At ten o'clock in the morning on February 15th, SM officially announced the news that its men's idol group EXO was about to return with a complete body of 9 people, and the official release was quickly quoted by major media and websites:

"At present, EXO is aiming for 3~6 months,Preparations for a new album,At this stage, there are specific matters that have been determined,This EXO return will be released in the form of a single album month by month to release the songs included in the official second album "EXO-L", and the series of single albums of "EXO-L" will be released on the 1st of each month for 3,4,5,6 months, "E", "X", "O", "L".

Each single album will include a title song and a non-title track, and the music video and music source will also be released at midnight on the 1st of each month. After the release of the four singles, the second album "EXO-L" will be released in July, the fifth month, with new songs added to the album in addition to the songs already released, and all the behind-the-scenes footage of the album will also be announced. ”

After introducing the form of the return, SM also announced the overall process of this return, which will start to release the members' personal preview of the return on February 19 during the Spring Festival this year, and will also open the pre-sale of the album on the same day.

Until the 28th, one person was announced every day, and the sound sources of the two songs "call me baby" and "butterfly" from the single album "E" were released in the early morning of March 1, and it was confirmed that EXO will return to the first stage on SBS's "Popular Songs" on March 1.

At the same time as the return, it was also announced that EXO is preparing for its second world tour, "PLANET #2 - The EXO'luXion", which is expected to officially take place in May, with the ticket website and window to be determined.

At the end of the announcement, in addition to expressing gratitude to fans and the public for their support, a cover photo of the return of all the staff was attached.

This pictorial chooses the personal trailer that has been shot by the nine members, intercepts a picture of each member facing the camera, and stitches together the photos of the nine people based on black and white tones, with a cold background and background, coupled with the indifferent expressions of the members, which produces a strong sense of visual impact.

Also printed below the poster is the new logo for the return of EXO, as well as the return date of 3.1.

There was already a preview of Ji Kyung-won's return in his acceptance speech at the Seoul Music Awards, and many people are actually paying attention to the follow-up progress after that.

As soon as the official announcement came out at this time, the news of the 'return of EXO' immediately appeared on the hot search in the entertainment sections of several major forums and became a hot topic of discussion for everyone.

"Ahhh

In a classroom in the second year of Dongdeok Girls' High School in Seocho District, when it was noisy during the break, a scream suddenly sounded, directly covering out other noisy sounds, making the entire classroom suddenly silent.

"When will it return? Just announced? ”

"Is it a mini, or is it a regular second series? Are there any songs written by Yuan? ”

Immediately, many girls reacted, and they also shouted excitedly, and they quickly came over, and soon a group of people surrounded the classmates who had just shouted, listening to her read the announcement that SM had just made.

"The MV and music source ...... will be released at 0:00 on March 1st"

Every time a sentence is pronounced, the surrounding students will exclaim happily, and the classroom will be very lively for a while.

In the past, most of their class was EXO's meal, and most of them were fans during the "Roar" period, but after so many things, the team shrank a lot after the love time and the continuous withdrawal of the members, and there were incidents where Luhan's fans had disputes with others because of the departure of their idols.

It's been a long time now, and only these dozen or so girls are here, except for a few who are sitting in their seats and watching the news on their mobile phones, everyone else seems a little indifferent.

"Ji-hee, won't you come and take a look? XO is coming back! ”

A girl saw a little friend lying on the table as if she didn't hear it, and walked over and pushed her to remind her.

"I didn't bother to pay attention to that traitor's combination." Zhixi snorted lightly, looking indifferent, leaning on Erlang's legs and playing with his mobile phone casually.

She used to be a die-hard fan of EXO, but after a few shocks, she slowly left Ellie's group in a heartbroken state.

"I didn't let you continue to eat Boxian, didn't you like Yuan very much before, it's not the same for another person, this time his return poster is super handsome!"

"Sneer......" Zhixi shook his head stubbornly, and his disdainful friend was helpless and annoyed, and turned around and ignored her.

When no one was paying attention, Jihee's phone was inadvertently swiped to the SM announcement interface, looking at the black-and-white return poster on the screen, his eyes lost focus for a while.

After a long time, she glanced at the side, skillfully clicked on the save picture in her hand, and pouted in a very low voice: "Wait for the song to come out and listen to it......"

On the Internet, many Aili have been looking forward to this news for a long time, and as soon as they saw it, they couldn't help but express their joy in forums and fan clubs.

"The Obas are finally coming back, and God knows how long I've been waiting!"

