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Because they did not participate in the song competition in the first week, and in order to build up the anticipation for the follow-up regular album, SM did not arrange too many schedules for EXO in the prelude to their comeback. All activities were basically concentrated in the first two days. As soon as the three days passed, EXO's schedule was immediately reduced and they began to make final preparations for their regular album return in three weeks.

This has also been extremely criticized by fans. Ariels have accumulated a lot of enthusiasm after not seeing their idols release songs for such a long time. This time "Fire" has a unique style, difficult choreography and very flammable songs. The stage is also very popular among most fans. Just when they were in full swing and wanted to support their own idol, EXO suddenly lost sight of people. There was only one stage in the first week after the song was released. I couldn’t find any stage materials. Don't know where to go.

The feeling from the "DOPE" period has returned. There was an extremely stunning first stage. The direct shot of Chi Jingyuan's police uniform also went viral, ushering in the direct shot era of modern Kpop. There are all kinds of big bangs. , it’s a pity that no one can be seen.

Even though fans actually know that the official album will be the highlight in two or three weeks, and too many activities now will lower their expectations, they are still very unhappy... They can't find a place to move the album.

While SM was being scolded, as time went by, the quality of EXO's anticipated lead song "Fire" was also revealed to everyone. Because of its popularity and nationality, this single It was very popular on the mainland of the peninsula. After being airborne to the top of the charts, it also maintained the top spot on the daily charts for two days. Then it slowly declined and stayed near the inner ring. After several days, the rate of decline began to accelerate. .

Electronic dance music like "Fire" is inherently not popular in terms of sound sources. Many people even find this explosive style a bit noisy when listening to it. To be able to achieve such outstanding results in terms of sound sources in the past few days makes Jue The reason why most boy groups have the same results as Listen to Stories is because the one who released the song is EXO and the name of the boy group is changed. Except for Big Bang, many people will not click on this kind of song and listen to it.

However, even Chi Jingyuan and others cannot change the advantages and disadvantages of the song category. When the first week is about to pass, "Fire" has already dropped significantly on the music chart. In terms of staying power, it is not as good as "Fire", which released the song first. "Cheer up", it's still a lot worse.

"Cheer Up" has been out for nearly four weeks, and it still remains in the top ten or even the top five of all music charts. The daily listening volume has not decreased but increased, and its staying power is as steady as a mountain. Looking at this trend, Chi Jingyuan feels that Twice's song has surpassed it. He went straight to the top ten in the annual list.

But the sound source is not everything. While the sound source is declining, the popularity is still very high. The distinctive "hot dance" and the last two parts of Chi Jingyuan have become the topic, and it seems to be because of the electronic music in the chorus of this song. The sound is very dynamic and passionate, and is very popular among some variety show groups. Within a few days, some variety shows and programs have quoted the melody of "Fire" in the background sound, and it is gradually becoming popular.

In addition to local popularity, its overseas popularity has also been fully verified. The most gratifying thing is that the MV of the song "Fire" has done very well on YouTube. In April, Twice only relied on the song to have more than one click within four days of its release. Ten million, it became the most watched MV video in Kpop that month, which surprised many people in the industry. This month's "Fire" showed EXO's popularity overseas. The MV had more than one click in less than three days after it was first released. Ten million.

And the follow-up speed has not slowed down significantly. It can be seen from the location of the audience that the style of this song seems to be more favored by overseas audiences in Europe and the United States. SM's attempt to transform EXO this time is a good start.

With the development in recent years, thanks to the efforts of PSY and EXO, Kpop has begun to develop outside of Asia. Some data that were not taken seriously in the peninsula music industry before, such as the "number of viewers of the YouTube MV of the title song" Spotify's extraordinary achievements have begun to attract more and more attention from the company, especially from fans. This kind of straightforward data is the most important weapon when posting big-character posters and quarreling.

In any case, as a prelude song used to warm up the regular album, "Fire" has definitely done its job very well, and at the same time exceeded the company's expectations in many aspects.

A week passed quickly. After entering the school celebration period in May, all the major idol groups and singers became busy. They shuttled back and forth between major colleges and universities, showing their charm and popularity, and from time to time they produced some wonderful performances. The direct shot from the stage became a hot search topic and sparked a lively discussion.

At the same time, almost every day during this period, people were posting songs. Some of them caused a lot of reactions and became hot spots, while others disappeared into the sea of ​​people without any splash. The coming and going made the recent music world extremely exciting.

