Peninsula Asteroid

At ten o'clock in the morning on February 15th, SM officially announced the news that its male idol group EXO will come back with 9 members. The official release was quickly quoted by major media and websites:

"Currently EXO is preparing for a new album with the goal of March to June. At this stage, specific matters have been confirmed. This time EXO will release the official second album in the form of a single album every month. The songs included in "EXO-L" will be released on the 1st of each month in the four months of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively. "EXO-L" series single albums, "E", "X", " "O", "L"."

"Each single album will contain a title song and a non-title song, and the MV and sound source will also be released at midnight on the 1st of each month. After the release of the four single albums, it will be released on the fifth In July, EXO's second official album "EXO-L" will be released. In addition to the songs that have been released, the second album will also include new songs, and will also announce all the behind-the-scenes footage of this album."

After introducing the format of the comeback, SM also announced the overall process of this comeback. It will be in the Spring Festival of this year, that is, on February 19th, the individual previews of the members who will make this comeback will be released on the same day. Album pre-sales.

One song will be announced every day until the 28th. In the early morning of March 1st, the sound sources of the two songs "call me baby" and "butterfly" in the first single album "E" will be released. The first comeback stage will be held on SBS "Inkigayo" every day.

At the same time as the return, it was also announced that EXO is preparing for the second world tour "PLANET # 2 - The EXO'luXion". The second tour concert is expected to be officially held in May, and the ticketing website and window are undecided .

At the end of the announcement, in addition to expressing our gratitude to the fans and the public for their support, we also attached a comeback cover pictorial for all members.

This pictorial selects the individual trailers that have been taken by nine members. It intercepts a picture of each member facing the camera, and stitches the photos of the nine people together based on black and white tones. The cold background and background, adding The bland and somewhat indifferent expressions of the above members produced a strong sense of visual impact.

The brand new logo of EXO's comeback and the 3.1 comeback date are also printed on the bottom of the poster.

Chi Kyung Won had already announced his comeback in his acceptance speech at the Seoul Music Awards, and many people have been paying attention to the follow-up progress.

At this time, as soon as the official announcement came out, the news of 'EXO's return' immediately appeared on the hot searches on the entertainment sections of several major forums, and became a hot topic for everyone to discuss.

"Ahhh, XO is coming back!"

In a classroom of the second grade of Dongduk Girls' High School in Seocho District, when it was noisy during the break time, a scream suddenly rang out and directly covered other noises, making the whole classroom suddenly quiet.

"When is it coming back? Was it just announced?"

"Is it the mini, or the regular second album? Are there any songs written by Yuan?"

Immediately, a lot of girls reacted and yelled excitedly. They quickly rushed over, and soon a group of people gathered around the classmate who just yelled, listening to her read the announcement just made by SM.

"The MV and sound source will be released at midnight on March 1st..."

Every time a sentence is read, the students around will exclaim happily, making the classroom very lively for a while.

In the past, more than half of their class were fans of EXO. Most of them were fans of EXO during the "Roar" period, but after so many things, the team has shrunk a lot after the dating time and the continuous withdrawal of members. There have also been incidents where Luhan's fans had disputes with others because his idol left.

Now that it's been going on for a long time, there are only a dozen or so girls here. Except for a few sitting in their seats and watching the news on their mobile phones, everyone else seems a little indifferent.

"Ji-hee, why don't you take a look? XO is coming back!"

A girl saw a little friend lying on the table as if she didn't hear it, so she walked over and pushed her to remind her.

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to that traitor's combination." Zhixi snorted lightly, with a look of indifference, leaning against it with Erlang's legs crossed, casually playing with her phone.

She used to be a die-hard fan of EXO, only fan Baekhyun, but after several shocks, she slowly left Ai Li's group in heartbreak.

"I didn't ask you to continue to love Baekhyun. Didn't you still like Yuan very much before? It's not the same with someone else. This time his comeback poster is super handsome!"

"Chi..." Zhixi shook her head stubbornly, and the friend who looked at her with a disdainful look was both helpless and annoyed, so she turned around and ignored her.

When no one was paying attention, Zhixi's phone was inadvertently scrolled to the notification interface of SM, looking at the black and white comeback poster on the screen, his eyes lost focus for a moment.

After a long time, she glanced to the side, clicked to save the picture skillfully in her hand, curled her lips in a very low voice: "Let's talk about it after the song comes out..."

And on the Internet, many Ai Li had been looking forward to this news for a long time, and when they saw it, they couldn't help expressing their joy in forums and fan clubs.

