"Are you free for the past two days? Would you like to go to dinner together? ”

At noon the next day, Ji Jingyuan found a time and took the initiative to call Bae Joo-hyun on his mobile phone.

"Ah, you ......" The voice of the young lady who avoided the members and came out to answer the phone was obviously a little surprised, obviously feeling a little sudden about Ji Jingyuan's invitation.

And for him, Chi Jingyuan is a little unaccustomed to some initiatives, but a sense of expectation suddenly swelled in his heart.

"You've given me so many gifts, and I can't spare time to buy any return gifts recently, so I can only invite you to dinner to express my gratitude......

Ji Jingyuan smiled and said naturally in a very ordinary-sounding tone, but Pei Zhuhyun understood the other party's meaning a little, and his body felt warm and warm, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

It was a wonderful feeling of being fed back and responded to by her own thoughts and enthusiasm, and it made her eyelashes flutter and the corners of her eyes and mouth curved in a nice curvature.

The phone summary was followed by Chi Jingyuan's voice suddenly became a little strange complaint: "Actually, when we met yesterday, I wasn't too embarrassed to say, the patterns on several souvenirs you gave me are a little strange, these Nordic-style things are like this, sometimes at night when the lighting is not very good, it is actually strange and scary to look at it......"

"I went back yesterday and looked through it for a long time, and finally I still thought the astronomical clock and the button hairpin were the most interesting, and I pinned the hairpin to the bag as an ornament...... By the way, you don't know, when I was looking at those gifts in the dormitory yesterday, Wu Shixun wanted the two of them to go back to play, and I scolded them directly. ”

"Puff ......" Pei Zhuhyun, who was already in a very good mood, couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, as sweet as a yellow bird, and then said in a strange tone in her smile: "Why are you scolding the members, I bought a lot of them this time, and I'll send you some remedies when the time comes......"

"It's not that I'm reluctant, or I just don't want to give it to him." Ji Jingyuan snorted lightly, his tone sounding a little childish.

"You, haha......" Ying Ying laughed twice, but Bae Joo-hyun's tone immediately became a little lower: "Of course it's okay to eat...... But our itinerary has been a bit full in the last few days, and it may be ......"

After the return of "Dumb Dumb", Red Velvet can already be regarded as a first-line girl group, and it is one of the best among the new generation of girl groups that debuted in the past two years, and even if it is not in the return period at the end of the year, it is very busy, and it is almost late to get off work every day.

However, before she finished her regretful voice, she was interrupted by the other side, and Chi Jingyuan said very casually on the phone: "Then a few days." ”

“……”

Hearing the other party's tone, Pei Zhuhyun immediately understood, and responded in a gentle but powerful voice: "Okay!" ”

She paused for a second, and then her tone rose, and her voice became clear in an excellent mood, and her tone sounded a little delicate: "You also said that the things I bought looked scary, in fact, the ones I bought were very cute, and I chose them for a long time, I told you, the ones I bought were called strange, she put a very abstract doll at her bedside yesterday, and when I got up at night, I was startled to see it, and my head hit the railing......"

"That'...... Did you scold her twice? Chi Jingyuan stood on the upper floor of the TV station near the window, looking at the sun hanging in the sky outside, but it was not dazzling but a little warm, and asked with a smile.

"Well, I said two words to her...... Hahaha. ”

……

The end of each year is the busiest time for idols except for the return period, and if you don't participate in the same event, it will be difficult for even artists from the same company to meet in person.

The red velvet schedule is very full, of course, EXO will only be busier than them, plus the return is approaching, in order to prepare for the stage and showcase, Ji Jingyuan and they often have to go back to the company to practice overtime after the trip in the past two days, and they can't go back until late after practice, and they don't have much time to make busy calls, so they can only occasionally text with a few close friends.

But even so, judging from the news that Chi Jingyuan got from Mingjing Nan and Zhou Ziyu, twice's itinerary seems to be a little busier than their EXO, and all kinds of travel activities can't stop during the day, and many small cases like campus raids that XO won't even look at at are full of JYP for twice, and this school runs after that school runs, and at night I often doze off in the early hours of the morning to record the show, and it will be morning as soon as I record.

In this way, the meaning of the group's name twice is not so much 'double touching of the eyes and ears once', but 'double the work of one day during the day and one night at night, double the hard work.' ’

However, the income is indeed doubled, and the rookie period is the time when the popularity grows the fastest, and it is also the time of hard work, so it is impossible to wait until seven or eight years after the debut of a group and then work hard...... Many small companies want to be busy, and the company doesn't have the resources to take over activities for them.

On December 9th, the first episode of "Idol of the Week" recorded by Ji Jingyuan was also officially broadcast.

Two days before the broadcast of this episode of the program, the "Weekly Puppet" program team announced that Yuan would replace Zheng Hyungdun and temporarily substitute for the MC of "Weekly Puppet", which immediately attracted a lot of attention.

