Chapter 343 Winter Single(1/2)
Both hands were typing on the keyboard quickly, and the lyrics in the document appeared one after another with almost no pause.
After finishing writing, Chi Jingyuan read it from beginning to end, and suddenly smiled as he looked at it.
He found it very interesting: most of the lyrics were based on what he and Bae Zhuhyun had said yesterday when they were chatting by the river, and the rest were some associations and romantic embellishments he added.
I don’t know what the other person’s expression would be like if the sound source of this song was released.
When the cursor finally stayed at the top, Chi Jingyuan hesitated a little, and the whole person became quiet. He silently thought about himself, Bae Zhuhyun, EXO and even red velvet's recent setbacks and bad situations, and pondered.
After a while, he chuckled, sat up straight and typed in the song title:
"Let nature take its course"
This title should be the best explanation of their mood and current situation at this time. Some of the things they want to say to their fans or other people and the feelings they express are all placed in this song title and lyrics. I believe that Ariel will listen to it.
You should be able to feel the meaning after you get there.
Chi Jingyuan feels that this song is quite suitable as their winter single this year in terms of both its connotation and melody. It should be more suitable than "December, 2014", which was originally planned to be used as a promotional song for the game.
Thinking of this, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered that he had not listened to the demo of this song. He happened to be free now, so he opened the file, clicked on the audio that the staff had sent to him yesterday, and put on headphones to listen.
"Snow as white as you falls."
"Piling up more gently."
"Then the cold winter melts the ice and snow, and you shine as if you have fallen into the world."
After listening to it a few times, Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes and nodded secretly. In his opinion, this song was pretty good. At least it wasn't as perfunctory as the company's planned way of publicizing it. It was a soothing song that was above average in quality.
The lyrics of the ballad are also OK, and the meaning is also something to say to the fans, expounding some agreements with the fans and expressing some feelings of love.
And I don’t know who the company asked to sing the demo. The singer’s voice was a little hard and a little hoarse, which didn’t match the melody. Chi Jingyuan felt that it might be better if he sang it with a softer voice.
However, comparing the two, Chi Jingyuan feels that "Let It Be" is more suitable for EXO's current situation. In terms of melody, he also feels that the former is better.
He planned to finish the song as soon as possible and record a demo and give it to Lee Soo Man as one of the candidates for this winter single.
If the winter single is selected as "Let It Be", then it's best not to waste this song "December, 2014". It is actually barely acceptable as a game promotional song.
Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a while, made up his mind, and then took out his phone and checked the time. It was still early at eleven o'clock.
I stood up and made a cup of hot coffee. I probably have to work overtime here today.
If the winter special is to be released in December, there won't be much time left for planning and song selection. After the demo is submitted, the company will definitely have to hold meetings to discuss it. The sooner the songs are prepared, the more time they will have.
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Strong coffee has many benefits for overtime work. It can reduce sleepiness and cheer people up, but it does not help at all for rest and sleep.
In order to perfect various arrangements yesterday, Chi Jingyuan was busy until after three o'clock before going back to rest. This morning he rushed to the crew to start filming. He looked sleepy and not in good spirits.
However, he has done this kind of continuous day and night countless times and has already become accustomed to it. Although he is really not energetic, it will not affect his work. As long as he stands in front of the camera, he will wake up immediately and use 100% of his energy to deal with it.
This is also one of the skills that idols and actors must master, especially for artists who are very popular and often stay up late.
It was lunch break, and Chi Jingyuan, who had just finished shooting, was sitting at a desk, eating the sweet and sour pork and steamed rice prepared by the crew.
The meals on the "Misei" crew are really different from the crews he has worked with before, because they are shooting live in Seoul Plaza. When eating here, you either go to the cafeteria or eat directly from the food prepared by the crew, and there is no separate
Instead of a desk, I just find a desk and make do with it. It really looks like a white-collar worker who is busy with work and has no time to go out to eat.
While he was eating, he was holding his cell phone and replying to the message Zheng Eunji had just sent.
"I feel like EXO is really having a rough time in the second half of the year. Is there something wrong with your company's feng shui?"
Just before we started eating, Zheng Eunji sent a message. He probably saw the news about Tao leaving the team yesterday and wanted to ask him how he was doing and if he was okay. After paying attention, he found that Chi Jingyuan looked nothing unusual and natural.
So I felt relieved and didn't say any more. After chatting for a few words, my true colors were quickly revealed, with an obvious teasing tone in my tone.
From what she said, I felt that she was in a pretty good mood.
Chi Jingyuan sneered when he saw the message sent by the other party. Zheng Eunji was obviously not good at venomous remarks, but he was very addicted to it. He didn't know how many times he had been criticized and he still didn't remember it. He also liked to take the initiative to provoke.
After taking a big mouthful of rice, he put down his chopsticks and tapped quickly on his phone with both hands:
"That may be true. I also think that your Feng Shui at ACUBE is good. You have such an outstanding young actress representative as Jung Eun Jixi. I envy you (thumbs up)."
"The people who filmed the new popular TV series are so arrogant. Come on, I'll let you be arrogant for a few days. (sticks out tongue)"
The strange thing is that this time the other party was not in a hurry, but instead acted very magnanimously.
It seems that he is really in a good mood.
"Are you coming back?" Chi Jingyuan did not continue to complain about her ratings poison attribute, but asked about another thing.
