The four major fashion weeks every year attract a large number of media, artists, fashion editors, brands, buyers and guests. They will gather in these fashion cities during this period to jointly perform the most lively show in the fashion industry. show.
This year's Milan Fashion Week started on the 23rd. Chi Jingyuan arrived here two days in advance. Before he even checked into the hotel he had booked, he could already feel the noise and quietness of this city from the inside out. The kind of temperament where classic and modern are intertwined.
Maybe for a city, this is a kind of fashion.
Due to the shortage of resources, SM's team actually doesn't have much experience in preparing and designing for artists to participate in fashion weeks in Europe and the United States. Therefore, several accompanying staff seemed a little nervous in their seriousness and enthusiasm, but Peninsula Seoul's SM artists at Fashion Week are also regulars, so they won’t be at a loss if they learn from others. In addition to helping Chi Jingyuan select the brand invitations he received, they also saw some seniors’ experience in watching shows, and kept giving him some knowledge.
For example, the venues for watching shows are generally very crowded, with many people and few seats. When watching a show, it is best to keep your calves tightly together or cross your legs. The same is true for men.
Especially if you are sitting in the first row, remember to keep your feet close and not block the camera.
For example, Chi Jingyuan was actively invited by the Gucci brand. He is considered to be the most valuable among the invited artists. If there is no problem, he can have a few words with the brand's designers and design directors.
For example, as an artist, he must always maintain a straight posture and perfect facial expression management even when watching a show, because there will always be cameras filming him from nowhere.
Especially when you are sitting with other artists or taking photos together, you need to pay more attention to these, because if you are not careful, your expression management will be slightly poor, plus the other party may not be able to retouch the picture, and the four-corner distortion of the lens will make you look back. If you appear in other artists' press releases, you will look ugly and become the target of ridicule, bullying, and rejection by the same group.
This is the most important thing to pay attention to...
After two days of preparation, the 2016 Spring/Summer Milan Fashion Week officially started. At that moment, the whole city seemed to become lively.
While walking on the streets and in the venue with his manager, Chi Jingyuan also looked at the people coming and going around with interest. Although he didn't actually know much about fashion, he knew how to read people.
Those who attend fashion week can clearly tell what they are doing by their clothes, demeanor and expressions.
For example, most designers wear casual and comfortable clothes, usually cotton T-shirts and a pair of old sneakers. Unconventional hairstyles and oversized sunglasses are must-haves. They like to hold a mobile phone and coffee in their hands. They are busy moving back and forth between the various workstations in the venue, and they will chat with you from time to time.
And those who have an absolute height advantage, and most of them wear dark clothes that are close to the body and show off their body curves, must be models. There are black, yellow, white and various skin colors. If they are not preparing for a catwalk the day after tomorrow, they are usually either in the corner. He smokes, or only takes the time to eat some fruits and salads to replenish energy. He usually keeps a cold face and maintains a high-class world-weary temperament. Only when chatting privately with fellow sisters can you see some smiles and warmth.
And those who dress extremely fashionable and beautiful and kill all kinds of films as soon as they appear on the stage must be celebrity artists from various countries. As soon as they appear, they face various cameras with a standard sunny smile or a standard cold expression, whether it is expression management or eyes. Their postures are so perfect that people can't escape from their faults. Compared with watching a show, they pay more attention to showing off themselves.
There are also media people whose bags are stuffed with invitation cards for various brand conferences, who are updating their SNS every second, holding all kinds of information in their hands, and busy brand public relations people who are just here to watch. Shows off, wears fashionable and luxurious clothes, enjoys the brand's meticulous care, and has top VIP customers who specially occupy the space for every drink.
There are even many fashion passers-by who wear fancy clothes and hang around outside the show, but never go in, just to be photographed by street photographers.
Everyone performed their duties and made this show a prosperous one.
Don't look at the clothes, just look at the people and I feel really wonderful.
Chi Jingyuan also met his eldest sister Chi Xianjing. As a top VIP customer, her eldest sister would receive regular invitations from brands every year when there are such shows. However, although she is a loyal customer of these luxury brands, But she was too lazy to come because of work reasons before, but this year, maybe because of Chi Jingyuan, she also flew over to watch the show with a few friends she knew.
