I wrote this article in my blog some time back... thought I
might share it with you guys here. I don't know whether this
subject has been posted before.
The Back Dorm Boys
The Back Dorm Boys: Huang Yi Xin and
Wei Wei
Also known as the Back Dormitary Boys, the names of the guys are
Huang Yi Xin and Wei Wei. I'm not sure which guy is which (all the
sources I have referred to don't seem to say who is who), but my
guess is that Wei Wei is the guy on the left, while Yi Xin is the
guy on the right. They are both undergraduates at the Guangzhou
Arts Institute, majoring in Sculptures.
Using a webcam, the duo have churned out lip-sync videos of several
songs. The very first video they did was BSB's 'As Long As You Love
Me' (which led to them being labelled as the 'Asian Backstreet
Boys' and led to their current name). This video was then spread on
the Internet and became highly popular. Since then, they've been
able to come out with several other videos, not just of the
Backstreet Boys, but also of several Chinese artistes such as Wang
Lee Hom, and, erm... S.H.E.
What makes these lip-sync videos so entertaining and so appealing
to the masses is, ironically, the sheer 'authenticity' of these
home-made videos. These guys used a low-quality webcam in their
dorm room on campus to film their videos. Otherwise, they're just
regular students like you and me who slog through daily lectures
and plow through mounds of work. That makes them easily
identifiable with other college students irrespective of the
language barrier.
