The person who walked out of the elevator was none other than Kim Taeyeon. Although she was wearing a down jacket that was obviously one size larger, her makeup was very delicate. In addition to the thick all-inclusive eyeliner, she also had some black paint around her eyes.
Smokey, as if he had just come off the stage.
At this time, she was carrying a bag on her shoulder, holding a large cup of coffee in both hands, and biting the straw in her mouth as she drank.
“Jingyuan?”
Seeing Chi Jingyuan, Kim Taeyeon was obviously very surprised. She looked at her with wide eyes and didn't even bother to drink her coffee.
After being surprised, the two immediately laughed together.
"Hey Yigu, I haven't seen you for several days. What are you busy with?"
Kim Taeyeon walked out of the elevator with a bright smile and stood next to Chi Jingyuan. She looked him up and down and smacked her lips.
Before Chi Jingyuan could answer, she took the initiative to hold a large cup of coffee in her hand and moved it forward, smiling at him and saying, "Want to drink?"
Seeing the straw that had been bitten into a shriveled state, and Kim Taeyeon, who was enthusiastic but had a wicked smile on her face, Chi Jingyuan was a little impressed: "It's so cold, Tiannu, why do you still drink iced coffee, and you still put such a big one?"
Ice cubes?”
"Is there any problem?" Kim Taeyeon teased him, then happily took the coffee back and took a sip. She blinked innocently after hearing this.
"Arnie, no."
Chi Jingyuan retreated and turned to the previous topic: "I've been busy with comebacks these days, and there are also some group schedules... By the way, why is there only Nu, Yoona sunbaenim, and other SNSD seniors?
"
"We just came back from filming the MV. They went up first and must be in the practice room now. I was delayed by something just now, so I'm a little late."
Kim Taeyeon explained, and then seemed to find the problem from what Chi Jingyuan just said, frowning and staring at him: "Ah, just ask Sunny, why are you asking Yoona? Why is this junior interested in Yoona?
?Didn’t you know they were in a relationship?”
Taeyeon raised her head and looked at him suspiciously, her makeup-covered eyes sparkling and very smart.
"How could it be? I just want to congratulate Yoona sunbae's TV series for reaching the highest ratings since its launch yesterday. It is really something worth celebrating."
Chi Jingyuan looked a little innocent, squinting his eyes and looking happy for Lin Yoona.
This self-produced drama "Zongli and Me", which SM Entertainment has collaborated with KBS and C&C, and has high expectations, was officially aired on December 9 last year. After nearly a month of airing, it was finally released yesterday, January 7.
The ninth episode reached its highest ratings since its launch.
7.3%.
A few days ago, their captain Kim Junmyeon went to the set of "Zongli and Me" and made a guest appearance in one or two episodes.
Therefore, the highest ratings are also due to EXO's contribution, and Chi Jingyuan can be considered honored.
"Yeah. You are really...hahahaha..."
Kim Taeyeon opened her eyes wide when she saw Chi Jingyuan's appearance, as if she was about to have a seizure, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she broke the news immediately and burst out laughing without holding back. Chi Jingyuan was so frightened that she quickly moved away, fearing that coffee would spill on herself.
Kim Taeyeon was obviously amused. She slapped Chi Jingyuan on the back hard while laughing, and her hearty laughter that was completely inconsistent with her petite figure immediately echoed in the corridor.
"Ah, it can't be done, it can't be done..."
Kim Taeyeon smiled a little too much and almost carried her back. After finally regaining her composure, she patted her chest and immediately glanced at Chi Jingyuan, complaining and admonishing:
"You can't say this in front of Yoona. She has been feeling very bad recently due to the ratings issue of the TV series. In addition, her recent love affair has been exposed, and she has been in a bad mood. If she heard you say this, she would definitely
I'll be angry with you."
"Nay, I only said it in front of Noona, because I know that Taeyeon and Nouna have the tightest tongue."
Chi Jingyuan nodded with a smile.
