"Music Bank", which is currently live broadcasting, has reached the critical moment of selecting the last one. The two candidates for this issue are "LUV" and "Let It Be", and Apink and EXO are also standing on the stage.
In a row, there were two MCs on the left and right, looking nervously at the screen showing scores one by one.
Seeing this 'sales score of 0' really made Chi Jingyuan and several XO members feel a little funny. It was clear that since a long time ago, EXO and EXO have always crushed each other in terms of sales points in the ratings of singing shows since a long time ago.
It was a perfect score, but unexpectedly one day it dropped to '0 points' and became an absolute shortcoming.
Today's "Music Bank" on the 12th is the second week of EXO's winter single comeback.
Because "M! Countdown" and "Show Champion" were recently suspended, last week they participated in three major singing stages. As for the new singing program "The Show" that was launched in October this year, EXO did not appear at all.
Go, this kind of singing show that has just started to have little popularity and popularity, and a popular group like XO will basically not go.
At least for now, most of them are newcomers, or the company has little resources and it is difficult to get on the programs of the three major channels, or the amateurs who have been debuting for a long time and have not been able to win a trophy will try it. They are also the third and fourth tiers.
The idol group achieved the best place of being the first number one singer since their debut.
It is simply a dream come true place.
That's why Apink, led by Jung Eun Ji, is so shameless. Being thick-skinned may be contagious. Even though they are so popular recently, they still have to go to "The Show" to compete for a spot. From December to now, they
I have already obtained two first places from there, and the results are very good.
Even if Chi Jingyuan and the others couldn't beat "LUV" and won the first place in this winter single, they were totally too lazy to go.
Today's "Music Bank" is EXO's first singing competition program that counts into the results. Lee Seung Hwan has just conveyed the company's arrangements in the practice room. There will be two more singing competitions at most this week. If he doesn't win the first place this time, he will do it again.
Try it once, and when you get it, it's over.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, the final score was finally displayed on the screen:
"Final score, 8021 vs. 8250."
"Congratulations, the winner of this week's "Music Bank" is EXO's "Let It Be"!
Ribbons and sequins soared into the sky and instantly enveloped the entire stage. There was a burst of excited screams from the fans below, and the EXO people also looked surprised and a little unbelievable.
In fact, including Chi Jingyuan, everyone felt that they would not be able to win the first place in the winter single this time. The song "LUV" was really popular, and they really couldn't beat the opponent with a ballad.
Unexpectedly, I actually grabbed one from Apink who was already gaining momentum today.
Captain Jin Junmyeon received the trophy and smiled happily and thanked everyone.
Chi Jingyuan specifically turned around and looked at Apink who was bowing and preparing to leave the stage. He glanced at Zheng Eunchi, raised his eyebrows handsomely at her, and gave her a thumbs up with a toothy smile.
Then he turned away without giving her a chance to respond, and saluted and thanked the others with a bright smile.
Beautiful.
The nine people completed the encore stage in a good mood. Ellie below was obviously already familiar with this song. They all sang along during the last chorus and harmony. Although the singing was generally a bit out of tune, the scene in the shot was
The happy atmosphere is really touching.
As soon as he returned to the lounge the day after tomorrow, he glanced at his phone and saw the message Zheng Eunji sent him: "Don't be proud, I will definitely knock you off tomorrow!"
Chi Jingyuan laughed as soon as he saw it and put the phone away without replying.
Since there was no need for him to reply, it didn't take long for SM to directly announce that EXO would end their winter single promotion activities and focus their time on other schedules and preparing for the year-end stage.
Both SM and EXO knew that Apink was the trend during this period and it would be difficult for them to survive this time. They simply snatched each one from Apink and immediately stopped as soon as they saw fit, patted their butts and left.
As expected, as soon as the news came out the next day, he received another text message from Zheng Eunji: "I ￥%...*%..."
Feeling that she was already a little hysterical, Chi Jingyuan couldn't stop laughing. The more she laughed, the happier she became.
Make you arrogant!
Although "Let It Be" is a winter single that has only been released for a short period of time and has not released an album, its music performance is really beyond expectations. It has been hovering at the top of the list since it was airborne on All Kill.
