When it was approaching midnight on the 12th, Kim Seok-gyu was waiting in front of the computer to watch the sound source and MV of EXO's comeback prelude song "Fire" that SM would release on time.
He is a male fan of EXO and has been a fan for more than two years. Compared to most 20-generation men who only like girl groups and frown with disdain when mentioning boy groups, Kim Seok-gyu is an anomaly.
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Of course he also watches the girl group, after all, everyone likes such beautiful girls, but instead of pursuing the cuteness and sexiness of the girl group, he is actually more focused on appreciating the stage. He likes the fierce and handsome dance that makes people excited.
, who has been following Kpop for several years and watched so many stages, he really feels that compared to most female groups, the stage performance of a male group, not to mention the movement and coordination, just the choreography is difficult to achieve several levels.
, the intensity and excitement are much greater than that. There are some stages and parts that even if you look at them with a homosexual identity and some prejudiced eyes, you will still feel very handsome.
Male fans like him do not account for a large proportion of EXO's overall fans, but in terms of EXO's fan base that has been cut off in the Kpop music industry, because the base is too large, there are actually quite a lot of male fans who like XO
Yes, he knows several of them, some of them like dancing as much as him, some of them are celebrity fans who like to be popular.
In addition to him, I don't know how many other male fans of the same type are there, as well as the main female fans who are far more numerous than them, and even more interested passers-by are waiting.
Nearly ten months have passed since last year's regular second album "EXO-L". In such a long time since the second album was a huge success and reached the top of the charts, except for the release of a winter special, the team has not changed much.
There is no action at all, and all members have been focusing on overseas tours and personal activities. This is really unacceptable for a new generation top group with many fans in the music industry and a faulty level.
During such a long hiatus, many Ariel have been waiting impatiently for the return of their idols. During this period, even if they spend money to support their idols, they don’t know what to buy. Many people can only go back and buy XO’s previous products.
Some of their albums have led to the strange phenomenon that the sales of many old EXO albums have skyrocketed during this period.
If the combination of EXO's popularity and size were placed in other companies such as JYP, if they didn't come back five or six times a year and harvest all the fans' wallets, they would have known that there is a long way to go.
But SM doesn’t think so. First of all, as long as a boy group of EXO’s size releases a song, it will definitely become a trend. The peninsula market is not big in the first place. It will be annoying to come back so many times... and TOP must have the style of TOP.
Whose top performer keeps coming back year-round as if they have never made any money? Look at Big Bang and EXO. If they want to make money, they just go on tour.
As soon as midnight arrived, countless fans and passers-by immediately refreshed the web page several times in succession, and SM, who is always punctual, did not disappoint. The sound source and MV of "Fire" immediately appeared on the relevant website.
Kim Seok-gyu specifically looked at the songwriters displayed in the song information. The name of the creator Yuan, whom he originally thought was only listed in the second or even third place, was a musician named PDOGG.
Have not heard……
Countless similar thoughts passed by without paying much attention. Everyone clicked on the music source or MV directly in the next second.
"Thum, thump, thump..."
The intro of fragmented drum beats and background electronic music is very rhythmic. As soon as the music starts, people can't help but nod their heads. In the MV, Chi Jingyuan curiously looked at the man in black who suddenly appeared in front of him,
Tentatively, they walked in step by step, looked at each other, and then the two people shook hands gently in a very friendly manner.
With a "wow", the flames instantly rose up from the body of the man in black, and the swirling flame clouds made many people in front of the screen vaguely feel the heat. According to their inertial thinking, many people felt that Chi Jingyuan should stay away and run away immediately.
What, I didn’t expect that he was holding the other person’s hand on the screen, while tilting his head and looking at the burned man in black in front of him in surprise, looking at it for a second as if watching a performance,
"It's burning~"
oh!
Seeing this scene and this sentence, many people immediately smiled and raised their eyebrows.
The same goes for Kim Seok-gyu. He thinks the scene and the words of Ji Kyung-won are really handsome.
"Frie~~Fire~~"
"Fire~~Fire~~"
Before anyone could sigh, the strong syllables and climax of the chorus immediately attracted all the audience's attention.
