Chapter Ninety-Two: Winter Single
Hands quickly tapped on the keyboard, and the speed at which the lyrics appeared in the document barely paused, and one after the other appeared like mercury.
After writing it, Ji Jingyuan read it from beginning to end, and the corners of his mouth smiled when he looked at it.
He found it very interesting: a large part of the lyrics were made yesterday when he and Bae Joo-hyun were chatting by the river, and the rest were some associations and romantic embellishments that he added.
I don't know what the other party's expression will be when they hear the song if the source of the song is revealed.
When the cursor finally stayed at the top, Ji Jingyuan hesitated, and the whole person quieted down, silently thinking about himself, Bae Joo-hyun, and the various setbacks and poor situations that EXO and even Red Velvet had encountered recently, and after groaning for a while, he chuckled, sat up straight and typed in the title of the song:
"Go with the Flow"
This title should be the best explanation of their mood and current situation at this time, and some of the words they want to say to fans or some other people, the feelings expressed are all placed in the title and lyrics of this song, and I believe that Elle should be able to feel the meaning after hearing it.
Ji Jingyuan felt that this song was a good fit for their winter single this year, both in terms of meaning and melody, and should be more suitable than the original "December, 2014", which was originally intended to be used as a promotional song for the game.
Thinking of this, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered that he hadn't heard the demo of this song yet, and he happened to be free now, so he opened the file, clicked on the audio that the staff had sent him yesterday, and put on headphones to listen.
"Snow falls like you."
"Pile up more gently."
"Then the cold winter will melt the ice and snow, and you will shine like falling into the world."
After listening to it a few times, Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes and nodded secretly, this song is quite good in his opinion, at least it is not as perfunctory as the public way the company planned, it is a soothing lyric song with above the level, the lyrics are also written OK, and the implication is also some words to the fans, expounding some agreements with fans and expressing some feelings of love.
And I don't know who the company is looking to sing the demo, the singer's voice is a little hard and a little dumb, and it sounds a little mismatched with the melody, Chi Jingyuan thinks that if he sings it in a softer voice, the effect may be better.
However, compared with the two, Chi Jingyuan thinks that "Let It Be" is more suitable for the current status quo of EXO, and he also thinks that the former is better in terms of melody.
He plans to complete the song and record a demo for Li Xiuman as one of the candidates for this winter single.
If the winter single is chosen as "Let It Be", then "December, 2014" is better not to be wasted, and it is actually barely acceptable as a game trailer.
Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a while, and after making up his mind, he took out his mobile phone to check the time, and the time was only eleven o'clock early.
I got up and made a hot cup of coffee, I guess I'm going to be working overtime here today.
If the winter special is to be released in December, there won't be much time left for planning and song selection, and the company will definitely have to hold a meeting to discuss it after the demo is handed over, so the sooner the song can be prepared, the more time will be available.
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Espresso has many benefits for working overtime, it can make people feel less sleepy and refreshed, but it does not help to rest and sleep.
Yesterday, in order to improve all kinds of arrangement, Chi Jingyuan was busy until more than three o'clock before going back to rest, and rushed to the crew early this morning to start filming.
However, this kind of day and night rotation he has done countless times, and he has long been used to it, although he does not have much energy, but it will not affect his work, as long as he stands in front of the camera, he will immediately wake up and take out 100% energy to deal with it.
This is also one of the skills that must be mastered as an idol and actor, especially for artists who are popular and often stay up late.
This is the lunch break, and Ji Jingyuan, who has just finished filming, is sitting at a desk and eating the sweet and sour pork and soaking rice prepared by the crew.
The meal of the crew of "Unborn" is really different from the crew he stayed in before, because it was filmed in Seoul Square, and when eating here, he either went to the cafeteria, or he ate directly the food prepared by the crew, and there was no separate table but directly found a desk to use, which really looked like a white-collar worker who was busy with work and didn't have time to go out to eat.
While eating, he was holding his mobile phone and replying to the message that Zheng Eundi had just sent.
"I feel that your exo is really not going well in the second half of the year, is there something wrong with your company's feng shui?"
Zheng Endi sent a message when he first started eating before, and he probably saw the news of Tao's departure yesterday and wanted to ask him what the situation was, if there was anything wrong, and he cared about it and found that Chi Jingyuan didn't look abnormal and natural, so he put his mind at ease and didn't say more, and after chatting for a few sentences, his true form was quickly revealed, with obvious ridicule in his tone.
