Boy Story

Boy Story (男孩的故事) is a Chinese hip-hop group launched by JYP Entertainment and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME). The group is composed of six members: Hanyu, Zihao, Xinlong, Zeyu, Ming Rui, and Shuyang. On September 1, 2017 Boy Story released their first single "How Old R U". In September 21 2018, Boy Story made an official debut with their first mini album Enough.

Boy Story
Boy Story busking at Starfield COEX Mall, April 2019
Background information
Origin	Beijing, China
Genres	C-pop hip hop electronica
Years active	2018 (2018)–present
Labels	JYP Tencent NCC
Members	Jia Hanyu Li Zihao He Xin Long Yu Zeyu Gou Ming Rui Ren Shuyang
Website	weibo.com/u/6240904161
Chinese name
Chinese	男孩的故事
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánhái de Gùshì
Korean name
Hangul	보이스토리
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Boi Seutoli

History

Pre-debut project

Since September 2017, the "Real! Project" special plan has launched with four singles to make the official debut in September 2018. The first single was "How Old R U". The second single was "Can't Stop" that was released on December 15, 2017, and the third single was "Jump Up" released on March 30, 2018. The final pre-debut single was produced by JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin -young himself. The song, "Handz Up", was released on June 12 2018.^[1]

2018–present: Debut with Enough

Boy Story made their official debut on September 21, 2018 with their first mini album Enough that included all the pre-debut singles and the debut song "Enough".^[2] On October 21, 2018, the group released "Stay Magical" (奇妙里). The following month, Boy Story released the song "For U" on November 22, 2018. Boy Story released "Oh My Gosh" on March 29 2019, followed by another comeback on July 26, 2019 with "Too Busy" featuring Jackson Wang. On January 6, 2020, Boy Story released the album "I=U=WE 序"^[3][4]

Members

• Jia Han Yu (贾涵予) May 20, 2004 .
• Li Zi Hao (李梓豪) October 22, 2004 .
• He Xin Long (贺鑫隆) March 11, 2005 .
• Yu Ze Yu (于泽宇) December 24, 2005 .
• Gou Ming Rui (苟明睿) August 28, 2006 .
• Ren Shu Yang (任书漾) April 24, 2007 .

Discography

Extended plait

Title	Album details	Track listing
Enough	Released: September 21, 2018 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, Digital download	Track listing How Old RU Can’t Stop Jump Up Handz Up Enough
I=U=WE 序(Xu)	Released: January 6, 2020 Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, Digital download	Track listing Intro : Boystory Ru Guo Energy Xu Gao Bai Bi Ci

Singles

Title	Year	Peak position CHN	Album	Ref.
"How Old R U"	2017	8	Enough	[5]
"Can't Stop"		7		[6]
"JUMP UP"	2018	2		[7]
"Handz Up"		30		[8]
"Enough"		8		[9]
"奇妙里(Qí Miào Lǐ) - Stay Magical"		N/A	Non-album singles
"For U"		15	Non-album singles	[10]
"Oh My Gosh"	2019	-	Non-album singles
"Too busy"		-	Too Busy
"Intro: BOY STORY"	2020	-	I=U=WE 序(xu)
"如果(Rú Guǒ) – If"		-
"Energy"		-
"序告白(Xù Gào Bái) - Prologue"		-
"Outro: 彼此(Bǐ Cǐ) - Each Other"		-
"Change"		-	non-album single

References

1. "JYP's 1st Chinese Boy Group Sets Date For Official Debut". Soompi.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. "JYP Entertainment-Produced Chinese Group Boy Story Releases First Single 'Enough'". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
3. "JYP 中 보이그룹' 보이스토리, 온라인 언택트 공연 동접자 338만 기록". Kor.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. "BOY STORY《I=U=WE:序》中首支单曲在酷狗释出，还将空降翻". Sina.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
5. "How Old R U". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
6. "Can't stop". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
7. "Jump Up". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
8. "Handz Up". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved Jul 7, 2018.
9. "Enough". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
10. "For U". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.