Acrush

Acrush is a boy band with a mix of K-pop and C-pop.

Except that they’re all girls in their early 20s. They use the gender–free term “meishaonian“, which means “handsome youths” in Chinese, rather than the archaic pronouns “he” or “she”. The “A” in the group’s name stands for Adonis, the Greek god of male beauty. Does this make them fe-men? The group was formed after another Chinese pop star, Li Yuchun, found success with a male look. Their official name is FFC Acrush, part of the Fantasy Football Confederation, a sports brand that’s organized to train artists and develop idols. All of FFC’s bands have to learn to play soccer and incorporate the sport into their performances.

In keeping with being true artists. the name of their first release will be “Cha-Ching Cha-Ching”. and no, that’s not Chinese. ;)

Links
Weibo
Twitter
Instagram

Tags:


 

  1. Avatar of rahbka

    Very interesting, Romanticwarrior. Thanks.

  2. Avatar of adcmelb

    What the heck is this rubbish

  3. Avatar of maruchiman

    uh……….yeah. bring back feminine looking Sirens please.

  4. Avatar of arf

    they all look a bit questionable to me.

  5. Avatar of Guest Poster

    I’m sure this one will be controversial, but I do think the way the sexes are merging—especially through some of the stunning transgender models we have these days—to be an interesting topic of discussion.

  6. Avatar of Romanticwarrior

    I suspect it’s mainly shtick. I get a Justin Bieber vibe from them although not as girly.

  7. Avatar of Guest Poster

    Romanticwarrior,

    Yeah, I guess it could just be a cash-in without any real substance. Still, there is a real phenomenon behind this.

  8. gunnar’s avatar

    where are the naked chicks?

  9. DVS1’s avatar

    This Trans-C-Pop is “sofa king” weird. I get the Takarazuka fandom in Japan, but this… no dice.

    Takarazuka: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takarazuka_Revue

  10. Avatar of wingsfan19

    Romanticwarrior,

    Haha, yeah, I think they look more masculine than most boy bands.

    And now for something completely different (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more):

  11. Avatar of wingsfan19

    Sorry, not sure why the embed feature isn’t working, nor could I edit or delete my previous post.

    Trust me, she’s worth it, though!

  12. Avatar of Guest Poster

    wingsfan19,

    Unfortunately since i switched the site over to https (to please Google), non-https embeds no longer work (to avoid mixed content warnings). I edited your original post—you should be able to do it yourself within 5 minutes too.

    And she was worth it (OT, but under the circumstances I’ll allow it). Who is she?

  13. Pete S.’s avatar

    Please who is the black alley babe?

  14. Stanley Rutgers’s avatar

    “Archaic pronouns ‘he’ and ‘she’” ???

    You must be joking. This isn’t a lunatic asylum, aka, liberal arts university. Stop with the nonsense!

  15. Avatar of Guest Poster

    Stanley Rutgers wrote:
    “Archaic pronouns ‘he’ and ‘she’” ???

    You must be joking. This isn’t a lunatic asylum, aka, liberal arts university. Stop with the nonsense!

    Believe it or not, he actually was joking! Yeah, I know, humour is a liberal thing. :)

  16. Stanley Rutgers’s avatar

    My fault. It’s difficult to tell who takes this stuff seriously, sometimes.

  17. Avatar of wingsfan19

    Dr. Lee,

    Arya, and it turns out she’s been featured here before (September 1, 2015) but I didn’t know it at the time that I posted.

  18. Avatar of Woody-Alien

    Anyone remember the Chinese Backstreet Boys? :D

    I still don’t understand what the hell does soccer/football have to do with pop idols, but still…

  19. Avatar of QuantumForce

    Woody-Alien,

    If you’re referring to their Rockets (NBA/basketball) jerseys, I’m guessing that it’s probably due to the popularity of the Houston Rockets in China at the time due to Yao Ming being on the team.

    As for Acrush, no thanks. I prefer feminine girls to masculine girls (and being a straight guy, absolutely no interest at all in boys at all, feminine or masculine). ;P

    wingsfan19,

    Those grey contacts make her look kind of creepy.

  20. Avatar of Woody-Alien

    QuantumForce,

    I was referring to the fact that, as the article says, the organization they’re a part of forces them to learn soccer and to incorporate it in their performances. It sounds very weird to me!

  21. Avatar of Guest Poster

    Woody-Alien,

    Probably just some cross-promotional stuff to bring in more money for everyone.

  22. Avatar of QuantumForce

    Woody-Alien,

    Ah, thanks, I missed (or really, just went in one eye and out the other) the part about the football connection. Sports stuff… :roll:

:) 
:D 
;) 
:( 
:? 
8) 
8O 
more...