Chapter XXVI: Interviews
On April 8th, SBS popular song backstage lounge.
"Jinjia: Now I finally have the real feeling of an artist." Du Junxiu sat down on the stool, looking out of breath.
They got up early in the morning and went to the beauty salon that has been cooperating with SM company for a long time to do the styling, and then came to SBS TV non-stop, just came to the lounge to rest for less than a few minutes, under the urging of the agent, everyone went to each lounge to visit the seniors who participated in the popular songs, and every time they arrived at a lounge, they had to salute and say hello, send their albums, and then say a bunch of words to express their reverence for the seniors, and then be praised by the seniors, and then salute and leave the room, and then go to the next senior.
Because Ji Jingyuan is the highest popularity in the team, his agent began to let him walk in front, only behind the captain Kim Junmian, but after walking through two lounges, he consciously stood at the end of the team, hiding behind Wu Shixun, and used the height difference between the two to block himself.
In fact, Chi Jingyuan is a relatively lazy person in his bones, dancing and singing is a hobby, he is willing and likes to do it, but this kind of torture of visiting seniors can still be hidden.
Chi Jingyuan felt that Jin Junmian was really good as a captain, the scene was very well spoken, and he performed very well after visiting a circle of seniors, with smart words, full smile, and etiquette in place, worthy of being the captain.
Just after visiting a circle of seniors, I was called to the rehearsal by the staff.
The newcomers just have no experience, and the rehearsals are as hard as the official performances, and everyone is out of breath after the rehearsal of the two songs, so they hurry back to the lounge and sit for a while.
Coming to the lounge is actually not peaceful, there are often knocks on the door to say hello, and people sitting near the door often have to get up and salute, and sometimes have to give up their seats. After staying in the lounge for about ten minutes, Chi Jingyuan automatically found a corner and stuffed himself in, although sometimes he still had to get up to say hello, but the action didn't have to be so standard.
Debuting at a large company like SM has this advantage, and even new groups can have their own separate lounge at the TV station. Without the support of the company, many groups would have to share a lounge with other groups for a long time after their debut.
"Brother Junmian, praise!" Ji Jingyuan hid in the corner and stretched out his thumb to Jin Junmian.
"Ani." With a reserved smile, Kim Junmian waved his hand.
Several other people carefully observed the lounge, and the excitement of the upcoming official debut was overflowing.
"Knock knock." The knock on the door grabbed everyone's attention.
"Anihassai." The artist senior IU appeared at the door and knocked on the ones who had not closed it in the first place, she was wearing a green dress, her long hair was draped over her chest, and she was wearing a garland on her head, and she looked pretty good.
"Anihassai, we are EXO."
The buttocks that had just sat down bounced again, and several people quickly stood up and saluted IU to say hello. Even if they had actually met and said hello just now.
"Inside, we need two people to talk to us about the script now." IU was busy, but said with a smile.
Kim Jun-mian and Do Jun-so stood up directly and walked out with IU. This has been discussed before, and the lines for the interview have already been written, and they just went over to confirm the dialogue flow of the interview.
"IU-senpai is really good-looking," Park Chanyeol closed the door after a few others went out, couldn't suppress his excitement, and whispered.
"When you look at it up close, the skin is really good, and it has a feeling that you want to be close." Kim Jong-in next to him also commented with a smile. The two of them were chatting in whispers, and a 'you know' smile appeared on their faces from time to time.
Wu Shixun sat on the sidelines and listened, echoing from time to time. Chi Jingyuan did not participate, still sitting in the corner and taking out his mobile phone, flipping through some comments on the website.
After a while, Kim Jun-mian and Do Jun-so returned, and everyone chatted while waiting for the appearance.
"EXO-K is ready to play." It didn't take long for the staff to come and shout, and everyone immediately stood up, sorted out their clothes and hairstyles, lined up and walked out.
After a few turns, I came to a brightly lit standby room, where the interview stage was already set up, and the three MCs were standing together to each other's lines, while below were flashing cameras and a few PDs.
