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Chapter 287 Addiction
In a Korean restaurant called 'two' near Xuanling Road on the west side of the JYP building, four or five trainees from Neon were eating lunch around a table.

The main specialty of this store is Korean bibimbap, because it tastes good and the price is affordable, it is quite famous in the neighborhood, and some trainees from entertainment companies, large and small, like to come here to taste it together from time to time.

The whole group ate their meals with spoons, and they were really hungry from morning to now, but there were two exceptions.

One is Momo Hirai, who is still managing her body and dieting recently. She didn't even order a meal, but ordered a glass of water and sat there chewing on a straw to join in the fun.

Mingjing Nan next to him took a few mouthfuls, put the spoon there and turned the phone out, feeling as if he had no appetite.

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

"Hey, good." Momo Hirai, who was suppressing his hunger and drinking water, froze for a moment with puffed cheeks, and nodded.

After a short operation to connect her to wifi, Mingjing Nan lowered his head and fiddled with the phone again.

"Is exo's mv coming out?" Minatosaki Saka, who was sitting next to her, took a big mouthful of bibimbap and said with a greasy mouth while chewing.

She knew what Minami was doing without asking.

"No, there are still a few minutes." Mingjing Nan shook his head lightly.

"Woooooo..." Swallowing down the food in her mouth, Minozaki Saka raised her eyes and thought about it, and suddenly asked with interest: "By the way, how much is the pre-sale of XO's album this time?"

"78."

"How much?" She wondered if she had heard it wrong, and opened her mouth slightly in disbelief.

"78 copies, I just read the announcement not long ago." Looking up at her, Minami pursed her lips.

"This...is a bit too much, how much did 2PM's seniors sell for their last comeback album?"

"do not know."

"Qi~~mina, you still said that you are a fan of 2PM..." Minazaki Saka glanced at her, and she simply took out her mobile phone to check it out of curiosity, and smacked her lips after ten seconds: "No To 12..."

She chewed on the two sales figures, only to feel that the two seem to be totally different idols.

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

After a few more mouthfuls of food, she saw Najing Nan and Hirai Momo next to her get together, her eyes lit up and she posted it: "Is it made public?"

Seeing the two nodding their heads, she smiled and wanted to post and watch together, and opened her mouth to ask for an earphone, but when she looked up, she saw that the pair of earphones of Mingjing Nan had been divided up by the two of them. And both of them were staring at the screen tightly, not looking at her at all.

Feeling abandoned, he wrinkled his nose and glanced at them, snorted, took out his mobile phone, connected it to the earphones and opened the webpage.

The MV opened. After the low voice, the melody composed of electronic sounds and drums sounded. In a huge hexagonal maze, members of EXO appeared one by one. They couldn’t find a way out in the maze and got to sit in the wall and struggle. , looking, wandering, but how can not find the direction.

A front painting makes people feel slightly worried, and the production and quality obviously exceed the level of ordinary MVs.

"What does this maze mean?"

Minazaki Saka raised her head and asked, unlike Nai Minami and the two who paid close attention to EXO, she just read the news about the series of concepts and promotional photos released by SM.

"The concept of the title song this time is to describe the inability to extricate oneself from being addicted because of falling into a relationship, like walking into a maze."

Mingjing Nan finally heard what she said, and turned his head to explain.

"Aw..." Minozaki Saka nodded with a look of understanding.

"It's started." With a reminder, Mingjing Nan quickly turned to look down at the phone.

"come in!"

The electronically synthesized vocals officially opened the prelude to the MV, as if inviting you to walk into this maze.

"papapapa..."

As soon as the screen turned, Jin Junmian pointed at the camera to make the opening, accompanied by a bit weird but very rhythmic, very neat continuous clapping sound, the camera zoomed out, and the white set wall was covered with black patterns of mosquito coil fans.

The picture imprinted in the eyes is the four members standing together, Chanyeol and Kai are standing on both sides, each supporting Kim Junmyeon's leg to lift him up, while Do Kyungsoo is lying on his back directly below, the four of them stand together They were still clapping their hands rapidly.

And the gap between them just formed a regular hexagon, perfectly consistent with the maze concept of the title song, just an opening scene makes everyone who understands feel bright.

The camera passed through this hexagon, and after Wu Shixun performed a brief solo dance, with a wave of his hand, the camera came to Chi Jingyuan as if pushed.

"With everything I have, I can't go back now."

"It's clearly a dangerous poison."

"So bad no one can stop her."

Chi Jingyuan hooked his hand towards the camera, and sang the first line of lyrics with sharp and cold eyes.

The voice is soft with some dullness and a little hoarseness, which immediately leads people into the music maze where there is 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 on their heads, then waved their hands back and forth in 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 left and right following the command 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 controlled 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 makeup of the 12 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 wear this Kind of makeup members.

