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Chapter 479 Objective Evaluation
The moment SM released all the music in the album, countless clicks flooded in. The two new songs "if you" and "EXODUS" added to the regular [-] this time were topped the list in an instant after countless listens Foremost position.

Relatively speaking, the lyrical song "if your" has been favored by more people. After watching the live broadcast of EXO's official second album press conference, many of them are concerned about what Chi Jingyuan said in an interview. , one of his favorite songs on the entire album generated intense interest.

In countless different places, living rooms, bedrooms, streets, alleys, feasting, and even driving cars, countless people's ears sounded this song at the same time.

The guitar sounded softly, melodiously dialed into everyone's heart one after another, just like the ripples of raindrops on the river surface, so soft and so silent.

The extremely simple chords, with a soothing melody, substituting people into the sad rhythm unconsciously.

It was just a prelude, and it immediately caught the listener's ears.

"She stays away from me."

"I'm helpless."

"But I stood there blankly like a fool."

Chi Jingyuan opened the whole song with a hoarse and deep voice, chanting his lyrics in a straightforward manner, without seeming to have much emotional input, but just a few simple words, a few voices, and a few words. This chord seems to have told a story and told a regret.

"I can only watch the back of the person leaving."

"Know that it becomes a small dot and disappears."

"Will it be forgotten with the passage of time as well this time?"

The voices of several lead singers appeared one after another, with different voices and singing styles, but the same aftertaste and emotion.

Many fans who are familiar with it immediately recognized it. From the beginning until now, the voices of the four lead singers of EXO have appeared one after another, and the parts of other members are very few. Obviously, this is another team building of the lead singer of the group.

But songs with this kind of atmosphere and tune need this kind of immersive voice and singing skills.

"if you~~"

"if you~~"

"If it's not too late."

"Can we go back to the past."

When it comes to the chorus part, the rhythm and tone still haven't improved significantly, and it's still the same low-pitched singing as before, and the sound echoes in the ears like the night wind. A picture appeared in front of the eyes of the people. They seemed to see Chi Jingyuan standing on the empty and dark stage, only illuminated by a dim and blurred light, watching them faintly and reluctantly holding a microphone, low-pitched. Singing with sad head and devotion.

Everyone seems to be talking about their own memories and the person in the memories.

It's not a happy song, it's a sad song.

This is not a song that makes people cheer up, but a song that is suitable for a person to stay quietly in a certain place and taste alone.

But it's a beautiful song, one that can't help but bring back memories.

"If you suffer as much as I do."

"Can't we get along more easily?"

"I regret that I didn't cherish it when I was here."

In the end, Chi Jingyuan, who ended the whole song, had a flat voice without too many fluctuations. It seemed that he just drew an ordinary end to an ordinary story.

But at the moment when the music disappeared, that strong sense of regret surged into everyone's hearts.

After listening to this song, many people couldn't help but calm down. Even though the surrounding environment may be very noisy, he can still feel the waves deep in his heart.

With all kinds of emotions, after listening to the last paragraph, many people had thoughts like 'I lost someone important' or 'someone is going to leave me'.

However, after a burst of reminiscence and sadness, they found helplessly that the one who disappeared and gradually left him was only yesterday's self.

And after listening to the song "if you", many people who knew Chi Jingyuan or were acquainted with him, such as Pei Zhuxuan, Zhou Ziyu, Zheng Eundi, Sun Naen, etc., looked at him inadvertently. The position of the composer, looking at the very familiar name, thinking of the song I heard just now and the feelings in my heart, I was speechless for a moment, and I thought about it.

Because of the release of the entire album, along with the drop in the previous rankings, and even the return of the songs that flew off the list, they were directly placed at the forefront. For example, in Melon's real-time list, at this time, among the top twelve rankings, there are ten The first song is sung by EXO.

The other two songs were announced at the same time as them. Bigbang's two new songs "sober" and "last dance" this month ranked third and fourth respectively.

With the end of June, the major girl groups began to gradually return. Recently, various girl group summer songs have become regulars on the list, and they have also begun to guide the recent trends in the music industry to female idol groups. ,

Known as the 'Queen of Summer', Sistar came back on the 23rd with her third mini-album to join the Summer Wars. The sound source of the title song "shake it" was very fast. It broke the record 6 times in 13 days and set a record for a girl group. Because "boy with luv" still has an extremely exaggerated momentum and very strong results, it has not won the weekly championship, but it still maintains a very stable position at the forefront of the major music charts.

However, at this time, on the real-time list of major music sources on the peninsula, the top ten positions are almost all taken by two boy groups. Sistar's "shake it" was directly squeezed out. Although it must be only temporary, it still makes people feel emotional , these two top boy groups have really gone beyond the category of boy groups, they themselves represent fashion and trends.

After all, when will the boy group’s sound source be able to overwhelm the girl group, there used to be only bigbang, and after this year, EXO has been added.
This airborne result is already a very normal thing for passers-by. With the return in recent months, the peninsula is very good at chasing Kpop people, whether they are fans or not. Go and listen to the two new songs released by EXO and bigbang. The cultivation of this kind of inertia and recognition is really a rare thing.

Early the next morning, entertainment media, large and small, naturally began to report on the release of EXO's second album. Now, the official second album, which has been delayed for five months, is finally on everyone's radar. In front of him, ten well-produced songs have been included in their own playlists by countless people, endlessly looping.

And all well-known practitioners in the music industry, as well as professional music critics, and even senior Kpop fans also stood up to express their opinions and comments on the album "EXO-L" after the release of the full album.

