Chi Jingyuan looked at Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun who were assigned to the same team, and they all nodded in agreement.
"The highlight of this MMA stage is the main medley. Looking back on our achievements in the past few years in four songs, I believe it will definitely bring enough surprises to fans and audiences..."
After talking about MMA in detail, An Chengyuan took a sip of water and continued: "Then there will be MAMA on December 2. This time we will be the last performer as a major axis. With the addition of VCR, the organizer gave us a total of sixteen minutes of performance time.
, the longest performance among all the artists that day..."
"Excluding VCR, transitions and personal performance time, we will perform a total of three songs, namely "TransFormer", "Blood Sweat and Tears", and "FIRE"..."
"ah?"
Hearing what he said, the EXO members all screamed in surprise.
"Blood, Sweat, and Tears" is the title song of this year's reissued album, and it is natural that it should be performed on such an important occasion as MAMA. However, "FIRE" is only the first song, not to mention "TransFormer", which is only their regular third song this year.
This included song does not even have a MV or choreography. It is far less well-known than the several title songs. It is estimated that only their fans have heard it. Choosing these two songs as performance songs feels a little weaker.
Although Chi Jingyuan really likes the song "TransFormer", he thinks the bridge before the chorus is very nice.
At the same time, he glanced at Wu Sehun next to him with a strange look... This song is the song with the most personal parts in EXO's history.
"Not the main song, the prelude..." Jin Jun paused for a moment, but stopped talking.
"Don't worry, the company attaches great importance to this MAMA stage, and the song selection has been discussed for many times."
An Chengyuan noticed the expressions of several people, smiled and waved his hands and explained: "Several title songs are performed too many times during the end of the year, which will make the audience feel tired and repetitive, so we did this
Choice, a more novel look and feel and more explosive stage effects will be more important in this kind of award ceremony."
"The stage effects of these three songs have been carefully planned. The choreographer the company cooperated with has made a new choreography specifically for "TransFormer". As for "Fire", which is the highlight, the company also specially invited a professional performance team
, will directly bring the torch performance to the stage as a backup dancer..."
After the manager’s explanation, everyone was relieved and no longer had any doubts. Chi Jingyuan even became interested in what he called the ‘torch performance’.
"Fire" is really a good match for a torch performance. In addition, this song is already a very popular song. If the stage effect is well designed, it is really suitable to be placed on MAMA.
"...Our results this year are very good. All data and market responses have exceeded the company's expectations. We will definitely be the biggest protagonist in the awards ceremony at the end of the year."
The agent waved his fist excitedly:
"Whether it's MMA or MAMA, there's no suspense for the best album, and there's basically no competition for the artist of the year. In addition, one of the title songs, "Miss You", has a very good sound source. Recently, the sound source has picked up due to the onset of winter.
Therefore, Song of the Year is also very competitive. This year, we, XO, are very likely to win all three awards in a record-breaking manner. This is an achievement that has never been achieved before!"
When An Chengyuan said this, many members' eyes lit up and they became interested.
EXO has won countless grand awards over the years, and they no longer have the same kind of tears of joy, intense excitement and satisfaction that they had when they won the first grand award in 2013.
But no one has ever done this to win all three major awards. Even XO's peak period last year was not achieved because of bigbang's obstruction. But this year seems to have this opportunity. If you can really get it, it will be very disappointing.
The members are excited.
However, Chi Jingyuan did not interrupt. He observed the expressions of the members next to him, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked down at the floor.
"Okay, let's start rehearsing now!"
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The end of every year is the busiest day for idols, and this year is certainly no exception. After entering November, Chi Jingyuan felt that he was obviously busy.
The practice and preparation of the award ceremony stage, the filming of "Ghost", the production of the winter special "For Life", and various brand promotions and platform activities in between.
After returning from Neon, the EXO group and himself were either busy working or preparing for the next work.
Especially Chi Jingyuan himself, because filming requires him to travel frequently between the company and the crew, and occasionally he has to participate in various brand activities. His whole life has become extremely fulfilling for a while. Even he has developed a habit before and has to work with him almost every day.
The frequency of calls or videos made by my younger girlfriend Minami Minami every day has become less frequent, and the time has also been pushed to the latter part of the night.
Because not only Chi Jingyuan has a lot to do, Mingjing Nan and Twice are extremely busy. It is almost midnight when they return to the dormitory every day, and sometimes it is normal to stay up all night.
As the most popular girl group in the peninsula recently, Twice has so many schedules and so much work that even Chi Jingyuan feels like his scalp is numb.
Even if their current situation is somewhat similar, EXO, who are both in the stage of rapid rise in popularity, did not have as many schedules during the "Roar" period as Twice does now.