"The poster attached to the notice is so handsome, Yuan, Chanyeol, Sehoon, and Baekhyun are all so handsome, ahhhhhhh

"The project of this return is really grand, releasing a single every month, and finally the four-in-one becomes a regular second album, a total of four title songs? SM is a person this time, I hope XO must make a big deal this time, and 9 people will return to the top! ”

"Month-to-month release? Isn't that going back every month starting in March? Wow, the thought of seeing them every day makes me feel so happy. ”

""EXO-L, the name of this regular second album, I really cry to death......"

The ellies are as eager to beat gongs and drums on the Internet as the holidays, and spread the news of EXO's upcoming return everywhere, but in addition to expectations and praise, there is actually quite a lot of criticism and irony:

"It can be seen that SM has had so many things last year, and the stock price has really fallen sharply, and in order to save the stock price, EXO has made such a plan that looks quite powerful, but it's a pity, such a grand plan was given to the wrong person, and the combination of the broken soul of the group is impossible to have any prospects."

"I really want to die of laughter when I see the sentence '9 people are complete', and I spilled water on the keyboard while I was drinking, Assi, SM compensated me for the keyboard!"

"Luhan and Tao's memories have been erased? Do they know that they are now 'fully formed'? Anyway, didn't Lay leave the group on the bright side? ”

"Lay: So I was kicked out of the group?"

"I don't know what EXO is doing with such bells and whistles in such a situation, everyone knows that they are going to die, so they can't die happily?"

"It's still SM powerful, four singles + one regular, and the sales of five albums are estimated to break the record, right? And then in SM's special statistical way, all the sales will be counted into an album, and then a sales crown, and then the fans can boast about what million sales, kkkkk, I can already think of it now. ”

"Laughing to death, as soon as you say that the ground is declining now, those idiots and brainless fans will be thrown out of the 'million sales', who doesn't know that EXO's sales are counted by the sum of several versions of the album? Now that's all they have left. ”

"Five albums? I really don't treat fans as people.,Even if the price of the single is not high, you can't do it like this.,I predict that this time EXO sales will take a big dive.。 ”

To some extent, Kuroko and other fans are not even less concerned about EXO's return than Ellie, and they even feel that XO's return has been too long, and they can't wait to see EXO's return the next day and then be ridiculed by the group.

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"Oh Mo, Jingyuan, they're going back! I said I hadn't seen them lately. ”

In the practice room of Red Velvet, Jiang Shiqi took out his mobile phone in the lounge and glanced at it, and immediately called out in surprise.

"Jinjia? At this time, a notice will be issued...... We're not going to bump into them, are we? Park so-young, who was sitting there and was a little bored, reacted, and immediately took out his mobile phone with some worry.

They had already met a few days ago to confirm that the time for red velvet's return was confirmed in mid-March, and if this return, which was extremely important to them, collided head-on with EXO, it would ......

Whether it is Park so-young or Jiang Shiqi, they are a little afraid to think about it.

Even if it is not at the peak, if Ryder Bebe hits EXO now, he will still be absolutely hit by dimensionality reduction, and it is estimated that he will be directly knocked away without a splash.

"Fortunately, they returned on March 1st, and we were wrong for more than ten days and nearly twenty days." Jiang Shiqi patted her chest after reading the announcement, but she was still a little worried: "But XO is going to release a song on April 1st." ”

"It's good that we didn't hit it head-on." Sun Shengwan looked quite open, and after she finished speaking, she looked at Pei Zhuhyun next to her with some curiosity: "Ernie, do you know about this?" ”

"Within, listen before ...... Jing Yuan said. Bae Joo-hyun nodded, but she was thinking about the scene at that time.

Not to mention, she had seen the photo sent by Chi Jingyuan a few days ago countless times, and the soot hair color and the close-up selfie with a slap in the face really made her feel a little empty at that time.

Bae Joo-hyun can't forget the selfie she sent him specifically in the past, and they returned to the new look of the selfie this time, and they waited for a long time to get two compliments, but they were full of anticipation and a little shy, so they waited for a sentence:

"I don't think it's very good for you to have thick bangs when you dye your blonde hair......"

Assi!

Thinking of this, Bae Joo-hyun was a little annoyed, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and wanting to kick him.

picked up the mobile phone and took a picture of his newly dyed blonde hair with a black screen, and gently shook the bangs in front of his forehead, Bae Joo-hyun felt a little angry in his heart.

Isn't that pretty good-looking, what kind of vision?

