About the Fans (Updated on Nov., 2024)
Information and anecdote about Hua Chenyu’s fans.
1. Nickname
When first debuted, Hua Chenyu was often referred to as the “boy from Mars (火星弟弟)” by the media, due to his slightly strange personality. Hua simply made “MARS” his image symbol, and also gave his fans the nickname “Martian (ET)”.
Because Mars is a red planet, Hua’s support color is “red”. Fans always wear red clothes or tie red ribbons on their wrists when attending shows, that’s why their first nickname was “Miss Martian (火小姐)”.
At Mars Concert 2014 and Mars Concert 2015, Hua Chenyu changed the song “Miss Dong (董小姐)” to “Miss Martian (火小姐)” and sang it.
However, no one knows when, the image of a black sphere began to become popular. Fans gave themselves the name “Charcoal ball (黑煤球)”. According to fanarts, Black Coal Ball, who always follows Hua Chenyu (Big Brother (大哥)), occupies the position of Hua Chenyu’s pet.
At the Mars Concert 2023, Hangzhou performance, Hua Chenyu called the audience “Charcoal ball” for the first time.
In “MARS CONCERT 2018”, Hua claimed to be the uncle of the “Er-jie (二姐)” (actress Zhang Xinyi)’s unborn baby, and also recognized fans as “aunts”.
2. Participate in Creation
Hua Chenyu often invites fans to participate in his creations and performances.
“Why Nobody Fights“
To create the mysterious “choir-inspired” feeling that he wanted, many people would need to participate. Hua then invited his fans to participate. One hundred fans gathered at a large orchestral recording studio to complete the accompaniment and achieve the dramatic choral effect he had hoped for.
Throughout the night, Hua Chenyu continued to provide guidance to the fans participating in the recording.
Making Film
“I Don’t Care“
On May 30, 2015, Hua invited 100 fans to record the harmony when recording the Remix version (Real-Me version) as an advertising jingle.
“Conversations with Martian Children“
This is Hua Chenyu’s first duet song since his debut, showing the bond between him and his fans.
Hua invites fans of all ages and social status to sit around and chat with them, and then organizes the chat content into lyrics.
This communication process was also recorded into a MV. In the MV, Hua and fans asked each other questions and wrote down what they wanted to say to each other.
MV
3. Formal Performance
When fans sing together at formal events (such as live concerts or music festivals), they call themselves the “The Martian Super Band (ET天团)”. “天团” means “top idol group”.
In an SNS post in 2016, Hua recognized the title of “The Martian Super Band” and called himself “just an accompanist.”
“Quasimodo’s Gift“
“MARS CONCERT 2016” Shanghai performance is The Martian Super Band’s debut stage.
Since then, Hua will serve as an accompanist at every personal concert, providing The Martian Super Band with the opportunity to perform.
Mars Concert 2016
“The World is a Zoo“
When performing the song “The World is a Zoo (世界是个动物园)”, Hua always sings “oiaioiaioiaiaio” with a random melody and makes his fans repeat it. The melody gradually becomes more complex, and it always ends on a high note that fans can’t sing, thus becoming a reason for Hua to laugh at his fans.
Mars Concert 2016
Mars Concert 2023
“King and Beggar“
This song is also a masterpiece of The Martian Super Band, but every time they sing it, they always get the wrong beat in the last line. So they was laughed at by Hua every time because of this.
Mars Concert 2017
Mars Concert 2019
“Why Nobody Fights“
This is Hua’s first song written specifically for fans and is suitable for thousands of people to sing together in a big venue like a stadium. Hua always sings this song with fans at live performances and music festivals.
Mars Concert 2018
“Ashes from Fireworks“
On the first day of Mars Concert 2018, The Martian Super Band sang two songs: “Ashes from Fireworks” and “My Skateboard Shoes 2016”.
The harmony at the end of “Ashes from Fireworks” was a new version adapted from “Child”, which has never been released before. But The Martian Super Band tacitly sang it correctly when they heard the melody for the first time. It surprised Hua Chenyu a lot.
Mars Concert 2018
“Aliens” of 120,000 Yuan
On the second day of Mars Concert 2018, at the insistence of The Martian Super Band, Hua allowed them to sing Aliens with his improvised piano accompaniment.
Because of this song, the concert exceeded the scheduled end time by 6 minutes, causing Hua to pay a fine of 120,000 yuan. Therefore, this song was later nicknamed “Aliens of 120,000 Yuan”.
Mars Concert 2018
“For Forever“
The Chinese pronunciation of “For Forever” is similar to “Hua hua loves me”.
At Mars Concert 2018, Hua personally admitted this nickname and made a request: “If you change the title of the song to ’Hua hua loves me’, it will be your turn to sing! I just need to fly around in the sky!” Then he sang the song while flying above the stadium seats.
Day 1
Day 2
“Conversations with Martian Children“
Half a month before “Mars Concert 2019”, Hua released this song, giving fans enough time to learn to sing. Then in “Mars Concert 2019”, The Martian Super Band and Hua’s first duet was successful.
Mars Concert 2019
Opening Show of “The Coming One: Crystal Time”
The opening show was a rock song “Aliens”. Hua climbed onto the railing in front of the stands while singing. The all-girl audience became even more enthusiastic.
As a result, the audience’s chorus was too neat and had to be reshot.
Opening Show
“幻さと現実“
The song has a marching section, and for the studio version Hua altered his vocals and recorded nearly a hundred tracks to sing out this kind of chorus-like momentum. However, from the Mars Concert 2024, Hua has left this chorus to the fans, and has been pointing the microphone at the audience from start to finish.
Mars Concert 2024, Hefei Concert
“Here We Are“ Rap PK Suona
In the Mars Concert 2024 tour, “Here We Are“ was re-adapted into a Chinese Folk version, and a suona solo was added as accompaniment in the rap before the end.
Suona is called the “instrument rogue” because of its high-pitched loud sound, and its sound can even overwhelm an entire symphony orchestra.
Hua Chenyu invited the audience to sing this rap together, and after practicing at each stop of the tour, it gradually evolved into a PK battle between the audience’s rap and the suona solo.
Mars Concert 2024, Hangzhou Concert