#CMBF

[fanaticdomainexpert2]

literally everyone on call me by fire: jeff is so handsome. how is he this handsome? he's the most handsome guy i've ever seen, the rest of us can't even compare. have we mentioned our most handsome friend, jeff

[hunxi-after-hours]

for a zongyi that showcased a truly ludicrous amount of talent offstage and onstage, I think this backstage moment has to be the most insanely casual flex they dropped off-hand. how did cai minyou and zhu xingjie improvise this on the spot. what does it take to become this musically competent. real talk when is their collab single coming out

[vani-ash]

thinking about when someone got proposed to on cmbf and jeff was in the background acting like it was his proposal 😭😭

like he had the exact same reaction😭😭

[bird-inacage]

Call Me By Fire S3 | Dorm Life VIP Awards: 'Most Teary'

This was so sweet but also goddamn hilarious. All the biggest criers somehow ended up in one team together. And I love how diverse this spectrum of manly vulnerability is. One of my favourite parts of this show is watching all these middle-aged men being openly emotional.

[jeffsatursideblog]

[just-slightly-chayotic]

@ moonletss on twitter 2023/09/22

[punchitmrsulu]

Listen if Jeff, Danko and E.SO don’t collaborate on something after Call Me by Fire is over, I’ll be very disappointed.

The way they keep seamlessly blending rap and rock is just too good to stop at the show!

[micuko]

Jeff is going back to China today to continue shooting Call me by Fire.

[live-from-flaturn]

[anisarn]

Như nghe em ghé tai anh câu tươi rói / "Xời!...Hôm naу anh quá là trôi~"

nhà Thiếu Nhi - Quá Là Trôi | CK1

[live-from-flaturn]

@just-slightly-chayotic and I had some thoughts...

there were five people i think. five. jeff was the only one who was tied up. he literally did not have to do that. but he did

[fanaticdomainexpert2]

jeff learning mandarin!!

translation:

jeff: son... how is your son?

cai guoqing: he's a very good son, his studies are great

jeff: great

cai guoqing: his looks are also handsome

jeff: his looks?

cai guoqing: are also handsome

nicky lee: just like his father

jeff: just like his father

cai guoqing: MORE handsome than his father.

[hunxi-after-hours]

黄潇 HUANG XIAO x 披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 《时间的答案》 The Answer of Time

[arminthada]

ZHANG XIN CHENG and FU XIN BO JUSTICE IN THE DARK (2025) | Episode 10

[fanaticdomainexpert2]

going to reply to this as if it's in my dms, don't mind meee

i did not catch that up's intro song was the same in the finale medley!! will have to go back and relisten

flash forward to e.so and danko accusatorily asking jeff when he cried so much to get on the crying leaderboard because they never saw him cry, and they were with him literally all the time (until they weren't). you HIDE crying from JT???? JAIL!! JAIL FOR JEFF FOR A THOUSAND YEARS!!!!

i remember boyuan wanting to punk jeff with the thai he learned from nine kornchid (who jeff may have met on chuang? maybe? is the circle complete?) so either boyuan didn't learn it right or nine punked HIM

LITERALLY VICTOR IS SUCH A GOLDEN RETRIEVER. "Don't worry about anything when you have me", volunteering himself as translator, and then immediately forgetting he volunteered himself as translator and going and trying to get pets from everyone

Victor claiming Jeff as his first Thai friend, only for Boyuan to immediately start listing Victor’s other Thai friends - JHFDVASHDHADV BOYUAN LET HIM LIVE

ahhhhh i need to rewatch the teambuilding games (even though if we look at the timeline at that point they were all in different teams)

Victor yelling ‘Jeff!’ in a familiar tone of outrage - truly the voice of all of us

victor's introductory interview was so funny like the boy went "yeah i think it's about time i went on Call Me By Fire, i am 27. i am a gege now" (Chinese context: the show's full name is Geges Who Overcome Obstacles) and the producers had to stop him and go "you are the youngest one here." ASDKFHAGHDFAKDH. and now his team is bullying him about it too! when will it end!!