"Um……"
Kim Taeyeon was very happy with this flattery. She nodded comfortably, rolled her eyes, held the coffee with her left hand slightly unsteadily, and waved her right hand boldly: "You are right,
And I’m your Nuna, so even if you tell me, it’ll be okay, Nuna will protect you!”
"Kangsangmida..."
Chi Jingyuan gave an exaggerated salute, and his flattered look made Kim Taeyeon laugh again. Then he remembered what the other party said just now, and asked curiously: "Nana, you just went to shoot the MV...you are coming back.
Already?"
"Yeah, even though it hasn't been announced, many people in the company know about it. As our junior, why don't you pay attention to Girls' Generation?"
Kim Taeyeon stopped laughing and glared at him, then nodded and said: "It's a mini album, it's almost ready, and the time for comeback has been determined. The sound source will be released on February 24th, and the album will be released on the 27th, March 6th
The first to return to the stage."
"Remember to come and support us when the time comes."
In the end, she even patted Chi Jingyuan and gave him a warning.
"February 27?"
Chi Jingyuan repeated the date, and then his expression suddenly became a little exciting.
"…………"
Kim Taeyeon is not stupid either. When she saw Chi Kyung-won's reaction, she felt something was wrong: "You EXO are not going to come back too, right? No, our manager said that your XO's comeback time should be 4
The month is the right one.”
Even if Girls' Generation is still at its peak and has not declined significantly, Taeyeon is quite confident in their return this time, but any idol in the entire peninsula will definitely not want to meet the now popular EXO when they return.
After last year's reissue of the regular first album became a hit, except for the controversial return of a non-full ballad at the end of last year, countless planet fans are now extremely looking forward to EXO's next comeback, and have already saved their wallets and prepared for it.
Big shopping bought
Moreover, Girls' Generation has been in a very tense period recently due to the continuous exposure of their relationship. Taeyeon does not want to return and bump into Ji Kyung-won and the others.
"The XO group did come back in April. This time it is a collaborative single between me and missa Bae Suzy. Although the time has not been determined, it should be in mid-February."
Chi Jingyuan smiled bitterly and explained.
"You and Bae Suzy..." Taeyeon was stunned.
"It's the demo that Noona and I recorded together at the beginning of last year." Chi Jingyuan gave a hint.
"Oh, it's the song "some"!"
Kim Taeyeon's eyes lit up as she remembered it. She was deeply impressed by this song. She liked the melody very much when she was recording the demo. Even after so long, she immediately thought of it when she mentioned it.
She thinks the quality of this song is really great and she likes it very much. Moreover, this song is a collaboration between Ji Kyung-won, a popular EXO star, and Bae Suzy, an artist with high nationality and popularity. This combination is really good.
It's very powerful.
"This is really unfortunate..."
After thinking about it, Kim Taeyeon became a little unhappy. This year is her seventh year of debut and also a contract year. This return is still very crucial for Girls' Generation. Meeting strong opponents will definitely have a certain impact on the results.
.
Fortunately, I didn’t meet the EXO group, it was just a collaboration song between Ji Kyung Won and Bae Suzy.
"Huh huh... If you're the only one, don't say Nuna bullied you then."
Kim Taeyeon quickly adjusted her mentality, and then looked at Chi Jingyuan fiercely, baring her teeth and threatening: "It's your bad luck, you won't be able to get any of them by then!"
Although she looks fierce, there is no lethality in her appearance.
"Then Nuna remember to be merciful when the time comes. I finally collaborated with a female idol once, and I still wrote the songs. It would be too embarrassing to not be able to get every single one..."
In fact, Chi Jingyuan was very confident about this collaboration and the song "Some". Even in Girls' Generation, he was not afraid to try it, but he had a smile on his face and did not show it.
"Don't worry, it's easy to talk..."
Taeyeon looked like a senior and patted Chi Jingyuan proudly.
The two of them had something to do for a while, so they said goodbye after chatting for a few words. Kim Taeyeon smiled and sent Chi Jingyuan to the elevator, waving her hands until the elevator door closed, and then her smile gradually faded.
