Peninsula Asteroid

When many people saw the song introduction of "Boy with Luv", they couldn't help but be stunned when they discovered that this song was not a native American song, but a song from the Peninsula. It was a Korean song. Then many people The first reaction is:

"PSY?"

Nowadays, most of the Ami pop music audience’s impression of Kpop is PSY and the song “Gangnam Style”. The popularity of this song and the horse-riding dance two years ago is really unforgettable.

Even though his popularity has dropped significantly recently, the only Korean singers and songs that have frequently appeared in front of Ami audiences in recent years are PSY and the new songs he releases every year.

For many people, Korean songs are equal to PSY.

Including Emily, this was the case. After discovering that it was a Korean song, her conditioned reflex was that PSY would release a new song.

But she quickly took a closer look and found out that the singer's name was EXO. She blinked and recalled it. Suddenly she remembered that she was not unfamiliar with this name because she had heard the singer's name before and remembered it. It was a boy band from the peninsula, and a friend of hers had recommended it to her several times before.

As a person who often comes into contact with pop music because of her love and attention, she has learned some relevant information. Although Kpop and even other countries and languages, although the style of songs is not mainstream here in Ami, there are a number of more or less. fans, among which Kpop is the most popular type of song.

She remembers that although EXO, a peninsula group, does not have a particularly large number of fans, it has made steady progress every year since the past two years. Now it is the most well-known group in the Kpop circle. Recently, it has been appearing in certain groups from time to time. Their names can be seen everywhere.

But because she had only heard about it before and didn't pay much attention to it, and she hadn't heard much of the songs, she was still relatively far away from these peninsula groups. Their fans had their own circle, and she only heard some from her friends.

I heard that many fans of these Kpop, especially this boy band, are crazy. They like to support and amway their idols in real life and on SNS. They recommend to others in the comment areas of Twitter and some websites, just like flies. I can't even drive him away, and sometimes he's really annoying.

But it should be quite interesting that it ranks so high on iTunes. After all, Kpop songs don’t often appear at the top of the list.

After reading the introduction and recalling it for a moment, she clicked on the paid download and opened the MV.

Because it is the world's largest popular entertainment venue, many people here in Ame have a natural arrogance towards songs in foreign languages, and many people have some disdain for songs other than their own.

However, although this kind of people make up the majority, there are also a considerable number of listeners who are relatively objective and unprejudiced and only like interesting music. This is the case for Emily. She has no other views on these things.

"woo~~woo~~woo~~woo~~"

Soon, a piece of music that was completely different from today's popular music in the United States appeared in front of her. The extremely novel style immediately attracted her attention.

Especially when she saw the blue-haired boy standing in the middle at the beginning, she couldn't help but nod and move closer. Just at a glance, she felt that this was a rare Asian face that suited her aesthetics.

As a Funk pop song, coupled with the unique music style of the peninsula, the strong rhythm brought by the electric bass and drums, as well as the particularly prominent and clear rhythm, the impact and effect are really obvious. Although she didn't understand the lyrics, the rhythm and melody sounded very cheerful and felt particularly suitable for dancing. After listening to a few words, she couldn't help but want to dance along.

"oh my~my~my~ oh my~my~my~"

The female chorus's feat part is also just right. No matter the tone, voice, or even weight, it's just right. Although it sounds like the most essential part of a song, it doesn't seem to overwhelm it. Instead, the addition of the female voice balances out the nine male members. As well as an overly bright and breezy atmosphere and painting style.

And the English pronunciation is really good...

The style and melody of this song's MV are quite different from Ami's mainstream music. The most obvious thing reflected in the MV is that in addition to the song, the dance part is placed at the absolute core, which is absolutely outstanding. It's something you don't see in most American music.

This kind of unique, contagious expression of emotions, handsome choreography, and eye-catching dance style are extremely novel for Emily, who rarely pays attention to Kpop.