Ariellas may really like this winter single that expresses their feelings so much. They have been listening to it crazily since it was released. In addition, the impressive special stage at MAMA also attracted many passers-by.
The audience came to listen. This song stayed at the top of the weekly chart on the melon chart last week, helping EXO win its first weekly number one on the melon chart since their debut in 2012.
Because in terms of awareness and public perception, the music performance of boy bands has always been average. Even if the sound source explosion will be very strong with a large number of fans, the lack of stamina will cause the songs to quickly fall down the rankings on the list. For most of them, Zhou Guan
It's very difficult for boy bands, except Big Bang.
Last year, EXO's huge hit "Roar", although its music performance was unexpectedly good and it ranked at the top of the annual charts, it didn't even win a single weekly crown.
In the past, Ariels used Ji Kyung Won and Bae Suzy's collaboration song "Some" to boast of the eight-week crown, but after all, it was not an achievement achieved by the EXO group, and it would be a bit awkward to share this honor with an annoying woman, but
It's a lot better now.
This time I was able to win the weekly crown and finish the song competition one by one from Apink. It was an unexpected and successful ending.
In addition to getting one on the 12th, "Misheng", a popular workplace drama that has been prepared since August, also wrapped up today. In addition to Chi Jingyuan and some dubbing work, the crew officially announced its disbandment.
It has now reached episode 17, and there is only one week left before the finale of episode 20.
I didn’t have any break-up meal either, because the popularity and reviews of the leading actors in “Misheng” became a hit, soaring a lot online and earning a lot of bonuses. Recently, everyone has received a lot of schedules and has been very busy, as soon as they finished filming
After saying hello to each other, they dispersed directly.
But maybe the crew will reunite in less than two days. The ratings and influence of "Misei" are here. Whether it is tvN's own awards or awards related to TV series, they will definitely be invited.
Can't avoid it.
After leaving the crew, Chi Jingyuan immediately returned to the group and participated in the China-Korean song concert on the 14th with the EXO group.
In order to connect the two sides and exchange culture, many popular singers from both sides will participate every year. The party is jointly organized by the official TV stations of the two countries and will be broadcast live on both TV stations at the same time. It is a performance with a strong ZZ meaning.
I don’t know about Xia Guo, but there are quite a lot of people watching on the Peninsula, and many people are interested in the news and performances of Kpop going global.
This year's party caused a lot of discussion on the peninsula after it ended, because with the participation of so many qualified, popular and senior singers from both countries, the finale performance was performed by EXO.
, this performance order caused quite a bit of controversy.
EXO was the penultimate performer at this party, but the last stage was a chorus with all the artists and it was not a solo show, so Chi Jingyuan and the others really had enough weight and cards this time, and it was the real finale.
On the Internet, it is not so much controversy as it is confusion and curiosity.
There has been a lot of commotion here on the peninsula because of EXO Xia Guo Line's continuous withdrawal from the group, and the impact is very wide. Many passers-by who are not very concerned about the entertainment industry boy group can't help but wonder after reading the news and various revelations in the previous period.
My impression of EXO dropped drastically, I thought the group was no longer popular, but I didn’t expect that they could still perform at the finale of such a relatively formal international performance.
"Isn't EXO already confused? How can it still appear last?"
"Yeah, didn't they say that after three members quit in a row, all their fans ran out? How do I feel that their popularity is still so high? The cheers were so loud when they debuted."
"The finale of the concert? Where are the other senior singers? Why them? I remember EXO only debuted two or three years ago, right?"
Faced with these questions, many anti-fans who are dissatisfied with EXO and criticize them every day don’t know how to answer them.
At this time, EXO fans will naturally come out to explain:
"Compared to May and June, it is indeed a lot better, but when it comes to comparison, it is also compared to EXO and myself in the past. Even now, not other groups can compete with each other."
"The withdrawal of all Xia Kingdom line members has indeed had a huge impact, but I heard that XO is still the most popular boy group in Xia Kingdom. Those new generation boy groups are not of the same dimension."