Looking at the closed elevator door, she sighed softly, not as bright and happy as before.
As the leader of Girls' Generation, she couldn't be more clear about the current situation of Girls' Generation. Various things were happening one after another, not only related to their acting careers, but also to the personal lives of many members, which made her both helpless and worried.
But there is nothing I can do. After all, I have been at the top of the peninsula idols for a long time, I have been debuting for so many years, and my children are all grown up.
I just hope that this comeback can meet expectations, win a few more titles, and stop SNSD's gradual downward trend.
Despite Kim Taeyeon's reluctance to admit defeat in front of Chi Kyung-won, she actually knew very well that with Yuan's current popularity, even a shit song would be bought by a huge number of fans.
What's more, this is a song that she will feel is of high quality after listening to it. In addition, collaborating with Bae Suzy will definitely arouse widespread discussion...
I don’t know if the song “Some” will have an impact on them, or how much of an impact it will have.
…………
On January 8th, Lee Teuk built a funeral hall for his father and grandparents. All members of SJ attended and were responsible for carrying the coffins. Many media came to the scene and took many pictures.
Chi Jingyuan sent a condolence message on the 7th, and not long after sending it, he received a thank you reply from the other party.
Although the unfortunate experience makes many people feel sorry for it, there is no way, life still has to go on step by step.
After these few days of sparring, especially after Chi Jingyuan and Pei Xiuzhi kissed each other that day, the estrangement between the two that they were not very familiar with before disappeared a lot.
Ji Jingyuan's work ability has always been online, but Bae Suzy's expression of emotions in songs suddenly became much clearer. Her voice already has the kind of ambiguity and provocation that Ji Jingyuan always wanted.
Feel.
Because of Bae Suzy's progress, they went directly into the recording studio to start recording after practicing for two more days. Except for the initial break-in, the overall progress was pretty good.
Park Jin Young came twice in the middle and was a little surprised by Bae Suzy's performance, but he didn't ask any more questions. While expressing satisfaction with the progress of the two, he also communicated with Chi Kyung Won about the MV shooting.
Chi Jingyuan doesn't have much thought about the MV of this song, because the main charm of "some" lies in the melody, lyrics, and vocals of the song itself. This is a song that can shine a lot just by itself.
The first collaborative song and MV can at best serve as the icing on the cake.
After he put forward some suggestions and ideas of his own, he completely handed over the design of the MV to Park Jin Young, while modestly stating that he was not good at this aspect.
"Jingyuan, your SM has communicated with us. Due to your schedule, the release date of this song has been pushed back a week, to around February 20th."
"However, the specific time has not been determined yet. There may be some deviations due to the preparation progress of the song."
Park Jin Young finally talked about the time for the single release, and he didn't mean to complain, and his tone was very normal.
"Sorry for causing trouble."
Pushing the time back will have a lot of impact on some plans. Although it was not mainly because of him but SM, Chi Jingyuan still apologized softly.
"It's a small matter, let's not talk about it... Jingyuan, when will you go to Xia Kingdom?"
Park Jin Young waved his hands coolly, with a posture of "Who among us is following whom?"
"About a week before the Spring Festival, it will pass after the Seoul Music Awards ends." Chi Jingyuan thought for a while and answered.
"There are still about ten days. With our current schedule, the time is still enough. We will try to finish the recording and MV before you leave. We can discuss the remaining details when you come back."
Park Zhenying touched his chin and spoke very experiencedly. Finally, he smiled sheepishly: "I have been busy with the debut of the company's new boy group recently, and I haven't come to your place much. It's a little bit...
I've neglected my duty."
"How could it be? Without Brother Zhenying's guidance, how could we have progressed so fast? I learned the half-air singing technique from you, and it really helped me a lot."
"Haha, you..."
Chi Jingyuan had a sunny smile on his face, and looked at Park Jinying with sincere eyes, which made him laugh heartily and pat him hard.
"Brother Zhenying, I'll take my leave now."
Chi Jingyuan saluted and said goodbye to Park Jinying, put on his bag and walked out of the music room as the other party watched.
