Lay didn't just run away like the first two, but still stayed in EXO. However, he didn't often go back to the dormitory at night recently. He was meeting and negotiating with the company every day. Obviously, his mind was no longer there. This way.
But just like the single that exo is practicing at this time, let it take its course.
"The key of the main part of this song is not very high. When singing it, the voice must not be too deep, because the key itself is on the low side. If it is too deep, the listener will easily sound "sad" or "depressed" perception.”
"But the connotation of the song "Let It Be" is completely opposite. It is to express the feeling of breaking out of a cocoon and becoming a butterfly, breaking the darkness on a cold and dark winter night and returning under the stars and the moon."
With the cooperation of the music teacher, Chi Jingyuan was telling the members the key points of singing "Let It Be", as well as his thoughts and settings on the theme of the song.
After SM officially confirmed the plan for the winter single, under Lee Soo Man's suggestion, many of the tasks in coaching and recording were directly handed over to Ji Kyung Won. At the same time, after reading the ideas and ideas for the MV shooting that he handed over, After the idea was expressed, it was very good. After the company made some modifications and adjustments, it was almost possible to follow this plan.
I don’t know if he really values and believes in Chi Jingyuan’s ability, or if he doesn’t pay much attention to this winter single. Anyway, he will also participate in this winter song before he serves as one of the producers of next year’s regular second album. A lot of production work.
While Chi Jingyuan was telling the story, the music teacher next to him also chimed in and added a few words from time to time. The two of them cooperated well, and the members were also listening attentively. Some of them just looked at the music score and lowered their voices and tried to hum. Two sentences.
Maybe it's because xo has been depressed for a long time due to the recent continuous encounters. Even if it's just a winter single, every member is very serious and focused.
And many people really like the melody, lyrics and even the meaning of this song, and some of the emotions expressed in the song just echo what they are thinking.
After Chi Jingyuan finished speaking in detail, they began to practice together, and the enthusiastic working atmosphere in the whole room continued to rise.
"Let It Be" is a relatively pure ballad. It doesn't have any dance moves and is just pure singing. However, the requirements for voice and emotional expression are still quite high. The requirements for the lead singer are also very high, and they need to be used while singing. The overall sound is used to create an ethereal feeling, especially the two-person acapella harmony at the end, which is the essence of the entire song. The quality of the harmony is very important to the quality of the entire song.
The word 'acappella' is a transliteration from Italian. On the peninsula, it generally refers to a performance in the form of pure human voice without the use of instruments and accompaniments, that is, a cappella singing.
The section at the end of "Let It Be" takes this form and is the highlight of the song.
Currently, under the arrangement of the company, the last harmony is sung by Ji Kyung-won and Do Kyung-soo. However, I haven’t entered the recording studio yet to hear the effect. If the performance is not good, I think they will have to be replaced.
However, as one of the members with the best singing skills in
Judging from the part, more than half of the song "Let It Be" is completed by four lead singers, including some pads and harmonies. Among the other five, Jin Jun is the only one. Mian has more parts, and most of the other four only have one or two sentences.
Because some members with average singing skills can rely on the tuner to fix the sound during recording to alleviate the embarrassment of their singing skills. However, if the microphone is turned on on the live stage, too many parts will easily reveal their true colors and cause a car accident, so it is better to restrain themselves. First, it would be more appropriate to hand over this task of comparing singing skills to a few lead singers.
However, in this kind of relatively demanding ballad, it is very good to have two lines, which is much better than YoonA sunbaenim not being able to get a line.
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In the next two days, EXO members will focus on this winter single. The lead singers will consciously start practicing after finishing their personal schedules.
And Chi Jingyuan will rush back to the company after finishing the filming of the crew every day to work overtime and practice with the members. After that, he will stay in the company to work overtime to organize the return plan for the regular second series.
I have to say that the lead singers of EXO are quite outstanding in their abilities. With their hard work, they practiced this difficult ballad very quickly. They sang it together in just two days and it was perfect. There is no problem. After a little familiarity and improvement, you can almost enter the recording studio and start recording officially.
And Lay, who has been lingering around but becoming more and more out of place, finally has the final result.
At noon on November 8, a week after Tao left the group, SM Entertainment officially issued a statement announcing that EXO Xia nationality member Lay will set up a personal studio with the assistance of the company and will officially start working after the Neon Tour in November. The focus will be on Xia Guo's activities, and there will be less participation in group activities.
Although he is focusing on his career in the Mainland, SM also said that Lay is still a member of EXO and has not quit the group.
The result of waiting for several days is finally here. This time there is no surprise or surprise for the members including Chi Jingyuan, and their mood is almost not affected at all.