Reading between the lines, I feel that she is in a pretty good mood.
Seeing the message sent by the other party, Chi Jingyuan sneered, obviously Zheng Endi is not good at scolding each other with poisonous tongues, but he is addicted to vegetables, I don't know how many times he has jumped his feet, he still doesn't have a good memory, and he likes to take the initiative to provoke.
After taking a large bite of food in his mouth, he put down the fast son and tapped quickly on his phone with both hands:
"Maybe, I also think that there is a point, or your acube's feng shui is good, and there is such an outstanding young actress representative as Zheng Eundixi, envy (thumbs up)."
"The people who have filmed the new trend TV series are so unpopular, cut, let you be arrogant for a few days. (sticks out his tongue)"
The strange thing is that this time the other party was not in a hurry, but made a very generous appearance.
It seems that I am really in a good mood.
"You're coming back?" Ji Jingyuan didn't continue to complain about her ratings poison attributes, but asked about another thing.
APINK, who haven't been active on the peninsula lately, held their first show at Neon Tokyo in August, and after a good response, they added another one in Osaka urgently, and then released Japanese versions of several popular songs and officially debuted on Neon in October.
I don't know much about the specific situation, but looking at the various press releases issued by the company and the various rainbow farts blown by fans on the Internet, their development in Neon should be quite good.
This morning, Apink's economic company announced that the group plans to return with a new album on November 17, and because Apink has been successful in several consecutive returns, the title song has gained a lot of popularity while gaining a lot of popularity, becoming one of the most eye-catching idol groups among the three generations of girl groups, so the news immediately attracted a lot of attention.
"kkkkkkhayes......" A bunch of onomatopoeia was sent, showing Actor Zheng and his happy mood.
Chi Jingyuan looked back while eating: "So happy? So you're coming back this time, right? ”
"KKK Anyway, I think this time is very good, both the makeup and the style are great, and the title song is also very good."
"How good is that?"
"Hmm...... It feels like even if I touch your exo, I can knock you off the ground hahahaha (show your muscles). ”
After seeing it, Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, chewed the sweet and sour meat in his mouth and swallowed it.
He also thought that he had seen it wrong, and during the "Addiction" period in May, Zheng Endi was still afraid that he would be knocked away by EXO, how could he become so arrogant at this time.
Knock into exo? Isn't it a little too crazy?
Did she forget the time when the previous alternate score was doubled by them?
For many years, girl groups in the Peninsula music industry have been inherently weak against boy groups, and the main fans of girl groups are men, and boy groups are women. And the vast majority of male fans are not the opponents of female fans at all in terms of what to play the list, brush tickets, buy specialists, support, etc., and they are far from being as fanatical and willing to spend money as the girls of the tenth and twenty generations
If a girl group of the same level returns to collide head-on with a popular boy group, in addition to the fact that the sound source may outperform the other party, he will have obvious disadvantages in all aspects many times.
By now, it is the girl's generation, and she can play the big trend boy group in the front at the same time.
Even if EXO is now in a stormy time, even if it has declined a lot, it is only compared to themselves before, and the huge fan base is here, and Apink is still a lot worse.
"Endixi is a little too arrogant, isn't he?"
"Hmph, the time that belonged to your EXO has passed, and now it's our turn to appear in APINK hahahaha......"
The more Zheng Endi is talked, the more embarrassed Ji Jingyuan can imagine through the text that she is grinning and holding her mobile phone while smiling arrogantly while sending messages.
But it seems that she is really confident about their return this time.
"That'...... fighing? Let me see what the era of APINK was like? ”
Chi Jingyuan added oil against his will, pursed his lips and slandered in his heart.
is so full of words, if the apink results hit the street by then and the return is invalid, it is estimated that Zheng Endi will have no face to appear in front of him again for at least half a year.
Putting down the phone, Ji Jingyuan sped up and finished the rest of the meal, and then seized the time to close his eyes and squint for a while before returning to work.
Because the producer and director have done a good job in co-ordinating, and all the actors have also played well, especially Ji Jingyuan and Li Xingmin, who played a familiar road after entering the role, the filming progress of "Unborn" has been very fast.
From the beginning of the broadcast to the present, in addition to the two episodes broadcast every week, it has been edited several levels now, and Ji Jingyuan has been narrated with the number of episodes that will not be broadcast until the end of November, even if the crew is suspended for some reason now, it can last for a week or two.