Bae Suzy was picked up by her manager an hour ago due to her schedule. Just now, their two producers have been discussing and discussing some details about the production of the song "some".
As a popular female idol and actress, Bae Suzy is also very busy. Her own ability to attract money is also very important to JYP, which is currently in a dilemma. It is normal to be late and leave early due to schedule from time to time.
Chi Jingyuan also understands it very well, because he himself often encounters such situations.
I made an appointment to have dinner together a few days ago but there was never a chance. Either he didn't have time or the other party didn't have time.
However, when the two get along in private, they feel much more natural. It seems that the sense of ambiguity and provocation in the song has been brought to reality. The two have become a little closer in both language and behavior, with more close physical contact.
Not only were they not disgusted by the contact, but they actually enjoyed it.
I don’t know whether it’s Ge’er’s fault or the person’s fault.
Chi Jingyuan walked out of the music room and turned a corner towards the elevator. He had been coming to JYP every day during this period, so he was already very familiar with this place.
Just as he walked around a corner and was about to reach the elevator, four girls walked towards him. Chi Jingyuan glanced at them and saw that they were 6mix, a girl group from JYP preparing to debut.
"Senior Aniha Saiyo..."
The four people who were still chatting together suddenly saw Chi Jingyuan, and immediately became quiet. After a few meters away, they began to salute respectfully and bowed several times in succession.
No matter which company the artist is from before they debut, one of the most important things the company will teach them is etiquette. It can be seen that the girls in front of them have mastered it very well, and they are as good as EXO at that time.
"..."
Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything. He nodded calmly to a few people. When he walked past, he saw Yu Dingyan, who she had just met by chance two days ago, standing at the back. She was a little nervous at the moment.
He hunched his body and secretly looked at Chi Jingyuan with his peripheral vision.
Looking at his friend's sister, Chi Jingyuan forced out a smile and said hello: "Just finished eating?"
"Ah... Nei, Senior Neiyuan, we just finished eating."
Yu Dingyan didn't realize that Chi Jingyuan was talking to him at first. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly replied and saluted again, looking a little panicked.
However, an indescribable feeling of joy suddenly welled up in her heart.
"come on."
Chi Jingyuan smiled and nodded at her. He didn't say anything, and didn't look at the other three people who looked surprised. He tightened his shoulder bag and walked directly to the elevator, opened the door and walked in.
As soon as the elevator door closed, Chi Jingyuan vaguely heard a loud scream coming from outside.
"Ah... Yu Dingyan! When did you meet Yuan?
"That's right, you don't even look at us and just say hello to you. We are obviously related. How do we know each other?"
"Ah, how dare you run away?"
"No, listen to my explanation...don't scratch me..."
Chi Jingyuan smiled when he heard the cheerful noise that was not very clear outside.
It’s good to prepare for your debut. Your hard work will pay off, and you’ll have something to look forward to every day.
I don’t know when Kang Seulgi, Son Seungwan and the others will reach this point.
There has been no news about SM's plans for a new girl group recently. Based on Chi Kyung-won's judgment of the company and the current status of SM's girl groups, if there are no surprises, it will probably have to wait until next year at the earliest.
By the way, how old will Bae Zhuhyun be if she debuts next year...
…………
“sorry sorry sorry sorry.”
"I I I first you you you."
"shawty shawty shawty shawty"
"My wife is so dazzling."
In the SM company building and EXO's practice room, Team K is seizing the time to practice the dance of SJ's famous song "Sorry Sorry".
Originally, EXO was scheduled to have no special stage at the Golden Disk Awards on the 16th. They were just going to perform their two hit songs from last year.
It's just that the organizer temporarily set up a special cover stage of "Multiple Songs of Previous Grand Awards", with other idols performing songs that won the Grand Awards in previous years.
Coincidentally, in the past few years, many of the songs that won the Golden Disc Awards were produced by SM, from TVXQ's "Spell", to SJ's "Sorry Sorry", and Girls' Generation's "The Boys".
