On the morning of the 24th, SM's official SNS account took the lead in releasing the first group promotional poster for EXO's third single album "O".

This poster is based on a photo taken by Ji Kyung-won and the others during the MV shoot in rugby jerseys.

In a background similar to the team's locker room, nine members stand together in front of the camera, with protective gear and shoulder pads covering football jerseys to make everyone look strong, with a dark blue baseball cap on the top, plus the old marks on the clothes, the overall look is very professional, as if they have just finished a game before.

The combination of sporty style and handsomeness is eye-catching, the two incandescent lamps above the head are bright and brilliant, but the light behind and around is dim and pitch black, and the light and darkness form a sharp contrast in the composition, which sets off this pictorial with a very texture.

In the middle of the top of the pictorial, the characters "EXO, O", and "love me right" are marked in artistic font, which is an introduction and the title of the title song "love me right" is revealed.

"Ahh

"It's the iconic back number again, Yuan is 5, Seho is 94, suho is 01, I remember it all, I saw that this is really a dream back 13 years "Roar", is it a song of a similar style?"

"Rugby jerseys? What does this mean, a new concept? It's really exciting. ”

This promotional poster was really well shot in terms of lighting and composition, and the rugby jersey also brought a visual impact to people, and immediately after the announcement, fans who had been waiting for a long time left messages, most of whom thought the pictorial was very good, and expressed their expectations for the return in a week.

Ji Jingyuan also thought it was very good-looking, but he didn't understand that the style of the title song "Love Me Right" was biased, cheerful, lively and fresh, and the lyrics told the story of driving with his favorite, as if roaming the night sky universe, there is nothing to do with rugby, but the focus of the single MV and promotional posters is rugby.

The only connection is that the MV and the stage preparation for the song costume are American campus style, which is barely a match with the football jersey.

But the pictorial, it's good-looking, and it's enough to play a propaganda role.

Following SM's announcement in the morning, YG also released a poster announcing the return of bigbang at noon.

BIGBANG's poster this time is a minimalist style, with black letters on a red background, five horizontal lines in the middle neatly arranged to show the main logo of the return, and the black art font below is written with the combination name of BIGBANG.

Although there are no photos of the members, they look inexplicably a sense of luxury that makes their fans very satisfied, and they have left messages below to shout the return of the king.

At the same time, YG also sent a series of announcements, wishing the 24th and 25th Seoul concerts of the BIGBANG World Tour a success, and once again explaining the return mode of BIGBANG, confirming that the single album will be released every month from May to August, and the official album will be released in September.

The two major companies have successively announced the return of the two hottest boy groups, EXO and bigbang, and they have just chosen to be released on the same day, which is easy to give people a feeling of 'waiting for you', which makes their respective fans look forward to it, and at the same time, it also greatly attracts the attention of passers-by.

"I was a little tired of watching EXO in the first two months, and it was finally exciting, one is that the second generation is the hottest men's group before, and the other is that the third generation is the hottest now, is this considered the handover of the old and the new, and the men's group TOP battle?"

"Support BIGBANG! I've been unhappy with EXO for a long time, and the seniors should educate the newcomers well. ”

"Why can YG, Bigbang, a group of legal-made coffee and bad artists come back? Looking forward to EXO's climb to the top with bigbang! ”

Fans came out to cheer and tear each other apart, and passers-by were onlookers cheering and adding fuel to the fire, and there was a lot of noise for a while.

In addition, there is another news that has also been directly on the hot search today, and this time it is not only in the music industry.

Nikkan Sports, the organizer of the Baeksang Arts Awards, announced the nominees for the 51st Baeksang Awards, including all awards in the film and drama categories, through the media and SNS accounts on the 24th.

As one of the three major award ceremonies in the Peninsula film and television industry, and also the most valuable award in TV dramas, the list naturally attracted a lot of attention as soon as it came out.

The popular movies and TV series that were released and broadcast throughout last year were nominated on the list, which made many fans and passers-by interested in it, and began to study the shortlist of various awards to see if their favorite movies and TV series, or actors, appeared on the list.

If you have it, you will praise and brag, and if you don't, you will scold and sarcastically, and this is the case every year.

And after the list came out, people soon discovered a surprising place in the nomination of this year's "Baeksang" TV series awards.

That is, the name 'Chi Jingyuan' has appeared in the list of TV series nominees in a row, and it is extremely eye-catching at a glance.

