boyutpedia Chapter 965 Configuration!
Chapter 965 Configuration!
Chapter 965 Configuration!
EXO's Yuan is going to have a solo?
Is Chi Jingyuan going to make a solo debut?
And... on February 2th?
After seeing this news, several fans who had just been excited and eagerly awaiting their idols’ return and hoping for even better performance were all stunned.
At first, he was briefly surprised and stunned by the news that such a top-level idol like Ji Jingyuan would make a solo debut in the near future. The next second, he reacted and carefully read the official announcement of SM company, and immediately started cursing.
"Are you kidding me? Three idol groups from the same company all returned within ten days? Even Yuan and NCT only had one day difference? What on earth was SM thinking? Do they like to beat up their own people? Or are they using a senior's solo to suppress their own newcomers?"
"Isn't this comeback schedule just a clear way of using our Dream Team as cannon fodder? Are you so worried that our NCT's treasure will surpass you? We're from the same company, is it necessary to be like this?"
"I went to see the official announcement of Yuansolo's album configuration, and then went back to look at the one released at noon. After looking at NCT Dream's configuration, I really laughed. Chi Jingyuan's mini album configuration is more luxurious than the regular album. There are four covers alone. The configuration of Dream Team's mini album that all fans have been looking forward to for so long is really not as good as a hair. I know that you EXO are popular, but you SM shouldn't be so biased. The royal family is worthy of being the royal family. It's really disgusting."
"It's over. It seems that our idol will also be returning next month. I was just thankful that there hasn't been any big trend recently, but I didn't expect to see this the next second... Ah Xi, could you tell us about Chi Jingyuan's solo in advance? We can't beat him but we can't avoid him!"
"Red Velvet's fans said that we don't want to compete with the younger generation, let alone the older generation. We just want everyone to return to Daebak, quietly take the five girls away and live happily ever after."
"I'm just a casual fan and I want to ask, why did I see so many fans sighing and thinking they were cannon fodder when this news came out, even though the song hasn't been released yet."
"Nonsense, that's Chi Jingyuan. When he released a nursery rhyme, those idiots would cry with joy and shout "artwork" like idiots, and then bring their own food to kill you day and night."
The comeback news of Red Velvet and NCT Dream did not cause much waves in the circle except for the excitement and anticipation of their own fans, but the final solo debut of Ji Kyung-won immediately made a difference.
EXO is the ceiling of today's boy bands. As the most popular member of EXO and also the first member to debut as a solo, the topic of Ji Kyung-won's solo debut has already generated explosive popularity that has attracted a lot of attention and amazement.
Moreover, Ji Jingyuan’s popularity is not limited to EXO or idols themselves. It also includes his acting career, his groundbreaking high-end spokesperson, his topicality, his national popularity, and so on.
Due to various factors, as soon as the news came out, it suddenly became the number one hot search without warning in a very short time, and instantly attracted the attention of countless fans and passers-by in the music industry.
Many fans of idols whose comeback times are close to or even collide with each other were immediately devastated and frantically complained online that SM Entertainment was unethical and used nuclear weapons to suppress others without any warning. They also quickly called on the management companies of their idols to change the time immediately and not be cannon fodder.
You have to know that idols put a lot of effort into an album, which is the result of a lot of resources and sweat. For some idols who are on the verge of death, each album may be their last, and the loss caused by an ineffective comeback is really huge.
Everyone worked together for a while, and the fans were even more anxious and angry than the agency.
However, some black fans and passers-by are not so optimistic, because they have seen this online sensation once last year. Although the popularity was not as high, the process and the rhetoric were basically the same.
...Last year, when EXO's first sub-unit was about to debut, it seemed like the same situation, which shook Kpop in various ways, and there were calls to change the comeback date to avoid it.
But everyone knows what happened later... CBX was beaten head-on by Twice and had no face at all, which made those people who were just there to have fun and haters have a good time watching the fun.
