The exo-m team flew to Thailand on April 12th to prepare for the platter concert to be held on the 13th.
Team K stayed on the peninsula.
Although there is only Team M, this is the first time that EXO officially appeared on the live broadcast stage after more than three months.
The last public stage was at the Seoul Music Awards on January 31st.
Although the song performed this time is still "Mama", anyone who pays attention to EXO can see that the hairstyles and makeup of the members of Team M have all changed. They look very different from last year's debut, and they are much more eye-catching.
Although few passers-by paid attention, it caused a sensation among the fan club.
The official change of makeup means that EXO is getting closer and closer to its return. Many EXO fans have become active. Fans who have been hiding for a long time have bubbled up in the group chat to express their expectations for the idol's return.
After finishing their platter concert on the 13th, Team M rushed to Xia Kingdom to record a stage that would be a hit on the music charts.
At this time, Chi Jingyuan, who was lazing in the practice room with the members of Team K, suddenly received a message on his mobile phone:
"If you have time, come out for a meal."
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Looking at Zheng Endi sitting opposite him, drinking soju, Chi Jingyuan sighed softly.
Since Team M is not here, there is no point in K practicing by himself. The album preparation progress has exceeded the company's expectations, and I suddenly have a lot of free time these days.
Chi Jingyuan, who had time, made an appointment with the time and place after receiving the text message.
The appointment was made at a small restaurant in Mapo District. The store was small and the decoration was average.
When we met, Jung Eun Ji didn't look very good. After ordering, he asked, "Why did your hair get dyed like this?" and then started to complain.
It turns out that one of the members of apink, Hong Yukyung, is leaving the group.
I heard Zheng En say that it was because the other party and the company had differences on some matters, and the parents intensified the conflict when communicating with the company. In the end, they got into a big fight, and the two parties could not reconcile, so they had to withdraw from the group.
She was obviously not in a good mood at this time and was a little depressed.
Maybe it has something to do with the sudden withdrawal of Hong Yu-kyung, the younger sister with whom she has a better relationship, but it is more due to confusion about the future of her group.
The withdrawal of a member from the group is a huge harm to any group in Peninsula, even if it is a marginal and unpopular member.
Unless your group itself has no popularity, and no one has even heard of your group's name, and a few people don't know it, then there's no loss at all.
Although apink debuted and won all the rookie awards, it has been quiet and unpopular in the past year. The results of its recent two comebacks were not great. Suddenly another member quit, and the prospects of the group suddenly became bleak.
Zheng Eunji, who came from the countryside of Busan, has always been very enterprising. After hearing the news, he has been in a bad mood recently. I happened to have free time today, so I went to Chi Jingyuan to chat and express his emotions.
She didn't want to hear any comfort, she just wanted to find a relative who could talk to her about anything to vent her emotions.
Zheng Eunji had a good drinking capacity. He drank several bottles one by one, and his face gradually turned red. After drinking several glasses of wine and talking on the phone, his mood seemed much better.
"Are you drinking?"
Zheng Enchi blinked and asked, then patted his head: "Oh, I forgot, you are not an adult yet."
"I'm not from the Peninsula, and I've drank alcohol since I was very young, but I don't really want to drink today. By the way...are you an adult?"
Jung Eun-ji is one year older than him and will become an adult this year, but the peninsula coming-of-age ceremony has not yet arrived.
And judging from how proficient she is in drinking, it’s probably not just a day or two.
"Privately, no one cares about it. This store is opened by a friend of mine...and who really didn't drink until he became an adult. Have you ever seen him?"
Zheng Endi waved his hand and explained.
She is right. As a big drinking country, the peninsula stipulates that minors are not allowed to drink, but not many people actually abide by it. In recent years, the management has not been strict, and many supermarkets sell alcohol blatantly.
EXO often drinks some in private, but as artists, they must not be exposed, as it will have a bad impact, so they need to be careful to drink more secretly.
Chi Jingyuan curled his lips and took two bites of rice.
He had been listening to Zheng Eun's complaints before and waited for her to feel better before he started eating. In fact, he was quite hungry.
"Have you been in contact with Naeun recently?" After the normal reply, Zheng Eunji started chatting casually.
"no, what happened?"
Chi Jingyuan swallowed a mouthful of rice, looked at her and asked calmly.
"Aisi, you are really..."
Seeing the other party's indifferent face, Zheng Eunji couldn't help but cursed: "She is probably still thinking about you... Recently, the company contacted MBC for the variety show "We Got Married". The first choice was Naeun, but she didn't seem to be very interested.
Want to go."
"Later, the company considered that participating members would be severely attacked by the male's fans, and Naeun's own endurance was not very strong, so they finally decided to let other members participate."
"By the way, the man should be a member of Shinee."
"so……"
Chi Jingyuan nodded and commented as a bystander: "I've watched a little bit of this variety show, and it's quite boring. It's good not to go. And Shinee's fans are indeed quite crazy. It's great to be on this show with them."
The program must have been criticized very badly, and the gain outweighs the loss."
"You didn't..."
Zheng Enchi asked tentatively.
"..." Chi Jingyuan shrugged and said nothing.
Zheng Endi already knew Chi Jingyuan's character, so he didn't say anything more. After eating for a while, he talked about his return.
"You guys are coming back, wow. I didn't look carefully just now. Your hair color is really unique." Zheng Endi's eyes focused on Chi Jingyuan's hair again.
"Well, the end of May, how about you?"
"This happened right after we started planning. Now we have to redo some choreography. It should wait until July or August."
"Come on.
"Nai, I hope we can all succeed in our comeback this time, fighting!"
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As time enters May, the date for EXO's official comeback is getting closer and closer.
In late April, the preparations for the album were basically completed, and the members were much more relaxed during that time than before.
However, after entering May, they suddenly became nervous again and resumed practicing until late every day.
The return time has been determined. The group's comeback promotional photos will be released online on the 16th, and the members' individual concept makeup photos will be released on the 17th and 19th.
A teaser video will be released on the 23rd, and the band will return to its original stage with a performance at m!countdown on the 30th. The sound source will be officially released on June 3rd.
The company will also formally invest a large amount of resources in publicity during this period to carry out various hypes and warm-ups before the return.
As the return time gets closer and closer, the tension in my heart becomes stronger and stronger. Both the company and the members have placed too much hope on this return, especially the members, who are getting more and more nervous when things come to a close.
perturbed.
After just a few days of idleness, they couldn't rest anymore and spontaneously started working overtime to practice in order to reach a point of excellence for the first stage of the return of "Wolf" and make the already well-organized group dance more uniform.
The company also added a special choreography for the opening of the comeback stage, and sent specialized staff to check EXO's stage performance and provide various pointers on their shortcomings.