"Evolved Kpop! The center of the Korean wave trend!"
"Fans all over the world watch it together, live broadcast, Music Bank!"
"Anihasay, I'm Yuan from EXO."
"Hello everyone, I am Irene from red velvet."
In front of the camera, Chi Jingyuan, who is in light blue short-sleeves, and Bae Zhuhyun, who is wearing a strapless white dress with red stripes, are smiling beautifully. They are facing the camera and saying the opening words of today's "Music Bank". Both of them are wearing a
Small wreath-like decorations woven from flowers and plants not only highlight the summer style, but also look like an inexplicable sense of pairing.
As soon as the audience below saw the two MCs appear, they immediately started to scream enthusiastically, making the atmosphere in the venue, which had been a little cold due to the unknown group's performance, instantly become restless.
"Yuan xi, the weather is so hot recently!"
Entering the hosting mode, Pei Zhuxuan frowned, fanned herself with the script, pouted as if complaining, and looked at Chi Jingyuan sideways.
"Yeah, it's really hot."
Chi Jingyuan also imitated fanning with his hands, nodded in approval, and then said with warning in his eyes, he took the initiative to express concern: "But your appetite will become worse at this time, Irene xi, you must remember to eat.
Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Pei Zhuhyun responded sweetly.
"Promise me!"
Chi Jingyuan blinked and looked at him, and at the same time stretched out the little finger of his right hand, as if he was about to check.
"..." Pei Zhuhyun's eyes were crooked, her mouth was pursed and she immediately stretched out her little finger to hook it with him.
"Ahhhh..."
Nowadays, their hosting style has gradually been finalized. In addition to being completely unacceptable to their respective crazy wife fans and husband fans, they have received a lot of love and affection from neutral audiences. Even some fans of the two have begun to slowly change their stance.
I think the two of them look really good together, and their style is so sweet that they make you laugh.
At this time, many people screamed when they saw the two throwing candies.
This is simply sweeter than "We Got Married", isn't it? Moreover, "We Got Married" has such a good-looking and well-understood CP?
"But Yuan Xi."
After finishing the hook, Pei Zhuxuan took his hand back and stared at Chi Jingyuan with shining eyes, looking curious: "Why have you become so gentle today?"
"Very gentle?"
Chi Jingyuan blinked: "Then I am so gentle, Irene xi, are you moved?"
"Ahh..."
Is it really okay for you guys to be so straightforward?
"Music Bank" is so beautiful!
"No."
As if she heard the screams of the audience below, Pei Zhuxuan couldn't help but laugh a little, but she soon showed a proud smile, shook her head and denied directly: "I may be a little moved, but the person who makes my heart move is not you,
It’s someone else!”
"Who is it?" The voice was low and questioning.
Cheeks bulging a little, Bae Joo Hyun tried her best to suppress her laughter and said the introduction in the script: "That's Yoo Seung Woo, who is cute when he smiles, and six handsome men, Beast! They will make their comeback on "Music Bank" today
Yes, I really want to see them!"
As she spoke, she weighed her feet twice while standing on the platform, as if she was really eager to try and anxious.
"Then I'll leave first."
Chi Jingyuan replied angrily, and turned around as if he wanted to walk off the stage. However, before he turned around and took a step, Pei Zhuxuan reached out and grabbed his wrist and pulled it back, and Chi Jingyuan also
He stopped and turned around again. The dissatisfied expression just now disappeared immediately, and he smiled brightly. He turned around and looked at her, and then looked at the camera together: "Haha, let's take a look at the July issue.
In the five weeks, who is the candidate for Kchart..."
Although it has entered the stage where the VCR candidates are announced, there are not many people who care about it. Many viewers are still recalling the natural and boring interaction between the two MCs just now.
Even though many people in the audience knew it was a script, they still felt that the performance of these two people was really real, especially when Bae Joo Hyun pulled it at the end, it was simply a conditioned reflex.
"Music Bank" is so good!
After the opening host ended, Chi Kyung-won and Bae Zhu-hyun walked off the host stage, leaving the camera to the girl group who performed on the stage next.
By the end of July, the girl groups that had been so fiercely competitive at the beginning of July have gradually ended their singing period. For example, AOA and Sistar stopped playing songs a long time ago, while Girls' Generation won three or four awards.