"The Obamas are finally coming back, God knows how long I've been waiting!"

"The poster attached to the announcement is so handsome, Yuan, Chanyeol, Sehun, and Baekhyun are all so handsome, ahhh, I'm so excited."

"The comeback project this time is really grand. Release a single album every month, and finally the four-in-one will become a regular second album, with a total of four title songs? SM is considered a person this time, and I hope XO will make it this time Be sure to make a big deal, and the 9 people will return to the top!"

"Released monthly? Doesn't that mean that they will come back every month starting in March? Wow, I feel so happy when I think that I can see them every day."

""EXO-L", the name of the official second album makes me cry..."

Ailis are just as eager to beat the gongs and drums on the Internet as they are in the holidays, spreading the news of EXO's upcoming comeback everywhere, but in addition to expectations and praise, there are actually quite a lot of pessimism and sarcasm:

"It can be seen that SM has had so many things last year that the stock price dropped really badly. In order to restore the stock price, EXO came up with such a powerful plan. It's a pity that such a grand plan was given to the wrong person. It is impossible for a combination with a broken group soul to have any prospects."

"When I saw the phrase 'Nine people are perfect', I was dying of laughter. I spilled water on the keyboard while I was drinking. Assi, SM will pay me for the keyboard!"

"The memories of Luhan and Tao have been deleted? Do Yuan and the others know that they are now a 'full body'? By the way, isn't it true that Lay has not left the group on the surface?"

"lay: So I was expelled from the group?"

"I don't know why EXO is still making such a fancy plan in such a situation. Everyone knows that they are going to die, so can't they die more happily?"

"SM is still amazing, four singles + one regular, the combined sales of five albums is probably going to break the record, right? Then use SM's special statistical method to count all sales into one album and win the top sales , and then what ground fans can brag about millions of sales kkkkk I can already think of it now."

"Damn it, you just need to talk about the decline of the group now, and those idiot fans will throw out 'millions of sales'. Who doesn't know that EXO's sales are calculated by adding up several versions of the album? Now they also This is the fig leaf left."

"Five albums? I really don't treat fans as human beings. Even if the price of a single album is not high, I can't do it like this. I predict that this time EXO's sales will plummet."

To a certain extent, Heizi and other fans pay as much attention to EXO's return as Ai Li. They even feel that XO's return has been too long, and they can't wait to see EXO's return the next day and their results will be dropped. Group ridicule.

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"Oh Mo, Jing Yuan and their XO are coming back! I said I haven't seen them recently."

In the practice room of red velvet, Jiang Seulqi took a look at her phone in the lounge, and immediately called out in surprise.

"Jinjia? When will you come back? Announce at this time... We won't run into them, right?" Park Soo-young, who was a little bored sitting in the same place, reacted, and immediately took out his phone a little worried.

They had a meeting a few days ago to confirm, and red velvet's comeback time has also been confirmed in mid-March, if this very important comeback for them hits EXO head-on, then...

Neither Park Soo Young nor Jiang Seul Gi dared to think about it.

Even if he is not at the peak, if Ryder Beibei bumps into EXO now, he will still be absolutely hit by dimensionality reduction. It is estimated that he will be hit directly and fly without any splash.

"Fortunately, they came back on March 1st, and they missed us by more than ten days and nearly twenty days." Jiang Seulqi patted her chest after reading the announcement, but she was still a little worried: "But XO will come back on April 1st. Sing."

"It's good if there's no head-on collision." Sun Shengwan looked at it quite openly. After she finished speaking, she looked at Pei Zhuxuan next to her curiously: "Oni, do you know about this?"

"Nai, I heard...Jing Yuan said it before." Pei Zhuxuan nodded, but he was thinking about the scene at that time.

More than just saying, she has seen the photo that Chi Jingyuan sent a few days ago countless times, and the close-up selfie with the smoky hair color and ugly face really made her feel a little empty at that time.

Pei Zhuxuan still can't forget that she specially sent him the selfie of their return to the new look. They waited for a long time to get two compliments, but in the end they were full of anticipation and a little shy and waited for a sentence:

"I feel that thick bangs are not suitable for you when you dye your hair blonde..."

Assi!

Thinking of this, Pei Zhuxuan was a little annoyed, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth and wanted to kick him.

Picking up the phone and using the black screen to take a picture of her newly dyed blonde hair, gently shaking the bangs on her forehead, Pei Zhuxuan felt a little annoyed.

Isn't this pretty? What kind of vision?