The idol-turned-young actor Ji Kyung-won was shortlisted for three awards, including 'Best Actor', 'Best Newcomer Actor Award', and 'Best Popular Actor Award' for the TV series "Misheng", which was very popular in the second half of last year and caused great social repercussions

You must know that in addition to the later 'Popularity Award', which is voted by fans, the first two are very gold awards, and the "Newcomer Award" can only be won once by an actor. In addition, especially the 'Best Actor', this award is one of the highest honors that a male actor can receive in the field of Al Jazeera TV dramas, and is called 'Emperor of Vision' by many media and netizens.

The last two 'Popularity Awards' and 'Newcomer Awards' are all over, but Ji Jingyuan, who was born in 94, was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the age of 22, which was really surprising, and immediately caused a lot of discussion.

"Is there a mistake, can you nominate the 'Emperor of Vision' at such a young age? is still an idol, what are the organizers doing, see that Chi Jingyuan is too popular, so in order to increase the popularity and ratings? ”

"Can you stop being funny upstairs? Did you watch a TV series last year? Young is a little younger, but "Unborn" is like that, and it's normal to be selected as the leading actor, right? ”

"Indeed, although 22 years old is indeed a little younger, but if the role of Zhang Clay in "Unborn" is selected, I think it is normal, the TV series is well filmed, the impact is very great, and the law has even been changed, Ji Jingyuan's acting is also very good, full of feelings, his expression and eyes are very in place, in the face of Li Xingmin and several powerful supporting actors, I have not been pressed to the scene, and I still remember several scenes, so objectively speaking, there is absolutely no problem with nomination, if it is "The Inheritors", there is no connotation, Idol dramas that are purely handsome will definitely not work......

And the nomination does not mean that he will win the award, the competition for the list is still very fierce, whether it is Zhao Yincheng or Chi Sheng, I think the probability is higher than him, but I think Chi Jingyuan can accept the award, after all, it is Zhang Clay. ”

"Ahh They were all selected for the 'Popularity Award' and the 'Newcomer Award', which is really amazing, Oba fighting! We'll be sure to help you vote! ”

EXO: In addition to Ji Kyung-won, Do Hyun-so was also selected for two awards for playing the main role in "It's Okay, It's Love" last year, and the appearance of both members of a group in the list immediately caused Ali to cheer excitedly.

No matter what Ji Jingyuan thinks and doesn't care about in his personal heart, many people in the Peninsula entertainment industry still think that the actor's compulsion and will be higher, fans don't care whether they can win the award in the end, as long as they are nominated, it is a good gold plating, representing the great success of transforming from idol to actor, not to mention the many benefits that will be brought to the main owner, even if it is much tougher on the Internet and when tearing up at home.

Finally, "Music Bank" announced that Park Jun-su and Yoon Bo-ra will get off today, and the next issue of new fixed MCs will appear, and did not say their names but sold off to show that the two fixed MCs this time are from the same company.

However, there is less discussion of this news, "Music Bank" is not high in ratings now, and the MC of the singing show is not very important, many viewers watch the singing show to watch their favorite idol and stage, few people care about who the MC is, and even many people will feel that the MC is very unpleasant when watching the live broadcast, and they don't watch the mobile phone or skip the channel.

There hasn't been a singing show that has a high popularity or significantly increased ratings because of the fixed MC, so there aren't many people who pay attention to it.

Park Junsu and Paula have been regular MCs for more than a year, but now when I ask some fans who follow KPOP, they probably don't know that "Music Bank" is now them.

However, some fans are very curious about the modifier 'same company', and have made a lot of guesses, and some people even really associate EXO and red velvet, but not many people believe it.

Today's press release continues, and the hot searches are changing one after another, which seems to indicate that the peninsula music industry that is about to enter the middle and summer of the year is becoming more and more exciting, and it is no longer like in March and April, only a limited number of voices can be heard.

……

"Did you watch our press conference yesterday?"

In the process of constantly preparing for the return and concert, nearly a week has passed in a blink of an eye, and at noon on the 30th, the EXO group has just finished participating in the on-site promotional activities of the ice cream brand Baskin Robbins, and found a restaurant nearby to prepare for lunch.

Without thinking about it, Chi Jingyuan replied, "No." ”

In fact, he watched it, even though he was very busy yesterday, ran a lot of trips, and took Sun Shengwan to the first recording of "Boy with Love" at night, he still took the time to pay attention to it.

Some time ago, a preview and all the members were announced, and JYP and Mnet also jointly held a press conference for the cooperative girl group survival talent show "sixteen" on April 29, at which the concept and general process of the show were introduced, and the makeup photos of all the participating trainees were released, and finally it was announced that the show will be officially broadcast on Mnet on May 5.