The arrangement of "FIre" is different from EXO's previous style. It has strong hip-hop elements and is an EDM electronic dance music. The temperament of the song itself and the extensive use of electronic music in the chorus are things that XO has rarely touched upon before.
to the area, but this very novel attempt still gave fans a very excellent experience.
The essence of this song is still dance music, and the dance of this song can satisfy all audiences who like the stage. It is a very dangerous jumping position, extremely complex and fragmented but very handsome hand and body movements, plus
There are several distinctive and iconic shots, and the overall extremely difficult choreography is a feast for the eyes. Although there are not many group dance shots in the official version of the MV, the dance shots that appear in the intervals still bring countless viewers to the scene.
Great enjoyment.
"Fire~~Raise your fist, All night long."
"Fire~~step firmly and move forward courageously."
Soon we reached the second half of the three-minute song and entered the excessive brigde part. The intense chorus just before left people unfinished. I originally thought that this relatively slow-paced brigde would be a little more soothing, but I didn't expect it for a while.
After the melody, Chi Jingyuan, who had not missed a few faces in the previous part and was just dancing along, suddenly walked from the side to the C position in the middle and started to lead the dance. While doing the overall movements, he pointed at the camera:
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"Go crazy!"
"ahwwooo!"
With a wanton shout, the nine EXO members who had already stood in formation began a jaw-dropping group dance. Everyone raised their hands flat in front of them and clenched their fists tightly, bowed slightly, and pressed their feet extremely hard on the floor.
They stepped on the pedal continuously at an extremely fast speed, as if they were performing a passionate tap dance. The movements were so fast that one could hardly see their steps. Combined with the extremely triangular formation and extremely neat movements, a wave of
A strong sense of impact hit my face.
The camera zoomed in, and Chi Jingyuan stood in the middle. He pursed his lips slightly with a faint smile under the intense dance, and looked at the camera with piercing eyes. His eyes seemed to penetrate the screen and he was facing the audience.
He looked at her, because the movement was too strong, causing her hair and bangs, which were not long at first, to sway with the pedaling, and every move seemed to sway into the female fan's heart.
"Oh touch~"
Many people exclaimed when they saw this scene in the MV. It was a complete killing part. Although the scene of a group dance was very short, it immediately became the most memorable scene for countless fans and passers-by. At the same time, the blood in the body was also
Being aroused by this section, some people want to stand up directly, stamp their feet on the ground and imitate it.
After this amazing part ended, everyone jumped on the spot. After landing on the ground, some put their hands on their sides and shook them quickly.
This is one of the most memorable and iconic choreography of "Fire". Because it feels like touching something very hot, they named it the "Hot Hand Dance".
After Chi Jingyuan smiled and heated his hands twice, the originally tight triangle formation quickly dispersed. Chi Jingyuan, who was standing in the middle, took a few long steps and stood directly from the middle to the leftmost position, followed by
The team performed a neat and neat group dance.
At this time, the camera of the MV suddenly zoomed up, aiming at Chi Jingyuan who was next to him and approaching him. Chi Jingyuan also slowly took a few steps forward, and soon looked at the camera where he was alone from a semi-overlooking angle.
While singing his own lyrics, he stretched out his index finger and gently shook it, and had a personal show time.
"Burn it all, Bo~"
Then he suddenly squatted down and slowly leaned backward, and the camera followed his footsteps and slowly zoomed out. In a trance, it quickly zoomed out from the original close-up to a panoramic view. At a glance, the surroundings had already reached a certain point.
Dozens of people were squatting, and Chi Jingyuan stood up together with the other members who were also squatting on the ground and the forty backup dancers who followed the shouts of 'fire'.
With nine members and forty backup dancers, the group dance with so many people gives people a more powerful feeling. Even if the camera is pulled very high, it is still fully stretched. The pool scene that was not shown in the whole song before
Yuan Wen stood in the C position, shaking his shoulders, taking a short step forward and then quickly retreating. Various fragmentary movements were displayed naturally on him, even if he was close to the uniform movements of person No. 50.
The impact is beyond words, but the person in the middle is still extremely eye-catching.
"Burn it all, Bo~" Following the lyrics, he nodded his head and waved his hands upward, as if he was really going to burn.