"Did Ernie know it before..." Jiang Seulqi glanced at Pei Zhuxuan, swallowed "why didn't you tell us?", and looked down at the phone a few times: "XO's music source and MV are March 1st Open at zero o'clock, we should be in the dormitory at that time."

Sun Shengwan clapped his hands, looking forward to it: "Just watch it together, this time Jingyuan and the others have such a grand comeback plan, it must be very powerful."

He hummed softly in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face at all. After a few seconds of pause, Pei Zhuxuan also echoed:

"Then look aside."

Seeing EXO's comeback model in the news announced by SM, YG, one of the three major entertainment companies in Europe, was a little surprised at this time.

"Is it a coincidence? Or was our internal plan for Big Bang leaked?"

In the office where the special meeting was held because of the news, the president Yang Xianshuo frowned, knocked on the table and asked in doubt. He was wearing a baseball cap, and his voice was a little thin and sounded very characteristic.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the office is not very good.

Because of YG's boy group, bigbang has confirmed that this year the group will return to the music industry with a regular third album.

And YG's plan for bigbang's regular third album comeback this time is basically exactly the same as EXO's this time. All of them will release single albums month by month in four months, and finally four-in-one will become a regular album.

It's just that their estimated time is 5, 6, 7, and 8 months, which is two months later than EXO.

Bigbang this time is their important comeback after three years since they released the hugely successful fifth mini-album "ALIVE" in 2012. It is very important both for the group itself and for YG, especially for the company. After another popular group, 2NE1, suffered a turmoil and declined sharply, bigbang became the most important pillar of YG.

A few days ago in mid-January, bigbang was still holding the "Five Dome Tour Concert" in Neon. The news appeared not long after returning to Seoul, and several people were hurriedly invited by the company to have a meeting together.

After all, the return mode of the two is really too imaginative, which makes it hard for Yang Xianshuo not to think more about it.

At this time, Yang Xianshuo's office is not only for himself and the members of Big Bang, but also for promotion, and the head of the marketing department is on the list, all for the news of EXO's comeback announced by SM today.

"It should be a coincidence." The staff of the recording department stood up and replied tentatively: "An album plan of this level will take at least several months of preparation, and even a meeting to discuss and confirm it takes a long time. It was impossible to foresee in advance that we would take this approach."

"And the return mode is just a gimmick. The final result still depends on the quality of the song, the stage, and the investment of supporting publicity and company resources."

"..." Yang Xianshuo was playing with a stainless steel lighter in his hand, and nodded slightly after listening to his subordinate's analysis.

"President nim, we originally planned to release the news of bigbang's comeback on April 1st, do we need to advance it now?" A room manager stood up and asked.

"No need, we are also in this comeback mode. After preparing for so long, we certainly know how high the quality requirements of this mode are for songs. I don't know about the selection of songs by SM, but this time the quality of the songs included by bigbang Very confident." Yang Xianshuo thought for a while, then shook his head with a smile.

Several members of bigbang sat there not knowing what to think. GD and Sun lowered their heads the whole time and had no opinion. Li Shengli listened carefully with interest. TOP also laughed after hearing the conversation of several people: "I just now After looking at it, there hasn’t been any major group comeback recently, with EXO’s fan base, as long as the songs are not too bad, there will definitely be a lot of response.”

"We will announce their comeback after they get better. The same return model will definitely attract a lot of attention and spark discussions among fans. We will use their popularity to carry out the first wave of publicity, and let them wait for us to come back after a while. Just step on them."

TOP Choi Seung-hyun looked at the documents in his hands for a while, and then spoke with a smile. The crooked corner of his mouth showed that he didn't take EXO too seriously. And even though he left first in the club last time, after hearing what happened later, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with Chi Jingyuan. He felt that this junior was really rude and didn't understand some unspoken rules.

Although Li Shengli told him some insider things and told him not to provoke others, he didn't take it seriously.

The GD people next to him also kept silent. They didn't seem to have any opinions, but everyone's expression was quite relaxed. Facing EXO, who had the same return style, he didn't seem to have any pressure.

After all, bigbang is the top male group in the past few years. Even though XO has been very popular in the past two years, in many people's hearts, they are just newcomers and juniors. In fact, many of them also have a faint idea in their hearts, that is thanks to this Bigbang has not come back for two years, otherwise the limelight would not have been taken up by XO.

"It's fine to talk about this kind of thing in private. Seunghyun, you should have a longer memory." Yang Xianshuo reached out and nodded at him twice, but his expression was not very angry. After thinking about it for a while, he finally made a conclusion:

"Then let's make this decision first. There is no need to change the previous plan. Let's see how XO returns this time."

