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"Is this our new cheer stick?"

In a studio in Jiangnan District, Chi Jingyuan was looking at a snow-white cheer stick in his hand, playing with it in a novel way. While playing with it, he asked Wu Shixun who was sitting not far away playing with his mobile phone.

After the dinner party last night, he went back to the company to practice with the other members of EXO. He was a bit rusty after not dancing for nearly half a month. At the beginning, he always forgot the movements and positions, and often made mistakes, especially in the choreography. "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" is a bit more difficult... Fortunately, I have practiced it a lot before, so I have formed a muscle memory. After dancing a few times and getting familiar with it, I regained the feeling.

Today, everyone got up early again and came to the preset venue to continue shooting the unfinished MV for the title song of the reissued album. At this time, everyone was doing styling in the beauty room that comes with the studio. Chi Jingyuan, who had already finished it, was sitting on the sofa in the back, bored, when he suddenly noticed a brand new cheer stick in the assistant's hand, and took it directly over with interest.

If there is the most hotly discussed thing among EXO fans Aili recently, apart from Chi Kyung-yuan’s sudden absence from group activities and the end of the third album, it is the official release of this new generation of fan support sticks.

On July 4th, SM officially launched the second-generation EXO fan support stick, which is referred to as the second-generation 'Aili Stick'. Compared with the first-generation Aili Stick launched in 2013, this second generation has made new upgrades and improvements. In addition to still using the original EXO big head logo, the overall model has become more refined, and the color scheme has also changed from the original black to silver and white in line with the support color.

The most important thing is that a new central control color-changing technology has been added to this generation of Ali sticks. It can be connected to the central console through Bluetooth. The chip in the support stick receives the signal, thereby realizing uniform color change of all the support sticks in the venue. Achieve extremely shocking on-site effects.

This technology of uniformly changing the color of the support stick through central control is still very new to the entire Kpop fan community. It was Shinee who first used the central control bracelet to support support at her solo concert. At that time It caused a stir in the fandom and aroused the interest of many people.

However, SM did not continue to develop this product for Shinee. Instead, after improving the product with its partner company, SM launched the second generation support stick for EXO.

They also applied for a patent specifically for this, so currently there is only SM in the entire Kpop, or only EXO.

You must know that not all groups have official support sticks. Such official support sticks are expensive. Each genuine support stick is priced at about 30,000 to 40,000 won, which is more expensive than ordinary regular albums. Several times, even fans can't just pay for it.

And even if someone buys it, it’s useless if the quantity is not large, and it’s useless if there are not enough fans. When the time comes, there will only be a few fans here and there. Not only will it not have the effect of supporting, but it will look a bit desolate.

A group that is not popular enough and has insufficient fans' purchasing power to launch this kind of thing can only bring shame on itself.

Men's groups and women's groups are also different. The purchasing power of fans of men's groups is inherently strong. Generally, men's groups will only consider launching exclusive official support sticks after the group has gained good popularity after their debut.

As for girl groups... none of SM's girl groups currently have their own official support sticks, including Girls' Generation, which has been in the industry for nine years.

In the second year after EXO debuted, SM launched the first generation of Ali sticks. In 2016, they updated it and launched the second generation.

During this time, the launch of the second-generation Aili stick has caused quite a heated discussion among the fan community. Aili is naturally full of enthusiasm. The new generation of support sticks are widely praised, and fans from other brands can't hide their envy.

It can be foreseen that in the future performances that EXO will attend, whether it is a solo concert, a group concert, or even various award ceremonies, as long as there is a large-scale appearance of Ariel, the shock and novelty of the unified change of color in the whole audience will be supported. The momentum and effect instantly put him on a par with other idols, and the TOP personality was immediately revealed.

"..."

Wu Shixun next to him glanced at him after hearing the voice, but was too lazy to reply aloud.

"How to connect this to the central control?"

Chi Jingyuan didn't pay attention. After playing with the Aili stick in his hand for a while, he asked again.

"call……"

Wu Shixun breathed out, put down the phone in his hand, and looked over impatiently, but after taking a look, he still said: "First download a "wyth" APP on your phone, or "EXO-L"... …”

"I have EXO-L, what next?"

"Then turn on Bluetooth."

"Hmm~" Chi Jingyuan took out his mobile phone and followed the operations with great interest.