Watching the nine people on the screen standing in a row, or in unison, like one person performing an amazing knife dance, or even though the movements are different, there is a tacit understanding, and the cooperation is so comfortable that people can't take their eyes away from the group dance, just like flying The rapid interlacing and moving, and even the expression management and emotion expression methods of different American and American singers made her feel an unprecedented impact and a strong sense of freshness.

"Wow~"

When the music ended and the LOGO appeared, Alimi couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise and clapped her hands in appreciation.

She felt very happy at this time, and her head had long since started to click with the beat. This is the charm brought by music.

It is rare to have a song, and after watching the MV, she can relax her whole body, improve her mood, and even think in her heart, "Why don't you go dance" and "What other songs does this group have?" thoughts and expectations.

No matter what others think, at least for her, this is really a very good song, the melody is good and catchy, and the point is that the dance really attracts her.

No wonder it ranks so high.

Taking another look at the real-time ranking of itunes, Emily was no longer surprised that this Korean song appeared here. At the same time, she seemed to understand a lot of those who usually like to listen to Kpop, especially this boy named EXO. The thoughts of the fans.

Although the style is completely different, it is quite normal to like this type of songs and singers.

And it sounds better than PSY's song...

While making her own judgment, she clicked the play button to start the loop. After a few seconds of pause, she clicked on Google, entered the three letters of EXO, and clicked search.

Looking at the large number of encyclopedias and search results, and listening to the prelude to the music again, she couldn't help the enthusiasm in her heart, and hummed:

"woo~~woo~~woo~~woo~~woo~~"

…………

When I don’t know how many people saw a Korean song ranked so high on US Qu’s itunes and were dissatisfied with cursing, and many people like Emily, I don’t know how many people saw and listened to "boy with luv" through various channels. 》, because of this song, I became interested in EXO and even Kpop, at the same time, under the slow fermentation of various influences, the time came to June 9th.

In the middle of the night on the 9th, Li Zaixiao, who still hadn’t gotten off work in the office, let out a sigh of relief, staring at the newly updated list on the screen, so sleepy that he couldn’t open his eyes, took a sip of the coffee placed on the desk and started With some energy, he shook his head and picked himself up to continue working.

And the few colleagues around are also similar, and most of them are a little absent-minded.

They are all editors belonging to the entertainment section of a news media, and they are responsible for the news reports of Aramco Entertainment.

American pop music and entertainment news have a fixed and large number of audiences on the peninsula, and what they often do is to come to the peninsula immediately after seeing some entertainment news of Ami, and change their appearance locally By the way, some polishing and exaggeration should be done before reporting. It would be even better if there are positive news related to the peninsula.

So because of the time difference, I often have to be busy until very late.

And every Tuesday and Wednesday is the update time for the pop music chart B. On this day, they will work overtime to check the changes of the chart as soon as possible, and at the same time write some manuscripts and pick up some news.

Li Zaixiao browsed the newly updated list in a perfunctory manner. Even after drinking coffee, he still had no energy. His eyes were half-closed and he slid the mouse from top to bottom. sleep at home.

It’s just that after watching it for a while, when he saw a somewhat familiar name, he suddenly felt like he was electrocuted, and his whole body froze all of a sudden. Excessive force directly propped the outline of the triangle into an ellipse.

After being stunned for two seconds, he still rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally poked his head close to the screen, and after finally confirming, he screamed uncontrollably: "Oh mo oh mo, come and see, come Look! The new B list."

"What are you doing with such a loud voice at such a late hour? It's frightening to death."

Li Zaixiao and his sudden yelling obviously made the person next to him a little dissatisfied. After being startled, he rubbed his ears and looked at him with a frown. He didn't take his surprise too seriously, just glanced at him casually. Q: "What's the matter with all the fuss? Has "see you again" ended its streak?"

