After the members took a day off, everyone felt a lot more energetic. After the vacation, they returned to the company to start the final preparations before their debut.
On March 31, SM Entertainment released the promotional video for the debut song "MAMA" and held the "EXO Debut Showcase" at the Olympic Hall in the Seoul Olympic Park on the peninsula. On that day, 3,000 people were selected from 10,000 applicants. Fans participated, all members of EXO appeared, and the host was SJ’s leader Leeteuk.
3,000 people is already a lot, and many second- and third-tier idol groups in the peninsula may not be able to attract so many people to their concerts. It is enough to prove that the company's early promotion of EXO is really successful. A boy group that has not yet debuted already has a lot of fans.
Of course, as SM's new generation boy group, it has its own traffic and attracts the attention of the people in the peninsula.
When Chi Jingyuan stood on the stage, he, who had always been calm, was really excited, and his heart was beating very fast.
The densely packed audience below sat together, and when he appeared on the stage, the cheers were deafening, reaching the peak since the opening, and almost the entire hall was echoing 'Yuan''s name.
Judging from SM's internal statistics and distribution of materials, about half of the audience here are his fans. The rest are generally fans of the group or other members.
The entire showcase lasted about an hour. First, they performed the prelude song "Hisrory", then they went up in groups to sing a few songs, and then sat there for interviews and watched videos. The process was very simple, but the response was very good.
At least when Chi Jingyuan went on stage to sing and be interviewed, the audience's voice was really loud. The singing coming from the speakers was even drowned out by the screams.
The atmosphere throughout the whole process was very warm and gave the members and the company a lot of confidence.
After the Showcase ended, they had no time to rest at all. They went directly to the airport and took a plane to Xia Country, because there was another show waiting for them the next day.
On April 1st, they held their second "EXO Debut Showcase" in the lecture hall of the Xia Guo BJ University of International Business and Economics Library.
The process this time was exactly the same as yesterday. Chi Jingyuan clearly felt that the cheers they received in Xia Kingdom were much warmer than yesterday in the mainland, and he was no longer the only one whose name was often screamed in the audience, M Several members of the team have many fans, especially LUHAN. At this showcase, his number of fans was close to that of Chi Jingyuan.
In general, the response of the two Showcases was very good. Both the company's publicity department and the planning department were very satisfied. EXO-M, which specializes in the Xiaguo market, received a warm welcome, and LUHAN, the main promoter, was also very popular. Gao, some of the resources and advertisements invested in Xia Kingdom have paid off, and many program invitations are pouring in.
The EXO-K team, which specializes in the local market, has also received a lot of attention, but the problems are also obvious.
At present, most of the attention of the entire EXO-K team is basically brought by Chi Jingyuan, and he has the largest number of fans. The other five people combined do not have as many fans as him. However, Kim Jong-in, who is promoted by the company, is far from meeting the expectations of the company. His exposure rate is much greater than that of others, but he has not received much attention. He is not popular among the team, and even received a lot of attention because of his too many debut videos. Source fans attack.
However, these are all problems before their debut. The real results will have to wait until EXO officially debuts and the title song "MAMA" is released to see how much help it can bring to the group.
No matter how much a group promotes, they must eventually return to the carrier of songs. Even if their personal charm is really strong, they must rely on a carrier to spread their charm and let the audience feel it.
Time passed quickly, and April 7th arrived in a blink of an eye.
Tomorrow is the day of debut, and the members didn't have much time to practice today. Several members of the EXO-K team were sitting in the practice room, chatting sporadically.
Team EXO-M has left early and taken a flight to Xia Kingdom. They will officially debut at Xia Kingdom’s annual music chart ceremony tomorrow, while Team K will officially debut at SBS Inkigayo at the same time.
Two units of one group debuted at the same time, specializing in the markets of two countries. It must be said that this kind of initiative has really attracted a lot of attention to EXO, and so far, the effect of this type of unit is also very good.
I have to say that because the debut is approaching, the atmosphere in the team has indeed improved a lot. Everyone's expectations are finally coming true. Even those who have always had conflicts can now talk and joke together.
Just like the NBA, as long as you can keep winning, no matter how big the conflict is, it can be alleviated.
After chatting happily for a few words, team leader Jin Junmian couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and clapped his hands and asked everyone to continue practicing for tomorrow's stage. Everyone had nothing to say and got up to continue practicing.
There was no practice in the evening. After dinner, they returned to their newly moved dormitories.
Some time ago, they had moved out of the trainee dormitory and moved into a new dormitory. It was a large suite in an apartment building in Cheongdamdong near the company. There were five bedrooms in total, three people per room, and the rest One is from a broker.
After the reassignment, Ji Kyung-won, Do Kyung-soo and Oh Se-hun lived in one room, while Kim Jun-myeon moved in with Kim Jong-in and Park Chanyeol. Currently, since Team M has gone to Xia Kingdom, the dormitory looks quite spacious.
"Go to bed early today. Even if you have insomnia, you must let yourself rest. I will go to the beauty salon early tomorrow morning, and then go to SBS to record a program." Manager Lee Seung-hyun said about tomorrow's schedule, and finally clapped his hands and blessed with a smile: "Okay, I wish you all a smooth debut tomorrow, EXO Dafa!"
"EXO Dafa!" several members shouted, then thanked and saluted and dispersed.
Chi Jingyuan didn't know about the others, but he himself was really a little insomniac. He lay in bed with his eyes open and kept looking at the moon outside the window, his thoughts in his heart were messy.
Although he had the idea of becoming an artist very early on, due to his family's rejection, he did not realize it until some time ago. To be honest, he was not fully prepared to suddenly join SM and join a boy band.
But I still persevered and came to the eve of my debut. It was indeed very hard for him during this period, and he, who had always been pampered, finally managed to resist.
But this is all his own choice, and he is doing things that interest him, and he enjoys them.
'Hope everything goes well'.
He looked at the moon outside the window and made a wish in his heart.