"Then find the entrance to the support stick in the APP. It's on the homepage. It's obvious... Found it? Click in, click Bind to bind your support stick through the Bluetooth link, and then select the performance date and your seat information. , then the Ali stick can match the selected concert venue, and central control can be achieved..."

Wu Shixun explained nonchalantly to Chi Jingyuan. Just when Chi Jingyuan followed his finger movements and completed all the operations and was about to bind, he added at the end: "We are not performing now, so you Unable to connect."

"..."

Chi Jingyuan, who was full of expectations, heard this just when he was about to play, and couldn't help but raise his head and glance at him with a frown.

Assi, didn't you tell me earlier?

Sensing the successful smile in this man's eyes, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and didn't care. He put down his phone and unbound it, and continued to play with the Ali stick, which was still new to him.

As he kept pressing the power button, EXO's logo kept flashing a dazzling cosmic latte silver color. The star-like color was extremely eye-catching in the dressing room. Several members who were styling their hair in front couldn't help but look through the mirror. A glance at Chi Jingyuan behind him showed a strange expression. .

After playing for a while, Chi Jingyuan looked up again and asked, "Didn't you say there are many colors? Why is mine only silver-white? How can I light up other colors?"

"If it is not connected to the central control software, it will only have one color: silver and white. Only after it is connected can it change into multiple colors, and the frequency will be automatically adjusted."

"And why does there seem to be writing on the inner lining of the light tube under this LED? Let me see...LED43 D-or something, why is there a tiger-like pattern? What is this?"

"This is an anti-counterfeiting mark, proving that what you have is genuine..."

Chi Jingyuan asked and he answered. After explaining a few times, Wu Shixun became a little impatient and couldn't help but look over with extremely contempt: "Have you had enough? What's so fun about this?"

"..."

Chi Jingyuan was heartbroken and gave him a playful look.

It’s not fun, why are you so skilled?

Did you study it thoroughly when it came out a few days ago?

Forget it, I’m too lazy to reveal it.

Pouring his lips, Chi Jingyuan was just about to continue playing when the field manager came in from outside and called him out... PD had something to explain to him about the MV shooting.

This third reissue of the album adds a total of five new songs compared to the original version, and it is still a double hit. Both title songs will also have MVs shot, so it is relatively conscientious in terms of configuration.

But...reprinting may have nothing to do with the word conscience.

The two title songs of the reissued album are "Blood, Sweat and Tears" and "LOTTO". Compared with the overall quality of the original "Monster" and "Missing", these two songs are actually not inferior.

"LOTTO" is a song with a hip-hop style. This style is generally the specialty of YG. SM, especially EXO, rarely attempts this style of music. This style is unique to each member. It's a new challenge.

In addition, the choreography of this song is very unique. The cross-shaped turning movement like a windmill and the group hand-showing choreography at the end look really quite sense.

"Blood, Sweat and Tears", a song written by EXO collectively, has been given more expectations. In this song, EXO, which has been in the industry for four years, will undergo a transformation and try the "sexy" style for the first time in the comeback title song. , and also went very far all of a sudden.

If "Monster" is an unprecedented strong impact, then "Lotto" very well finds a corner for this "intense", and "Blood, Sweat and Tears" directly changes and intensifies after a short pause. Such intensity.

Chi Jingyuan actually likes the song "Blood, Sweat and Tears". He thinks it's good in both the arrangement and the choreography, but he's just not used to this lazy and sexy style.

The two MVs were shot at different locations. The "LOTTO" MV will be shot first in the morning. A prison-style fence has already been set up in the studio outside for shooting. The overall blue tone is like a dubfield-like background and All kinds of money props exude a sense of luxury and wealth.

"let's start"

………………

"Oppa Kyung Won is back? I saw someone said they saw him at a barbecue restaurant in Seoul. He seemed to be eating with the members of XO... It has already been trending."

The moonlight was rising. In the practice room of Red Velvet in the SM building, Jin Yelin, who was looking at her mobile phone, suddenly looked up: "What on earth did he do? He left for almost half a month during the activity period?"

There was no schedule today, so the five of them gathered together to prepare for the new album. From noon to now, excluding dinner time, they have been practicing for a long time. They danced the title song "Russian Roulette" over and over again.

It was getting late at this time, and everyone's physical strength was almost exhausted. They had just finished the last dance and ended the practice and rested in the practice room.

