HPDBC Chapter 979 Avoid
Chapter 979 Avoid
Chapter 979 Avoid
In fact, many EXO fans, and even fans of other members, don’t like CBX, because CBX’s performance is not good, especially the record of losing head-on to the new girl group Twice, which made many fans feel deeply ashamed and feel they can’t hold their heads up.
In fact, a considerable number of fans in each group are fans of celebrities. These fans actually admire the strong. They only like to follow idols with good performance and high popularity. They enjoy the pleasure of quarreling with each other online and are intoxicated with the pride and sense of accomplishment brought by this wonderful logic of "the idol I like > the idol you like so I > you".
But once the idols don’t perform well, this feeling disappears instantly. Those idols can no longer bring them emotional value, so they naturally stop being fans or even turn against them.
CBX is the most typical example.
Since CBX debuted last year, the ARI group has been occasionally stepping on the three members of CBX, but they haven't been so direct, and fans of Bian Baekhyun and others have just put up with it.
But this time, Yuan fans mocked CBX so directly and harshly that the equation "One Yuan = 6 Baekhyun - 60chen" came out. Fans of Baekhyun and others certainly couldn't stand it and immediately fought back online.
"CBX is obviously here to explore new markets. What else can they do if the company doesn't provide them with resources?"
"Sales volume is just a matter of the company's inflated numbers, right? Did Yuan fans inflate the numbers into their own heads? Do you believe the three million sales? How big is the mainland market? How much sales does EXO have? Yuan's albums are being bought by penguins in Antarctica, right?"
Some CBX fans felt that Chi Jingyuan's solo performance was too good to be criticized, so they immediately started to think and began to fight back from other directions:
"Who doesn't know that Yuan is the royal family of the team and all resources are prioritized to him? In the variety shows, Lee Soo Man looks at him like his own son."
"No, he's his biological father. Look at the configuration of this solo album. Lee Soo Man really treats him as his biological father... Our Baekhyun relies purely on his own efforts. He doesn't take advantage of this kind of thing, nor does he ask for help from others."
"Didn't it get revealed before that Ji Kyung Won smokes? It was just suppressed by SM. It's so funny. Don't fans brag about their singing skills and professionalism every day? Would a dedicated singer smoke and damage his voice?... Our Baekhyun never smokes. This is what a singer who wants to be a singer for a long time should look like."
"Every day people say that Yuan is from the royal family, and the rumors are more outrageous than the last, but there has never been any real evidence... I only see that his resources are better than anyone else's. EXO's team spirit is being destroyed by people like this."
"In the entire fan circle, no matter which fan group they belong to, it is obvious that the most hated ones are the Royal Family. Why is it that in Yuan's case, the Royal Family has become a compliment? Can Yuan fans still flatter the Royal Family every day?"
"Who knows whether his royal family is real or fake, and who knows where his resources come from."
"I heard that it was an insider of SM who broke the news. They said that Yuan is not a royal family at all. When he joined the company, he hooked up with a major shareholder of the company. Her surname is Jin, and she is a woman. All his resources over the years were provided to him by this female director... Didn't someone break the news online last year, saying that he saw Chi Jingyuan and a woman in her thirties or forties behaving very intimately at Milan Fashion Week? But the post was deleted very quickly... Think about it yourself."
Although they have been successful in all external conquests and have never lost, looking across the entire Kpop fan circle, the one who is the most serious in internal quarrels is actually EXO's Aery.
However, fans of Xiumin and Chen had no resistance in front of the huge number of source fans and were easily defeated. However, the fighting power of Baekhyun's fans was amazing. Although their numbers were far less, they were experienced in fighting and could easily come up with all kinds of rumors.
After they found out that their actual results were not good enough to compete with him, they suddenly had an idea and changed the subject, focusing their attention on Chi Jingyuan's "royal" identity, questioning his real background.
But honestly speaking, most fans don't really care about this. The 'royal family' in the fan circle usually refers to 'members of the group who have much more resources than their teammates but are never popular and are hated by others'.