After that, he seems to be satisfied, and probably put the experience into his upcoming regular album, which also ends the activity period for the preview album.
Among the girl groups competing this week, Chi Jingyuan is more familiar with Gfriend, who thinks the new song is good, and Apink, who finally made it to one of the alternates.
Many viewers have also noticed that today "Music Bank" broke into a substitute, and the one who competed with EXO who was still here was Apink, who finally entered the waiting list.
Speaking of Apink's return with a regular album after more than half a year, after nearly half a month of activities, the general results can be seen.
In terms of sales, nearly 100,000 copies were sold, setting a new record for Apink since their debut. This proves that their fan base is really strong among girl groups. There are really not many girl groups that can sell this number nowadays.
Obviously, the previous three consecutive hits have brought a large number of viewers and a solid fan base to Zheng Eunji and the others.
However, the sound source has dropped significantly compared to before. Although the title song "remember" was good and broke the charts once, its stamina is obviously lacking, and it immediately pales in comparison to the songs from the previous mini comebacks.
The important thing is that in the singing competition program, Apink has only won two first places so far, which is completely different from the unstoppable momentum they had at the end of last year when "luv" swept through January.
Although Apink's results are actually very good, and overall it is one of the best among the girl groups that have come back in recent times, it may be because their last comeback was so successful, people always feel that their regular album this time seems to be
Something is missing.
Chi Jingyuan and several members of Apink are familiar with each other, especially since Zheng Eunji is still here. Before the show started, he naturally went backstage to chat with them for a while.
It feels pretty good. The members of Apink don't seem to have so many thoughts and are quite satisfied. Not to mention Son Na-eun, who gets along more and more naturally, Jung Eun-ji is lively and crazy, grinning non-stop at one moment, and irritable and serious at the other.
He looked like he wanted to hit someone, fully displaying his barbaric atmosphere in the Busan countryside.
Apart from Apink, Chi Jingyuan paid a little more attention to Gfriend. When it was their turn to take the stage, he specially watched the performance of this girl group at the backstage entrance.
It's the song "Let's Start Today"
There are not many fans, and you can hardly hear any support.
However, the strength of this group is really great, the stage effect is good, and the pure and campus song style shows a sense of power. In addition to the loud voice of the lead singer, the one who left a deep impression on him was this female
The group dance was really neat.
Looking at it, he even felt that it seemed to be more tidy than EXO, which was always held back by others.
After the stage ended, there were not too loud but sparse applause and cheers. Chi Jingyuan leaned against the wall and blinked.
Pity.
Artists performed on the stage one by one, and he and Bae Zhuhyun also stepped in to host a few words from time to time. Soon the broadcast came to an end, and all the artists came on stage and began to award trophies.
One candidate, EXO "boy with luv" and Apink "remember"
"..."
"So today's protagonist is..."
"Apink, thick Camida!"
As the picture of the last winner was displayed on the screen, Chi Jingyuan took the microphone and loudly announced today's winner. At the same time, the BGM remembered and ribbons floated down from the ceiling.
"congratulations!"
Chi Jingyuan turned sideways, holding the trophy in both hands and handed it to Sun Na-eun who was standing next to him. Sun Na-eun smiled, took the trophy, looked at him, and then handed it to the captain Park Chorong next to him.
At this time, several members of Apink looked very surprised, because they really did not expect to be able to defeat EXO, who has become the guardian BOSS this time. In "Music Bank", a program with no one limit, "boy with"
"luv" swept through two months, and it still had some energy left over from June to July. Last week, it ruthlessly killed Girls' Generation again.
By the way, maybe this is why SNSD stopped singing...
Kim Nam-joo and Oh Ha-young didn't have much hope before, but they didn't expect a sudden surprise. Oh Ha-young looked like he was about to cry.
"Please give your acceptance speech."
Pei Zhuxuan smiled and reminded a few people who were a little stunned. Park Chulong immediately reacted, took the microphone and started talking.
"Thank you so much……"
Chi Jingyuan was smiling and applauding gently beside him. There was no surprise or disappointment on his face, and he looked like he was happy and blessing Apink.
He is indeed not disappointed. When he won first place on "Music Bank" last week, he already felt it through the increasingly lower total score. Even with EXO's popularity and the results of "Boy with Luv", after two
Months have passed and it is already at the end of the day. Last week's "Music Center" was not on the waiting list. It is normal that it cannot be obtained this week.