These Ariels are proud but self-deprecating. Seeing that so many people think EXO is confused, I feel a bit complicated.
I heard that some fans from Xia Mainland saw the discussion on the peninsula and turned it over to help explain: "It doesn't matter if you run away or leave. We still have a lot of Weijiu Ali here, and the number of Yuanqi is even greater than all the other ones."
Among the Kpop artists with the largest number of fans, no one usually watches this song show. It’s only when XO appears that there are topics and ratings. The finale is normal.”
Unknowingly, many people started talking about this topic.
Some people think that no matter how many teams they have run, EXO is still the most popular boy group in the peninsula. The number of fans is here, and it is still far behind other ordinary first- and second-tier groups.
Many people have also presented data to prove that EXO's popularity has been declining, including that the number of active fans in the fan club has increased a lot compared to before. The most favorable evidence is that it was so difficult to get it despite facing Apink this time around.
One by one, this is simply the best proof that EXO has fallen from the altar.
In the past, they always bumped into someone and died.
It's really interesting that a concert with not very high ratings has inexplicably triggered extensive discussions about EXO on the Internet. For a while, many people were debating whether the current 9-member EXO was confused or not.
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And EXO, which has been considered by many to have "fallen off the altar", has finally confirmed its return schedule for next year.
On the afternoon of the 15th, several managers took all the members to a planning meeting, and the company officially announced all the plans for this regular second album.
It is confirmed that EXO will release a single album every month next year. Each single will have a title song and an included song. There will be four albums in total. They will be released in the fifth month after all four single albums are released.
The four singles were combined into one, and two new songs were added to form EXO's regular second album, which was officially released.
This regular second album directly uses EXO's official fan name as the album title "EXO-L".
The four single albums are "E", "X", "O" and "L" respectively.
As the highlight that must play a preemptive role, the title song of the first "E" is determined to be "Call Me Baby". This is also the first title song that is very important for EXO's comeback. In order to achieve sufficient publicity effect,
The plan to shoot promotional videos in ten cities around the world has also been determined.
SM has indeed invested a lot of resources for this comeback. The concept of this promotional video is completely unmatched by those small company boy groups. EXO will go to ten countries around the world. There have been rumors of seeing UFOs.
To shoot a promotional video in different cities, each of the nine members went to a city, and the last one was all nine people together.
The combination of the first letters of these ten city names happens to be ‘call me baby’.
After "E", the title songs of "X", "O" and "L" were respectively designated as "spring day", "love me right" and "boy with luv". Other included songs include "
butterfly", "Golden City", "Orientation Sniper" and several other high-quality songs selected by SM from the music library.
Among the four title songs, except "Spring Day", which is more lyrical, the other three songs, including some included songs, and the final full-length "exodus" all have unique choreography. More than half of the songs will be shot in MVs, and the single album
The style of the comeback will also be different. The whole plan is really eye-opening. In order to restore the stock price, the company has tried its best on XO's comeback.
In terms of choreography, in addition to entrusting the choreography of the two songs to the company's dance team and Ji Jingyuan, a well-known European and American choreography team will also be hired to choreograph the two title songs, and Lee Soo Man will personally do the choreography.
As the chief producer of the entire album, in addition to him, there are several companies and well-known European and American producers participating, and Chi Jingyuan will also join.
The specific return time is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of March, April, May, and June. The exact date will be decided at that time based on the specific progress of the album preparation.
The company may have finalized the planning process some time ago. The reason why it has not been announced until now is that it has been making preliminary preparations. Now it is almost done. After the meeting today, EXO can start to officially prepare for the next comeback.
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In fact, the members of the general return model have heard a lot of rumors before, but it has not been confirmed yet, so I am a little worried and a little expecting. Today, it was finally confirmed. During the meeting, everyone agreed with each other as soon as they heard about it.
His eyes looked a little excited.
In addition to confirming the implementation of a series of comebacks, the company also specifically talked about the online self-made drama "My Neighbor is EXO" produced by Line and cooperating with SM.
