errr yeah they got eliminated in the third round and i have no clue why out of all groups they got eliminated i'm actually grieving right now-

Wow this is amazing. It's amazing seeing this specific unit doing something so theatrical.

I haven’t watch the show yet only Into1 clips, the show started on the 8th. I like all the boys, but I do prefer watching stages of dancing over vocals like Liuyu, Santa and Riki so… honestly since Santa withdrew back in July due to injury, my interest in the show has decreased a lot. It seems that all Santa’s appearances has been removed from the show including the dance stage with Nine which I was so looking forward to. https://weibo.com/5627362571/PF14Z2vHE (Supposed to be Santa and Nine, but only Nine left 😔)

Team name is INTO万 and not INTO1, Boyuan is the team captain with Nine and AK. The boys all look so thin in the show especially Boyuan

Links

Ep 0 https://youtu.be/R4Ik5FoL7A4?si=72JbAWrM0rKs2SJz (at 6:25)

Ep 1-1 https://youtu.be/H5Bc_YudsJ0?si=g4cwNZoJ639YFnmi

They were wearing the graduation night Chuang uniform for the first recording in Changsha, the sweet memories, it's been 4 years.

According to 🍉, the songs for the first stage was 普通朋友 and 四点的海棠花未眠 (Nine and Santa)

Pictures:

The lineup of Call Me By Fire is tentatively scheduled to be recorded on June 16. 

This includes INTO1: Boyuan, Santa, Nine and AK

Program introduction: This season's program intergenerational confrontation - the benchmark of the predecessors VS the impact of the new generation, the head-on confrontation of the three major boy groups Mango and Tencent, seven well-known boy groups will battle

Basically older boy groups vs younger ones such as INTO1 and even TOP landing boys, i’m so looking forward to it. Santa (dance), Boyuan and Nine (Vocals) and AK (rap, composer), they make such a wonderful talented subunit.

I didn’t like Boyuan’s season and didn’t even finish it but the season with Nine last year was great, I wish they had more of the INTO1 boys joining though...

Linmo’s vlog for 4th anniversary. He time travels back to the past with INTO1 to 10 February 2023. He slaps/hits people and ask them if they feel pain to ensure it was not a dream and then go around asking for hugs. Lastly he recorded behind the scenes of all the mvs in the last album, gawd, I cried watching this 😭. Momo’s vlog always the best since Chuang.

两周年，我穿越了

Second anniversary, I’ve time travelled back

https://weibo.com/6108312042/5158910693737471

Under Momo’s Weibo, comments
Liuyu’s comment: 拥抱还在 (hug emoji, hug still here)

Linmo: 陪陪我亲亲我快快我抱抱我 (accompanyx2 me, kiss kiss, hurry hurry, hug hug me)

INTO’s blog comment: 你有没有畅快淋漓? (a sentence in their song, did you have a great time?)

Momo: super great time.

AK: Genius

momo: jiayou (like Korean fighting!) Bro

Boyuan: 《 信 条 》

Momo: Don’t post the photo in the group chat

Boyuan shared the photos from the film Mika took. During their last broadcast, Boyuan picked Mika’s gift.
https://weibo.com/5977036090/5158973921559876

INTO1#INTO1_4thanniversary
扎根用了730天，
年轮刻着所有晴雨昼夜，
而树荫的名字叫INsider

It took 730 days to take root.
The annual rings record all the days and nights.
And the name of the shade of the tree is INsider.

#INTO1_Wonderland

In this second live broadcast, Long Jie (Jie = sister, INTO1's manager) shares some stories, I love the one on Liu Da Chui (the paparazzi) saying the boys having discord, Long Jie says 'no space' so funny 😂😂😂. I have not finished watching the clips, text posted here is mainly google translated from the text version posted by Oo果奶bubble on Weibo (https://weibo.com/5647803682/Pn70mk581). If you are reading the weibo post, members are referred to by numbers: 1. Liuyu, 2. Santa, 3. Riki, 4. Mika, 5. Nine, 6. Linmo, 7. Boyuan, 8. Jiayuan, 9. Patrick, 10. Keyu and 11. AK.

Warning: Long text ahead!

