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TFboy/TFfamily Basics

If you were to ask me who the biggest Chinese boy idol group is, I would say the TFfamily but they’re not just one group. When I first learned about the TFfamily I was pretty confused and googling in English didn’t really help. So I’m gonna try to summarize the knowledge that I have about the TFfamily. If information is wrong please let me know! I’m mainly using wikis and google translate so it’s totally possible there are flaws.

TFboys (1st generation)

If you interact with a lot of Chinese media you have probably already seen a TFboy. In 2023 they held a huge 10 year reunion concert. If they’ve already had a 10 year old career they must be in their late 20s or early 30s, right? But no, they debuted in 2013 when they were 12 to 13 years old. The members are Jackson Yee, Roy Wang and Karry Wang. It’s hard to contextualize how popular these three teenage boys were and are especially since they’re not talked about in the west. It’s pretty easy to find information about them in English and they do have a wiki page and K-pop profile page.

TF stands for “The Fighting” but not like physical fighting. Ya know how like in k-dramas they say “fighting” or in anime they say “ganbare” in Chinese they say “加油” (jia you) which is like a cheering phrase. The TFboys English name is used a lot but their Chinese name is 加油男孩 (the fighting boys). TF also stands for the entertainment company, time fengjun entertainment or just TFentertainment based in Chongqing. The TFboys were the ones to really start the TFfamily machine so people don’t really refer to them as the 1st generation, but timeline wise they are the first.

TNT/Teens in Times (2nd generation)

TNT officially debuted in 2019 but there was a lot of work happening before they debuted. To explain how the TFfamily machine works, I like to imagine they have a big warehouse of young Chinese boys with bowl cuts who are trained to sing and dance. I believe the generation refers to when they joined rather than age. For example, Ding Chengxin from the 2nd gen is 22 years old while Roy Wang from the 1st gen is 23 years old. They only have a one year difference but they’re in different generations. Each generation has a large group of trainees but the number of members to join the group and debut is small.

Before TNT debuted, there was tyt which included 4 future members of TNT plus another 2nd gen member named Yao Jingyuan. That group disbanded (I don’t really know why) so they created a new idol show called typhoon project which featured all 7 future members of TNT. It was originally supposed to be an elimination style show where there would be only 5 members in TNT. But the members and audience protested so all 7 members could debut together. The members are Ma Jiaqi, Ding Chengxin, Song Yaxuan, Liu Yaowen, Zhang Zhenyuan, Yan Haoxiang, and He Junlin.

Transform Project (3rd generation) + ??? 4th generation

To be honest I don’t know much about the 3rd and 4th generations. The 3rd gen is getting their own show right now on IQIYI named Transform project. On the poster of the show, it features 13 boys so I assume some will not make the final group because 13 is a crazy number of members in a boy group. I will watch the show I’ve just been busy watching the Rap of China 2024. The 4th generation members are pretty new so I don’t know much about them. According to Kpop profiles, there’s 16 members?!? Sometimes it’s too much for my brain.

Links

This wiki has the names of members and their birthdays you just have to scroll a bit.

Typhoon project engsubs

Young TNT trainee performance - becoming Superman

Tf family 2nd-4th gen games 2024 no engsub yet (like the Olympics but just TF family/colors refer to the generation)

Tl:dr - China loves young boy idols with bowlcuts and they’re not slowing down anytime soon

[christirene]

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"I likes you everyday, and today is just one of them."

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[christirene]

“最害怕时间不够吧，怕时间不够我进步，怕时间不够让我来给大家呈现自己” — 严浩翔 

"Em sợ nhất là không có đủ thời gian, không đủ thời gian để tiến bộ, không đủ thời gian để chứng minh bản thân với mọi người." - Nghiêm Hạo Tường

"My biggest fear is that I don't have enough time, not enough time to improve, not enough time to prove myself to everyone." - Yan Haoxiang

"나의 가장 큰 두려움은 시간이 충분하지 않고, 개선할 시간이 충분하지 않으며, 모든 사람에게 나를 증명할 시간이 충분하지 않다는 것입니다." 

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