F4 - Taiwanese boy band | Music Asia | Boyband

– October 29, 2009Posted in: Boyband

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F4 is a popular Taiwanese boy band. The group began in the Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden as F4 with members Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Vic Chou. They have also attained popularity in other countries in Asia, such as Japan and the Philippines. In 2001, F4 became a boyband and signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment. Together they have released three albums, Meteor Rain, Fantasy 4ever, and “Waiting for You Here”. In 2002, F4 sang the Mandarin cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” included in the Asian version of Walt Disney’s Lilo & Stitch soundtrack. The English version of this song is sung by A*Teens, which is a cover of the 1961 Elvis Presley hit of the same title. They also made the Mandarin cover of Yo Te Amo by Chayanne. On April 29, 2007, Meteor Garden producer Angie Chai announced that the group would no longer be known as F4. The change in name stemmed from copyright-related issues. Japanese publisher Shueisha, who owns the copyright to Hana Yori Dango allowed the group to use F4 as its band name in 2001. However, as Japan had filmed and aired its own live action versions of the popular manga, with its own cast of four, the publisher felt that there may be confusion over the name in different countries.Due to this conflict, the group was renamed JVKV using the first initials of each of the group’s members. According to the producer, the members are listed in the new name by the order of their birth dates from oldest to youngest, thus Vanness Wu’s name appears before Vic Chou’s. Despite rumours of disbanding. JVKV released their third album, Waiting For You, on December 28, 2007. Their third album still bore the name F4, not JVKV.