When many people saw the song introduction of "Boy with Luv", they just found out that this song was not a native American song, but from the peninsula, and they couldn't help but be stunned after it was a Korean song, and then many people's first reaction was:

“psy？”

Nowadays, most of the audience of pop music on Amei's side have most of their impression of KPOP and the song "Gangnam Style", the song two years ago, and the popularity of the horse dance are really unforgettable.

Even though his popularity has dropped significantly recently, the only Korean singers and songs that have been able to appear in front of Ami's listeners over the years are still PSY alone, and the new songs he releases every year.

For many people, Hangul singing is synonymous with psy.

Including Emily, this is the case, after discovering that it was a Korean song, the conditioned reflex is psy and a new song.

However, she quickly took a closer look, and after discovering that the singer's name was EXO, she immediately blinked and recalled, and suddenly remembered that she was not unfamiliar with this name, because she had heard the name of this singer before, and remembered that it was a boy group from the peninsula, and a friend of hers had recommended it to her several times before.

As a person who likes and pays attention to pop music, she still knows some related situations, kpop and even other countries and languages, although the style of songs is not mainstream on Ami's side, but there are a group of more or less fans, among which kpop is one of the types of songs with the largest audience.

She remembers that although the peninsula group EXO does not have many fans, it has been making steady progress every year since the first two years, and now it is the most well-known group in the kpop circle, and their names can be seen in some places from time to time in recent times.

It's just that because she only heard about it before and didn't pay attention to it, and she hasn't heard much about the songs, she is still far away from these Peninsula groups, and their fans have their own circle, but they have heard some from her friends.

I heard that many fans of these kpop, especially this boy group, are crazy, and they like to desperately support and Amway for idols in reality and SNS, and recommend them to others in the comment areas of Twitter and some websites, and they can't get rid of them like flies, and sometimes it's really annoying.

However, it should be quite interesting to rank so high on iTunes, after all, Kpop songs of this type do not often appear at the top of the charts.

After reading the introduction and recalling it a little, she still clicked on the paid download and opened the MV.

Because it is the world's largest pop entertainment location, many people on Aramco's side have a natural arrogance towards songs in foreign languages, and many people will have some disdain for songs other than their own country.

However, although this kind of people account for the majority, there are also a considerable number of listeners who are more objective and unbiased, and only like interesting music, which is the case with Emily, and she has no other opinions on these things.

“oo~~woo~~”

Soon, a piece of music that was completely different from American pop music appeared in front of her, and the extremely new style immediately attracted her attention.

Especially when she saw the blue-haired boy standing in the middle at the beginning, she couldn't help but nod her head and get a little closer, just at a glance, she felt that this was a rare Asian face that was very in line with her aesthetics.

And as a funk pop song, coupled with the unique music style on the peninsula, the strong rhythm brought by the electric bass and drums, and the impact and effect brought by the particularly prominent and clear rhythm are really obvious, although I can't understand the lyrics, but this rhythm and melody sound very cheerful, and it feels particularly suitable for dancing, and after listening to a few words, she can't help but want to twist it up and down twice.

“oh my~my~my~ oh my~my~my~”

The female vocal fiat part of the chorus is also just right, whether it is the tone or voice, and even the weight is just right, although it sounds like the most essential part of a song, but it does not seem to be noisy, but the addition of female voices balances the nine male members and the overly bright and light atmosphere and painting style.

And this English pronunciation is really good......

There are many differences between the style and melody of this song MV and Ami's mainstream music, and the most obvious thing reflected in the MV is that in addition to the song, the dance part is placed above the absolute core, which is not seen in most American music.

This kind of choreography that is very distinctive, can express emotions and is very infectious, and it also looks very handsome, and the eye-catching dance style makes Emily, who rarely pays attention to kpop, extremely novel.

Watching the nine people on the screen stand in a row, or neatly aligned, like an amazing knife group dance made by one person, or although the movements are different, but there is a tacit understanding, the group dance that is very comfortable and makes people can't take their eyes off it, the rapid interspersed movement like flying, and even the expression management and expression methods of the very different Ami singers made her feel an unprecedented impact and a strong sense of freshness.

“wow~”

At the end of the music, after the logo appeared, Alimi couldn't help but exhale in surprise, and clapped her hands appreciatively.

She felt very happy at this time, and her head had long since begun to click to the beat, which was the charm of music.

It's rare to have a song or music video that makes her feel more relaxed, and she even has thoughts and expectations such as 'why don't you want to dance' and 'what other songs does this group have?' after watching it.

No matter what others think, at least for her, it's really a really great song, the melody is nice and catchy, and the point is that the dance really appeals to her.

No wonder it ranks so high.

After another glance at the real-time ranking of iTunes, Emily was no longer surprised that this Korean song appeared here, and at the same time, she seemed to understand the thoughts of many fans who usually like to listen to Kpop, especially this boy group called EXO.

Although the style is completely different, it's normal to like this type of song and singer.

And it feels better than psy's song......

While making her own judgment, she clicked the play button again to start the loop, and after a few seconds, she began to click on Google, typed in the exo letter, and clicked search.