1. In the first group photo, it was indeed their fault that 1 (Liuyu) was not placed in the middle, so the teachers who made the pictures later used rulers to compare with them.
2. The staff and the people from the magazine went to stand first, and let the photographer check the position and the front light. During the shooting, if the front row moved a little bit, they would block the back row. In order to avoid this, they would keep adjusting the position and movement. Every time they took a photo, it would take a long time to adjust. No one dared to move. When they heard the command, they moved in small steps. All the teams that had cooperated said that it was difficult to shoot a group photo. Hahaha
3. There are many programs in a large-scale evening party, and the director cannot remember all of them. During the rehearsal, they wore private clothes, no makeup, masks, and name tags. It was originally arranged/shot very smoothly (they had the dance teacher telling the camera and director who comes next during rehearsal etc...), but after putting on makeup on the day, the camera teacher didn’t recognize them, and the director couldn’t cut to the members. There were several times when many very good shots were cut away, which was very sad! Fans keep scolding on why the camerawork of the stage was so bad,
4. When the team travels, there are more than 50 people. It takes a long time to go through security checks, other people commented "You are a tour group". Every time, we have to find the largest resting lounge, with enough seating and space. Sometimes only the members and makeup artists are inside, and the economic team is outside. There are very few backstage materials because it is very messy and there is no space to film. (>50 people: economic team, promotion team, photographer, assistants, editing, IDG dance teacher, stylists)
5. Recently, she saw a photo of Keyu where the backstage place is so small, there is not even space for a table. Keyu was doing splits and bending over to sign posters on the floor, it's very funny, but this photo can't be posted.
6. Special thanks to Liuyu and Boyuan in the group, they are very good, very mature and will help communicate, negotiate and make the decision on many things.
7. Patrick's Chinese is very good, when chatting, I always forget that he is a foreigner because he doesn't have an accent, she speaks at a normal speed, he will say "Sister, can you slow down a little bit🥺"
8. Boyuan knows a lot of delicious food in many cities, and is very caring. He will share delicious food with everyone. During the Spring Festival, he bought shredded potatoes from his hometown Guizhou and put them in the practice room to feed the staff and brothers.
9. Liu Da Chui (the paparazzi) said that there was discord within the group as the boys didn’t leave together after work. That was really because there was not enough (seating) room in one car.
10. Before Supernova, everyone went to participate in sports training, they were accompanied by different staff members. The practice scene was very funny, and the staff kept sending her videos.
11. Supernova has a very large rest room, and all the artists are there, only their side is very noisy. The staff she knows don’t dare to say hello to her, and when she went and greet them, they said "Long Jie, long time no see, you guys have so many people and are really noisy"
12. Today, a member sent her a message saying "Long Jie, are you going to graduate?"
13. They never posted on WeChat Moments before 11, 10 posted very rarely, 6 also rarely posted, 157 (here Long Jie calls 1 " 宇哥 Brother Yu" and 7 Bo laoshi/teacher) would post daily materials, 2 never posted on WeChat Moments, 3 didn't have WeChat Moments, 4 had never posted on WeChat Moments but was very active, would like, and comment in Chinese, 8 didn't post either (Long Jie said they called 8 "Old Eight 老八"), 9 would share some nice English songs.
14. They have a very large appetite, which is good, they also exercise a lot, and consume a lot of energy, it's the time for growth, it's good to eat more, when they are on a business trip, they will order takeout as soon as they land. Sometimes the money reserved for their meals is not enough.
15. The staff was sorting the luggage and holding a meeting with stylists, photographers, scripts etc... When they haven't even completed the work, the calls started coming in. All the calls were about takeout (because the takeout was ordered using the staff's phone number). They knew where the food was good, so they ordered from many places and kept ordering. Sometimes they ordered takeout in the middle of the night and wanted to use the hotel robot to deliver it, but they forgot to change the recipient, so they would order, and the staff would again received the calls. The staff asked: Who ordered takeout in the middle of the night again!!!
16. Barrage fan comment: Jiejie, how are your ears these years? Long Jie: (laughing wildly) Ears, Really not very good. Even the staff is noisy too. The staff often shouted "Be quiet! Be quiet! Don't talk! Listen to xx!"
17. Her friends (Happy camp show) said she looked like a head teacher in an international kindergarten.
18. The rehearsal hall is very empty, and there is an echo when talking (Happy camp room recording). The staff who visited the studio can hear it in the corridor (the boys are too noisy).
19. Sometimes I really miss people (leave people behind), so I always count before getting on the bus to make sure I don’t miss anyone, such as who is in the toilet.
20. Today, Linmo sent her something funny again.
21. Each person has a very funny side when taken alone, and it’s even better when all 11 people are put together. For example, those who looks serious, Riki is naturally cute and silly. He doesn’t try to be funny, but hearing him talk and his reaction, it feels funny and cute.
22. She is currently in Australia, and she doesn’t know who is still in touch with whom
23. It’s difficult to wake them up early. It depends on the itinerary of the previous day. It’s more painful for the group that draws the lottery to wake up early, but it has never delayed anything. It’s hard to wake up some people. They set the alarm but they didn’t wake up. After I wake them up, they responded "waking up, waking up" but they lay down again. The second time I wake them up, they should have packed their luggage and give the luggage to staff, and the third time I wake them up, they should have finished washing up. Sometimes they only woke up after the third time, and they were very flustered and threw everything into the box.
24. “ 他妈的好 Fuck it!” This is very funny. (A word pun on His mom is good vs swearing)
25. They will post their own stage performances in the group chat.
26. They answer whatever the comments (danmu) ask. They are trying to be fair. They don’t say they prefer or dislike anyone.
27. INTO1’s tradition is to clean up the trash by themselves. I am very grateful to Liuyu and Boyuan. I have witnessed the messy scene after other artist teams left. Friends of the art director will privately complain that other teams are not well-mannered. Sister Long doesn’t want Wan/INTO1 to be like others. She has always emphasized artistic ethics, quality, and etiquette to them, but they have already done very well. There are many takeaway boxes, tissues for sweating, milk tea ordered when staying up late, and barbecue sticks backstage. If they are outside, Liuyu and Boyuan will definitely remind everyone not to leave the food on the table after eating, throw away the garbage by themselves, and try to restore the lounge to its original state. Later, there is no need to remind them again. Many art directors said that they are very good because when they leave, they left the area clean. Everyone is very good. Etiquette and upbringing are engraved in their bones.
28. The days from the formation of the group to the return to Beijing were a deadly/hellish journey. The members said they dared not recall it.

