Chapter 158: Why Are There So Many Raps in Your Solo Song?
After a bizarre "downturn" in 2012, at the end of 2013, S.M. finally regained the satisfaction that it once enjoyed as the leading boss of a Korean entertainment agency - seeing that the sales of EXO's first full-length album was about to exceed the 1 million copies mark, SHINee finally won its first award after debuting for many years...... Everything seemed to indicate that they had finally come out of the aftermath of the exogenous withdrawal incident. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Seeing that after the New Year, the duo's TVXQ and Girls' Generation are about to usher in a return again, and the 2014 S.M. company is probably going to continue their glory, right? At the beginning of the last month of 2013, when SHINee's S.M. group was planning to return, a very strange event occurred that made everyone stunned and surprised.
I don't know how S.M. planned it, but in early December, there was an unbelievable "civil war" in the EXO group on the Korean music charts - if the top two songs on the charts were from their latest release, called "December Miracle" It's not uncommon for a song to be included in the Winter Special: however, not all of the songs that are competing for the top two on the charts are the same as EXO's latest Winter Special.
When "December Miracle", a lyric song performed by EXO's four lead singers, hit the top of the music charts immediately after its release, EXO's fans, who had long ago learned from various sources that it was a title song written by EXO-M's captain himself, suddenly discovered that the composer didn't even get half of the song, which caused a big problem.
Among EXO's meals, there are already a large number of only meals that are part of a single member, and among the members of EXO, Wang Nanqian, who has the most personal trips and has filmed three TV series before and after, ranks first in terms of the number of only meals - among these only meals, he is the most emotional, The most impulsive middle and high school girls have the largest number: when they found out that there was not even a second of Wang Nanqian's singing in the title song they had been waiting for, they immediately exploded like a pot and set off waves on the Internet.
Mixed with many simple expressions of anger and dissatisfaction, there are also all kinds of speculation about why Wang Nanqian, the composer, finally became a pure "behind-the-scenes worker" - at the end, a "party in the know" who claimed to have relatives working within the S.M. company suddenly jumped out, and published a conspiracy theory: the reason why Wang Nanqian was treated like this was because his popularity was too high, so the S.M. company wanted to suppress him and let other members come forward.
This hastily proposed conspiracy theory seems a bit absurd, but those girls who have lost their judgment under emotional excitement actually believe this statement - especially in Chinese mainland, there are a large number of Wang Nanqian's Weifan under the banner of "garbage S.M. company destroys my Idol", and began to crusade against S.M. company on the Internet: later they actually took other people who were also not in the "December miracle" Yuihan, the other EXO members who won the singing section in this title song, all joined forces, and a scolding war was set off on the Internet.
At first, the S.M. publicity department didn't take the "anger" of these meals very seriously - from the very beginning when the planning department formulated such a plan, they had already expected that such a situation would happen: these girls in the younger grades were uncertain, and it was okay for them to scold them for a few days, but after a long time, they would definitely re-enter the state of "Oppa is so handsome" and "the song is so good".
What's more, these people scolded and scolded, the song "December Miracle" is not in the first place on the music chart?
However, the subsequent development of the matter was completely unexpected by the propaganda department of the S.M. company - just when this vigorous scolding war continued to the climax and fierceness, a small unexpected spark directly ignited the group of girls who would lose their minds when they impulsively took it, and made them escalate directly from the innocuous act of "verbal protest" to an organized and large-scale actual boycott.
This small spark is the "Open Trainee Program", a long-planned plan of S.M. Company, which was officially launched according to the scheduled schedule and announced many trainees in a row, EXO's fans suddenly discovered that Wang Nanqian appeared in the promotional teaser of one of the female trainees, and even quietly posted the sound source of the promotional song "Thinking of You" with only guitar accompaniment on the Internet. Unexpectedly, their favorite Oppa did not appear in the title song of the winter special, but was "assigned" by the company to help the trainees do publicity, which made those girls who were already unhappy immediately explode.
Since you don't praise our Oppa, then we will take the Oppa ourselves.
With such a "heroic" mood, led by Wang Nanqian's Yuihan, and supplemented by a lot of other members who were simply venting their dissatisfaction or joining in the fun, those girls quickly took action and began to frantically devote themselves to the "battle" for a song with a song "Bae Joo-hyun" written on the singer's name that they didn't know at all.
