Chapter 188: Look Over There
EXO was called over to rehearse halfway through her makeup, and when they walked to the front stage, Kim Taeyeon happened to be rehearsing, and nine people were waiting from the sidelines while watching.
Kim Taeyeon's stage is very interesting, a delicately dressed fairy chair is hoisted by a crane, and she is hoisted very high, and she spends most of her time sitting in mid-air and singing.
This sister obviously saw the EXO present, and when she was about to leave after the rehearsal, she came over to say hello to them, and then whispered a few words to the smiling Chi Jingyuan.
"How do you feel about the stage?"
“…… Aren't you afraid of falling down so high? ”
"I can't, I'm dizzy when I sit up."
Ji Kyung-won hurriedly shook his head, but the focus of the evaluation was not on the stage, although Kim Taeyeon's stage design was very eye-catching, but for some people, it felt scary to watch.
"Who asked you this?" Knowing that he was afraid of heights, Kim Taeyeon smiled and poked Ji Kyung-won with her elbow, waved her hand and left first, and soon entered EXO's rehearsal time.
This time MAMA's performance, there was no problem with the dance, after all, I have been practicing for quite a long time, and most of the songs performed by MAMA are title songs that have been skipped countless times. The main thing is the process of stage performance.
Because there are several different songs throughout the process, you need to change clothes and transitions many times, the connection between each song is very important, the speed of changing clothes must be fast, there must be no mistakes, if you have a flat fall with your left foot and your right foot when you are rushing to the scene, it will be over.
Since tonight was a full-fledged performance, there were a lot of people who needed to rehearse, and I couldn't practice back and forth several times like yesterday, so EXO ended the rehearsal after rehearsing the entire stage process without any problems.
At this time, it's not early, basically all the performing artists and award presenters have all come to the backstage of the venue, a few hours ago when I first came backstage, it was still a little deserted backstage at this time, the artists and staff back and forth are endless, and there are many acquaintances who simply stand in the aisle to chat, Ji Jingyuan met a lot of acquaintances when he went in and out, in addition to the familiar idol combination, there are also awards guests Park Shin Hye, Kim So-hyun, Lee Kwang-so and the like, When they met, they all stopped and said hello and chatted a few words.
After that, I went back to the waiting room to put on my makeup, and when I was about to leave the venue after being notified by the staff, I was ready to leave the venue to attend the press conference of this MAMA.
When EXO was leaving, he happened to meet GOT7 and twice, but they didn't go to the press conference, and they didn't know what they were going to do.
"......" EXO and these two combinations have nothing to say, and the two sides didn't communicate after saying hello and passed by directly, but Ji Jingyuan always felt that the girls on the other side looked at him strangely.
Are you also getting a cold?
It was already past one o'clock after the press conference, and after eating a little fruit snacks to lower my stomach, EXO returned to the venue for a rehearsal, rested for a while, and then took a non-stop limousine prepared by the organizer when the time came, and returned here to walk the red carpet after a circle.
After a busy day, from the morning to the evening, the 2015 MAMA finally entered the opening stage, which had been preparing for a long time and attracted a lot of attention.
"XO, please sit here, Yuan xi sits here......" Under the leadership of the staff, Ji Kyung-won, Oh Se-hoon, Park Chanyeol and Kim Jun-mian walked directly to the artist seat from the backstage along the special passage, and then the venue staff who were arranging the seats immediately came over to point out the positions that had been arranged for them.
This time, MAMA's artist seats are not too big, there are only two rows in front and back, the back row is slightly higher on the stairs, and the front row is closer to the display screen and the stage, the distance between the front and rear rows is about one meter, and the seats are hollowed out with wire-edged wire chairs, and there are several small tables of the same material in the front row.
On the whole, the setting of this year's artist seat is relatively simple, and it seems a little simple.
Chi Jingyuan They are one of the latest artists to come out, the back row of the artist seat at this time is already full, and there are familiar faces at a glance, Twice's nine people sit in a long row and occupy the middle of the back row, and the rookie boy group ikon is on the far left.
"Anihassaiyo ......"
Seeing the arrival of EXO, a junior in the back row hurriedly stood up and bowed, although because the audience had already entered the venue at this time, the noise in the venue was a little loud and the sound of greeting was not clear, but everyone's bowing action was very standard, and everyone paid attention to this kind of occasion.