As the theme song of "Fast and Furious 7", and the most popular song in the United States and even the world in the past two months, "see you again" has achieved amazing results since its release in March, not only Ended "Uptown Funk"'s super consecutive championship, and it also maintained the weekly crown on the singles 100 list from April until last week.

During this period of time, they have read countless manuscripts for this song, and they have already gotten a little tired of writing the polished rainbow fart.

"...It can be regarded as news, so I shouldn't be so surprised."

While talking, the colleague stopped looking at his computer, and leaned over with a quilt coffee, wanting to see what surprised Li Zaixiao so much.

"It didn't come down, it has nothing to do with "see you again"...you can see for yourself!"

Li Zaixiao's astonishment has not slowed down until now, he felt his colleague come to his side, and stretched out his finger to point to a name on the HOT100 list summarized on the screen.

A colleague moved to the side, adjusted his black-rimmed glasses, and saw clearly the name and ranking displayed on the screen.

No. 38, Nicki Minaj, "the night is still young" (2014)

Last week (ranking last week): # 51 peak (highest ranking): # 38 weeks on (number of weeks on the list): 4

No. 39, EXO, "boy with luv" (2015)

Last week: -- peak: # 39 weeks on: 1

No. 40, Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" (2014)

Last week: # 34 peak: # 1 weeks on: 41

He didn't care about the subsequent rankings and names anymore, because all his attention was attracted by the song title and singer ranked thirty-ninth.

EXO?

"boy with luv"?

Top 100 singles?

seriously?

"Ah Jinjia?"

After the colleague realized it, he screamed in amazement, and instinctively moved a little closer to look at the name: "Is it really XO?"

He knows this is nonsense, because as long as he has eyes, he can see the singer's name clearly. The three letters of 'EXO' are concise and clear, not to mention the name of the song "boy with luv" is right behind. It is the song that has been resounding around them every day recently, which can be heard everywhere in Seoul, and even in the streets and alleys of the entire peninsula.

Now who doesn't know how to say 'oh mymymy', to be honest, it's a bit annoying to hear.

The exclamation of the two immediately attracted the attention of the few remaining people in the office. They thought that something had happened, and when they saw this, they put down their work and came over.

It's just that after seeing the list clearly and knowing the reason, he immediately followed the example of Li Zaixiao, with an unbelievable look on his face.

"No, it's really up?"

"I was joking before."

Several people glanced at each other and felt the surprise in each other's eyes.

Because I saw that EXO and the song "boy with luv" are so popular in the peninsula recently, and their usual work is related to music news in Europe and America, so they discussed EXO and this song when they chatted privately. Is it possible for the song to break into the United States? He also jokingly said, "If EXO fans charge forward collectively and download unlimited downloads, they may have a chance to log into the Hot 100".

But everyone knows it’s just a joke. On Peninsula Fire and on Amifire are completely different concepts. They are engaged in this field. They know very well in their hearts that it is really difficult for Peninsula artists and groups to be on this list. Kpop In the US market, it is not a niche group. Although the audience does exist, it is very limited. It is not well received by the mainstream market. There are still many locals who have a natural sense of skin color, music, and language. Such prejudice and arrogance.

Forget about those sub-categories, the gold content is not enough, what kind of album list, Kpop list, let alone EXO, many small groups have been on it many times, and some lists are specially set up for these niche music , There are not many people who pay attention.

But the Hot 100 is different. For so many years, the whole peninsula has had a single top 100. In addition to the famous PSY, that is, the wonder girls' "no body" once entered the list for a short time, and the highest airborne was 76. And it's a short one-week tour.

This directly caused an extremely heated sensation and discussion on the peninsula, and not only pushed the national website of Wonder Girls to a higher level, but also aroused the strong confidence and ambition of JYP, and started Wonder Girls It is unbearable to look back on, but has endless aftertaste for a career in beauty.

And EXO will be on the list for the first time. In the absence of any publicity and programs, just relying on fans and passers-by to listen and download, the results of Airborne 39 are already very, very good. unbelievable.