With CBX’s excellent performance, it’s hard not to associate Chi Jingyuan’s solo debut with them, and many people left sarcastic comments online.
But now, fans of Aili, especially Chi Jingyuan, are too lazy to pay attention to those haters who jump out and make weird noises every day and dive and play dead when the wind goes against them. At this time, they are all immersed in the excitement of finally waiting for their idol to make a solo debut.
"I've finally been waiting for it! I heard the news last year, and Yuan himself mentioned it during a live broadcast, but then there was no news or materials for a long time, and I thought something went wrong."
"Ahhhhhh, so excited! This is the best news I heard today, Oppa is finally going solo! I've waited so long."
"Fortunately, I hesitated for a long time last week and didn't buy that GUCCI handbag. Now I feel more confident after reading the news."
"Tsk tsk, it's just a piece of teaser news and it went viral online... I've said before that EXO not going solo is the greatest kindness to K-pop... Unfortunately, that kindness has ended now."
"On February 2, the male Yong-il shattered Kpop!"
The Peninsula's Lovers immediately fell into a carnival. Even though they only released an album configuration and debut time, song style, and title song trailer, they still hadn't announced anything yet. But it didn't stop them from celebrating Chi Jingyuan's title as the No. 1 male star...
But in fact, compared with the local Aili fans on the peninsula, Yuanqi fans overseas, especially in the mainland, are more excited.
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"Oh, it's boring."
In Jiangcheng, an inland city, seventeen-year-old Li Huiru lazily lay on the sofa in the living room, listening to her parents and relatives chatting loudly, and browsing the latest entertainment news on her mobile phone. After reading for a while, she felt very bored.
She is an EXO or Ji Kyung-won fan, a standard Kpop fan. She usually only pays attention to Kpop news. As for domestic entertainment, apart from some gossip and scandals, she doesn't find anything else interesting.
It was the Spring Festival holiday recently, and after visiting relatives, I had nothing to do at home.
She was casually browsing the news when the phone in her hand suddenly vibrated continuously. The banner page at the top of the phone kept popping up group chat messages that she had set up as reminders. It popped up more than ten times in a short period of time. She was stunned by the excitement and clicked on it.
She was curious about what other people in the group were talking about. After taking a quick look at the content, her pupils suddenly shrank the next second.
“@Everyone, Yuan’s solo has been announced!!!!”
“@Everyone, Yuan’s solo has been announced!!!!”
"@Everyone, go and see."
"What was announced? A solo debut?"
“Where to look!”
"@大家Yuan Bar has already reposted it (with link attached), go directly there, SM has specially prepared a Chinese page."
"Ahhh, go check it out, Yuan's album configuration, it really made me cry."
After a few @ everyones, the already active group members and those who had been lurking all jumped out, and the group chat messages kept scrolling at a very fast speed. Just when I wanted to see what was being said, it was already pushed up.
But Li Huiru already knew the reason why these fellow Yuanqi fans were excited.
I have been looking forward to it for a long time, my idol Chi Jingyuan is going to make his solo debut soon!
"what!"
After she realized what was happening, Li Huiru couldn't hold back her excitement and couldn't help but scream in excitement. Without waiting for her mother's scolding, she jumped up from the sofa, rushed into her room and closed the door.
Oppa is going to solo~ Oppa is going to solo~
I lay down on the bed repeating this sentence in my mind, and immediately clicked on the link sent in the group and entered the Weibo page directly.
This is the official account of Baidu Chi Jingyuan Bar on Weibo. The latest blog post is a reprint of SM's announcement, confirming the news and time of Chi Jingyuan's upcoming solo debut. The poster is obviously very excited and added three rows of big red exclamation marks at the end to show his excitement.
This Weibo post was only posted less than three minutes ago, but there are already thousands of comments below, and the number is still growing.
Li Huiru didn't have time to read the comments and directly clicked on the link attached at the back.
This is an official page of SM company. There are several cover pictures on it, which introduces the version and configuration of Chi Jingyuan's album. It is obviously translated into Chinese for the consideration of mainland fans, which is very thoughtful.