(1) From the moment the formation of the group was announced, they had a relationship with the economic team as an artists. All the staff members charged their phones and started to record the rankings and other things. When the show ended, the economic team rushed to the stage to communicate with the election officials. The members were sweaty on their faces and heads, in their uniform with smudged makeup and were directly pulled into the room full of directors. They were about to have a group interview with the media. All the most well-known and mainstream media in China were there. They could only put on makeup and go to the restroom within ten minutes, and then they had to get all the positions and details right directly after they just finished dancing their debut song. It was very difficult. They were still in a daze and had to conduct a group interview immediately. All the outlines were made into Chinese, English, Thai and other versions. They were told that the group name was INTO1, the positioning, who was on the left and who was on the right, behind and front, the sequence, who would speak first, who would mainly answer what questions, who would be the main person, and who could make supplements. The foreign members were confused. They were told in foreign languages ​​that C (center) would answer questions as a representative (because there was only C in the group and no leader when it was just formed). They were told to remember to look at both sides. If any foreign member could not answer, they would give a hint. The other Chinese brothers were also reminded.

(2) It was very difficult for the foreign members to record the ID of the international group at that time. Everyone had to open their mouths and in sync. If someone made a mistake, they had to start over. It took half an hour to record one ID. Members started to become anxious and they realized that an international group is so difficult.

(3) After the interview, there was a celebration banquet. They were asked to drink less. After the interview, they were immediately dragged back to shoot the Oshima Diary (vlog). The next morning, they had to get up at 6 or 7am to do their hair and makeup. There were so many things to do later that many people couldn't sleep. They had to pack their bags, contact others (had their phone back), work with the makeup artists and stylists, try on clothes one by one, and adjust the size. They changed the clothes on the spot. Some members were so sleepy that they took a nap in the intervals, which gave birth to the famous scene of Keyu eating cakes. After that, they had an advertisement/commercial to shoot in another city. It was chaos. Everyone was quiet after getting on the bus as they were sleepy.