"Did Ernie know it before......" Jiang Shiqi glanced at Bae Joo-hyun, swallowed back 'why didn't you tell us', and looked down at the phone a few times: "XO's music source and MV were released at 0:00 on March 1st, and we should be in the dormitory at that time." ”

Sun Shengwan patted his hands, with some expectations: "Just watch it together, this time Jingyuan's plan for their return is so grand, it must be very powerful." ”

With a light snort in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face, Bae Joo-hyun paused for a few seconds and then echoed:

"Then we'll see."

YG, one of the three major entertainment companies in Europe, was a little surprised to see EXO's return mode in the news announced by SM.

"Is it a coincidence? Or did our internal plans for BIGBANG leak out? ”

In the office of the special temporary meeting because of the news, the president Yang Hyun Suk frowned, knocked on the table and asked suspiciously, he was wearing a baseball cap, and his voice seemed a little shrill and sounded very distinctive.

The atmosphere in the office at this time is not very good.

YG's boy group, BIGBANG, has confirmed that they will return to the music scene this year with their entire group with three regular albums.

YG's plan for the return of the three albums for bigbang's return is basically the same as EXO's this time, with all of them being released in four months, and finally four in one.

It's just that they expected the time to be 5, 6, 7, 8 four months, two months later than EXO.

This is the first time in three years since the release of their hugely successful mini-album 'ALIVE' in 2012 that bigbang is very important for both the group itself and YG, especially after the company's other popular group, 2NE1, suffered a major recession.

A few days ago, in mid-January, BIGBANG was holding a 'Big Dome Tour' in Neon, and not long after returning to Seoul, the news appeared, and several people were hurriedly called by the company for a meeting together.

After all, the return mode of the two is really a bit too imaginary, which makes it difficult for Yang Hyun-seok not to think about it more.

At this time, in addition to him and the members of bigbang, Yang Hyun Suk's office also has the head of the publicity and marketing department, all of whom are here for the news of EXO's return announced by SM today.

"It's a coincidence." The staff member of the record department stood up and replied tentatively: "This level of album planning takes at least several months to prepare, and it takes a long time to even hold a meeting to discuss and confirm, and SM can't have predicted that we will adopt this method in advance." ”

"And the return to the mode is just a gimmick, and the final result still depends on the quality of the song, the stage, as well as the investment of supporting publicity and company resources."

"......" Yang Xianshuo played with a stainless steel lighter in his hand, and nodded lightly as he listened to the analysis of his subordinates.

"President Nim, we were originally scheduled to announce the return of BIGBANG on April 1st, do we need to advance it now?" One of the room chiefs stood up and asked.

"There's no need, we're also in this kind of return mode, and after preparing for so long, of course we know how high this mode is for the quality of the songs, and I don't know the songs selected by SM, but this time I am very confident in the quality of the songs included in bigbang." Yang Hyun Suk thought about it, laughed and shook his head.

Several members of bigbang sat and didn't know what to think, GD and Sun lowered their heads and didn't have any opinions the whole time, Lee Shengli listened carefully with great interest, and TOP also laughed after hearing the conversation of several people: "I just watched, there is no big trend in the recent period of time The group has returned, and with the number of fans of EXO, as long as the song is not too bad, there will definitely be a lot of repercussions." ”

"We will announce their return after they have improved a little, and the exact same return model will definitely attract a lot of eyeballs and trigger discussions among fans, and use their popularity to carry out the first wave of publicity, so that they can wait for us to return and step on their heads after two months."

TOP Choi Seung-hyun took the information in his hand and looked at it for a while, and then took the initiative to speak with a smile, and the crooked curvature of the corners of his mouth showed that he didn't actually take EXO too seriously. And although he left first in the club last time, he was always a little dissatisfied with Chi Jingyuan after hearing about what happened later, and felt that this junior was really a little rude and didn't understand some of the unspoken rules in it.

Although Li Shengli told him some insider things and told him not to take the initiative to provoke others, he didn't pay much attention to it.

A few GD people next to him have also been silent, and they don't seem to have any opinions, but everyone's demeanor is quite relaxed, and there doesn't seem to be any pressure in the face of EXO, which is also returning to the same way.

After all, bigbang is the top men's group that reached the top in the past few years, even though XO has been very popular in the past two years, but in fact, in the hearts of many people, they are just newcomers and juniors, and in fact, many people in their hearts also have a faint idea, that is, thanks to the fact that bigbang has not returned in the past two years, otherwise the limelight would not have been taken up by XO.

"Just talk about this kind of thing in private, Seung-hyun, you have a longer memory." Yang Xianshuo stretched out his hand to him twice, but his expression was not very angry, and after thinking about it again, he finally made a summary:

"Then let's decide first, there is no need to change the previous plan, let's see how XO returns this time."

