Peninsula Asteroid

Every year, the four major fashion weeks will attract a huge amount of media, artists, fashion editors, brands, buyers and guests. They will gather in these fashion cities during this time period to jointly perform the most lively big show in the fashion industry. show.

This year's Milan Fashion Week starts on the 23rd. Chi Jingyuan arrived here two days in advance. Before he checked into the hotel he booked, he already felt the noise and quietness of the city from the inside out. Classical and modern intertwined temperament.

Perhaps for a city, this is also a kind of fashion.

Due to the shortage of resources, SM's team actually doesn't have much experience in preparing and designing for artists to participate in fashion weeks in Europe and America, so the accompanying staff seemed a little nervous because of their seriousness and enthusiasm, but the Seoul side of the peninsula The artists of SM Fashion Week are also frequent visitors, and they will not be at a loss if they learn from them. In addition to helping Chi Jingyuan screen the brand invitations he received, they didn't know where they saw some seniors' experience in watching shows, and they kept giving him some small knowledge of science.

For example, the venues for watching shows are usually very crowded, with many people and few seats. When watching a show, it is best to keep your calves together tightly, or clamp your legs together, and the same is true for men.

Especially if you are sitting in the first row, remember to put your feet back so as not to block the camera.

For example, Chi Jingyuan was actively invited by the Gucci brand, and he is considered to be the group with the highest gold content among the invited artists. If there is no problem, he can chat with the brand's designers and design directors.

For example, as an artist, even when he is watching a show, he must always maintain a straight sitting posture and perfect expression management, because there will be cameras shooting him from nowhere at all times.

Especially when sitting with other artists or taking photos together, you should pay more attention to these, because as long as you are a little careless, the expression management is slightly poor, and the other party may not be able to retouch the picture, and the four corners of the lens are distorted. You will look ugly when you appear in other artists' draft photos, and you will be ridiculed, bullied, and dragged down by the same frame.

This is the most important thing to pay attention to...

After two days of preparation, the 2016 Spring/Summer Milan Fashion Week officially started. At that moment, the whole city seemed to become lively.

Walking on the street and in the meeting place with his manager, Chi Jingyuan also looked at the crowd coming and going around with great interest. Although he didn't know fashion very well, he knew how to read people.

Those who attend fashion week can clearly tell what they are here for by their clothes, demeanor and expressions.

For example, most of the designers wear casual and comfortable clothes, usually cotton T-shirts, old sneakers on their feet, unconventional hairstyles and oversized sunglasses. The various workbenches in the venue are busy moving back and forth, and I will chat with you from time to time.

And with an absolute height advantage, most of them wear dark clothes that fit close to the body and curves. They must be models. There are black, yellow, and white skin colors. If they are not preparing for the catwalk the day after tomorrow, they are usually in the corner. Smoking, or just eating a little fruit and salad to replenish energy as soon as possible, usually with a cold face to maintain a high-level world-weary temperament, only when chatting privately with the little sisters in the same industry can you see some smiles and warmth.

And those who wear extremely fashionable and beautiful clothes, murder all kinds of films as soon as they appear on the stage must be celebrities from various countries. As soon as they show their faces, they use standard sunny smiles or standard cold expressions to face various cameras, whether it is expression management or eyes. The postures are all done so that people can't jump out of the fault. Compared with watching the show, they pay more attention to showing themselves.

In addition, there are bags full of invitation cards for various brand press conferences, media people who are updating SNS every second, holding various materials in their hands, and brand public relations who are too busy to touch the ground, purely for viewing Dressed in fashionable and luxurious clothes, enjoying the meticulous care of the brand, there are top VIP customers specially occupied by the brand for that cup of drink.

There are even many fashion passers-by who wander outside the show in exotic clothes, but never go in, just to be photographed by street photographers.

With everyone performing their duties, the big show was managed very well.

It's really exciting to see people without looking at the clothes.

Chi Jingyuan also met his eldest sister Chi Xianjing. As a top VIP customer, the eldest sister would receive a fixed invitation letter from the brand every year when there is such a show, but although she is a loyal customer of these luxury brands, But in the past, she was too lazy to come because of work, but this year it might be because of Chi Jingyuan. This time, she also flew over to watch the show with a few friends she knew.