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.

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

"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 of the second mini-album and the logo of SM 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."

"Exo's 12-member combination, there are not many in the division." Minazaki Saka said something fair: "And the Yuan-senpai really has enough shots, and several of them are killings that people will never forget. part, like this, that..."

As she spoke, she turned around and leaned a little forward, 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 who were next to them also laughed when they saw it, and then they tilted their heads and puffed up their faces to imitate, and all 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 when she looked at the final maze logo on the screen, she felt very interesting and a little inexplicably complicated.

maze……

Addictive...

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"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 in the 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. 77 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.

Taking on the legacy of "Roar", many passers-by in the entire peninsula and a large number of XO fans are looking forward to and attaching great importance to this comeback. Even though this is just a fan album, the unbelievable number of pre-sales is still Expressed the support and love of countless fans for EXO's agreement.

As soon as this pre-sale number comes out, it means that EXO's mini-album has a great probability to reach the million sales they broke through last year again, it depends on how long it takes.

Last year's regular album "xoxo" sold nearly 150 million copies of the original reprint, breaking the sales ceiling of Peninsula albums for many years, and re-expanding the market and upper limit. cardiac.

But until today in 14, I have returned to so many singer idols and released so many albums in half a year, but the only one who can touch this ceiling is still EXO himself, and the others are at least two grades behind. The same goes for SJ and Girls' Generation, which have always been known for their sales.

It has to make people lament the large number of fans of XO, the number of diehard fans who are willing to pay real money, and their fanatical support for their idol.

"But this time Xiaguo has a lot more fans who bought albums, and the proportion of losers is much higher." Jin Junmian discovered another strange thing.

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

Chi Jingyuan also looked at the phone and nodded.

在77万8710张的预售数字中，韩文版的预售是45万2160张，而夏文版则卖出了32万6550张，后者占据了百分四十还多的比例。

During last year's "XOXO" period, although EXO was popular in Xiaguo, the proportion of sales in China was not very large, but this time "overdose" has made a very obvious improvement. The number of Xiaguo fans and purchasing power have increased significantly. a substantial increase.

Chi Jingyuan's series of activities in Xiaguo because of the popularity of "The Heirs" really increased XO's popularity from the side, and the combination of the whole group's non-stop activities added up to XO's popularity. 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 already exceeded 4. Looking at this increase, I don't know if it will reach 24 within [-] hours." Jin Junmian is still not stopping When he announced the good news, the whole lounge was immersed in an atmosphere of excitement. Every time he said a word, the temperature of the room rose by one point.

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

Because of last year's explosion, the comeback will be very good. In fact, the company and the members have already thought about it before, but after the dream came true, everyone is still too excited to hold back.

"Who was before the highest single-day sales record for an album?"

"I just checked, bigbang's fourth mini-album "tonight" sold [-] copies in one day, but that was caused by data delay, but it is still a record." Jin Junmian talked eloquently, really Everything is ready.

"Then our trend won't break their record after a while?"

"But we are the sum of the two versions in Korean and Xiawen, and others sell only one version."

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

"Where's the sound source?" Do Kyungsoo was already grinning from ear to ear, his thick eyebrows seemed to be dancing.

"Look for yourself." Jin Junmian pointed the phone screen directly at him, which displayed the real-time Melon rankings.

As soon as the second mini-album "overdose" was released at noon, the six songs in the album instantly swept the charts, firmly occupying the top six of the major music charts. The prelude song "dope", which was released last week, dropped a lot in the ranking of music sources It was also pushed up again, occupying the fourth position.

Among them, in melon, three songs including the title song "overdose" and the included song "i need u" airborne and broke the chart at the same time, and in the gengie chart, all the songs of the whole album airborne and broke the chart. The strength of the explosion is surprising.

It is the first time for Melon that three songs in an album have airborne and broken the chart at the same time.

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

The leak of the sound source the day before yesterday, coupled with SM’s uninterrupted investment in publicity these days, and the extensive discussion caused by the popular MV of the prelude song "dope", etc. It caused the EXO mini-album [-] to make people speechless, and the terrifying sound source performance exploded.

Judging from the trend of the first day of this comeback, the appearance of "dope" has significantly improved XO's not-so-great YouTube data, and the current EXO has indicators from sales, to the explosion of music sources, to the number of fans and loyalty, etc. There are no shortcomings, and many of the data have surpassed the previous top boy group bigbang, and even the sales volume is still multiple.

However, tubing and sound sources are still not as good as the former, especially sound sources.

If the YouTube data can be stronger, and the stamina of the sound source can be improved, they can even announce the summit directly on the spot.

(End of this chapter)