The next day, Chi Jingyuan made an appointment in the morning and went to the composer Kenzie to participate in the arrangement of the title song "overdose" for this comeback.
Kenzie is nearly forty years old this year. She is a well-known composer of Sm Company who was discovered by Lee Soo Man. She has produced many outstanding works since her career and has also created many hit songs. She has been a member of several popular groups including TVXQ, SJ, Girls' Generation, etc. He has written songs and has a high status in the company.
And she is no longer just a composer. It is said that she is also serving as a director of Sm Company. Although she may not have much power in terms of operations, at least her status is here.
However, she was very enthusiastic about Chi Jingyuan. She was full of praise for his song "Roar" and praised Chi Jingyuan's creative skills.
When we get along with each other, Kenzie does not look like a middle-aged woman. She seems quite cheerful and laughs all the time. After work, she will curiously ask some private things about Chi Jingyuan.
It was only after Chi Jingyuan officially took over the arrangement that they discovered that the song "Overdose" should have been completed a long time ago. It was just that they left a few blanks in the arrangement and deliberately left no one to fill it in. At a glance, it was clear that the company had specially given it to Chi Jingyuan. What was left was so that he could participate in the creation process of the title song, and also allow him to write his name on the song signature.
It can be seen that Sm really values Chi Jingyuan. This kind of initiative to promote artists and sign their signatures is extremely rare in Sm, especially for newer groups like Exo. Those who have been debuting for many years Basically none of our seniors get this kind of treatment.
Feeling this kind of attention and optimism, Chi Jingyuan was actually quite happy and enjoyed it. In addition, he liked the song "overdose" very much, so he naturally used all his strength to start working hard.
In this way, his schedule became Kenzie's music room, JYp, and Exo's practice room, running back and forth in a non-stop cycle. From time to time, he would go out for a run with the team. His life was extremely fulfilling for a while. .
Fortunately, the work on several lines went smoothly. The arrangement of the title song itself was actually too difficult, but Chi Jingyuan also put in a lot of effort in order to shine.
Needless to say, practicing on stage in the practice room is their specialty. JYp's collaborative single is also progressing very quickly. Bae Suzy really got a kick out of it. Although her voice still doesn't have the full emotion, it already has the sense of ambiguity they have been pursuing, so the recording The progress is also very fast. At this rate, the recording work will be completed in a few days and the MV can be shot.
A week passed in a blink of an eye, and January 16th came. After several days of warm-up and debut preview videos, and yesterday’s title song MV released, on the 16th, JYp announced that its boy group Got7 would officially debut, and held a showcase to show off their debut stage, attracting many fans and audiences. Go watch.
However, not long after this news was sent out, when JYp's publicity department wanted to see the reaction on the Internet, another even more exciting news stole their attention.
Loen Entertainment, the major shareholder of JYp, announced today that it was selling off all its shares in JYp after seeking to take control of JYp, but was unsuccessful due to the backdoor listing of the company by Park Jin Young.
The major shareholder's withdrawal and statement caused investors who didn't know the truth to follow suit, causing JYp's stock price to plummet wildly, and the entire company fell into panic.
All the attention of the outside world was attracted by this news, and the news about the debut with Got7 was completely covered up in it, which meant that no one cared about it.
Although several unknown companies later quietly absorbed all the shares they sold after Loen's exit, pulling JYp's stock price back a lot, they still failed to restore the confidence of investors and the recognition of them by the industry market. , JYp felt a little precarious for a while.
At this time, Chi Kyung-won was sitting on a small sofa against the wall in the temporary backstage lounge of the Peace Hall of Kyung Hee University in Seoul, where the Golden Disk Awards will be held today. He had finished styling and leaned back comfortably with his legs crossed. There, he was holding his mobile phone and looking at the screen.
"What are you looking at?" Wu Shixun came over and sat on the armrest of the sofa, turning his head and looking at Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone and asked.
"Look at the MV for the title song of JYp's new boy group that debuted today." Chi Jingyuan looked at the screen without turning his head and replied.
"JYp's new boy group? Debuted today? Why didn't I know about it?" Wu Shixun sounded a little puzzled, as if he had never heard the news at all.
This is also the downfall of Got7. Both the preview news and the official debut announcement were not suppressed by the more exciting news. The former encountered the exposure of Lin Yoona's relationship, and the latter encountered the plummeting stock price of JYp.
Only fans who have been paying attention to them and passers-by who are interested in this news will know this news. It is really tragic.
"How about this new group?" Wu Shixun glanced at them.
"The song is just average...the music video is just average." Chi Jingyuan shook his head slightly and gave his own evaluation.
