The two songs in "O", "lht" and "Orientation Sniper" are mainly edited from some MV shooting and behind-the-scenes shots in the recording studio.
In the previous single albums, basically all the clips are about the title song, and the included songs have a very small weight, but "o" is a bit unexpected. As the included song "Orientation Sniper", regardless of the chart results, In terms of influence among young people, it far outweighs the title song. The staff at SM who are responsible for the production of behind-the-scenes videos are also very knowledgeable and specially edited a lot of clips from "Orientation Sniper" in this video.
However, since there was no music video shot for this song, it was mainly made up of behind-the-scenes shots from practice.
After the relatively smaller "o" album, we come to the one that many people are most interested in. EXO's second regular album has one of the best results, and it is also the "l" album that is still very popular nowadays. The production behind-the-scenes of the title song, "boy with luv".
"The girl's feat in the chorus of "Boy with Luv" has been decided to be a singer within the company. What suggestions do you have... Who do you think is more suitable, Jingyuan?"
The opening of this p is somewhat similar to the highlights of "e". As soon as you enter, you choose to have a meeting inside the company. There are also the same various blurs and mosaics. Only Chi Jingyuan and Li Xiuman can be seen clearly in the entire conference room. The individual’s face was silenced, along with many of the words and suggestions in between.
The names of several female artists who were mentioned at the meeting, as well as post-production staff such as Taeyeon and Boa, were all removed, for fear of causing controversy.
"Well..." Chi Jingyuan in the camera hesitated for a moment, and after weighing it, he tried to make a suggestion: "Wendy..."
It turns out that Son Seung-wan came to sing the feat of the song "bwl" and it was Chi Kyung-won who suggested it?
After seeing this surprising inside story, before I had time to think too much, the screen immediately dimmed and entered the next screen.
"yeah you makin me a boy with luv..."
After entering this p, the accompaniment of "boy with luv" sounded before the screen even lit up, as well as the sound of shoe soles scraping against the wooden floor. Immediately after the screen lit up, the scene of the practice room appeared directly.
I thought it was the members of XO practicing dance, but when the audience took a closer look, they found that it was not the practice room of EXO. None of the people they saw were familiar to them. Judging from their clothes and movements, they felt like SM. dance instructor.
"Pause."
At this moment, a familiar voice came, and the camera turned to Chi Jingyuan, who was standing in the middle of the room. He stopped the music, frowned and thought for a while, and then looked around at everyone watching his dance. The teachers said: "Our previous choreography here, the movement of turning on the spot seems a bit too simple."
"The tone of this song will be more lively, and the overall choreography style should also be based on this aspect. I think these more regular movements can be slightly changed, for example..."
As he spoke, he performed the choreography twice and turned around twice. During the third turn, he raised his right leg high. After standing still, he blinked with some satisfaction: "I feel like adding another one here." If you raise your legs high, the effect will be better...brother, what do you think?"
Although the choreography of this song is mainly done by Chi Jingyuan, who leads a group of dance teachers from the company, but in terms of dance level and choreography experience, he is actually much worse than the dance teachers in front of him. So often when problems arise, we will ask for their opinions.
However, if there is any disagreement, Chi Jingyuan's opinion will prevail.
"Indeed...it's pretty good."
Several dance teachers in front of him tried to learn it and nodded in agreement with him.
"And here..."
With that said, Chi Jingyuan walked to the side and adjusted the progress of the song, cutting directly to the second half:
"Use the wings you gave me then..."
"here."
It cut directly to this part. After hearing it, several people danced the original choreography together, and then stopped to feel it.
Chi Jingyuan thought about it, and said with similar feelings as before: "Same as before, the movement of waving hands left and right is a bit monotonous, and it lacks some agility and liveliness. I think it needs to be changed..."
"Are you going to add a leg raise?"
"How about adding a few more moves when switching rhythms?" Several dance teachers gave their own opinions after thinking about it.
After trying out the ideas proposed by several people, I still felt a little tasteless after giving them a try.
Chi Jingyuan leaned against the wall with his arms folded, tilting his head and thinking for a long time. He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up: "Why don't we just skip the choreography for this section? Since it needs to be lively and playful, let's just add a similar dance section." How about the little game..."