"knew."

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The news of EXO's comeback not only fans and passers-by, but also had a big impact on the industry, many companies have properly adjusted the comeback dates and preparations for their artists.

In the past few days when the outside world has been buzzing, the members of XO are taking advantage of the time they finally spared to pack up their things in the dormitory and prepare to move.

The agent had already reminded him in advance that he had been packing up his belongings during this period of time. Starting today, he would load the belongings into the car and move them to the new dormitory.

Chi Jingyuan and the others went to the new dormitory yesterday. It is indeed better than the old dormitory. The area alone has almost doubled. Other decorations, appliances, ventilation and lighting are much better.

Moving from the JB area to Cheongdam-dong in the south of the Yangtze River is really a great progress and leap, just like the span of EXO from the period of "MAMA" to "Roar" and "Addicted".

"Moving things, what are you looking at?" Chi Jingyuan just moved a packed box outside the door to the assistant and the staff of the moving company to carry it downstairs. When he returned to the dormitory and felt a little tired and out of breath, he watched When Wu Shixun was leaning against the bed and holding a mobile phone, he didn't know what he was looking at, so he yelled with some dissatisfaction.

"He's been slacking off there since just now, saying he was reading online reviews of our comeback." At this moment, Do Kyungsoo was carrying a box, snorting and squeezing past him, and at the same time gave Wu Sehun a sidelong glance and filed a complaint. Just walked out.

"No..." Wu Shixun put his phone away, and his expression was not very good: "I feel that after the news of our comeback was made public, the online response was a bit mediocre. Many people were not very optimistic about it, and the things they said were more ugly than the other. .”

"Nonsense, Luhan and the others are gone, the M team is gone, 12 people have changed to 9 people, and passers-by are still optimistic about us, so it's a ghost."

Chi Jingyuan waved his hand impatiently: "When did those black fans take a fancy to us? Are you so unconfident that you have heard the main songs yourself? When the music MV is released, we will see the result... Hurry up and move things !"

"..."

Slightly pursing his lips and not bothering to read any more comments, Wu Shixun put his phone away, picked up a packed box and walked out.

The agent has already contacted the moving company, they just need to move the things to the door, and someone will take over and move them down to load the car, but after all, they have lived here for too long, and the salute of 9 people is really too much, even if they just move to the door I went back and forth several times and I was exhausted and out of breath.

After a while, the move was almost done. Several people were sitting on the sofa. Li Chenghuan walked in from the outside. Looking at the exhausted few people, he laughed, clapped his hands and finally confirmed: "We will officially move in after the Spring Festival. The distribution of the dormitory is as mentioned before, do you have any opinions?"

"No..." A few weak voices replied.

The new dormitory in Cheongdam-dong is much larger than this one. There are five bedrooms in total. Except for one room where the agent lives, the other four rooms are divided up by nine people, and the other rooms are shared by two people. The largest master bedroom is still shared by three people, and after discussion, it was finally allocated to Ji Jingyuan, Wu Shixun and Do Kyungsoo.

Even if the dormitory line changed dormitories, it still continues to lead the way.

Although it is still the same room for three people, the size of the bedroom this time is much larger than before. You don’t need to sleep in a combined apartment bed, you can completely place three single beds, and there is a lot of space for lighting. You can also bring your own. A balcony is definitely not what it used to be in terms of condition.

Chi Jingyuan also has no complaints and is quite satisfied. The three of them have lived together for so long and have gotten used to it. They are the most familiar and closest friends in the group, and Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun happen to be one of the few members. Members who are neater and like to clean up will not have so many moths living together.

"Then confirm it like this..." Lee Seung-hwan nodded, and began to ask about the Spring Festival: "The Spring Festival holiday on the 19th will be a day off, and we will gather in the practice room on the morning of the 20th. Be sure not to be late. We didn't plan to give us back when we returned to the company. It's a holiday, and I finally let you take a break considering that you have been too busy preparing for the album during this time."

"Understood, brother."

Hearing that it was a holiday, the members cheered up a little bit, especially those Park Chanyeol who had been filming "My Neighbor Is EXO" every day and didn't get off work until midnight, they were really like Mu Ganlin.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the trailer for your comeback will be released on the day of the Chinese New Year. After you come back, you have to make final preparations for your comeback. Kids, cheer up."

"Inside!"

Seeing that these people still looked lazy even though they said good things on their lips, Li Chenghuan was not angry, he shook his head and glanced at everyone, then smiled: "Okay, I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year. rest!."

"Brother too, Kang Sang Mita."