"Halloween party?"
Chi Jingyuan looked over and found that the people sitting on the sofa were all looking at him. It was obvious that these people were chatting about this topic just now.
Since last year, SM has held a Halloween party every year on Halloween eve. Its artists who have time will dress up and cosplay into famous characters from movies or animations to gather for dinner and fun. There will also be idols as guest hosts, and there will be a few Some employees of the company, especially Lee Soo Man, usually attend activities and games.
It can be regarded as giving the artist a holiday and at the same time strengthening their relationship. SM's official SNS will also upload the photos taken afterwards to promote it.
This year's Halloween party will be held on the day after tomorrow on the 29th. Except for Park Chanyeol and Do Kyungsu who have personal schedules and cannot come, everyone else will be there.
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let's cosplay with any anime character, Luffy, Xiaozhi, Kojiro, etc. I happen to have their clothes before." Chi Jingyuan responded casually while changing his shoes: "The faceless man is actually It’s not bad, just put the clothes on the outside, it’s convenient and saves trouble.”
He came to this party mainly to join in the fun, but he didn't think about coming up with a shocking cosplay to attract everyone's attention. He still has some idol baggage, and he still can't do something too funny.
"Why don't you just cosplay Ace and go there with your upper body naked? It's definitely much more exciting than Luffy. All the female idols in the audience are staring at you."
As if he felt that Chi Jingyuan's idea was very ordinary, Park Chanyeol frowned and enthusiastically gave his opinion.
"I feel good!"
"Hahaha, Jingyuan doesn't do this. He doesn't even want to lift up his clothes during the concert."
"Besides, in this weather lately, even wearing a sweater feels cold. Wouldn't it be fatal to go bare-chested?"
As soon as this idea came up, several members nearby laughed immediately, some agreed and some opposed, but it seemed that they were quite looking forward to the party the day after tomorrow.
Seeing that Chi Jingyuan didn't express anything, Park Chanyeol was a little disappointed: "Oh, your cosplays are not creative at all. What a waste of opportunity. It's a pity that I have a schedule and can't go. If I could go..."
"Brother, who do you want to cosplay as?"
Chi Jingyuan, who walked in, turned to look at him and asked while walking towards the bathroom to wash his face.
This guy was in high spirits and proudly said his plan: "I have thought about it. When we hold a Halloween party next year, I will cosplay as Iron Man and I will definitely get the first place reward."
Every year at the party, an idol with the most interesting and eye-catching cosplay will be selected and given an 'Asia Travel Voucher' as a reward.
Chi Jingyuan looked at the excited and expectant expression on Park Chanyeol's face and found it interesting.
It turns out that besides having private meetings with various female idols, makeup artists and other members of the opposite sex, you also have this kind of hobby?
He applauded perfunctorily: "This is a great idea. I'll wait to see it next year."
…
After washing his face, Chi Jingyuan returned to his room.
As the year-end awards season approaches, all the idols in the music industry have become busy, and EXO is no exception. Their concerts starting at the end of the month, their Japanese debut next month, and their schedules until the end of the year are basically not Broken.
In addition to team activities, Chi Jingyuan needs to prepare carefully for the next audition of "Signal". What's even more troublesome is that the school has to start various assessments during the academic period. He can't watch it for several months. The level of the textbooks was a bit difficult to deal with a few times.
But there is no other way. After all, university degree is still very important, so I can only quickly find some time to cram for it.
Sighing, he pulled out the textbook from the side, forced his attention to focus, and started reviewing.
…
Two days flew by, and the Halloween party that many people were looking forward to was soon over.
SM organized this party very carefully. In addition to various preparations, they also made various Halloween-style decorations in the hotel lobby, creating a very strong atmosphere.
Because I am very busy at work, it is not easy to hold such an interesting party. In addition, the other participants are also familiar colleagues and seniors in the company, so most of the idols present are very attentive and dressed in all kinds of fancy clothes. Chi Jingyuan, who sat at the EXO table and looked around after arriving, was dazzled by the cosplay.
