Chapter 685 Domination!

After the EXO stage ended, all the artists who had been waiting for a long time returned to the stage. After the performance, Chi Kyung-won and EXO gave up their seats gracefully. Instead of standing in the back row, they walked directly to the far right. The side is relatively remote, and the edge of the camera lens leaves the center of the stage to today's alternate twice.

Although it seems that most of the audience present today are Allies who came to support their return to the stage. At first glance, they are full of Allies sticks and banners, but after all, they did not enter the selection. When it came time to present the award, the protagonist was still twice.

"Music Bank, the second week of June, the person honored today is...

"Twice! Thick Camida!"

Without much fuss, MC An Solbin directly announced the final trophy winner. There was no suspense about one of the awards today, and the other alternate didn't even come. Twice successfully won his fifth No. 1 spot on "Music Bank."

Although the final award score of just over 5,000 is a bit ugly, it shows that there are actually no strong opponents recently, and the popularity of "Cheer Up" has also declined somewhat compared to when it first came back.

But being able to win the award is proof of strength and popularity, and after winning this one, Twice and their group have won a total of 11 top songs for their return this time with the title song "Cheer Up".

There is still Sunday's "Inkigayo" left in this week, but they have graduated three times in a row and can't win any more trophies. Next week, EXO will officially participate in the song competition. Fans with some rationality will know that Twice will definitely compete with them next week. The trophy is no longer available.

But in fact, not only twice, all combinations in the same period should be the same...

So no surprise, today's trophy is their last one, and 11 first places is Twice's final song record for this return.

Compared to Gfriend, who is also a new girl group at the beginning of the year and competes on the track, the other party's hit song "Time Passes" seems to have received a slightly lower number of 15 places, but this time Twice returned under the arrangement of JYP I didn't go to a small channel like "The Show" to play songs. All the eleven one-place trophies were won by the three majors, so the gold content will be higher.

"M! Countdown" graduated with three crowns, "Inkigayo" graduated with three crowns, and "Music Bank" graduated with five crowns. Without going to a small station to sing, they have almost achieved the ultimate of the three major singing stations. Even EXO has not gone to a small station to sing. Under the circumstances of Taiwan, it will not do better.

So there is actually no difference between the two girl groups in terms of one person.

It's just a pity that Twice didn't win consecutively... because all the trophies in the third week were taken away by EXO's "Fire" for a week.

But who would have thought that before May, this was just a new girl group that had debuted less than half a year ago, and they were dreaming and dreaming about getting their first No. 1 song.

After getting the last one, it can be seen that many members of Twice were quite excited. Chi Jingyuan looked at them and said his feelings, and he felt a little emotional in his heart.

After finishing his speech, Chi Jingyuan did not take the initiative to go to the crowd and bow to each other. He applauded lightly, bowed to thank the fans, and followed the members directly off the stage and backstage.

First, they went back to the lounge to rest for a while, and then all the idols quickly came to the corridor at the entrance of the studio. A group of people were chatting noisily in low voices, waiting to say goodbye to the action staff of the program team before calling it a day. .

"Who knows...how can I have time..."

Just as he was talking, Twice, who had come late because he was performing on the encore stage, also arrived. He didn't push forward and stood directly at the back of the team, right next to EXO, who was also at the back of the team.

Chi Jingyuan felt a little tired. He was leaning against the wall and listening to Park Chanyeol and the others chatting with EXID in front of him. He noticed the footsteps and looked back, and his eyes happened to meet Zhou Ziyu's eyes not far behind him.

Her long chestnut hair is slightly curly, her white patterned short-sleeves are rolled up and knotted to reveal her petite navel, her healthy legs are round and standing side by side, looking very powerful, and her pair of black eyes are shining brightly.

I don’t know if it’s because she is very confident about her figure, or because JYP’s Cody is very confident about her figure. Waist-baring outfits seem to be her standard outfit.