Looking at the large number of encyclopedias and a large number of search results, and listening to the prelude of music ringing in her ears again, she couldn't help the enthusiasm in her heart, and hummed along:

“oo~~woo~~woo~~”

…………

I don't know how many people are dissatisfied with the street when they see a Korean song ranked so high on American songs, and many people like Emily who have seen and listened to "Boy With Luv" through various channels, and become interested in EXO and even Kpop because of this song, the time came to June 9 under the slow fermentation of various influences.

In the middle of the night on the 9th, Li Zaixiao, who still hadn't gotten off work in the office, sighed, stared at the list that had just been updated on the screen and couldn't open his eyes drowsily, took a sip of coffee on the desk to cheer up some energy, shook his head and cheered up and continued to work.

And several colleagues around him are also similar, most of them are a little absent-minded.

They are all editors of the entertainment section of a news media and are responsible for the news coverage of Aramco Entertainment.

American pop music and entertainment news have a fixed and large audience on the peninsula, and what they often do is to come to the peninsula as soon as they see some entertainment news from Aramco, and then report it after some polishing and exaggeration by the way, and it would be better if there was positive news related to the peninsula.

So because of the time difference, I often have to be busy until late.

And every Tuesday and Wednesday is the time for the pop music vane B list to be updated, and on this day, they will work overtime to see the changes in the list for the first time, and at the same time write some scripts and pick up some news back.

Lee Jae-hyo originally browsed the list that had just been updated a little perfunctorily, even after drinking coffee, he still didn't have much energy, his eyes were half-squinted and he slid the mouse from top to bottom, although he was looking at the computer, but what he wanted was to hurry up and go home to sleep.

It's just that he just looked at it for a while, and when he saw a somewhat familiar name, he suddenly seemed to be electrocuted, and the whole person froze all of a sudden, which was not big, and his eyes that were still squinted together instantly widened and opened, because of excessive force, the outline of the triangle was directly stretched into an ellipse.

After being stunned for two seconds, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally poked his head out close to the screen, and finally confirmed it before he exclaimed uncontrollably: "Oh Mo Oh Mo, come and see, come and see!" A new issue of the B list. ”

"It's so late, why are you so loud, it's scared to death."

Li Zaixiao and his abrupt shouting obviously made the side a little dissatisfied at the same time, and after being startled, he rubbed his ears, looked at him with a frown, and didn't take his surprise too seriously, just glanced at it and asked casually: "What's the fuss about?" Is "See You Again" ending its winning streak? ”

As the theme song of "Fast and Furious 7" and the most popular song in the United States and the world in the past two months, "See You Again" has performed amazingly since its release in March, not only ending the super streak of "Uptown Funk", but also holding the weekly top of the singles 100 chart from April until last week.

During this time, they don't know how many drafts of this song have been picked, and the rainbow fart has already been written a little tired.

“…… It's news, so don't be so surprised. ”

As he spoke, his colleague stopped looking at his computer and leaned over with his coffee, wanting to see what it was that surprised Lee Jae-hyo so much.

"I didn't come down, it has nothing to do with "See You Again"...... See for yourself! ”

Lee Jae-hyo's surprise has not eased until now, and he felt his colleague walk to his side, stretching out his hand and pointing to a name on the hot100 list summarized on the screen.

The colleague leaned to the side and lifted his black-rimmed glasses to see the names and rankings displayed on the screen.

No. 38, Niaj, "The Night Is Still Young" (2014)

Last week: #51 peak: #38 weeks on: 4

No. 39, EXO, "Boy with Luv" (2015)

last week：-- peak：#39 weeks on：1

No. 40, Taylor Swift, Shake It Off (2014)

last week：#34 peak：#1 weeks on：41

He didn't care about the ranking and name anymore, because all his attention was attracted by the title and singer of the song that ranked thirty-ninth.

exo？

《boy with luv》？

Singles hit hundred?

Really?

"Ah, Jinjia?"

The colleague reacted and screamed in surprise, and instinctively looked at the name a little closer: "It's really XO?" ”

He knew it was nonsense, because as long as he had eyes, he could see the singer's name very clearly, and the three letters 'exo' were very clear and concise, not to mention the name of the song "Boy with Luv", which was the song that had been ringing around them every day recently, and could be heard everywhere in Seoul and even in the streets of the entire peninsula.

Nowadays, who doesn't follow the two sentences of 'oh mymymy', to be honest, it's a little annoying to listen to it.

The exclamation of the two immediately attracted the attention of the countless few people left in the office, who thought something was going on, and when they saw this, they all put down their work and came over.

It's just that after seeing the list clearly and knowing the reason, he immediately followed the example of Lee Jae-hyo and the two, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"No, it's really on?"

"I was joking."

Several people glanced at each other, and they all felt the surprise in each other's eyes.

Because I saw that the song EXO and "Boy with Luv" have been so popular on the peninsula recently, and their usual work is related to music news in Europe and the United States, all of them chatted privately about whether it is possible for EXO and this song to break into the United States, and jokingly said that "if EXO fans collectively charge and download unlimited brushes, it is estimated that they will have a chance to log in to Hot 100" and something like that.