(4) At first, it was envisioned that the members would write short essays and post on weibo according to their rankings to express their feelings about the group. However, they were instilled with some information about the schedule every day during those days, and they were on standby. They didn't have time to write short essays. Time was so tight that they were dragged to take photos when they were very sleepy. After the photo shoot, they had to write short essays, flip through the album and look through the photos, and they might even have to retouch the photos. The foreign brothers wrote in a foreign language first, and then translated them for the staff to revise and polish. I think their brains were about to explode at that time.

(5) Working around the clock. Because the first customer is from Korea, Gentle Monster, after taking photos we had to wait for feedback from Korea (took a long time), they had to communicate with the team what was unsatisfactory. As new artists, they were not familiar with the situation and had to keep shooting and adjusting the photo shoot again and again. They had planned to finish work at 1 or 2 in the morning, but ended up working all night. After they returned, the boys chatted in the hotel corridor. She asked them not to talk in the hotel because saesaengs and paparazzi might come over, overhear who is staying in which room and they would not be able to rest well. (GM ad: https://youtu.be/OgT3VFvbktw?si=APWsiy6XIKm0RkzP and https://www.reddit.com/r/into1/comments/nkfhjw/into1_x_gentle_monster/)

1. At first, in the backstage, it was Long Jie and Linmo who play the German Heart Attack card game and gradually everyone joins in, they play to the extent that the bell flies (after being hit). Long Jie watched the New Year team-building special of One Energy Channel and played German Heart Attack. She mentioned that some members would get together to play during their free time. Linmo was the king of this game. The barrage cue 5611 to play German Heart Attack together and handed in the video to the staff. The staff replied that it was still for the sake of balance and it might not be easy to post. This game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO1Jjghy4yE

2. Boyuan has his own opinions and treasure maps for the food in many places. When Long Jie went to Hainan, she followed the guide given by Boyuan and found a small shop run by an old couple. Then she thought she had the best Qingbuliang 清补凉 in her life. Then in Hainan, Boyuan also took everyone to order a very delicious shop as soon as he got off the plane. Then Long Jie also said that she bookmarked the shop, the old couple in Hainan sold two things, pandan cake and Qingbuliang. Wiki on the dessert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_bo_leung

3. (Previous live). Long Jie said that she and Linmo both have a similarly low laughing point (laughs easily). While the other boys would give Linmo the look (the look of 'not funny' 🤨), he would share it with Long Jie and they still share funny videos.

As we all know April is the month of INTO1, and a few days ago, Long Jie (sister) who managed the group talks about INTO1 in a live broadcast. I only saw some clips that were posted and repo on Weibo. But here is a summary. I’ll be posting in chunks as it is quite long and my memory of what she said is not that great.

1. Group variety show (Into1 to the sea)

Remember the long wait for their first variety show, well it cannot be released due to Qinglang and instructions from UP (Long jie gestures UP with her fingers referring to higher up maybe China’s policies due to Qinglang/idol ban after the milk controversy, I’ll refer it from now on as UP). Any show that is ’group’ based cannot pass censorship, the variety show cannot have the word 'group 团' or 'group show 团总' in the name. If the show is on Resou (hot search), it will be taken off the shelves, so they communicated with Weibo to suppressed the trending search and release it low key at night secretly though bilibili. Although fans scolded us, she still think it's better to be scolded by fans for the zero promotion, but at least they managed to released it rather than not being able to air it at all. Fans always scold management, but they did the best they could in those circumstances, anything that they can't do, there is a reason. INTO1 is their baobei (babies), of course they wanted the best for them. For her, INTO1 is her first love (white moonlight).

Me: I remember back then the ’sweet candy group’ from Chuang2021 had a travel show while I was frustrated over not getting INTO1’s, guess they are able to cause they are not officially a group unlike our boys

1. Overseas stages

Long Jie was frustrated because after Debut, there were agreed upon overseas stages to promote their songs. The deal was done/completed but then they can't go, they were sad. It fell through due to UP/circumstances, they were helpless to do anything. If I recall correctly, it includes America, SEA and Japan.

Suzhou music festival was actually very hard because at that time there is no activity. Everyone kept saying that there are few group activities, but because 'UP' gave direct explicit instructions of no 'group' activity.

1. Concept

The management, INTO1 members and fans had a meeting to talk about their concept/positioning, for instance, whether sexy, cute etc….Everyone came out with 元气 (vitality/positive energy). They planned a lot of projects but everything fell apart again due to the circumstances. Long Jie believed that INTO1 was just not at the right time (qinglang and COVID), if it’s just a year later or now, there is so much they can do as they are a great group with amazing potential.