The closest ones next to her were Saka Minatozaki, Mingnan and others. Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly and smiled after seeing them. It's like saying hello.

Zhou Ziyu seemed to be in a good mood, her little mouth looked sweet, and she seemed to be very interested in the war-damaged makeup on his face. She slightly tilted her head, held up her eyes to take a closer look, and then stretched out her index finger to separate the air. Qingdian asked curiously: "How did you put on this makeup?"

He spoke Mandarin with a sticky voice.

When I met him before, I thought Chi Jingyuan's makeup was very interesting and attractive. Now that I finally saw her again, at such a close distance, Zhou Ziyu was a little happy.

"..." Chi Jingyuan leaned his head against the wall and looked lazy. He didn't really want to talk. It was completely opposite to Zhou Ziyu's liveliness. He gently turned his head and glanced at her through her smart glasses. When he turned around, he was not salty. Budan also said in Chinese: "Use your nails to draw a line on your face, the effect will be the same."

"It's annoying..."

After hearing such a vicious reply, Zhou Ziyu immediately wrinkled her nose and complained. She also pointed her index finger at Chi Jingyuan viciously. However, her habitual Mandarin tone did not have any lethality. Instead, she felt that Like a spoiled child.

But she had long been used to it, and her wrinkled short face quickly relaxed. Taking advantage of the fact that the program staff had not yet arrived, she took the initiative to ask, "Were you playing games just now?"

"Um."

"Is it still the game you told me about last time?"

"Have you played too?" Chi Jingyuan became interested and looked over.

"No...I just heard you say that."

"Oh." He turned back.

"We don't have time to play. Sister Cody has been putting makeup on us just now..."

As she spoke, she suddenly asked, blinking at Chi Jingyuan: "By the way, what's the date today?"

well.

Seeing her sincere and innocent expression, as if she was really asking about the date, Chi Jingyuan, who had already figured her out, sighed in his heart, turned to look into Zhou Ziyu's big eyes, and didn't answer at all. Instead, she said very directly: "I won't be free on the 13th."

Do you think I don’t know you’re hinting that your birthday is coming soon? You really like to use these little brat tricks.

After saying that, he looked at the girl's expression, thought for a moment and added: "There will be two autograph sessions in Busan on the 13th. It will probably be very late when I get back."

"..." After hearing such a straightforward reply, Zhou Ziyu, who was originally a little dissatisfied with his expectations, snorted and became angry: "Then we don't have time either."

"What a coincidence? That just saves money on gifts."

"Humph, I don't want to." Zhou Ziyu gritted his teeth and bared his teeth at her. After pouting, he didn't want to pay attention to him. But after a while, he laughed again, turned around and leaned against the wall, turning his head. Said: "By the way, my mother came to see me the day before yesterday and brought something for me to give to you."

"Is your mother here again? Didn't you just come here some time ago..." Chi Jingyuan looked at her and looked her up and down: "You are really a child who doesn't let your parents rest assured."

"That's obviously concern!"

"Okay...how can I thank Auntie for me?"

The two of them chatted for a long time, while the people standing next to them became completely spectators, and they couldn't understand a word they said. After a while, they became a little dissatisfied.

Nai Minami kept smiling softly and said nothing, while Minazaki Saka held Nai Minami's arm. After listening for a while, she finally spoke up and said with some complaints: "Oppa, there are so many of us here. "Why are you two still speaking Chinese? You keep saying things we don't understand."

The voice was a bit high-pitched, with a bit of an angry accent.

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan turned to look at the two neon lines with exquisite facial features. He pursed his lips and naturally switched to Japanese:

"Then let's talk about it too."

"Ha..." The two of them laughed all of a sudden. Nai Minami smoothed her hair. Minazaki Sasha put her arms around Nai Minami's waist, looked up at Chi Jingyuan, and chirped as if she was fighting:

"Just say it!"