After the eldest sister arrived in Milan, Chi Jingyuan went over to have a meal with her and chatted for a while. Under her introduction, he met the ladies and friends who came with her, and was teased a lot.
However, he also has his own work, and Chi Xianjing also has his own arrangements. After making an appointment to have a meal together next time, the siblings will go their separate ways.
As a heavyweight brand of Milan Fashion Week, GUCCI is the opening show this time, which is also the main purpose of Chi Jingyuan’s visit this time. While waiting at the venue, as expected, he was invited by the brand I met the newly appointed design director of GUCCI and chatted for a while with this man named Alessandro Michele who has made huge changes in the brand as soon as he took office and is widely praised in the industry.
This design director has very eye-catching shawl hair and a big beard. When paired with a bright contrasting woolen coat, you can tell at a glance that he is a professional in the fashion industry.
From his attitude, Chi Jingyuan could tell that Michele might really be optimistic about him as rumored, but because there were so many people to communicate with and many people were queuing behind him, we didn't chat for too long.
In fact, apart from completing the work of the brand, the biggest purpose of the several-day trip to watch the fashion week shows is to take photos and send them back to the peninsula for SM people to send out to the fans and passers-by there. However,
On Chi Jingyuan's side, he was dazzled by countless colorful and exotic styles of clothes, which made him feel dizzy sitting in the show.
To be honest, he really doesn't have much interest in fashion and these clothes. In fact, he spends most of his time looking at people.
What impressed Chi Jingyuan the most in the past two days was the second day of fashion week. He attended a brand show and was sitting in the second row waiting for the show to start. A blinding Asian girl walked in from outside. .
She was wearing a very bright red suit and wearing strange heart-shaped sunglasses in the dark room of the show. She immediately became the focus of the audience as soon as she entered. She walked to the VIP area in the first row and greeted the guests one by one. She used greasy gestures and an exaggerated laugh to attract the reporters' cameras. Then she hugged the guests one by one, took photos, and took a bunch of photos. , and finally disappeared before the show started.
Chi Jingyuan was amazed by the series of actions. The guests didn't know whether they knew each other or not, but they behaved like celebrities socializing.
As expected of the fashion industry, it always creates an atmosphere where 'everyone is famous'.
As for this woman who is grazing the camera, she will probably post on her SNS in a few minutes that she will take photos with celebrities or be invited to participate in a certain fashion week.
In addition, he also saw many well-known celebrities. There were also many Asian artists. Some were invited by brands, some were invited by the media, and some came to show themselves at their own expense. In comparison, there were not many from Peninsula. There are several, and the most celebrities come from Xia Kingdom. The latter's fashion resources are obviously much better.
But no matter what, standing here and taking photos is a victory.
Chi Jingyuan didn't finish the seven-day fashion week. After watching GUCCI's opening show and making a private appointment to communicate with him, he was fine. He stayed for two days and watched several other brands' shows. , after showing his face, he bought a plane ticket and left Milan early.
After returning to Seoul, I took a short break and spent half a day accepting interviews with several fashion magazines. I then returned to the company for a meeting. After discussions and checking the progress of the work, it was officially determined that Kim Taeyeon’s solo debut will be in October. On the 14th of the month.
Originally, the company expected to debut a little earlier, choosing a time in the first week of October. However, some work on the later stages of the album was delayed, resulting in it not being completed as expected. Therefore, after discussion, Taeyeon The debut date has been delayed by one week.
But the impact is not big. After the "Love" promotion in the past few days, the popularity and expectations of this solo album have been raised to a very high level. Postponing it for a few days is just to whet the appetite of fans for a few more days.
After the album has been produced, Chi Jingyuan no longer needs to worry about the subsequent series of work. His task as a producer has been completed, so he does not need to be too involved in the subsequent related work.
After the discussion, Chi Jingyuan, who had just landed not long ago, boarded the plane again and flew to Fiji. He met up with the EXO group who had been here two days ago and started shooting the photo album that the company planned to release in a while.
Due to the popularity, fans are eager for all XO peripherals, and they have been clamoring for a photo album for a long time. This time, SM saw the fans' eagerness and the good market, and made the plan.
