Peninsula Asteroid

"I've been shopping a few times in the past two days, and it's EXO's album that sells the best. That store usually gives away posters when buying albums, but sometimes when I go there at the wrong time, all XO's posters are sold out..."

"It's a pity that "E" doesn't have a separate cover this time, otherwise I guess it would sell better. I see that many fans left messages on SM's official website asking why they didn't release more versions, like the popular Yuan, Can Yeol, members like Sehun, especially Yuan, their fans actually want to buy a single sheet."

"Actually, many old fans of XO before this time were a little shaken by last year's turmoil, including many Ai Li I know who didn't buy the pre-sale because of some disappointment or worry, but most of them have already After returning to the pit, I started to move albums crazily, all of them came back after watching the MV and stage of "E".

Listening to classmate Kim Hye Mi tirelessly introducing EXO's situation to her, Li Yunzhen listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

As a new Allie who just fell in love with EXO, she is very curious about all the news about idols.

Li Yunzhen is a third-year student at a nearby girls' school. Although she has always been concerned about Kpop like everyone else, she had her own destiny and had no feeling for EXO, which has been popular on the peninsula for the past two years. The senior Elle Kim Hye Mi who entered the pit during the period was the same with her countless times. Even though she admitted that EXO is indeed very popular, each of the appearance lines is more handsome than the other, but there is just a lack of throbbing, and I can't get immersed in it.

Later, EXO had an accident, first it was revealed that they were in love, and then after the members left the group one after another, they naturally lost their fans. Even Kim Hye Mi, a former loyal fan, was shaken for a while because of the members’ withdrawal and almost lost her fans. After listening to the winter single "Let It Be Natural" released at the end of last year, she regained her confidence and continued to be a fan, but she hasn't spent much time with her good friend Li Yunzhen since then.

It’s just two days ago that EXO came back with their first single album. After the release of the title song, the response on the Internet was very good. Kim Hye Mi seemed to be resurrected and started to get excited with her again, holding a good face for her relatives, and watching at the same time With a lively attitude, Li Yunzhen casually watched the first stage of EXO's comeback "Inkigayo"...

Then came to buy a special today.

I don’t know why, Li Yunzhen has seen all of EXO’s popular title songs before, whether it’s "Roar", "Addicted", or even the pinnacle "dope", which has been filmed so far. feel.

However, this time, after watching the first stage of "Call Me Baby" and seeing Chi Jingyuan with smoky gray hair sitting on the sofa, she instantly felt her heart was hit, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably .

The so-called one-second into the pit, is this feeling.

When this feeling appears, climbing the wall becomes a matter of course.

She really likes the song "call me baby". The melody, lyrics, and choreography of the whole song all show a strong sense of fashion. Not only Chi Jingyuan who got her into the pit, but also the other members have very good looks. Hit her spot.

Today happened to be free, so the two went together to a video store closest to the school to buy a special.

"Why doesn't SM sell individual copies? The sales should be better if there are a few more versions, right?" Li Yunzhen asked curiously after listening to her friend's introduction.

Kim Hye Mi is obviously well informed, without thinking about it, she casually said: "According to the fan club's O'Neill's analysis, it should be for the final four-in-one regular second album, SM may be afraid that too many previous single albums will lead to the final Importantly, the sales of the official second album have been affected, so the first four singles will not have a separate cover to hang the appetite of fans, and there will definitely be many versions after the final official second album is released."

"Well, actually, I really want to buy Yuan's cover album..."

The two walked and chatted, and arrived at the destination in a short while, a physical audio store called cooltrack

This audio-visual store is located next to Yongsan Subway Station, on the 6th floor of Daqiao Library in ill park mall. Its main business is online sales, so the size of the physical store is not very large, but it is not too small. From time to time, there are variety shows on some TV stations. Shooting here, I heard that the sweet potato couple of Girls' Generation Seo Hyun and Jung Yong Hwa once filmed here, so they are still somewhat famous in the fan circle.

But Li Yunzhen and the others came here mainly because they were the closest.

As soon as we reached the sixth floor, a huge poster of the nine members of EXO was hung on the billboard at the entrance, and many people around couldn't help but stop to watch it.

There are quite a lot of customers in the audio-visual store this time, and it is very lively with people coming and going.

"This time SM finally has a conscience. Oppa's single album "E" is not badly configured, and the various places are very delicate. The main reason is that the photo cards of the members are very good this time. nice."