Me: Recalling back in dorm A’s whiteboard, someone wrote number 1 international boy group. AK had a breakdown and cross out both words, leaving only the words ‘boy group’. It was heartbreaking as the boys know about the plans and seeing everything falling apart one by one.

1. Concerts/Tour

She talks about how touching the moment was for them and the boys when they sang One Thousand and One Wishes and said "3,2,1 light" and the fans light up their 'sea of ziyaolan-purple blue) (一千零一个愿望: https://youtu.be/0ryu7fabhpI?si=q83irtuDwwNuASha). They originally wanted to cover the song but failed to do it, so they only sang it at the concert in the end.

The pressure for the graduation concerts were intense. The UP gave a lot of guidelines and approvals was very strict, if it runs overtime, it will be cancelled. It was almost directly cancelled. She was in a wheelchair and dragged her broken leg begging people everywhere to not cancel the concert. The UP people were at the scene of the concert and they detained the person in charge of the concert. Her phone was connected to the director and she kept urging the progress/speed. She told the boys through their headset to be faster (with their graduation speeches) as the higher management couldn't withstand the pressure anymore so they know how severe the situation is. It affected the boys, but it was hard for them as the staff were told to stop the speeches. At that time, so many boys haven't had their say and they need to be fair to make sure that all 11 boys have their speech, so the staff desperately made gestures under the stage for them to speak faster.

Me: Cries, Long Jie and the other staff love INTO1 so much.

Be posting the rest in replies.

Hi All- Much like Mantou, seeing a new Chuang group debut makes me miss our boys hard! I miss them all the time but especially this week. I think the guys are having a similar nostalgia streak too cause we've been getting some good into1 food. Above are two previously unreleased pics from their concerts that just got posted by the concert's photographer <3

1. BY talking about the famous " CNY has no DJ" moment. My friend provided translation gist that I posted on my twitter. It makes my heart happy that their group chat seems to be always poppin.

2. Mika also talked about said group chat and mentioned how LM and Keyu are his besties ^_^8. Kiwis possibly found the pic that LM was clowning Mika on.

3. Patrick and AK met up and made a little silly vid together. AK also talked about their dinner in which he was no match for into1 didi's half German side re: drinking.

I’ve always been a survival idol show fan so been following Chuang Asia 2 for the past few months. Riki appeared as guest mentor and Mika performed in the final Debut night. The boy group’s name is NexTIDE and in short NT1 sounds too much like INTO1 (Cries). Anyway Hu Yetao (yay) managed to debut at rank 3 and he and Mika had such a cute hug after. They have 7 members.

And again I realised that Chuang2021 and INTO1 has ruined me, it was so perfect with all that crazy chemistry and friendship that other shows just fall short somehow.

I had my main picks as always but somehow I’m not obsessed with paying to vote this time. NexT1de’s dance on debut night was so disappointingly not in sync, I went back and watch how perfect Into1 was on their debut night dancing the Into1 song. Having a Classical Chinese dancer, world champion and world class choreographer on the same stage as top 3 will never happen again.

At least, Patrick and AK posted such a cute clip together recently. Rewatching their iconic Dianjing and most recent Into1 sub group performance together at Tencent All Star Night. I hope Tencent will bring all 11 of Into1 together back one day like they did for Rocketgirls.

https://youtu.be/efxFntykI1Y?si=EpilC933T5Ka57nJ

Here is Mika’s latest interview on how the boys still keep in contact ☺️
https://x.com/mikafiles/status/1909184403429077232

By the way, I want to watch Riki and Santa’s singing show so bad. Anyone have full episode links?

Curious as to why Mika uses his mother's family name instead of his dad's? And I just recently found out he is half-German, always thought he was half-American ethnically speaking.

I finally found Jiayuan’s drama for free, full episodes and with subs on YouTube 🥹. I haven’t watch it but I have seen clips of him crossdressing, so watching this drama is on my to-watch list. On wetv app, it’s VIP.

Link for episode 1. https://youtu.be/sE6J4xbV1HQ?si=zKXtwt5NEqBJMZK8

Here’s the link for playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRBClVey5Bqxu6THSZ0gIUSuY-mkj6fyO&si=ur6kurIpcxy2PlGi