Although the DMC Super Festival is a big event, it is still basically the same. At least Chi Jingyuan feels that this event is not much different from ordinary concerts. They only need to complete their own stage and there will be nothing else. .
The DMC, which lasted for 8 days, only had performances on the first day. After the performance on the 5th, the EXO group flew to Yucheng, Xiaguo on September 7th, and performed at the Yucheng Theater on the 8th the next day. A concert was held at the Olympic Sports Center.
Every time he came to Xiaguochuan Province for activities, Chi Jingyuan would be in a good mood and full of motivation, because the local delicacies here just fit his taste. After the trip, he took a group of people out to eat some hot pot supper. Whatnot, drinking some wine and chatting together will really make people feel very satisfied and happy.
It was the same this time. After the concert on the 8th, he went back to the hotel to freshen up. Then Chi Jingyuan found a hot pot restaurant with good reviews online and rushed there with five or six interested teammates.
After turning on the fire, heating up the pot, making soup, serving food, and drinking, a group of people had a delicious meal of authentic Sichuan hot pot. The smell of smoke and chili lingered in the private room. Even if the air conditioner was turned on, several people were still satisfied. Sweating profusely and feeling a little agitated, Sihasha drank beer and stuck out her tongue. The atmosphere in the antique-style private room was very lively.
"Do you think the girl group who kept falling around was really too slippery, or did they fall on purpose just to show off for publicity?" Baekhyun took the initiative to bring it up while we were eating and chatting, taking a few sips of wine. It's been a hot topic these past two days.
Although MBC is working hard to hold the DMC Super Festival recently and has done a lot of publicity, the most popular news that has occupied the hot search these two days is not them, but a new girl group called Gfriend. In the recent performance A video of a fan who fell down continuously on stage.
On September 5th, during the Inje SNBS public broadcast performance held in Jeju Island, several members fell down continuously on their stage while performing the song "Let's Start Today" due to rain and slippery conditions. I fell down six or seven times, and one member fell down five times, but every time he fell, he quickly got up and continued the performance with a smile on his face. Afterwards, this video was uploaded to the Internet, which was unexpected. It quickly became popular and became the focus of discussion in recent days.
Many people were moved by their professionalism and continued to control their expressions and perform hard after being thrown like this. They all gave praise and praise online and declared to be fans of this new girl group.
But there are actually a lot of controversies. Many people think that they are doing it deliberately just to show off their faces and gain attention, and some people don't think that this kind of behavior is very dedicated.
Several opinions are quarreling back and forth. The Fanpai video has more than 4 million views on YouTube in less than three days. It is so popular that even if EXO people are not on the peninsula, people still hear about it very quickly. What happened, and basically all the members also watched the video.
"What is that girl group? They have names, right? I, Griend, have become one of the more famous among the new girl groups recently. Didn't they just say hello to us backstage last time... And the main theme of their comeback this time is The song performed quite well on the music chart, I remember Jingyuan also recommended this song to us, right?"
Hearing the name Byun Baekhyun, Park Chanyeol didn't know whether he had a good impression of Gfriend or simply knew him. He said something to help him angrily. Finally, he remembered what happened before and looked at Chi Jingyuan. After nodding to confirm, he took two more mouthfuls of food, thought for a while and said, "I think it was an accident. It is said that Yu Zhou seemed to be fine but actually fell badly. I heard from a friend I knew that her finger They all suffered broken bones.”
"Really? Did you fall so badly?"
"Even if it's a fracture... I still think it must be intentional. Forget it once or twice. How can anyone fall down on stage five or six times in a row? No matter how slippery the ground is, it's impossible."
Kim Jong-in curled his lips and didn't believe it at all: "We are all in the industry, and we have all done this kind of rainy day performance. Generally, after falling once, we will definitely pay more attention later, and it hurts so much to lose the center of gravity and fall accidentally. , even because of the awareness of self-protection, when doing many of the larger dance moves later, I will naturally restrain myself, how could I fall five or six times in a row."
"Indeed, it's understandable if I fall down once or twice, but if I fall too many times, I feel like there's something wrong."
