Peninsula Asteroid

In a Korean restaurant called ‘two’ on the west side of the JYP building near Seonling Road, four or five trainees from Neon were eating lunch around a table.

The main specialty of this store is Korean-style bibimbap, which is quite famous in the neighborhood because of its good taste and affordable price. Some trainees from surrounding entertainment companies like to come here to have a taste from time to time.

The group of people were all eating with spoons. They were really hungry since morning, but there were two exceptions.

One is Momo Hirai, who is still on a diet to manage her figure. She didn't even order a meal, but just ordered a glass of water and sat there biting a straw to join in the fun.

Next to her, Nai Minami took a few bites, then put her spoon down and took out her phone. She seemed to have no appetite.

"Momo-chan..." Minami Nai, who had been scrolling on her phone for a while, raised her head and blinked at Momo Hirai, who was looking at her: "Can you lend me the wifi?"

"Hey, okay." Hirai Momo, who was suppressing hunger and drinking water, puffed out her cheeks, paused for a moment, and nodded.

After a few operations to connect her to wifi, Najing Nan lowered his head and fiddled with his phone again.

"Is EXO's MV out yet?" Saka Minatozaki, who was sitting next to her, gave her a big mouthful of bibimbap and said with a glossy mouth while chewing.

She knew what Najing Nan was doing without asking.

"No, there are still a few minutes." Najingnan shook his head gently.

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”

"780,000."

"How much?" She felt that she had heard wrongly, and her mouth opened slightly in disbelief.

"780,000, I just saw the announcement not long ago." Najing Nan pursed his lips as he looked up at her.

"This... is a bit too much, isn't it? How much did 2PM's seniors sell for their last comeback album?"

"have no idea."

"Qi~~Mina, you said you were a fan of 2PM..." Minazaki Saka glanced at her, and when she became curious, she simply took out her phone to check, and after ten seconds she smacked her lips: "No. To 120,000..."

She chewed on the two sales figures and felt that the two seemed to be completely different idols.

It’s just that 2pm was obviously a very popular boy band in the peninsula before.

After eating a few more mouthfuls of food, she saw Nai Minami and Hirai Momo coming together next to her. Her eyes lit up and she also moved over: "Is it public?"

Seeing the two people nodding, she smiled and was about to go over and watch them together, and opened her mouth to ask for a pair of headphones, but when she looked up, she saw that Najing Minami's pair of headphones had been divided up by the two of them. Moreover, both of them were staring at the screen, not looking at her at all.

Feeling like he was abandoned, he wrinkled his nose and glanced at them. He hummed and took out his mobile phone, connected it to his headphones and opened the web page.

At the beginning of the MV, after a low sound, a melody composed of electronic music and drum beats sounded. In a huge hexagonal maze, EXO members appeared one after another. If they couldn't find a way out of the maze, they had to sit quietly in the wall and struggle. , searching, wandering, but can't find the direction.

The first scene gives people a slightly heart-wrenching feeling, and the production and quality clearly exceed the level of ordinary MVs.

"What does this maze mean?"

Minazaki Saka raised her head and asked. Unlike Nai Minami and the other two, she paid close attention to EXO. She only read the news about a series of concepts and promotional photos released by SM before.

"The concept of the title song this time is to describe people's inability to extricate themselves from being addicted to feelings, just like walking into a maze."

Najing Nan finally heard her words and turned his head to explain.

"Aw..." Minazaki Saka nodded with understanding.

"It's started." With a reminder, Najing Nan quickly turned around and looked down at the phone.

"come in!"

The electronically synthesized vocals officially kick off the MV, seeming to invite you into this maze.

"papapapa..."

As soon as the scene turned, Jin Junmian pointed at the camera to make the opening, accompanied by a somewhat weird but very rhythmic and extremely neat continuous clapping sound, the camera zoomed out, and the white background wall was covered with black mosquito repellent incense fan patterns.

The image that catches the eye is that the four members are standing together. Chanyeol and Kai are standing on both sides, each supporting one of Kim Junmyeon's legs to lift him up, while Do Kyungsoo is lying on his back directly below. The four of them are here. Shi still kept clapping his hands quickly.

The gap between them just forms a regular hexagon, which perfectly agrees with the maze concept of the title song. Just the opening scene makes everyone who understands it feel bright.

The camera passed through this hexagon. After Wu Shixun performed a brief solo dance, with a wave of his hand, the camera seemed to be pushed to the front of Chi Jingyuan.

"With everything I had, there's no going back now."

"This is clearly dangerous poisoning."

"So bad no one can stop her."

Chi Jingyuan hooked his hand at the camera and sang the first lyrics with sharp and cold eyes.