Pirate Captain Minho is really well dressed. The big braid and eyeliner really look a bit like Johnny Depp.
Kim Kibum and Onew dressed up as Ronald McDonald and KFC Grandpa respectively, Kim Jonghyun's Sesshomaru, Seohyun's witch, and Kai's clown all looked interesting.
Girls' Generation is a bit disappointing. All the seniors are already very old, and they all dressed up in Disney costumes, especially Yoona, who wore Mickey Mouse ears and a red bow on her head, and was dressed in gorgeous clothes. She dressed up like a princess in a red dress. Although it was low-cut, nothing could be seen, and her ambition to be cute was very obvious.
Not interesting.
In the end, I don’t know if it was true or not. Someone actually cosplayed as Ace at this Halloween party. TVXQ’s Changmin directly got some tattoo stickers and came in shirtless, which immediately aroused cheers from the audience. , Chi Jingyuan also felt that this cosplay was very powerful, and he clapped and cheered along.
Today, he cosplayed as Ash Ketchum in Pokémon. He chose the one from "Pokémon XY" that day, a blue vest with white edges, red and black gloves and shoes, and the logo on the hat. Xing's hat actually looks pretty good on him, especially when he turns the brim behind his head.
"quite handsome."
Pei Zhuxuan, who was sitting behind Chi Jingyuan, looked him up and down, his eyes sparkling, and he praised with a smile.
Each group basically sits at one table, and the red velvet table happens to be right next to EXO. EXO arrived first in the evening. When Ledebei arrived, the young lady glanced at it and acted very naturally. She tacitly pulled out the stool closest to Chi Jingyuan and sat down, and Chi Jingyuan also immediately The stools were tilted, creating a scene of sitting side by side.
"..."
Facing the compliment, Chi Jingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, as if it was a matter of course. When the young lady covered her mouth and giggled, she also looked back.
Today, Bae Joo-hyun wore a short-sleeved shirt with a white base and red sleeves, paired with denim shorts to create a missing-underwear look. A big red baseball cap with wings on both sides covered her head, making her face look much smaller. The final finishing touch The highlight is a pair of round-rimmed black-rimmed glasses placed on the bridge of the nose, which suddenly makes the whole person look cute.
"Arale?"
Chi Jingyuan instantly recognized the target of this sister's cosplay tonight. Not to mention, although her hair was not dyed purple, Pei Zhuhyun, who was wearing a big hat and big black-rimmed glasses, looked pretty good. It's really cute.
Another completely different style than usual.
"kiyo~" Chi Jingyuan nodded and praised.
Faced with Chi Jingyuan's compliments, Pei Zhuxuan also accepted them all. Although he didn't say anything, he shook his head with some enjoyment, and the two little wings on his head also moved left and right.
The two of them sat in this issue and looked around. After chatting in a low voice for a few words, she followed her curiosity and asked: "Who do you think is the best cosplayer today?"
"It's you."
"Haha." Pei Zhuxuan couldn't help laughing and rolled her eyes at him: "I'm serious...except for me."
"That……"
Chi Jingyuan looked around, and his eyes finally landed on Jin Yelin a few meters away: "Then I think it's Yelin. Her clothes really suit her so well."
This will make Jin Yelin look like a lot of movie characters wearing the iconic Hogwarts school uniform wizard robe in Harry Potter, paired with long brown curly hair.
At this time, she was holding a small broom in her left hand and a staff in her right hand. She was facing Luna in front of her, and she was casting unknown spells with several people biuing back and forth, grinning very happily.
"I also think Yelin looks good, kiyo~"
Pei Zhuxuan looked over and nodded to confirm. After a while, she thought about it, suddenly pulled out her phone and poked Chi Jingyuan with her elbow: "It's hard to cosplay once, let's take a picture."
"oh."
Chi Jingyuan came closer and bumped his shoulder against hers, but he still warned: "Don't send this kind of photo together."
"Do you need to say this? I saw it myself..."
