FTM’s National Tour Jiangzhou Station invited Xie Shiqi as guest.
Years ago, Xie Shiqi had promised Fang Yinnian that if FTM could ever hold tours, she’d be willing to guest. Sister Shiqi kept her word, specifically flying to Jiangzhou on February 6th for rehearsals.
Xie Shiqi’s song was “Won’t Forget.”
She stood on stage smiling: “When FTM debuted, they covered this ‘Won’t Forget.’ FTM and I have great fate—very happy to guest at their concert.”
Enthusiastic cheers erupted. This was music industry’s empress! FTM truly had great connections, inviting such heavyweight guests.
Xie Shiqi sang excellently, performing two consecutive songs, giving FTM ample time to change styling and clothes.
When she exited, FTM’s five went backstage removing gorgeous performance outfits, all donning white suits like elegant princes.
Fans immediately got excited—ballads were starting.
This concert’s setlist was 2 singing-dancing songs followed by 3-4 ballads, then more singing-dancing and ballads. This arrangement let them rest slightly after intense dance movements.
After ballads began, live audiences quieted down to listen seriously.
First song “Distance” nearly made many audience members cry.
“Unrequited love is my personal feeling
You as protagonist know nothing
I can only watch you gradually leave
Hiding all thoughts in time”
Sad undertones with gentle harmonies sang unrequited love’s heartache thoroughly.
After this song ended, all audience members frantically waved light sticks, screaming and cheering.
“Worthy of Top Ten Golden Songs ballad selection—this is too beautiful!”
“Concert live sounds better than CDs—emotions more abundant and full”
“Ahhh I want to be the music group’s lifelong fan!”
“Love hearing them sing ballads so much~”
Fang Yinnian introduced: “This song tells an unrequited love story with ultimately sad results, but I hope after hearing it, everyone’s unrequited loves come true.”
Fu Fei joked nearby: “Has Brother Nian ever had unrequited love for anyone?”
Fang Yinnian’s ears warmed—he’d indeed secretly loved Mo Xun for a period. Actually, Mo Xun was also secretly loving him then. Before he left, Mo Xun couldn’t help confessing.
So both their unrequited loves ultimately came true.
Fang Yinnian spoke: “Writing songs doesn’t necessarily mean writing personal experiences. I believe if I had unrequited love for someone, it would definitely come true eventually.”
Mo Xun chuckled lightly, quietly agreeing: “I also believe so.”
MoFang CP fans below screamed wildly: “Ahhhhh!”
Mo Xun, what do you mean by that? Are you two feeding sugar to CP fans again?
Tan Junwen glanced at them both, squinting: “This segment has love-related themes. Next, please continue enjoying songs ‘Love Contract,’ ‘Secret Garden,’ and ‘Night.'”
Four consecutive ballads all about love.
Concert segment theme design was also interesting—fans sitting below could listen to their fill at once.
After four ballads finished, backup instructors came on stage as intensely rhythmic music began. FTM’s five exited to change clothes.
Reappearing in red-white performance outfits, they brought audiences their former “Music Billboard” weekly champion “Blazing” and second album title track three-time champion “Sunshine Coast”!
These two songs danced consecutively worried fans they might exhaust themselves.
But all five danced excellently with full live vocals throughout.
They seriously completed every movement—their professional abilities were truly stunning.
The second round of ballads was the five’s solo segment.
Fang Yinnian changed into an ethereally beautiful white Republican-era styling, rising alone on lift platforms to mid-air holding an oil-paper umbrella, bringing audiences his Golden Song Award-winning work: “Jiangnan Misty Rain.”
Fans below excitedly waved their light sticks.
The jade-like gentle young man holding an oil-paper umbrella singing this ancient-style song while snow machines scattered fragments on stage like real gentle rain.
Matching stage aesthetics with Fang Yinnian’s tender, clear voice created absolutely exquisite audiovisual enjoyment!
When Fang Yinnian’s operatic vocals emerged, fans couldn’t describe their excitement.
Hearing songs live at the stadium was truly amazing—the sound effects were too stunning.
TV programs sometimes made singers’ voices sound strange due to recording equipment issues, but hearing live was truly “authentic.”
This concert’s audio equipment was industry top-tier with 360-degree surround sound. Fang Yinnian’s solo “Jiangnan Misty Rain” sounded incredibly beautiful, leaving fans completely satisfied.
After Fang Yinnian sang one song, he exited to rest. Next was Tan Junwen’s solo.
Junwen brought last summer’s blockbuster drama “Midsummer” OST theme song, which he personally performed. It had also exploded online, becoming last summer’s most-collected OST.