"I also had to sign an autograph, and then I boasted that Jingyuan was good-looking, saying that it wasn't plastic surgery at all and there was no change at all, right? I also saw that trending Instagram post."

Sun Shengwan sat there with his legs spread carelessly, using a wet wipe to wipe the sweat on his forehead as he said:

"He came back yesterday... I remember he said he was going to shoot some advertisement, but I don't know the details... I'm quite curious. The company obviously wants to keep it secret, so it's not easy to ask him."

"but……"

But Irene Ernie must know.

Sun Shengwan was thinking in his mind and glanced at Bae Zhuhyun who was not far away. However, seeing her current appearance, he thought about it and still didn't finish his sentence.

"Why should advertising be so secretive? I asked Oppa Junmyeon a few days ago, and he said that the company does not allow them to disclose it to the outside world..."

Jin Yilin seemed a little dissatisfied and complained: "If I didn't know it was impossible, I would have made random guesses like those on the Internet... Why would I have a baby..."

As she said that, she also glanced at the eldest sister opposite and murmured in her heart.

My figure is getting slimmer and slimmer, and I don’t look like I’m about to give birth to a baby...

Pei Zhuhyun was sitting on the side, not far away from the others. After taking a few sips of ice water, he put the bottle aside. He sat cross-legged and looked at his phone with his head down, but his mind was not on it. On the phone, after hearing her father's name, she focused more on the discussions among the members.

She has been very tired recently.

After a failed comeback in March, red velvet's good momentum last year suddenly came to an abrupt end. In recent months, there have been no important activities. In fact, all the members, including her, have expressed this Still a little uneasy.

Fortunately, as a new generation of girl groups, SM will not give up on them just because of a failed comeback. The preparations for the new album finally officially started some time ago, and the excellent quality of the title song also made them endure a lot of frustration and pressure in that comeback. members have renewed hope and enthusiasm.

In order to achieve better results this time around, they have been practicing very hard and tired recently. In addition, the filming of her first online drama also took up a lot of energy.

No matter how tired she was, she was happy with all this. Being able to film and prepare a new album was already very good.

But in the past few days, her mood suddenly became worse, and the physical fatigue was secondary. After all, she had been used to it since she debuted for so long.

Mainly there is a lot of pressure on the performance of this comeback. For red velvet who has already overturned the car once, this is a comeback that cannot fail.

And besides that, it’s because…

""Bae Suzy appeared on tvN, suspected of auditioning for the ghost crew"

The voice of Park Soo-young next to me came to my ears.

It seemed that her interest was piqued by a piece of news that appeared on her mobile phone. After reciting the news title with relish, Park Soo-young couldn't help but start chatting:

"... Speaking of which, ever since it was officially announced that Kyung Won and Oppa will be participating in the show, there has been a lot of news about the drama "Goblin" recently. There are all kinds of gossips, especially the news that several actresses went to tvN to audition. All the news has been revealed, Park Shin Hye, Bae Suzy, Yoo In Na, and IU, it seems, there are real and fake news..."

"And this new work is being discussed in many places on the Internet. I still remember that two days ago, I saw people launching a lot of polls, such as "The best actress for Chi Jingyuan" and "Who do you want to play the ghost?" There are quite a few people participating, let me see..."

As she said that, she became interested and clicked on the webpage on the screen. After a while, she found the poll she had seen before. When she went in and took a look, she couldn't help but clicked her tongue: "Hey Yigu, there are several votes. Bae Suzy is all number one, and a few of them are still far ahead. Obviously the results of the first week of "Any Attachment" two days ago were average..."

"If she can really cooperate with writer Kim Eun-sook and Oppa Kyung-won, tsk tsk..."

"Ahh..."

Just when Park Soo-young was talking more and more enthusiastically and was feeling a little envious, Son Seung-wan suddenly screamed out of nowhere, stood up and trotted over, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret:

"Xiu Rong, where did you buy this hairpin? It's so beautiful!"

"Ah? Did you say this? It's okay. I was..."

Listening to the voice in her ears, Pei Zhuhyun lowered her head, and her air bangs were like a curtain in front of her forehead, making it impossible to see her expression.

But Pei Zhuhyun, whose cheeks were covered by the shadow of her bangs, couldn't help but bite her teeth, feeling increasingly irritated.

Why do I see this name everywhere lately?

It's really annoying.

It also makes people feel a little confused.