"Do you know how painful it is to fall down on a rainy day? This is not a very important large-scale performance. The economic company seems to be a small company and does not have the strength to make the topic so hot. She doesn't know why this video is going to be popular. Did you fall so many times on purpose?”
"Isn't that what new idols are like when their popularity is not high? They should seize every opportunity. The same is true when we first debuted..."
"Ah, how many times have I told you that I didn't do it on purpose!"
"..."
Hot topics naturally aroused EXO's interest in discussion. Several people eating hot pot chattered and expressed their opinions. Even though there were only five or six of them, they were divided into two factions just like on the Internet.
"It's okay. I saw in the video...that member's name is Yu Zhou?"
Chi Jingyuan opened his mouth and let out a breath, and after dispelling some of the addictive spiciness, he also spoke out to express his opinions. However, in the girl group Gfriend, except for the tallest captain and the cuter one named Yinhe Apart from the members, he couldn't tell who the others were.
Halfway through, he looked at Park Chanyeol and asked, and after receiving a nod of confirmation from the other party, he continued:
"I saw in the video that Yu Zhou didn't paddle after she fell. She didn't feel like she had a long memory. Her movements were still very vigorous. It wasn't until the end that she started to restrain herself, maybe because she was in too much pain from the fall or because she was injured... There are many words like this It’s actually quite normal to fall a few times, and what Kyung Soo said just now makes sense. She didn’t know that this video would go viral, so I don’t think it was intentional.”
"It's not like we haven't tried it before. The stage surface they perform on is painted composite board. When it rains, standing up and dancing is like dancing on an ice rink. If the soles are slightly flatter, it will be very easy to fall. I heard that that day In that show, not only Gfriend, but all the artists on stage fell down during their performances...it's just that they weren't popular."
After expressing his thoughts, he thought of the video he saw yesterday and couldn't help laughing and added: "Actually, compared to Yu Zhou's fall, in that video, I thought their captain was really interesting..."
When he watched this video, apart from the Gfriend members falling down continuously, Chi Jingyuan found the most interesting thing was their captain, the member named Jin Shaoqing.
She seemed to be particularly afraid of bugs, because there were so many big moths on the stage at that time, one or two of them were as big as a flying bird, so Jin Shaoqing was a little out of shape during the whole performance, and she even made several wrong moves, and she was not very good at it. Looking at the camera, my attention is focused on the moths flying around. I look at them now and then, and I am always nervous every time I move.
Chi Jingyuan felt that if a moth suddenly flew into her face at this time, she would probably jump off the stage.
But he understood the girl quite well, because he actually hated bugs himself, and it was really unbearable to have a group of big moths flying around during a stage performance.
"Oh, forget it, it's actually not easy for newcomers, no matter if she did it on purpose or not."
Jin Junmyeon made a summary at the end. I don’t know if he remembered the time when they first debuted. He shook his head and sighed with emotion: "Nowadays, many people on the Internet are so malicious. They often humiliate all kinds of personality and appearance. What he said was very ugly, I was a little angry when I saw it, and I saw some people using what happened before Jingyuan to attack Gfriend, I really don’t know what to say.”
"I saw it too."
Chi Jingyuan responded helplessly after hearing it.
Because after watching this video, many people praised Gfriend for her professionalism in continuing to perform hard after falling. Naturally, those who couldn’t stand them began to refute them vigorously, so some of them took the example of EXO’s rainy day stage not long ago. Chi Jingyuan made a mistake and injured his knee and insisted on performing to ridicule and question them:
Like, "Isn't it normal to fall down on stage and stand up to perform? It's like this for popular EXO. Let alone a new girl group, what's there to praise? A girl group can only hype this if their looks are not good?" "
"It really made me laugh. What level is Yuan? What level is this Gfriend who has never heard of anything? Yuan keeps on performing even if he falls down. This new girl group actually boasts about it. This is not idol's Is it your duty? This group really knows how to market, and the road has turned dark!" and so on.
Anyway, it was Chi Jingyuan who used him as an example and argument, attacking and smearing the other party from the commanding heights.