"Got it."

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In addition to fans and passers-by when the news of EXO's return came out, it also had a big impact on the industry, and many companies have appropriately adjusted the return dates and preparations of their artists.

In the past few days, when there has been some excitement in the outside world, the members of XO have taken advantage of the time they have finally found to pack up their things in the dormitory and prepare to move.

The agent had already warned me in advance, and I have been packing up my belongings during this time, and I will load my belongings and move them to the new dormitory from today.

The new dormitory Chi Jingyuan they have been to yesterday, it is indeed stronger than the old dormitory, the area alone has nearly doubled, and the other decoration, household appliances and even ventilation and light are a lot better.

Moving from JB-gu to Cheongdam-dong in Gangnam is a great step forward, just like EXO's span from the MAMA period to Roar and Addiction.

"What are you looking at?" Ji Jingyuan had just moved a packed box to the door and transported it downstairs to the assistant and the employees of the moving company, and when he returned to the dormitory and was feeling a little tired and panting, he saw Wu Shixun leaning on the side of the bed with a mobile phone and didn't know what he was looking at, and shouted with some dissatisfaction.

"He was lazy there from just now, saying that he was reading the comments on the Internet about our return." At this time, Du Junxiu carried a box, squeezed past him, and at the same time glanced at Wu Shixun and walked out.

"No ......" Wu Shixun put away his mobile phone, and his expression didn't seem to be very good: "I feel that the response on the Internet after the news of our return was made public is a bit average, and many people are not very optimistic, and what they say is more ugly than the other." ”

"Nonsense, luhan and they are gone, Team M is gone, 12 people have become 9 people, and passers-by are still optimistic that we will be ghosts."

Chi Jingyuan waved his hand impatiently: "When did those black fans take a good look at us, have you heard a few main songs yourself and are you still so unconfident?" When the music source MV is released, it will be clear...... Hurry up and move your things! ”

“……”

Pursing his lips lightly and not bothering to read any more comments, Wu Shixun put away his mobile phone, picked up a packed box and walked out.

The agent has already contacted the moving company, they only need to move things to the door and someone will take over the removal and loading, but after all, they have lived here for too long, and the salute of 9 people is too much, even if they just move to the door, they are tired and out of breath after several trips back and forth.

After a while, it was almost moved, and a few people were on the sofa Li Chenghuan walked in from outside, looked at the few people who were too tired to do it, laughed, clapped his hands, and finally confirmed: "After the Spring Festival, I officially moved over, and the allocation of the dormitory is as I said before, no opinion, right?" ”

"No......," a few weak voices replied.

The new dormitory in Cheongdam-dong is much larger than here, with a total of five bedrooms, except for one that is occupied by an agent, the other four rooms are divided by nine people, and the other rooms are all two together, and the largest master bedroom is still lived by three people, and after discussion, it was finally divided between Ji Jingyuan, Oh Se-hoon and Do Jun-so.

Even if the dormitory line is changed, it still continues to be the front edge.

Although it is still the same room for three people, the area of the bedroom this time is much larger than the original, no longer need to sleep in the combined apartment, the bed can be completely placed with three single beds, and there is a lot of rich space, and the lighting is good, and it also comes with a balcony, the conditions are definitely not what they used to be.

Ji Jingyuan also has no opinions, quite satisfied, the three of them have lived together for so long and have been used to it, they are the most familiar and closest friends in the group, and Du Junxiu and Wu Shixun happen to be one of the few members who are more neat and like to clean, and there are not so many moths living together.

"Then it's confirmed......" Li Chenghuan nodded, and began to tell the Spring Festival again: "There will be a day off for the Spring Festival on the 19th, and we will gather in the practice room on the morning of the 20th, you must remember not to be late, the company is not going to give us a holiday when it is close to returning, and finally I will let you take a break considering that it is too busy to prepare the album during this time." ”

"Got it, brother."

Hearing about the holiday, the members came to a little spirit, especially the few people who recently filmed "My Neighbor is EXO" and got off work until midnight, they are really like Mu Ganlin.

"It's going to be the Spring Festival soon, and the trailer of your return will be released on the day of the Spring Festival, and after you come back, you have to make final preparations for your return, children, cheer up."

"Inside!"

Seeing that although these people said yes, they still looked lazy, Li Chenghuan was not angry, shook his head and smiled after sweeping his eyes over everyone: "Okay, I wish you a happy Spring Festival, have a good rest!." ”

"Brother, too, Kangsanmida."

(End of chapter)