And they have indeed been relying on it for too long. Every time several girl groups in the front are fighting each other, the funny scene where the last one is EXO who never comes can't help but be tainted by the so-called 'summer girl group war'
A layer of funny colors and elements, now is the time to return the stage to them.
If the predictions are correct, "BWL" should not have a chance to win another trophy in the future. However, this song has completely dominated for nearly two months without playing songs for such a long time. This is
Such achievements and experiences are legendary enough.
By the way, how many first-place winners did "BWL" win this time?
Chi Jingyuan looked at the Apink members who were delivering their speeches, and suddenly began to make calculations in his mind, but he couldn't remember clearly.
But he knew it after a while.
"EXO's "Boy with Luv" won "Show Champion", "M! Countdown", "Inkigayo" three consecutive times, "Music Center" six consecutive times, and "Music Bank" seven consecutive times, a total of 22 hits.
One, creating the history of idol group one, becoming the idol group and Kpop song with the most number one in history."
After get off work, on the way back to the company in the nanny car, Chi Jingyuan saw some press releases and posts from fans on his mobile phone. He quickly found the battle report post recording EXO's first place result. He clicked on it and immediately It's clear at a glance.
Ariel remembers things like number of digits, which are related to honor and self-esteem, much more clearly than the members of XO.
"It's really amazing. I remember many years ago, you could be called a popular group just by picking one. Now, although it's a bit simpler, EXO is a bit too exaggerated. I feel like it's very popular for many groups.
They just take the difficult trophy as if they were wholesalers."
"This is the result obtained when EXO did not perform songs at all. If they continue to perform songs, I feel that the popularity can continue to be maintained and maybe they can win two more. By the way, EXO has not participated in "The Show" in the whole process.
If I go, I guess I can get 3 more.”
"So many words are meaningless. Now he is the first, right? I wonder if you have noticed Yuan's expression when he announced that Apink won the first place today. He was smiling and happy. I feel that he has already taken it.
Take it again."
In the post, the comments below are basically all exclamations and praises. Even if you are not a fan of EXO, as long as you are in the Kpop circle, no matter which group you are a fan of, you will sigh at this terrifying one-digit number.
While many fans are still working hard for their first No. 1 song since their debut, some people no longer know where to put the trophy...
With a little pride and a strong sense of honor, Chi Jingyuan smiled and clicked on another post.
"All of them rank in the top five in the history of Kpop artists and songs."
"First place EXO's "boy with luv" 22."
"Second place PSY's "Gangnam Style" 19."
"Third place EXO's "call me baby" 17."
"Fourth place EXO's "Roar" 17."
"Fifth place Apink "LUV" 17."
Among the top five songs with the most number of singles, three are all named by the same group, which makes it very intuitive and shocking.
The poster also added: "This is the ranking of Kpop songs. If it goes up to the category of all Korean songs, the first place is "I Know" released in 1992 by Seo Taiji and the Children, which won 25
Each one will move one position, and the other five people in the top five will move one position behind them."
Even if we move one place down, there are still 3 EXOs in the top five, so there is another round of praise and rainbow farts below this post.
However, Chi Jingyuan was not too excited after being briefly happy. Especially after seeing the exaggerated number of Xu Taizhi and children, he felt the need to be modest.
It is indeed easier to get the one-time trophy now than before. After all, the number of singing shows has increased, and there are also "the show", a maverick place where dreams come true. No matter how you look at it, the number of one-time trophies is more valuable than
It used to be lower.
After all, there were only a few singing competition programs that senior artists could participate in many years ago, and even if they all added up, it would not be much. For example, Girls' Generation's "gee" won a total of 14 first places, but at that time they were sweeping
The popularity is terrifying. If there had been two more singing shows at that time, maybe the number one spot would be theirs now.
So after looking at it, he felt that the number of people was just that, so he was overjoyed.
Don't be too arrogant, and don't end up like some seniors. If you used to have more than a dozen, but now it's difficult to get three or four, you will be a little embarrassed.
…
After Chi Jingyuan returned to the company, he met up with the members and his manager. Soon they took the gifts they had brought before, took a chartered car to the airport, and flew to Xia Guochuan City.
Tomorrow, August 1st, there will be a concert at Sichuan City Sports Center.