"Anihassai." After the same set of salutes and greetings, 6 people stood in the interview position, Ji Jingyuan took the initiative to pull Wu Shixun to the first row, and then stood behind him, this is the farthest seat from the MC, and he doesn't like the interview He likes this seat very much.
During this time, the MC of the popular ballad is IU, and Nicole and Hara of the Kara group are both popular idols recently, and they are also dressed exquisitely.
After a series of preparations, the interview began to be recorded under the gesture of the PD.
"Ah, I'm afraid!"
"KPOP artists are going to get nervous! From now on, the new duo of Super Daihatsu is about to appear! Welcome to EXO-K! ”
“WOW!”
IU recited a paragraph in an excited tone, and then several MCs cheered together and turned their gaze to EXO-K next to him.
“We are one 。 Ainihathiyo, we are EXO! With a burst of cheers below, several members of Team K shouted slogans that had been rehearsed countless times.
And it seems that because of the joy and excitement of their debut, they obviously used too much force when they shouted slogans, and they were very loud.
But Ji Jingyuan always felt a little ashamed, but now that he is an artist, he must overcome it.
MC Nicole continued, "I've been attracting attention all over the world since before my debut! What does the name EXO-K mean?"
Nicole wears a hairpin with purple hair and a small white embroidered dress, standing next to her shorter than IU.
This kind of question must be answered by Captain Kim Jun-mian: "EXO means a new star from an unknown world, and the team that operates on the peninsula is called EXO-K, and the team that operates in Xia Country is called EXO-M. ”
Ji Jingyuan has not understood the concept of EXO too much until now, but the company has used this as one of the key publicity points.
Immediately afterwards, there was another round of touting, and then EXO briefly introduced the title song "MAMA", but when answering, Du Junxiu was directly stuck, and the words that were prepared were forgotten directly, and I couldn't say where I was stuck.
"Our title song "MAMA" this time is accompanied by Zhuo ...... Orchestral excellence, powerful ...... Powerful ...... Strong ......"
Jin Junmian hurriedly took over the conversation: "It's a powerful voice, a dance with a strong sense of contagion and rhythm, thank you!" ”
The crowd cheered, trying to cover up the mistake.
Ji Jingyuan stood at the very edge of the back row, listening to their interview with his trademark smile, echoing from time to time to be a perfect tool man.
Next, IU asked Kai and Oh Se-hoon to go down and dance a dance from "MAMA", but the soundtrack was sung by Du Junxiu without accompaniment.
Seeing Chi Jingyuan standing next to him, he felt a little embarrassed.
Originally, EXO's interview process ended here, but before it ended, IU suddenly said another paragraph: "Recently, the popular hot spot on the Internet 'EXO. Yuan' and 'Yuan's smile' are really hot, so can Yuan show them to the audience live? ”
The corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth twitched slightly, and several members coaxed him out from behind.
As he stood in front, there was a loud scream from below, and several others were shouting his name. “Yuan! Yuan! Yuan……”
"Inside...... Thank you very much to the fans for their love of our EXO, we will try our best to give you the best stage, thank you! After saying that, Chi Jingyuan leaned over and bowed ninety degrees, and held it for a second before standing up, and suddenly laughed toothy while standing up, and a scream came from below.
"Wow, it's a famous smile that can become a hot spot! It's really popular with fans."
IU stared at Ji Jingyuan for a while and sighed, and then Nicole opened her mouth to transfer: "Before the gorgeous debut stage of EXO-K that everyone is looking forward to, let's take a look at the stage of this year's high-profile newcomers NUEST and BTOB!" ”
The interview officially ended, and EXO returned to the lounge after greeting everyone again, waiting for their time slot.
"D.O., how did you do today's interview?"
But as soon as he returned to the lounge, Do Hyun-so was sprayed by Lee Seung-hwan, and it was estimated that if he wasn't about to perform on stage, he would have a seizure, and finally left a sentence after enduring it for a long time: "Wait for the stage first, and then talk about it when you go back." ”
A few people didn't dare to make a sound, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and found a corner to sit down.
The first time I was interviewed, I made a big mistake, and the omen was not very good.