Fans have been waiting for a long time, and finally they can see the creative daily life of the "Wings" members.
In the fans' imagination, when creating content, the members should have some quirks, but they should be more sophisticated quirks, not—looking at Ji Yan sitting silently on the windowsill and Fang Yu munching on milk ice cream, the fans fell silent.
Well, this is not quite what they imagined.
It just... feels a bit too down-to-earth.
Of course, the group was quite different when they were thinking than usual. First of all, they were focused. They seemed to be completely oblivious to the cameras filming them, and were fully immersed in their creative process. Although they would occasionally be a little playful, their focused state lasted much longer.
At times like these, time often seems to pass very slowly, but fans focused on watching the live stream don't notice.
Because the "Wings" were just too focused.
The table was covered with papers, densely covered with all sorts of unrecognizable symbols. If inspiration came in smoothly, it would be fine, but if not, fans could watch "Wing" struggle for a long, long time, get stuck there, or turn around and around at a certain moment, or simply lie down and continue to slack off.
But "playing dumb" is just talk. Once inspiration strikes, fans will see a figure suddenly slump onto the table to continue writing or playing a tune. When inspiration runs out, he will continue to slump down and play dumb.
Unlike the dazzling scenes on stage, "Yi" looks plain and uninteresting when creating, with his brows often furrowed and smiles rarely seen.
However, fans can still see the tacit understanding that exists only among the members from their interactions during the creative period.
When they get stuck in a creative rut, they turn to each other for help, even Xie Mingxuan, who is widely recognized as the most creatively gifted, does so. Xie Mingxuan usually completes most of his works independently, but his works also include suggestions from Lu Wei and others.
"...It feels like the wings have suddenly become quiet, and I'm not quite used to it yet."
"Now I understand why Wings were in seclusion during the period before the album was released."
"I also……"
"The content was very mundane, but for some reason, I found it quite interesting and even took out my homework to do it."
"Someone upstairs has a great idea, I'll do my homework too."
The background music in the "Wings" variety show is soft and comfortable, and there are occasional shots of the "Wings" members playing the piano and harmonizing. For fans, this kind of scene can actually help them relax.
In fact, this is how they imagine the private lives of the "Wing" members.
Gentle, soothing... just like the feeling that the group "Wings" itself gives them. "Wings" is not high-end or fashionable, but their every move seems to say that this is who they are.
Even in group variety shows, what they present to their fans is absolutely their most authentic selves.
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Fans love watching the footage of "Wings" creating.
On this day, Lu Wei encountered a creative block right from the start. He described it as having a piece of music in his mind, but suddenly, he just couldn't find the feeling anymore. Fans watched as Lu Wei struggled all the way, only staring at a single hair on the back of his head and pulling at it. He drew on the paper, but after a while, he deleted all the parts he had just written and started to struggle again.
"Viagra, have some candy."
Lu Wei tore open the candy wrapper and put the candy in his mouth, but the moment he put the candy in his mouth, his expression became extremely serious, his lips were tightly pursed, and he showed none of the gentleness he usually showed on stage.
However, fans also noticed that Lu Wei, whose expression had changed, did not delete what she had already written. Instead, what appeared on camera next was a long, continuous string of musical notes.
Then--
Fans heard a previously unreleased track from Wings' new album live for the first time, even if it was just a short clip and even if that clip might be modified later.
But when Lu Wei smiled and her expression softened, the fans suddenly felt the same sense of joy as when the creation was completed. Even though the "Wings" team hadn't fully shown the difficulties, seeing them complete the work they wanted, the fans understood the joy of clearing the game.
In the group's variety show, they also saw the hard work and effort that "Yi" had never shown before.
Every time Wings releases an album, fans buy it. When Wings held their first concert, they had just released their third album. At that time, they felt that they didn't have enough songs to sing. But now, Wings struggles for a long time just to choose songs for their tour because fans like a lot of songs. The comments under the tour are full of suggestions from fans, and at this time, the members of Wings also suffer from decision paralysis.
Fans love so many songs. Every album by Wings is a classic in their hearts, even the earliest one, "Mist." Fans know that this is Wings' most immature album, but you can see the shadow of every album Wings will release afterward in this album.
To netizens unfamiliar with "Wings" and even some fans, each of "Wings'" albums represents their musical talent.
Only talent matters.
However, this variety show made fans realize that so-called talent is not something that can be easily obtained, and inspiration is not something that can be easily obtained. It's just that "Wings'" performance seems casual, but in reality, every step "Wings" has taken since their debut on the show "Idol Generation" has involved their own hard work.