Walking into the audio-visual store, Kim Hye Mi and Li Yunzhen are familiar with each other and walked towards the Kpop album area. While walking, Kim Hye Mi introduced to her friends, and at the same time couldn't help but smack her lips:

"In this "E", Yuan has a super cool photo card, which is his photo card with ash hair color. I saw someone opened it in the fan club. It's really cool. I checked it yesterday. Suddenly the price of this card has skyrocketed. Ai Xi doesn’t know if SM specifically reduced the number of albums for that card. I bought 10 albums but didn’t get one... In fact, Yuan’s other small cards also All of them are okay, but the hair colors are all original colors, and only that one has the smoky gray hair color in this comeback MV, which is really eye-catching and has great collection value."

"Apart from Yuan's sky-high price card, the other ones that are more beautiful are those from members like Chanyeol and Sehun, but they are not as expensive as they are speculated to be..."

"Hey Yigu, I really, really, really want Yuan's gray hair card..."

Amid Jin Huimei's expressions of emotion and envy, the two walked to the Best counter in the video store.

The albums sold here are all the highest-selling albums recently, and they are arranged in ten rankings in order from the top shelf to the bottom according to sales volume.

In the most conspicuous position, the two albums ranked first and second have exactly the same LOGO at first glance, but the colors are different. They are the Korean version and the Chinese version of EXO's single album "E" respectively.

Further down the row, you can also see albums from groups such as VIXX, Shinhwa, and 4minute. They are all relatively popular artist groups that have recently come back.

At this time, there were quite a lot of people in front of the Best counter. Eight or nine people gathered in front to look around. Under the gaze of everyone, a beautiful girl with long black hair suddenly strode from behind to the shelf and stretched out her hand. I took a handful of the Korean version of "E", and then I took it back with some difficulty and counted it in my hand. I found that my hand was still a little smaller, and I still had a few fewer copies, so I reached out again and picked up three more. After rounding up the whole number again, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he squeezed out of the crowd towards the cashier with satisfaction.

"Is this Ellie..."

Li Yunzhen witnessed this girl's shopping process with her own eyes and sighed secretly in her heart.

At present, the physical record market in the peninsula music industry is really not very prosperous. Most groups cannot sell in quantity at all. Let alone girl groups. Among male groups, those who can sell more than 100,000 physical albums can be called first-line groups. .

For example, many fans of EXO buy five or ten albums at a time, which is really not common among fans of other groups.

For example, Li Yunzhen herself used to buy albums one by one when she was in other groups. Now when she saw this girl Aili, she really sighed to herself.

The two of them watched for a while, and then Li Yunzhen walked forward and picked up a Korean version of "E" from the shelf.

"Take one first..."

She still doesn't like buying a lot of albums at once, and although single albums are not expensive, as a student with no financial income, the financial pressure of buying many albums at once is still quite high.

Li Yunzhen is also planning to save money to buy the follow-up "X", "O", "L" and regular albums.

"Buying one is actually enough. Many Ariel's families are not in very good condition. Like me, and the Ariel just now must have saved money for a long time to buy so many. After all, XO did not release a winter special last year. , the money saved is useless.”

Jin Huimei seemed to be afraid that her relative would be embarrassed, so she took the initiative to smooth things over and added at the end: "But she might also want to draw a small card..."

"..."

Li Yunzhen looked at each other and smiled. After two more casual walks, they went to the cashier to pay.

There were quite a lot of people buying albums at this time, and the two sales clerks were a little busy, so they waited in line for a while before it was their turn.

"It will come with a poster of XO. Which member do you want? A group poster is also available." The cashier boy scanned the barcode and pointed to the side with a smile. There were several large containers, all of which were rolled up. Posters, there are also pictorials of some of the most popular artists on the wall behind.

"Are you willing? I want to be willing." Li Yunzhen said directly without thinking about it.

"Sorry, Yuan's personal poster is no longer available today. It will arrive later." The cashier smiled apologetically and apologized skillfully. It seems that he has said this countless times today. .

"Then... let's do it as a group."

"OK."

"Kangsangmita."

After paying the money, just as Li Yunzhen and Li Yunzhen were holding the bags and preparing to walk out, a harsh scream suddenly came from the front. Although it was not very pleasant, the sound was obviously full of surprise and excitement.

"Ah ah ah, I'm here!"

The sound instantly attracted the attention of many people nearby. Li Yunzhen and the two of them also leaned over curiously, and found that the one who screamed happened to be the long straight black Ai Li who had bought more than a dozen albums before them. She paid. He didn't leave after that. Instead, he sat on the table at the door and started unpacking the album. There was a lot of unpacked packages and albums in front of him.

At this time, she stood up from the chair, holding a small card in her left hand, and kept waving her right hand vigorously to hit the air to vent her excitement. After doing it a few times, she seemed to feel that this was not enough. He simply jumped on the spot several times in a row, and the ground made a booming sound when he jumped.

