Chapter 41: Live

In fact, since the day the sound source of "X" was released on April 1st, there have been some other discordant voices among EXO's fans, but with the fermentation of time and the spread of popularity, it has finally become more and more intense in the last two days.

The reason is that Wu Shixun's only fans found that their idol had returned twice in the recent "E" and "X" two comebacks, and the title songs "call me baby" and "Spring Day" were all pitiful, and they specially made a video of the personal part time of EXO members in the two title songs and sent it to the forum, YouTube and fan club.

In the video, the time allocation of each member's individual singing section is clearly counted, except for the part of the chorus of the large group.

The person with the most personal part time in "Call Me Baby" is Kim Jong Dachen, which is 33.8 seconds, and the second place Ji Jingyuan is 29.7 seconds.

The penultimate Wu Shixun is only 8.3 seconds, almost a quarter of Chen's.

And when it comes to "Spring Day", it is even more outrageous, the first Bian Boxian part is as long as 48 seconds, and the second Ji Jingyuan is also 45 seconds.

And Oh Se-hoon is still the penultimate one, only 5 seconds.

In "Spring", he only had three rap sentences throughout the whole process, although there were a lot of rap parts of this song, but almost all of them were divided by Park Chanyeol and Ji Jingyuan.

Kim Jong-in, who is the second-to-last, and Kim Min-seok, who is the third-to-last, are not much better, they are only seven or eight seconds.

On the one hand, he showed his face and sang the whole time, and on the other hand, he couldn't sing a word or two after a song, and the contrast was extremely strong at first glance.

In fact, the distribution of parts of EXO songs has always been very uneven, and almost the majority of the part distribution of each song has been occupied by Ji Jingyuan, Do Hyun Xiu, Bian Baekhyun and Kim Jong Dae, the four leading singers, Park Chanyeol can stably share most of the rap part, and the rest is that Kim Junmian can occasionally get a few more sentences, and the rest of the members can basically only eat some leftovers.

This is still in the case that the title song is a POP dance music, and if it is a lyrical song, it is even more extreme, such as "The Miracle of December" and even "Let It Be", these lyrical titles, I can't wait for the whole process to be sung by the four lead singers, and the other members can get two sentences on Jin Junmian, and in the rest of the stage, they are basically watching the whole process on the stage, and they can even do without a microphone.

This time, the lyrical "Spring Day" is still the home of the lead singer, although it is not as extreme as not taking others to play in the distribution of parts, but the comparison between the length of the first and the backward one is close to ten times that of the right is really a bit dazzling.

Such a stark and funny contrast immediately made some members, especially Wu Shixun's only fans, unbearable, and directly posted on the Internet to tear up, angrily spraying SM explosion-proof own owners, saying that if SM is still so partial and inappropriate, their unfair treatment of members only fans will refuse to buy the next EXO album.

In addition to tearing the company, Kim Jong Dae, who has the most parts, and Bian Boxian are also the target of attack by the yin and yang weirdness, and the entire interior of Aili suddenly comes and goes, and it becomes a mess.

"Why are there so many parts between Chen and Baekhyun? Even if it's the lead singer, it's a little too much, right, and co-authoring the other members doesn't work, right? I don't even know what these members of Sehun Xiumin are doing on stage. ”

"Every time XO has all the albums and hit the charts, our fans are not without participation, the result is a 50 seconds and a 5 seconds, the company is too eccentric, right, seeing this contrast, the heart is really cold, chen has taken so many parts, and the popularity has not gone up, and it has always been a lower circle, isn't it a pure waste? Isn't it okay to give it to someone else? Anyway, if it's still like this, I won't buy the next single. ”

"Why are you scolding us? This is the company's share, not his own share, so I think we Zhong Dawei fans are easy to bully? Yuan's part is always second and third, only a little less than the first every time, he is still the album producer of the group has the right to speak in the part, Wu Shixun's five seconds may be his share, why don't you scold him? ”

"Because they know that the number of Yuan's fans is many times that of theirs, they can't win at all, and they die laughing."

"Because Yuan is the album producer, songwriter and most popular member, it's understandable that there are a little more parts, but he is not the most people, why should Chen and Baekhyun be?"

"Saying so much, isn't it still bullying the soft and afraid of the hard?"

"Who doesn't know that Yuan is royal?"

"Take us Yuan and thank you, don't worry about us for tearing up this kind of thing, Yuan fans are already very satisfied with the current situation, and it's too late to help Oba hit the list."

In fact, members like Oh Se-hoon and Kim Min-seok have always had very few parts, and fans have actually been dissatisfied for a long time, but this time they really couldn't help but burst out.