The most noteworthy one is of course former Girls’ Generation member Jessica Jung who released her first solo album on the 17th. Originally, fans of both parties were at loggerheads due to the head-on collision between their comebacks at the same time and their previous feud. After Hwang Mi-young’s solo performance, After it almost came out, many people, including many who were watching and looking for fun, were extremely looking forward to how Jessica would respond in the future.

Huang Miying, who returned on the 11th, is the second solo member of Girls' Generation. She is also very popular because of the rivalry between one and her fans. She sold more than 50,000 in the first day, although it is far less than last year's one-person super group. Kim Taeyeon, but her sales performance is already very good among female solos. In terms of music, she ranks second. However, the melody is not popular and the genre is not very popular among passers-by. The power of the music generally declines quickly, and the reputation evaluation is somewhat polarized. , those who like it like it very much, and those who don't like it find it boring... Taken together, it can't be said to be outstanding, but it can still be considered qualified.

Jessica's release of the song on the 17th was a bit surprising. On the 16th, her company announced that all the 60,000 physical pre-sales prepared in advance had been sold out. On the 17th, her solo album "With Love, J" 》The sales volume on the first day actually reached more than 20,000. Including the 60,000 previously pre-sold, the sales of 80,000 directly surpassed Huang Meiying and countless female solos.

At the same time, the sound source performance of the title song "Fly" is also very good. Like Huang Meiying, it landed in second place and reached the top in two hours.

After quitting the group, she was silent for a while. It is a bit surprising that Jessica, who has not been active in the Korean music industry for a long time, had such good results in her first solo. Her fighting ability among some of her only fans really improved after she retired in 2014. It was honed in the group incident.

Although it is not a lot, Huang Meiying is still outnumbered in terms of data, and there seems to be some gap in the song evaluation. It seems that in this solo battle between the former members and the current members, President Zheng, who is already at the next level, has the last laugh. But fans of Girls’ Generation and Hwang Mi Young did not admit defeat.

Because the achievements of singers are not limited to these aspects, they also have something to say. Wuli Pani has already won the first place in "The Show" on the 17th, and the trophy of "Show Champion" on the 18th is expected to be in her bag. , so she is obviously much ahead of Jessica in terms of singing.

"The singer-songwriter is the one who can best reflect the overall performance of the returning singer. How can no one have the nerve to say that his comeback performance is good?" Many fans publicly shouted online.

The fact that Jessica was unable to sing on the peninsula due to some objective issues is not common sense to outsiders. Anyway, the SONES are in an invincible position when it comes to singing.

During this period of time, one of the major singing programs was monopolized by Twice's "Cheer Up", and EXO was eyeing the follow-up. However, these two groups did not go to the small channels this time, so Tiffany could only perform on the small channels. Getting one is even more trivial.

This dazzling collision made Ji Jingyuan who was watching the whole process full of excitement, and added a lot of memorable excitement to his boring life in recent days. Although he has a good relationship with SNSD, but with Jung Soo Yeon There is no contradiction. Except for a few members who have good relationships with Kim Taeyeon, his position is very neutral, so it doesn't matter who wins or loses.

While watching the excitement, he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw some data, because after Huang Meiying and Jessica Cheng debuted solo, in the past ten years, among all the female solo singers in Peninsula, in terms of single album sales, if you don't count duplicate singers, they ranked first. Kim Taeyeon’s, second IU’s, third and fourth are Jessica Jung and Hwang Mi-young. Three of the top four were once members of Girls’ Generation.

No matter how the split Son is torn apart, it should be said or not that Girls' Generation is truly worthy of being the TOP of the previous generation, and the fighting power of national popularity and fans is really not overshadowed.

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Also returning on the same day as Jessica was AOA, which caused quite a stir during this period.

After several years of hard work, AOA has become a popular first-line girl group. The fourth mini-album released this time by AOA seems to be very careful in every aspect. The agency has shown its ambition to take them further through this album. The two versions were shot in different styles. The cover and title song "Good Luck" are also of high quality, and all aspects including song selection, choreography, styling, and planning are all online.

It's a pity that the company's public relations and variety show team are holding back.

After the incident in early May, the management company FNC never responded. It was not until the incident intensified that the members came forward to apologize on the 12th, but it did not have a good effect. The negative response continued to spread until the album was released on the 17th. Still nothing has changed.

This was the first time that Chi Jingyuan saw an idol group not talking about the new album at a new song and album press conference, but crying and apologizing for what happened half a month ago.

Originally, Tuan Zong was just to warm up for his comeback, but it ended up digging a hole for himself.

The quality of AOA's album this time is really good, and the sound source is also very good despite the negative news. However, the annual increase in the past few years has stopped here. At the same time, the popularity of the album has declined across the board, and the road ahead should not be easy.