Li Huiru immediately started browsing carefully and was slightly stunned when she saw the album title at the top.
In the Mood for Love
There are two major versions based on language, Chinese version and Korean version, and the album titles of both versions are both called "In the Mood for Love".
Looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar bold black traditional Chinese characters printed on the album covers, Li Huiru began to tremble for some reason.
There is another eye-catching highlight of the two language versions. The two different album versions, Korean and Chinese, each include a version-limited song. SM also specifically noted that the limited song in the Chinese version was arranged and written by Chi Jingyuan himself.
In addition, the two language versions each have four covers, namely "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter", which to some extent corresponds to the name of the album, using the changing seasons of a year to echo the memories and passing of youth.
Depending on the season, the colors of the four covers are light green, gold, orange and white, which cleverly correspond to the characteristics of each season.
The preview cover does not have a photo of Chi Jingyuan, but rather a simple background drawn with black lines, some of which are plants, some are trees, or wooden chairs, roads, etc. Above the scenery, a half-body silhouette of Chi Jingyuan is outlined with light gold lines, and the album logo is engraved in traditional Chinese characters on the side.
The silhouettes of the four covers are different. Li Huiru was pleasantly surprised to notice that if the composition of these lines is viewed together, it can form the four letters 'YUA N'.
A few simple lines reveal a full sense of design. This sense of refinement and little easter eggs look much more fashionable and attractive than a few letters or a photo.
Even if it wasn't Chi Jingyuan's album, she would still feel brightened when she saw the cover and would probably be interested, not to mention it was from her idol... She fell in love with it after just two glances.
Then when she saw the different versions of the cover configurations, she almost screamed.
Each cover of "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter" is not just a different cover. The popular songs that Chi Jingyuan has participated in or performed in concerts over the years, including "YOU=I", "Rooftop", "Answer" and other four songs, have all been re-recorded in the studio version and included in the four albums. Each album will have a unique and exclusive only CD song that cannot be heard in other covers.
Although there are four covers, they are actually four versions of the album.
Then there are the album configurations, such as photo albums, lyric books, CDs, stickers, small cards, postcards, etc. All the things that a Kpop album should have are included. SM, which has always been stingy with the configuration of artists' albums, was surprisingly generous this time, and almost everything was taken into consideration and fully included.
It contains 6 songs, 4 re-recorded CD-only songs, and 2 language-limited songs. Although it is called a mini album, Ji Jingyuan's debut album actually contains a total of 12 songs, which is more than the songs in most regular albums.
Add to that the dual languages, the four covers, the cover design that looks very colorful at first glance, and all kinds of extremely luxurious configurations...
It’s no wonder that after the album configuration was revealed, fans of Red Velvet, especially NCT, all became jealous and started cursing.
People from the same company have very different treatments... Not to mention NCT, even CBX would be jealous.
At the end of the webpage, the final price is marked in bold Chinese: 99R, and a big "February 2th".
Li Huiru browsed through it carefully from beginning to end, especially the designs of the four covers and the configurations of the albums. The more she looked at it, the more excited she became.
The solo of her idol, whom she had been waiting for for a long time, finally got news, and she was very satisfied with every aspect of it. She was even a little over satisfied. The configuration and version were completely beyond her expectations. She was surprised and delighted.
Especially when I saw that the Chinese version of the album had a limited edition Chinese song composed and written by Chi Jingyuan himself, I couldn't help but feel moved, and felt that "my support was not in vain" and was happy to get feedback from my idol.
She also participated in the vote on Weibo, Yuan Bar and other fan gathering places for "I hope Yuan will have a Chinese solo song", and of course she chose "I hope there will be one".
But I just clicked it casually at that time. I didn’t have any hope in my heart. I didn’t even know whether SM or Chi Jingyuan could see this vote.
