The preliminary preparations for this album had already started very early. Song selection had actually started since the project was established last year. After the title song "I" was completed and approved, the progress of Kim Taeyeon's solo album suddenly accelerated.
, all the work began immediately, and even the name of this album has been tentatively decided to be the same as the title song, "I".
This was also proposed by Kim Taeyeon herself, and it was initially approved after discussion.
But now, because the company has scheduled Kim Taeyeon's solo in October, and because of her current work focus, she has not started to produce this album with full strength. After all, whether it is Ji Kyungwon or Kim Taeyeon
Everyone has other things to do.
After the meeting ended, I exchanged a few words with Lee Soo Man and other musicians. After they left, Chi Kyung Won and Kim Taeyeon wandered out of the meeting room together.
"Hey Yigu, I'm finally done with the early stage. I've been really exhausted lately."
In the conference room just now, because Li Xiuman and other professionals were there, she obviously felt a little restrained. Now that there were no people around, she immediately let herself go, spread her hands, stretched out happily, and complained at the same time.
She is indeed very tired recently. July has been the comeback period for Girls' Generation. She is busy with various schedules and singing songs every day. After the "party" activities in the past two days, she started to rush to prepare for the next official event.
During the return of the album, she also had to practice several songs of "I" and participate in various production meetings of "I". She needed to communicate about the lyrics and music. Basically, she was always available, even if there were
I can’t postpone my schedule, but I will find time to participate later.
It can be said that she is already busy with two tasks at once. Kim Taeyeon really put all her effort into her solo debut.
Because she came to the company for a meeting early in the morning today, she was all employees of the company, and she didn’t need to be on camera, so she didn’t wear too much makeup. Chi Jingyuan casually looked over there, and he could see the tiredness and heavy look in her eyebrows.
I have dark circles under my eyes, obviously I haven’t had much rest recently.
The idol return period is so tiring.
"Actually, we don't need to be so anxious now. If we plan to debut in October, all the work will be finished after Girls' Generation's comeback, and it's not too late to start working on it in September."
Walking to the elevator together, Chi Jingyuan took a look, and after thinking about it, he gave some advice: "As long as we do the preliminary work well, and if the progress is faster, it will definitely be in time."
"It's okay. It won't affect the group. It doesn't matter if I'm a little tired. I'll do it while preparing. The more time I have, the better the quality of the album can be polished."
Hearing that Chi Jingyuan seemed to be persuading and slowing down the progress, Kim Taeyeon, who had just complained about being exhausted, immediately wiped away the fatigue on her face. She quickly waved her hand and looked at Chi Jingyuan.
She raised an eyebrow greasyly at him: "I just said it casually and don't take it seriously. Idols have gotten used to it over the years."
As she said this, she waved her hand rather proudly: "Don't worry, little Case, I'm Kim Taeyeon."
Kim Taeyeon's expression was lively, and her little body seemed to be full of vitality all of a sudden, as if the person who complained about being tired just now was not her, and the obvious dark circles under her eyes were not hers.
Seeing this girl pretending to be convulsing, she even stretched out her right hand and started gesturing her biceps. Chi Jingyuan first smacked his lips helplessly. After watching for a while, he also understood the other person's thoughts and nodded.
He also laughed out loud, stretched out his hand and waved it, signaling for a high-five:
"Okay then, Fighting!"
Kim Taeyeon smiled cheerfully, opened her arms to gather strength, and then hit her hard.
"Pa! Fighting! Hahaha."
………
"Lay is really popular recently."
After finishing his work in the morning, Chi Jingyuan followed his assistant to find a restaurant for dinner near the company. While eating, he watched the mainland news and news on his mobile phone.
Because his Chinese proficiency is very good, in addition to the local news on the peninsula, he will also often visit some forums and bars in mainland Xia. After all, there are a large number of Ellie groups there, and as the current album loser,
Kpop groups and EXO get a lot of their popularity from there.
Moreover, Chi Jingyuan is also very popular there, so he usually pays attention to it from time to time.
As he was looking at it, he came across a press release announcing that Lay was about to participate in the press conference for the movie "From Heaven". After clicking on it and scanning it, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh, as EXO's third comeback.