Chi Jingyuan felt a little sad after seeing the news.

Speaking of which, AOA debuted in the same year as EXO. We met many times backstage when they were new, and the members were very familiar with each other. Last year, their upward momentum was still obvious, but this time something suddenly happened.

After the second-generation girl groups gradually came to an end in 2014, in 2016, despite all kinds of coincidences and accidents, it seems that the generation of girl groups that debuted in 10-13 has reached a period of decline.

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"Agassi, are there any walnut snacks? It's the brand 'Ka..." Wait, let me take a look. "

Two girls who looked like high school students with schoolbags on their backs and beautiful braids walked into a convenience store. They didn't go to the shelves when they entered. Instead, they walked directly to the counter and looked at the girls in their clothes. The uniform clerk asked directly.

Halfway through, one of the girls seemed to have forgotten the brand of the thing she wanted to buy, and took out her mobile phone to check it out.

However, the clerk asked directly: "Is it 'kabi', Kabi's brand of walnut snacks?"

His tone was very familiar, and he sounded faintly tired, as if he had repeated this sentence many times.

"...Gui, this is it!"

Although the clerk said this, the girl still insisted on taking out her mobile phone. She looked at it carefully for fear of buying the wrong one. Then she nodded quickly, looked at the clerk and asked expectantly: "I will buy this brand. I want the honey butter flavor." Yes, is there any more?”

"No more." The clerk shook his head, his calm voice extinguishing the enthusiasm of the two girls.

"What about other flavors?" Another girl asked tentatively.

"No more."

"It's gone too?" The two girls responded dissatisfiedly, and looked at the clerk with some reproach: "This store is no longer available. I have gone to several stores... Why don't you buy some goods?"

The clerk waved his hand, sighed helplessly and pointed to the obviously empty shelf over there and said: "Three days ago, all the snacks of the brand 'Kabi' were sold out, and there are still many more these days. Like you, we also come here to buy these walnut kernels... We also have a headache and want to buy some for sale. Unfortunately, the manufacturer seems to have a sudden surge in orders these days and is out of stock. I heard that they are working overtime to produce, but they have to Been waiting for a few days."

"Alas" the two girls looked at each other, both looking a little disappointed.

"By the way, no one bought this brand of snacks before. Why are they so popular all of a sudden? Have you done any advertising?" It happened that there were no customers at this time and it was not very busy. The clerk looked at the two female students and suddenly became very interested. asked.

"There are no ads because Jingyuan Oppa ate a pack of 'Kabi' honey butter-flavored walnuts during the live broadcast and mentioned it casually, and then the next day the brand suddenly became popular."

As soon as the clerk asked this question, the girl's face immediately brightened up. Her eyes lit up and she started to explain to the clerk. She was talking onomatopoeia and imitating the explosion with gestures. It was very vivid and exaggerated. Performing: "Ellie in our class bought the same product right away, especially because it was so delicious... Unfortunately, we only bought two packs at that time, and we have finished them now."

"It's not an advertisement, you just ate a pack?" The clerk seemed a little unconvinced. He knew that 'Kirby' was just a very common snack brand. This style of walnut snacks had been out for a long time and had been sold before. Very average.

Recently, the popularity of this brand of snacks has skyrocketed. As a store clerk, he knows very well how good the sales are. A celebrity idol can sell like this just by eating a pack during a live broadcast? He didn't believe it.

"I just mentioned it casually, and it sold out immediately. How awesome is it?" The girl shook her braid proudly, and raised her head proudly: "I have been eating the same brand as Jingyuan Oppa recently. Bi' snacks have become a fashion, and not just among students, but also in many places... I also saw someone in the fan club breaking the news that many snack brands have approached SM and want oppa to give them As for the endorsement..."

Another girl also agreed: "If Jingyuan Oppa likes to eat, of course it sells well."

"I know Chi Jingyuan, he's the one from EXO, right?" After the girl tried her best to explain, the clerk reluctantly believed it and nodded softly while mumbling the name.

Even though he doesn’t pay much attention to Kpop, the store clerk has still heard of EXO and Ji Kyung Won, and even watched his dramas.

"Yes, Agassi, let me tell you, Oppa is not just an idol, he is also..."

"..."

A few minutes later, the two girls walked out of the convenience store with cheerful faces. Although they did not buy the same snacks as Oppa, they gave an uncle who was not star-chasing a good taste of their own Oppa to let him know. Given the meaning and weight of this name, they still feel a great sense of accomplishment.

The two of them carried their schoolbags and walked briskly towards the next supermarket.

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