Call Me By Fire, ep. 1 & extras rewatch

A mostly-hinged recap of things that still delight me:

Up’s solo stage is the same song Jeff, Danko, & Co. sing in the finale medley

Jeff on the floor crying over how beautiful Ma Xiaolong and Jawn Ha’s dancing is

Newsies extras Boyuan and Jeff perched together on their theme song scaffolding

Boyuan and Victor attempting to greet Jeff in Thai and being incomprehensible  😂

Jeff visibly regretting his life choices after finding out he has 2 days to learn a dance number

Victor being such an extroverted social butterfly that Boyuan ends up translating

‘What if we counted?’ Boyuan ILU ❤️

Day 1 of rehearsal and Jeff’s hand is already in his hair, this will be a marathon of suffering

Victor claiming Jeff as his first Thai friend, only for Boyuan to immediately start listing Victor’s other Thai friends

Welcome to the first week of the CMBF costume department attempting to drown Jeff in fabric

PHIN! (Phin Appreciation Squad)

Jeff and Hu Bing deep in conversation on the bus, hopefully about fashion

The apple apple pineapple game and Boyuan’s inability to say Jeff’s name

Danson and Jeff fanboying over each other's hair

Jeff and Boyuan getting competitive over the acupuncture mats, and Victor yelling ‘Jeff!’ in a familiar tone of outrage before immediately tapping out

Boyuan and Jeff lording it over Victor that he's the baby of the group

The formation of the Jeff Tribe OT3 here we goooo!

[just-slightly-chayotic]

call me by fire ep. 0

(youtube link)

i watched it so you don't have to. and also because i like trashy reality tv sometimes.

the premise of the entire show: 31 contestans, 5 competitions, double trials. they "compete for the third-generation family seats" (i think it's like the top 5 places or something?). they focus on "singing, dancing, composing and performing".

ep. 0: introductions and picking opponents for the preliminary competition.

the preliminary competition: 31 members divided into 10 groups for 1 vs 1 battle, with a total of 5 battles. the opponents were picked by chance (mostly. it's complicated. don't worry about it).

they have 100 minutes to prepare the performances. the five winning teams will be challenged by one other artist they invited (if he surpasses any of the teams he joins cmbf s3, if not he leaves).

the member ranked first in the winning group becomes the MVP and gets priority in choosing songs.

Jeff's appearances:

he appears for a bit at 20:44

32:22 - the interview (he was really cute)

35:25

38:18

a glimpse at 39:10

41:10 he talks to some of the others in english

41:46

another glimpse at 45:34 (he looks confused because the guy they're all greeting was in an accident where he got severely injured and he's still recovering so they're all impressed to see him)

47:14 a shot of everyone, he's in the front left

55:13 Jeff's team gets matched with their opponents (the "i'm hungry" line. as a kimchay fan i'm biting him)

56:23 another glimpse

i don't know why Jeff is in the vocal-dance group but his "special moves" are vocal, phin and thai. they each get their most famous work listed under their name - that's why "Fade" is there.

Jeff is in the "young ones" group (as one of the other contestants called them), most of the other participants are much older. and the participants range from actors to singers to models to dancers.

Jeff's team got matched with the dancers as their opponents.

overall opinion:

the contestants seem charismatic and likeable (no surprise there, with all of them having 10 years and more of experience in the industry). but i don't get the reason why most of them are participating? i think it's mainly to either have a break-through or because their careers are slowing down and they want advertising? this is my opinion, i don't know enough about any of them to really guess.

the english subtitles are surprisingly good.

i was continuously reminding myself that this is not the Jeff show because i kept pouting that he's not appearing on screen very often :(

would i watch this if Jeff wasn't in it? probably not. but Jeff is in it and my clownery knows no bounds so here we are.