…
After the party, SM's official account posted most of the photos taken tonight, including close-ups of artists' cosmos, to the Internet, which immediately attracted the eager attention of many fans.
Although Chi Jingyuan's Xiaozhi costume is good, it is not very conspicuous among the various other colorful and flashy cos, so he has received some "so handsome" from fans, and he looks like someone from an anime. category evaluation.
But I’ve heard this kind of rainbow fart so much that I actually don’t feel anything about it anymore.
After the Halloween party on the 29th, EXO took a flight with the team to Neon Kyushu Island early the next morning. From tomorrow on, they will start to focus all their energy on the activities in Neon for the next period of time. .
Starting from October 31st, in less than half a month, EXO will hold eight concerts, six of which will be in the dome.
As far as this neon debut is concerned, compared to releasing albums and recording some variety shows, both the company and EXO themselves are actually paying more attention to the concert that is about to start. This is their most important next step. Activity.
After the two-day concert in Fukuoka, Kyushu, on October 31st and November 1st, the EXO group flew to Tokyo to begin the final preparations for their debut and dome tour.
On November 2nd, among the major year-end award ceremonies in the music industry this year, the "MelOn Music Awards" was the first to be held, that is, MMA was the first to announce the list of guests who would hold the party on the 7th. However, after the list was announced, It caused quite a bit of controversy.
Because this year's MMA lineup is led by Big Bang, but EXO, which is at the peak of its popularity and popularity this year, was unexpectedly absent from the awards ceremony.
Although MMA officials and SM both explained through SNS that EXO was unable to participate in this year's MMA due to time conflicts due to confirmed overseas schedules, and expressed their sincere apologies to fans, it still made many viewers and fans a little dissatisfied. Some people instantly felt that this year's MMA was a bit dim.
Except for EXO, Girls' Generation did not have a stage, and no SM artists except red velvet were present, which made many SM fans extremely disappointed.
The numerous discussions on the Internet and many negative comments also made the organizers of the year-end parties clearly understand who is the trend this year, and MMA directly sent the TOP10 trophies to Yuan Zai Ni a few days in advance. Niji Tokyo's EXO, by the way, let them record an award-winning VCR.
"1, 2, 3, we are one, Anihasay, we are EXO."
Facing the camera, the five members waved and said hello, Chi Kyung-won stood beside him and smiled, and Kim Jun-myeon stood in the middle holding the trophy. Several people began to record their acceptance speeches in advance.
"We, EXO, are really happy to be selected as the top 10 of the 2015 MelOn Music Awards. We are really honored. Oh oh oh..."
Several people clapped and cheered together.
"Due to my overseas schedule, I'm really sorry that I can't be with you all. Not only us, Melon also has many outstanding junior and senior artists appearing. Please look forward to it..."
An award-winning video is not difficult. After the recording, several people and the MMA team watched it together. After confirming that there were no problems, the organizer's working group said goodbye.
"Ah, I can't go to this year's MMA. I wonder if the grand prize will be awarded to us."
After the MMA people left, several EXO members sat down with a sigh of relief. Kim Jongdae took the TOP10 trophy from the captain's hand, looked at it carefully, and asked a little worriedly.
What they recorded was for the top 10 awards. I don’t know if they can win the last three awards.
The organizers of these year-end awards ceremonies usually communicate with artists who have won other awards in advance and notify them. Then the management company and the artist will choose whether to allow the artist to attend based on whether they can win the award.
For example, EXO's TOP 10 this time, including Chi Jingyuan, we also know that red velvet has already booked the best dance award.
But the suspense of the three grand prizes will be left until the end, and the news will be spread if it is not realized.
EXO has been the winner of award shows since the second year after their debut. Awards such as TOP 10 have long been insignificant to them. If they can't win it, they will be in trouble.
This year, because of EXO's amazing results and becoming the top boy group, many members are actually full of ambitions for the year-end awards ceremony. Some people even thought about winning three major awards directly during the chat.
For most of the male and female groups in the music industry who can't even get a chance to win a major award, this ambition cannot be taken lightly, but many members think it is not impossible.