The thoughts that I should have had already started two days ago when I was preparing for the winter single and saw that he didn't participate. After a few days, I had already calmed down and didn't bother to think about these issues anymore. Everyone focused on Returning to it next month.
Although the members of EXO did not have too many feelings about the result, it caused a lot of turmoil for the anti-fans who had been looking forward to it, even the passers-by who watched the excitement, and the fans who had always cared about XO.
"It's said that he's still a member of EXO, but what kind of member is he if he doesn't participate in group activities? Isn't that interesting? Who are you kidding?"
"Hahaha, I had already expected it (see the post I made when Luhan ran away a few months ago). After Luhan left the other two Xia Kingdom lines, he would definitely stay there for a short time. Sure enough."
"If you want to run, can you run a little cleaner? What does 'focusing your career on the mainland of Xia' mean? Does it mean that you won't be involved in the trip and return on the peninsula? Then just follow the example of your two seniors and sue for the invalidation of the contract. Isn’t it over? Why do you still have to hang up the EXO brand? But you really think that doing this will make some fans have a good impression of you, right?"
"Actually, Lay has already quit the group. It's just that SM saw other members of Xia Kingdom who returned and were doing well there, and they were reluctant to benefit from Lay's activities in Xia Kingdom, so they made such a ridiculous and inconsistent thing. statement."
"Victoria from fx is really good when you look at it. She has stayed in SM for so many years and has not left. After such a comparison, I suddenly have a good impression of her... unlike the ones from xo, who have only been popular for two years. All gone.”
"This kind of insistence on retreating is really disgusting. Anyway, in my heart, there are only 9 people left in EXO from now on. I hope that the nine oppas will start again. Come on, I will always support you!"
"Although I had already expected it, I still felt empty after seeing Lay leave. From 12, to 11, to 10, today it becomes 9, and tomorrow it will become 8... …”
"Xia Guo's line is all over, and there are only three members of exo-m team. In this case, team m has no meaning of existence and is completely in name only. Moreover, the concept and setting of exo's debut is that the two teams km will carry out activities separately. Now Only Team K is left with one leg lame, and the entire framework of the combination has collapsed."
"Indeed, Team M can be disbanded directly. EXO is completely finished."
"Yuan Oppa is still here, EXO can't finish!
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In the crew of "Misaeng" in Seoul Plaza, Chi Jingyuan, who had taken a break after eating, sat up on a stool and looked at the flood of comments on the Internet on his mobile phone, feeling complicated and somewhat noncommittal at the same time.
SM's statement seems a bit ridiculous, Lay has indeed almost quit the group.
It is true that he himself will not leave.
As for whether EXO will be finished, he doesn't know, but as some people said, Team M is indeed in name only.
The departure of all three Xia Kingdom lines has had a huge impact on EXO. The first one to bear the brunt was the immediate collapse of the exo-m unit. No one would expect the three Peninsula members to continue XO's activities in the mainland, and only the Chinese among them To put it mildly, the others only said hello.
Moreover, without the participation of members of this nationality, the enthusiasm and sense of involvement of the fans will be greatly reduced. It is actually meaningless to continue to support Team M in Xia Country.
The reason why EXO has been completely popular among newly debuted boy groups in the past two years, with sales breaking the ceiling and pulling up the overall market, is a lot because of their high popularity in the mainland of China. Every time they come back, the album will be a success. They account for more than one-third. Mainland fans have made a decisive contribution to EXO's overall performance.
The current situation of Team M has directly impacted the team activities that EXO has maintained. It can be said that the domestic market in Xia has directly collapsed.
This has also seriously affected SM's plans for EXO. From the beginning of XO's debut, the setting was to be a boy band from the two countries of Xiaguo Peninsula. Every time they come back, their albums are basically bilingual versions in Chinese and Korean. Team M simply It can be said that they did not take it seriously since they debuted in Xia Kingdom, and now that the three people have left the team, the company needs to make major adjustments to the future development direction of xo.
Should Team M be disbanded? After losing members of the Xia Kingdom line, should EXO still pay so much attention to the Xia Kingdom market? Is it necessary to change the direction of development so that future activities will focus on neon in addition to the peninsula, or Europe and the United States?
These are things that companies urgently need to consider.
Secondly, there is the issue of dance. The choreography for all the dances of EXO’s title songs is almost always in the form of two teams, K and M, appearing separately in the two main and chorus sections, and then in the last section, everyone comes on the stage to dance together. From "Mama" From "Pao Xiao" to "Addicted", this model is all the same.