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"EXO is back as king, with a brilliant pre-sale record of 1.3 million copies, breaking its own record again in one day."

"XO's overseas popularity is booming. The third album "EXACT" topped the North American album chart. It has topped the comprehensive album charts in more than 20 regions on iTuse. It has entered the TOP10 in five regions around the world, showing its amazing overseas popularity."

"The comeback has set off a trend. The boy group EXO's double hit has swept the music charts. "Miss You" has received excellent reviews and continues to rise in listening, setting a daily independent listening record for the boy group."

Since the day EXO returned on June 9, the entire music industry in the peninsula, even mainland China, Southeast Asia, and some overseas fan circles seem to have become lively.

Fans who buy special cards, listeners who comment on music, colleagues in the industry, passers-by who look down on the decline, and those who are sarcastic. All kinds of people are paying close attention to this comeback after a year. Related sections are everywhere on the Internet. They are all discussions, as well as boasting or abusive voices. Even people who don’t follow Kpop often see similar entries.

The popularity is so high that marketing accounts and media reports are flying all over the place. It allows everyone to see what the return of a TOP boy group that is extremely popular in the entire peninsula and even Asia is like.

In terms of fan base and influence, among all the groups in the current generation of the music industry, no one can match them regardless of the male or female groups, and there is even a huge gap in the middle.

Amid all the hustle and bustle, after the first week's performance on the singing stage, this time the third album has probably achieved initial results, not to mention sales, but also performed well in terms of music sources.

As expected by SM, dance music like "Monster" does have an inherent disadvantage in popularity. After occupying the top spot for a few days with extremely high popularity, it was knocked off the top spot by "Miss You".

"Missing", which has high hopes for balancing this sound source, did not disappoint. It has become a favorite of many people since it was released. The number of listens in the first two days was already large, but it is still increasing every day. In terms of sound source performance, It's extremely outstanding. Judging from the trend, it is estimated that it is another song that can compete for ranking at the top of the annual charts.

But in comparison, although the performance of the source is slightly inferior, the strong style and wonderful dance of "Monster" have caused more discussion and heat. Although some fans may not be very accustomed to this style, most fans like it, and those who like it really like it very much. They love this comeback very much. They think that the style, dance, and makeup of this comeback have become another peak of EXO, no less than "Roar" in 2013.

A few days after the album was released, many fans also expressed their overall views on this album online. A well-known Aili's post received a lot of likes:

"I got XO's album as soon as possible, listened to it over and over again for more than ten times, and watched the stage many times in the past few days. Now I will talk about my feelings about it. Here is my general opinion on this comeback.

First of all, the setting of double hits. People who are familiar with SM artists are actually very clear. In fact, not many SM artists return with double hits. Generally, there is a first release song plus a title song, and at most a title song of the subsequent album... It is not known whether XO will have a follow-up this time. The news has not been released yet. I really hope there is.

Because those who are involved in Kpop also know that although double hits sound great, there are actually many disadvantages. Dispersing YouTube and music sources, it is not actually very beneficial to performance and song promotion. On the contrary, it often causes a waste of resources.

In addition to XO, the most recent one was last year's Girls' Generation. This time is a standard negative example. They used double hits. One of them, "You Think", which is aimed at the overseas market, took away a lot of publicity resources but was directly smuggled. Nobody cares.

And EXO's time is even more exaggerated. They shot MVs for four songs and they all look very well produced. "Lucky One" and the pre-release song "Fire" are both hit songs. Rather than saying that the third album is a double hit song of "Monster" and "Miss You", it can even be said that it is a triple hit song or a quad hit song... Although Yuan also explained at the showcase that he was worried that some fans would not like the overall overly strong style, so he chose the lyrical "Miss You" as the hit song, providing fans with another choice, but this allocation is actually a bit risky.

SM really has confidence in EXO and has given them enough resources. There are five different designs for the group logo alone, four songs and the album, and they are not afraid of problems. topic.