After listening to got7's title song "GirlsGirlsGirls", Chi Jingyuan felt that the song was quite bland. In order to emphasize the intoxication, several beats were repeated endlessly. You can't tell which is the verse and which is the chorus unless you distinguish carefully. Not much ups and downs.
He felt that this song was not as good as Exo's debut song "mAmA". Although "mAmA" was criticized completely at the time, which caused Exo's debut to be a blur, it also has its own highlights, at least the sense of religion and ritual left a strong impression on people. Quite profound.
Moreover, the appearance of "mAmA" is so ugly that people can't help but curse it all the time. "GirlsGirlsGirls" is no good. The style is not outstanding but not ugly, just mediocre. After listening to it, there is almost no impression except a few endlessly repeated beats.
It seems that this song was written, composed, and arranged by Park Jin Young himself, but the quality does not seem to be as good as Chi Kyung Won imagined.
Obviously, several of the songs Park Jin Young wrote for Missa are very good, especially Missa's debut song which won the Grand Award within 5 months, which shows that the quality is extraordinary.
I didn't expect the men's team to be at such a level, which is a bit disappointing. After watching the entire MV, Chi Jingyuan had no impression of the other members of Got7 except for the one who kept flipping somersaults.
However, he did find a few familiar faces in the mV. Several of the people participating in it were members of JYp's new girl group 6mix. For example, Yu Jeongyeon and the rabbit Yaji Kyungwon were all seen in the mV. The rabbit Ya is still the heroine of this MV.
Although not very beautiful, she looks quite recognizable.
"Jingyuan, come here and tell you about the awards ceremony tonight...
"Li Chenghuan waved at the door. Chi Jingyuan took a look after hearing the words, put down his mobile phone and followed Jin Junmian and others out. ... In 2014, the 28th Golden Record Awards was held at four o'clock in the afternoon It’s officially started. Every year, the Golden Disk Awards will be held in two parts. In the first half, various awards and awards in the music department will be awarded, and in the second half, awards and awards in the record department will be awarded. And the two halves will not start consecutively. This year The first half of the awards ceremony started at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the second half started at eight o'clock in the evening. Several awards were presented in the first half, and in the middle, Exo and Fx, who had been prepared, came up to perform On the special cover stage of the Daesang Song Mix, Team M performed "Spell" first, then came down to wait, Fx went up to perform "theboys", and then Team K went up to perform "sorrysorry". The last two groups all They took the stage together for the curtain call. Chi Jingyuan and the members of Exo were all dressed in formal black suits and leather shoes. They looked handsome and serious, and they felt very good. It's a pity that they were handsome enough, but there were some flaws in their performance just now. K The team didn’t have any problems. On M’s side, Baekhyun and Tao both made obvious mistakes during their stage performances. More than one part danced wrongly. I don’t know if they were nervous or something else. They were obviously very familiar with this stage. Yes, I have been practicing for so long recently. After getting off the stage, I returned to the lounge. As soon as I entered the door, Chi Jingyuan felt a sense of low pressure. When I looked up, I saw that Li Chenghuan and Team M's manager Lin Xuanjun were standing inside with unkind expressions, staring at The returning Exo members had very sharp eyes. After everyone came in, they locked their eyes on Baekhyun and Tao, who had just made a mistake. These two people also knew that their mistakes were serious and they would definitely be scolded, so they hung their heads and did not dare to speak. The other members also stood there silently, fearing that they would become the victims. After looking at them for a while, Li Chenghuan did not curse, but said: "You have to go on stage later, and there will be performances and awards in the second half. Get ready quickly, and we’ll talk about the rest later. "He was obviously concerned that Exo would have a very important stage next, and it would be even worse to scold the members and cause mistakes later. Lee Seung-hwan glared at Baekhyun and Tao fiercely, and at the same time glanced at the other members standing next to them. : "Such stage mistakes can happen, you guys have really been slacking off recently. "
"..." The members remained silent.
"Forget it, let's go change clothes first." Li Chenghuan waved his hand and walked out with Lin Xuanjun. After they went out, several people took a long breath. Tao's sweat had dripped from his forehead to the tip of his nose. Baekhyun patted his chest exaggeratedly, with a fearful expression.
"What's going on? I didn't make any mistakes during the rehearsal. This happened during the official performance..."
"You guys remember to treat us to dinner, because you two will definitely get scolded when we go back." Park Chanyeol stood aside and curled his lips, reminding him unkindly.
"I don't know what happened, I suddenly forgot my movements." Bian Baekhyun frowned, looking helpless and innocent.
"Forget it, let's talk after we go back. Don't affect your mood. We have a performance later. Let's change clothes first." Seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, Jin Junmian clapped his hands and stood up and said a few words. The members did not complain anymore and hurriedly Prepared.
.........Exo only had this cover stage in the entire first half, and their main stage and awards were all concentrated in the second half.