After the eldest sister arrived in Milan, Chi Jingyuan went over to have a meal with her and chat for a while, and then met with the ladies and friends who came with her under her introduction, and was teased a lot.

However, he also has his own work, and Chi Xianjing also has his own arrangements. After making an appointment to have a meal together next time, the siblings will separate and go about their own business.

GUCCI, as the heavyweight brand of Milan Fashion Week, is their opening show this time, and it is also the main purpose of Chi Jingyuan's visit this time. While waiting at the venue, as expected, at the invitation of the brand, he I met the newly appointed design director of GUCCI, and chatted for a while with this man named Alessandro Michele, who has made great changes to the brand since he took office, and is widely praised in the industry.

This design director is very eye-catching with shawl hair and a big beard. With the bright contrasting color woolen coat, one can tell that he is a professional in the fashion industry.

From Chi Jingyuan's attitude, it could be seen that Michele was really optimistic about him as rumored, but because there were too many people to communicate with, and many people behind him were queuing, so they didn't chat for too long.

In fact, apart from completing the work of the brand, the biggest purpose of the fashion week show schedule for a few days is to take pictures and send them back to the peninsula for SM people to send them to fans and passers-by there.

On Chi Jingyuan's side, he was dazzled and colorful, and saw countless pieces of clothes of various exotic styles, which made him feel dizzy sitting in the show.

To be honest, he really doesn't have much interest in fashion and these clothes. In fact, most of the time he is looking at people.

What impressed Chi Jingyuan the most in the past two days was the second day of Fashion Week. He participated in a big show of a brand. When he was sitting in the second row waiting for the show to start, a blinding Asian girl walked in from the outside. .

She was wearing a very bright red suit, and she was wearing heart-shaped sunglasses in such a dim interior of the show, and she immediately became the focus of the audience as soon as she entered. She walked to the VIP area in the first row, greeted the guests seated one by one, used greasy gestures and a very exaggerated laugh to attract the reporter's camera, then hugged the guests one by one, took a group photo, and took a bunch of photos , and finally disappeared before the show started.

Chi Jingyuan was amazed by the series of actions. Those few guests didn't know if they knew each other with this woman, but they acted like a celebrity socializing.

As expected of the fashion industry, it can always create an atmosphere of 'everyone is famous'.

As for this woman who is stalking the camera, she must have said on her SNS in a few minutes that she will take pictures with a big guy, or be invited to participate in a certain fashion week.

In addition, he also saw many familiar stars, and there are many Asian artists, some invited by the brand, some invited by the media, and some came to show themselves at their own expense. There are only a few, and Xia Guo's stars come the most, and the latter's fashion resources are obviously better.

But anyway, standing here and taking pictures is a victory.

Chi Jingyuan did not finish the seven-day fashion week. After watching the opening show of GUCCI and making an appointment to communicate with him in private, he was fine. He stayed for two days and watched a few shows of other brands. , After showing his face, he bought a plane ticket and left Milan early.

After returning to Seoul, I took a short rest and spent half a day accepting interviews from several fashion magazines. Later, I returned to the company for a meeting. After discussing and checking the work progress, it was officially confirmed that Kim Taeyeon’s solo debut time is set at 10. on the 14th of the month.

Originally, the company expected to debut a little earlier, in the first week of October, but the progress of some work in the latter part of the album was delayed, which resulted in the completion of the album not according to the expected time, so Taeyeon will be released after discussion. ’s debut time was delayed by a week.

But the impact is not that big. After the promotion of "Love" a few days ago, the popularity and expectations of this solo album have been raised to a very high level. The delay of a few days is nothing more than to whet the appetite of fans for a few more days.

After the album has been produced, Chi Jingyuan doesn't need to worry much about the follow-up series of work. His task as a producer has already been taken care of, so he doesn't need to participate too much in the next related work.

After the discussion, Chi Jingyuan, who had just landed not long ago, boarded the plane again and flew to Fiji, where he joined the EXO group that had arrived here two days ago, and started shooting the photobook that the company planned to release in the near future.

Because of the popularity, fans have longed for everything about XO, and they have been clamoring for a photobook for a long time. This time, SM saw the fans' urgency and made a plan after the market was booming.