It's been really hard to tear up in the past two days, and it can be regarded as the most intense conflict among fans since EXO's debut, except for last year's luhan withdrawal from the team, and even a small hot search, which caused a lot of onlookers and excitement.

But if you want to talk about the effect, it's actually not very big.

SM is a large club that will not change its internal planning and setting for EXO because of the dissatisfaction of some fans, how should the members of EXO plan, which aspect of development each person prefers, how about the shape of each return, whose looks are amazing, whose general ordinary, how many killing parts are given to each song, who is the main promoter, who is explosion-proof, and so on, they all have their own internal processes and plans, even if Chi Jingyuan, who has its own halo, most of the time is to listen to the company's arrangement.

Although these plans may change due to certain things, it is likely that they will not be due to fan dissatisfaction.

And SM, who has been up and down in the music industry for many years, knows these fans best.,Although it seems to be very resentful.,All kinds of threats to the company no longer pay money and no longer support and so on.,On the surface, it seems to be extremely determined to fight to the end.,In fact, it's all lip service.,As long as the next title song slightly increases the weight of a few members.,And then next time there's a desk calendar.,Peripherals and the like.,Even holding a signing and holding a concert.,They absolutely hate the company and finally become a man., At the same time, one side is more active than the other, and the purse is faster than anyone else.

Fans, how can it have a solid effect if you don't abuse it, and how can you connect more closely with idol?

When it comes to the next time, fans will only think like this:

'Seeing that Sehoon/xiumin is already so miserable, every time he takes a microphone on the stage and says 'EXO' in order to report the name of the group, if we still don't support him, what should he do? ’

They have long seen through it.

However, this kind of fan tearing will not affect the company's planning, but it will affect the atmosphere of the EXO team, some big fans, local tyrant fans or station sisters and members actually have contact information with each other, and the member media will also go online, and it is clear that now their fans and others are torn up.

Although members like Oh Se-hoon and Kim Min-seok, who have always had few parts, have actually been used to it for a long time, although they will definitely be unhappy, but no one mentions it, and now that someone has mentioned it, it is so lively, and I will definitely feel very uncomfortable when I see such a stark and ironic contrast.

So the atmosphere in the EXO team is not particularly good these days, and the contradictions are not too much to talk about, but it will seem a little weird.

……

"Your fans have already posted a message about SM, and you won't be going to the company to demonstrate in two days, what are you still pretending to be cold there?"

After reading a thief article posted by Wu Shixun in the forum, he tasted the fierce words and not fluent prose in it, and then smacked his lips, a little speechless and a little emotional, turned his head and poked Wu Shixun who was sitting next to him with his elbow.

"Alas......"

may have seen this post too, Wu Shixun sighed heavily, his tone and expression were clearly a little complicated, some happy and relieved, some dissatisfied and angry, and a little speechless.

The maintenance of fans is of course a blessing, but it's just ......

Today is the afternoon of April 6th, and EXO, who has finished playing songs for the first week of his return, is in the guest lounge backstage of KBS TV's variety show "Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook".

The nine members sat scattered in the room, each holding a stack of materials and reciting the general script and Q&A process sent by the program staff just now, and after a while, they began to chat in a whisper.

"Heh......"

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's words, several members who were close next to him couldn't help but laugh softly.

The most lively news related to EXO in the past few days, in addition to the uncharacteristically beginning to rise in the sound source of "Spring Day", is this fan tearing thing.

It's just that the team is not very easy to bring up this topic when it was the most intense two days ago, after all, part distribution has a lot to do with popularity, and it's not easy to say it to stimulate some people, but today, although the Internet is still more fierce, the emotions of the members involved have also eased a lot.

"...... like this" Chi Jingyuan pretended to think for a few seconds, snapping his fingers like a flash of inspiration, "Why don't we propose to the company, when "Boy With Luv" is recorded in a while, the chorus will let you use a female voice to reverse the ......"

", die."

Faced with this unreliable proposal that was obviously to make fun of him, Wu Shixun unceremoniously scolded and gave him a middle finger.

"Haha......"

There was another burst of laughter next to him, and the atmosphere that was quiet and silent just now because of reading the information became lively, Jin Junmian put down the script in his hand after hearing it, and asked curiously: "By the way, Jingyuan, has "Boy With Luv" decided whether to find someone to do feat or sing it ourselves?" When does the recording start? ”

Regarding the production of the song, Ji Kyung-won is now involved as a producer, and the other members only occasionally hear some news, and they don't know the latest development.

"It's not decided yet, it's being discussed...... I prefer that we sing it ourselves, after all, I haven't found anyone to do feat since my debut."

