing and Yan Zhilin joined another group called "Terminator" orchestra.

In 1994, the two formed a two-person group named "Power Station" while frequently performing in bars and nightclubs. About two years later, they were favored by the agency and ushered in Turnaround.

At that time, the two men, who were 27 and 28 years old respectively, came to prominence with the song "Passionate Desert" in a "PUB Music Collection", and the group was officially renamed "Power Train".

The following year, Dynamic Train released its first album "Ruthless Love Letter" and gradually became famous in Taiwan.

Until the song "When the mountains have no edges and corners, when the river stops flowing" appeared, Power Train opened the door to the mainland music scene, and it has been unstoppable ever since.

However, no one can escape the rule of new generations replacing old ones in the entertainment industry. With the emergence of younger groups, the power train has gradually lost its "power".

In 2014, they appeared on the stage of "I Am a Singer" and were eliminated in the fifth round. They left early, which also announced that the era of "power train" has really passed.

In 2019, You Qiuxing and his girlfriend entered the marriage hall.

Another member of Power Train, Yan Chi Lin, also attended with his wife and children (Yan Chi Lin had been married as early as 2003).

At the wedding scene, Yan Zhilin not only sang "Rainbow" to the newlyweds, but also teased her good brother You Qiuxing:

"This way he won't bother me. We have known each other for almost 50 years. We have grown up together, worked together and played together. No matter what we do, he always sticks to me, which is actually very boring."

It shows that the friendship between the two is really deep.

In 2021, the two brothers also released a new album "It's All Because of Love".

But in the hearts of old fans, the song "Walking Zhongxiao East Road Nine Times" is enough for us to remember this group forever.

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In the Chinese music scene in 2004, there were endless good songs and countless good singers.

Jay Chou's "Qili Xiang", Jolin Tsai's "Thirty-Six Strategies of Love", Liang Jingru's "Ningxia", JJ Lin's "Jiangnan", Mayday's "Stubborn"... and Angela Chang, Stefanie Sun , SHE, Chen Qizhen...

Even in such a situation that can be called a "fight between gods", many "divine songs" cannot cover up the amazingness of a new band - - Feier Orchestra.

This year, Feier Band, which was founded just two years ago, released its first album "F.I.R." and immediately became popular all over the country. The song "Our Love" almost won all the music awards in the Chinese music industry. .

Chen Jianning, Ah Qin, and Zhan Wenting (Faye) have collaborated on many works, and are known as the "King of KTV must-must songs" on par with Jay Chou.

Feier Band’s “rising popularity” began with the talents of the three of them and ended with the love of the two.

In 2007, Ah Qin and Faye announced their relationship, and soon Ah Qin proposed to Faye at the concert.

Unfortunately, the vows of each other at that time could not be worth the words "the relationship has faded", and the relationship between the two came to an end three years later.

From the fact that Chen Jianning was "excluded" when the two were in love, to the relationship becoming fragile after the two broke up, it must be said that the cohesion of the band's three original partners was broken to a certain extent.

It seems that from this moment on, their songs also began to disappoint fans, and Feier Band encountered a bottleneck.

I don’t know if the former lovers continue to work together and no longer have the sincere enthusiasm they had at the beginning.

But as onlookers, what we can see is that both Faye and Ah Qin have released albums respectively. It can be said that the Feier Band at that time was basically in a state of "the band is not broken up, but they are flying separately".

This situation lasted until 2018, when Feier Band officially announced Faye's withdrawal from the band. This may have been the last "straw" to crush Feier Band, which had long since sunk.

In October of the same year, new lead singer Han Rui (Lydia) joined the band.

She was destined to be controversial from the moment she replaced Faye.

In a program, musician Tao Zhe said unceremoniously when commenting on Han Rui:

After the lead singer of Queen passed away, they also looked for someone to replace him, but who could replace him? Freddie Mercury? If you ask me to see Queen perform now, frankly I won't go.

The implication is that it is impossible for Han Rui to replace Fei'er.

After that, Zhan Wenting participated in "The Masked Singer" alone, and the relationship between the three did not ease. In particular, Chen Jianning and Zhan Wenting were involved in a financial lawsuit.

However, Ah Qin still openly called Faye to express friendship:

"I invite Zhan Wenting here to sing with us ten years later. As long as you are willing, this will always be your home. ."

On social media, he also said, "Although he still harbors resentment towards her for abandoning the group and pursuing a solo career, Feier Band would not be successful without Zhan Wenting."

But we have to admit that Feier Band has already existed in name only from the moment Zhan Wenting withdrew.

At this point, Faye Band has become a Faye band without "Faye", and it has never been able to fly high since then.

The third pairing: Fahrenheit

The four beautiful boys who "love and kill each other", Wu Zun's joining has caused the breakup of "Fahrenheit" and laid hidden dangers. "Pioneer of corruption selling" ” was eventually backlash

In 2001, the Japanese comic "Boys Over Flowers" deeply fascinated Taiwanese TV producer Chai Zhiping. The adult fairy tale of four modern princes and Cinderella brought her the opportunity to film the idol drama "Meteor". Garden" inspiration.