As a member of development, lay has been developing better and better recently.
Especially after becoming a regular guest on that variety show "Extreme Challenge", I gained a lot of popularity and favor from passers-by.
Ji Jingyuan watched two episodes of this variety show in order to support the former members. How can I put it, the sense of déjà vu was quite strong, but the filming was indeed interesting. Some scenes and guests performed well, even though he almost missed it.
I didn’t realize that the little sheep lying down and eating grass inside was their XO’s third brother.
Seeing that Lay's momentum is getting more and more popular day by day, no, TV series and movies have been scheduled one after another. Although he may not be able to catch up with the top Luhan, but compared to Tao, the second member to leave, his development is obviously a bit behind.
the meaning of.
However, Chi Jingyuan remembered that he had never been exposed to acting when he was in the group. Unexpectedly, he had already acted in a movie less than a year after returning. It seemed that the actors he worked with were all well-known and big-name actors, and the quality was not low.
I can only say that the XO brand is indeed not small, and the mainland household registration book is really valuable.
After eating and chatting casually with the assistant Cui Zhichang sitting across from him, Chi Jingyuan saw something interesting again. He put down his chopsticks, quickly edited a few sentences on the text message interface, and then sent it to Pei Zhuxuan.
"what is this?"
The young lady responded quickly.
"I saw it on the Xia Mainland Forum, and I translated the messages and blessings your fans wrote for you at the event held for the first anniversary of your debut."
August 1st was the first anniversary of red velvet’s debut. When he was browsing the forum there, he saw several celebrations held by fans of Ledbebe from the Mainland who spontaneously raised funds and supported them. One of them was called 'One Person, One Blessing'
, he saw a lot of touching and sincere messages in it, and he translated them and sent them to Bae Zhuhyun.
I believe that both the person who wrote it and the person who reads it will be very happy.
"Really? Then I want to take a good look!"
After a reply came back that was obviously full of surprise, there was no movement there. It was probably Bae Zhuhyun who looked at it carefully happily, and maybe even pulled the members next to her to watch it together.
By the way, Chi Jingyuan remembers that when Red Velvet debuted last year, they were scolded by SNSD and FX fans, and some people even organized a boycott. I didn’t expect that it would only last a year, and I didn’t know.
How did they do it? They actually already have an objective and loyal fan base, and they even held some kind of first anniversary celebration event.
Unfortunately, there is not much movement here on the peninsula, and red velvet flew to LA on the 1st to prepare for the Kcon concert held by Mnet. Even if local fans wanted to hold any activities, they could not find anyone.
This concert aimed at promoting Kpop invites various K-pop artists to hold one or two every year. However, EXO did not go this time, and Girls' Generation did not go this time either. However, he heard Kim Taeyeon casually mention just now that in a few days
There was another Kcon performance in New York, and that one was the highlight of SNSD.
So Bae Zhuhyun and the others are all in LA at the moment. It should be around eight or nine o'clock there now.
After a few minutes, Pei Zhuxuan came back: "The writing is really good, are there any more?"
Chi Jingyuan translated a few more articles.
After a while, she sent it again, feeling a little moved and questioning: "Do we have so many fans in Xia Country now?"
"I don't know if it's more or less, but if it's not, it's really thoughtful."
"After I get into the room later, I will show it to Seulqi and the others. They will definitely be very happy..." Pei Zhuhyun seemed to be in a very good mood, and then asked playfully: "What do you think I am doing now?"
"
Just when Chi Jingyuan saw this news, Bae Zhuhyun immediately sent a selfie as if answering questions of her own.
When I clicked it open, I saw that familiar face. The golden hair was tied into a bun on the head. The permed hair tips were hanging on both sides of the face. The head was tilted slightly and the eyes were completed.
A crescent moon smile was very bright. She was holding a mobile phone in her left hand to take a selfie, and her right hand was curled up into a claw shape and placed next to her chin, showing off her manicure that she had just changed to a different color as if to demonstrate.
There was a table in front of him. There was a bowl of dark soup on the table, and a stainless steel spoon was placed on it. It looked like he was eating.
"Are you eating?"
Chi Jingyuan thought it was quite interesting. He happened to be eating too.