The time for the photoshoot this time is not tight and rather relaxed. From the perspective of EXO members, this photoshoot schedule is considered half work, half vacation travel, and it is actually similar to team building. Taking pictures every day and swimming is quite pleasant.

Although it is really hard to fly, the scenery and climate in Fiji is really good. The seaside villa that SM ordered for EXO is also very stylish. Except for the fact that there are so many bugs that disgusted Chi Jingyuan, the others are very good. vacation place,

Ji Jingyuan also had fun with the members for four days in a very leisurely manner. At the end of September, he finished the photo shoot and returned to Seoul. After such a relaxing trip, EXO will start to get busy as expected. After the dormitory finished putting things away, everyone was dragged to the company for a meeting.

EXO's winter special project for this year will officially start.

The winter special has become a signature of EXO, and it has never stopped since the second year of its debut. This year, XO's momentum is so hot, so naturally it will not be absent.

Because this year has completely reversed last year's decline, and the rising popularity has the intention of reaching the top, the company will naturally strike while the iron is hot. Unlike last year's perfunctory, from last year's winter single, it returned to the winter special, which is to return to the mini album scale.

Preparations have actually started more than a month ago. But unlike last year's winter single, Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to come up with such a sincere work "Let It Be Natural". This time, Chi Jingyuan did not join in the selection of songs after the company asked, so All the song selections were done by SM's team, and the members of EXO didn't participate much.

"Pick up my old guitar, the confession I didn't say."

"And the words that choked in my throat but didn't say it."

"..."

"You're not fair!"

"Is it selfish? Just stop it."

"..."

Before introducing the album plan in detail, all members listened to the five songs selected by the company from the beginning to the end. It was included in the album at the end, a song that I haven't heard much.

The most important of these, of course, are the double hits that have been confirmed for this winter special, "sing for you" and "Unfair (eccentric)"

"Sounds better than expected."

After listening to the demos of all the recorded songs, especially the two title songs, Chi Jingyuan's eyes lit up, and he nodded his head and couldn't help but praise: "The styles are completely different, one is warm and melodious, the other is lively and lively, very Great."

EXO's winter special has been of high quality since its appearance. The winter special in 2013 included several popular songs, such as "Miracle in December", "First Snow" and "Christmas Day" have become fans' hearts The classic songs in the song are very popular until today, especially "Chu Xue", since its release in 2013, according to the peninsula people's habit of listening to songs according to the seasons, after that, it will return to the music source list every winter .

The same is true for "Let It Be Natural" in 2014, and it is more popular overseas than locally.

And these few songs included this year did not live up to the good reputation of EXO's previous winter albums, at least Chi Jingyuan felt that the quality of these songs was paramount.

"Not bad, very good."

"Wow, I feel that the song "Unfair (Eccentric)" is so cheerful, and the stage must be very interesting..." Several other members were also a little surprised, and expressed their opinions one after another.

"Jing Yuan, which of these two title songs do you like better?" Kenzie who was sitting at the top looked at Chi Jingyuan and asked curiously.

Kenzie is also a member of the production team of this winter special, and she wrote the lyrics for the title song "Sing For You".

"If you like it, it should be "Sing for You". The melody and lyrics are excellent."

Chi Jingyuan pondered for two seconds and then said. After watching Kenzie hear the words, he couldn't help laughing, and added: "But in terms of stage effects, I think "Unfair (Eccentric)" may be better, and I like it very much. The style makes people happy when they hear it..."

"alright……"

After the small talk, the representatives in charge of supporting the meeting clapped their hands and started to talk about the business: "This time, the XO Winter Special has a total of five songs, the double titles are "sing for you" and "Unfair", and "Girl x Friend" , "LIGHTSABER" and "on the snow" are very popular, MV words"

"The title of the album is tentatively set as "sing for you", which has the same name as the title song."

"Among them, the song "LIGHTSABER" is the official promotional song prepared by the company for its cultural cooperation with the American film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for its release on the peninsula, so it will be the first to produce it. Also, this song is in the The lyrics for the rap stage haven’t been decided yet, I’ll leave it to you for publicity considerations, Kyung Won, Chanyeol, who are you interested in?” The representative looked at Ji Kyungwon and Park Chanyeol who were sitting next to them and listening carefully .