Tan Junwen’s husky, sexy voice was very appealing when singing love songs—many audience members said: “My ears are getting pregnant!”
After Junwen came Fu Fei, who brought an original song “Flying”—custom-created by Sound Wave Entertainment’s newly signed producer specifically for him, not yet released on online platforms.
Fu Fei said happily: “This is a debut performance! Hope everyone likes it.”
Fans were especially happy about concert debuts of original songs. This song had a light, upbeat rhythm perfectly matching Fu Fei’s vocal range. His sunny, crisp youthful voice sounded energetic, inevitably improving listeners’ moods.
After Xiao Fei’s solo, Tang Che took the stage with his newly formed rock band.
The new band’s guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, and drummer were all quite professional. Tang Che was familiar with them and had good relationships, so during stage performances, Tang Che rarely smiled.
Much happier than his time with Black Sky band.
They brought Tang Che’s favorite classic Western rock song “Fly Away.” Tang Che’s clear voice sang the chorus incredibly soaring, almost lifting audiences’ scalps.
Intense drumming completely ignited the venue as fans below waved light sticks to the rhythm.
The concert atmosphere grew increasingly high.
The final solo performer was Mo Xun.
He brought a classic Korean song by Korean boy group BNC.
Mo Xun had over ten backup dancers behind him, performing knife formation dances with great momentum. His Korean pronunciation was also very standard, with live fans watching this scene in complete shock.
“Holy crap? Actually hearing Mo Xun sing Korean?”
“Ahhh fans of both BNC and FTM are about to cry from happiness!”
“Mo Xun is amazing—world-class dance leader ability~”
“This dance segment is too handsome—definitely the best cover version I’ve seen in recent years”
“All five have distinct characteristics—the solo segment is fantastic!”
“Hope to see their different solo performances at future concerts too~”
The final segment brought classic song reminiscence.
For the first concert’s closing song, they chose FTM’s first song “For the Music”—custom-created by Teacher Yu, born for music.
When familiar Tan Junwen rap opening began, countless longtime fans were moved to tears.
“YoYo listen to me
Hear that bass humming like heartbeat sounds
Hear guitar strings like playing determination
Hear stories filled with our aspirations
…”
“For the Music”—when they held cover contests that exploded beyond circles, one of FTM’s most famous songs with lyrics about themselves.
The small unknown group became popular starting with this song.
At 10:30 PM, after this song’s performance ended, the five stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the main stage, bowing together to the audience for curtain call.
Captain Mo Xun smiled: “This final song ‘For the Music,’ born for music, is our first original song. We won’t forget our original intentions, persisting in musical paths to bring everyone more beautiful musical works.”
All five said together: “Thank you everyone for coming to our concert!”
Fang Yinnian said: “Hope tonight’s performance left everyone with some beautiful memories.”
Fu Fei smiled brightly: “Everyone goodbye—be careful exiting!”
All venue lights brightened, but audiences were reluctant to leave.
This concert was truly too stunning.
It would definitely become one of life’s most precious, memorable moments.
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After the concert ended, many audience members posted photos and video clips they’d taken on Little Red Book, WeChat Moments, Weibo, and other platforms.
Concerts didn’t allow complete recordings—organizers would sue for copyright infringement—so everyone followed rules, posting at most one song or some photos.
Netizens who couldn’t get tickets were especially envious.
“These live effects are too good!”
“Envious of everyone who could attend—so sad not getting tickets T_T”
“Stage construction costs exceeded 10 million—FTM truly spoils fans with ability.”
“Willing to spend money on stages, singing and dancing continuously for 3 hours—this concert truly repaid ticket prices!”
“Ahhh I got tickets for the next show—wonder if it’ll also be Classic of Mountains and Seas style~”
“I missed both February Jiangzhou and Nan City shows—which cities in March? Hurry up and announce so I can call relatives and friends to help grab tickets”
Under netizen anticipation, FTM’s subsequent national tour schedule was officially announced on their website.
February 7-8 happened to be Saturday-Sunday with two consecutive Jiangzhou shows; one week break, then February 21-22 Ya’an City Galaxy Stadium for two consecutive shows, followed by March 8-9 Nan City shows; March 15-16 Yun City shows…
2-3 cities monthly with 4-6 concerts.
Any more density would be physically unbearable.
This national tour would continue until July, preliminarily set for 16 eastern, southern, western, northern, and central cities—convenient for fans in most national regions to attend nearby cities.
Every city had two consecutive shows, giving fans who missed first shows more opportunities.
Soon mid-February arrived as the five came to Ya’an City.
This coastal city maintained temperatures above 25°C even in winter—everyone could wear short sleeves, so performance outfit designs were relatively cool with completely different stage styles from Jiangzhou.