If you run one, you can ask Chi Jingyuan to come and make a cameo to fill up the number of people. If you run two, you can barely do it. Now that all three have left, only three people are left in the M team. Of course, this kind of choreography cannot continue.
I don’t know what will happen in the future, but the most important thing now is that EXO needs to re-choreograph all the previous songs and change it from 12 people to 9 people, otherwise they will not be able to even get on stage now.
The form of two teams performing separately and then joining together has been changed to a nine-member group. Although the specific choreography may not change, both the part distribution and the positioning and walking changes are very large. The workload of so many songs can be imagined And know.
It’s no wonder that the company’s statement said that lay will not officially focus on mainland activities until after completing this month’s neon tour, giving the remaining nine members a certain buffer time. Otherwise, unless a backup dancer is arranged to wear a mask to stand next to lay. The location on the stage, otherwise I wouldn’t know how to proceed with the Fukuoka concert that is about to start.
Finally, there is the impact and impact on fans. The continuous withdrawal of members from the group is unbearable for any group fan who likes EXO...
Forget it, watching too much really affects my mood.
Chi Jingyuan shook his head and swiped away the web pages on his phone.
He is the type of character who laughs off negative comments about himself online. Sometimes he even enjoys reading them and even takes the initiative to share them with members.
The negative comments had little impact on him, but seeing their fans Aili disappointed and sad because of these things made Chi Jingyuan feel uncomfortable, especially after meeting many familiar fans he had seen before. After ID either lost fans or climbed the wall, it felt a little uncomfortable.
Fans are idol's lifeline and one of the important reasons why he loves this profession and works hard for it.
However, although some people in EXO have continuously quit the group, which will have a great impact on the fans and even the overall group spirit, they have not caused any real scandals in the end. At most, they are just some innocuous rumors such as "the royal family is grabbing resources" , and there was no real impact that really caused the image to completely collapse.
Things like Tara, BTS's bullying news, and YG's various revelations about reading, reading, and consuming Yao, these are the real blows that make it difficult for idol groups to turn around.
Although quitting a group has a serious and bad impact, it actually does not involve the law and does not affect morality.
What's gratifying is that neither Luhan nor Tao talked about this kind of thing when they left. At most, it meant or insinuated that the company's resources were unfairly distributed, and that "the popular members are too powerful" and so on. There is no such thing as 'bullying' involved.
Although this situation does not exist in the xo team itself.
But if you go to the extreme and dig deeper, after Luhan left, many members did exclude the remaining two Xia Kingdom lines, whether it was small or big.
Thinking about it on the bright side, compared with them, it is not irreversible that exo members have quit the group one after another.
In the final analysis, idol groups still rely on their works, the quality of their songs, and their charisma on stage. It doesn't matter what they say when fans are panicking now. They need to make a successful comeback to restore EXO, which is currently in a state of turmoil.
As long as they can continue to have a big hit next year, maybe these fans who have lost their money will come back, and all the people who look down on them will change their views. The anti-fans who are jumping up and down like they are celebrating the New Year and the fans of other boy groups will also immediately Shut up and dive quietly, exo may even make progress.
Just like the old "Pao Xiao".
"Brother, Lay's personal studio over there should be a cooperation between SM and a mainland economic company, right?"
"I didn't pay attention to this, but I guess it must be the case. He must also have a shareholding in it."
Putting down the phone, I heard the chatting sounds of assistants Cui Zhichang and Park Jaehyun sitting next to me. They hadn't finished their meal yet, and they talked about EXO while eating.
"They are quite fast. After returning home, each one develops better than the other. I don't know how much impact it has on other Xia nationality trainees. It's really..."
Cui Zhichang was obviously dissatisfied with a few people, and he criticized several members who had left the team with an obviously unhappy tone.
"What's wrong?"
After hearing this, Chi Jingyuan became interested and turned around and asked.
"Jingyuan, you've been too busy these days and haven't noticed. Because of the withdrawal of exo members, the company has eliminated most of the Xia nationality trainees in the past two days, leaving only a few who are related and real If you like the ones you like, the others will be left without any room at all.”
"In the past two days, you can often see people crying and leaving with their things in their arms. Some parents of dismissed trainees have even come to the company to make trouble in the past two days."
Cui Zhichang hurriedly swallowed what was in his mouth and replied quickly as if reporting a message. He shook his head as he spoke. He didn't know whether it was dissatisfaction with SM's decision or disgust with those people.
"Is there such a thing?"
Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when he heard it, but he soon understood and understood.