The concert is nothing special. It is the place where Chi Jingyuan holds concerts when he is happy. Among Chinese food, his favorite is Sichuan food. Although there are several delicious ones in Seoul, it always feels boring if you don’t eat locally.
That energy.
When the day came on the 31st, he took Jin Junmyun and others out for a late-night snack. After the concert on the 1st, they went out for hot pot together, and then reluctantly left on a plane the next day.
Class, returned to Seoul.
"As far as I'm concerned, the theme and style of the song "I" don't match well with rap, and it would seem a bit abrupt when added to it."
In the conference room of SM Company, Chi Jingyuan, a producer, was talking to others about his opinions: "But I tried to remove that rap section, but I always felt that something was missing."
Today is August 3rd. At this time, some important matters regarding the final aspects of Kim Taeyeon's solo album are being discussed in the conference room on the fourth floor of SM Company. Except for the producer Ji Kyung-won, several other related musicians are all on the list.
, the main control Lee Soo Man and the main lead Kim Taeyeon also attended.
What they are discussing at this time is about whether to add rap to the song "I". This song has basically been completed, and the arrangement has been given to different composers to make several versions, but about this
The problem is that Chi Jingyuan, as the main creator, has not yet fully decided to pay attention.
"Hmm..." Li Xiuman nodded calmly, glanced at Kim Taeyeon who said "I'm thinking seriously too", and then looked at Chi Jingyuan: "Still not sure about paying attention?"
"I'm a little hesitant." Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and told the truth.
He did have some hesitation and had been thinking about this for several days.
"Then tell me what you think."
Li Xiuman nodded and looked at the producers and musicians working on it: "What do you think of the effect of the rap in "I"?"
"I also feel a little bit about what Yuan Xi said..."
"I think this rap is quite good. It reflects the theme of the song in different ways and adds to the diversity of the song."
"Furthermore, after removing it, the connection between the main song and the following will be very stiff. I will definitely have to compose a new song in the middle to replace it. In that case, the arrangement may have to be redone..."
Several musicians present expressed their own opinions. Both Chi Jingyuan and Li Xiuman listened carefully and nodded from time to time.
Kim Taeyeon also listened very carefully.
"..."
After discussing for a while and collecting all the opinions, Li Xiuman pondered for a long time and finally expressed his thoughts and decisions: "I think it's better to add it. The problem you mentioned, Jingyuan, is indeed a bit, but what about Kpop songs?"
How can we do without rap? We can slightly reduce the amount of rap, but we can’t do without it.”
"Um."
Chi Jingyuan nodded slowly and agreed with Li Xiuman's statement.
Although I don’t know the specific reason, it is true that Kpop songs must contain rap, regardless of whether it is suitable or not.
It’s not appropriate anyway, just try your best to make it appropriate.
"Also, the most important thing about this rap is that it allows you to do this feat." Lee Soo Man added.
"Me?" After hearing this, Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a second, pointing at himself with his eyes open.
"Unless the artist requests it, we are accustomed to finding it from within. Jingyuan, we all know your rap ability. If we find it from within the company, there won't be many people who are better than you. And with your popularity,
Whether she is a producer or a singer, Taeyeon's title song will be full of gimmicks, which can be of great help in promotion."
Lee Soo Man smiled and explained: "Whether it is the song itself or other aspects, I think you are the most suitable one."
"so……"
Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly, but he had no objection. Li Xiuman analyzed that there was indeed nothing wrong with it, and singing feats was just a trivial matter for him. There was nothing difficult about it except that it would take up some time.
He glanced at Kim Taeyeon who kept nodding at him and smiled: "Then let me try."
"It's definitely no problem."
Ignoring Kim Taeyeon who was blinking and flattering him, Chi Jingyuan sorted out the information and documents in front of him and his expression became serious: "Some things about the title song "I" have almost come to an end.
I’m sure I won’t delete the rap, I will sing the feat…”
"Now, the songs are all settled. Taeyeon Xi's solo mini-album tentatively named "I" has been confirmed to include the title song of the same name "I", "UR", "Gemini", "Pressure",
"Tell Me First" and the instrumental version of "I" are six songs in total."
"There is still a little bit of preliminary preparation left, and it should be completed in the next two days. Then the song recording will start simultaneously, and other work can also start."