The Dream Concert was held at the Seoul World Cup Arena on May 30. This time, almost twenty groups or artists were invited to participate.
The currently popular groups such as TVXQ, Girls' Generation, TTS, Kara, and 2PM are all on the list.
EXO-K also took advantage of Dongfeng, who was born in SM company, to attend this concert and also performed on two stages.
Among so many artist groups, EXO-K, which just debuted this year and has not developed smoothly, has found itself in a small waiting room.
The treatment of being from a big company shows. It is fundamentally different from those artists from small companies who find it difficult to even appear on a singing show.
Today, the group set off early in the morning under the leadership of their manager. When they finished styling and arrived at the World Cup Arena, the audience had not yet entered.
The members had artist access badges hanging on their bodies and followed their managers into the waiting room backstage.
Although it was still early, the backstage was already very busy. Staff with access signs were coming and going. Everyone was walking in a hurry, and there were a few anxious shouts from time to time.
Dream concerts are usually broadcast in the form of live broadcast. This time the scene was huge, both the artist group and the number of audiences were large. It was a big test for the organizers and the responsible personnel.
The manager went to confirm the rehearsal time and precautions with the staff. The assistant followed several members of Team K directly to his lounge and closed the door. He was suddenly isolated from the anxiety outside.
Several days passed, and the members of Team K gradually recovered from the dejection caused by being declared semi-refrigerated, and were no longer as anxious and discouraged as before.
The company comforted me several times. They also saw that the company also had high hopes for EXO as a group. This was proven by their ability to appear on singing shows and participate in their dream concerts.
As long as you practice well and follow the company's arrangements, your next return will definitely be much better than now.
Several members chatted in twos and threes. Park Chanyeol seemed to have gradually regained his original self after a period of depression. He usually talked the most, but now he was chatting about some scandals with Kim Jongin and Oh Sehun with an inexplicable smile. Anecdotes with female seniors.
"It looks like Kara and Tara are coming today. Wow, I think Jiyeon and Ha Ra are really great."
"Didn't you hear that Ha Ra is dating a member of Beast? Jiyeon seems to have many people following her."
"It seems like, no matter what, I still have a chance of dating based on my looks."
"You? I think you should forget it. Jingyuan should have a chance."
"Axi..."
"Let's wait until the group becomes popular. Last time I went to strike up a conversation with a girl group member, they didn't pay much attention to me."
"We have Davichi today. Senior Kang Minkyung has such a good figure..."
"..."
Chi Jingyuan was sitting in the corner of the waiting room, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, playing his game console 3DS, and chiming in from time to time.
He is actually quite interested in these scandals.
The glasses were given to him by his eldest sister. They have no prescription and are said to have some radiation protection effect, which can protect his eyes from damage when playing games.
I don’t know if it’s true or not, but he still wears it every time he plays games. After all, it’s because of his family’s wishes.
Originally, they were supposed to go to someone else's lounge backstage to visit other senior groups, but EXO-K, as the youngest group, were the first to come. Those senior groups hadn't come yet, so they had to wait for a while.
Playing games and chatting at the same time, time flies while having fun and relaxing.
I don’t know how long it took, but the agent knocked on the door.
"Stop playing around. Many groups are here. Let's go visit the seniors first. We will have rehearsals later. We are the third one, so hurry up."
Li Chenghuan was in a hurry as soon as he entered the door, waving for the members of Team K to move out quickly.
"Inside." Everyone responded and set off under the leadership of captain Jin Junmian.
The whole backstage circle went around, and the senior artists and groups who came all said hello without saying much, it was just a courtesy.
The last ones I visited were my seniors from my company, Girls’ Generation TTS and TVXQ.
TVXQ's Jung Yunho and Shim Changmin were quite enthusiastic. They did not sit there motionless when facing EXO-K's salute. Instead, they stood up and gently returned the salute. Although the amplitude was not large, their attitude was shown.
After a brief exchange of greetings and a few words of encouragement as a senior member of the company, they said goodbye.
TVXQ's manager, who was watching the whole process, kept smiling. When saying goodbye, he patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder and waved cordially.
The SM artists' lounges are all connected together. The three members of Girls' Generation's TTS seemed to be away for an interview. They finally returned to their own lounges after visiting two people from TVXQ.
"Ah." As soon as they entered their territory, the members all let out a long sigh of relief.
It's really tiring to go around like this. Captain Jin Junmyeon looks a little tired, because every time he stands in the first place, he is the one who speaks in some scenes.
Standing first is the most conspicuous, and you must be polite when saluting, otherwise you will easily be called rude.
Chi Jingyuan, who was hiding at the back, basically didn't say a word the whole time, and his figure was mostly blocked by Wu Shixun who was standing in front of him. He even made some perfunctory salutes and no one could see him.
"Hurry up and take a rest. When there is a rehearsal, a staff member will call and I will come over." After a few words, Li Chenghuan closed the door and left the lounge.
After a tiring visit, everyone lost interest in chatting. They sat in their seats and played their own games, occasionally chatting casually.
Chi Jingyuan put on his glasses and continued to sit there and start playing the game.
"Dong dong."
After waiting for about ten minutes, there was a sudden knock on the waiting room door.
Before the assistant sitting next to the door could open the door, the door had already been pushed open.
"Anihasay!" A head popped in directly.
"Senior, Anihasay."
As soon as they saw the person, the members of Team K stood up quickly. Chi Jingyuan put the 3DS aside and stood up to say hello.
The person coming was Girls’ Generation TTS who was not in the waiting room just now. The one who opened the door was Kim Taeyeon.
Kim Taeyeon was the first to poke her head and take a look and then walked in, followed by Seohyun and Huang Miying.
They had already finished their styling and makeup, and were dressed in singing outfits for the interview, looking very shiny.
Kim Taeyeon has long yellow hair, and her bangs are parted to the right. Her hair is gathered to the right side of her head and tied into a slightly curly braid. She has a slight smile on her face, which makes her look quite dazzling.
Seohyun and Huang Meiying were also dressed beautifully, but their colorful and sequined singing outfits looked a little exaggerated.
Seeing the senior, everyone quickly saluted.
The three of them nodded and smiled in return, and Seohyun said a few words of polite encouragement. The members of Team K had basically known each other when they were trainees, and they later collaborated on stage together and filmed music videos together.
The MV for the title song "Twinkle" from TTS's debut album was shot by several members of EXO with them. The shooting took place relatively early, before EXO debuted and Chi Kyung-yuan had not yet joined the company.
Captain Jin Junmyeon also smiled and talked to Xu Xian. He was relatively familiar with these seniors.
Kim Taeyeon, who took the lead, did not speak. She glanced around with her eyes open and then aimed her gaze at Chi Jingyuan, who was standing in the corner.
