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"You can call me monster!"

He did not have the usual smile and warmth that often appeared on the stage. His expression was plain, and his eyes were cold and a little provocative.

It's like a superior god casually inviting everyone, "You can call me a monster," but he doesn't care about other people's opinions at all.

The dark makeup and clothes, the dim lighting, the intense music and the rising singing voice, combined with Chi Jingyuan's expressions and movements, at this moment, this close-up before the chorus brought fans and audiences to They have a very strong sense of impact.

"Ahhhh..."

The screams were so tacit that they suddenly remembered that the fans who were enjoying the stage seriously were shocked by this killing part and could not contain their excitement.

And obviously not just ordinary fans, Jin Zhini, who was watching the live broadcast in the practice room, was also stunned by A. The live broadcast had a close-up of the camera, which seemed to bring a stronger feeling than the live broadcast. She felt that the close-up of Chi Jingyuan was a part of the impact. The sex is too strong.

Just as she was about to say something, another exclamation came from beside her:

"Wow, this move..."

She quickly composed herself, lowered her head and looked over:

After Chi Jingyuan finished singing his part, he stood in the C position. "Monster" directly entered the climax of the chorus, with a 'herringbone' formation lined up, under the lead dancer of the C position. An amazing group dance began.

“I’m creeping in your heart babe”

Cross your arms, shake your fingers, cross your legs, and step on the ground continuously with one foot in the air.

All kinds of fierce choreography are displayed extremely smoothly. At a glance, everyone's movements are at the same frequency. Just looking at it makes you feel that it is very difficult. The quite distinctive choreography directly combines the knife dance with the uniform interpretation. The atmosphere on the stage reached a climax.

Among the entire stage, Chi Jingyuan, who is standing in the center and leading the dance, is the most eye-catching. He has a tall and smooth figure, dark makeup and costumes, especially his face. After losing the signature smile of the past and becoming aloof, it embodies a different personality. A completely different feeling, indifference is tinged with an aggressiveness that excites fans.

At this time, although there were nine people on the stage, the one in the C position was really eye-catching. His face alone was so handsome that people admired him. Some of his movements were made to look better, which kept many people's eyes fixed on him. It couldn't be removed from him at all.

It's a pity that because today is a showcase, we can't put on makeup in advance, and it's too late to change clothes, so for this first stage, Chi Jingyuan and others did not wear the battle-damaged makeup that is the most distinctive feature of this comeback.

Otherwise, the part of Chi Jingyuan would have added so many fans in the circle.

After a series of wonderful group dances, the team on the left side of the 'human' shape suddenly stepped out neatly under the leadership of Chi Jingyuan.

The team on the right did not follow, but passed directly through the middle from the opposite direction. The 'herringbone' formation that was very neat just now seemed chaotic but under the concise and straightforward movement, many people were not there yet. Once you see what's going on, it instantly becomes an 'X' position.

And X happens to be the character of EXO’s team name.

"Oh mo!"

The audience who saw it clearly couldn't help but exclaimed immediately. The "monster" stage was full of surprises after it started. I always felt that I couldn't get enough of it. At this time, the 'X' shaped choreography was even more exciting. It's amazing, it's done so smoothly, it's really cool.

Looking further down, with the music and singing, as the whole choreography is displayed, more and more viewers are excited and more and more satisfied with the stage of this song.

Unlike most other boy groups’ choreography, stage and even music, people can roughly know what is going on after just two glances. However, this time EXO showed many very novel and avant-garde moves on the stage of "Monster" and positioning, very imaginative.

This is something that is rare to see in some boy band performances. Even for fans and audiences in the dance-oriented Kpop music industry, it is a performance that can surprise them.

The choreography for "Monster" this time is a collaboration with a very powerful choreography team from SM and Ami. They worked together around the theme and style of the song and the characteristics of EXO. Many of the movements and moves are very It is exciting and has a strong style, which is also the soul of this dance music.

Stand in a herringbone position, cross your legs and step on the ground four times in a row without moving your upper body.

The entire team moves in an X shape.

One person, Jin Junmian, rushed forward, while the other eight swayed with their backs to the crowd.

Backwards around the center line and around the stage, changing positions very smoothly like panning.

Sit on the ground and turn in place using the palms of your hands as the fulcrum.

Park Chanyeol even performed some acrobatics, jumping directly from the human ladder set up by several members of Oh Sehun and galloping past, jumping to the front of the stage like a flying fish and started rapping.

Every wonderful move can almost trigger a burst of wanton cheers and screams. Although it is only the first time to watch the performance of this song, the standard frequency of support and the unified vocabulary of support among fans have not yet been developed. , but there is no need for this. The atmosphere on this first stage is already about to explode, and the reaction in the live broadcast room is not much different.

At the end of Park Chanyeol and Oh Sehun's rap duet, the drumbeat and rhythm became faster and faster, and they were about to reach a peak and seemed about to explode, but all the music suddenly stopped and stopped. .

At this moment, Chi Jingyuan's shouting voice sounded again, ethereal and eye-catching in the quiet accompaniment, with a hint of madness, and appeared in everyone's hearts in an instant:

"You can call me monster!"