In the first half, the grand prize in the music department was finally awarded to y, who released a new single "Gentleman" in April 2013, but its influence and popularity are far inferior to his "Gangnam Style" which became a global hit in 2012. too much.
However, "Gangnam Style" successfully spread his reputation, and he became a well-known artist in the peninsula. This year's "Gentleman" took advantage of this residual power, and although his results were far behind last year's, The objective evaluation is pretty good.
"Gangnam Style" was so successful that even if pSY kept releasing songs every year for the next few years, it would be able to rest on its laurels.
The first half of the award ceremony ended with psy's speech. It was already close to six o'clock, and the Exos didn't dare to eat. They just found some snacks and biscuits to pad their stomachs, and met their seniors from the same company in the backstage lounge. The group chatted for a while.
Today there are many people from Golden Record Sm. In addition to Exo, there are also fx and shinee. Girls' Generation is just a few people, among which Taeyeon and Tiffany are the MCs in the second half.
After chatting and joking for dozens of minutes, they separated to prepare for the next performance. Not long after, the second half of the Golden Disk Awards officially started at 8 o'clock.
The opening was also a series of 'medleys of songs from past awards'. But this time, unlike their Sm glory days, they were able to have their own group perform Daesang songs by their seniors. The cover stage in the second half was a collaborative stage for several groups of idols from different companies.
Because there was no artist seat prepared, Chi Jingyuan and the members sat in the backstage lounge and watched the live broadcast on TV.
When he saw Apink on the stage, his eyes lit up and he was a little surprised. Apink was on stage at this time and was performing a cover stage, performing .t's famous song "Happiness".
What surprised Chi Jingyuan was that their stage clothes looked very unique in style. The six of them were all wearing blue denim overalls and red striped shirts. They looked full of youthful and lively feeling, and people couldn't help but praise them. .
Son Na-eun's twin ponytails are quite eye-catching in themselves. What surprised Chi Kyung-won the most was team leader Park Chorong.
In his impression, Park Chorong has always been a female idol with a weak sense of presence, who is fat and has an unqualified figure. In Apink, she is like a borderline existence.
It's just that Chi Jingyuan didn't pay much attention to her before. Now when he saw her on stage, he suddenly realized that Park Chulong, who had always been fat in his memory and didn't look like a star, now had a very standard figure.
At this time, she was wearing overalls and combing her hair in a side ponytail as she stood there. It was so eye-catching that she looked completely different from her last year.
Sure enough, everyone is working hard and everyone is making progress... Looking at Apink jumping lively on the stage, Chi Jingyuan sighed in his heart.
To be honest, he felt that Apink's cover stage was much more charming than when they sang their own songs in the first half. They looked lively, youthful, and very lovable.
It's a pity that among the six people, only Zheng Eunji can sing. Not long after the show started, Exo went up to receive the award. After receiving the award, they performed their stage, "Intro" and "Roar".
They performed this "intro" once at the end of the year stage last year. It is a melody with chord variations and a special choreography. The process is very short and only takes less than a minute, but it sounds very rhythmic and the dance is very handsome. .
"Intro" did not specifically release a sound source. After performing on stage last year, this section received quite a lot of praise. Many fans hope that Sm company will release the sound source and mV of "intro". The demand is very high, but it is a pity that the company has never done so. meaning to do so.
There was no need for too much praise for "Roar" after that. The appearance of the hit song naturally attracted cheers and choruses from the audience, raising the atmosphere of the second half of the awards ceremony to a high point from the beginning.
Exo left the stage amidst the screams of the audience. As soon as Chi Jingyuan walked into the backstage, Kim Junmyeon and others quickened their pace and ran to the lounge to start changing clothes. The four of them were going to appear as award guests later and needed to wear Wear a formal suit.
Soon, one stage later, Ji Jingyuan, Kim Junmyeon, Park Chanyeol and Kai stood on the stage and spoke the award speech.
This award is the Newcomer Award. Usually last year's winners give award speeches to this year's winners to express a sense of inheritance.
Last year the winner of the Newcomer Award was Exo, so this year they will be the presenters. What makes Chi Jingyuan most funny is that the group they want to award is the group that Wu Sike joined, btS.
btS is from a small company, and the company's operational capabilities are not very strong. They were able to win the Golden Record Newcomer Award, which can be said to be developing well.
Although none of them have one so far, because the style of the songs is quite special, there are one or two good-looking members in the team, which has attracted a lot of popularity.
btS was one of the few male idol groups that could make some splash in the second half of last year due to the suppression of Exo's "Roar".
Seeing the btS members standing in front of him keep saluting after receiving the trophy, especially Wu Saek who forced a business smile and kept bowing to him, Chi Jingyuan felt that this scene was really real. It’s very interesting, the development of world affairs is really unexpected.
