The anime IP "Bucket Man" created by Stephen Fung debuted in March last year. With its unique "red plastic bucket" image and Hong Kong local cultural elements, it has shown strong cross-industry influence. In October last year, it received the "Rising IP Award" from DesignerCon Hong Kong, recognizing its potential in combining creativity and technology. Recently, it also launched the “Bucket Man zero” in collaboration with threezero. Stephen Fung has also returned to the music scene, composing the promo song "So What If You Keep Failing", and he said: “I haven’t made a song seriously in many years; in fact, I’m quite excited. This time, I finally have a justifiable reason, just as this project needs promotion. Plus, previously I performed at Kelly (Kelly Chen)’s concert as a guest with Mark (Mark Lui), which made me very happy, so it all came together naturally.”
Within just one year since its launch, "Bucket Man" has been making frequent moves and has become an important extension of Stephen Fung’s artistic expression. He said: “The anime IP ‘Bucket Man’ will continue to collaborate with interesting people or companies because I personally really like toys and have always collected a lot of exquisite works launched by threezero, I think they have great taste, so this time I wanted to do a co-branded collaboration with them.”
When asked whether his wife Shu Qi listened to this song first and highly praised it, Stephen Fung laughed and replied: “Do you think she only praises me?” He described Shu Qi as a very pragmatic person, but he also felt that the song is catchy and pleasant. However, he admitted that he did not particularly seek her opinion, because by the time he told her, he had already decided to do it. As to whether there’s a chance for husband and wife to duet, he said frankly that it’s almost impossible and that he doesn’t like this kind of format, believing that they each have their own ideas in their work and there’s no need to create conflicts for the sake of collaboration: “If both people have creative opinions, you absolutely shouldn’t collaborate. That’s our way of getting along.” As for the possibility of collaborating in the future on an advertisement or movie, he laughed and said it would be acceptable if one directs and the other acts, but if Shu Qi directs a film, she might not want to cast him: “I really don’t know, haha.”
Source: China Times