"Well..." He felt that his proposal was good, and the more he said it, the more he felt: "All the members will line up in a row, and then the person at the front will come out and count their heads, just like a primary school student..."
Seeing Chi Jingyuan on the screen, he became more and more happy as he talked. Without asking for any more opinions, he just started with the choreographer. He built a framework from the beginning, and then corrected it bit by bit into the final "boy wiht luv" In the song, many people find it very interesting and classic. The choreography of several captains is very classic. Thinking of this song that is currently sweeping the charts and is still popular even after a month, countless viewers can't help but feel a strong feeling. Sense of participation.
After the behind-the-scenes of the choreographer, there are some scenes of learning to dance, but there is no chance for Chi Jingyuan to show his face in this section. Although he took the lead in the choreography this time, to be honest, his level is just that, and his problem has always been When he dances often, his head will suddenly become empty and he will forget the movements. Therefore, he will not participate in teaching the members to learn dance, and he will even have to learn it all over again.
Kim Jong-in is the fastest among all the members to learn the dance. He almost understands half of it after watching it twice. In the behind-the-scenes video, while many other members are still memorizing the moves, he can almost teach others how to dance. He is indeed worthy of the name of dance machine.
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The next step is to shoot the pictorial and music video clips.
Originally, the staff wanted to cut some outtakes from the recording into the collection, but after studying the filming, they found that in some of the clips that could be made public, Chi Jingyuan, as the producer, and the brothers, the members, and Sun, who came to perform the feat, Seungwan behaves a little more sternly in front of others and is very serious in his work. Although he doesn't curse, sometimes his sarcastic remarks are a bit too direct, which would not be appropriate if made public and could easily cause dissatisfaction among other members' fans.
After searching for a long time, I couldn't find a suitable clip, so I simply cut a few images into it, and then skipped it.
"Honeyhasay, this is suho."
As soon as the scene changed, Jin Junmyeon's big face appeared in the lens. He took a small camera and began to actively shoot the behind-the-scenes footage.
In this collection of behind-the-scenes, in addition to the VJ silently following and filming, there are also many photos taken by the members themselves on the set.
"We are currently filming the music video for the title song of the "L" album, "Boy with Luv". This is where the filming will take place. The venue has been set up. I will show you."
"...It is a background venue similar to a movie theater. There are many movable walls inside. The staff are really attentive..."
"The lyrics of this title song "Boy with Luv" tell about what you say to your beloved and important people. It is a very lively, playful and gentle song. I particularly like this song, both in terms of choreography and melody. They are all great... By the way, let me tell you quietly, this song is still a work by Jing Yuan..."
"yuan xi!" Jin Junmian strolled around with the camera, and then walked to Chi Jingyuan. At this time, he was sitting on a stool at the edge of the venue, lowering his head and playing with his mobile phone: "Come and say hello to everyone. "
Chi Jingyuan, who was caught, looked at the camera and blinked, put down the phone with the camera behind his back, then smiled and waved: "Anihasay, I am xo's yuan."
"It's so formal... Hey, I found out that Yuan Xi has finished styling her hair. She has a brand new sapphire blue hair color. Can this be made public directly?" Jin Junxian pointed out with an exaggerated and surprised look. He looked at Chi Jingyuan's hair that had just been dyed, and then made a scared expression, as if he had done something wrong.
Sighing helplessly, Chi Jingyuan looked at the leader who was collecting money with an incomprehensible look: "Brother, by the time the things you filmed are made public, our song will have been released long ago."
"Ahaha, is that so?" Jin Junmian laughed, then focused on Chi Jingyuan's hair color, and moved the camera closer: "Yuan Xi's soot in "CMB" The hair color has been widely praised by the public, so how do you feel about the blue hair style in "bwl" this time?"
"Hmm...it feels pretty ordinary."
Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan's expression was a little uncomfortable, tainted with a layer of bitterness, and he gently pulled the bangs on his forehead twice: "I don't particularly have this hair color, and it's too troublesome to dye it. Although Cody worked hard That’s appropriate…but I think the overall effect is a bit average.”
"Ordinary? Is there something wrong with Yuan's aesthetics? I think his blue hair is so handsome!"