"EXO and their fans really rushed?"

"How is it possible, how can it be so easy to swipe? There is no news or movement at all. But in Europe and America, EXO is indeed the hottest among all Kpop artists except PSY. Before that, "dope" was very popular. A lot of points, the number of fans in the past two years has actually been quite a lot, and the gap with other groups has actually been disconnected... But this ranking is indeed quite powerful, I didn't expect it."

"They haven't been on any radio or anything to promote it?"

"No, EXO hasn't been to Ami at all recently. I've followed it for so long. Apart from tweets, I've even seen a few official promotions."

"Then they can all be on the list?"

The confusion of several people in the circle disappeared in an instant. They got together and began to discuss in a hurry. From time to time, they would glance at the computer screen that had been frozen for a long time in front of them, and in a tone of astonishment Among them, there is still some emotion and pride.

Due to the existence of various subjective and objective factors, many people on the peninsula very much hope to be recognized by the outside world, and the same is true in terms of music. Although Kpop has absorbed a lot of music styles and grown into its own school, in fact, regardless of Whether it is the leader of a major entertainment company or an ordinary passer-by, they all really hope to be recognized by Ami, the world's largest entertainment market.

From SM to JYP, several major brokerage companies have continuously tried to let their groups enter the United States to open up the market, but it is a pity that after investing a lot of money, time, and resources, the results are indeed very few.

After several attempts, in fact, it is just a name and a gold plate.

Practitioners like Li Zaixiao and others in the industry know very well that as long as they can make some achievements in the overseas market and promote Kpop, they will be blown to the sky in China.

This is why PSY has such a high status so far.

And this kind of airborne single hit 100, causing widespread discussion in the United States, even people in the circle like them can't help but feel a little proud, and they don't know what kind of repercussions it will cause among ordinary citizens.

"Stop talking nonsense, this news is really big, not only EXO, but fans of the music industry, and even ordinary citizens will definitely be very interested, hurry up and let Min Ho and the others catch up overnight The manuscript will be sent out as soon as possible tomorrow, to seize the opportunity..."

"That's right, Barry Barry, we found out so early, if someone beat us to it, we would definitely be scolded."

One word awakened the dreamer, and the editors who worked overtime scattered in an instant, and began to get busy in a hurry. The perfunctory and inadvertentness on their bodies had long since disappeared. Everyone was full of energy, as if they had just come to work early in the morning.

"that is……"

In the end, Li Zaixiao and his closest colleagues still looked at the various data of XO, smacked their lips and said in a low voice:

"I don't know if XO's momentum can go up again."

"Shouldn't be traveling for a week..."

...

In fact, Lee Jae-hyo and the others are not the first to know that EXO is on the Hot 100 list, because many Allies have already discovered this when the list was updated.

Since EXO's comeback in March this year, many Ai Li have been paying attention to the music charts of many countries, including the United States. Every time EXO comes back to release songs, they will be the first to know the data such as the number of airborne Pick it up, and work hard to make your own contribution to the promotion of your own idol.

Many of them have been staring at the list of the B list. They will take a look at the weekly update, hoping to see EXO's name appear on it. Although this approach is obviously unrealistic, it is sincere. The expectations are real.

And it is still the same today, but what makes these fans extremely delicate is that this time they really saw the name of their idol on the top single list.

After being as surprised and overjoyed as Li Zaixiao and the others, many people quickly posted some news, screenshots, etc. to the fan group and the forum, and after seeing Aili burst into cheers, the news was also very exciting. The rapid spread spread out.

It's just that after all, it's already midnight, it's too late, and there are still a small number of people who know.

It wasn't until early the next morning, when many people got up and took out their mobile phones, turned on their computers, and began to habitually read today's news, that they saw the top trending search report in red font:

"EXO's Airborne Billboard Top 100 Singles List, Setting the Highest Record for a Peninsula Group, Writing a New Chapter of Kpop! 》