Looking at Mingjing Nan who looked very haggard after taking off her makeup during the video call at night, and Zhou Ziyu’s tired tone occasionally on the phone, Chi Jingyuan could only say that JYP really has no one left...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, this is indeed something that idol idols must experience. Chi Jingyuan and EXO also experienced this.
For the profession of idol, because of its high popularity, it is a good thing to have more trips.
……Maybe.
In the second week of November, BTOB released the title song of their ninth mini-album "Prayer", Tara released a new song "TIAMO", MAMAMOO and B.A.P all released songs to make their comebacks, and the entire music industry was extremely lively for a while.
However, as more and more boy and girl groups announce their comebacks and join the competition for the year-end schedule, the situation in the music industry these days is not as complicated as many people imagined, and the competition is not as fierce.
Instead, the situation became more and more clear.
Because there is one song that really relies on its own popularity and performance, from sound source to sales to song hits, it has swept away most of the songs of other boy groups and girl groups.
"TT" by Twice
What kind of monster newcomer Blackpink, what kind of lyrical group BTOB, what kind of Taeyeon, what kind of mommy I.O.ICBXVIXXBAP.
Not enough to see them all.
The top two music sources, with sales booming, Twice dominated all singing programs in the first two weeks of November with absolute strength, and the scores are still very different. In "Music Bank" or "Inkigayo",
Almost all places have ten thousand to five to six thousand.
The title of 'Big Devil', which was used to describe I.O.I more than half a month ago, has been completely transferred to "TT".
The entire peninsula seems to be caught up in the wave of Twice's vitality. Every day when walking on the street, in school or turning on the TV, you can hear various "I LIKE TT" and "NAOMUHEINAOMUHEI".
Even places like many nightclubs with completely different styles are no exception. Many people are showing off their arms, shaking their heads, drinking wine, and suddenly they hear the children's song "Nao Mu Hei" coming from the speakers.
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However, every time it is released, it is extremely popular, which is incomprehensible.
Even though Twice is a group he is very close to, when Chi Jingyuan sees their hot momentum, he still can’t figure out why their song is so popular. From his perspective of appreciating girl group songs, he actually feels that "TT"
》 is not a particularly good song, and it is not much better than other songs of the same period. I feel that the quality of this song is not worthy of such explosive popularity and achievements.
It's like he doesn't understand why "GEE" was so popular in the first place.
But it just happened that others did it, whether it was Girls' Generation or Twice... while slapping him in the face, it seemed to confirm the saying that 'a fire depends on your life'.
And Chi Jingyuan is obviously not the only one who can't figure it out. Although Twice has been very popular recently, but because they are so arrogant, the number of negative fans is naturally increasing rapidly. Recently, there have been a lot of negative comments about them on the Internet. Many
Anti-fans edited some of their stage clips and uploaded them online to attack them, which caused quite a stir.
The focus of the attack was on ‘broadcast gymnastics’, ‘poor strength’, ‘live is not good’, ‘can’t turn on the mic’… By the way, there is also ‘Lin Nayeon is ugly’.
Leaving aside the fact that the last one is obviously the work of Ellie, the previous ones can’t be said to be very bad, because some of them do exist objectively.
However, apart from "radio gymnastics", several other black spots are actually very common among idol groups and can be found in almost any male or female group.
Because there are always times when idols are not in good condition during their heavy schedule, and a lot of stage equipment often stretches their crotch, no matter who wants to find trouble, there is no way to avoid it. Ji Kyung-won and EXO have been doing well from their debut to now.
The scene of the stage car accident can be cut out for hundreds of minutes, and it is now compiled into a collection and hung on the YouTube channel, and is liked by a group of their anti-fans every day.
It can only be said that Twice has been too conspicuous recently, and some of its shortcomings have been magnified by Zhou Ziyu and others who criticize their performance... However, some members of Twice are indeed a little bit worse.
The fact that so many people are negative also proves that they are really popular...and the darker they become, the more popular they become.
Fortunately, during this period, although "TT" was arrogant, it was not too arrogant, because in terms of sound source, there was another song that could rival or even surpass "TT".
The subway song "really really" is a collaboration between four members of Chi Jingyuan.
Although "really really" does not have a physical album, after the explosion in the first two days of the song's release, the stamina of the sound source is also surprising. Without any promotion or song promotion, it has been firmly occupying the sound source chart.
The top two players competed fiercely with "TT" for the top spot. Although they were occasionally squeezed out, they still maintained their advantage most of the time.
You have to know that Twice is so busy running the schedule every day to promote that she vomits. In contrast, this song is even more powerful and rare.
It's just a dance song, but there hasn't been a live stage since it was released. People who like this song can't even find a place to visit the stage. As the popularity gets higher and higher, many people are very dissatisfied.
Especially fans of Yoo Jeong-yeon and Kang Seul-gi, whose popularity has surged recently, have been leaving messages online every day asking to see the stage.