Chi Jingyuan didn't know if the person who said these words was Aili, but he was really speechless when he saw it.
I feel like saying this will bring trouble to him.
"Forget it, let's not talk about them."
After taking a few bites, Jin Junmyeon took the initiative to change the topic: "Red Velvet's regular album is about to be released soon. I heard it will be released at 0:00 on the 9th..." He looked at his watch: "There is still more than an hour. Arrive. It’s time to take a look at their airborne results.”
"Brother, we are in Yucheng now, there is an hour time difference from Seoul."
Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan reminded him, and at the same time, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it. He found that Pei Zhuxuan sent him a text message while eating twenty minutes ago but he didn't see it.
But now he was too lazy to reply. He checked the time and put the phone back:
"There's still half an hour left."
…………
At midnight on September 9th, SM released red velvet's regular first album "The Red" on major music websites at home and abroad.
What everyone did not expect was that the performance of this album was unexpectedly good. After the album was announced, all ten songs were airborne on the inner ring of the melon chart. The title song "dumb dumb" was on many charts including the melon chart. It ranked first on the music source list, showing phenomenal attention and popularity.
The popularity of the entire album has even surpassed that of the most popular song "Show Me the Money 4", which has dominated the recent music charts. The song "Dumb Dumb" even surpassed the song that has occupied the top spot for three consecutive weeks for a while. "Rooftop Room" is number one on the list.
Although it is only for a certain period of time, it has already proved its popularity.
The song "Dumb Dumb" is also the first song among the fourth generation of new girl groups that debuted in the past two years to be released on the music source.
In addition, physical sales have exceeded 30,000. Overall, this result is really very gratifying.
However, some controversy soon arose. At Red Velvet’s comeback showcase, netizens discovered the clothes worn by Bae Zhuhyun and others and pointed out that the clothes were very similar to clothes from a French brand, and their clothes also appeared in the MV. After the two facts were confirmed, they were immediately labeled as plagiarism.
Plagiarism is still a very strict duty in the peninsula, and it can ruin the goodwill of passers-by.
But fortunately, SM has obviously been paying attention to the public opinions and reactions on the Internet. After the plagiarism controversy emerged, it immediately issued a clarification, saying that these clothes were bought by Cody from this brand, and then they made some changes to the members' images. Denied the plagiarism claims.
Controversy comes and goes quickly, and it has increased a lot of popularity.
Although gradually many people expressed their dissatisfaction with this album on the Internet, leaving comments such as 'What the hell, I can't understand the concept at all', 'The shape is so weird', 'A song is repeated dozens of times infinitely', 'Dumb dumb, don't you bother me? ' and other negative comments, but they can't stop the popularity of Ledbebe's return from rising.
Although there is still a big gap between them and the TOP-level girl groups, but when comparing all the new generation girl groups, Red Velvet's leadership position among the four generations of girl groups in this period has gradually become more and more obvious.
Seeing the success of red velvet's comeback and the vague trend of becoming a first-line girl group, Ji Kyung-won was actually quite happy for Bae Joo-hyun and the others, and even specially gave her, Kang Seul-ki, Son Seung-wan, and even Kim Ye-rin Sent a text message to congratulate.
However, after entering the comeback period, Ledbebe began to be busy with activities. The EXO concert was over. After returning to Seoul from Xia Kingdom, Ji Kyung-won did not see Bae Joo-hyun, who was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, for several days in a row. He just kept waiting. Arrived at "Music Bank" on the 11th.
…
"Hey, the goddess of peace is here?"
Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting on the sofa in the MC waiting room and watching the news on his mobile phone, just raised his head when he heard the knock on the door and saw Bae Zhuhyun who walked in wearing a gray cashmere sweater with black shorts and brown hair shawl. After looking the young lady up and down, he took the initiative to say hello with a smile.
"You, hahaha..."
When Pei Zhuxuan was about to say hello to him, she heard Chi Jingyuan's words. Her pretty face immediately burst into laughter like a flower blooming. Then she quickly covered her exposed white teeth with her hands and twisted them. He came closer and looked at him with bent eyes: "Have you seen it too?"