Ji Jingyuan shook his head, said the general process of the last production meeting, and then thought for a while: "If you want to record, you should wait until the results come out, we haven't practiced much in this song...... And the MV of the two songs of "O" has not been filmed yet, and there is still a concert, and there are really enough things recently. ”

"I remember Brother Chenghuan said last time that this time the song of "Spring" will be shortened, and it will not be played for a full month like "Call Me Baby".

"It should be ......"

After chatting for a while, the other guests who participated in the recording today also went to another lounge backstage, and under the leadership of the agent, several EXO people took the initiative to say hello.

"Senior Anihassaiyo ......"

Coincidentally, Ji Kyung-won, the guest who also participated in the recording of "Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook" today, is very familiar, and it happens to be Park Jin-young, who I met not long ago.

"Hey, you've been really hot lately."

Park Jin-young greeted them with a smile with Korean-American female singer Jessi, and when he walked next to Ji Kyung-won, he patted him on the shoulder to show his closeness.

"Brother Zhenying, what are you...... Going to sing? ”

Seeing that the two of them looked like partners, Chi Jingyuan blinked his eyes and asked curiously.

"yes, the album was released on the 12th."

Park Jinying nodded and certified, then frowned and looked over: "Didn't you already make a preview a few days ago, Jingyuan, don't you know?" I really don't care about my brother at all. ”

"Hahaha......" Jessi took the lead in laughing, and Ji Jingyuan also pretended to be innocent and laughed twice with the other members.

Who cares about your return?

JYP is really nobody.

"By the way, the matter of "Sixteen" has been discussed with your company, and some materials will be sent to you in two days, and it is estimated that the recording will start around the end of this month."

After joking for a few sentences, Park Jinying remembered the business and happened to meet Ji Jingyuan and took the initiative to mention it, and after seeing the other party nodding and indicating that he knew, he didn't say much, squeezed out a smile and chatted with other members for a few words before saying goodbye to each other, EXO went to communicate with MC Yoo Hee-yeol in advance, and returned to the lounge to wait for the recording to begin.

"Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook" is a music talk show, and several groups of guests will be invited to the scene to participate in chat interaction and live performances in each episode, which can resonate with the audience who participated in the recording at the first time.

Many programs in the chat session have no characteristics, and the special thing about this show is that the guest live stage is not all playing accompaniment, but cooperating with the live band of the show, with very high-quality bands and audio equipment, to show a more real stage charm that is different from the singing program.

The highlight of this show is that the live sound effects are very good, and the stage performances, especially the lyrical songs, if performed properly, are very live.

Therefore, the average age of the viewers of this show will be older, and many of them are adult viewers in their twenties and thirties or even above.

Generally, the ratings of the music programs of the three major TV stations are about 1%, and most of them will be lower than this number, while "Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook" is generally between 1-2%, which is a music program with outstanding word-of-mouth and ratings.

"What's the difference between a sketchbook and a regular music show that has been featuring popular singers lately......

"After seeing this question, I thought about it carefully."

MC Yoo Hee-yeol, who was dressed in a gray suit, walked onto the stage of the studio, and did not make any exciting opening in the face of the two or three hundred live audiences who participated in the recording, but just talked plainly like chatting.

"Putting aside the question of whether music is difficult or not, we try to introduce as diverse music as possible, and we really prepare for this kind of mood when we can bring some comfort to everyone on a busy weekend."

"Okay, the first guest to perform today...... It is the friend who introduced the sketchbook for the first time. ”

Liu Xiyeol said, looked up and glanced at the audience with a smile, and the audience also let out a burst of cheers at the right time, as if they had learned which guests were arriving today.

"Among young people, if you don't know about this combination, in our general parlance, it's the cave people...... Their popularity has really reached this level. ”

"In the Peninsula music market, it has resold one million copies after 11 years."

"Now it's an international idol who has broken out of Asia and is loved all over the world...... XO's gig. ”

"Ah......h

In a burst of restrained cheers, Ji Jingyuan and the other five members walked onto the stage, and after standing in the center, the brilliant lights unfolded in the back, and the prelude that made the audience feel very familiar regardless of their age sounded:

“yao,okay!”

“Sexy.”

As soon as this prelude came out, a cheer that was much louder than just now suddenly broke out, and some of the audience who had not reacted just now couldn't help but be surprised.

In addition to "Spring Day", which will be performed later, the reason why "Roar" was chosen to open is because the audience of this show is a little older, and they may not have heard other main songs of EXO, and the most widely circulated and popular song so far is this "Roar".

At the beginning, the audience at the bottom actually began to sing along, you and I said one sentence at a time, making this studio, which seemed a little quiet before, seem to have become a concert scene.

The melody of "Roar" is too ear-catching and too famous.

"Breathing is always short, and you're coming towards me."

Chi Jingyuan sang the first sentence with a microphone, and after hearing his own voice through his ear, he knew it.

