The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.'Plus-size' boy band in China seeks to inspire fans
BEIJING©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
25 Comments
Login to comment
Gaijinjland
Wow, that’s considered plus size in China??? My definition of obese is being so big that you loose one foot to diabetes and can barely fit through the front door of your house. Oh I miss America hehe
Toasted Heretic
Good for them. Too much pressure to be unrealistically thin in the industry.
Jimizo
They could do with knocking a few pounds off but they aren’t that big. I can imagine the rehearsals will get tougher. They could be in shape after a month or so.
Best up the food intake to keep the image or maybe transforming themselves into ripped cheetahs rather than tubby pandas is part of the plan.
itsonlyrocknroll
Good luck, no excuses though, from running away from a salad.
These talent agencies will stop at nothing to squeeze the last yen, or renminbi out of a waist line.
Ironically, all the running around in circles, jumping up and down could mean Produce Pandas, won't remain plus size arbuckle for long.
Pukey2
In Japan, they'd be could Little Johnnys!
Damn! Talk about brutal honesty.
Mocheake
Compared to the Fat Boys, these guys are practically starving.
itsonlyrocknroll
Produce Pandas, are by no stretch of the imagination anorexic.
Neither are they wibbly wobbly, gothopotamus, lardy scale dodgers.
If you can't count the chins, well it is a step in the right direction.
A smidgen close to a PR stunt, me thinks.
Ricky Sanchez
Awesome! I may join them! I always though skinny is gross! I saw some people in Japan and wanted to take them all to all-you-can-eat Mexican Buffett!! lol
Thomas Tank
Nah, man. Flat girls ftw!
Kyakusenbi_Arimasu
They would make the monthly Anorexic Magazine Centerfold in America.
They really do not look that big. Maybe they can use the big boned excuse.
FizzBit
When my wife sits around the house, she sits around the house.
I really feel sorry for the younger generations that are exposed to this crap, wrongly labeled music.
BackpackingNepal
When will Rock dominate the world again? Last 20 years with Pop and Hippop, real musicians are having hard time.
FizzBit
ha
when will actual talented musicians ever be promoted?
here’s my new favorite but she’s not so new, and not popular
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LoO8ETUJM_I
Michael Machida
Plus size means fat?
Mocheake
zichiToday 01:05 pm JST
Lol! I used to hear the same thing until mine joined the club!
WilliB
That is "plus size"? Compared to what?
wanderlust
2009 UK - The fat tribute band - Take Fat! A pun on Take That.
Blobbie Williams, Gary Lardo, Jason Chocolate Orange, Howard McDonalds & Mark Growin made a career out of mixing comedy with music.
albaleo
Are we sure they are referring to their stomachs? Their female fans may have more to say about this. (But if so, I have little to contribute.)