The key point is 'not being able to become popular' rather than 'having abundant resources'.
But for Chi Jingyuan, "royal family" is no longer a derogatory term. His popularity even gilds the term, making it a commendatory term.
It was not until some vicious CBX fans started fabricating dirty information about Chi Jingyuan, saying that he was a fake royal but was actually being kept by someone else, that it aroused the wrath of Yuan's fans, and the two sides started to tear each other apart on the Internet.
In fact, as soon as Ji Jingyuan's first-day data and first stage performance came out, many black fans saw that the wind was not blowing and either climbed the wall or hid and pretended to be dead. There were also some die-hards who stuck their necks out and wanted to blacken him against the wind, but before they could make any effort, EXO's fans actually started fighting among themselves.
The bloodiness and intensity of the film made these anti-fans secretly smack their lips in amazement.
This is like meeting enemies with bayonets... So you were holding back when you quarreled with us before?
It turns out that we are usually just being teased by you?
For a moment, these black fans didn’t know whether they were happy or sad.
Just as the debate on the internet began to focus on "Is Chi Jingyuan a real royal family member?" and "Why does he have such good resources?", and people were making all kinds of speculations and listing evidence for this, the second episode of his personal variety show was aired as scheduled.
"Stop arguing. We are all in the same group and we are all in the same love group. What is there to argue about? Yuan's personal variety show has been updated. Go watch it."
Amidst the quarrel, a fan's earnest appeal attracted some people's attention, and they left comments and asked questions.
"Has it been updated? I haven't watched it yet... Is it good?"
"This episode is interesting, but there's nothing special about it. It's still about the preparations for the album, and the choreography scenes of Yuan and the team."
"Oh, I'll go watch it later."
"But according to the preview, it seems that they will be going overseas to shoot a music video next time. Judging from the preview, it should be quite exciting."
"overseas?"
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When the online music fan circles were buzzing with excitement, after the first day's audio was released and the first stage was unveiled, Ji Kyung-won's solo album officially showed its lineup. With extremely high popularity and the mutual achievement of brainwashing and pleasant melodies, the entire album, especially the title song "LOVE SCENARIO", also inadvertently spread to the streets and alleys of Seoul and even the whole of South Korea.
As an employee of a medium-sized company, Han Junlai, who is already in his thirties, leads a very busy but regular life every day. Although he is still single, he has established his own foothold and stable life in Seoul through hard work.
He usually spends most of his time making money to support his family. In his spare time, he mostly watches movies, TV series and the like for entertainment. As for singers, he prefers the most famous lyrical singers.
He doesn't pay attention to the stars and idols that young people like. He thinks the songs of those idols are too noisy. Some cute girl groups are okay, but those boy groups are really unbearable. Their colorful hair and clothes are disgusting to look at.
There seems to be a clear dividing line between middle-aged people of his age and the profession of idol. Although he can hear their songs from time to time, he just thinks they are noise and has no desire to understand them at all.
But today seems a little different.
At noon, Han Junlai was eating in the restaurant downstairs of the company. Halfway through his meal, he choked a little bit because he was eating too fast. He put down his chopsticks to drink some soup. After putting down the bowl, he suddenly came to his senses and heard a familiar melody in his ears:
"We once loved each other, and we met."
"It has become an unforgettable memory..."
The clear voice lingered throughout the entire restaurant lobby, and the pleasant melody made the originally restless lobby seem a little lighter.
Han Junlai didn't think it sounded that good, although it was indeed quite pleasant to listen to.
The reason why he was a little cautious was...
This song seems not to be the first time I have heard it today.
When I was going to work in the morning, I passed by a clothing store on the same street as my company and it seemed that the song was playing... Also, after finishing my morning work, when I passed by a few female colleagues who were chatting together, they seemed to be playing this song on their phones...
Is this a new song by some singer?
Sounds good.
Han Junlai thought casually in his mind, but did not pay too much attention to it. He continued to eat with his head down, letting the familiar song echo beside him.
