Peninsula Asteroid

As soon as this was said, it immediately attracted the attention of most members of EXO.

This year, EXO has already debuted for the fourth year, and at the same time they are at their peak, and they can hardly find any opponents in the new generation.

However, according to the usual cycle of a peninsula boy group, the peak of most groups will be followed by a decline. Even though the current EXO already looks a little different from other boy groups in essence, the future development of this kind of No one can predict things.

Now that the group has reached its peak, the popularity ranking of EXO's members should be almost finalized. The big TOP, the upper circle, the middle circle, and the lower circle are very clear. Even though they rarely talk about these sensitive topics in the team, fans and even sunspots They arranged for them clearly, so in fact, each member is also clear in his heart.

Regardless of whether they say it on the surface or not, members with relatively average popularity and resources will definitely not be happy in their hearts.

By this time, many people are indeed starting to consider more practical issues.

That is the personal development of each individual.

Apart from the regular return of the big group, the most direct way to increase popularity is apart from filming, that is, small teams or solo. With EXO's current popularity and fan base, as long as the planning is good, the quality of the songs is very easy. Success, if the song is popular, the popularity will come quickly, and the team's ranking will change immediately.

After all, popularity has seasons!

And the members of EXO also know in their hearts that the first solo member, if there is no accident, there is a high probability that Chi Jingyuan will be the first to come. His popularity is unsurpassed in the team, and the number of fans is also the largest. The craziest and most loyal, if the news of his solo gets out, not only fans, but even passers-by audiences will feel anticipation and surprise, as long as the name is hung up, it can basically be declared a success.

It is difficult for others to compete with him in this position.

So many people aimed at the position of the squad.

"However, the first half of the year will focus on the comeback of the big group. The planning of the small unit and solo will be arranged after the end of the group's comeback in the second half of the year. At present, the specific candidates for the two have not been determined, and they are still under discussion..."

Unfortunately, the representative's words indicated that these two plans were still in writing, and even if they were to be implemented, they would have to wait at least half a year.

However, it didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the members. Many people's expressions didn't change much, but their eyes flickered slightly.

Not sure of the candidate means that anyone is possible.

After talking about some appetizing big cakes, the theme returned to the official album of the EXO group. At present, the planning has begun to prepare, and it has been confirmed that it will return to the original + reprint model that SM is best at. The original album We have already entered the song selection stage, and the overall concept will be stronger. One of the title songs has almost been determined, and the selection of other included songs is in progress.

At the same time, because of what I said before, I also assigned a lot of tasks to the members of EXO, allowing them to participate in the creation of some recorded songs.

Even if you don’t have the talent and level, but just write a couple of rap lines, modify it and be selected, it’s good to name it as 5 works, 6 works, 7 works, and 8 works. In any case, you have participated in the creation, and fans can also brag about it. .

Then the topic turned to the ending of this year's second tour and the planning of the third tour.

The meeting has been going on for a long time. SM is still very important to the TOP group of the new generation of EXO. They have their own ideas about most of the plans for the group and members, and they are all done long in advance. Basically, the next year The general plan of EXO was discussed at the beginning of the year.

After the meeting, Li Xiuman called Chi Jingyuan over and asked about the recent situation and filming. He didn't say much else, but directly told him that if the members of EXO this year If the solo plan comes out, he will 100% come and let him make preparations in advance.

The other members are right. If there is a solo project, whether it is due to the success rate, revenue, or even the personal relationship of the members, SM has never thought of letting other people come. Chi Jingyuan definitely does not think twice. s Choice.

In fact, Chi Jingyuan knew it well in his heart, of course he agreed without hesitation.

Then we chatted a few words about being the producer of "Cheer Up" for twice. JYP has already sent out an invitation for this matter, and Chi Jingyuan also mentioned it to him before. Li Xiuman didn't seem to care much, instead he nodded with a smile and said that there is no problem, the song "Come on" is very good, this is a very good opportunity, and he also encouraged Chi Jingyuan to use this opportunity to accumulate more experience , When I come back, I get inspired and I can be a producer for red velvet or Girls' Generation.

But Chi Jingyuan always felt that his twinkling little eyes were harboring malicious intentions, as if he was waiting for 'this very good' song to hit the street.

But it doesn't matter, because Chi Jingyuan actually doesn't have much confidence.

After I finished speaking, I didn’t talk too much. I already talked about the song selection for the regular third album in the meeting just now... After leaving from Li Xiuman, he went directly to Kenzie’s, that’s why.

...

"coming."

Kenzie, who was sitting in front of the computer in his office and was operating something, saw Chi Jingyuan knocking on the door and walked in. He greeted him casually in a familiar tone, without saying much, he got up and took a sheet of music from the side and handed it over.

As the company's signature musician and one of the directors, Kenzie's status is still very high, but Chi Jingyuan has come to her place many times, and they have cooperated and communicated together because of several songs before. I'm familiar with it, and Chi Jingyuan didn't feel too restrained, and walked directly to her side to take the score.

""Monster"?"