Chi Jingyuan estimated that if the awards were not presented on the stage now, given Wu Sike's hatred and dislike for him, he would be eager to spit on his face and then step on him.
Thinking of this, Chi Jingyuan smiled and took the initiative to reach out and shake Wu Sike's hand, and encouraged him with a sincere and playful tone in Chinese that the other party could understand: "Come on!"
"Seeing Chi Jingyuan stretching out his hand, Wu Saike was stunned for a moment. After hesitating for half a second, he quickly stretched out his hand to hold it and bowed. However, when he heard the words 'Come on', his expression visibly stiffened. , his eyebrows twitched a little. Chi Jingyuan almost laughed out loud when he saw the other party's reaction. After they handed out the awards, they stood aside and watched btS make a speech. As he watched, he noticed one thing, Wu Saek's standing There was a little distance between him and the other six people. It was not very obvious, but if you look carefully, you can see it. He stood at the very side, with an expression on his face that he wanted to speak, and kept looking to the left, but the members over there As if he didn't see it, he passed the microphone around and kept talking. At the end, he handed the microphone over and asked him to say a few words of thanks in Xia Wen. This award was considered over. When they came off the stage, They didn't walk together. Wu Saike walked in front and several others walked behind. There was a gap in the middle. Chi Jingyuan shook his head. He knew at a glance that the atmosphere in the btS team was probably average now. Among the members, Maybe they didn’t get along very well with each other. But it had nothing to do with him. After taking a glance, he looked away. When the award ceremony was about to end, as expected, the grand prize in the record department was given to Exo. Standing at the reception On the podium, enjoying the exciting bGm and the deafening cheers below, although the members laughed happily, they were also much calmer. They were not as excited as when they won the grand award several times before. At least no one was I lost control of my emotions and burst into tears. After each of the members finished their speeches, and Chi Kyung-won also spoke for a while in English, the Golden Disk Awards was coming to an end, leaving only Exo’s final encore stage. To be honest, this The sentiments expressed in one speech were not as sincere as the previous two. Most of them were iconic words of gratitude. There are only so many things that can be said. Although you are still very happy after getting it, you will not cherish it as much as when you didn't get it. and valued. Entering the encore stage of Exo, all other artists left the stage, leaving only fx and shinee from the same company on the stage to join in the fun and follow the encore, and at the same time show their family ties. Silver ribbons kept floating from the sky Next, the accompaniment of "Roar" sounded, and the encore stage did not require such formal dancing. The members stood at the front of the stage with microphones, interacting with the audience and fans while singing happily. Chi Jingyuan stood at the The members were at the back, so that their bodies were blocked, they kept smiling, and held a microphone while paddling. At this time, Kim Taeyeon, one of the MCs in the second half, walked over step by step in a white dress and high heels. , stood next to Chi Jingyuan, smiled happily, clapped and joined in the encore.
"Nuna, aren't you tired of wearing such high heels?" Chi Jingyuan glanced at Kim Taeyeon, noticed that her height was obviously wrong, put down the phone and leaned over to ask.
Because he was on the stage, he was not very close. It was still a safe distance, just enough so that the other party could hear him.
"Doesn't it look good?" Kim Taeyeon looked up and down at her skirt and asked.
"It's quite beautiful." Chi Jingyuan said truthfully.
“As long as it looks good, it doesn’t matter if you’re tired or not.
"Kim Taeyeon blinked and smiled nonchalantly. At this time, Cui Shirley, who was standing behind just now, also walked up and stood next to Chi Jingyuan, congratulating them with a bright smile on winning the grand prize. Seeing this relative, Chi Jing Yuan also smiled happily and chatted for a while. At this time, Jin Junmian, who was working hard in the encore, turned his head and winked at Chi Jingyuan. The meaning was very clear, telling him to stop paddling and be serious. One point. Chi Jingyuan immediately understood, picked up the microphone and sang along with a few lines. At the same time, he also symbolically danced the "Roar" dance that had entered the chorus. Seeing Chi Jingyuan's movements, Jin Tai next to him Yan, Cui Shirley, and Jung Soo-jung who ran next to him at some point also jumped up with a smile. Their movements were very irregular. Kim Taeyeon, who was wearing super high heels, couldn't even lift her feet. She looked like she was joking. There is no difference. But the scene of these four people dancing to "Roar" in the same frame is really interesting. It may become a classic shot for fans to recall 2014 many years later. After returning to the backstage, the members of Exo were happy After celebrating for a while, they chatted with the seniors of the company for a while and then dispersed. Lee Seung-hwan called all the members together and prepared to take certification photos and upload them to SNS. But he glanced at the members and found that they were missing Several people asked: "Where are Tao and Luhan? Where did they go?" "