The soft voice is a little dull and a little hoarse, which immediately leads people into a musical maze with no way out.

At this time, his upper body was lined with dark red short sleeves, a large maze logo pattern was on his chest, and he was wearing a black slim jacket, while his lower body was a wide range of black and red trousers with contrasting colors. Brown leather boots with dark markings.

The pitch-black hair reveals a deep dark red faintly in the not-so-bright light. With the admiral's bangs lifted up, the somewhat messy wolf-running style that exposes his forehead, especially his slightly sharp eyes and There is a big difference in the usual image, as soon as the whole person appears on the scene, he firmly catches the eyeballs,

Everyone in "overdose" has two sets of clothes. At the beginning, everyone is wearing this set of retro style with contrasting colors and splicing. Among them, the red and black Chi Jingyuan is the most eye-catching inside.

"Fatal, intoxicated in that trance."

"Oh she wants me."

"Oh she's got me."

"Oh, she hurt me!"

“Love the cravings that get heavier and heavier!”

The drum beat suddenly accelerated, and the rhythm changed. The six members stood in a row, jumped up in place, and shook their shoulders to make a rope skipping movement. This slightly abrupt movement appeared here but it was very distinctive. With the last sentence part and skipping rope, Chi Jingyuan jumped up and took a step up to the camera.

All six members of Team K raised their heads and half turned to face the back, with their right hands raised in front of their foreheads, creating an aura of ready-to-go.

In the next second, everyone suddenly lowered their heads and turned back. At this time, the pictures on the screen switched seamlessly instantly. Before the blink of an eye, the originally slightly dark set site became a bright and spacious labyrinth hall, and the hexagonal ceiling lights were shining brightly. It was a bit dazzling, and the clothes of several people had all changed into neat and slim suits.

The MV of "overdose" has a total of two shooting sets, corresponding to each member's two outfits, and the entire MV seamlessly switches back and forth between these two.

At the same time enters the first chorus of Team K:

"Someone call the doctor catch me and tell me so."

"Emotions are a disease, overdose."

"As time goes by, it's getting harder and harder to hold on to yourself."

After the clothes were changed, it looked like a completely different style from before. The dress-like suit with the constantly flashing white lights, the combination of luxury and mist, felt contradictory but reasonable.

"Too much, your love, this is poison overdose."

"Too much, your love, this is poison overdose."

By the time of this part, Kim Junmyeon, Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun quickly knelt on the ground with their legs, the two in front and one behind, forming a triangle.

The other three members stood behind them correspondingly, beating their hands rhythmically on their heads like beating drums, and the three kneeling members also shook their heads and shoulders accordingly.

This tapping action is like entering a preset password. After typing, the three people standing behind raised their hands high after a virtual grasp on their heads, and then waved their hands back and forth to make a commanding gesture, as if they were The brains of the three people in front of them are giving instructions.

The three people in front also swayed from side to side following the instructions behind them, and the frequency of their hands and feet was exactly the same as that of the people behind them. They really looked like manipulated dolls. And wonderfully consistent.

At this time, the screen switched to the venue and the previous costume just now. Wu Shixun was controlled to roll over to the C position, and made a gesture to point at the camera and point at the camera to make a transition.

Then Team K leaves the camera, and Team M enters the second verse.

This choreography really amazed many people who were watching the MV. It was well coordinated and looked very handsome, and it was very distinctive and in line with the theme concept of the song "overddose".

Manipulated and unable to extricate myself.

Some people who were more devoted began to shake their heads involuntarily, and tried to make a beating gesture with their hands, looking around as if they wanted to find a person who was controlled by them.

For example, Minozaki Saka.

She looked around and found that several friends next to her were all sitting on their own business, especially Mingjing Minami and Hirai Momo were concentrating on watching the same mobile phone together, their heads were stuck together.

Feeling a little bored, she looked back at the screen of her mobile phone, and her eyes lit up soon.

The chorus and choreography of the M team is not exactly the same as that of the K team. Each has its own characteristics. Compared with Kai and Chi Jingyuan, who have more shots in the K team, the most C-camera of the M team is Luhan. , followed by Chen.

It’s just that if you compare them carefully, you will find that the dance rhythm and strength of the M team is obviously much weaker than that of the K team. Lay and Luhan are not bad, but the other members are a little weaker, especially Chen and Baekhyun The two can see that there is not much room for improvement.

After the last part of the M team ended, the screen turned to the new venue and the makeup of the suit. At this time, Chi Jingyuan appeared on the scene, standing in front of the camera with Tao, with his head tilted and his mouth pouting, and his index fingers stretched out in front of the camera. Quickly tapped on both sides of the cheeks, and at the same time, the beeping sound of "beep beep beep" sounded in conjunction with the accompaniment.