Once the show was released, it detonated in Asia and made the "F4 group" popular.

Four years later, in 2005, based on his successful experience, Chai Zhiping filmed the idol drama "The Ultimate Class" and created the "Fahrenheit Group".

Wu Zun, Wang Dongcheng, Chen Yiru, and Yan Yalun have perfectly copied and upgraded F4's successful road from filming dramas to becoming an idol group.

Immediately afterwards, the song "Only I Have Feelings for You", composed by Lin Junjie, sung by fellow SHE member Hebe Tian and starred in the MV, also opened an era of their own for Fahrenheit in the music world. His acting career gradually reached its peak.

But the peak also means that every next step is downhill.

In fact, at the beginning, there were only three people in Fahrenheit: Wang Dongcheng, Yan Yalun, and Chen Yiru.

Because Wang Dongcheng was the most popular at the time, he was considered the top brother. Wu Zun, who joined later, won the favor of more fans and capital, which also laid hidden dangers for the subsequent breakup of Fahrenheit. .

As the gap between Wu Zun and other brothers gradually widened, his "beautiful boy" character also needed to be transformed, so in 2011, Wu Zun announced his withdrawal from Fahrenheit.

This has also caused Wang Dongcheng and Yan Yalun, whose popularity is second only to Wu Zun, to be involved in a dispute. Fans from both sides want their favorite idols to take over the "leader" position.

The two people had a very good relationship at first. After that, fans of both sides started to exchange verbal criticisms, including innuendos about each other's plastic surgery, sexual orientation, etc. It was difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the relationship gradually deteriorated. rupture.

On one side, the fight was in full swing, while on the other side, Chen Yiru, whose popularity was relatively weak, became nothing. Conflicts, suspicions and conflicts violently tore apart the brotherhood, and in less than a year, Fahrenheit was completely disbanded.

The name that once made countless fans crazy has since fallen into the dust.

After the disbandment, the four people each had their own development, but none of them could surpass the huge influence of Fahrenheit.

At the end of 2020, when Fahrenheit disbanded nearly 10 years ago, Wu Zun posted on social media, "15 years ago today was the beginning of Fahrenheit..."

Wang Dongcheng also The post said "I miss Fahrenheit very much" and also hinted at some of the helplessness at the time.

Chen Yiru responded with words such as "drink water and think of the source" and "never forget the original intention".

Only Yan Yalun, who originally said in "The Coming of Kangxi" that "I have no contact with them privately, have different values ????and are not friends", did not respond.

Looking back on the five years of Fahrenheit, they were once so popular, but now that the four of them are in such a situation, it is inevitable to feel sad.

The fourth pairing: Heisehui Meimei

Taiwan's "epic" girl group selected 9 girls, but those who were not selected married the "king"

In 2005, the entertainment industry in Taiwan was still at its peak. Affected by the entertainment trend of the island country, young and cute girls were highly sought after, and they were called "cuties" in Taiwan.

This year, the black man Chen Jianzhou (Fan Weiqi’s husband) hosted a variety show called "I Love Black Club". Amateur girls aged around 15-20 years old are selected to conduct a beauty girl development draft, and finally several outstanding girls are selected to debut in a group.

The girl group "Black Girl", later renamed "Black Girl", was born and debuted on this show. Nine people were selected at one time, namely Wu Yingjie, whose stage name is Guigui ;

Zhou Yipei (pèi), whose stage name is Daya;

Huang Wei (wěi) Ting, whose stage name is Apple;

Zhan Ziqing, whose stage name is Yatou;

Wang Jingqiao, whose stage name is Xiaoman;

Guo Jieqi, whose stage name is MeiMei;

Cai Yu (dì) Tong, whose stage name is Tongtong;

Huang Cheng (jìng) Yi, whose stage name is Xiaoxun;

Zhang Xiaojie, whose stage name is Xiaojie.

9wei2 girl is also known as "Nine Niuniu".

In the first year of their debut, they filmed the idol drama "Brown Sugar Macchiato" with their junior boy band Lollipop. "The Legend of Heroes", and since then the bundled sales of "beautiful girls + beautiful boys" have been launched, which can be called the originator of idol group speculation on CP.

In 2007, Tongtong left the group to pursue a solo career and changed her name to "Ba Niuniu".

Generally speaking, most of these members are following the path of variety show stars. Obviously, when their performance ability and appearance and hardware are not up to high standards, their popularity naturally cannot be achieved. Lasts a long time.

In 2009, as the "popular king" Gui Gui's contract expired and he chose to pursue a solo career, the other first-generation members also retired one after another after their contracts expired.

Since their disbandment, Guigui’s acting performance is considered to be the most outstanding one in the group, and he is still active in the entertainment industry.

