SpeXial

2012 to 2013: Debut

In 2012, Comic International Productions selected four boys whose average age was 20 years old and average height is 183 cm to form a new boy band named "SpeXial". The members included Wes (made his acting debut in Taiwanese Idol Drama K.O.3an Guo (Chinese: 終極三國)), Wayne (one of the top ten contestants of Taiwanese TV singing contest One Million Star (Chinese: 超級星光大道) Season 6), Brent and Sam (made their acting debut in Taiwanese Idol Drama KO One Return (Chinese: 終極一班2)). Before releasing their first album, SpeXial had received training in South Korea for a month.

On December 7, 2012, SpeXial debuted with their first self-titled Mandopop album, SpeXial. The album was funded by “2012 Funding the Production and Marketing of Outstanding Popular Music” of Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development. Also, SpeXial starred in Idol Drama KO One Return and performed the theme song and insert song.

In 2013, SpeXial starred in the sequel, KO One Re-act (Chinese: 終極一班3). They were invited by Executive Yuan for anti-drug campaign endorsement with Pets Tseng (who also starred in the sequel) because of their positive image in the drama.

2014: Break it down

On May 26, 2014, Comic International Productions announced the addition of three new members (increased to seven members), including Teddy (contestant of Shanghai Model Competition), Evan (Champion of 2012 Sunshine Nation – Sunshine Boyz) and Simon (scouted by the agency on the street). They officially debuted at the press conference of second Mandopop album Break it down on June 5, the album was released on June 12 and ranked No. 3 in Five Top Ranking (week 24 of year 2014) in the first week.

Also, Warner Music Taiwan spent 2 million TWD to create an online reality show Anything SpeXial, in order to introduce SpeXial in different aspects. The fourteen-episode show was released on May 27, 2014.

After starring in Idol Drama KO One Return and KO One Re-act and performing the theme songs, SpeXial took part in other dramas such as GTO in Taiwan (Chinese: 麻辣教師GTO台灣篇), The X-Dormitory (Chinese: 終極X宿舍), Holding Love (Chinese: HOLD住愛情) and Angel 'N' Devil (Chinese: 終極惡女), etc.

2015: Love Killah and Dangerous

In the second half of 2014, Comic International Productions recruited three new members, including Riley (Chinese Canadian), Win (Japanese) and Ian (the youngest member). They were then officially added to the group on January 13, 2015, so that SpeXial consisted of ten members.

SpeXial’s first extended play Love Killah was released on February 4, 2015. Since Evan had to finish college in Canada from August 2014 and Brent started fulfilling military service from the end of December, 2014, only eight members participated in the recording. In the first week after the release of Love Killah, SpeXial held their first fan meeting at National Taiwan University Sports Center. On May 31, SpeXial won "hito Group" and "Most Popular Group" at 2015 hito Music Awards, which were their first two Taiwanese music awards. This event was Evan's comeback showcase, but Brent and Sam were absent at the ceremony as they were fulfilling military service.

In June 2015, SpeXial have been the endorser of a mobile game Junior Three Kingdoms, which was downloaded one million times. In July, the J-pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki and SpeXial collaborated on new single Sayonara feat. SpeXial, they also shot the music video together in Japan. On August 1, SpeXial’s first travelogue photobook "SpeXial Life in Thailand" (Chinese: SpeXial Life 泰青春寫真遊記) was released, while the shooting process was edited as LINE TV’s first reality show SpeXial Life. On August 22, SpeXial were invited to perform at a-nation Summer Concert. It was the first time of them to perform Sayonara feat. SpeXial with Ayumi Hamasaki on stage.

SpeXial’s third Mandopop album Dangerous was released on September 11, 2015, while Brent and Sam did not participate in the recording due to military services. Before the release of new album, one of the track Dangerous was selected by 20th Century Fox as the Chinese theme song of the film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. At the end of September, SpeXial held their second fan meeting under the theme of athletic meet at National Taiwan University Sports Center.

2016: First major concert and Boyz On Fire

On January 5, 2016, KKBOX announced that Ding Dang and SpeXial were invited as guest performers of the 11th KKBOX Music Awards Presentation, which was SpeXial's first time performing at this ceremony. On January 9, SpeXial were firstly invited to participate in the recording of TTV's annual Lunar New Year music show - 2016 Super Star: A Red & White Lunar New Year Special. They participated as white team artists and performed two dance songs, Break It Down 11.11 and Dangerous. The music show was then broadcast on February 7. On January 24, SpeXial performed three dance songs at KKBOX Music Awards Presentation, including Love Guardian, Dangerous and Silly Girl. This performance was also Brent's comeback showcase after the end of military service. Although Brent had participated in the 2016 Super Star, the KKBOX Music Awards was broadcast earlier, so this was his official comeback showcase. During these two performance, Sam and Ian were absent at the ceremony as they were fulfilling military service and shooting TV drama respectively.

During May 21–22, SpeXial held their first major concert "SpeXial the 1st concert - SpeXial Land" (SpeXial Land 2016) at Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, while Pets Tseng made guest appearance at their concert. The concert consisted of four themes, which included "Welcome to SpeXial Land", "SpeXial Lover", "Theme Park Challenge" (樂園大挑戰) and "Ultimate Theme Park" (終極樂園). In addition, SpeXial returned as ten-member group with Sam’s comeback showcase one week after the end of military service.

On June 5, SpeXial won “hito Group” and “Most Popular Group” again at 2016 hito Music Awards. However, Riley and Ian were absent at the ceremony as they were shooting TV dramas.

On July 14, Comic International Productions announced the addition of two new Chinese members Dylan and Zhiwei. They were then debuted at the press conference of fourth Mandopop album Boyz On Fire on July 19, the album was released on August 12.

Apart from starring in Idol Dramas KO ONE:RE·MEMBER (Chinese: 終極一班4) and High 5 Basketball (Chinese: High 5 制霸青春), SpeXial took part in film and micro films and hosted some variety shows. Meanwhile, SpeXial have succeeded in entering the Mainland China's market by taking part in web series and web films such as Ultimate Ranger (Chinese: 終極遊俠), Men with Sword (Chinese: 刺客列傳) and Realm of the Immortals (Chinese: 仙俠學院), etc.

On October 25, Wes injured his right leg with a comminuted fracture while shooting High 5 Basketball. He then announced that he will take a three-month break from his activities to rest on November 7. It is expected that Wes will come back in February 2017.

On November 4, Simon dropped out of Master's Program at National Taiwan University of Arts to prepare for military service. He continued to work until the last public event, the press conference of High 5 Basketball, held on December 11.

2017

On January 25, Simon announced on his personal Facebook fan page that he has filed for contract termination from Comic International Productions due to "unclear accounts", and he was going to leave SpeXial. He then changed his page's name from "SpeXial-晨翔 Simon" to "晨翔 Simon" on February 2, which meant he officially left the group. Therefore, SpeXial now consists of eleven members: Wes (Leader), Wayne, Brent, Sam, Evan, Teddy, Win, Riley, Ian, Dylan and Zhiwei.

On February 9, SpeXial’s second travelogue photobook "SpeXial Okinawa Photobook" (Chinese: SpeXial Okinawa 沖繩寫真遊記) was released, while the shooting process was edited as LINE TV’s reality show SpeXial Life 2. During the shooting of Photobook, SpeXial directed their own music video for "Really Really" from the album Boyz On Fire. (These three projects were the last projects of SpeXial consisted of twelve members.)

Singles

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017