The next second, the intense music sounded again, seamlessly, as if it had never stopped. There was also the brilliant brilliance of the explosion of fireworks, and with a high-five from Chi Jingyuan and Kim Jong-in in the center of the stage, the last nine people started the group dance of the last chorus, and the whole song was on stage. The performance was at its peak.

After the passionate chorus, the melody suddenly became deeper at the end.

"Creeping creeping creeping."

"Creeping creeping creeping."

In the dim light, they sang the lyrics softly, and the melodious tones kept repeating, and their voices became lower and lower, as if they were telling something.

Cold-blooded monsters, after hunting in the emotional hunting ground, have to return to their nests to rest.

At the end of the stage, everyone walked around and performed the Ending action. Kim Junmyeon and Kim Minseok squatted in front, and the other seven people stood behind. Chi Jingyuan stood in the middle to the right, against the light, and finally raised the stage with the others. He lowered his chin and breathed lightly.

A second later, the stage ends and the lights come on.

Accompanied by this was the waving Ali stick that was about to fly out, and the deafening cheers of the two thousand spectators at the scene.

"Ahhhhh..."

"Ahhhh..."

"Do you like this song?"

"Inside!"

"Are you satisfied?"

"satisfy!"

Feeling the shocking cheers, Chi Jingyuan stood in a row with other members on the stage, sweat dripping from his forehead, and water droplets streaked along his cheeks and dripped on the ground.

The temperature has been getting higher and higher since June. After performing such an intense dance while wearing two layers of stage clothes, his whole body felt extremely hot, and it felt like the long sleeves lined with sweat were soaked through.

But even though it was very hot and a little tired now, he couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the reaction from the audience.

To be honest, although I am very confident in myself and the group, I still feel a little nervous every time I release a new album or a new work in front of the audience. It is a kind of work being checked and evaluated by teachers or reviewers. The unique anxiety at the time.

But at this time, the enthusiasm of the audience gave him great encouragement, which made him feel relieved.

The stages for the two title songs were all completed, and the other tracks included in this album were also introduced. The main task of this showcase has been completed. We chatted for a while and even shared a piece of the third album together. After the memorial cake, the live broadcast came to an end, and Kim Junmyeon took the lead in saying goodbye.

"Then this showcase is almost over."

"Today is June 8, 2016, and it's ten o'clock now..." Jin Junxian looked at his watch: "Two hours later, at zero o'clock tomorrow, the MV and sound source of the third album will be released at the same time. Please Please pay more attention.”

Kim Jong Dae also said, "Starting from tomorrow, we will hold formal activities with everyone. I hope everyone will support me."

"We will definitely work harder and hope to satisfy everyone."

Several other members also interacted with fans and gave speeches to promote their upcoming third album comeback.

No matter whether the group is popular, it still needs to be promoted.

"Then let's say goodbye one last time." Jin Junmian nodded and was about to say the final farewell. At this time, Baekhyun beside him suddenly suggested: "Then we are like newcomers who have just debuted, and we are very polite when greeting each other. It’s courageous, but it’s not very neat.”

"Ahhhh...'

Although the fans were very excited, his statement was obviously questioned by other members: "Not neat? Wasn't the greeting when we first debuted very neat?"

"It's obviously very neat."

"Arnie, it's not tidy at all."

Park Chanyeol recalled with a smile at this time: "I remember when we were newcomers, we didn't even need a microphone to say 'we are one', we just shouted it out, especially the 'one', which was very loud. "

When he spoke, he also deliberately increased the volume of one, as if he was shouting.

"Then let's take off the microphone and do it once, and it must be louder."

"I think it's good."

With one sentence from each person, it was quickly confirmed. Kim Junmyeon looked around and began to say his final farewell: "Then please support this regular third album "EX'ACT". Let's stop here today."

"This is EXO..."

At this point, Chi Jingyuan, together with all the other members, smiled and moved the headset away from their mouths. Without the use of microphones and speakers, they shouted out purely with their voices: "We are one, Kang Sang Mida."

The fans in the audience suddenly felt a little sensational, especially some who had been fans for many years, and they all cheered forgetfully.

Chi Jingyuan smiled happily and shouted very hard. Inexplicably, he seemed to be back to the rookie period four years ago.

Not to mention, at that time, a microphone was not used during the introduction.

…

The live broadcast of showcase has ended. According to the excited statistics of V LIVE staff, this live broadcast has once again set the highest record since the release of V LIVE with more than 5 million viewers and nearly 1 billion likes.

However, except for some caring fans who wrote down the data and then posted big-character posters to slap people in the face, not many people paid attention to this kind of record at this time. Everyone was enthusiastically discussing EXO's performance in the showcase just online and in fan clubs. The new album songs, especially the two title songs "Missing" and "Monster".

"I was really happy to watch the whole live broadcast. In addition to the satisfying songs, the interaction between the members was really cute."

""Monster" is simply my god! The arrangement is really amazing, and it is the top 1 song of the group in my mind!"

"It's not even TOP 1. "Monster" is obviously a dance song with a strong style. It's not easy for this kind of song to become a hit song, but this comeback is definitely the pinnacle of EXO since their debut. There is no running away, every member has A little too handsome."

