"Well, it's a new song. I think its popularity should be better..."
"Okay, I'll send it to you after I record the demo."
After hanging up, Chi Jingyuan called someone at the company to talk about the matter. Then he hung up the phone and stretched.
The communication went very smoothly. Although the program team and SM were a little curious about the sudden changes, there was no obstacle and they almost agreed. The Yinyin program team just said they wanted to listen to the demo, but SM He said there was no problem without even listening.
With the farewell stage confirmed, Chi Jingyuan settled a matter in his heart. He took a sip of water and looked down at the score of the song again.
This song "Dream" was an idea that suddenly came to his mind after watching two couples in a row yesterday. The form of the performance was similar to the singing couple he saw yesterday.
Although it was completed very quickly and did not take much time, the arrangement was actually not elaborate and was relatively simple, and could be played with just a guitar. But in terms of quality, in his opinion, it is definitely a male-female duet song that is above the standard.
And some of the lyrics were actually written based on his own real-life situations and thoughts.
Like...
"It's so beautiful. Today is just like yesterday..."
Looking at some words in the music score, Chi Jingyuan curled his lips as he remembered something, and then dismissed some other emotions. After checking the time, he picked up the music score and went to the recording studio, preparing to record a simple demo.
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"Juhyun, the company has informed you that your farewell stage in "Music Bank" has been changed. This is the score of the song. The parts have been divided. You should take the time to practice it..."
At night, the manager walked into red velet's practice room, called out Bae Zhuhyun, who had just finished practicing with the members, and handed her a stack of stapled documents.
"Has it been changed? Wasn't it announced in the morning that it was "45.7CM"?"
Pei Zhuxuan reached out and took it. She didn't look at it anxiously, but looked at it with a puzzled expression and strange eyes.
Early this morning, after the program team had communicated with the company, her manager informed her that the farewell stage was confirmed, and it was the song "45.7CM", and they also coordinated the time for joint training.
As for the song "45.7CM", which was not very popular, Bae Zhuhyun had never heard it before, so she went to the music source and listened to it several times...
However, she doesn't like this song very much.
The melody is actually pretty good, and the duet between a man and a woman is quite interesting, but in the song, the man and woman have a crush on each other, but they stick to their duties, and the lyrics are clear and never cross the line in the end. No matter how good the melody is, it sounds, I don’t know Why does it always make her feel a slight sense of depression in her heart.
She doesn't like it.
However, this should be the most suitable for a pair of on-screen CPs who are not real in the first place, exist in the dreams of fans and themselves, and are about to get off the train.
After seeing this song, I have always been a little dissatisfied with this MC collaboration. Crazy Wei fans who tolerated it just because their objections had no effect will probably be very happy.
She was a little self-deprecating in her heart, but she would not raise objections. She even found time to practice singing several times during the day, and by the end of the day she was already able to sing.
Unexpectedly, at night, the manager suddenly informed me that the stage song had been changed.
"Well, the company suddenly informed me that they have already communicated with the program team." The manager nodded and explained, and then he didn't know what he thought of, so he specifically mentioned: "I heard from the people at the company He said that changing the stage song was a suggestion from Chi Jingyuan..."
"He mentioned it?"
Pei Zhuxuan blinked in surprise, and immediately stopped asking any questions. Instead, he quickly lowered his head and took advantage of the time to read the music score in his hand.
《dream》
The title of this song is quite interesting.
After watching it for a while, she discovered that this was another song she had never heard of before, and it was different from "45.7CM", which she had never heard of but had heard of. From the title to the melody, , to the lyrics, she had no impression at all.
Just when she looked down, the manager next to her started talking: "This seems to be a new song, specially prepared for this stage... I can't understand it and don't know it very well, but I just talked to Director Li After chatting for a while, he said that the quality of this song was very good, but he felt that it was a bit of a waste to only use it for a special stage talk... I just don’t know if the sound source will be released later..."
After hearing the manager's words, Pei Zhuhyun's heart moved, her hands tightened at the same time, and her thoughts about watching the music suddenly changed.
Her eyes wandered among the lyrics, and finally stopped on one sentence, her eyelashes trembling slightly:
"I had a pleasant dream."
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After completing the song selection for the farewell stage and adding some arrangements to "Monster", Chi Jingyuan returned to the crew and started filming again.