Seeing this paragraph, many viewers and even fans couldn't help it:
"Yes, especially the look back at the beginning of the MV, it can be selected as one of the most classic and handsome MV shots in the history of boy bands."
"Ah, ah, is he pretending? Is he pretending? If his appearance is ordinary, what do other male idols mean?"
"My previous dream was to live with Chi Jingyuan's face and body for a day...but now I'm starting to hate him!"
Chi Jingyuan naturally could not have imagined that the audience would react so greatly when he finally said something very sincere and sincere in front of the camera.
Although he was scolded for saying it, that's what he really thought.
The MV shooting process of "Boy with Luv" is very detailed, showing many behind-the-scenes stories in front of all the audience.
"...Brother, this sign of 'love'..." In the picture, Chi Jingyuan pointed to the top sign of the cinema set up and asked: "Can you make the four fonts of 'love' abstract? Or be more artistic, for example, make the three horizontal lines of 'e' longer and pass through the vertical one, so that the four letters can become 'exol' when viewed in reverse. I just tried to imagine it, and I think it should be possible."
"...Jingyuan, stop playing games, come here quickly and get ready to start!" Park Chanyeol shouted loudly, which made Chi Jingyuan, who was playing the game console with his legs crossed, tremble.
"...Ah Yixi..." Wu Shixun looked at Chi Jingyuan angrily in the camera, holding back half of what he said out of reflex, and then looked at him fiercely: "You have stepped on my shoes several times. Did you do it on purpose? You couldn’t have done it on purpose..."
"suho!"
The director of the MV held a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "When you come out to count people in this section, stand on your toes a little... others remember to bend down a little deeper at this time, especially Chanyeol, Kyungwon, Sehun and you guys How many... do you remember? Stop laughing!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"...If Seungwan appears too much in the MV, there may be some controversy, but the feat is so good, so not showing up at all is not good." A group of people gathered around the PD and were discussing the setting of Son Seungwan's appearance in the MV. After deciding, Chi Jingyuan glanced at Sun Shengwan who was standing nearby and blinking obediently. After thinking about it for a while, he suggested: "The last part of the mv is a classic scene from "Singin' in the Rain". We might as well design a small scene..." "
Scenes of short stories and production vignettes constantly appeared in front of all the audiences, making them dizzy and extremely enjoyable. A strong sense of comfort filled the whole body, and it felt as if they were not watching a man. It’s like watching a TV series or a well-produced variety show.
At this point, the astonishingly long but not redundant collection of exo regular second album highlights has almost come to an end.
In comparison, the last two songs added to the regular second album, "if you" and "exodus", have much less behind-the-scenes clips. This may be because these two songs are not as important as the previous hit title songs. The reason for the popularity is that there are relatively few interesting materials, or they haven’t been reduced yet.
"We are one! Anihasay, we are exo!"
The whole collection of behind-the-scenes came to an end at the end when the nine EXO members stood in a row with each other's shoulders, gesturing to the camera, and saying the classic introduction.
Until the logos of EXO and SM appeared at the end, many people still reluctantly recalled some of the clips they saw earlier.
The click-through rate of the video is also increasing, and the comments below are constantly increasing. It seems to be much more lively than when EXO released the MV for the title song.
"Wow, after watching this clip, I realized how much importance Chi Jingyuan plays in this album. I have always thought the choreography of "bwl" is handsome and interesting, especially the part of the captain and several members is so impressive. It’s so deep, it took him and the dance teacher a long time to do it?”
"Yuan's dancing level is actually not very good, even in the team, he is not the best, but he has a lot of ideas, and many of the moves he comes up with are so effective. The same is true for the previous "Paoxiao", you I really can’t accept it.”
"I watched the MV of "Boy with Luv", and every time I saw the 'love' sign, I felt weird... turned it out that it was EXOL when I looked at it upside down? Oh my God, this little surprise is so exciting, isn't it? ?When I saw that paragraph just now, I had goosebumps all over my body."
"Upstairs, in fact, fans discovered this small menu a long time ago and made a video to upload it, and there are many similar little easter eggs. This time EXO's official version is not only of good music quality, but also very careful in every aspect. , I recommend you to take a look.”