However, with such a good progress, Chi Jingyuan's daily workload is still quite large, and his role has now begun to be filmed intensively in the past few days, because in a few days, he will arrive at the neon field of the exo tour, and there will be two concerts for three consecutive days in November, a total of six concerts, and he will be out of the crew for nearly a week at that time, so now he must work hard to make enough of his share in advance.
EXO's tour in Neon is not like some platter concerts these days, and it doesn't matter if Chi Jingyuan goes or not, whether it is for SM, EXO or even Chi Jingyuan himself, the neon tour is very important for both SM and EXO.
Although EXO has not officially debuted in Neon so far, thanks to their high popularity in Asia, SM's channels that SM has cultivated for many years, and SMTOWN's high popularity there, EXO has gained a large number of neon fans before its debut, and many people like or pay attention to them very much.
And because of the TV series, Chi Jingyuan's popularity in neon is also extraordinary, especially last year's "Inheritors" seems to be more popular not only in the peninsula and Xia Kingdom, but also in neon.
Last year, when SBS sold the broadcast rights contract, Neon was one of the highest bidders, and the results of the DVD-BON2 released on October 2 this year were also very good, and it was on the first day of release on the DVD daytime rankings.
According to SM internal statistics, the most popular member of EXO in Neon is Chi Jingyuan, and this time in Fukuoka, a total of nearly 80,000 tickets for six concerts on the Tokyo tour, many fans who bought tickets came for Yuan, and if he didn't go, he didn't know what kind of moth would be among the fans who bought tickets.
At the same time, because the members of the Xia Country Line have withdrawn from the group one after another, the activities and development of EXO in the Xia country have been hit hard, and SM will definitely start to consider adjusting the development focus of EXO in the future according to the current situation, and the attention to the neon market has increased a lot.
So Ji Jingyuan is definitely going to be there, and this will also have a lot of benefits for his development and popularity in Neon.
This is also a communication between SM and the crew of "Unborn" in advance, and the crew has been prepared for his leave, and it is also one of the plans to start filming his scenes so early in advance.
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“you shiars.”
“you light up my heart。”
"At the end of today's trial, please shine a light on me."
In the music room, Jin Junmian couldn't help but sing along while listening to the accompaniment, his eyes closed and his hands covering his ears, looking very devoted, looking like he was performing on stage.
Look at the way he looks, I really like this song "Go with the Flow".
And whether to say it or not, these few falsetto words sung by Jin Junmian are very feeling, and they are also full of feelings, which sounds very good.
His vocal strength is actually quite strong, and he is not much weaker than the four lead singers in EXO, and it should be no problem to be the lead singer of other men's groups.
Several other members also stood next to them and listened carefully and sang along, nodding their heads from time to time and looking very engaged.
Today is November 6th, and the exo nine gathered in the music room to audition and practice the song "Let It Be".
Ji Jingyuan finally arranged the arrangement of "Let It Be Natural" after staying up late and working overtime for several days, and handed it to Li Xiuman after recording a demo by himself, and at the same time explained to him some of his suggestions for the winter single of EXO, and even the shooting of the MV He already had some ideas.
After listening to the demo, especially the lyrics, Li Xiuman also understood what Ji Jingyuan's song was trying to express, and after listening to it a few times, he also felt that it was very appropriate for this song to be published in the current situation of EXO.
Whether it is the melody or the lyrics, after listening to it, it is like a ray of sunshine shining in the dark sky, beautiful, gentle, and eloquent, like praying or telling.
It just corresponds to the time when EXO has withdrawn from the group several times in a row, the outside world is in decline, and the fan base is in turmoil, and they urgently need stability and comfort to give them some hope.
Passers-by may not be easy to say, but fans will love the emotions and implications of this song.
Seeing Chi Jingyuan looking so serious, Li Xiuman also nodded with great importance and said that he would consider it carefully.
I don't know how he had a meeting with the planning department, but two days later, I finally decided on EXO's winter single for December.
And last night, the members of EXO officially announced this project, and it was decided that "Been Through (Let It Be)" would be the return song for this XO winter single, and the music video would be filmed, and the song would be promoted, but due to the tight time and some other considerations, this return will not release a physical album and only release a digital single.
Due to time constraints, this song will only be released in Korean, and the Chinese version will be released later.
At the same time, the singing activity will be shortened as much as possible, and the company will specifically arrange the singing time of this song according to the reaction on the Internet and the itinerary. However, it may only last for about a week at most, and at that time, EXO will spend the rest of his time and energy on the stage at the end of the year, and all of it will be on the preparation of the second series next year.