Pei Zhuhyun should have already known about the stage change and received the new music score, but the two have not contacted each other in the past two days. Chi Jingyuan did not take the initiative to speak, and Pei Zhuhyun was uncharacteristically silent.
Chi Jingyuan noticed something unusual, but did not delve into it. The trip that was very important to Pei Zhuxuan was about to get off the bus. It was normal for her to have mixed emotions. Even Chi Jingyuan herself had a lot of troubles in her heart.
It would be nice to have some quiet time.
At the same time, because of the invitation from JYP, before Ji Kyung Won returned to the crew, he compiled some of the ideas he had compiled over the past few days about the song "cheer up" and made a production plan. He sent it to Park Jin Young via email, and then got Notice to attend a production meeting in a few days.
It is said that work on Twice's new album is about to begin.
In the past few days since he returned to the crew for filming, the commotion on the Internet has not calmed down, but has become more lively. After entering 2016, several eye-catching news appeared. In almost a week, last year Almost all the various lists of Kpop artists have been released. Some media and fans compiled the rankings of these lists and posted them online, which immediately attracted the attention of many fans and passers-by in the circle.
For example, last year's Melon annual list, which attracted the most attention, was also released, and the final ranking positioning was finally announced. .
The style of "Boy with Luv", one of the title songs of EXO's official album last year, is extremely popular among local listeners in the peninsula. In addition, it has been fed back by the achievements overseas, especially Ami's. The fragrance inside the wall has blossomed outside the wall, so the results It was a huge hit. It has occupied the top spot on the daily chart since its release and also won the monthly chart for two months. At the same time, it also ranked among the top on the annual chart one month later.
Bigbang's "bangbangbang" was not particularly popular when it was first released. At that time, some people did not like the song very much and gave many not-so-good reviews on the Internet. However, as word of mouth spread, the song's stamina continued. It is so powerful that it is unexpected. You can almost hear it in any nightclub or school party. Its unique effect of heating up the atmosphere has been sought after by many young people.
At the same time, the ranking of "bangbangbang" has been rising all the way on the annual list, and finally rushed to the top two together with "boy with luv", and opened a clear data gap with the following songs Odu. In the last two months It was a life-and-death fight for the number one spot on the annual chart. During this period, fans from both sides renewed their efforts and frantically refreshed each other's listening data. They both paid a lot of effort to get their title song to number one on the annual chart. effort.
Two songs that had been released for nearly half a year unexpectedly became the focus of everyone's attention at the end of the year. They are the only ones in recent years.
At the end of 2015, with the wide popularity of "Boy with Luv" and the strong fans as always, it finally surpassed "bangbangbang" and won the first place on the Melon Annual Chart in 2015. At the same time, this is also a group under SM Corporation. It has been six years since it topped Melon's annual chart again. The last time was Girls' Generation's "GEE" in 2009. For a boy group that has always had a poor sound source, EXO and this song can be regarded as a milestone. It's history.
But Chi Jingyuan is a little bit surprised, because the number one song in 2014 was still his, Yuan and Suzy's "some". This first place does not have many substantial benefits other than proving that this song is relatively popular and many people like to listen to it.
After the two competing songs "boy with luv" and "bangbangbang" are followed closely by NAUL and several other essential singers, then the sixth "loser", the seventh "Spring Day", and the eighth "Baebae", "Rooftop Room" at tenth, "Call Me Baby" at eighteenth and "Orientation Sniper" at twenty-five.
All the songs released by the two groups EXO and Bigbang from their respective albums are on the list. The two groups occupy eighteen positions in the TOP100. If you add some related collaboration songs, there will be even more. Basically, every few songs will be included. Their names appear, especially the more frequently they appear, the further forward they look, the more frequent they are. When it comes to the most important top ten positions, the two groups directly occupy five places, which is jaw-dropping.
EXO, bigbang, XXXX, XXX, bigbang, EXO…
You can see a series of the same names at a casual glance on the list. Such a strong performance immediately shocked many people. The girl groups with strong music sources in the past were directly squeezed out here, and there was no one in the top ten. .
"Isn't this too strong?"
"Didn't you say that the boy band's sound source is not good? What's going on?"
The performance of the two groups dominating the charts instantly made people wonder, could it be that the heyday of boy groups is coming?