"Exo's oppas are so fun when they work. Everyone is hardworking and serious when they need to be serious, and they can joke around when we get along normally. The group spirit is really awesome!"
"As a fan of red velvet, especially a fan of Wendy, I am really grateful to Yuan for suggesting Wendy, and SM finally giving Wendy the opportunity to feature in "Bwl". With the help of this big hit song, Wen Wen's popularity has increased significantly. Both the popularity and the search volume are much higher than before. Kang Sangmida... Even so, can Yinyin CP get off the bus as soon as possible? I can't even connect to "Music Bank" now. "I dare not watch it."
Usually when agencies release behind-the-scenes album preparations of their idol groups, they usually just edit some recordings, take footage from pictorials or music videos, and add a few specially conducted interviews.
Basically this is what everyone in the industry does, and it can be said that they are pretty much the same.
The production of this kind of behind-the-scenes is very simple, that is, the scenes taken during the preparation of the album can be edited out. It is more to give back to the fans. Ordinary passers-by are not very interested.
However, SM's production of exo's behind-the-scenes this time is not just like other people's simple shooting. This time it has risen to the level of planning and production. It is a special meeting to set up the project. From the moment it is confirmed, special personnel will be assigned to carry out unlimited work. Every time I have a meeting, record a song or practice, there is always a VJ following me like a ghost to record everything.
The video uploaded this time is not so much an album production behind-the-scenes. In fact, it is no problem to watch it as a documentary, especially considering the popularity of exo in reality at this time. Looking back at this video collection, it looks a bit like xo A romantic documentary about the experience of rising from the ashes.
Such careful production has also achieved very good results.
Just a behind-the-scenes video, in just a few hours, the number of clicks has completely surpassed that of some second- and third-tier groups, and even the number of hits of the title song's MV when a first-tier group officially returned. At the same time, its popularity instantly surpassed that of several girl groups that had just returned. , reached the top of the trending searches in the entertainment section, and became a hot topic among many people.
And not only fans and passers-by outside the industry like to watch it, many practitioners in the industry also watch this collection of behind-the-scenes very seriously. Because of EXO's explosion, many people are wondering whether they can learn some success from it. experience and think about what to learn from it.
It's a pity that some of the most important parts, such as the key speeches during the meeting to discuss the project, as well as the recording and song production aspects, have all been specially deleted by SM. After watching it for a long time, these people can only see EXO's comeback album. The general process and process of preparation, as well as the nine members with Chi Jingyuan as the leader, seem to be album highlights, but in fact they are various shots that highlight the side and look cool.
After watching it for a long time, I gained nothing. In the end, I can only give the credit to exo because it is too popular.
It's really popular.
SM chose to release this carefully crafted behind-the-scenes video at this time, ten days after the release of the regular second album. The primary purpose is to boost the already stagnant sales.
From the sales position on the 1st, as of the 10th, the sales figure of "exo-l" has reached 980,000. Since its release, the Korean and Chinese versions of this album have firmly occupied the G and H charts. The first two never came down.
But it is probably because the previous singles were a bit harsh and emptied fans' wallets. It may also be because the single album sales of the entire peninsula idol group are so large. At this level, the sales figures will be It’s hard to go any higher.
The prime period for every group to sell albums is the first week, or even only the first two days. Even EXO will not make too many exceptions. So from the past few days, the sales of the second album have begun to plummet rapidly. Although the number of units sold per day is still high compared to other groups, the increase is indeed true for exo who wants to hit one million. Somewhat slow.
So SM jumped out and did this
However, the company's goal this time has been achieved. The disclosure of the behind-the-scenes this time has allowed Chi Jingyuan and his team to enter the field of vision of many people through another method. With the specialness and professionalism shown in the behind-the-scenes, His easy-going, hard-working, and funny charm has attracted a large number of new fans.
With the support of a lot of discussion and click-to-view popularity. It also played a very good role in promoting the sales of the second album. The daily sales data showed a significant increase in real-time online display on that day, which was not even inferior to the first two days of the album's release.
As of 9pm on the 11th, a milestone news finally came out.
Exo's second regular album "exo-l", eleven days after its release, the single album sales officially reached one million.