"......" as a senior, or a TOP idol, and there is no Jin Junmian and their acquaintances behind, XO of course has its own style, in the face of the respectfulness of the junior combination, the four of EXO naturally nodded, and there was not much response, and they directly pulled the chair in the middle of the front row and sat down.
More than three years after his debut, EXO has finally evolved from a little transparent who has to stand up and salute everyone he sees to a senior who can calmly accept the bow of his juniors.
Ji Jingyuan They are in the center of the first row, and behind them is just twice who sat down after saluting at this time, he glanced to the side and glanced at it, just behind him was Lin Nalian, and next to him were Jin Daxian and Zhou Ziyu.
As soon as he sat down, Ji Jingyuan had a feeling of being surrounded by his gaze, not only from the countless viewers and EXO fans around him, but also from the back of his head......
"I feel like the artist seat this time is not as good as last year......"
"It's already okay, this chair is actually quite comfortable to sit on." There were still a few minutes left to leave the venue, and after sitting down, EXO's Kim Junmian and a few people looked around and looked at the surroundings, chatting casually.
"I saw Red Velvet backstage just now, and Wendy is really looking good today...... Jingyuan, what are you doing? In a daze? As he spoke, Park Chanyeol found that he hadn't heard Ji Jingyuan's voice all along, and turned his head to look over.
"Alas, brother, aren't you hungry?" Facing the eyes of the members, Ji Jingyuan sighed: "I really want to go back to the backstage to eat something and sleep, Ah Xi......"
I got up before dawn and haven't rested much until now, because I want to be on camera, so I haven't eaten much, so I just pad my stomach casually, so now that MAMA hasn't started, Ji Jingyuan is already hungry and sleepy.
Originally, because EXO's first award was placed at the end of the upper MAMA, it was not practical to come to the artist seat so early, but because their popularity was too high, more than half of the audience at the scene wanted to come because of them, and the organizer also needed to use their popularity, and the director also needed to give a little reaction from time to time to attract the screaming atmosphere, so although it didn't take the whole group to come, the venue still pulled four EXO people to come up and sit here as mascots from the beginning.
Originally, Chi Jingyuan didn't want to come, he was going to take a nap with something to eat, but unfortunately, the organizer specially named him to come to the artist seat town, which led to all the previous good visions being disappointed.
"Hahaha, that's no way, whoever made you popular, the organizer named you." The three people next to him were obviously clear, and they laughed when they heard it, but Park Chanyeol and Wu Shixun also followed and touched their stomachs: "But if you say that, I'm also hungry......"
Estimating that the other five people who didn't come here should have eaten and slept in the waiting room, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and leaned weakly on the back of his chair.
The most captain, Jin Junmian comforted a few words, then pointed to the direction of the audience behind the side, and smiled very cheaply: "Don't think about it, there will definitely be a change of rest in the middle...... Look over there, there's a CP fan of Kyungwon and Sehoon, and he gave a P picture of the two, haha, it's so funny. ”
When the three of Chi Jingyuan heard this, they all looked back, and a female fan over there held a big photo of P, standing there and jumping, looking at them and screaming.
Interestingly, the position of the female fan happened to be behind Lin Nalian's oblique, the direction that Jin Junmian pointed to, and the direction in which the four of Chi Jingyuan looked back all passed her, making her think that Jin Junmian was referring to herself, and the three seniors next to her were also looking at her, and she suddenly became nervous, her body and smile stiffened a lot, lowered her head, and reflexively covered the position of her chest - she wore a dress with a very low open collar that she was very unaccustomed to under Cody's arrangement today.
Look at what I'm doing......
She was a little dignified, and thought that there was something wrong with her makeup or hair that was discovered by the person in front of her, but after a while, she quietly observed the other party's gaze and found that it was wrong, they didn't look at herself, she was immediately relieved, blinked and turned her head, and followed Chi Jingyuan and their gaze.
And Sun Caiying, Kim Daxian and Zhou Ziyu next to them also glanced back, obviously although they seemed to be sitting there honestly and obediently, they were obviously very nervous for the first time on this occasion, and they were all very sensitive to the wind and grass that happened next to them.