However, after careful study, people found that it is not that the girl group performed poorly, but that the sound source of the girl group is still very good. Several songs by Sistar, AOA, and EXID are much better than those of other boy groups.
At the same time, it’s not like a boy group event is coming, because most other boy groups’ sound sources are still a mess, and Shinee’s hit song “VIEW” is right at the bottom of the list.
It's just that the two groups EXO and Bigbang were too strong last year. In this year of Kpop's blooming, they performed at a level and performance that far exceeded others.
Bigbang's sound source has always been excellent, and EXO's explosion throughout the year has really refreshed people's perception of them.
In addition, there are some questionnaire-type lists. For example, in several surveys by Gallup, which has strong credibility, among the TOP10 most popular idols, Park Chanyeol ranked seventh and was the second person from EXO to make the list. Ji Kyung-won ranked second and narrowly lost to the exaggerated IU Lee Ji-eun, who had the best national reputation, by 1%, while GD G-Dragon Ji-yong ranked third.
There are still only two male group members, EXO and Big Bang, in the top ten of this list.
In addition, this is still the case in various rankings such as the most popular songs and the most popular singers (groups). Even these two boy groups are at a comprehensive disadvantage in some idol groups and the essential singers dominate the rankings. You can still put a foot in there.
It feels like they are everywhere.
It can only be said that in 2015, the year when Kpop reached its peak, both EXO and Big Bang achieved brilliant results. Although XO had the advantage in head-on collisions and some competitions, these two groups were tied with the third place. It opened up a gap like a gap, and made other male and female groups who also had very good results and had good songs become mere foils.
Maybe the existence of other groups made Kpop more exciting in 2015, but the protagonists are obviously not them.
Years later, when those new-generation groups replace today's various groups, are wildly sought after by still enthusiastic fans, and become the new darlings on camera and stage, looking back at 2015 many years ago, you can still instantly hear the sound of those groups that were once at their peak. a name.
Or a name.
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On the 8th, the drama of the past few days came to an end. Chi Jingyuanlu followed the team to Incheon International Airport, preparing to fly to Singapore for a two-day, two-consecutive second tour concert.
EXO's second tour started in March last year, and it has been almost a year since New Year's Eve. It has already visited several major countries in East Asia.
However, this second tour, which has made SM and EXO members a lot of money themselves, is almost over. There are still a few countries left in Southeast Asia, and then Ami and Canada will start their tour in February. .
Originally, in the initial second tour plan, EXO only had three tours in America, and the venues were not too big. Two venues had a capacity of 15,000, and one venue in Chicago only had 5,000 seats. The planning was very conservative, basically just to test the waters and expand the market.
However, with the release of the album in the middle of the year and the hit song "BWL", Chi Jingyuan and the others' popularity and number of fans here have increased at a speed visible to the naked eye. When the company saw this situation, they immediately changed their original plan. , three more games were added directly to the original three, and the three venues were all with a minimum of 15,000.
The tickets sold very well, and they were sold out quickly after they went on sale. There was even a shortage of tickets.
For the entire Kpop industry today, artists who can hold tours in Ame, hold several shows in multiple places with tens of thousands of people, and still sell out their tickets are really rare, and now they are EXO.
Sitting in the quiet waiting room, he was a little bored. After watching the news for a while, Chi Jingyuan opened the V APP and found that there was a photo of Jing Nan in the live broadcast pushed to him. After clicking on it, he found that the other people in twice were not there. She There was a person doing a live broadcast of the game.
"...So let's play this game together today..."
"...Does the peninsula also have those egg-like electronic pets? Yes, maybe, haha... I have a lot of small game consoles, such as Super Mario, I have also played this... I really have played a lot of games..."
Najing Nan was talking to himself in front of the camera in a slightly embarrassed manner. From time to time, he adjusted the burgundy bangs that hung like curtains in front of his forehead. He looked obviously a little nervous. After talking a lot, I opened my laptop and started playing games.
But after watching Chi Jingyuan for a while, I could see that she must have accepted a game endorsement. This live broadcast was also for advertising and promotion, but seeing that she was very skillful in operating her character, I didn’t know. Not specially trained.
But what’s interesting is that I don’t know if Mingjing Nan has no experience in advertising. After watching Chi Jingyuan for a long time, I didn’t even know the name of the game she was endorsing. This girl didn’t mention it once, she was very involved in it. While playing there, I occasionally let out two embarrassing cheers for business purposes.