To put it bluntly, this winter single is mainly to give fans some feedback and comfort, as well as to do some warm-up, and the real highlight and resources and energy will be focused on the return next year.
Plans for next year's return have not yet been made, but it won't be long before we think about it, and we will definitely start to make formal preparations by then.
The release date of "Let It Be Natural" has not yet been officially confirmed, but it is expected to be released in early December.
It's just a lyrical single, there is no choreography and dance practice that is the hardest, mainly recording and shooting music videos and makeup photos and other things, and there is no problem in terms of time.
The original single "December, 2014" was not wasted, and now that "Let It Be" has been selected as the winter song, Ji Kyung-won does not care whether he will promote the game or not, and the song will still be released according to the original plan under the company's arrangement, and will be released through the mobile game "Super Star SMTOWN".
And in order to make up for the fact that "Let It Be" does not have a version of Xia Wen filling in the lyrics due to time reasons, "December, 2014", which has already filled in the words, will produce two versions, Korean and Xia Wen, which can be regarded as a comfort to Xia Guo fans.
This song is not the participation of all EXO members, but like last year's "December Miracle", the company still only arranged for a few lead singers to record the song, and the others were responsible for playing soy sauce and watching it on the side.
However, the official winter song "Let It Be" is all together, and the other members of this 'game promotional song' don't pay so much attention to it, so it doesn't matter.
Yesterday, after listening to the demo of "Let It Be", several members, such as Kim Junmian, do Jun-so liked this song very much, and they still hummed there after returning to the dormitory at night.
Today, the practice officially began, at this time, all 9 people gathered in the music room to hold the part of the repertoire that has been demarcated, and the company's music teacher was on the side to assist and guide.
"In the gray sky, there will be a brighter light."
After singing a chorus, Jin Junmian was still a little unpleasant, and read a lyric that he liked very much, and then looked at Chi Jingyuan next to him and smacked his lips: "I feel that the lyrics of this song are really super suitable for our current situation, and the writing is really good...... Jingyuan: How did you come up with these words? ”
"The quiet air and gentle warm breeze always accompany me rain or shine, yes."
Wu Shixun read his part softly, repeating it back and forth several times as if he was reciting it.
It is worth mentioning that in this winter single, Wu Shixun still only has this pitiful lyric in the whole song, and he is not singing, but rap.
When he got the score of the part, Ji Jingyuan almost couldn't hold back his laughter after seeing it, and finally he didn't show his face and mood when he was afraid of Wu Shixun's face, but he forcibly pressed the funny feeling in his heart.
Even if the song was created by Chi Jingyuan, the part was not assigned to him but arranged by the company, but he could make some suggestions, and the company would definitely focus on it, but there was no need for this.
Ji Jingyuan didn't know what his mood would be when he saw that he only had one sentence in the whole song of the return, but if it was Wu Shixun......
He must have gotten used to it.
"I didn't come up with it."
Hearing Jin Junmian's question, Ji Jingyuan, who was reading the music score, smiled and didn't hide it: "I also heard it from others." ”
"Hey, it's all your own people, what else are you pretending?"
Jin Junmian pursed his lips and said that he didn't believe it at all, Wu Shixun also glanced at him unhappily, and said mercilessly that Ji Jingyuan was really pretending.
Wu Shixun's ...... This is anger, right?
Seeing that he told the truth but the members didn't believe it at all, Ji Jingyuan squinted his eyes and smiled and didn't explain anymore.
Anyway, those who understand will understand it as soon as they hear it.
After speaking, he glanced around casually, but sighed secretly in his heart.
There were only nine exo people in this music room, and Lay didn't come.
After Luhan left, Lay and Tao made a lot of demands to renegotiate with the company, and when Tao also left, leaving Lay a Xia Guo seedling, he was naturally more valued by the company, and Chi Jingyuan knew that he had been communicating and negotiating with the company with his family and team since a few days ago.
I don't know exactly what they talked about, and I don't know what the company decided to make, but it's clear that there have been official changes to EXO, for example, this time "Let It Flow" only had nine people involved, and Lay was not present.
The most ironic thing is that after walking into the music room, everyone immediately noticed that Lay did not come, but few people were surprised, and many members had a look of surprise that it was indeed so.
Except for the captain Jin Junmian who took the initiative to communicate with the agent after discovering that there were few people, everyone else, including Chi Jingyuan, did not express any objections and questions.
Indeed, they had expected it a long time ago.