"Omo!"

This kind of cute face-knocking action combined with Chi Jingyuan's appearance and eyes in the slapstick shot made countless female fans cry out in surprise and fluctuate their minds.

Moreover, under the strong rhythm and slightly psychedelic style of the song "overdose", such a cute choreography transition suddenly appeared, and a sense of contrast emerged spontaneously.

This time, in order to show the theme of 'addiction', most of the make-up of the twelve people in the MV is thicker eyeliner, and they are all all-inclusive eyeliners that are very popular now, and Chi Jingyuan is one of the few who did not draw Members of this makeup.

Because cody thinks he doesn't need it.

The all-inclusive black eyeliner of Tao in the same frame next to it is a bit too deep, even though the same action is obviously inconsistent, and the difference in appearance, the comparison unknowingly highlights the superiority and plasticity of Chi Jingyuan.

Jin Junmian grasped his chest and moved forward, while the other members kept lowering their heads and clapping their hands while switching positions, formally entering the dance of EXO's 12 members.

"I can't stop."

"At this very moment, you are in my heart..."

"E, X, O."

After gesturing to the camera and declaring the group name, the eleven members surrounded the city in a circle, and Park Chanyeol, who was surrounded in the middle, started his own solo rap, which was also his only part.

Park Chanyeol walked around in the circle while making a commanding gesture. At this time, the lights began to flicker non-stop, creating a sense of confusion and unreality. The other members followed his gestures and swayed and leaned back neatly, and It was a unique choreography that was manipulated. The very distinctive group dance and excellent coordination made people very impressed. I wish I could go back and watch it again.

With Wu Sehun's "hey doctor!" declaring the end of the rap stage, the MV has officially come to an end.

"Even long partings look so beautiful."

"Too much, your lover, this is poison overdose."

"Too much, your lover, this is poison overdose."

In the last chorus, the KM teams stand in two rows, the one at the head moves first, and the one behind is a beat slower than the one in the front, each making a chain movement like a human centipede.

Then both sides backed away at the same time to get out of the middle position, as Tao, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed up to do a somersault, the camera moved up, and the song part of the MV ended.

Then there was a close-up of Kai, the main promoter of Team K, for a few seconds, the camera suddenly zoomed up, and the maze logo and SM logo of the second mini-album appeared on the screen, and the MV officially ended.

"..."

After reading it, several people stared at the last two big logos for a few seconds, as if they were savoring the aftertaste, and then raised their heads again after a while.

"This choreography is really amazing, handsome and unique."

Momo Hirai wrinkled his face and shook his head, couldn't help but sigh in admiration, and then added: "The members of XO are really handsome, especially...yuan."

Halfway through the talk, she glanced at Mingjing Nan, feeling a little regretful: "It's just that there don't seem to be many shots."

"The group of 12 members of EXO is not that many." Minazaki Saka said a fair word: "And there are really enough shots of Yuan-senpai, several of them are still hard to forget. The killing part, like this, that..."

As she spoke, she turned around and leaned forward a little bit, imitating Chi Jingyuan's part she had just seen, puffed up her face and started beating with both hands, making a 'beep beep' sound from her mouth.

Mingjing Nan and Momo next to him also smiled when they saw it, and then they tilted their heads and puffed up their faces to imitate. All of a sudden, the neon trainees on the table all started to cover Chi Jingyuan.

Just watched it once, but this face-knocking choreography is really impressive and really nice to do.

Many people have seen the previous leaked version, but it is completely incomparable with the regular high-definition MV, and it is not a concept.

After the quarrel was over, they discussed the MV that they had just watched. Mingjing Nan originally planned to go back and watch it again, but everyone had finished eating and was ready to go back to the company, so she gave up.

It's just that she looked at the final maze logo on the screen, but she felt very interesting and a little inexplicably complicated.

maze……

Addictive...

…………

"Have we broken the record for pre-sales?"

Do Kyungsoo, who had just finished styling, plunged into the crowd as soon as he came back, and asked with concern.

Today is the first stage of the official comeback. At this time, everyone in the EXO-K team is in the "m! In the lounge of XO backstage of countddown, apart from Kim Jong-in and Oh Se-hoon who are still doing styling next to them, the other members are all crowded on a sofa, and there is even Park Chanyeol sitting on the armrest of the sofa.

"It's broken. 778,710 copies have been pre-sold, which is currently the highest pre-ordered sales record for a boy group." Jin Junmian looked happy. When this number was said, the whole person was really a little excited.