The time for this photo shoot is not tight and is more relaxed. From the perspective of EXO members, this photo shoot trip can be regarded as half work and half holiday travel. It is almost the same as team building. It is quite pleasant to take photos and swim every day.
Although flying is really uncomfortable, the scenery and climate in Fiji are really good. The seaside villa SM booked for EXO is also very stylish. Except for the fact that there are so many bugs that make Chi Jingyuan disgusted, the rest is really good. 's vacation spot,
Chi Kyung-won also had a very leisurely four days of fun with the members. At the end of September, he finished the photo shoot and returned to Seoul. After such a relaxing trip, as expected, EXO will start to get busy. After arriving in Seoul After putting things away in the meeting dormitory, everyone was dragged to the company for a meeting.
EXO's planning for this year's winter special will officially begin.
The winter special has become a signature of EXO and has been held since the second year of their debut. This year XO has such a strong momentum that they will not be absent.
Because this year has completely reversed the decline of last year, and the popularity is soaring that it means to reach the top. The company will naturally strike while the iron is hot. Unlike last year's perfunctory, they will return to the winter special album from last year's winter single, which is to say, return to the mini album. scale.
Preparations actually started more than a month ago. However, unlike last year's winter single, Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to come up with a sincere song like "Let It Be". This time, Chi Jingyuan did not join in the song selection after the company inquired, so All song selections were done by SM’s team, and EXO members did not participate much.
"Pick up my old worn-out guitar and the unspoken confession."
"And the words choked in my throat but not spoken."
"..."
"You're unfair!"
"Is it selfish? Just stop it."
"..."
Before introducing the album plan in detail, all the members first listened to the five songs selected by the company from beginning to end in this winter special. Some of them had been heard before and some had been commented upon, while others were It’s the last song that was included in the album and I haven’t heard much about it yet.
The most important among them is naturally the double hits that have been confirmed for this winter special, "Sing for You" and "Unfair"
"It sounds unexpectedly good."
After listening to all the demos of the included songs, especially the two title songs, Chi Jingyuan’s eyes lit up, he nodded his head and couldn’t help but praise: “The styles are completely different, one is warm and melodious, and the other is lively and lively, both are very good. Great."
EXO's winter specials have been of high quality since they first appeared. The 2013 winter album included several popular songs, such as "December Miracle", "First Snow" and "Christmas Day", which have become popular among fans. The classic songs in it are still very popular to this day, especially "First Snow". Since its release in 2013, according to the peninsula people's habit of listening to songs according to the seasons, it will return to the music list every winter. .
The same is true for 2014's "Let It Be", and it is even more popular overseas than at home.
And these songs included this year have lived up to the good reputation of EXO's previous winter albums. At least Chi Jingyuan feels that the quality of these songs comes first.
"Not bad, pretty good."
"Wow, I feel like the song "Unfair" is so cheerful. The stage must be interesting..." Several other members were also a little surprised and expressed their opinions.
"Jingyuan, which of the two title songs do you like better?" Kenzie, who was sitting in the front seat, looked at Chi Jingyuan and asked curiously.
Kenzie is also a member of the production team for this winter special, and she wrote the lyrics for the title song "Sing For You".
"My favorite song would probably be "Sing for You". The melody and lyrics are both excellent."
Chi Jingyuan pondered for two seconds and then said. After seeing Kenzie couldn't help laughing after hearing this, he added: "But in terms of stage effect, I think "Unfair" might be better. I also like this very much." The style makes people happy as soon as they hear it..."
"alright……"
After chatting, the representative in charge of the support meeting clapped his hands and started talking about the business: "This time the XO winter special contains a total of five songs, the double hits "Sing for You" and "Unfair", and "Girl x Friend" , "LIGHTSABER" and "on the snow" are three very popular songs, in terms of MVs"
"The album's tentative title is "Sing for You", which is the same name as the title song."
"The song "LIGHTSABER" is the company's cultural cooperation with the American film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and is the official promotional song prepared for its release on the peninsula, so it will be produced first. Also, this song is in The lyrics for the rap stage have not been finalized yet. For publicity reasons, we are leaving it to you. Kyung-won and Chanyeol, who among you is interested?" The representative looked at Chi Kyung-won and Park Chanyeol who were sitting next to them and were listening carefully. .