Anyone could tell that he was really excited.

As soon as Jin Huimei heard it, she immediately walked over quickly, her eyes were very agile and directly aimed at the small card in the girl's hand, after seeing it, she froze, her mouth opened slightly, and her eyes straightened all of a sudden, His pupils were full of sorrow and envy.

"She got that Yuan's sky-high price card?" Seeing her friend like this, Li Yunzhen immediately understood, stepped forward and asked softly.

"Yeah, that's super handsome, super expensive, super rare, and super sense..." Jin Huimei felt a little bad all over. She had bought ten albums, but she didn't even smell a scent. But this woman drove out, or just in front of her?

It seems to feel that the girls approaching in front of me are also fans of EXO. This black long straight Ari is very generous, with a feeling of showing off, and is also very careful. She showed them the precious photo card, and immediately It caused a lot of exclamations.

"..."

After taking a careful look, Li Yunzhen pursed her lips. She knew why this Yuan's photo card was so popular among Ai Li and Yuan fans.

In this small card, Chi Jingyuan's head takes up two-thirds of it, and he is half-looking down with a full face. In the picture, he quietly looks at the camera with a very faint smile, and his dark pupils contain With a sense of curiosity and pursuit, the soft facial features are perfectly matched with the fluffy hair under the gray and white smoke gray hair color, which looks fresh and natural, but also has a sense of fashion.

He seemed to be outside when the photo was taken, the scattered bangs on his forehead were slightly trembling by the wind, and the raised bunch of dull hair added a touch of vividness and lively charm to the whole photo.

It's not handsome with a strong impact, but the kind that is extremely comfortable to look at, and a kind of satisfaction that can make people's psychological and visual needs get feedback after watching it, and makes people want to watch it more and more.

To be honest, Li Yunzhen was slightly stunned after looking at the small card... She was also moved, and really wanted to immediately disassemble the album in her hand to see if it was this sky-high price card. Turn around and go to the container to scan the goods, buy seven or eight or ten albums, just to get this card.

"Jinjia! Oh Mo! I actually got this one! I really want it..."

"Aniha Sai, maybe you have considered selling this original card?"

"..."

Seeing that Kim Hye Mi had rushed to the side, she looked at the photo card in the girl's hand with covetous eyes, and at the same time, a few girls who were obviously EXO fans also came to the side, discussing it in a hurry, and some people directly At the scene where she wanted to buy, Li Yunzhen bit her lip and touched the album she just bought to her chest, feeling a sudden sense of infinite anticipation in her heart.

"It must be opened!"

…………

In the first week of "Popular Ballads", the stage performance was really good. In the next few days, you can often see related discussions on the Internet, excluding obviously biased rainbow farts or slander, The evaluations from passers-by audiences were also very good, mainly focusing on the choreography, expressiveness, and the transition from one shot to the end, and it was full of praise for a while.

On the second day, SM officials and fans at the scene uploaded direct shots of the members on the first stage on Youtube. Because only half of the "call me baby" was shot, the pre-recorded outdoor and lounge scenes were not shot, which made some fans I'm a little disappointed, although the back stage is actually quite handsome, but it's a bit unsatisfying to just watch half of it without the introduction at the beginning.

On the contrary, the stage of "butterfly" is a bit of a trend. Although this non-main song airborne in second place after the announcement of the sound source, not many people are optimistic about it. However, after the stage broadcast, the listening of this song has an obvious improvement. The increase, just the SBS official channel has a very high number of hits on replays. After the pen-hold shooting was released, every member of the song is very popular, especially Chi Jingyuan's personal pen-hold hits on the stage have been soaring these days. Below He was too embarrassed to read all kinds of flattering comments.

Rainbow farts like 'Stage Fairy', 'Master Light God', 'Shattering', 'White Moonlight' really made him a little ashamed.

All I can say is that the Allies are so enthusiastic.

After the spread of the great praise on the initial stage, EXO has continued to participate in various schedules, interviews and promotions these days, and SM has correspondingly invested a lot of resources in various aspects. The popularity of XO has continued to rise these days. The content of much discussion has already begun to show signs of momentum in various aspects.

The most obvious is the sharp increase in sales. Before the 1st comeback, the pre-sales of "E" were only 430,000 copies, which was not only lower than SM's expectations, but also nearly half of the pre-sales of "Addiction" last year. cut in half.

But in the past few days, especially after the official comeback, the sales have continued to increase. In just four or five days, the two versions of the album have sold nearly 160,000 copies, and the trend is still going on day by day. This uncharacteristically reversed growth has really surprised practitioners in the industry and other idol combinations.

These new recruits don’t know whether it’s Ai Li, who once left her job, who has returned to the pit, or the fans who have just gathered in this return.