“You don’t have to think about it all.”
Chi Jingyuan also looked at the transparent trophy in Jin Jongda's hand and said directly: "Even if our results are better than Big Bang, it is impossible for the organizer to continuously award awards to a group that is not present. This kind of award-winning VCR records a That’s about it, and more is not appropriate. In this way, every time when an award is given, the person presenting the award will stand on top stupidly, and the person who won the award will not be there. It will be very embarrassing and become the butt of the joke.”
"And our results are good, and BigBang is not bad either. The sound source of "Bangbangbang" is so good, it is either first or second on the annual list."
"In this year's MMA, we will probably have a grand award. If nothing else, it should be 'Album of the Year'. Even if we are not present, this award cannot be given to Big Bang. No one can rival us in terms of sales. There is a gap." too big."
In the Korean music industry this year, in addition to the girl group battle in the summer, the highlight that attracts the most attention is naturally the peak battle between EXO and Big Bang. It can be said that the two top boy groups directly captured the majority of the audience's attention in the first half of the year. They are all attracted to it, and the men's group itself to a certain extent overshadows the women's group and can be met. If EXO is absent, this year's MMA should be dominated by Big Bang.
"Oh, what a pity."
Several people also understood this truth, but they still sighed with regret. Although they have won many grand prizes since 2013, who can have too many grand prizes?
Moreover, 2015 is an important year for EXO, who was dismissed by everyone after leaving the group last year due to the love scandal, but has returned to the top this year and even made further progress. Many members want to be proud of themselves at the year-end award ceremony.
It was still the problem of the MMA organizer, who insisted on opening MMA on the 7th. At that time, EXO was holding a dome concert in Tokyo, how could they make it back in time?
Chi Jingyuan looked at the somewhat disappointed members and felt amused. He stood up and stretched:
"If you can't go, don't even think about it. Let's wait for MAMA next month..."
…
After busy preparations, EXO officially released their neon debut album "boy with luv~~~romantic universe~" on November 4th
The first part of the album name refers to the title song "boy with luv", and the second part refers to the concept of the album and the included song "Love Me Right"
The suffixes and suffixes add up to a very long and very strange album title.
This was the name given at the suggestion of Ai Huifan.
EXO Neon naturally had to sign with a local company when it debuted. SM had a close relationship with Japan's Aihui many years ago, and all the activities of its artists in Neon were handed over to Aihui's company. However, it is said that when TVXQ split, the two The company had conflicts due to some issues. As a result, EXO's predecessors from the same company, including Girls' Generation, SHinee, and FX, did not sign Aihui for their Neon activities, but signed with Universal.
Recently I heard that it was Ai Hui who took the initiative to express his goodwill or something. This time EXO debuted and signed Ai Hui back. Their debut album and a series of subsequent activities in Neon were also signed by Ai Hui. arranged.
Several songs included in this debut album, such as "Boy with Luv" and "Love Me Right" have all had their lyrics rewritten, their parts reassigned, and their MVs re-shot. Especially the re-shot MV, its style is very similar to the original version. The difference between the two is so huge that it was almost completely overturned and a lot of scenes and settings were added that Chi Jingyuan couldn’t understand and couldn’t figure out the meaning of, such as being cool, being cute, or even pretending to be aloof.
Even some of the shapes look completely different from the original ones.
These were all designed by Ai Hui's side, and they swore that this style was popular here in Neon.
OK, you are a local snake, I listen to you.
He wasn't a producer anyway, and Chi Jingyuan didn't have many ideas.
Although it feels a bit strange, with EXO's reputation and popularity gained over the years, and the support of the song "boy with luv" which was already very popular in Neon, this debut album "boy with luv~ ~~romantic universe~" immediately topped the Oricon chart upon its release, selling 120,000 copies in just one day, breaking the record set by Jang Keun Suk in 2011 for a Peninsula artist's debut single album sales record.
This style has really become popular with great momentum.
(End of chapter)