There are many people in EXO who like to write songs, but they are the only ones who have rap skills as well as creative desires.
"Brother Chanyeol, come on." Chi Jingyuan glanced at Park Chanyeol, whose face was obviously moved, and took the initiative to recommend him.
If it was a complete song, he would still be interested and just write a rap lyric.
"OK, come on, Chanyeol. Your manager will inform you later. First, go watch the original film to find inspiration...":
Park Chanyeol nodded slightly to him with gratitude in his eyes, and then officially decided.
"In addition to "Sing for You", this song will also be filmed with a special MV to coordinate with the movie promotion, and will be announced when the movie is released in November. It will not share the promotion and release time with the winter special, but will be included in the album as a track. inside……"
"By the way, the Busan Film Festival in two days will arrange for us to have an exchange with the crew of "Star Wars". Suho, please remember to take a few photos and upload them to SNS. It can be regarded as a gimmick and warm-up. Let your agent know the details. s arrangement."
"knew."
"As for the other songs..."
"This winter special is as usual, there will still be two versions, Korean and Chinese, so the task is very heavy..."
"The scheduled release time is mid-December. You will debut in Neon in November. You will also have a lot of schedule in the peninsula at the end of the year, so the time is still very tight. After the meeting, the production of the album will officially begin. I hope you all have good wishes. Come join the work with urgency, come on."
"Inside!"
…
After the meeting, the work on the winter special officially started. After having been idle for most of September, EXO also started to work hard after October, and regained the busyness that a top idol should have.
In addition to the winter special, work on Neon's debut album is also in progress at the same time. The trial version of the Japanese version of "love me right" was also released on Neon's website on October 2, and a series of other preparatory work , such as the Neon group show "EXO Channel", pictorials and introduction magazines "EXO JAPAN OFFICAL BOOK VOL.2" are also continuously released on Neon according to predetermined plans. .
The behind-the-scenes work makes people overwhelmed with work. As the end of the year approaches, their normal schedule suddenly increases. In addition to the 20th Busan Film Festival at the beginning of the month, there are several concerts that require EXO throughout early October. Performing on stage, AFF Hallyu Festival on the 4th, ONE K concert on the 9th, EXO-L concert on the 10th, Busan Asian Music Festival on the 11th...
It can only be said that EXO's popularity and status have reached that point. Nowadays, whenever there is a large-scale Kpop event such as this kind of concert, if XO is not invited, people will always feel that something is missing, which will make people unconscious. I think the level of this event is not high...
But this kind of activity is the most time-consuming. As long as there is such a concert to attend, basically the whole day is gone. In the morning, you have to go to the venue to wait, put on makeup in the afternoon, rehearse, and perform in the evening. Go back to the company and work overtime.
It is worth mentioning that the concert on October 10th is not a concert organized by outsiders, but EXO's own solo performance, the full name is "EXO-Love CONCERT in DOME". As the name suggests, this time it is for gratitude and repayment. This is a special thank you performance organized by EXO-L, a fan of XO, for their long-term support to their idols. It is not part of the second tour.
The special thing about this performance is that the venue of the concert is the Gocheok Dome Stadium in Guro District, Peninsula, commonly known as Gocheok Dome.
Gocheok Dome is the peninsula's first large-scale dome stadium, which is also the first 'dome'. However, it is a dome, and its full capacity is only more than 20,000 people. Compared with several well-known domes in other countries, The capacity is slightly smaller.
But the dome is a dome, and it is already very impressive.
As for EXO, a Kpop boy group that held a solo concert at the Gocheok Dome after it was completed on September 16 this year before it was officially opened to the public, it can be regarded as creating an amazing history of Kpop idol groups.
Working in front of the camera and behind the scenes at the same time, Ji Jingyuan, who was busy and fulfilled every day, felt that time flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, it came to the night of October 13th, which was the day before Kim Taeyeon's solo debut and the release of the sound source.
At this time, he followed his manager to SM COEX, a studio that the company had built.
After a while, Kim Taeyeon will have a live broadcast on the V APP before her official solo debut, and as the producer and title song feat, Ji Kyung-won will be a guest in one of the sessions.