It was just a small incident, like a passing cloud, and he thought he had completely forgotten it...
Just after get off work in the evening, when Han Junlai was driving past the bustling streets of Jiangnan District, the familiar music came faintly into his ears, and it sounded so clear even in the noisy night market with heavy traffic.
“We created a loooooove scenario~~”
The car was driving very slowly, and he couldn't help but be distracted after hearing the music. He looked towards the source of the music, but just as he was about to look for it, he discovered that the song seemed to be coming from all directions, and he couldn't find a specific direction.
He calmed down and listened for a few seconds, then took a closer look and discovered that the source of the song was actually several shops on both sides of the road. Gift shops, audio-visual stores, milk tea shops, and clothing stores were all playing this song. He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but when he passed by, they all played this song. Although the progress was different, he could tell that they were all sung by the same person.
This made Han Junlai smack his lips and aroused some interest.
This song is really popular, why is it being played everywhere?
Although he didn't intend to understand it, the traffic ahead was so congested that he could only watch and listen. He drove in this not-so-long but very congested lane for more than ten minutes, and listened to the song over and over again four or five times. Although the beginning and the end were not complete, the melody was so addictive that he even felt...
"loooooove scenario~"
When the car finally drove out of the street, a few seconds later, the music of Heng Changsheng sounded in the car with a bit of a stutter.
But it would have ended there. Even though he could sing a line or two, Han Junlai had no intention of actively looking for the source of the music. After returning home, he cooked, ate, and played games as usual.
Until he ran out of cigarettes, he put on his clothes and went to the convenience store downstairs to buy cigarettes. As soon as he walked into the store, the brainwash melody appeared in his ears again.
"That's enough. I loved you."
This convenience store is actually playing this song...
Ah Xi, do these stores get paid for playing this song?
He had no idea how many times he had heard the same song in different places in one day. Even though he thought it was pretty good, Han Junlai couldn't help but curse in his heart.
After waiting in line for two minutes and listening to most of the song, when it was finally his turn to pay, Han Junlai couldn't help but ask the cashier curiously:
"What song is this?"
"what?"
The cashier was a young boy in his twenties. After hearing the question, he paused for a moment and glanced at Han Jun. He seemed a little surprised that a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties would be interested in this song.
But he quickly scanned the barcode skillfully, smiled and quickly replied: "'LOVE SCENARIO', the title song of Yuan's solo album, was released yesterday."
After saying that, he glanced at Han Junlai and added, "This song is really popular."
"Um……"
Han Junlai hummed, confirming what the young man said, "Yuan? Is that Chi Jingyuan?"
"Yes, that's him."
The conversation ended simply and quickly, but when Han Junlai walked out of the convenience store with a cigarette and the melody gradually disappeared, he couldn't help but slow down and look back.
As I turned to leave, I was thinking to myself
""LOVE SCENARIO"......"
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"We once loved each other, and we met."
"It has become an unforgettable memory..."
The grand streets are lit up at night, and the literary roads and shops are bustling with people. However, if you pay attention, you will find that you seem to hear the same song every time you walk for a while.
Some of these songs were played from the speakers of the shops on both sides, while others were sung by artists or even street singers on the street.
This is also the characteristic of this street. Many trainees and art students who have not debuted yet, and even 18th-tier artists who have little popularity and activities after their debut, will regard this place as a stage to showcase themselves. While honing their stage presence and courage, they also hope to become an overnight sensation and repeat the retrograde myth of Hani and EXID.
There are singers of all styles performing on the streets, and the songs they sing are also different, which together make up the wonderful streets of Hongdae.
But today, something seems to have changed a little bit. Several trainees and artists who came here for the roadshow all chose the same song.
Chi Jingyuan just released "LOVE SCENARIO" two days ago
Not only these trainees, but even some singers dressed in wandering styles or hip-hop styles were standing on the roadside, performing this song which did not quite suit their style.