Carrying on the legacy of "Roar", many passers-by across the peninsula and numerous XO fans are looking forward to and attaching great importance to this return. Even though this is just a confusing album, the pre-sale numbers are still incredible. Expressing the support and love of countless fans for EXO’s contract.

Once this pre-sales figure comes out, it means that EXO's mini album has a high probability of reaching the million sales they broke through last year, depending on how long it takes.

Last year's regular album "xoxo" sold nearly 1.5 million copies of the original version, which broke the ceiling of Peninsula album sales for many years. A shot in the arm.

But until today in 2014, so many idol singers have returned in more than half a year and released so many albums. However, the only one who can touch this ceiling is still EXO. The others are still at least two levels behind. Even the senior groups SJ and Girls’ Generation of the same company, which have always been famous for their sales, are the same.

One has to marvel at the vast number of fans of XO, the number of die-hard fans who are willing to pay real money, and their fanatical support for their idols.

"But this time there are really a lot more fans buying albums from Xia Guo, and the proportion of winners and losers is much higher." Jin Junmian discovered another strange place.

"Yeah, it's really a lot more than last year."

Chi Jingyuan also looked at the phone and nodded.

Of the 778,710 pre-sales, the Korean version sold 452,160, while the Korean version sold 326,550, with the latter accounting for more than 40%.

During last year's "XOXO" period, although EXO was popular in Xia Kingdom, the proportion of Zhongshu sales was not very large. However, this time "overdose" has had a very obvious improvement. The number and purchasing power of Xia Kingdom's fans have increased. A substantial increase.

Chi Jingyuan's series of activities in Xia Kingdom due to the popularity of "The Heirs" have really increased XO's popularity from the side. In addition, the non-stop activities of the entire group have greatly contributed to XO's popularity. With the boost, the increase in popularity is directly reflected in the sales figures.

"In addition to pre-sales, as of this afternoon, the real-time sales on the G list have exceeded 40,000. I don't know if this increase will reach 100,000 within 24 hours." Kim Junmyeon is still talking. He announced the good news, and the entire lounge was immersed in an atmosphere of excitement. The temperature of the room rose one point with every word he said.

The two people who were doing modeling next to them also listened with their ears pricked up. They shook their heads from time to time and seemed a little anxious. They probably wanted to finish it quickly and ran over to share the joy with the members.

Because of last year's popularity, the company and its members had already thought about the success of this comeback, but after the dream came true, everyone was still so excited that it was hard to contain themselves.

"Who held the previous record for the highest single-day album sales?"

"I just checked, BigBang's fourth mini album "Tonight" sold 50,000 copies in one day, but that was caused by data delay, but it is still a record." Jin Junmin talked so eloquently that he really said Everything is ready.

"Then our trend will break their record soon?"

"But ours is the sales volume of the two Chinese and Korean versions combined, while others are the sales volume of a single version."

"Don't worry, the single version will definitely surpass it."

"Where's the source of the sound?" Do Kyung-soo was already grinning from ear to ear, and his thick eyebrows seemed to be dancing.

"See for yourself." Jin Junmian faced him with the phone screen, which displayed the real-time melon rankings.

The second mini-album "overdose" was released at noon. The six songs in the album instantly washed away the charts and firmly occupied the top six of the major music charts. The lead song "dope", which was released last week, has dropped a lot in the music charts. He was promoted again and occupied the fourth position.

Among them, in melon, three songs, including the title song "overdose" and the included song "i need u", broke the charts at the same time. In the gengie chart, all the songs from the album broke the charts at the same time. The explosive power was surprising.

This is the first time for melon that three songs from one album have charted at the same time.

It has been a few hours since the sound source was released, and the title song "overdose" has broken the charts twice in a row, and this explosive power is still continuing.

The leak of the music source the day before yesterday, coupled with SM's non-stop investment in publicity in the past few days, the widespread discussion caused by the popular MV of the lead song "Dope", and other factors, and under the residual power of the popularity of "Roar" This resulted in EXO's second mini-album's explosive sound performance that left people speechless and terrifying.

Judging from the trend on the first day of this comeback, the emergence of "dope" has significantly improved XO's YouTube data, which has not always been outstanding, and the current EXO has indicators ranging from sales, to music source explosion, to the number of fans and loyalty, etc. There are no shortcomings at all, and many of the data have surpassed the previous top boy group Big Bang, and the sales volume has even doubled.

However, the oil pipe and audio source are still not as good as the former, especially the audio source.

If the YouTube data could be stronger and the sound source's stamina could be improved, they could even announce they have reached the top right there.