Because of the cooperation between SM and V APP, and to promote this comeback, red velvet also launched its own live broadcast project called 'Five Parties Satisfaction' on September 7 after EXO. It will be held in the near future Launched five live broadcasts to coordinate with the promotion of the APP and his album.
What Chi Jingyuan was talking about was that in the third live broadcast they conducted in the nanny car yesterday, when Bae Zhuhyun introduced herself, she was not only pretty but also jokingly said, "Hello everyone, I am Irene, the goddess of peace."
In Greek mythology, the name of the goddess of peace is Irene. I heard she is also very beautiful, so some of her fans like to call her that.
When Pei Zhuxuan heard what he said, he knew that Chi Jingyuan had watched their live broadcast yesterday. While he was a little shy, he naturally became happy all of a sudden.
"I watched the beginning and just saw the appearance of the goddess of peace."
Before work officially started, Chi Jingyuan motioned for her to sit on the sofa as he spoke: "But I have something to do later, so I didn't continue watching... But I watched 'Red Bean Ice Cream' two days ago, and I didn't even know Do you still like to eat this?"
The young lady did her first live broadcast two days ago. When she and the members went to a convenience store to buy snacks, she chose 'red bean ice cream', which is the favorite ice cream of the older generation of the peninsula. Those uncles and aunts like to eat ice cream, and she was still laughing behind her. She was so happy eating that she was teased by the members and the audience for a long time. Jiang Seulgi immediately put the title of 'ancient person' on her head.
"whee……"
But just watching their live broadcast made Pei Zhuhyun very happy. Although she mentioned the embarrassing incident, she was not annoyed at all. The young lady sat down on the sofa, folded her legs together, and looked a little charming. Jingyuan glanced at it: "I loved eating it when I was a kid. I bought it without thinking much after seeing it...Have you ever eaten it?"
"I've eaten it once and I thought it tasted pretty good."
Chi Kyung-won then greeted her manager who came in behind Bae Zhu-hyun, put his phone in his bag and asked casually: "Just finished walking to work? Did Seulgi and the others go to the lounge first?"
"Um."
Speaking of this, Pei Zhuhyun nodded, with a beaming smile of surprise and joy on his face: "We have a lot of fans here today. They were cheering for us all the way just now. Yesterday too, there were people on the roadside during the live broadcast. At the support, you also watched it, right? They are really enthusiastic."
"Of course, now you are the popular girl group Red Velvet."
"Hahaha……"
Chi Jingyuan blinked and pretended to be a little fan with an admiring expression. Pei Zhuhyun looked at him and patted him gently, giggling.
She obviously woke up early in the morning and was not in good spirits, but from the moment she walked into the waiting room, her smile never stopped and her whole person became brighter.
The staff hadn't informed them of the meeting yet, so the two simply talked about Red Velvet's comeback. According to her, the results this time made the five members surprised and excited at the same time. There were obviously a lot more fans who liked them. , I have been particularly energetic in running my schedule these days.
"Why do I feel..."
As he was talking, Chi Jingyuan glanced casually and saw the flesh on the side of Pei Zhuhyun's face. He tilted his head and stared at it for two seconds before asking tentatively: "Have you gained weight?"
"No way!"
When the young lady heard this, she immediately denied it as a reflex without even looking at it. Then she quickly opened the bag next to her and took out a small mirror as if she was a little worried. She took a careful look at her face, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. But he also frowned slightly:
"It's not fat! It's just a little edema on the face... I have a lot of schedule since my return and I haven't had much rest. I have been very tired these past few days. I went to bed very late last night and got up early this morning to do styling... It is still obvious after putting on makeup. Isn’t it ugly?”
She got close to the mirror and looked at it left and right, and finally asked Chi Jingyuan with some worry.
"It's not obvious. You have to be very close to barely see it."
Seeing her frowning and anxious look, Chi Jingyuan felt a little cute and funny in his heart. He leaned back and took a breath. His expression was lazy but he told the truth: "As for whether it's ugly or not... wait until your face becomes swollen again." When it’s more than a dozen times, it can almost be associated with this word.”
(End of chapter)