But everyone knows that it's a joke, in Peninsula Fire and in Aami Fire are completely two concepts, they are engaged in this work, and they know very well that it is really difficult for Peninsula artists and groups to be on this list, Kpop in the United States market is not a niche ranks, although the audience does exist, but it is very limited, and it is not very popular with the mainstream market, and there are many people who are born with a prejudice and arrogance against skin color, music, language, etc.

Forget about those sub-lists, the gold content is not enough, what album lists, kpop charts and the like, not to mention exo, many small groups have been on it many times, and some lists are set up specifically for these niche music, and there are few people who pay attention.

But the Hot 100 is different, there have been 100 singles on the peninsula for so many years, except for the famous psy, that is, Wirls's "No Body" once briefly landed on the charts, parachuted into the highest 76th place, and it was a short week trip.

This also directly caused a very heated sensation and discussion on the peninsula, which not only pushed the national network of WIRLS up to a higher level, but also aroused JYP's strong confidence and ambition, and started a career in the United States that WIRLS is unbearable to look back on, but has endless memories.

And EXO will be on the list for the first time, in the case of no publicity before, and what program to be on, just relying on fans and passers-by to listen to and download, the results of Airborne 39 are already very, very good, and they are a little hard to believe.

"EXO their fans are really rushing?"

"How is it possible, how can it be so easy to brush? There was no news or movement at all. However, in Europe and the United States, EXO is indeed the hottest of all Kpop artists except for PSY...... But this ranking is really quite impressive, I didn't expect it. ”

"They haven't been on any radio or anything like that, have they?"

"No, exo hasn't been to Ami at all recently, I've been following it for so long, and I've even seen a few official promotions in addition to tweeting posts."

"Then they can all be on the list?"

The difficulties of several insiders just now disappeared all at once, and they got together and began to discuss, and from time to time they glanced at the computer screen in front of them that had not been moved for a long time, and in the stunned tone, there was still some emotion and pride.

Because of the existence of various subjective and objective factors, many people on the peninsula very much want to be recognized by the outside world, and the same is true in music, although KPOP has absorbed and borrowed a lot of music styles and grown into its own school, but in fact, whether it is the leader of a large entertainment company or an ordinary national passerby, in fact, they all want to be recognized by Aramco, the world's largest entertainment market.

From SM to JYP, several major brokerage companies have continuously tried to let their portfolios break into the United States to open up the market, but unfortunately a lot of money, time, and resources have been invested, and the results achieved are indeed few.

After a few attempts, in fact, it is just a name for himself and a gold-plated.

Lee Jae-hyo and other practitioners in the circle know very well that as long as they can make a little success in the overseas market and promote Kpop, they will be blown to the sky in China.

This is the reason why PSY has such a high status so far.

And this kind of airborne single hit hundred, which has caused widespread discussion in the United States, even those insiders can't help but feel a little honored, and they don't know what kind of repercussions it will cause among ordinary people.

"Don't talk nonsense, this news is really big, not only exo, but even fans in the music industry, even ordinary citizens will definitely be very interested, hurry up and inform Brother Min Hao of them, let their department rush a draft overnight and send it out as soon as possible tomorrow, and seize the opportunity......"

"That's right, Barry Barry, we found out so early, if we were preempted, we would definitely be scolded."

A word woke up the dreamer, and several overtime editors instantly dispersed and began to get busy in a hurry, the perfunctory and inadvertent on the body had long disappeared, and everyone was full of energy as if they had just come to work in the morning.

"It's ......"

In the end, Lee Jae-hyo's closest colleague still looked at XO's data, smacked his lips and whispered:

"I don't know if XO's momentum can go up again."

"I don't think it's going to be a week......"

……

In fact, Lee Jae-hyo is not the first person to know that EXO is on the top 100 of the hot list, because there are many Aili who have already discovered this matter at the first time when the list was updated.

There are a lot of Ellie who have been paying attention to the music charts of many countries, including the United States, since EXO returned in March this year, and every time EXO returns to release songs, they will pick up data such as the number of airborne and other data, and make their own contributions to the promotion of their idols.

There are also many people who have been staring at the list of B-lists, and they will take a look at it every week when it is updated, hoping to see the name of EXO appear on it, although this approach is obviously with unrealistic fantasies, but the sincere expectation is real.

And this is still the case today, but what makes these fans very delicate is that this time they really saw the name of their idol on the single Hot Hundred.

After being as surprised and overjoyed as Lee Jae-hyo and others, many people hurriedly popped the news, screenshots and the like to the fan base and the forum, and while making the Aili who saw it boiling and cheering, the news quickly spread out.

It's just that after all, it's already the middle of the night, and it's too late, and the people who know it are still in the minority.

It wasn't until early the next morning, when many people got up and took out their mobile phones, turned on the computer and began to habitually look at today's news, that they saw the report that reached the top of the hot search and was displayed in red font:

"EXO Airborne Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart, setting the highest record for Peninsula groups, writing a new chapter in KPOP!" 》