"The choreography and arrangement of "Monster" are amazing. This stage alone is a level ahead of other boy bands. The dark style this time is really impressive."

"I'm just a stranger, I have no idea about EXO, I just watched it for a while, but "Miss You" is really good, so I listened to it once. I can basically sing the chorus part, and Chi Jingyuan's rap is also very good. Just now I have already placed an order to pre-order the album, and I will have to cycle the singles for at least a week after the sound source comes out.”

"I'm a new fan. I just watched the showcase. Although the actors and the stage are really handsome, will a ballad or a dance song affect my performance?"

"I can only say that new fans are still inexperienced. If you are an EXO fan, the last thing you need to worry about is your grades."

The popularity is getting higher and higher. Even before the album has been released and the MV has not been released, it has already dominated several hot searches. Among them, the most eye-catching ones are # EXO's third album, # EXO's "monster" 》In addition, there are also related hot searches such as # Yuan Shuai is too much, # Yuan said he called him monster.

That is to say, Chi Jingyuan didn't have time to see it now, otherwise his face would have been red for a while.

And two hours later, when the discussion on the Internet was the most enthusiastic and fans were the most eager, SM released all the sound sources and MV of EXO's regular third album "EX'ACT" on time. Fans who have been waiting anxiously for who knows how long After refreshing the web page countless times, we clicked in immediately.

This time the MV for "Missing You" is relatively independent, shot in the style of a ballad, without incorporating more concepts and metaphors, while the concept of the MV for "Monster" continues last year's second album, through various photography The techniques and subtle hints show EXO’s story after losing their superpowers.

In the MV, flashbacks are used to show the struggle and powerlessness of all the members when they lost their superpowers and were captured. The scenes of each member being injured in the battle and being caught and locked up also made people despair, and the final rescue also sublimated The theme of shouldering each other's destiny, and the ending where everyone escaped and walked side by side against the light, into the deep darkness with no future, moved many people, and immediately became the new favorite of many fans.

The plot and concept are of the same origin, and fans who like it love it very much. Every time they explore, it feels like a treasure hunt. When you get to that point, you are very excited, and you feel that your idol's concept is superior to others.

But there are actually a lot of people who don't care. Many people only know the super power memes of EXO. After all, they are so famous and it is the symbol of the entire group. However, in other times, they don't understand the specific concept of the album at all and are not interested in it. Every time Listen to the music purely with appreciation and watch the MV.

This time, the MV for "Monster" has achieved a balance to a certain extent. Whether it is the concept, dance, or even the entire MV, it is excellent. The first feeling after watching the MV is that this MV was shot It’s really very attentive, full of avant-garde concepts and lens switching. You can tell at a glance that a lot of resources have been invested in the various costume styles and backgrounds. The overall lens is full of texture, without any perfunctory or cheap feeling. At a glance, it is different from other The boy band's MV has clearly set a new level in all aspects.

After watching it, no matter whether you are a fan or not, you can only sigh:

This is what a top-level boy group MV should be.

"He's so handsome, lip ring, face necklace, battle-damaged makeup...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

"The back view at the end is really amazing, SM is really good."

"I don't know how the results are. The popularity of real-time listening must have exploded, right? Why hasn't the sound source been released yet?"

As fans frantically scrolled through YouTube and kept replaying, the charts of major music sources on the peninsula were refreshed within a short time. "Monster" on the eight major music charts had a real-time all-kill, "Missing" ranked second, and ten songs from all songs were airdropped on seven charts. top ten,

With the release of the album, the ranking of the preview song "Fire", which had been released for three weeks, also began to soar, directly re-entering the inner ring, occupying the top spot together with other album songs. Looking at the Melon real-time chart from top to bottom, the logos of the third album of "EX'ACT" are all the same, and the singer's name is also EXO in the same row.

No matter how popular the songs were a day ago or how high the number of listeners was, at this moment they were all suppressed by an album. Although the rankings may fluctuate after the heat has passed, they may rise or change, but at this moment the entire list is The image of the top ten names all being from the same group still gives people a lot of shock, and unconsciously creates a feeling of the return of the king.

As long as we come back, in the world of Kpop, you will be overwhelmed by me.

However, when many people saw the singer's name, they thought it was normal and nothing unexpected. Even the anti-fans could only secretly curse with jealousy:

‘The rubbish rules of Guabang are not fair at all. Having more fans will give you an advantage. When will it be revised? ’

‘The earth group relies on fans to attract fans. Don’t a group of female data workers have nothing to do every day? Does SM pay you wages? Does the official not care? Is there any natural reason? Kpop will end sooner or later! ! ’

‘It’s over! It’s been over since last year! ’

‘That is to say, our big stick has not returned, otherwise it will make you look good. ’ and other sour words and YY.

When SM artists' music sources are becoming increasingly bleak, EXO, a boy group, has stood up to save the entire company's bad reputation in terms of music sources through its own super popularity. In the music industry, the boy group's music sources are generally inferior. Unknowingly, a picture appeared that made people laugh, but also secretly amazed.