"At least the quality of Wings' later albums was still very good. In fact, they have already achieved great success and realized the goals they set when they were young, but they are still working hard."
"For them, hard work is a habit."
“Starting with ‘Mist,’ the four of them stopped being obsessed with big productions and stopped thinking about shooting music videos abroad. Many people laughed at them for being stingy, but now more than 10 years later, their songs are still my must-sing songs at karaoke, and the quality of their songs is still very high.”
The live stream comments on the group's variety show almost became a wall for fans to express their love for the "Wings" members.
In fact, fans have been hoping for a group variety show since Wings released their first album. However, Wings focused solely on creating music, and later they devoted their energy to tours. The group variety show seemed even more distant. In addition, Wings participated in few activities, so many fans felt that they were just wasting their time supporting Wings.
Later on, Wings released album after album, and the group variety show seemed even more distant, so fans simply gave up on the idea.
They were quite envious of those groups that produced variety shows showcasing their team spirit.
At the time, "Wings" was ridiculed by fans of other groups for lacking team spirit. After all, they only had stage performances and no opportunity to show their team spirit. Scenes of older brothers protecting younger brothers could only be seen in short videos released by the members occasionally. Moreover, it wasn't the older brothers protecting the younger brothers, but rather Fang Yu and the other two bullying Xie Mingxuan.
But later, when the "Wings" tour started, the members' stable singing skills and teamwork directly made them representatives of the powerhouse. Fans naturally knew what "Wings" were busy with on a daily basis when they didn't have a group variety show and hardly participated in variety shows.
If fans had to choose between an outstanding album and singing skills versus a variety show, they would naturally choose the former.
However, the variety show that fans wanted has finally arrived.
Sure enough, "Wing" still doted on them.
Thinking about it carefully, the fans aren't that passionate about group variety shows; they just want to see more of "Yi," to see what their idols, whom they've liked for so many years, are like, and to see how they've changed since their debut.
"Wing" has changed a lot, but there are also many things that haven't changed.
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Besides creating content, the members of "Wings" also treat their group variety show as a vlog, filming themselves going out for leisure activities, usually eating hot pot, browsing bookstores, singing karaoke, visiting music instrument stores, petting cats, fishing, etc. "Wings'" social circle is actually quite simple. Their manager is still the same manager they had when they first debuted, and they don't have many friends in the industry.
But fans still saw the scene of "Blue" visiting "Wing".
The imagined scene of mutual appreciation and talking about music upon meeting did not occur, because they actually went fishing together. Duan Yiran took an incredibly fat cat out of the car. Fans familiar with "Blue" know that this cat is named Conch. As a calico cat with a good appearance, Conch has established a very close relationship with both "Blue" and "Wings" groups.
"Hehehe, watching the Wings Group's variety show is definitely a surprise!"
"Is this what retirement life is like for old men? @NingWei @DuanYiran @DuJian, stop thinking about your cat, it's been so long since you released a new album!"
"Upstairs, stop focusing on just one sheep and start urging young singers to release more albums."
The frequency of "Blue" releasing albums has decreased compared to previous years, and they appear in public less and less often. However, compared to other singers who debuted around the same time, "Blue" has been very persistent in their music career. Singers from the same period are very active in various music variety shows, but they don't release many albums.
"Sigh, I feel pretty good just to be able to see Da Ning and the others. I'm past the age of following my idols' daily lives, but seeing my favorite idols living happy lives makes me feel that it was really good to have liked them during my adolescence."
Of course, the interactions between Ji Yan, Ning Wei, and Hailuo are also a major focus for fans.
But fans are no longer surprised.
"Here we go again?"
"Next up is the lovey-dovey segment, cough cough, can you please keep it low-key?"
Conch was very well-behaved in front of Ji Yan, and it was obvious that she was very familiar with him. The behavior of "Wing" and the others in "Blue" also showed a tacit understanding.
Although Ning Wei and Ji Yan have not made their relationship public yet, it is almost a tacit understanding between them. This is common knowledge in the industry and among their respective fans, but they just haven't made it public.
After all, they were both active in the entertainment industry as a group. As they got older, the activity of the members of "Wings" and "Blue" decreased, but the group did not disband. If they chose to go public, the two of them could bear the consequences, but the future development of "Wings" and "Blue" would probably be affected.
Of course, the impact will only become more limited as time goes on.
But Ji Yan felt that the day of going public shouldn't be too far away; he had a strong premonition about it.
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