This ad was made...
"Jingyuan, what are you looking at?"
I don’t know how to attract the attention of the people next to me. Park Chanyeol, who was sitting tighter and also a little bored, came over and looked at Chi Jingyuan’s screen. The sound also alerted Oh Sehun and Kim Junmyeon on the left. People also glanced this way.
"Oh, the live broadcast..." After Park Chanye saw it clearly, he gave Chi Jingyuan a strange look: "Do you still like to watch the girl group's live broadcast?"
"I'm bored. I came across this while scrolling through the feeds." Chi Jingyuan was a little tired, so he explained truthfully, and then exited Mingjing Nan's live broadcast room.
However, although he quit, Mingjing Nan in the live broadcast seemed to arouse the interest of several people nearby. They no longer looked at Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone, but started chatting among themselves:
"Isn't this person the one from Twice? That Neon member, what's his name..."
"It seems to be called Mina..." Wu Shixun was a little unsure.
"It's called Mina. In fact, among the new girl groups that debuted this year, Twice is one of the ones with better average looks, such as Nayeon and Tzuyu..."
The person who knew him best was obviously Park Chanyeol. He spoke with a familiar look. He paused when he mentioned Zhou Ziyu, glanced at Chi Jingyuan, patted him and then said, "Several people are..." It's pretty good-looking, but I feel like this mina is average..."
He looked at Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone screen, which had exited the live broadcast room and the APP, and after thinking about it for a while, he began: "It's not very conspicuous in the group, and the red hair looks quite strange, and there are many moles on the face, which makes it look awkward. A neon man...sigh..."
Park Chanyeol talked for a while, and finally shook his head with a pout, feeling that his impression of Mingjingnan was not very good.
He has said several times before that in Twice, he thinks the most eye-catching ones are Lin Nalian and Zhou Ziyu...
After commenting on it, he felt it was not enough. He remembered Chi Jingyuan who had just watched Mingjingnan's live broadcast, and looked over with curious eyes, "Jingyuan, what do you think of this Neon member?"
"..."
Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and glanced at him, then picked up his phone and looked through it again. He seemed to have no intention of answering.
But in his heart he couldn't hold back from cursing.
Just the opposite of you, idiot.
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After more than four hours of flight, we arrived at Singapore Changi Airport. After a night of resting in the hotel, the EXO group arrived at the tour venue, the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the next day.
However, this time the concert did not go as smoothly as before, but something bad happened.
During the second performance on the 10th, Kim Jong-in suddenly changed his movements during the "Call me baby" stage in the middle and sprained his ankle. After he forced himself to dance the song, he couldn't hold on anymore, and was quickly carried away by the members. At that time, the audience in the audience screamed with worry and panic.
After years of dancing practice, many members of EXO have suffered a lot of injuries, and Ji Kyung-won is no exception. Kim Jong-in also has an old problem with his right ankle. He felt a little uncomfortable during practice in the morning. , but I didn’t pay much attention to it because I often do it, so I didn’t expect that something went wrong in the middle of the performance.
Fortunately, Chi Jingyuan and the others have specially practiced the stage moves and formations of eight or even seven people, just to deal with emergencies when someone cannot appear on stage. After Kim Jong-in's stance, they immediately comforted the audience, Then eight people insisted on completing the performance.
Because of an unexpected situation, the manager sent Kim Jong-in to the local hospital directly after the concert. After a brief check to make sure there was no major problem, no diagnosis and treatment was done. He took the group back to Seoul overnight, and then After re-examination at a hospital that cooperates with SM in Seoul, the final result was that Kim Jong-in had problems with his ankle and Achilles tendon, and he would have to rest for at least three to four weeks. It is estimated that he will not be fully recovered.
But fortunately, if he is injured now, he will be able to catch up with the preparation of EXO's new album when he recovers almost. It is a blessing among misfortunes that he will not miss the comeback, but they have already prepared for the Seoul Music Festival in a few days. Several important stages such as the Grand Prix and the Golden Record Awards need to be rehearsed, which is quite troublesome.
On the second day after returning to Seoul, SM announced the news that member Kim Jong-in was injured. While fans outside were concerned, Ji Kyung-won came to the practice room prepared by the company.
He knocked lightly and pushed it open. Then he saw Pei Zhuxuan who was also looking over.