This time they adapted to local customs with “Ocean” themes.
Massive colorful fish schools floated in the air with deep blue stage designs featuring coral and shell decorations. Overhead sky screens created ocean surface effects, transforming the entire stadium into a magnificent marine world.
On-site fans all sighed: Too beautiful!
FTM concert stage aesthetics were truly more stunning each time.
Their entrance method was also very special—all five cosplayed as mermaids with different colored beautiful mermaid tails tied to their legs, all suspended on wires appearing like swimming mermaids in the ocean.
Audience: “!!!”
Holy crap—ocean + mermaid themed concerts, domestic entertainment’s first.
What imagination.
Five handsome guys dressed as mermaids triggered wild fan screams.
Opening was the gentle ballad “Night,” also related to seas and beaches.
Five different colored mermaids suspended in air singing gentle songs together as live audiences excitedly took photos of this shocking scene.
Someone posted photos online excitedly stating: “Ya’an show is actually ocean mermaid themed—Yinnian’s silver mermaid is so beautiful with pearl decorations on his face, beautiful enough to die!”
“Mo Xun is black mermaid, Yinnian silver, Tang Che red, Junwen blue, Xiao Fei golden—all five mermaids are super beautiful~”
“Brother Mo’s black mermaid is so handsome, even showed some abs ahhh—sex appeal maxed out!”
“All five appeared suspended on wires, singing three consecutive songs in air with a feeling of attending mermaid clan concerts—harmonies too beautiful.”
“I absolutely love Ya’an show’s stage aesthetics!”
Ya’an show song order and stage design all changed.
Some devoted fans following their two-city concerts had deeper experiences.
Jiangzhou’s Classic of Mountains and Seas Chinese-style stage was magnificent and grand, while Ya’an’s ocean mermaid style was mysterious and gorgeous. The five were truly thoughtful—how many domestic entertainment celebrities were willing to completely change concert stages like this?
Reusing one stage with materials shipped to other cities could save lots of money. Now changing designs made stage construction costs very high.
These five were truly willfully spoiling fans. To let fans see various different styled concerts, they invested heavily in stage aesthetics and sound.
Ya’an’s guest was Chen Mian, with Fang Yinnian dueting one song with him.
Most FTM fans quite liked Chen Mian because he and Yinnian were from the same hometown with good relationships—one of Yinnian’s few mutually-followed industry friends on Weibo who’d also collaborated on Sounds of Nature stages.
Plus Chen Mian was a powerhouse singer with beautiful voice who didn’t cause drama, seriously singing to gain fan favor.
Chen Mian also appropriately styled himself as an ocean prince today, with FTM’s styling team giving him beautiful eye makeup and pearl forehead decorations.
Chen Mian was especially happy.
He didn’t have ability to hold such large concerts himself. FTM respected him by inviting him as guest—he sang one song solo and dueted one with Fang Yinnian, satisfying his craving for such big stages.
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March saw Nan City’s stage style change again.
This time using “Spring Blossoms” themes with stages directly featuring giant green trees with wooden houses built on them, surrounded by blooming different colored flowers with overhead sky screens also showing flowers.
March was indeed the season of revival—this “Spring Blossoms” theme was also appropriate.
Five handsome guys sang holding flowers.
Many fans below said: “Feels like attending weddings.”
MoFang CP fans ate lots of sugar at this show.
For example, Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian walking through flower fields, smiling at each other;
And Mo Xun holding Fang Yinnian’s hand, bowing for curtain call in the flower field.
MoFang CP fans said: “Rounding up, we also attended their wedding!”
This concert’s style was warm and romantic, with guest artist Ouyang Xi—known as the “Music Industry’s Little Diva” whom they’d met on “Sounds of Nature.” Her clear, gentle voice was very suitable for today’s theme.
By Yun City, the stage changed to high-tech holographic gaming style.
This was Fu Fei’s favorite style—he’d loved gaming since childhood. Today’s stage was built as a massive game world with many familiar gaming elements: red buffs, blue buffs, various monsters, bosses, plus five massage chair-sized holographic gaming pods and 360-degree ultra-clear electronic screens surrounding the venue.
The concert opened with five players collectively logging into the game from gaming pods.
Mechanical voices announced: “Player FTM Mo Xun has successfully logged into the server.”
Each system announcement lit up a gaming pod with blue lights, with holographic projections of “players” appearing on suspended screens behind pods—very futuristic.
The five sat in gaming pods singing opening songs.
Subsequent city concert designs were all noteworthy.
There was post-apocalyptic wasteland style with strange mutated plants and animal models suspended by wires—audiences were nearly startled upon entering, saying: “You five really know how to play!”
