Chapter 125: Sinking?
On August 29, BIGBANG's first single album was officially released.
The media keenly noticed that there was a name "Kim Sung-won" in the arrangement behind the album, and they asked Kim Sung-won for confirmation the next day.
After receiving Jin Shengyuan's affirmative reply, many media reporters were excited. Because BIGBANG's debut album still hasn't caused much of a hit, fans don't seem to like this "alternative" group that suddenly appeared.
However, President Yang Hyun Suk has calmed down and started to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the BIGBANG group and investigate the feedback of fans in detail in preparation for the upcoming release of the second single album.
"Obviously he is the king of lyrical songs, but he wants to learn to make HIPHOP music, although the quality of several songs is barely okay, but compared with Kim Sungwon's lyrical songs, it is tantamount to the difference between cloud and mud."
"Kim Sung-won is too 'confident'! Does he really think of himself as an all-powerful genius? ”
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This was the dominant view of media reporters for some time afterward.
Kim Sung-won didn't put his name in the arrangement column because he wanted to show off his uniqueness or think that he could make BIGBANG popular directly with his fame.
It's just his responsibility as a music producer. If a music producer does not even have a basic sense of responsibility, he will gradually lose the ability to think independently, let alone become a "king" who guides and even creates trends.
Kim Sung-won understood this, and Yang Hyun-seok also understood this, so neither of them cared about these comments.
However, things are not only like this, it seems that the heavens are jealous that Jin Shengyuan has achieved such proud results so quickly, and blows come one after another.
First of all, the ratings of the "Love Letter" hosted by Jiang Hudong have dropped sharply in the past six months, and the opinions discussed by Jiang Hudong and Jin Shengyuan several times have been to no avail, and the news of "Jiang Lang's talent" was inadvertently leaked by a staff member.
X-MAN's "Of course" game has finally become bored by the audience, and the ratings have plummeted after "Love Letters", although there has been a certain recovery in the Chinese special, but it is only a drop in the bucket. The program team has already discussed the revision.
Compared with the decline of SBS TV, KBS TV's two "Star Admiralty" and "Heroine 6", which focus on mind games, have risen strongly.
Hosted by Kim Ji-dong and Ji Seok-jin, the ratings of star Kim Jong, who has been using SJ as a regular guest in the first half of the year, have risen sharply, impacting X-MAN's precarious position.
Ji Seok-jin hosts, Kim Jong-min is a regular guest of the heroine 6, and the production team keeps up with the trend and brainstorms from the Internet to formulate the game. Started at the beginning of 06, the game "Catch Mouse" became a new trend in 2006 in just a few months, and it can be said to be the most popular game in the household name, and it is also a must-have group entertainment program for friends gatherings.
The highest ratings of Heroine 6 even surpassed X-MAN at one point.
Although this change is gradually taking shape invisibly, it is still noticed by many sensitive audiences and media, and many media reporters are ready to move.
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On October 11, "Huang Zhenyi" officially launched, occupying one of the same programs, and the national ratings of the first two episodes were above 20%, which is a very good start.
However, in contrast to the strong rise of "Jumong", the ratings of "Huang Jinyi" began to decline all the way, and even fell to the second place in the same period for three consecutive episodes, and it was not until the tenth episode that it recovered to 19.7% of the rating.
And the ratings of the eighth episode of "Jumong" have exceeded 30%.
These two TV series were not originally comparable, but Kim Sung-won's "participation" has made media reporters keep comparing the two TV series, although they have done a lot of publicity for "Huang Zhenyi" for free, making it usher in a beautiful start, but it has been in an awkward position since then.
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The tide has finally hit.
On October 21, an episode of "Love Letter" was broadcast on Zuihou, which was officially suspended, and the follow-up column was taken over by "Choosing Men and Women" hosted by Kim Yongwan, causing an uproar among many loyal viewers.
On October 22nd, after a long period of discussion, the X-MAN program team finally decided to revamp X-MAN for the second time. On the basis that the original rules could no longer bring out the novelty of the program, the program team changed the rules and changed the name to "New X-MAN", or it can be called "X-MAN Season 2", and the host remained unchanged.
The opening dance was cancelled, the "Of course" game was canceled, and the "Long live the COUPLE" game was cancelled...... The new X-MAN has changed beyond recognition. …,
The program team consulted Jin Shengyuan before, but for the current situation that the audience has become aesthetically fatigued, Jin Shengyuan has no power to return to heaven, so he can only accept the revised version of the program team with gloom.
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Although bigbang won the CYWORLD Digital Music Newcomer Award after the release of his second single album, it was a small award, and it was largely due to YG's contribution to digital music.
The name "Kim Sung-won" still exists in the arrangement of BIGBANG's second single album.
At this time, BIGBANG was gaining a certain amount of popularity, but it was also being ANTINED by more people.
"None of the members of YG's original idol group weishenme are good-looking", "Don't you all look in the mirror...... All kinds of malicious messages continue to appear on the official website.
