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Error (stylised in
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) is a
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hon ...
boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their Teenage, teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands ...
formed through
ViuTV ViuTV is a Cantonese language Generalist channel, general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV (Hong Kong), Now TV and the ...
's reality talent show ''
Good Night Show - King Maker ''Good Night Show - King Maker'' ( zh, c=Good Night Show 全民造星) is a 2018 Hong Kong survival reality show on ViuTV as first season of , accepting only male contestants. It aired from 15 July to 14 October 2018, with Keung To being the ch ...
'' in 2018. The group consists of 4 members: Leung Yip, Dee Ho, Denis Kwok, and Poki Ng. The group debuted on 2 December 2018 with the single "404".


Career


2018–2020: Formation and early years

In July 2018,
ViuTV ViuTV is a Cantonese language Generalist channel, general entertainment television channel in Hong Kong operated by HK Television Entertainment (HKTVE), whose parent company PCCW also operates the IPTV platform Now TV (Hong Kong), Now TV and the ...
's reality talent competition ''
Good Night Show - King Maker ''Good Night Show - King Maker'' ( zh, c=Good Night Show 全民造星) is a 2018 Hong Kong survival reality show on ViuTV as first season of , accepting only male contestants. It aired from 15 July to 14 October 2018, with Keung To being the ch ...
'' started scouting for potential artistes. After the final, 12 of the 99 contestants were selected by ViuTV to form a boy band
Mirror A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that Reflection (physics), reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror forms an image of whatever is in front of it, which is then focused through the lens of the eye or a camera ...
, but the third runner-up Leung Yip (Fatboy) was not selected. Later, the television station published online a series of short videos titled ''Fatboy's Big Adventure'' (), depicting how Leung Yip recruited his fellow contestants to form another group. The final and seventh episode of the series, published on 2 December 2018, showed Leung Yip, Denis Kwok (193), Dee Ho and Poki Ng declaring the formation of Error. The group demonstrated their comedian position with their debut single "404", a
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of Mirror's "In a Second" (). In 2019, the group released two singles, namely "Kill My Manager" () and "We Are Not Broken" (). They also hosted their first television show with their manager . In October of the same year, Error hosted their first
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show in Macpherson Stadium. They released a single called "Handsome Guys" () the following year, which they gained their first peak chart position in
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.


2021–2022: Rising popularity

Error released two singles, "I Promise" and "We Don't Chok" () in 2021. They also hosted a reality pageant show, in March, and each member led a team in the contest. This drew comments from ViuTV's competitor,
TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...
's deputy general manager
Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai ( zh, t=曾志偉; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts ...
, who dismissed ViuTV for its low viewership and the show for being a niche. On 11 April, before the airing of the final, Denis Kwok sarcastically rebutted Tsang's comments; it became a boost in his popularity, as well as the group's. In May, Error's reality show was the rage in Hong Kong, the server of ViuTV's website even faced technical problems during the upload of last episode due to the traffic to the website. They were awarded "Best Groups" at 2021 Metro Radio Music Awards, and "Annual Groups Bronze Award" at . In 2022, Error released two singles, "Love on Duty" () and "Never Come Back", and they were awarded "Best Groups" at for two consecutive years.


Members


Discography


Filmography


Television series


Variety Shows


Films


Awards and nominations


References


External links


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