With the prospect of EXO's return this time is very good and the momentum is obvious, the environment of the Internet forum seems to have returned to the period when Aili once dominated the world.

"Attachment: "This Week's Album Sales Ranking Data Chart""

"Well, I have already posted the data. The first and second are the two versions of EXO's single album "E". You can see the numbers for yourself. Some time ago, before the return of the Obamas, you played for a long time, and you can fly away. EXO’s Shinhwa and VIXX are also on it, I’m afraid you didn’t see it and it’s specially displayed for you: Shinhwa’s regular 12th album "WE" sold 11,688 copies of the regular edition, and 27,916 copies of the limited edition released on the 3rd, a total of 39,604 copies."

"VIXX's single album "Boys' Record", which came back on February 24th, has sold just over 60,000 units as of noon today, which is actually quite a good result. I won't specifically mention 4minute, I won't fight with the girl group for fear of you saying We, Ari, bully people..."

"As for the sound source, I won't talk about it. The two songs of "E" stay firmly in the first ring and have a very good stamina, unlike some people whose title song has already been on the charts within a few days after their comeback... This is what you said Can you overthrow EXO and let EXO reveal its original form? I really want to interview those sunspots and their fans how they feel now?"

"kkkk laughed at me to death. At that time they mocked the low price of the XO pre-sale, but in fact, no matter how low it was, it was several times higher than your boss. Want to see your XO daddy? Unfortunately, when your boss disbands, we will all It won't be mushy."

"The comeback results of "E" this time are really great, the music source is airborne, and the album is selling very well. No one mentions the previous relationship and resignation. XO, which has nine members to start again, obviously has a tendency to return to the top. If the subsequent singles can also have the quality of "E", I am really optimistic about EXO this year. I even think that if they go well, they can directly reach the top this year...Of course, our XO is definitely incomparable Those of you first-line boy groups who have won two first places and sold tens of thousands of albums can post big-character posters to make their comeback a hit!"

"Hey Yigu kkkk, can you stop swearing at other people's names?"

"I don't know what you stupid fans are happy about. "Call me baby" is obviously much worse than "Roar". These days, it seems to be very popular these days. Street to see if you can often hear this song played in shops on the side of the road. "Roar" in 2013 was really popular, and it was played in every school in the streets and lanes, that was the real fire. What is this "call me baby "It's just a fake fire, false fire, and marketing."

"Laughing to death, which company are you from? Can your tone be more sour? Is it not XO's song to co-author "Roar"? And use a group's song to step on each other? Little cutie, you are really interesting, admit XO Is it so difficult to come back to Dafa this time?"

"Is it too early for the idiot fans to be complacent? It's only the second week, and I haven't gotten a single song, and I haven't got a single one from "The show" and "show champion" this week." Got it, yesterday's "M!countdown" was still VIXX, I really don't know what you are happy about, you have been bragging about your comeback results and how popular you are, how about the first one?"

"Can you grow your eyes? What's the point of being awkward (stand up)? "The show" and "show champion" are small TV shows that EXO usually doesn't go to. Yesterday's "M! Countdown" because It’s mnet’s 20-year-old special program, and it needs to perform various nostalgic stages, so EXO didn’t go, and it’s not normal not to get one. And I got an alternate when I didn’t show up, and yesterday’s score was even higher than VIXX It’s a little lower. You must know that VIXX has accumulated for a long time in the third week of its comeback. The airing score alone is much higher than XO. It doesn’t matter if they get one. Anyway, tomorrow’s "Music Bank" will be 100% EXO of (stand hands)."

"Is this Ellie? Let's face it tomorrow and see if you, Oppa, can get the first place in this comeback. I can only say that in terms of statistics and performance in life, whether it is Both Shinhwa and VIXX are definitely better than EXO."

"Please, can those black fans stop talking about our mythology? Is it interesting to be black? Brothers come back now to give back to the fans. We are really satisfied to see their stage again. There is no real Shinhwa Creation saying what Tiantian would say to compete with the younger generation for the first place... And comparing sales with EXO is not a brain disease? Who can compare with them in the entire peninsula music industry? Can you compare with you black fans? Let’s compare it to the real master, don’t get involved in our mythology, thank you.”

"I don't want to take VIXX away, please XO black fans don't involve us anymore, our fans are already very satisfied with the results of Wuli Bisi's return this time, we don't expect to surpass EXO, we just need to be ourselves."

"Hahahaha I laughed so hard, the fans themselves can't bear to see this group of skinny bastards, a group of homeless wild dogs who dare not show their true master!"

"%￥%...￥Xiba, let's talk about it after getting one, you son of a bitch..."