The shadows reflected on the graffiti-covered wall behind him were also constantly dancing. Together with the dancers waving flames in front of them, a strong sense of shock spewed out from the chests of countless spectators.
As the last hot dance ended with everyone shaking their hands together, and with the monologue "I forgive you", the entire song MV ended.
Not to mention the female fans who were already flushed because of the last two group dances. As a male fan, Kim Seok-gyu also started to get excited. This song "Fire" really suits his taste. He just likes this kind of passion and excitement.
, choreographing super difficult songs and dances.
"handsome!"
Thinking of the group dance he had just seen, the part that trampled on the ground, even if they were of the same sex, he couldn't help but click his tongue and praise it.
In fact, he thought the first two paragraphs were fine, but he felt that the last two paragraphs were so satisfying that he rewinded them and watched them several times. Then he hit the space bar to pause, and watched the person standing in the C position showing off and looking cool.
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but clicked his tongue:
"Tsk, tsk, I think you're too handsome. If those female idols see you, you can't be too picky."
"hey-hey……"
As a male fan, he is not as disgusted by idols' love affairs as those female fans. He even hopes that Chi Jingyuan can fall in love or something.
After watching the MV, EXO's major fan groups also began to engage in heated discussions, commenting and discussing this novel preview song. Facing the return of their idol after such a long time,
All Ellie is already horny and thirsty:
"The style of this song is quite different from before. It feels like a return to "DOPE". When I first listened to it, I couldn't tell it was an EXO song... but the quality is still as high as ever. The MV is really engaging.
It was big, with explosions and burning cars. I heard that it was all shot in real locations, and there were so many backup dancers. Wow, it’s worthy of being XO. I’m quite satisfied.”
"The entire song's MV is super cool. The flames are burning so vividly. Especially the last two parts. The part where the group tap dances like stepping on the floor is really cool to me. And then there's the transition sequence where Yuan makes a face.
The scene where Wu appeared was so powerful. I don’t know how many times I went back and watched these two paragraphs. I’m still repeating them now. XO Sai Gao! I’m really looking forward to today’s first stage! I heard that a few days ago
It was already recorded, but unfortunately I didn’t get a spot that day, I cried~”
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The shadow reflected on the wall behind the scene is very touching.”
"It feels pretty good. The dance is really difficult, but it makes it look exciting... Isn't Yuan's part a bit missing? There are only a few words in the whole process. Except for the opening line, the dancers have been dancing.
Only the last two paragraphs have C-position shots.”
"I really have enough fans of Yuan. No matter how little Yuan's parts are, how can he be as good as Sehun's? And although Yuan's parts are not many, at a glance, they are all very impressive killing parts. The last two parts are so handsome.
C was given to him, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
"Is it possible that because these parts are sung by Yuan, they are the killing parts? Can you change Chen or someone to try it and see if you still feel that way?"
"There's something sick upstairs. Did we Chen offend you? Du Wei is really annoying."
"Sisters, after listening to the song, don't forget to listen to the audio source and playback on YouTube. Although there is no doubt about the popularity of the Obamas, the first song is also very nice, but the electronic music part is a little too much, and the song style
It is also an electronic dance song unlike before. It is estimated that it may not be popular in terms of popularity, so the performance of local music sources may be a bit dangerous, so we must not stop in terms of data. Even if it is just a first release, we must get it in line with EXO
Achievements in identity!"
"..."
While the discussion was going on online, Chi Jingyuan and other EXO members, who had already returned to the dormitory early because of their schedule the next day, were also paying attention to the online comments and reactions.
But to be honest, after last year's success, the EXO members who now occupy the gap, and even Chi Jingyuan are no longer as full of expectations and apprehensions as before. At least they are not like Twice.
Both of the title singers were so excited that they wanted to hug each other and cry, looking like they were worthless.
They are very confident in their current popularity and fans. Even if they release a bad song, their performance will not be much worse just by singing it, not to mention "fire" is a song recognized by the team as a quality song
Excellent dance music, I don’t know how much effort was put into practicing the choreography which is extremely difficult for them.
But of course I would be happier if I could get a better reputation.