However, as if to distinguish themselves from those tacky trainees, some self-important street singers even made some adaptations to the song themselves, injecting their own experiences, knowledge and musical art into it, in an effort to show their talents.
At this time, an underground hip-hop singer dressed in hip-hop clothes was showing off while singing his own adaptation of "Loved".
It attracted many people to stop and watch, but the reviews did not seem to be as good as he imagined.
“It’s really awful singing.
In the crowd, a pretty girl whispered to her friend next to her with a look of disdain. She impatiently pulled her friend away and commented unhappily, "The reason why the song "Loved" is so popular now is not only because the song is really good, but also because Chi Jingyuan is handsome and has a clear, pleasant voice with a youthful feel, which is also a very important factor, okay?"
"Look at what he changed. He even lowered his voice to sound deep. Such a nice song sounds like shit when he sings it like this... and he still thinks he's so cool."
"No, I need to go wash my eyes..." As she said that, she looked around and saw a store with a Chi Jingyuan advertising banner hanging on the door. Her eyes lit up and she quickly walked over with her friend.
It's very lively here, and the other corner of the street is no less lively.
"We once loved each other, and we met."
“It will become an unforgettable memory.”
In an alley not far away, a heart was formed by lighted candles on the road. A short boy was standing in the middle of it, playing the guitar and singing, while looking affectionately at a girl two meters away.
Nearby, three or four close friends were watching, quietly creating atmosphere, as they watched the boy confess his love to the girl he loved most.
The heroine seemed a little surprised by this scene. She stared blankly at the man who was singing passionately in front of her for a while, and tears gently slid down from the corners of her eyes.
At the end of the song, she cried and laughed at the same time, and angrily scolded: "Idiot, this is a song about breaking up and ex-girlfriends. Are you singing this song to express your love?"
"Hehe...it's because you like Yuan and you like this song."
The boy put down his guitar and saw the crying girl and said seriously: "Besides, didn't we watch that variety show together? I think Yuan is right. This is really a song that makes people want to fall in love. I like it too."
"That's because he sang it, so it makes people want to fall in love." The girl snorted and wiped her tears.
"Although I'm not as rich as him, nor as handsome as him..."
The boy sincerely expressed his inner feelings, but before he could finish his words, the girl stepped forward and blocked his words: "Of course you are not as handsome as Yuan, how dare you compare yourself with him..."
"But..." She looked at him with a smile in her eyes: "You are also very handsome."
After saying that, she took the initiative to hug him, and her confession was successful. The two of them hugged each other, and the boy hugged his lover excitedly. While he was extremely excited, he also felt that the effect of the song "Loved" was completely beyond his expectations.
Seeing this, the friends and family members who were watching nearby all clapped and cheered excitedly. Soon, the alley was filled with a chorus of laughter and pleasant singing:
"We created a loooooove scenario~"
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"I also think that the previous class song was not good. Let's sing "LOVE SCENARIO" from now on. Let Teacher Jin teach us to sing it in the next class."
"I vote for LOVE SCENARIO!"
In the second grade class C of Jiulao District Primary School, a group of lively primary school students are re-voting for their class song under the guidance of their teacher.
The so-called class song is the song that is sung most frequently when there are organized activities to liven up the atmosphere, or even when we are responsible for starting the song before class.
"I also like LOVE SCENARIO. Yuan Oppa is the most handsome idol. No one can compare to him!"
A plump little girl with two ponytails raised her hands high, firmly expressing her loyalty and love for Chi Jingyuan.
"If Xiuhui likes it, then I like it too!" Seeing this, a little boy next to them immediately cast his vote.
"It has to be LOVE SCENARIO. It's the most popular song right now. My mom and dad can sing it."
"We'll sing this song in the next school play! People from other classes will be so jealous of us!"
"Sarahenagar, house gamana~"
Children are lively. Some of those who can sing could not help but start singing to show off, as if knowing this song would make them look at it more by the pretty female classmates, and it was something to be proud of.