Yu Dingyan was asked this question during the live broadcast two days ago, but she couldn't decide, so she could only deal with it. Afterwards, she privately sent a text message to ask Chi Jingyuan...
The appeals became more and more intense, and soon a week passed, and just when the top management of SM was cursed by the whole family again, SBS "Inkigayo" finally announced that Ji Kyung Won, Oh Sehun, Yu Jeong Yeon and Kang Seul Gi will be participating on this week's 13th.
Performed a special appearance of "really really" on "Inkigayo".
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"Seulgi said she's already here and waiting in the lounge...Where's Jeongyeon?"
"She is the MC, and she is also rehearsing for Twice. She must be busy now. She will be here in a while."
"CBX is also playing music today. Will you go to Baekhyun's place later?"
"Okay."
Chi Kyung-won and Oh Se-hun arrived at SBS early in the morning on the 13th in a nanny car. They arrived at the backstage of "Inkigayo" with ease and walked toward the lounge while chatting.
Because it was not a formal singing performance, but a special performance stage, the two of them came relatively late. When they arrived backstage, they saw many busy staff, as well as some idols who participated in the performance today and their managers walking past quickly.
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"By the way, Twice is here today. By the way, do you want to find a chance to secretly meet Mina xi or something? Aren't you very busy lately..."
Wu Shixun didn't know what he was thinking of. He whispered with a playful expression to give Chi Jingyuan advice: "As for SBS, there is a blind spot next to the vending machine room on the third floor. You can't see it if you stand farther away. It's love."
Dou is famous as a dating destination, do you want to go and see it?"
"You all know this...forget it, how embarrassing it would be if I accidentally bumped into Brother Baekhyun there."
"Ha ha……"
Wu Shixun couldn't help but spit out Chi Jingyuan's mean innuendo.
The temperature has been very low recently. He was wearing a dark slim down jacket and striding in the backstage passage with a shoulder bag on his back: "I have been in touch recently, there is no need to be so anxious..."
"Those who are favored are confident." Wu Shixun clicked his tongue and gave him a look of disdain: "I just don't know if Mina xi thinks the same way."
"Well..." Chi Jingyuan slowed down after hearing this. He felt that he did not seem to have considered Ming Jingnan's thoughts. He glanced at him with a strange look and nodded in agreement: "...I'll find an opportunity later.
, it’s not like we can’t see each other backstage, and what’s more, we can’t see each other on the stage when the first prize is awarded at the end.
"Yeah, you don't want to show off your affection on the stage, do you? Be careful, our fans have very sharp eyes."
"Of course I know……"
"Senior Aniha Saiyo..."
As soon as Chi Jingyuan finished speaking, he was interrupted by a voice coming from the front.
When he looked up, he saw seven girls in private clothes standing a few meters away, bending towards the two of them at 90 degrees, giving a very standard salute, and then said hello loudly: "We have just debuted.
Girl group MOMOLAND…”
A row of young newcomers stood in front of them. When Chi Jingyuan glanced at them, except for one with a mixed-race face, the first impressions of the others were relatively ordinary.
However, the eyes of these new female idols were secretly looking at him and Wu Shixun with something strange at this time. Obviously, as newcomers who had just debuted, it was very surprising to meet TOP-level seniors like EXO during an event.
Something surprising and memorable.
"Um, hello."
However, facing the enthusiasm of the new girl group, he and Wu Shixun acted relatively calmly. They nodded and responded without stopping, and walked directly over.
Chi Jingyuan could feel the light-like gaze following him, but he did not stop.
He has seen too many new girl groups from small companies, almost every time he comes to the TV station. They are not particularly stunning. If they leave a deep impression on him, he rarely pays attention to such new girl groups.
"……what do you think?"
After walking a little further, Wu Shixun asked in a low voice.
Chi Jingyuan understood instantly, recalled it for a moment, and shrugged: "It feels normal."
He didn't need to ask much to know that Wu Shixun was talking about the new girl group he met just now.
"I think the mixed-race one looks quite distinctive... but his figure seems a bit fatter, not just ordinary."
"You observe so clearly? You just took a photo of me for a few seconds and even noticed your figure?"
"What are you pretending to be?"
While the two people were talking, there was a sporadic sound of footsteps coming from the corner ahead. A second later, several figures walked out quickly from the side. They stopped when they saw the two people.
Chi Jingyuan has seen the performance list before. Today's episode of "Inkigayo" is really lively. Almost all the popular idols who have recently returned are here today. In addition to Twice, there are also several people he is very familiar with.
They all starred, such as CBX and SJ’s Jo Kyuhyun, and BTOB’s Yook Sungjae.
At the same time, there are also some who are not so familiar...
Like Blackpink who appeared in front of them at this time.