And to be honest, even when the mainland market is closed, they were able to release a Chinese version of the album and write the lyrics for the title song in Chinese, which is very thoughtful... In the entire Kpop world, only EXO will take the trouble to release a Chinese version of the album when they make a comeback.
Even EXO seemed to be giving up, and that was not the case when CBX debuted last year.
That’s not right…there’s also Yoona.
Therefore, Li Huiru and many fans who voted did not hold out any hope at all. Later, there was no new news, so they gradually forgot about it, thinking it was just a fun game and did not take it seriously.
I didn’t expect that when the news of Chi Jingyuan’s solo was suddenly officially revealed, I saw the newly added Chinese limited song that was not there at that time.
At this moment, she really felt like crying.
At this time, various chat banners continued to pop up above her phone, and all the fans in the group were excited and discussing enthusiastically.
"Ahhhh, there actually is a Chinese version of a Chinese song. Oppa really heard our voices. I'm so happy!!"
"Isn't this too powerful? Four covers are more than any other big band, and I counted a total of 12 songs, which is beyond the configuration of a regular album. I can only say that Yuan is worthy of being Yuan. SM is clear-headed and knows who the real cash cow is."
"To be honest, SM has gradually given up on the domestic market. Even CBX's debut album doesn't have a Chinese album. It's really not easy for Yuan's album to have a dedicated Chinese version, and all the configurations are exactly the same as the Korean version. I feel like crying."
"I heard that SM was originally unwilling to release the Chinese version, but it was Oppa who strongly requested it and even threatened to quit the company."
"I have already ordered all eight copies of the four Chinese and Korean covers, and I am waiting for February 2th... But what I am most looking forward to now is the Chinese-only songs. I really want to hear what kind of songs Yuan personally arranges and writes the lyrics for."
After browsing the messages in the group, Li Huiru also joined in the fun and expressed her enthusiasm. Resisting the enthusiasm and impulse in her heart, she directly opened her online banking, looked at the accumulated balance, nodded with satisfaction and said to herself:
“Finally I can spend it!”
After checking the balance, she logged into the star-chasing APP she used every day... She has accumulated more than just this much. In addition to the money she saved, she also participates in many fan circle activities for a long time.
Chi Jingyuan's fans in mainland China are very loyal and well organized, and with the support of several well-known big fans and wealthy female fans, he is very active. There are often activities in several communities and apps where fans gather.
And she has been actively participating, and recently has been insisting on a paid sign-in activity.
This activity is very simple. You just need to check in on the APP every day… However, this check-in is not free. You need to pay 6R, and the money from these check-ins will be accumulated. After Chi Jingyuan’s solo, the official will come forward and buy all the albums without shipping them back.
This activity started when the news of Chi Jingyuan's solo first came out last year, and Li Huiru also participated at that time.
She looked at the display showing 301 consecutive days of check-in and nodded proudly.
It’s been almost a year, and the sign-in fees alone have been close to 2000 yuan.
Plus, the Spring Festival was just two days ago, and I haven’t had time to spend the New Year’s money my family gave me…
Li Huiru stroked her chin, wondering how many versions and how many copies of each she should buy to make herself satisfied... But if Yuan were to go solo, he would definitely release peripheral products or photo albums, so should she save some for purchase?
By the way, there will definitely be meet-and-greets and autograph sessions... Or, should we give this a try?
…EXO, which debuted as a Sino-Korean boy band and has been active in the mainland for several years, especially Ji Kyung-won, has a large number of fans in the mainland, and the level of fan support is unimaginable for many other Kpop groups.
And it must be said that SM chose a very good time for debut. Many of Chi Jingyuan's fans in mainland China are girls in their teens and twenties, and the days of giving out New Year's money happen to be the time when these girls' wallets are the most flush.
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Soon, three days passed by, and a meeting was held in the conference room on the sixth floor of the SM building with a lively atmosphere.
Chi Jingyuan sat in his seat, spinning his pen, looking at the record department not far away and asked:
“How many pre-sale sales are there?”