Chapter Eighty-Six: Stage Preparation
In addition to the members and agents, there are choreographers, vocal teachers, and stage effects planners in the practice room.
Twelve people had just finished dancing "MAMA", and at this time they were standing together panting, listening to the comments of several teachers.
"It's really a big improvement, it's much stronger than when I first debuted. I didn't want to watch the stage when you first debuted, and your performance was too bad. ”
"The progress is really good now, there are a few members who have made obvious progress, especially Yuan, I remember that your dancing strength when you debuted was a surprise attack, and it seemed a little unsmooth at the time, but now it is much better. Your body is very well proportioned and you have a good feeling for dancing. ”
"Kai and Lay and a few lead dancers aside, your dancing skills have always been very good, and you have improved during this time. But there are a few members who are obviously weaker, Baek Xian, and Chen, the two of you have been practicing for a short time, and you haven't made much progress during this time, and you have obviously opened up some gaps with the members, do you have to work hard in private? ”
"Inside."
The members listened humbly to the comments of the teachers and nodded in agreement.
EXO's strength was ridiculed by the group when they debuted, and many people ridiculed them for their poor strength and the most money-losing combination, but it's not wrong to say that some of the stages during their debut period really looked average.
After a lot of practice during this free period, the comprehensive strength of the group has improved a lot, and it is significantly stronger than the debut.
Several members who were praised had good expressions, and Ji Jingyuan still maintained his trademark smile, only the two faces who were named and criticized were not very good-looking.
"In the next month, Team K will not have many schedules, there will be no live TV events, there will only be some commercial performances and announcements to run, and Team M will have a lot more free time than before in addition to the scheduled activities in Xia Guo, so everyone has to work hard to practice for the year-end stage during this time."
"On November 30th, the Mnet Asian Music Awards, that is, the MAMA Awards ceremony, the company has communicated and PR with the organizers, and we EXO have basically locked in this year's newcomer award, and won nearly seven minutes of performance time, which is very high in the performance time of all the people who appeared."
"In terms of MAMA's ratings and topicality, this is a very good exposure opportunity, and the company has also invested a lot of resources for this, so you must practice hard and seize this opportunity to increase popularity."
"We will definitely work hard, thank you for the company's attention." The members saluted and thanked in response, the first sentence was said together, and the latter words of thanks were said by the captain Kim Junmian.
The agent Lee Seung-hwan introduced the situation to everyone, and gave some excited advice, and finally added: "The company has already discussed the special performance on the stage, so let's let the stage effects planner Lee Jong-min talk to you." ”
Lee Jong-min, the stage effects planner who had been standing next to him, stood up and nodded to the members, and the members also saluted.
Lee Jong-min is also a very familiar person, he has participated in many stages of EXO, as well as several dance and vocal teachers next to him, and many of the previous special stages will let them evaluate and give opinions after practice.
So there is nothing polite, and I go straight to the point.
"This time the performance lasted almost seven minutes and was divided into four parts."
"First of all, the title song "MAMA" is a stage for 12 people, about three minutes and thirty seconds. Because the venue of the award ceremony is on Hong Kong Island in Xia, and Team M is very popular in Xia, the performance on the stage this time will be dominated by Team M, and some new choreography has been made for them. ”
"Then there is the whole H.O.T. song "Descendants of the Warriors", which is scheduled to be 40 seconds."
"Finally, there will be two special cover stages, and EXO will be divided into two teams to perform separately, and this time the company has decided not to divide K and M teams, but will have K and M teams each send three people to form a team."
First of all, it was the first cover stage to perform TVXQ's classic song "Incantation", which was attended by Yuan, Kai, and Wu Shixun of Team K, and Tao, Chen, and Xiumin of Team M. The performance starts directly with the second chorus, which usually takes about 1 minute, and the dance teacher has already choreographed the stage for 6 people. ”
Lee Jong-min introduced EXO's stage design at the ceremony, and then looked at Ji Kyung-won and said: "In the stage of "Incantation", the treble part of Changmin in the second chorus, Yuan, you will sing, although you basically didn't sing high notes on EXO's stage before, but we understand your singing ability, there must be no problem. ”
"After this cover stage, this performance should attract a lot of attention, and the company will invest some resources to create a strong all-round image for you, so that the public's impression of you is fuller...... Of course, you are very strong and all-rounder. ”
Li Zhongmin looked at Ji Jingyuan as he spoke, and smiled, with an expression of appreciation flashing in his eyes.
"Inner, Consanmida."
Ji Jingyuan smiled and nodded, thanking the company for their trust and the other party's praise.
In terms of dancing, Ji Jingyuan is not easy to say, his strength can only be regarded as good, but he is not top-notch, he can't beat singing, he has practiced for many years, and his personal talent is also very good, this kind of soprano is not very difficult for him.
The other six unnamed members performed the cover track "Lucifer" by SHINee, which was often almost a minute long.
"In the last 30 seconds of the stage, SHINee will come on and finish the final stage with us EXO, and then we will leave the stage, and then it's their performance time."
"So for the last part of the performance, the two troupes of EXO and SHINee had to coordinate the time to practice together........."
"Recently, except for Yuan because of the TV series, there hasn't been much exposure of EXO, this time it's a good opportunity, everyone must work hard, show the best of yourself for your fans, and continue to move forward with the goal of becoming a dazzling star!"
Li Zhongmin finally made a summary, his tone was a little excited, and he gave everyone chicken blood.
The members of EXO are also very excited, especially a few people from the K team, the MAMA ceremony has become more and more popular in recent years, and the audience is getting higher and higher, and this opportunity is really good for them who are not very exposed.
After chatting for a while, EXO began to learn the dance of the special stage under the guidance of several choreographers, and began to practice seriously for this performance.