Chi Jingyuan glanced at the title on the sheet music, and blurted out the name of the song.

"Well, one of the title songs of your return this time is basically sure to be this one." Kenzie's chair turned around, and he pouted at Chi Jingyuan: "How about taking a look?"

"Noona, did you write it?"

Chi Jingyuan glanced down at the score and asked a question.

This is a very complete song, even the lyrics are almost filled in, although the words are in pure English... It can be seen that several revisions have been made in some places.

"Almost." The sister stood up and took two glasses of water from the water dispenser next to her, put them in front of Chi Jingyuan, then pointed to the stool next to her, signaling him not to stand there.

Chi Jingyuan thanked him for taking it, and then asked along the way: "Is there a demo?"

"have."

Kenzie nodded, and quickly operated a few times on the computer, and soon the melody was played from the speaker next to him.

While listening to the demo, Chi Jingyuan carefully looked at the composition, tapped his fingers on the white paper, and made various evaluations in his heart.

The demo is obviously a European and American voice, the pure English lyrics can be sung from his mouth without delay, but if it is replaced with Korean lyrics, some places need to be modified.

This song is obviously a dance song, but even though there is no dance at this time, just listening to the demo, the strong rhythm arrangement and accompaniment made Chi Jingyuan's body warm up.

"You can call me monster!"

It was fine all the time, but when he heard the second chorus, he couldn't help singing along softly. He really liked the lyrics that raised the key directly and raised the atmosphere instantly.

Kenzie glanced at him, drinking water and seemed to be smiling.

The overall sound is not bad, the style of music is very characteristic, very strong and impactful, a bit similar to the song "overdose" in 2014, both belong to the dance music of Chrisma style.

The English lyrics were a little perfunctory, and there was nothing else other than the line 'you can call me monster'. What impressed Chi Jingyuan the most, apart from the extremely strong rhythm, was that it was different from ordinary dance music. A dark style, very high-end arrangement.

Hearing that, his eyes really brightened.

However, Chi Jingyuan could hear that the arrangement in some places seemed to be a little imperfect, and he always felt that something was missing.

"Very good. The style of the song is very different from our second album last year, "call me baby" and "boy with luv". It's a bit like "Addicted" in 2014. The style is very strong..."

After listening to it, Chi Jingyuan pondered for a while, then looked at his director, nodded and praised earnestly: "Especially the arrangement, it's really well done, very bright."

"..."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's praise, Kenzie put down the water glass and said with a reserved smile on his face: "You guys are going to make a certain transformation this time, whether it's the main song style or personal image, you should be more mature than before. Some, and at the same time trying to open up the market in Europe and the United States, so I specifically tried to make this style of songs..."

As she said that, she pointed to the music score: "But you should be able to tell that this song is not completely finished yet, especially there are many places in the arrangement that need to be refined... The rest of the work in this area will be handed over to You, this is also the request of the company, although the first work is me, but Jing Yuan, it is no problem for you to put a second work on the arrangement..."

"okay, I get it."

This time I came here for this purpose. I was already familiar with this cooperation mode before "Addiction". It is not only because I believe in his ability to arrange music, but also because it is a publicity stunt. After killing two birds with one stone, Chi Jingyuan directly nodded in response. .

And surprisingly, he liked the song a lot.

As he said that, Kenzie looked over: "Just follow this style...do you have any inspiration?"

"……have."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and nodded without being modest.

When he listened to it just now, he already had some thoughts in his mind. For example, he felt that the prelude of the song was a bit too flat and not catchy enough. Before the verse appears, a more intense prelude should be added. It can be made with musical instruments or electronic music. The style is a little bit darker, so that as soon as the prelude comes out, it can cheer up the audience and raise goosebumps.

He even has some outlines of the specific tone now.

"That's fine. I'm looking forward to it. Remember to show it to me after you make it." Seeing Chi Jingyuan's expression, Kenzie laughed, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "Where are the Korean lyrics? Jingyuan you Do you want to participate? If you want to write the lyrics, you can do it."

"Forget about the lyrics, I don't feel much." Chi Jingyuan smiled wryly and declined, but then he added: "But I think the line 'you can call me monster' is great, it is the highlight of the whole song. "

"..." Kenzie lowered his black-rimmed glasses, glanced at him, nodded and agreed, "The lyrics will be handed over to someone else... I like this sentence very much, even if I rewrite the lyrics, I will definitely not change it."

The task of this song was determined, and the two then exchanged information about the arrangement. After the work of "monster" was almost finished, Kenzie took out a sheet music from the side and handed it over: " And this song is also an important candidate for the title song of your album this time, if the original version is not selected, there is a high possibility of a reprint..."

She saw that after Chi Jingyuan took over the score, she didn't stop talking, and then introduced: "This is not written by the company's musician, it was collected by the company from an outside musician... It can be considered that he volunteered for it." Well, I also explained that I hope EXO will sing it, after we watched it, we think the style of the song is very suitable for your comeback this time..."

"Who is it?" Chi Jingyuan asked casually while watching.

The score of this song is not as complete as that of "monster". It doesn't even have a title, just a code name, and only the tune, no lyrics.

"It's called pdogg. It's not very famous, but it's quite capable. It used to be with a small company, but there seems to be a problem with the combination of operations... I don't know much about it."

Kenzie gave a brief introduction, and then talked about the work of this song: "This song has not been completed yet, if you are interested in the arrangement, you can participate in it, but the first work must be pdogg... The focus is on the lyrics. This time The company is going to let everyone from XO participate."

"Well, are there any general restrictions on writing lyrics? Is there a theme?" The specific reason has already been mentioned in the previous meeting, and Chi Jingyuan didn't find it strange, so he just asked.

"According to the style of your return this time and Ami's market considerations, it is best to reflect some lyrics about your XO or personal growth experience, such as about difficulties, setbacks, temptations, chaos, etc., what a very difficult setback Then grow and so on, anyway, the style of words should be stronger.” Obviously, this company has been discussed, and Kenzie said it directly.

"Tough and frustrated? Growth, temptation?"

Chi Jingyuan blinked when he heard it: "But Nuna, I don't have a similar experience, so I don't know how to express it."

"Yeah, writing lyrics doesn't require real experience, so you say, you also have real experience writing lyrics like "some" and "if you"?"

Kenzie couldn't help laughing and cursing when she heard it, she seemed to think of something, her expression changed, she became a little suspicious, and looked at Chi Jingyuan: "Isn't it possible, Jing Yuan, you have really experienced "if The lyrics of "you" are the kind of sad lovelorn, right?"

"How can it be?"

Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes a little bit and immediately denied it righteously, and then laughed twice, indicating that he was just joking: "Haha..."

"Okay, the lyrics of this song should be more EXO members involved...there are so many tasks for the title song, and I will not be in charge of other included songs. But this album is still in the song selection stage, Jing Yuan, if you have any good self-composed songs, remember to communicate with the company as soon as possible, this time you should adopt a dual-main mode."

Seeming to have seen something, Kenzie glanced at him inexplicably, but did not continue to talk, but began to sum up the things at work vigorously.

"As for the title song, there is really no suitable one..." Chi Jingyuan recalled his recent collection, pursed his lips and shook his head: "But the included song... Let me have a look."

"Just take care of yourself." Kenzie nodded, and finally gave a serious warning: "You can take your time writing the lyrics for this song, but you have to hurry up with "monster."

"Don't worry, I understand."

...

I got the task of two new songs from Kenzie. Although the first one is not my own, Chi Jingyuan’s task is also quite heavy, especially the song "monster". He likes it very much. A lot of ideas and impulses.

And the other song received by the company, which requires them to write lyrics, after reading the score, he found that it is also quite good. It is also a song with a very different style from EXO in the past, and it is more charming and mature.

This time the album has indeed undergone a lot of changes in terms of theme style and song selection. It can also be seen that the company did not rest on its laurels after EXO reached the top, but is determined to seek a breakthrough.

I just don't know what the effect will be when it comes out...

After eating lunch, Chi Jingyuan sat in the nanny's car in the afternoon, listening to the demo of "monster" and looking at the score, while looking for inspiration, he came to KBS TV station.

Yesterday, on the 1st Golden Day, "Music Bank" was suspended for one episode because of the New Year. It was considered a holiday for the two MCs, but one was reissued to EXO's "sing for you"

And in 2016, less than a month before the premiere of "Signal", SM also formally communicated with the "Music Bank" program group about the two regular MCs getting off the car, and confirmed that it caused a frenzy of popularity and created "Signal". The CP who watched Shinhwa in Yinyin will officially get off the show on the 15th of this month.

That's why Chi Jingyuan came here in the afternoon.

Of course Pei Zhuxuan also came.

The atmosphere in the conference room of the "Sound Silver" program group was a bit depressing. The main creators including PD Han Jinzhe were there. At this time, Han Jinzhe had a serious expression on his face, while other familiar staff members were obviously a little disappointed.

Since Ji Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan became MCs for two months, the ratings of "Music Bank" have jumped from the usual 1% to about 7%, and the peak can reach 10%. This is not weaker than The ratings of the TV station's flagship variety show made the entire program group very proud, and it received more attention from the TV station. It also made other people who watched the song show envious, and it was sour for half a year.

But I didn't expect the happy days to end so soon.

But as usual, the fixed MC partner is usually about a year, some get off a little earlier, some later. Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan got on the car in May last year, and it has been eight months since January this year. The time is not too short. Even if they continue to do it, they will not be able to do it for a few months. They have to get off the car sooner or later.

Moreover, the program team also knew that Chi Jingyuan was a bit busy because of filming, and also knew that after the man got off the car, the woman would not be able to stay, so although he was a little dissatisfied and disappointed, he didn't stop him.

Han Jinzhe looked at Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan sitting next to him, and sighed:

"Hey, SM really suddenly found a problem for us. After you and Irene are gone, Jing Yuan, who should we find to replace us?"