#Wohoo Music Bureau

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Obsessed with the extreme cuteness of 吾湖音乐局 Wohoo Music Bureau! This is the first episode, for anyone interested in checking it out. I haven’t seen it with English subs yet, but understand enough to squeal endlessly while watching.

Ayanga is so damn talented. And so charming! He has no business being good at EVERYTHING, while also looking so handsome and acting like such a decent person. Just watching him interact with this little crew of Super Vocal 声入人心 faves makes my heart sing. If you loved watching them interact in Super Vocal, I think you will enjoy this little treat.

One thing I didn’t mention in my previous post about all this fresh content: Liang Pengjie has grown up, but he still seems so sweet! He has the warmest, most open smile. He’s one of the “kids” I’ve kept an eye on since my first time through Super Vocal, and I’m just so proud of him for sticking with it!

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And they’re back! Episode 2 of Wohoo Music Bureau 吾湖音乐局 is out and delightful!

This week, another familiar face arrived at the Mystery House to make music with the 吾湖 brothers. 洪之光 Hong Zhiguang arrived dressed like a dang gym teacher, ready to bro it up with the other guys.

An outrageous amount of lamb 羊肉 was cooked over a wood fire, Mongolian style, thanks to Ayanga. Frank Ju Hongchuan 鞠红川 helped out, and did a lot of other cooking (and music making!).

I like how relatively low stakes it all is so far. I just get to enjoy seeing them hang out, sing, play instruments (and occasionally kitchen implements), and be friends. Nobody’s being reduced to tears by a harsh criticism of their song choice or performance style. There’s no jockeying for position. There’s just camaraderie, which translates to JOY for me.

I need more people to watch the show and shriek about it. It’s too cute to be missed. 🥰

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We recently rewatched Super Vocal season one, and went through all the emotional ups and downs perhaps even more intensely than the first time.

With that in mind, imagine how wholly I am losing my mind at all the new Super Vocal 声入人心 content now, like the “reunion” show 吾湖音乐局 （Wohoo Music Bureau, aka Wohoo Brothers) on Mango TV (and YouTube). It’s a collection of some of my favorite Super Vocal season one singers, including (so far) Ayanga, Ma Jia, Fang Shujian, Liang Pengjie, Zhang Chao, Ju Hongchuan, and Gao Yang, with a few more we should see arriving next weekend (including one of my faves, Li Qi!), gathering together to once more “chase the light” together while staying together in a mysterious house with lights powered by music and a hamster wheel. (Just… watch the show. Trust me.).

I’m bummed that Zheng Yunlong doesn’t appear to be involved (at least so far), but he’s been very busy lately, so I’m still getting my Dalong fix!

Also, so far Huang Zihongfan (aka Lars Huang) has only appeared via a phone call, but he just dropped a new album (!!!!!), so he has a lot going on right now. So proud of him!

The Wohoo Brothers appear to be preparing for a concert - I believe they are working on the upcoming concert staging of Ayanga’s new musical The Message （风声). Can’t wait for that!

It’s so great to see the Super Vocal “juniors” (ducklings?) all grown up and singing so beautifully. Shujian has really matured as a performer, but honestly, I could say that of all of them. Working with Ayanga and Dalong in 2018-2019 was so good for them, and they’ve clearly continued in their studies and vocal development.

There was also a recent episode of Time Concert season 4 (episode 3) that featured several of these guys, plus Wang Kai and Cai Chengyu, revisiting some of the songs performed on Super Vocal. (Look it up on the Mango TV app for full performances, as some of them are muted on YouTube.) Big performance glow-up to check out: Zhang Chao is DELIGHTFUL on stage now, very warm and engaged with the song, his fellow performers, and the audience.

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吾湖音乐局 Wohoo Music Bureau episode 3 has landed and I am once again screaming at the cuteness of this delightfully low stakes Super Vocal 声入人心 bro fest.

This week, we get to see the 兄弟们 doing calisthenics (thanks to Hong Zhiguang) and vocal warmups, serenade the hamster to keep the power on at the house, then hop on their bikes and head out for an adventure. Wohoo! There are small cameras mounted on their handlebars, so we get some very silly footage of these weirdos riding their bikes.

Special treat: Ayanga singing 《天堂》 while Ma Jia attempts a Mongolian dance. Emphasis on attempts. 😂 Perhaps it could best be described as a suggestion of dance. They and their brothers proceed to sing to a little village over the public address system. It is… exceedingly cute. I literally grinned and squealed through every song.

After they’ve finished their little show for the village, they head off to do some fishing and swimming. They all seem to be absolutely terrible at fishing. Nobody seems to know how to set the hook when they get a bite. (And they make so much noise, spontaneously singing and clowning around, I think they scared most of the fish away.) Mostly, this expedition was an opportunity to feed some raw lamb to the local fish, and for Ju Hongchuan to catch a little nap by the water.

The three juniors (Fang Shujian, Liang Pengjie, and Zhang Chao) go off to swim and act like fools, dragging each other into the water and generally being extremely silly. I’ll bet Huang Zihongfan is sad to have missed out on this quality time with his brothers!

I must take a moment to recognize Ayanga’s secret skill: skipping rocks! He got several hops in with one rock! Who knew?!

One of the guys has to leave without his brothers near the end of the episode, and sweet Liang Pengjie cries as he watches his 兄弟 walk away. Awww! Cutie!

All of their little activities are really excuses for them to hang out together and make music. That seems to be the main point of this series, and if you enjoyed the camaraderie on Super Vocal, you are truly in for a treat with this series.

Looks like next week, we’re getting more of the brothers back, including Li Qi! Can’t wait to see him!