There are quite a few people in EXO who like songwriting, but they are the only ones who have both the burden of rap and the desire to create.

"Brother Chanyeol, come on." Chi Jingyuan glanced at Park Chanyeol who was obviously agitated, and offered to recommend him.

If it is a complete song, he is still a little interested, but if it is just a rap word, let it be.

"OK, let's go Chanyeol, I'll let the agent inform you later, first watch the original film to find inspiration...":

After Park Chanyeol nodded slightly to him with gratitude in his eyes, it was officially confirmed.

"In addition to "sing for you", this song will also be specially filmed for the promotion of the movie, and it will be announced when the movie is released in November. It does not share the promotion and release time with the winter special. It is only included in the album as a song. inside……"

"By the way, the Busan Film Festival will be held in two days, and we will arrange an exchange with the crew of "Star Wars". Suho, remember to take a few photos and upload them to SNS. It's a gimmick and warm-up. For details, please listen to your agent. s arrangement."

"knew."

"As for the other songs..."

"This winter special is the same as usual, there will still be two versions in Korean and Chinese, so the task is very heavy..."

"The scheduled release time is in mid-December. You will debut in Neon in November. At the end of the year, you will have a lot of schedules in the peninsula, so the time is still very tight. After the meeting is over, the production of the album will officially begin. Participate in the work with a sense of urgency, come on."

"Inside!"

...

After the meeting, the work of the winter special began officially. Before September, it was idle for more than half a month. EXO also started to work hard after the time entered October, and regained the busyness that top idols should have.

In addition to the winter special, work on Neon's debut album is also going on at the same time. The Japanese version of "love me right" was also released on October 2 on Neon's website. A series of other warm-up work , such as the neon group comprehensive "EXO Channel", pictorials and introduction magazine "EXO JAPAN OFFICAL BOOK VOL.2" are also continuously released on neon according to the predetermined plan. .

The behind-the-scenes work is overwhelming. As the end of the year approaches, their normal schedule suddenly increases. Except for the 20th Busan Film Festival at the beginning of the month, there are several platter concerts in early October that require EXO Performing on stage, AFF Hallyu Festival on the 4th, ONE K concert on the 9th, EXO-L concert on the 10th, Busan Asian Music Festival on the 11th...

It can only be said that EXO’s popularity and status have already reached that point. Nowadays, as long as there are such large-scale Kpop events such as concerts, if XO is not invited, it will always make people feel that something is missing, and it will make people unconscious I think the level of this activity is not high...

But this kind of activity is the most time-consuming. As long as there is such a concert that needs to be attended, basically the whole day is gone. In the morning, you have to go to the scene to step on the stage and wait. Back to the company to work overtime.

It is worth mentioning that the concert on October 10th is not a platter concert held by the outside world, but EXO's own solo performance. The full name is "EXO-Love CONCERT in DOME". As the name suggests, this time is for thanks and repayment XO's fan EXO-L has long supported the idol and held it. It is a special thank you performance and does not belong to the ranks of the second tour.

The special feature of this performance is that the concert will be held at the Gocheok Dome Stadium in Guro District of the Peninsula, commonly known as the Gocheok Dome.

Gocheok Dome is the first large-scale domed stadium on the peninsula, that is, the first "dome". But it is a dome, and its full capacity is only more than 20,000 people. Compared with several well-known dome stadiums in other countries, The capacity is slightly smaller.

But a dome is a dome, and it is already very powerful when you say it.

And EXO, as Gocheok Dome, was completed on September 16 this year and has not yet officially opened to the public. The Kpop boy group who held a solo concert here can be regarded as creating an amazing history of Kpop idol groups.

The work in front of the scene and the work behind the scenes are going on at the same time. Ji Jingyuan, who is busy every day, can only feel that time flies by. In the blink of an eye, it will be the night of October 13th, which is the day before Kim Taeyeon's solo debut and the release of the music source.

At this time, he followed his agent to SM COEX, a studio that the company had already set up.

After a while, Kim Taeyeon will have a live broadcast event before her official solo debut on the V APP, and as the producer and title song feat, Ji Jingyuan will be the guest of one of the sessions.