These girls are so selfless into such an inexplicable struggle, even ignoring that the song "December Miracle" is also written by Wang Nanqian, and even ignoring that in the song called "Thinking of You", their favorite Oppa only appears as "feat" - and before they know it, this action of swiping the charts has become a pure vent for the girls who feel lost and dissatisfied.
Just when the staff of the propaganda department of S.M. Company were all having a headache over this matter, and even began to work overtime overnight to formulate a new propaganda plan, Wang Nanqian, as the central figure and trigger of this "civil war", did not know that the outside world had become a mess -- after finally ending the "successors" After the filming schedule of this TV series, there is no need to stand on the singing stage like the four lead singers and Zhang Yixing, who is responsible for playing the piano, there is nothing else to do except prepare for the performance stage at the end of the year, he is buried in a small studio all day long, struggling for the song that is nominally his Solo, but in fact, it is about to be changed beyond recognition by him.
Because he didn't have much experience with HipHop genres and didn't know how to give rappers more room to play, Wang Nanqian had already revised a few short bars back and forth more than a dozen times in front of the computer - huddled in a windowless studio, completely unable to feel the passage of time, until he felt that his brain was starting to fail, he stretched his waist and stopped slightly.
On that day, after being unscrupulously dragged away by Kim Taeyeon in front of a large group of trainees, and forced to let him lose a large sum of money to entertain him, he clearly understood that this woman had become more and more sensitive and less and less restrained, but Wang Nanqian, who didn't dare to provoke anything else before dealing with Wu Yifan's affairs, reapplied to the company to return to the small studio that used to belong to him in the old building of S.M. Company- He said that he was more inspired in a familiar environment, but in fact, he tried to avoid Kim Taeyeon, who seemed to be a little unreasonable.
Fortunately, there are indeed many strange personalities and strange behaviors in the composition department of the S.M. company, and his reason is not unacceptable - the request that is a hundred times stranger than the request he made, and the staff of the S.M. company have not seen it: in this way, he has once again lived the "regular" life of being sent by Lin Xuanjun every morning to an old building that is now completely a trainee, and being taken back to the dormitory every night.
When Wang Nanqian re-entered the building where he had lived and struggled for six or seven years on the first day, the trainees thought that he had just come back temporarily to have something to do - but when they found out that this senior who had recently become popular seemed to have a tendency to "stay" for a short period of time, many people started to think carefully.
Among them, there is Chi Hanshuai, a guy who is thinking about how to climb up and how to get in touch with Wang Nanqian: even if he can't let this senior help him, but he can always find a way to brush up in front of him, right? With this thought in his heart, he tried to find Jiang Shiqi and Bae Zhuhyun, who were said to have the best relationship with that senior.
However, what disappointed him was that not only Bae Joo-hyun, who usually didn't talk much, but even Jiang Shiqi, who seemed cheerful and outgoing, was full of vigilance about his deliberate approach - even when chatting, as soon as the topic mentioned aspects related to the senior, the eyes of the two girls immediately changed: after trying several times and getting the same response, Ji Hanshuai had to reluctantly give up the route of approaching the senior through Bae Joo-hyun and Jiang Shiqi.
But that doesn't mean he's really given up completely.
After doing I don't know how much homework and how much work he has put in, he finally found a new route: this year, there is a new Chinese trainee named Dong Sicheng who has entered the company, and this trainee's sister is also a trainee in the company - the most important thing is that Dong Sicheng's sister is said to have received special care from the senior at the beginning, and it seems that even the senior's mobile phone number, the female trainee has it......
So Chi Hanshuai acted quickly - he first invited the boy who couldn't speak Korean very well out for two meals, and easily got in touch with the female trainee named Dong Shihui: on the third day after the senior returned to the small studio in the old building, he finally found an excuse to "invite" Dong Shihui, a female trainee who seemed to be a little weak and weak.
Although there was a female trainee named Kim Se-jeong who was smiling and grinning and didn't seem to have any ladylike demeanor at all when she spoke, Ji Hanshuai had to spend an extra penny - but at this time he didn't care anymore, as long as he could achieve his goal, what was there to invite one more person for a meal of soup and rice for the sake of those benefits and benefits that could be obtained?
Hello, my name is Jin Shizheng, and I only joined the company this year, so I would like to ask you for more advice in the future. β
Looking at the smiling face of this small girl, Ji Hanshuai felt as if she had a faint hostility towards him - but his purpose was originally to get along with the Chinese girl who had lowered her head and had not spoken, and as for the attitude of this girl named Jin Shizheng towards him, he didn't care.