When Zheng Hyung-don announced his break at that time, it actually had a great impact on "Weekly Puppet", he has always been the core of this show, and the other MC Defconn is actually relatively assisted, this time the core is gone, and many people immediately expressed their disbelief in "Weekly Puppet".

But after the announcement of the identity of this substitute MC, it immediately aroused the strong interest of the audience, and the main viewers of this show themselves are some fans in the Kpop circle, who are specifically to watch idols, and Ji Jingyuan, as the TOP idol in the current TOP boy group, can be said to be a big name in this audience group, and most passers-by actually have a good impression of him, except for Kuroko, most passers-by actually have a good impression of him.

As soon as the news came out, the reviews of the show were reversed a lot, and the speeches that were declining were squeezed down, and the rest were the expectations for Ji Jingyuan's substitute MC.

However, it was also noted that it was only the third phase of the substitute class, and after the third period, Chi Jingyuan would get off, and "Zhou Puppet" would have a new fixed MC.

But that was already after that, and now the audience wants to see what it is like to host Ji Jingyuan.

On the 9th, "Idol of the Week" was broadcast on time, and many viewers who had been looking forward to it for several days, as well as a large number of XO fans, stuck to the broadcast from beginning to end.

In terms of funny nature and effect, of course, Ji Jingyuan is not as good as Zheng Hengdun, after all, he is professional and has been doing it for so long, but he also has his own characteristics as an MC.

The first thing is to be good-looking, and it is pleasing to the eye when you go to that station, appearing in front of the camera can make many female fans' eyes light up, and even pay attention directly to people without watching the show, this effect is far from being comparable to Zheng Hengdun's brother.

Then the huge popularity he carries will make him bring his own highlights, many people like to watch some interactions between male and female idols, and this kind of top male idol naturally likes it even more.

In this way, even if it is a little youthful hosting style, it looks like it unexpectedly plays a sense of contrast and funny.

The first issue was twice as a guest, compared to EXO and Ji Jingyuan, the popularity of the rookie girl group twice is much worse, and after seeing them, many people posted on the Internet 'Who the hell is this'.

In fact, there are not many jokes after watching the whole process, the main attraction is still focused on Chi Jingyuan, and the others are relatively ordinary introductions and displays of the guest twice, but the final effect is very good, and it has caused extensive discussion after the show was broadcast.

"Yuan is really interesting, his style is actually quite suitable for hosting "Zhou Puppet".

"It's true, the interaction between the big trend male idol and the girl group is really good-looking, it's just that this twice's popularity is a little weaker, and I don't know it at all, so I feel a lot less, can I make Girls' Generation, or Red Velvet last issue? I want to see it! ”

"No matter what to see or not, I want to watch Yuan standing there, and the others don't matter at all."

"This girl group called twice looks so earthy, is it JYP's new girl group? The makeup is ugly, and the appearance is average, and when you look at it the whole time, the member named Na Lian is very cute and recognizable. ”

"This girl group is actually okay, "Sixteen" is quite popular, and the debut results are also good, the members of Nalian, Sana, and Ziyu are all very good-looking, Mina is actually good, "Sixteen" is very outstanding, but her makeup is too strange in this issue, so it looks a little ...... average"

The ratings of this issue have increased significantly, the ratings of the previous episode with the boy group VIXX as a guest were 0.7%, and this issue directly rushed to 2.6%, and the gap of several times also highlights the general trend and popularity of this substitute MC, and "Weekly Puppet" has always been characterized by low ratings, but the popularity and discussion are very high.

This reaction greatly alleviated the impact of Zheng Hengton's rest, and also made the program team excited and deeply relieved.

But what came then was regret and reluctance, after all, Chi Jingyuan would only record three episodes, and after three episodes, the show would probably be revealed.

When the show was playing, Ji Jingyuan came to MBC again and recorded the next episode of the weekly puppet.

By the time he returned to the dormitory after finishing work, it was already past ten o'clock, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, SM officially released all the music sources and title song MV of EXO's winter special "sing for you" this year.

At the same time, countless long-awaited Ellie, as well as admiring passers-by, as well as many practitioners in the circle and even other idols, opened the YouTube tube on time and skillfully clicked into the "Sing For You" page that had just been uploaded.

The snowflakes in the sky were particularly dazzling in the dark night, and the white cover stained the world with a faint layer of sadness and desolation.

The astronaut who lost contact with him floated helplessly and dazedly in the middle of the universe, and at this moment, he was the loneliest person in the whole world.

The intro's guitar sound is gentle, low, and sad, and a few chords pull everyone into a lonely world.

"Pick up my worn-out guitar and ...... unspoken confession"

"And the words that choked in the throat, but did not speak."

"Pretending to have written a song, I'm going to say it to you now."