Wu Saike and the exo matter are a good example. After cultivating for many years and concentrating a lot of resources to support the Xiaguo members, they sued one after another and ran away. However, SM company has no other solution, except He is incompetent and furiously discredits the other party, and then cannot take many measures other than responding to the complaint.
Even if you win the lawsuit in the future, you can get a share of the other party's profits, but for the company's overall planning and the highly promoted combination, it still seems to be a bit outweighed by the gains.
It’s really because Xia Country’s economy is so good and the market is so big that you can make much more money there than here. Xia Country idols have their own escape route after they become famous, and SM has no room to counterattack, so they simply cleared most of Xia Country’s practices To be born, not to be cultivated.
As for whether you will accept it in the future, it depends on the situation at that time.
This decisive approach also shows that SM has indeed been greatly affected by the exo incident, and even the company's overall strategy in the future has begun to adjust.
Although I feel that the company's approach is indeed a bit biased, Chi Jingyuan can understand it from an objective perspective.
However, these people will not lose their jobs if they cannot stay in SM, and they can try again at other companies, because trainees from large companies have always been of relatively high quality and are very popular in the industry.
"And it's not just our company. I heard that many other companies in the industry have also fired many Xia nationality trainees because of the xo incident. Some groups that are about to debut have been affected."
Park Jae Hyun also interjected at this time: "After all, SM has nothing to do with this kind of thing, let alone a small company. It is definitely unacceptable to them that a popular member who has finally been promoted suddenly quits the group and runs away. loss."
"..." Chi Jingyuan nodded silently, and what he said made sense.
Suddenly, he paused for a moment, as if he remembered something. He quickly picked up the phone on the table, opened it, and typed continuously to send a message.
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"What is going on with exo? Why are there suddenly only 9 people left?"
"Obviously it was so popular when I came back a few months ago. I really liked the stage and direct shooting of Yuan's "Dope" at that time. I watched it over and over again several times."
"I really like this too, Yuan's police uniform looks so cool!"
"Pity."
In the jyp company building, Zhou Ziyu, who had returned to the practice room after eating, was just sitting here when she heard several female trainees not far away having a heated discussion. The voices were not too low and they could be heard clearly. She listened. In just two sentences, you can tell that we are talking about exo.
After lay left in name only, EXO, which has only 9 members left, suddenly became the focus of online discussion. In reality, especially in the music industry, many people in the music industry are also talking about it. For example, many trainees have been privately talking about it in the past two days. I often talk about this.
Her Korean progress is neither fast nor slow, and she can't be said to be proficient now, but as long as she doesn't speak too fast and doesn't use uncommon words, there will be no problem in daily communication or listening to someone in the corner.
Of course she had heard about the exo thing, and she took the initiative to send a message to Chi Jingyuan to inquire about it, but the other party's replies were intermittent, either replying after a long time, or simply pretending not to read. Especially the text message he sent the day before yesterday has made no sound until today, as if he has completely ignored her.
However, she also knows that Chi Jingyuan has been very busy recently. Last time she heard him say that in addition to the heavy workload of filming TV series, he had to return to the company to work overtime every day. It seemed that he was preparing for his return. He had no time or was too lazy to reply to these unimportant messages. Understandable.
And she was actually used to it, but even so, Zhou Ziyu was a little dissatisfied with the other party's behavior of always ignoring her text messages.
But since they couldn't see each other in person, Zhou Ziyu expressed her dissatisfaction by holding it in her heart and vomiting herself.
"With EXO, we don't know who the next boy band to reach the top will be. If this happens, XO has no hope."
The voices of discussions about Chi Jingyuan and the others kept coming to their ears, and they were all looking down on each other:
"Even so, their fan base is still lacking among boy bands, especially the number and fanaticism of Ariel and Yuan Wei's fans. It's not unknown to you. They are all well-known in the industry."
"The impact of one person quitting the group is already big enough. No matter how many fans there are, they can't withstand one after another quitting the group."
"I also think EXO has nothing left to do. There is no group that has reached the top of its game and has had members quit the group before reaching the top. I think EXO will be a little more stable next time they come back, and then they will be able to remain a top-tier boy band. It is unlikely to go any further. ...It’s a pity, the momentum was so good before.”
"Isn't this good? If EXO comes down, our company's Got7 seniors will be able to catch up and hopefully become top."
After the last sentence came out, the scene immediately became strangely quiet. Several trainees participating in the discussion looked at the girl who said this sentence and looked at each other with strange eyes.
Just when Zhou Ziyu also felt a little funny, there was a sudden vibration in her pocket. She quickly took it out and looked at it. Her eyes flashed and she realized that it was from Chi Jingyuan:
"Have you been affected in any way by being in JYP?"