After Chi Jingyuan browsed around, he felt very good about the comments made by online fans about him.
There are actually very few parts in the song "Fire". Although there are many harmonies, except for the beginning, the part that plays the C position is also the part where the group dances at the end.
The company is divided like this, and he doesn't care about it. He has long gone through the period of relying on parts to compete for fans. Sometimes, a little less is good for team unity, and he is still happy to be free.
In fact, the C position of the part where the group stepped on the floor earlier was not his before. This part of the C position that highlights the dancing ability is usually that of Kim Jong-in, the major dancer. Unfortunately, his feet were a bit awkward when practicing in separate parts.
I had a sprain and rested for two days, so I didn't make it back.
And as some fans said, the same movement feels completely different when performed by different people. Similar to this part of stepping on the floor, some people dance it very well, such as Kim Jong-in, Chi Jingyuan, and others.
Some people danced very strangely, like Park Chanyeol, who always hunched over and shrunk his head, making his dance look extremely awkward. The dance teacher corrected him twice but it didn't work, so he moved his position to the back of the crowd.
As a result, in the end, the C of this movement was given to Chi Jingyuan, who danced the most beautifully.
And the only two parts now seem to have become one of the most eye-catching parts of the song. They were praised and praised by fans as soon as they were released, which also made Chi Jingyuan feel secretly happy.
Again, it doesn’t matter whether there are too many parts, it all depends on who sings it and what the effect is.
An hour passed quickly, and even though it was an electronic dance song that was not considered popular, given EXO's popularity and fan base, "Fire" was still unsurprisingly empty.
After knowing the airborne rankings, the other members in the dormitory didn't say much. After chatting with each other for a few words, they dispersed. There were many activities today. In addition to the first stage, there were also several interview activities. You had to get up in the morning.
Very early.
"fire~~~oh oh oh, haha."
Not two minutes after he lay down on the bed, Chi Jingyuan received a text message from Zhou Ziyu. This idiot had obviously been paying attention to Chi Jingyuan and the others. At this time, he probably just finished listening to "Fire" and was a little excited.
The messages are somewhat incoherent.
"You're so excited that you can already sing? You can send a voice message directly." Chi Jingyuan laughed and replied casually.
"No, there are other members nearby."
Zhou Ziyu said that, but within two minutes of receiving the text message, Chi Jingyuan received another voice message from her.
"fire~~ahoo~~haha"
I don’t know where she was hiding in that corner when she recorded it. Her voice sounded very small and a bit clipped. She sang the chorus of "fire", and her voice wanted to restore the momentum of the original singer but couldn’t help but laugh.
In order to imitate the electronic music, he also made a special "ouch" voice. After singing a few lines, he immediately started to giggle.
In line with her consistent singing level.
Chi Jingyuan listened very happily, and did not ridicule her. Instead, he sincerely encouraged her: "You sang well, how about we kick Wu Shixun out and let you join in?"
"Hahaha... don't!"
She actually refused a little arrogantly.
Zhou Ziyu also seemed very happy. She was still so excited so late. She didn’t know whether it was because she had just watched the MV for “Fire” or because she was chatting with some people.
"Did you also choreograph the dance for this song?"
"I choreographed it together with the company's dance teacher."
"It looks so difficult, especially the part where we step on the floor together, but it's really nice! I just watched momo Ouni and tried to dance but couldn't imitate it. It felt much more difficult than "Cheer Up".
"
"...If the dance is the same as yours, we won't have to mix it up."
"Why are you talking about the dance you choreographed..." Zhou Ziyu has a sense of team honor, but she is obviously dissatisfied with what Chi Jingyuan said.
"I won't tell you anymore, I went to bed and I have to get up early tomorrow!"
"No sleeping! fire~~~oh~~Bo~~~"
This girl seemed a little too excited and wanted to imitate the powerful music of "fire" to dispel Chi Jingyuan's sleepiness.
Chi Jingyuan glanced at the childish text message, shook his head and put his phone aside. He didn't bother to reply and got ready to go to bed.
Two minutes later, the phone screen lit up again. He stretched out his hand to fumble and took it over and took a look. It was still sent by Zhou Ziyu: