It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 87
"What is the musical talent of XO's new member Xu Lai?"

After the first episode of "BEGIN AGAIN" was broadcast, discussions about Xu Lai's musical talent became heated on Naver. Xu Lai's popularity was already high. After the long-publicized variety show was broadcast, his popularity soared again. In particular, his "music talent that God has fed me" has attracted the most attention.

Under the admiration of Yoon Do-hyun, Yoo Hee-yeol, and Lee So-ra, audiences paid more attention to Xu Lai's musical talent. After all, after Xu Lai suddenly became famous, the editing of the show was relying on Xu Lai intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, there are still shots that the seniors should have, but Xu Lai's shots are slightly more.Although "BEGIN AGAIN" is still only an experimental variety show, there is nothing wrong with such things as being popular.

Previously, the variety show "BEGIN AGAIN" was not expected to become a hit. After all, young people don't like the songs of "old" singers so much. Their style and music are gradually diverging from those of young people. However, what the program team hopes more is to produce an excellent variety show, not so much for popularity, but more for quality.

But the appearance of Xu Lai has made this variety show a trend of becoming a hit. It can not only have the quality in the eyes of the producers, but also have popularity. Why not do it?

Besides, Xu Lai is really an excellent musician, so there is no problem if the editing of the program is slightly aligned with him.

Anyway, Xu Lai was finally presented to the audience like this: young and vigorous, talented but humble, optimistic and cheerful, occasionally shy and restrained.

Let’s not talk about his excellent appearance, nor his smile that is easy to be liked, but his personality when he gets along with Yin Daoxian and the others is very likable, not to mention his overflowing Come talent.

The most respected people in South Korea are talented and knowledgeable people. This is their old tradition. Most of Xu Lai’s remarks on the Internet at this moment are praises. Some little fleas that appeared wanted to jump out again to find a sense of presence, but at this time they were rushed away by netizens who hadn't paid much attention to them before.

Although Xu Lai's "tap water" fans are time-sensitive, who let these little fleas just hit it?

Xu Lai will not pity them at all, after all, no one pity him at first...

Moreover, as more and more program clips about Xu Lai were forwarded on the Internet, the popularity of the program became popular, which naturally attracted many professionals to come to "appreciate".

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"Thank you for the invitation. I'm in Seoul. I just got off the plane. I saw a lot of people. I asked me to comment on the music ability of XO's new member Xu Lai. I'll borrow the words of senior Yoon Do-hyun here: 'Xu Lai is God's idiot. Talent for food'. I don't seem to be qualified to comment on his musical strength, after all, his new song has dominated the UK chart for more than two weeks, and now the song is still on the chart, what can I say?"

"Hey, in fact, like everyone else, when I first heard about the new XO member, I gave him a definition: Hey, the new XO member is an idol! How powerful can it be? They touted it."

"In the beginning, I really prepared to get to know Xu Lai with this mentality. Although he wrote a hit song before, who knows how he wrote it? Right?"

"Everyone, don't say that I have a prejudice against idols. Think about it! People with real strength will not become singers, but become idols? Who would want to be an idol if a serious singer? Would you like it? Anyway, I definitely don't willing."

"It's far away, let's talk about my thoughts after I got to know Xu Lai."

"Before, I thought he was a 'talented' person who was praised by fans. Maybe the company was helping with the songs and so on, but I took a closer look at his experience and life experience."

"First of all, I learned about Xu Lai's family background. Those who say that the family has money and ask for writing can be passed. As long as it takes a little time to understand this point of view, no one with a brain thinks so. At least I don’t think his family could afford songs like ‘Flashlight’ and ‘Galway Girl’, let alone the next few songs.”

"Secondly, we can stop talking about the company collecting songs for Xu Lai or using songs composed by others to pass them off. There is a big gap between Xu Lai's songs and SM's usual dance music style, even though Kenzie is a producer with diverse styles. People are there, but I don’t think she has the ability to write songs of the quality of "Viva La Vida". If she had this ability, Girls’ Generation might have become a truly world-famous girl group by now. The word 'idol' can be removed."

"Furthermore, I said before that he might be a 'talented scholar' character who is praised by fans, but I was wrong again. He just debuted not long ago, and he is more of a black fan than a fan... It’s a rougher debut experience than Henry’s, so there’s nothing to say about that.”

"However, I still want to say something for Xu Lai. Why are talented and powerful people being anti for no reason? Isn't the recent fan circle a bit too much?"

"Continue to talk about Xu Lai's musical talent, emmmmm... there is nothing to say, it is unimaginable for us people. Take the first episode of "BEGIN AGAIN" as an example, ordinary people may listen to a story. I think this story is quite good. When musicians hear this story, they will think that this story may be an inspiration, but what about Xu Lai? He directly surpassed the point of inspiration and turned it into a song. The key point is that the song is still It's very good, whether it's music theory or singing, it's rare in K-pop."

"There is also the song "Viva La Vida" after that, I can guarantee the ticket, this song can win an award, don't say what award, but the quality of this song really won't win an award any questions."

"Xu Lai wrote three songs during the two-month trip to Europe. The quality of these three songs is very good, and the style is also different. He really inherited the inclusive and diverse music style of his teacher Kenzie. And he is even better in talent, as far as he is now, I think he is a better musician than Kenzie."

"But do you know what the scariest thing is?"

"Xu Lai is only 20 years old this year. He has only debuted for four months. Can you imagine his 20 years of activities in the music scene? If nothing else, for a long time, when singers see him release an album, they will really be happy. It’s like seeing the ‘crying wolf’.”

"Also, Xu Lai's songs tend to be more European and American. Maybe K-pop will really have a wider audience because of him. After all, he is the representative of our K-pop! As a K-pop musician, I sincerely hope that Xu Lai will get better and better, and hope that everyone can support his music, so that one day more people will call him a world star, instead of just us calling him that."

　Good morning everyone!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)