"I won't be too polite to you, I'll ...... in the future"
Trying hard to squeeze out the most kind smile, Chi Hanshuai was about to pretend to be very righteous and friendly to the few "junior" trainees in front of him, but a voice suddenly came from their side - hearing that familiar and unfamiliar voice, Chi Hanshuai's eyes widened directly, and even the voice stopped.
"Oh, isn't this Sejong?...... DONDON TOO, HUH?"
Since EXO moved to the new building of S.M., there are almost no illegitimate meals or paparazzi reporters at the door of this old building - it is precisely because everyone is not as interested in trainees as they are in the artists who have already debuted, and quietly sneaks back to the old building to "work" Wang Nanqian has been living a very free life these days, even if he goes out to a convenience store or a small restaurant to eat casually, no one follows him and keeps taking pictures: it is because of this "freedom" that he wants to go out to buy some coffee and drinks in the convenience store after he stops what he is doing.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked downstairs, he saw the figure of Kim Se-jung at the staircase that he hadn't seen for a long time - although the song written for him by this girl's aunt Kim Yeon-jung was not able to be accepted in EXO's first full-length album for various reasons, but he still owes Kim Yeon-jung a great favor: seeing that the one who was entrusted to him, The girl, who he didn't be able to take care of well, was standing there smiling and chatting with someone, and he didn't think much about it, so he just walked over and opened his mouth.
βNANβ¦β¦ Hello NAN seniors!"
Rounding the corner, Wang Nanqian saw that it seemed that it was not only Jin Shizheng, but also Dong Shihui's girl and her younger brother were also standing there - in addition to these people he knew, there was also a male trainee who he seemed to have met a few times before, but he didn't remember what his name was at all: just when he was a little hesitant to ask the trainee's name first, the guy whose face had turned red and didn't know why he was so excited had already bent down and greeted him loudly.
"Ah...... Hello, your name is ......"
"NAN senior, my name is Ji Hanshuai, I am your supporter and fan! I am very ...... the songs you write"
Why did this kid suddenly confess to himself? I didn't know the situation, Wang Nanqian, who just wanted to go to the convenience store, didn't want this guy to make too much of a move, so he quickly shook his hand to stop him.
"Okay, okay, Ji Hanshuai, right? Don't be so polite, I don't like to listen to polite words. β
"Yes yes yes ......"
Seeing that his "ultimate goal" was standing in front of him, Ji Hanshuai was extremely excited, and for a moment his heart was full of all kinds of words he wanted to say, but he couldn't say them in his throat - he couldn't do anything except nod his head constantly.
"Shizheng, how are you doing lately? I've been too busy to take care of you during this time, it's really ......"
Compared with Dong Shihui and Dong Sicheng, the two sisters and brothers, Wang Nanqian is much more attentive to the girl Jin Shizheng - after all, it is his responsibility to take care of this girl, after calming the trainee named Chi Hanshuai, he turned his head to look at the short, round-faced girl with a smile.
"Senior, I heard that you came back this time to write a song, and it's the Solo song you're going to release next year, right?
Listening to Wang Nanqian's tone is really too affectionate, the thing that he is most afraid of in the company is that Kim Se-jeong, who is aware of his relationship with Kim Yeon-jung, hurriedly shouted, and suppressed the other party's voice with his voice - although no news has leaked yet, people within the S.M. company know very well that the personal solo project of the captain of EXO-M has been put on the company's agenda, and may soon become a reality.
ββ¦β¦ Ah, ah, I just made a demo, would you like to hear it?"
Looking at Jin Shizheng's frowning expression, Wang Nanqian also realized that he seemed to be a little too close to this girl, so he had to cooperate with this girl's words and took out the mobile phone he brought back because he had returned to the old building in the past few days and had to contact Lin Xuanjun.
With a sigh of relief in his heart, Jin Shizheng hurriedly took the headphones handed over by the senior, and pretended to listen to the rhythmic melody that sounded in the headphones...... However, after only listening to a small half, she couldn't help but raise her head in confusion.
This senior's previous songs don't seem to be in this style, right?
And the weird-sounding rap part, what's going on? It always feels like it was forcibly added.
"Senior...... Why are there so many raps in your solo songs?"