"There is such a thing as CP powder in the team...... I really don't know what these fans think. ”
Ji Jingyuan glanced at it twice and then turned back, his expression remained unchanged but his eyes were a little disgusted, and then he looked at Wu Shixun and asked very suspiciously: "This fan can't be hired by you, right?" ”
"Axi, go die, you, I feel sick to my stomach too......" Wu Shixun also frowned and came back directly, thanks to Park Chanyeol, otherwise the two of them would probably have to pull the stool a little farther aside.
There are many members of the Ellie who have two or two CP fans, any combination and matching, even the CP fans of Chi Jingyuan and luhan, who have long left the team, although this kind of thing is quite common among the male and female fans of the men's group, but for the EXO members, it is actually quite a diaphragm, and every time they talk, they will quarrel twice.
Compared with the tension of the rookie girl group in the back row, they didn't dare to move when they were sitting in the precarious position, and the senior EXO seemed very relaxed, in the short chat, it soon came to seven o'clock in the evening, and the lights at the Asia-Expo venue slowly dimmed and the big screen lit up, cheering one after another, celebrating the start of the award ceremony.
Similar to the previous editions, according to the usual practice, a series of well-made opening VCRs were played, introducing the guests who were present today, and every time a guest's poster and name appeared, it would cause a burst of cheers, which was also a kind of support for the fans of their respective groups to prove their integrity.
Through the screams and the fan cheering lights lit up after the lights dimmed, it was easy to see that the most popular and supportive ones were EXO and bigbang, with the Elystick and Crown lights occupying the vast majority of the venue, although the former was obviously more, but the latter was also quite a few.
YG and SM are clearly the two protagonists of the evening, and JYP is dwarfed by comparison.
After the VCR was played, the first stage began, and it was a band whose name Ji Jingyuan didn't recognize, although the lead singer shouted a few hot words such as '2015 MAMA' and 'welcome', but the effect was a little average.
At this time, Huang Meiying and Xu Xian walked out of the special passage next to them, but they did not sit in the artist seat, but stood directly in front of the artist seat under the guidance of the field staff, and a VJ next to him carried a camera to prepare for filming, and a VJ came over next to him to prepare.
As soon as Chi Jingyuan saw it, he knew who the next stage was.
Sure enough, immediately after the band performed, the lights dimmed, the violin voice murmured softly, tactfully mellow, in the elegant dance of a dancer dressed in red, a butterfly under the light effect mapped out of the big screen, flapping its wings and flying higher and higher, until the back of a sitting on a fairy chair appeared in mid-air, the butterfly slammed away, turned into a dazzling star, lit up the surrounding space, and when Kim Taeyeon's figure became more and more clear, the song of "I" also came to everyone's ears.
"Radiant Sky~"
"The child under the sky, that's me~"
Under the guidance of one of the MV concepts, the butterfly, the light turned from dark to bright, and the figure became clear from hazy, sitting in a fairy chair in mid-air, she sat in a low-cut dress with pure white shining dots, and her blonde gray hair was tied into two Muggle braids, hanging down from both sides of her cheeks to her chest.
Kim Taeyeon's appearance is really amazing, her appearance today is really eye-catching, as soon as she appeared, the atmosphere that seemed a little silent just now was instantly ignited, cheers and screams in the field came and went, the huge popularity of Captain Girls' Generation, coupled with the familiar hit songs, made the MAMA that had just opened hot all of a sudden.
Yes......
Chi Jingyuan applauded rhythmically, and his heart was also a little amazing for this sister's stage, the design was really great, mainly because people also supported this design and makeup, and it was digested very well.
Kim Taeyeon also seems to be in a good state of excitement, the treble and rhythm of the main chorus are particularly good, and the feelings are also in place, and the atmosphere that has always been a little poor has also been covered up.
Before the performance ended, Ji Jingyuan already knew that the song "I" appeared on a very classic stage.
Just when his mouth moved slightly, silently singing along, the VJ who had been preparing for a long time next to him began to work, and the camera in the big screen was first given to Huang Meiying and Xu Xian who were standing in front, and after the two of them were enthusiastic and supportive, they caused a burst of cheers, and soon the reaction gave Ji Jingyuan's shot, and there was a scream that was far louder than just now.