The last assignment was for FX to cover "the boys", Team M to cover "Spell", and Team K to perform "Sorry Sorry".
Fortunately, they were all familiar with the dances of these songs before and had practiced them many times. They could get started with just a few dances. The main thing was to allocate the arias and rehearse the moves.
Even so, this unexpected announcement still made EXO work overtime and practice late at the company every night for the past two days.
At this time, just after finishing the dance, Chi Jingyuan was called out by Li Chenghuan.
"Jingyuan, President Li Xiuman has told you, right, that the two demos you submitted have been included in your comeback album by the company?"
In the corridor, Li Chenghuan took Chi Jingyuan and started chatting.
"Well, hyung, Teacher Li Xiuman has already told me that "I NEED U" and "dope" have been confirmed to be included, and "dope" should be used as the prelude song of this album."
Chi Jingyuan nodded, indicating that he already knew about it.
Since the last time Park Jae-hyun called him, he had taken time to record the demo with the company's sound engineer, and then handed it over to Lee Soo-man.
The songs are two that he selected from the inventory of previous auditory hallucinations that are more suitable for male idol groups. In terms of quality and popularity, Chi Jingyuan feels that they are definitely not comparable to songs like "Roar"
, but they are all above the standard and he thinks they are pretty good songs.
"Roar" can directly elevate EXO from a rising star to a grand award winner and prepare to be a top group. It is a male group song that only comes out in a few years in the peninsula music industry. Even Ji Kyung-won does not have so many that can compare with it.
of inventory.
This time, Lee Soo Man told him in advance that the company had decided that the title song would be "Overdose", so it wouldn't make much sense for Chi Kyung Yuan to come up with a better song, as it would only be a double hit song at most.
And although the song "overdose" has not been completely completed, some arrangement work is still in progress.
But Chi Jingyuan has heard the sample dome of this song, and he thinks this song is really good. It is a very qualified title song, and the melody is very addictive and popular.
If coupled with appropriate choreography, it will definitely create a great response, and the results will definitely not disappoint.
To be honest, Chi Jingyuan really likes the melody of the song "Overdose".
As for the two songs he produced, "I NEED U" is considered a good boy band song.
As for the other song "Dope", Chi Jingyuan liked its style very much, and he already had an overall plan in mind regarding the choreography and MV shooting.
The style of this song is really unique, and he thinks the MV that he has envisioned in his mind is also very interesting. Chi Jingyuan doesn't know how popular this unique song is and whether it will be popular on the peninsula.
However, with EXO's current popularity, they can easily achieve the effect of someone leading a song, so there is no need to worry about this problem.
And Chi Jingyuan also has a feeling that songs and MVs of this style should attract some people's attention in overseas, Asian and even European and American markets.
However, the specific effects will depend on the circumstances.
"Well, Jingyuan, you just need to know... I've listened to these two demos, and they don't sound as good as "Roar"."
"Also, the style of this song "Dope" sounds strange to me. I heard that people in the record department have been discussing the choice of this song for some time."
Li Chenghuan nodded and expressed his opinion with a smile.
"Brother, it's good to hear a song like "Roar" once, but there are so many..."
Chi Jingyuan glanced at him helplessly, and then added: ""Dope" is indeed a bit unlike the mainstream style of KPOP, so it can be regarded as my attempt."
"Of course I believe in your vision, Jingyuan... By the way, the composer Kenzie asked you to come over tomorrow and participate in the arrangement work of "overdose"."
Li Chenghuan gave a final warning: "This is also a manifestation of the company's care for you and its belief in your ability."
Chi Jingyuan knows what the company means. After he participates in the arrangement, Yuan's name will be added to the song's arrangement column.
In this way, he will be recognized by more people in the creative field, improve his quality and reputation, and the company can also use this to carry out some publicity, which can be regarded as killing multiple birds with one stone.
However, although it is a kind of care and optimism, Chi Jingyuan will definitely play his corresponding role. He is quite confident in his talent in arranging.
He also likes the song "overdose" very much.
"I understand, brother, I'll go there tomorrow." Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.