Wikipedia Draft:MIrror (band)

Mirror is a Hong Kong boy band, debuted in 3rd November 2018. The formation of the group was a result of a local talent show King Maker produced by ViuTV. All of the 12 members were contestants of the talent show, and were later chosen to join the group. They are signed to Music Nation Group and managed by ViuTV.

The origin of the name of the team has several meanings, firstly, each member looks in the mirror every morning, and the mirror reflect their truest appearance. Secondly, as mirror has a nature of reflecting image, and if there is more than one mirror, it can reflect infinite possibilities. It contains a metaphor and vision of the group that, each member is independent and unique, and could shine on their own, but at the same time, the possibility when they all gather into a team is infinite and much bigger in power.

Debut
Soon after the King Maker's final, members of Mirror were told they would be forming a boy band and debut. At that moment, Hong Kong entertainment industry has never ever produced a large scale boy band idol group before.

On 3rd November 2018, the group announced their official debut in Hollywood Plaza.

They then soon announced their first concert would be held on 21st December, 2018 in Star Hall.

2021
On 1st January, 2021, Mirror received two awards, Ignited ranked the third place in Top 10 songs of the year and Mirror was awarded a Bronze Award in Group/Band of the year, from the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, the most legitimate and recognizable local awards given presentation. The result sparked controversial arguments in the society, as some criticized the group's worthiness of the awards. The arguments drew intensive attention, yet surprisingly, the society tends to lean towards the group and lots of commentators and critics published views and articles to support and defend Mirror. They mainly pointed out that Hong Kong is in a beginner stage of producing their idol group and has very little resources to train and build up an idol brand. Therefore, it would be unfair to compare Mirror to other groups in J-Pop and K-Pop, and it would take time for Hong Kong and Mirror to develop and people should be more patient.

Later in March, the group released a new single "Warrior". The song was the most successful release from the group since their debut. The music video itself remained on Trending #1 on YouTube HK for 14 consecutive days. This was also the first group song music video from Mirror that accumulated 1 million views, and passed the milestone within a week. The most appreciate part of the song was the dance steps and the lyrics, as the song was written in a theme to emphasize a new era has come, and people should be more open up to new standards and new things rather than to keep themselves with the traditional views and refuse to move on, which resonate with the younger generation in Hong Kong.

Also in March, Mirror announced that they would be organizing their second concert in Star Hall. To follow the pandemic regulation from the Hong Kong government, they as first announced the concert will serve only 50% seats. The concert tickets were sold out within an hour and caused a server breakdown on the ticket-selling website. They then announced extra addition of concerts sessions twice, from 3 days to 6 days eventually. In addition to the easing of pandemic regulation, the available seats increased to 75% per concert day. However, the additional tickets were also sold out within a very short period of time and scalped tickets were later sold online for over HKD$7,000 per ticket (HKD$ 1,280 originally).

Solo Campaign
The group and their manager have revealed that all of the members would have plans to release their solo campaign.

In June 2019, Ian Chan and Keung To were the first two members to debut individually and release their first solo songs respectively. Both of them then held their own mini concert. On 9th June, Ian Chan's Better Me mini concert was held in Star Hall. On 11th-12th and 26th July, Keung To held his own mini concert in Star Hall.

In February 2020, Anson Lo, Jer Lau and Anson Kong were the second batch of members to debut individually.

In January 2021, Edan Lui became the 6th member of the group to release a solo song.

Discography

 * One and All (2020)

2018
MOOV Music Awards 2018


 * Best New Artist of the Year (Group)

AEG Music Channel Award 2018


 * Diamond - Best New Artist
 * Diamond - Popular Idol
 * Diamond - Dance Song [ASAP]

2019
Canadian Chinese Pop Music Awards 2019


 * Best New Artist- Silver

42nd Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award Concert


 * Most Promising New Artist- Silver

Hong Kong Singer Channel 2019


 * Most Appreciate Group/Band

2020
Hit Awards 2020


 * Group/Band of the year

Canadian Chinese Pop Music Awards 2020


 * Top 10 songs of the year [Ignited]
 * Group/Band of the year

Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation


 * Top 10 songs of the year - The 3rd [Ignited]
 * Group/Band of the year - Bronze

Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards 2020


 * Local group/band of the year

2021
ViuTV Chill Club Awards 20/21


 * Group of the Year - Gold
 * Top 10 songs of the Year [Ignited]