In the shot, he is wearing an indigo denim jacket, lined with a light-colored turtleneck, the cheek line is very smooth, and the makeup looks very scheming, which makes the whole person highlight a refreshing handsomeness, especially a delicate short hair is extremely conspicuous in the surrounding group of idols, and the different styles shown by the overall outfit and hairstyle are eye-catching.
At this time, Ji Jingyuan watched the performance on the stage seriously, clapped his hands lightly, his mouth slightly open, and he was obviously singing along, as if he noticed that the camera had cut to his side, and he also brought a little embarrassed smile after hearing the huge scream, which made many fans even more excited, and the sound decibel was raised by a level.
A few people in the back row who listened were startled, Sasha Minato, and Momo Hirai couldn't help but look at the back and side a few times, and then followed them and looked at the big screen again.
It was the first time they had participated in such a large-scale awards ceremony since their debut, and they were nervous in themselves, and the tsunami-like screams around them surrounded them and produced a suffocating feeling.
At the same time, there is also the shock and envy of the popularity of this senior group and the members of the TOP boy group.
Kim Tae-yeon's stage ignited the atmosphere of MAMA tonight, and after her stage ended, Hwang Mi-young and Seo Hyun said hello to EXO, and then walked directly into the backstage passage without stopping, as if they didn't want to stay in the artist booth.
Sure enough, the old fritters with a lot of experience are like this......
After the end of Kim Taeyeon's stage, PSY, who was the opening host, appeared on the stage and said a big speech in English, at this time, Park Jin-young walked up from the aisle on the side of the artist seat, facing such a big senior or the president, after seeing him, everyone stood up and saluted and said hello, this brother smiled and patted Ji Kyung-won's shoulder when he passed by, and then instead of sitting in the first row, he walked up the stairs and sat next to twice under the enthusiastic patting of a group of girls.
After seeing him, Ji Jingyuan also knew what award to give next.
Because when the award is presented, the winner has to appear directly from the artist seat, and at the same time, it is also necessary to give some specific reaction shots to related artists, so who sits on the artist seat, which idols come to sit when they come, and when they will end up are all particular, the organizer has already arranged it, and the time is very stuck.
Immediately after that, the first award, the presentation of the men's and women's newcomer awards, presented by Lu Jin-gu and Kim So-hyun, walked on the stage hand in hand.
Ji Jingyuan smiled.
Kim So-hyun is very familiar with him, this sister has been an EXO since the release of "Roar" in 2013, or a fan of Yuan, and it has not changed until now, she belongs to one of the few of them, the kind of real artist fan, not the kind of hot celebrity fan who talks about it in front of the camera, but actually doesn't like it in private and never listens to their songs.
The two chatted together just now, and Chi Jingyuan had a good impression of her.
The first thing to be awarded is the men's newcomer award, this award is actually not in suspense, several candidates N.flying belongs to the paste group is far behind, monsita X results are okay, that is, seventeen has improved a lot of competitive strength through the recent return of "Long live" sales, but it is still a little worse than the feeling of a monster newcomer like ikon.
In addition, there are so many people coming to MAMA this time, so it is clear that they have communicated with the organizers.
When ikon heard his name and walked out of the artist booth and saluted, the four of EXO sat there and did not stand up, but just applauded and smiled to give some encouragement.
The relationship between SM and YG is very average for various reasons, and they don't show any enthusiasm even in public, but EXO, as a senior, is a matter of course not standing up when the newcomers receive the award, and it is already an obligation to give some encouragement.
After ikon's speech, Lu Jin-gu and Kim So-hyun continued to award female newcomers, this award is actually much more competitive, lovelzy, gfriend, oh my girl actually have room for competition, compared to the already pre-determined twice, in fact, Ji Jingyuan feels that gfriend is slightly more suitable.
However, this is a rational analysis, and he is still more emotional.
"2015 MAMA, the Female Rookie Award is, twice, Rough Kamida ......"
With the screams, the nine people of TWICE stood up in surprise and kept bowing to the side in thanks.
And the four EXO people in the front row, Wu Shixun and a few old gods were still sitting there, and they didn't look back, and they were talking about something else, but just when they were about to applaud perfunctorily and casually, they found that Ji Jingyuan next to him actually stood up, and he was a little speechless in his heart, Wu Shixun Park Chanyeol glanced at each other, and quickly stood up.
(End of chapter)