The next second the singing voice emerged, and Chi Jingyuan's opening introduction seemed unsurprising and unremarkable, the tone was flat, the accompaniment was flat, and the feelings seemed to be very calm, but many people could feel a deep loneliness around them when they listened to it.

Immediately after that, other singers sounded one after another, and the members in the MV got together laughing and laughing, whether they were driving, or having a meal, or playing, and everyone seemed to be laughing happily.

It's just that the color of the background is extremely cold, and there is always endless snow outside the window.

The MV picture, which is only black and white throughout the whole process, looks very textured and very high, but this mime-like shot makes people feel more lonely and lonely in the eloquent singing.

"Now if you want to speak, just listen."

“I will sing for you，sing for you.”

"Just listen and laugh."

The melody of the chorus part is more subtle and reversible than before, in the simple and deep accompaniment of the piano and guitar, the vocals are set off more clearly, several lead singers sound one after another, Ji Jingyuan's voice has more obvious emotional fluctuations than when it was introduced at the beginning, and the harmony that follows is also just right.

It's just that with the black-edged MV, many people feel that it doesn't sound like a song, but rather a boy confiding in the empty snowstorm, or praying.

One of the themes of this song is loneliness.

There is an impressive image in the MV of an astronaut and a whale calmly staring at each other in the deep space universe.

And these are the two core concepts of this MV, one is a whale, it is called Alice, because its communication frequency is 52 Hz, while the frequency of normal whales is only 12 Hz, so there is no one of its kind to communicate with her, and it is called 'the loneliest whale in the world'.

The other represents astronaut Michael. Collins, when he circled the moon and floated to the far side of the moon, all communication equipment was cut off, and he was cut off from the whole earth for 48 minutes, and within those 48 years, he became the loneliest person in the world.

These two not-so-well-known animals and people combine to form the core elements of this shocking picture, although in fact, many fans don't understand it very well when they see this picture, but they can still feel the loneliness and sadness that comes to their faces.

The black and white picture is deep and fascinating, and the scene of the members alone in the second half of the MV is also in stark contrast to the previous scene of laughter and laughter together, EXO's winter special this time, this song "sing for you" is really eye-opening, and it does not adopt the same pop style as other idols, nor does it express the chest like ordinary lyrical songs, but with the theme of 'loneliness and loneliness', expressing a lot of feelings, different people can have different feelings through the MV and this song.

It can only be said that the planning team is really powerful, and EXO is indeed not an ordinary boy group.

Although the background, melody, picture and even style seem a little lonely and sad, but listening to it, many people can still experience a clear and precious warmth from the singing, adding a bright color to some cold pictures and music, and also relieving many listeners.

"Ah......h

After listening to the song "Sing for You" and watching the MV, some fans couldn't help but sigh with emotion when they looked at the blackened screen, and their thoughts flew in their hearts for a while.

This kind of forced style has obviously improved more than one level compared to many other boy groups.,And this style of song.,It always feels like it's not very compatible with the boy group.。。

It's really amazing, whether it's the core and picture quality of the MV, the theme conveyed by the song, or the melody and lyrics of the song.

Although some fans may not like this somewhat sad style of song, this style of song is actually not very popular in the Peninsula music industry.

But honestly, it's pretty good.

It can only be said that the winter special is special for EXO, it is not entirely for the pursuit of music sales and other achievements, but also seems to be expressing something else, more to fans and audiences, from some other aspects to show XO a different side of the ordinary boy group, whether it is last year's "Let It Be" or this year's "sing for you".

However, of course, SM company also understands it, and knows that the song "sing for you" is a bit low and not in line with the mainstream, so it set up a double main song in this winter specialty, and many viewers were a little sad after listening to the first main song, and after clicking on the second main song "Eccentric", the style immediately became completely different......

…………

The whole album was airborne, the double main package took the top two of the 8 music source lists, and the album sales of the two versions of Chinese and Korean also occupied the top two on the G list.

Even if it is a winter lyric song, the title song does not conform to the mainstream style, and it is still not difficult to do this with EXO's current fan base and popularity.

To be honest, this sad "Sing For You" is sung by other boy groups, even girl groups, Girls' Generation or Red Velvet, and it is estimated that it will be instantly pounced.

Although it's very good, everyone is happy at the end of the New Year, who likes to listen to such a sad song, isn't it uncomfortable to find yourself?

The style of "Sing for You" has naturally caused some controversy on the Internet, people like it very much, but there are many who can't get it, and many passers-by actually prefer cheerful songs, such as the double title "Eccentric".

After the sound source was released on the night of the 9th, EXO also officially returned with a winter special on the 10th of the next day, and after recording a few programs in the morning and accepting a few interviews for promotion, Ji Kyung-won followed the group to Lotte World in Jamsil-dong, Seoul in the afternoon.

As the sky darkened and everything was ready, with the cheers of the audience and the loud shouts of the host, the return of the winter show officially began.

“EXO！”