TOP, the oldest and coldest-looking member of the five, has cried many times because of these messages.
When President Yang Hyun-seok declared that he defined BIGBANG as a powerful idol, a message that said, "Ugly idols, I want to see how good you can do", caused all five Kwon Ji-ryong to cry.
Compared with the anti faced by the five members of BIGBANG, Kim Sung-won seems to have a much "milder" comment:
"Arrogant, complacent, ignoring advice, ignoring the media...... Jin Shengyuan, turn back to the shore! ”
"Variety shows are at a low ebb, music production has also gone astray, and Kim Sungwon's future is worrying." The three OSTs of "Huang Zhenyi", "Seeing You", "Bad Guy", and "Interpretation Flower" are all well written and tacted, especially "Bad Guy" sung by Bai Zhiying has consolidated her gorgeous transformation from a dance singer to a lyric singer after her comeback in the first half of the year. It can be seen that Jin Shengyuan's creative strength still exists, and what he needs is someone who can wake him up! ”
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Of course, all of the above are small and medium-sized newspapers and magazines, making an expert appearance of "worry" or "saving", and commenting to attract the public's attention.
The truly powerful media, although they occasionally add some subjective opinions, will basically uphold an objective attitude and will only comment after careful investigation and analysis.
"The failure of the love letter, the revision of X-MAN, are inevitable. In 2006, variety shows ushered in a wave of reform, and the love letter and X-MAN models have gradually become tired of the audience.
Moreover, the success of these two variety shows largely depends on the performance of regular guests. Although the host also contributed a lot, the performance of the regular guests definitely accounted for a large part of the reason.
For example, Jang Yinglan in Love Letters, Kim Jong Kook of X-MAN, Yoon Eun Hye, etc., with the withdrawal of these heroes, the ratings of the show have all declined to a certain extent.
In particular, the success of Kim Jong Kook and Yoon Eun Hye, the 'national couple', has made many programs begin to imitate them.
The performance of the substitute guests is easy to be compared by the audience with the previous guests, and then the audience will gradually become dissatisfied in their hearts, laying the groundwork for the failure of the show. It's not that the new guests necessarily don't perform well, but the original guests left too much impression on the audience. For example, Kim Jong Kook's 'love for Yoon Eun-hye' is known as one of the most romantic scenes in 2005.
Another reason is that the rise of some variety shows has had a great impact on the ratings of these two programs, especially the 'Infinite Challenge' hosted by Yoo Jae-seok, Kim Sung-won and others, which has now stabilized at about 20% of the ratings, creating a new chapter in variety shows. ”
The suspension of love letters and the overhaul of X-MAN have had a small impact on almost the entire society. Combined, the highest ratings of the two programs account for more than half of South Korea's population and have become a habitual weekend pastime for viewers for nearly two years. There are countless celebrities who have become popular.
After commenting on these two variety shows, many large media will inevitably comment on the current "hottest" Jin Shengyuan.
"The suspension of love letters and the decline in X-MAN ratings have nothing to do with Kim Sung-won at all. Seriously, Kim Sung-won is just an assistant host of X-MAN, and his relationship with the 'Love Letter' program is only out of personal relationship with Jiang Hudong. There is no reason for anyone to comment on Kim Sung-won, and his performance in the Infinite Challenge is enough to prove it.
Jin Shengyuan's achievements in music are indeed worrying, but they are also understandable.
Last year, Kim Jong Kook won the 'Triple Crown', and the scene of countless artists surrounding Kim Sung-won seems to be vivid.
Could it be that Kim Sung-won can still create more brilliant achievements in lyrical songs, as a young man who is only twenty-four years old, it is completely understandable that he tried to change! This also shows his dedication to music.
I hope everyone can be more rational about Jin Shengyuan's changes and give him a buffer time. ”
Although Kim Sung-won often refuses to be interviewed by media reporters, it does not prove that these media will take the opportunity to retaliate, which is what some small media will do. The really powerful and influential media pulled Jin Shengyuan a hand during this period, because Jin Shengyuan just refused to be interviewed, but he has always been polite when he really faced reporters, and Jin Shengyuan's talent is undoubted, as long as he doesn't have a problem with his brain, it is inevitable to rise again.
Some media reporters even joked privately that Jin Shengyuan's "acceptance speech" last year made them remember it deeply, but they didn't dare to fall into the trap at this time.
For Jin Shengyuan's sluggish state in the entertainment industry, many people are indeed very happy, and after being silent for a long time, they finally seized this opportunity to jump out and make remarks and opinions one after another, eager to step him into the bottomless abyss.
There is no shortage of extremes in the entertainment industry, an artist you have never met, and you are likely to be very jealous of you because of your unintentional words or achievements. What's more, Jin Shengyuan has "provoked" the jealousy of many artists at the beginning of 05.
However, the happiest person is Kim Chang-ki, the dean of academic affairs at Seoul National University, and the reason is self-evident.