Recently, apink has not been performing in the peninsula. They held their first performance in Neon Tokyo in August. Because of the good response, they urgently added a performance in Osaka. After that, they released the Japanese version of several popular songs and in October
Officially debuted in Neon in May.
Chi Jingyuan doesn't know much about the specific situation, but judging from the various press releases issued by the company and the various rainbow farts blown by fans on the Internet, their development in Neon should be pretty good.
This morning, Apink's management company announced that the group plans to return with a new album on November 17th. Because Apink's previous comebacks have been successful, the title song became a hit and gained a lot of popularity, becoming one of the three generations of girl groups.
One of the most eye-catching idol groups, so the news immediately attracted a lot of attention.
"kkkkkkkkkkk haha yes..." A bunch of onomatopoeia was spoken, showing actor Zheng's happy mood.
Chi Jingyuan went back while eating his meal: "So happy? So you are doing great in your comeback this time?"
"kkk Anyway, I think this time is very good, both the makeup and style are great, and the title song is also very good."
"How nice is it?"
"Hmm... I feel like even if I bump into you EXOs, I can knock you away hahahaha (showing muscles)."
After seeing it, Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, chewed the sweet and sour pork in his mouth and swallowed it.
He thought he was wrong. During the "Addiction" period in May, Jung Eun Ji was afraid of being knocked away when he met EXO. Why has he become so arrogant now?
Hitting EXO? Isn’t that a little too crazy?
Did she forget the time when a candidate's score was doubled by them?
For many years, girl groups in the Peninsula music industry have been naturally at a disadvantage when competing against male groups. The main fans of girl groups are men, while the main fans of boy groups are women. And the vast majority of male fans are playing in charts, buying votes, and buying exclusives.
When it comes to supporting idols, they are no match for female fans, and they are far less enthusiastic and willing to spend money than teenage fans.
If a girl group of the same level comes back to compete head-on with a popular boy group, in addition to having a better sound source than the other group, in many cases they will have obvious disadvantages in all aspects.
So far, Girls' Generation has been able to defeat popular boy groups head-on at the same time.
Even though EXO has lost two people in a row now and is in a precarious period, even if it has declined a lot, it is only compared to their previous self. Given their huge fan base, Apink is still far behind.
"Isn't Eunchixi a bit too arrogant?"
"Huh, your EXO era has passed, now it's our Apink's turn to appear hahahaha..."
The more she talked about Zheng Eunji, the more arrogant she became. Chi Jingyuan could imagine through words the way she held her cell phone with her mouth wide open, smiling wildly while sending messages.
But it seems that she is really confident about their return this time.
"Then...fighing? Let me see what Apink's era was like?"
Chi Jingyuan added oil against his will, curled his lips and cursed in his heart.
With such full words, if Apink's performance fails and his return is ineffective, Jung Eun-chi will probably not be able to appear in front of him again for at least half a year.
Putting down his cell phone, Chi Jingyuan speeded up to finish the rest of his meal, then took the time to close his eyes and relax for a while before starting to work again.
Because the producer and director did a good job coordinating the work, and all the actors performed well, especially Ji Kyung-won and Lee Sung-min, who acted with ease after entering the role, the filming progress of "Misborn" has been very fast.
In addition to the two episodes that are aired every week since the broadcast, several more levels have been edited. Chi Jingyuan has already narrated the number of episodes that will not be aired until the end of November. Even if the production team is suspended for some reason.
It can last a week or two.
However, with such good progress, Ji Jingyuan still has a heavy workload every day. His scenes have now begun to be intensively filmed in the past few days, because in a few days, he will arrive at the neon venue of EXO's first tour, and there will be two in November.
This time there will be three consecutive days of six concerts, and he will be away from the set for nearly a week, so now he must work hard in advance to get enough of his part.
EXO's Neon tour is not like some of the concerts these days. Whether Chi Jingyuan goes there or not will have a different impact. Whether it is for SM, EXO or even Chi Jingyuan himself, the Neon tour will not matter for SM or Chi Jingyuan himself.
It’s very important to EXO.
Although EXO has not officially debuted in Neon, thanks to their high popularity in Asia, the channels that SM has been cultivating for many years, and the high popularity of SMtown there, EXO has already gained a lot of fans even before they debuted.
Neon fans, many people like them very much or pay attention to them.
And because of the TV series, Chi Jingyuan's popularity in Neon is also extraordinary. Especially last year's "The Heirs" seems to be not only popular in Peninsula and Xia Kingdom, but also caused a lot of repercussions in Neon.
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When SBS sold the broadcast rights contract last year, Neon was one of the highest bidders. The "Heirs" DVD-BOXⅡ, which was released on October 2nd this year, also performed very well, ranking on the top of the list on the first day of release.
The DVD daytime ranking is No. 1. As the leading actor, Chi Jingyuan has gained a large number of fans through this style. His influence and popularity are not limited to the neon-focused Kpop groups.
According to SM internal statistics, the most popular member of EXO in Neon is Ji Kyung Yuan. Among the nearly 80,000 tickets sold for a total of six concerts in Fukuoka and Tokyo this time, many fans who bought tickets were all for Yuan.
Yes, if he didn't go, he doesn't know what kind of trouble the fans who bought tickets would have.
At the same time, because the members of Xiaguo line have left the group one after another, EXO's activities and development in Xiaguo mainland have been hit hard. SM will definitely start to consider adjusting the future development focus of EXO based on the current situation and pay more attention to the neon market.
a lot,
So Chi Jingyuan must be present, and this will also have many benefits for his development and popularity in Neon.
To be continued...