This TV series is an online idol drama that SM has been planning for a long time. EXO members directly appeared as XO and played themselves in the drama. It tells the story of a girl who has never been in love and suddenly discovers that her idol EXO
He became his neighbor, and a series of ridiculous romantic stories happened out of surprise.
It is completely a very fan-oriented web drama.
As early as July this year, EXO had released a promotional video for the show during their concert. SM had already begun preparations and communications at that time. Now the specific time and process of filming have been determined, and it will be held in multiple locations in Asia.
It will be released simultaneously on the national network.
There was some discussion about the selection of actors. Originally, both partners and SM itself were more inclined to let the most popular Ji Jingyuan be the leading actor. However, as Chi Jingyuan took the role of an actor,
It's going so well, and the recent "Misborn" has received so much recognition, it's a bit inappropriate to star in a fan drama like this. Not only Chi Jingyuan himself may not agree, but SM will also think it's a bit wasteful.
After careful consideration, the male lead was given to Park Chanyeol, and several other roles with larger roles were given to Do Kyungsoo, Byun Baekhyun, and Oh Sehun, who were members of the company who the company intended to develop into actors. As for Ji Kyungwon,
Focusing on EXO's comeback this time, it's OK to show up and make a cameo.
This meeting lasted for a long time. After the meeting, Li Xiuman called Ji Jingyuan to the office and chatted for a long time about the album, including choreography, production, style design, etc. The two of them were very excited about the conversation.
Nong, until it was time for dinner, Li Xiuman looked at her watch and offered to go have a meal together and chat for a while.
In the first two years after joining the company, Li Xiuman would often call Chi Jingyuan to the office for a chat. When time was up, he would occasionally call him to the cafeteria or a nearby restaurant to have a casual meal to show his care and closeness. It was not unusual.
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It's just that this year he rarely came to the company due to family reasons.
After the crew finished filming, Chi Jingyuan's biggest daily task was gone. Since there was no activity at night anyway, he agreed. Li Xiuman's assistant had already left to drive in advance. He and Li Xiuman walked out of the office and took the elevator to the first floor.
One position behind the opponent, one behind the other, they walked leisurely towards the side door, while still discussing the style of this return:
"During the "XOXO" period, we generally focused on campus and boyish styles. After mixing in some middle-aged concepts, we created an overall feeling of handsomeness, purity and vitality."
"The style of this year's "Addicted" has changed a lot, and a lot of childishness has faded away. Both the styling and choreography have an exciting, charismatic style. However, overall, although Mini II has broken away from
Juvenile period is not completely mature, but is the most aggressive and intense period."
"With this "EXOL", I feel that our overall style should take another step forward. Although the title songs of the four single albums have different styles, the overall tone should reflect 'maturity' and moving forward in maturity.
'This feeling requires a clear change from the previous style, reflecting growth...and next year will also be the third year since our EXO debut, and it will also be a time when an idol group will begin to transform."
Ji Kyung-won was wearing a baseball cap and carrying a shoulder bag. He was making gestures while telling his understanding of EXO's album style in the past two years. Lee Soo-man was also listening carefully while walking forward, and asked questions from time to time.
Nod your head twice.
"What Jing Yuanqi said is very good. It's true. I think so too. EXO really needs to start transforming step by step. This is why these songs were selected as the main songs this time." Lee Soo Man smiled.
Kindly, he stopped near the side door, reached out and patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder, with a satisfied and happy expression on his face.
Smiling, he did not forget to explain: "The choreography of the song "Boy with Luv" is based on the idea you told me last time..."
"Director Lee Soo Man nim Aniha Saiyo..."
"Anihasay..."
At this time, a weak female voice suddenly came from behind, followed by a series of different greetings from men and women.
After the conversation between the two people was interrupted, they couldn't help but look back. Their eyes glanced at Chi Jingyuan and suddenly stopped for a moment. Four or five meters behind them, a group of about ten idols came over at some unknown time.
Standing there to salute and say hello to them, he immediately noticed the four people from Red Velvet who were standing closer to the front.
Among the four people, Pei Zhuxuan was saluting at the same time, looking at him with a bit of surprise in his eyes, and their eyes met in the air.