There was also mechanical style, building stages as cold mechanical cities.
Cyberpunk stage design was also outstanding with colorful neon lights and streets, transforming entire stadiums into high-tech cyber cities.
FTM’s national tour stage designs amazed netizens.
Novel, interesting, diverse themes with various entrance methods and themed setlist arrangements—their concert dedication levels made many industry singers feel ashamed.
However, Chinese music industry singers capable of national stadium tours were already few, let alone those selling out tickets daily with such high popularity that ordinary singers could only envy.
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Time passed quickly as FTM’s national tour proceeded systematically, station by station.
The final stop was Beijing, returning to opening Classic of Mountains and Seas style, forming a complete circle.
They personally participated in performance theme design, having organizers cooperatively build different gorgeous stage styles. All five were very satisfied, even feeling unsatisfied.
But tours must end.
They’d sung continuously for half a year—continuing would damage their voices.
At Beijing’s finale, He Yan guested to support FTM on-site.
When He Yan held concerts years ago, he’d also invited FTM as guests. This time FTM reciprocated, with Brother Yan graciously bringing two high-energy singing-dancing tracks.
After performances ended, Mo Xun smiled: “Thank you everyone for coming to Beijing’s finale concert!”
Teammates said in unison: “Thank you everyone.”
The five held hands, bowing deeply to audiences below together.
Mo Xun continued: “FTM’s 20XX National Tour officially ends today. We visited 16 cities and were happy meeting so many music group fans. Thank you again for your support.”
Many fans below cried.
They’d truly kept improving—vocals increasingly stable, stage presence increasingly excellent!
Next time, who knew when they’d meet again?
Mo Xun said: “Next, we five might develop solo for a while, but don’t worry—we’ll still release new albums. Whenever we release new albums, we’ll definitely prepare concerts again.”
Fang Yinnian smiled: “Exactly, we’ll meet again soon. Next time, we’ll bring everyone more beautiful new songs. If you have time then, welcome to continue attending live shows.”
All five said together: “See everyone next year!”
They waved goodbye to live audiences on stage.
FTM’s first national tour concluded perfectly.
Soon, a HOT forum post appeared: “Inventory of FTM Concert Stages.”
This wealthy poster had followed all 16 FTM city concerts, photographing wide-angle stage shots for each. The poster shared many beautiful pictures, describing: “16 cities, 8 total theme styles: Classic of Mountains and Seas, modern urban, deep sea mermaids, future technology, cyberpunk, wasteland apocalypse, mechanical cities, romantic flower fields.”
“Eight themes each had distinct characteristics with different entrance methods and setlists. 16 cities partially repeated previous themes. Concert guests included Xie Shiqi, Chen Mian, Ouyang Xi, Zhao Jing, Ji Ying, Luo Hua, He Yan…”
Netizens seeing the poster’s listed stage themes and guest roster were collectively stunned.
“FTM is awesome—tired of saying it!”
“This is definitely domestic entertainment history’s most luxurious tour, right?”
“Changing themes like this really wastes money~”
“Above poster, those single concert box offices earning tens of millions while casually building stages pocket all the money without waste”
“This is called fan appreciation! Every concert’s box office is fixed—the more luxurious stage aesthetics, the higher costs, the less singers earn. Don’t you understand this logic?”
“3rd floor probably never attended concerts”
“Speaking of which, what’s FTM’s cumulative concert box office? Has anyone calculated?”
“16 cities, 32 shows, all sold out—total box office 1.3+ billion, total attendance 1.6+ million”
“Shocked my whole family—this is music industry TOP level, right?”
“Undoubtedly top-tier singer level”
“Their stage design was truly thoughtful. I’m not a music group fan, but when concerts came near my home, I couldn’t help attending one show—truly worth ticket prices”
“Casual fan +1, I’ll watch future concerts too—they sing and dance seriously with beautifully designed stages”
“Looking forward to the music group’s next tour!”
FTM’s tour box office and attendance numbers entered this year’s world singer concert rankings’ top ten.
Of course, with only half the year passed and many major singers’ world tours unfinished, these rankings weren’t final results—but even so, FTM’s debut tour achievements were sufficiently impressive.
Manager Xu Baichuan was beaming. With this concert’s established national foundation, future concerts wouldn’t worry about ticket sales.
The five privately agreed to give each member individual development time. This year marked FTM’s sixth anniversary—perhaps by their eighth anniversary in two years, everyone could release a third album and hold another concert tour!
Perhaps someday they could even hold Asian tours or world tours.
They also wanted to stand in international metropolitan stadiums, showcasing their music to global audiences.
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