The scene is not big or small, because JYP's name has gone to a lot of interviews, but unfortunately the response is average, and there is not much splash on the Internet.

“…… (pouts)"

Zhou Ziyu replied with an ellipsis and expression to express her dissatisfaction, but her dissatisfaction only lasted for a few dozen seconds, and she soon followed happily: "However, after the press conference, there doesn't seem to be a lot of discussion on the Internet, and I have heard a lot of people complaining, saying that the Internet is full of your news in the past few days, and the popularity of "Sixteen" has been completely covered." ”

Chi Jingyuan read the text message while drinking water, and his heart was clear.

From the 24th to the present, SM and JYP have released new news every day in the past few days, and with all kinds of promotions coming and going between EXO and bigbang, it can be said that all the space and popularity in the music industry in the past week have been occupied by these two groups.

On April 24, SM released the poster of the first version of EXO's single album "O", and released the title song "love me right". YG released the pictorial and once again explained the return mode and announced the release of a full-fledged album in September.

On April 25th, SM opened the pre-sale channel for "O", and the page was stuck in an hour-long lag due to the crazy crowding of orders, while YG announced the first single "M" album version and the price was 12,000 won.

On the 26th, SM released the second song of "O" titled "Orientation Sniper", and YG opened the pre-sale channel for "M", congratulating the BIGBANG World Tour in Seoul and releasing a birthday photo of BIGBANG member Kang Dae-sung.

On the 27th, SM released a teaser video for "love me right" and released the second edition of the promotional poster and the first stage date of XO's return, while YG LIFE released a teaser and pictorial of the countdown to the comeback of bigbang, D-4 and D-3 taeser, and announced the songwriter of the new song "LOSER".

On the 28th, SM announced that EXO will hold a celebration and reward event for the number of registered fans of the EXO-L official app to exceed 4 million, and YG also announced the official recruitment of the 5th phase of .P fancafe and announced the date of BIGBANG's return to the first stage.

On the 29th, SM uploaded the third edition of the promotional poster, and at the same time released the songwriter information of the two songs "love me right" and "Orientation Sniper" of "O", and the latter caused a lot of discussion about EXO.Yuan. YG released a D-1 countdown pictorial, announcing the songwriter information of the new song "BAE BAE", and informing them that the MV of the new song was banned and appeared on the hot search.

The two companies and the two combinations are chasing me and showing their own powers, all kinds of materials and resources are constantly invested, and the battle line has been played for a long time for more than a week, so that the fans of the two combinations, as well as countless passers-by, are dazzled At the same time, they can't help but ignite a great sense of expectation and attention.

bigbang itself is a former TOP boy group, and their unique music style has been liked by many people, although they have not returned in the past two years, but the members' solo has not been broken one after another, although there is no repercussion like Lee Shengli, but there are also solo people like Zhilong and Sun who have won big awards, and the popularity has continued without interruption.

This time it was their return as a group after nearly three years, and they also made a world tour and sang month by month, even though several members in it had all kinds of scandals, but it did not affect the expectations of fans and passers-by.

And EXO is the most popular boy group in the Peninsula and even Asia in the past two years, the second year of its debut has become popular all over the peninsula, and the historic sales have reached one million sales after many years, causing a shock in the entire song industry, with a huge number of fans, strong combat effectiveness and very loyalty, and there are extremely popular TOP members in the team, the whole group has been outstanding in the three generations of boy groups that have debuted in recent years, and they feel like they stand out from the crowd.

Although last year's style of members falling in love and continuously quitting the group led to a lot of trouble, and the momentum of the serious rise in word-of-mouth decline and fans was interrupted instantly, but in this year's carefully planned month-by-month return, "E" and "X" can be regarded as sweeping away the previous decline or even better than before, and people can't help but look forward to their next two albums even more.

The collision between the old and new generations of TOP boy groups is the hottest topic today, the boss and the second child fight, and the poor third and fourth children are directly forgotten, which makes it difficult for other artists who have returned normally during this time and other entertainment news to win the page, unless it is like Yun'er's predecessors who burst out in love or something, it is possible to attract attention.

It is said that Ji Jingyuan hasn't heard from her predecessors for a long time, and I don't know if her TV series has finished filming.

As a result, yesterday's "Sixteen" press conference naturally didn't attract much attention.

"Are you complaining?"

At this time, the meal had already been served to the table by the waiter, and Chi Jingyuan glanced at it, and was ready to end this chat first.