He also participated in the well-known domestic entertainment variety show "Celebrity Detective". Guigui's performance was also very good. He had a strong sense of variety and brought a lot of laughter to everyone, while the others had no breakthroughs. .

But it is worth mentioning that, in addition to the 9 people, Kun Ling, an early member who made his debut on the screen under the stage name Hannah at the age of 14 in "I Love Black Club", should be regarded as the "Black Club Girl" "The biggest winner in life.

As we all know, Kunling filmed many film and television dramas and MVs after entering the entertainment industry. After marrying Jay Chou, she became the "Sister-in-law of the Heavenly King" and became famous in the entertainment industry.

The fifth group: Komi Boy

The group with the least sense of existence. After the disbandment, 2 people withdrew from the group, 2 people have been confused, and 2 people passed away

Many people may have forgotten that such a group once existed, but they should still have some impression when they hear the first line of the song "Memory of Youth":

Give me your heart as a souvenir.... ..

The 6-member boy band that sings this song is called "Komi Boys". It was an idol boy group created by the same agency the following year after F4 became popular. These six people are: Wang Chuanyi, Zeng Shaozong, Shen Dongjing, Xu Junhao, An Juncan and Zhang Tingwei.

In 2002, just like F4 in "Meteor Garden", Komi starred in the first youth idol drama "When the Stars Shine". But the difference is that the show is not popular. The album was released in the same year, but the songs were not popular either.

In 2003, only the third year after the group was established, member Xu Junhao quit, and the remaining five people continued to develop. In this year, they released their second album "Youth Memorial Album". The title song was a hit, but After that, it did not become a super hit like "Meteor Shower".

Soon Kemi Boy became "invisible" in the entertainment industry, and in 2005, it was officially disbanded.

What makes Komi the most devastated is that just this year, Fahrenheit, created by the same agency, became popular as expected. It can be said that "there was F4 before, there was Fahrenheit after, and only Komi The kid has the least presence in the middle."

Forget it, the fate of being born into a group is over. After the disbandment, the situation of the six people who have developed separately can be described as "miserable".

Xu Junhao, who quit before, became a dentist and opened his own dental clinic.

After the disbandment, Zhang Tingwei continued his studies and did not enter the entertainment industry again.

The remaining four have been developing in the industry, but they are all mediocre. Wang Chuanyi and Zeng Shaozong have been in a tepid state for more than 20 years.

What is even more regrettable is Shen Dongjing and An Juncan. The former died of illness in October 2012 at the age of 29.

The latter died of liver cancer in May 2015 at the age of 32.

Nowadays, in addition to the two people who have stopped in their youth, the "Komi boys" back then have now become "Uncle Komi". I think when they disbanded, they also made such a joke, saying Maybe we can reunite in a few decades and form a "Komi Laozi".

Now it seems that even this wish cannot be realized. Looking back at the short history of Komi Boy's formation, it is simply a "youth memory book" that people cannot bear to read.

The sixth pairing: 183 club

They are all 183cm tall. They are Internet celebrities and coaches, and their development is very average.

It is a coincidence, a combination that sticks to the end. More than one or two.

In addition to Komi Boy, there is also a group 183club, which was founded in 2004 and named after its average height of 183cm.

This 5-member group was established not long ago, and it was announced that it was disbanded after only 4 years.

But at least there was a clear path that was developing well, but it was a pity that it became unclear later. The remaining members are: Yan Xingshu, Wang Shaowei, Huang Yurong, and Zhu Fangang.

At that time, they mainly gained a foothold in the entertainment industry with the 2005 youth idol drama "The Prince Turns into a Frog". The following year, they starred in the idol drama "The Magician", and their popularity reached its peak.

However, from the peak to the trough, it came and went quickly. It was officially disbanded in 2008 and lasted for four years.

What have the members of the group been doing in the more than ten years since they disbanded?

Ming Dao should be the one who developed the best after the disbandment. He entered the mainland film and television industry and gained a place. However, his popularity continued to decline in the later period. He transformed from the celebrity he was back then to become an Internet celebrity live broadcast to promote goods.

Wang Shaowei acted in several idol dramas, and later hosted the variety show "The Beautiful Girl Comes Out", which gained some popularity in Taiwan.

Yan Xingshu was a professional basketball player before forming the group. After the disbandment, he joined the CBA Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team in 2009. He retired in 2010 and served as an assistant coach to continue his beloved basketball career.

The other two, Huang Yurong and Zhu Fangang, really don’t have a high sense of presence, so who do you remember in this combination?

The above 6 groups and 30 stars have now led 30 different lives. Their stories can give some inspiration to entertainment practitioners: Only by maintaining a clear status and the ability to innovate at all times can we Find your way in the entertainment industry.

For fans, although these groups were quickly swept away by the tide of the times, they existed and were brilliant in our youthful memories, bringing us audio-visual enjoyment and emotional catharsis. , Perhaps, this is why we still recall them.

Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Liao Yu

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