The teacher smiled as she watched the elementary school students below making a fuss, and finally clapped her hands for silence, and then readily decided that the class song for their Class C from now on would be "LOVE SCENARIO".
They also sang this song in a chorus at a school performance some time later.
When the get out of class was over, a fat boy from Class C met a friend from Class B in the corridor. The two went to the toilet together. As they were chatting, he couldn't help but tell him what had just happened in a boastful tone:
"Let me tell you, our class song has been changed to 'LOVE SCENARIO'. You know 'Loved', it's sung by the most popular star Yuan, it's the most popular song right now, hehe..."
"Humph."
Unexpectedly, the students in Class B snorted in disdain when they heard this, and raised their heads and said loudly, "You are late. We have already made "Loved" our class song in the morning. Teacher Li will teach us to sing it in the music class later."
"what?"
The chubby boy was dumbfounded when he heard this. He originally wanted to show off in front of his friends, but he didn’t expect that Class B was even earlier than them?
He felt embarrassed, and suddenly he was furious, as if something he loved very much was taken away from him. He hesitated for a moment and immediately raised his head in anger: "No, "Loved" is our class song, you can't take it away, you can change it to another one."
"It was obviously us who did it first, so if anyone needs to change, it should be you." The little friend did not show any weakness in the face of his unreasonableness.
“‘Loved’ is our song!”
"Pah, they're from our Class B."
"It's from our Class C."
The two small teams that were originally able to go to the toilet together immediately collapsed. The two people were fighting with each other and even had a sense of class honor. They squeezed their heads together, and it seemed that whoever sang the loudest song "Loved" would belong to that class.
Just as the two people were getting angry, suddenly a neat and familiar singing came from somewhere.
"We once loved each other, and our encounter..."
The two were stunned and looked towards the source of the sound blankly.
That is... the direction of Class A.
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In just two or three days, the popularity of "LOVE SCENARIO" continued to rise, dominating the top of all mainstream music charts, and there was a clear gap between the overall data and the second place.
What is even more shocking is the terrifying ubiquitous popularity of the song. In a short period of time, the song spread like a plague throughout Seoul and even the peninsula. The streets and alleys seemed to be echoing with Ji Jingyuan's singing, and countless passers-by and citizens had learned to sing it unconsciously after listening to it many times... Some even didn't know that the song was sung by Ji Jingyuan.
The public's reaction is enough to prove how popular Chi Jingyuan's solo is, and the industry's reaction is even faster and more real...
After all, no matter how popular it is outside, it is just passers-by watching the fun. The brokerage companies in the circle are the ones who react the fastest and can best reflect the real situation... because this is related to their income and their jobs.
Gfriend's agency, which had two hits last year and competed with Twice for the top spot in the new generation girl group, issued a statement saying that due to some problems encountered in the MV shooting, the return of "Gfriend", which was originally scheduled to return at the end of February, has been postponed to March, and the specific date will be announced later.
The agency of the girl group Lovelyz, which had already leaked the news and conducted some preheating, also announced that the regular album originally scheduled to be released on February 2 will be postponed to March 26. It is said that the reason is that there were some minor problems in the recording of the record.
Last October, it was announced that Girl's Day would be reuniting to return to the music scene before the end of the year, but their return has been postponed to 10. Until last month, their agency made a public statement saying that work on the album was progressing steadily, and stated with certainty that they would be returning together in February at the latest, so fans can rest assured.
But this time the agency once again issued a statement, swallowing back the previous words "February at the latest", saying that in order to make the album complete, the date of the reunion return will be postponed, and the specific time will be discussed later, depending on the preparations for the album (depending on the popularity of "Loved").
The winter special album of the slightly popular boy band ASTRO was originally scheduled to be released at the end of February, but was postponed to early March.
The agency Starship announced that its girl group Cosmic Girls will release a single this weekend, ending their comeback promotions.
AOA announced the end of the music promotion...
For a time, thousands of people avoided "Love".
(End of this chapter)