"Of course I didn't say it...... But in fact, there is a little bit in my heart, hehehehe......"

"Okay, you're still complaining about us, and you won't tell you! (Goodbye)"

As soon as the news was sent, Chi Jingyuan directly took back the mobile phone, ignored the vibration that soon came from his pocket, picked up the chopsticks and began to feast.

I ate until I was full of wine and food, and the words of the surrounding members gradually increased.

"Bigbang's debut stage was on the 3rd of 'Popular Song', so I didn't hear that you were the MC of 'Music Bank' and were afraid that it would be our home stadium?" Wu Shixun wiped his mouth and looked at Chi Jingyuan with a smile and asked.

And Chi Jingyuan, who was a little supportive, just drank a sip of water, and was a little speechless by his brain, put down the water cup and glanced at it with disdain: "How is it possible, are you an idiot, being an MC will become the home field?" And they are seniors, and when we come back, we have to take the initiative to visit and send albums, and we have to salute when we meet, okay? ”

"Haha, this kind of thing is going to Brother Suho anyway......" Wu Shixun seemed to be in a good mood, and he smiled happily when he was scolded.

Jin Junmian, who was sitting opposite, looked quite stressed, frowning and his expression was not very good: "Don't be so optimistic, we really don't necessarily win this time." ”

"Indeed." Ji Jingyuan took a wet towel handed over by Bian Boxian, wiped his mouth, and nodded in agreement.

Bian Boxian gave everyone a wet wipe, and after hearing the discussion, he blinked and expressed his opinion: "I think it's okay, the reputation of "Spring" is so good now, and the popularity has not decreased much until now." There are a lot of compliments on the Internet now. ”

"Spring Day" has occupied the first place on the Melon daily and weekly charts since the counterattack of the sound source, and won the weekly crown of the melon list that week, even after the end of the song, XO did not appear at all. Although the follow-up popularity decreased slightly and fell from the first place in the music source, it still became the nail household in the inner ring of the major music source lists, and firmly occupied a position in the top ten.

At the same time, the increasing number of positive reviews has also improved EXO's reputation in music, and many of the lyrics they released before have significantly increased their listening volume during this time, and the songs "Let It Flow" and "Butterfly Girl", which have been out of the charts for an unknown amount of time, even returned to the charts.

"Enough."

Ji Jingyuan took out his mobile phone and looked at today's hot search, pouted and said: ""Love Me Right" is a pure dance music, I think it is impossible for the sound source to beat BigBang, people's popularity and national popularity are placed here, it is this to eat, I even think that the sound source of "Orientation Sniper" will be better than "Love Me Right". ”

BIGBANG's overall appearance is average, and it was also called the 'ugliest boy group' when it debuted, and it has been accompanied by various scandals over the years, but it still has so many fans and national degrees, because the music quality is really good, and many people will still listen to their songs even if they hate or dislike them.

"I also think, to be honest, that the title song of our 'O' is one of the four singles albums with a relatively average quality, and although it is very good, it has no highlights, and if it is "call me baby" or "boy with love", I think it is very promising. And this time it is the first return, in order to get off to a good start, the investment of resources will be the highest, and the songs must be carefully selected, or the return after three years...... We don't lose in popularity, in fact, it's already very powerful. Jin Junmian also nodded, and lowered the temperature of several members who were already a little fluttering because of the continuous results in the past two months.

After listening to the analysis of a few people, the cheerful and lively atmosphere just now has diminished very little, and the most optimistic people are a little silent for a while.

"What about sales?" After a while, Kim Jong-dae asked with some concern.

The performance of idol groups can be defined in many aspects, what tour mobilization number, endorsement fee, search index, number of times, etc., but the most intuitive is only two major indicators, one is the music source, and the other is sales.

Add up to one tubing click.

The results in other areas are extended from these two indicators.

"Sales? Of course, sales are our forte, and they can't beat us. ”

As soon as he heard this, Chi Jingyuan laughed, and after seeing that everyone was ready to leave after eating, he stood up while talking, and picked up the shoulder bag on the stool next to him, and the sunlight was shining on his face through the window, making him cover his eyes a little dazzlingly, shook his head and chuckled casually, and added:

"No one can beat us."

…………

Half a day passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was close to the early hours of the morning, and at this time I don't know how many Ellie or. P, even passers-by who have been waiting for a long time have taken out their mobile phones or sat down in front of their computers, waiting for the moment when the hour hand reaches zero, which is the time when the two groups EXO and bigbang will return to the sound source at the same time.

(End of chapter)