During the rehearsal before the recording, he found that the stage effect of "Liu Xiyeol's Sketchbook" is indeed very different from the singing program, with the accompaniment of the live band, the singing vocals appear very clear and delicate, and a lot of details can be clearly heard in the ears, among which the breathing sound will be flawed if the breathing sound is slightly louder, and the quality of the whole sound effect is very prominent, so that the singing voice seems to surround the entire stage and the studio non-stop, and there is a feeling that fills the whole room.

Performing under this kind of sound effect, if the strength is enough, it is indeed easy for people to immerse themselves in it, and it is very enjoyable.

This time, the stage of "Roar" mainly focuses on singing, limited to the size of the stage, and holding a microphone leads to inappropriate performance, resulting in some restraint and perfunctory dancing, and the movements are not very standard.

"If you don't back down, you don't care if you get hurt."

During the support, nine people put on a final ending pose and ended the stage performance.

"Anihassai, I'm Baekhyun from EXO, ......"

“……”

"Anihassai, I'm EXO's Busy Yuan."

Nine chairs were quickly moved up from both sides, and EXO was divided into two rows, and the conversation began officially under the guidance of MC Yoo Hee-yeol.

"This is XO's first time on the stage of our sketchbook...... Hey, it's really hard to please. Yoo Hee-yeol sat next to him, glanced at a few people next to him and couldn't help but sigh, and then faced the audience: "Do you know how many invitations we sent to SM to invite them?" ”

"Three times?"

"Four times?"

The audience in the front row below raised their hands to guess, and the expressions and states of several girls were very excited, feeling that they might be specially looking at EXO's Ellie.

"Maybe it's a little more than you think, it's really hard to invite ......" Yoo Hee-yeol didn't say it explicitly, he waved and smiled and brought it over: "Now EXO is really the general trend, it has surpassed the Korean Wave, and it is really popular throughout Asia......"

After touting it, Yoo Hee-yeol's painting style changed: "However, in fact, among people over thirty generations, they may know and hear the name, but they don't want to know more about this situation......

"Inside."

Jin Junmian nodded with a wry smile and confirmed the statement.

The main fan audience of the Peninsula boy group is the female students of the tenth generation to the young women of the twentieth generation, and the proportion of fans in this range is the highest, once the number of fans is more than thirty generations, the number will plummet, even with EXO's current fame, many older people have only heard their names and the melodies of some songs, and many people don't even know what they do.

"Among the thirty generations of people, who should be the most popular among the members?" Yoo Hee-yeol asked.

"Hmmm......"

Several members looked at each other, and then invariably pointed to Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting next to the second row, and Chi Jingyuan did not deny it in the face of the camera taken, squinting and smiling implicitly.

"Yuan?"

"Inside, because I was busy shooting before...... Some TV series, he is in his twenties and thirties, especially among office workers, his popularity and popularity are really high. Jin Junmian nodded and explained.

"Unborn!"

Because it was a KBS program, they couldn't say tvN's drama name directly, but the fans and viewers below didn't shy away from it, and they all laughed and shouted the name of the drama.

"Oh, actually, I also like to watch it, and the acting is really good." Liu Xilie nodded knowingly, and also appreciated, and after hearing Chi Jingyuan's quick "Kang Sangmida" thanks, he also smiled, and then said: "The words of the TV series are another way, so today I will take this opportunity to use an excellent stage to capture the people of more than 30 and 40 generations, and we will carry out it in turn today." ”

"Okay, so let's officially dissect EXO and ask a very simple question."

"Okay."

"What do you mean by EXO?" Yoo Hee-yeol seems to be playing the role of many viewers of the third and fourth generations who know XO for the first time, and asks with a confused and curious expression.

"Hmm...... It means a name from EXOplanet. ”

"EXO planet?"

"Inside, named after the EXO planet that exists outside the solar system, a new star from an unknown world, is a ...... that has never been heard of on Earth."

Jin Junmian drew circles in the air with his hands to make the shape of a planet, and while making a comparison, he explained it seriously, but he said something like a book from heaven, and the people who read it couldn't help but laugh.

After embarrassingly and shyly showing off a superpower and talking about some other topics, the chat session came to an end.

The focus of this show is not on chatting, but on the live stage, which is the live band version, which is what attracts the audience the most.

When the lights were on again, the nine members sat on the stools scattered, holding microphones, and gently covering their ears.

The band at the back of the stage began to play just in time, and the unique prelude to "Spring Day" slowly sounded.

There is no choreography, no stage special effects, no wink, various poses and rich lens language, live band performances, and the original sound version of "Spring Day" live stage is shown in front of everyone for the first time.

(End of chapter)