"Well, I was a little hungry at night and I went to have something to eat with Shengwan in the hotel restaurant. She went to the bathroom and hasn't come back yet..."
Seeing this reply, he knew clearly that Son Seungwan was not here, otherwise Bae Zhuhyun would not have been so generous in sending the selfie.
With Bae Joo Hyun's current personality, she actually doesn't like to express her close relationship with Ji Kyung Won too directly in front of the members. After all, as the leader, if he takes the lead in falling in love, it will really have a bad impact.
Even if it shows up unconsciously sometimes.
"We will take a flight back tomorrow. By the way, next week we are going to attend the recording of MBC's "Idol Games" Mid-Autumn Festival special. Will you go this time?" She took the initiative to send another message, feeling a bit expectant.
"I won't go. The program team invited me, but the company didn't accept the invitation."
Since the fire of Chi Kyung-won's archery scene caused discussion several times before, every issue of "Idol Games" will be on time, and EXO has been warmly invited to participate, but it is a pity that SM has not approved it in recent times.
Because under normal circumstances, those who participate in the "Odds Games" are newcomers or first-, second-, or third-tier artists. Top-level artists rarely go, and EXO no longer needs to rely on this very troublesome variety show to show up and show off.
It was promoted. And if they didn’t have other thoughts and went for other things, in fact, the EXO members were not very willing to go, because the recording was really too tiring and long, and they couldn’t show their faces a few times in the end. With this
It's better to lie down in the dormitory for a while.
However, although SM declined, they did not say anything. After all, Chi Kyung-won had previously created several famous scenes that people talked about in "Odd Games", which aroused hot discussions and topics, and brought quite a high profile.
It's so popular. So if necessary, we will definitely let them participate, but it won't be a big group of nine people like when they first debuted. It would be good to send at most four or five people.
"Ah? What a pity. I thought we would meet... This is my first time recording. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"
What should I pay attention to? You can spend more than ten hours in a closed venue with a large group of female idols with beautiful faces and good figures. You can see several of them staring at you from behind just by turning your head.
Does the girl count?
Seeing Pei Zhuxuan's question, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but complain.
This is what left the deepest impression on him when he participated in several "Idol Games" recordings after his debut. Especially during the summer filming, the smell of sweat mixed with various perfumes, cosmetics, deodorants and hair fragrances was overwhelming.
A day that is truly unforgettable.
But Chi Jingyuan just thought about it in his heart, and of course he would not say that to Pei Zhuxuan.
And he actually knew in his heart that if there was anything he needed to pay attention to during the filming of the show, his agent would definitely explain it to him, so there was no need to ask him. The young lady just wanted to talk to him.
"What projects have you participated in?" The young lady was interested. Chi Jingyuan had also finished his meal at this time, wiped his mouth and leaned on the back of the chair to accompany him.
"They participated in wrestling and running, and I participated in archery."
"kkkkk With the physique of a few of you, you can still participate in wrestling... As for archery, have you practiced it before?"
"Hahaha, I didn't join the team formed by Yelin and the others. I have played archery a few times before, but I haven't practiced it specifically. However, I will go back to the program team for special training before recording in a few days."
"Archery is very simple. The main thing is the posture and the way to hold the bow, and you have to pay attention when aiming... It's a pity that you are very busy these days and you will be recording soon and don't have much time. Let's wait for next time. Next time, "Idiot"
We will probably go to the Olympic Games, and if you still take part in archery then, I will teach you."
"Okay, hook up!"
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After August, EXO has completely ended its regular second album return period in the first half of the year, and has entered the rough stage. In addition to concerts and some large-scale activities, the team's schedule has been greatly reduced.
Apart from the preparations for group matters such as Neon's debut, everyone in XO has also begun to focus on their own personal resources. Those who have personal resources will run personal resources, and those who don't have to rest or pick their own feet. Anyway, they are living a good life.
Much easier than the first half of the year.
However, Ji Jingyuan, who has the most things to do, naturally has no time to spare. Not counting Kim Taeyeon's work as a producer, the "Gayo Festival" already makes him go out early and come back late every day.
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
I've been really stuck on Kawen in the past two days, and I've been writing a little slowly. This chapter was written yesterday, and it will be a little later today.