But I can understand SM's idea. TOP groups are indeed different. They have a large number of fans and are very popular. They are not afraid of being forgotten. Now EXO has become a face and flag of Kpop, which is to show a style different from those ordinary groups.

So far, the results are very good. In terms of dance music, "Monster" dominates the world. I asked around. Whether it is here, in Xiaguo, or even in Japan, Europe and the United States, fans like this song very much. It can be called the big devil.

In terms of sound source, "Miss" lives up to expectations. The sound source is good and it doesn't sound like a boy group song.

The title song is successful, and the whole album is more than half successful.

Then there is the change in the tracks, design and style of the whole album. This time, the transformation of the title song "Monster" is a bit big, and it directly takes a dark style with a strong impact. And seven of the ten songs in the whole album are songs with strong styles, using a lot of electronic music and psychedelic/sci-fi styles. Some arrangements and melodies are still the styles that have been very popular in Europe and the United States in the past year. SM clearly wants EXO to continue to expand the European and American markets after its successful trial last year.

At present, the effect seems to be gratifying. According to the official data, both overseas sales and the number of European and American fans have made significant progress, and the markets in the peninsula and Asia have not been lost, and the situation is stable and improving.

It can be seen that SM has great ambitions, but the steps are not big, and it has left room with "Missing", which can be regarded as a transformation that maintains rationality in ambition.

Needless to say, the stage, the makeup, style, choreography, and stage effects of "Monster" can be regarded as a textbook for boy groups. It is worth watching and studying over and over again for those boy groups and male trainees. I have watched it dozens of times in the past few days. Every member is so handsome. In my opinion, it is the peak appearance and peak makeup since EXO debuted. I can't find a better one than this, and last year's "Call Me Baby" is not good.

In general, although it has only been less than a week since the return, it can basically be judged that this is a very successful, very exciting, and very wise transformation.

The current results also prove this point. It broke the record of initial sales in one day. Eight of the top ten in the history of Kpop in initial sales and first week, and the top five swept the charts. The enthusiasm of fans is frightening. I predict that this comeback will be no less than last year, and it can completely dominate Kpop for a long time! "

This comment has won the recognition of many fans, and they left messages below: "That's great. This third album is really good in my heart. Maybe the quality of the songs is not as good and catchy as the second album, but the style is really to my taste. "

"I also think that after four years of debut, all EXO members have reached their peak in appearance this year. With this top makeup, the most important appearance in the idol profession has indeed been maxed out. The boy group is truly a visual miracle. "

"Although I don't really like the style of "Monster", SM has reserved songs like "Miss You" in the third album to satisfy us fans. SM is thoughtful."

"EXO will dominate Kpop!"

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Chi Jingyuan doesn't know whether they will dominate Kpop. He only knows that he is almost exhausted these two days.

From the showcase on the 8th and the comeback on the 9th, the entire EXO group has returned to the very familiar "comeback mode". In addition to the four consecutive days of singing, they also participated in various activities, publicity, standing on the stage, interviews, variety shows, and radio stations. They have almost never stopped. They work non-stop every morning until midnight.

Even if there are occasional gaps without schedules, they still don't have time to rest, because they still have a lot of work to prepare for besides the comeback, such as the meetings and stage practice of the third tour, the production meeting of the re-released album, the practice and recording of the new songs, plus everyone's personal information and even advertising shooting, it really all comes together.

Although they had already gotten used to this busy comeback schedule, EXO and Chi Jingyuan, who had not experienced it for more than half a year and had been idle for a while, were still a little unaccustomed. In addition to being physically tired, he also felt that he was not in good spirits due to insufficient sleep. Every time he returned to the dormitory, there was no one to chat and gossip with, and basically everyone fell asleep immediately.

At this time, he was lying on the bed in the dormitory, drowsy, but at the same time, he was still alert and listened to the call from Bae Joo-hyun on his mobile phone.