One of them is very famous in a certain music forum, and a review posted by many musicians on the second day was topped by many people, and it was also reprinted by some self-media drafts:

[What to do if an album is full of title songs——On the undeniable divine album "EXO-L"]

"In the early hours of this morning, I finally waited for the release of EXO's official second album. I finally listened to the last two songs that I had been looking forward to for a long time. wrote this review.

I have commented on the songs of the previous single albums many times before. Like "call me baby", the trendy and handsome dance music is made to the extreme. From the melody, to the meaning, to the MV, they are all excellent "Spring Day", "love me right", which is full of campus spirit, and "boy with luv", which is a song whose performance is against the sky, and which no longer needs to be evaluated, I have said more than once.

So this time I mainly want to talk about this album and how exaggerated the quality of this album is.

Those who have been in the Kpop circle should know that song resources are very tight for most idol groups and even singers.

A good song that has the potential to be a big hit may have to go through fierce competition in private before it can finally belong. I don't know how long the commission has been queued, and to get songs from them still needs strong contacts and relationships.

As for small companies with no connections, they can only rely on ordinary composers or accept some songs that others are not optimistic about to try their luck.

So to be able to get a song of excellent quality as the title song is already a very good thing for some idols of small and medium-sized companies, and other songs included in an album will naturally not be so serious. Pay attention, the quality will be much lower than the main one, which is also a common problem of most idol groups.

One is the limitation of habits, and the other is that I really can't get good songs.

And this time EXO's official second album makes me feel helpless and emotional, that is, there are ten songs in the whole album, and the minimum is the title song quality.

Not to mention a few big hit songs that were originally featured in the previous singles, and not to mention "Orientation Sniper", which is more popular than the main track, even "El Dorado" and "butterfly" are very popular. The main song is more than enough to be the title song in an ordinary, second-tier boy group.

As for the two newly released songs, "EXODUS" is a very unique dance song with a strong sense of rhythm and an exotic style. It's a song above the standard, and I personally like it very much.

And "if you" is even more to my appetite, I was overwhelmed as soon as the prelude sounded, Yuan seemed bland, but in fact the very contagious opening introduction was absolutely amazing, his emotion The brewing and expression are really powerful (By the way, this song is still his first work. I don’t know how he wrote this song that mainly expresses lovelorn and regret. I always feel that his face and this theme Doesn't quite match the style).

At the same time, several other lead singers also performed very well, expressing the feeling of regret and reluctance very well.

I feel that this song can already compete for the honor of EXO's best ballad song. I have commented before that compared to other boy groups, SM company likes to make ballad songs for EXO, but they are not shoddy. The quality of the songs they give is not good. Surprisingly good.

Previously, I personally judged EXO's best ballads including "Moonlight", "Let It Be Natural" and "Spring Day" released this year. Now "if you" can also be added to the discussion.

There may be some EXO fans who are very dissatisfied with this song, because you can only hear the voices of four people throughout the song, and only the four lead singers have their own prat. After listening to this song, other members realize that they probably did not participate. recording of this song.

But to be honest, "if you", a ballad song that requires a lot of emotional expression, can only be sung well by members of the lead singer level, and the others are really more than one level behind.

Try it yourself, replace the opening part of "if you", the chorus and the ending part, and replace Yuan's voice with Wu Sehun's very distinctive electronic sound, try to imagine it yourself and you will know the difference .

I can only say that EXO fans are really lucky. It is rare to see other idol groups, and there are four members at the level of a major vocalist who are hard to find, but EXO has four.

This is actually the reason why EXO, as a boy group, does not feel awkward singing ballads at all, and the reason why many songs are unexpectedly good.

Turning back to the topic, although the two new songs "EXODUS" and "if you" may not be as explosive as the previous hits, the quality is definitely nothing to say, especially the latter, I really like this song .

Looking back now, in the album "EXO-L", the ten songs are at least at the level of the main boy group, and there are more than one, or even three to four songs, which can lead to a big hit song.

You must know that this kind of hit song is usually not seen a few times a year, and if you meet one by chance, you can directly push a second- and third-tier boy group to the status of a first-tier popular group.

(By the way, Yuan's contribution is really great... Anyone who knows Yuan as a member should know that he is really a bit formidable. He has almost all the talents and abilities that an idol needs. They are all the best ones. I see that the fans of many groups give their idols the title of rainbow fart. Only Yuan's "Natural Idol" I recognize the most.

The composition of the members of the EXO group, from appearance to strength, is already very good. The addition of Yuan has directly raised the upper limit of the entire group. Li Xiuman was able to make a temporary boost on the eve of EXO's debut. This decision of man is really admirable. )
And now this album has this configuration, I can only say, really, it's too extravagant.

The extravagance makes people heartache, people can't help but feel SM's rich and powerful, the extravagance makes other small companies jealous to the point of hitting the wall, the extravagance makes people speechless.

In the entire history of Kpop, it is difficult to find an album with such a luxurious song configuration. I really feel that SM has brought out all the best songs in the music library for several years. Maybe it was really scared by the turmoil last year.

However, bigbang, which competed with XO in the same period, actually released several excellent songs this time, and the two new songs released this month are also excellent.

If the quality of bigbang's newly added songs next month and when their official album is released can also be at this level, then the overall quality of their "MADE" album this time can be compared with "EXO-L".

It’s just that looking at it now, although bigbang’s songs are equally good, they were still weaker than EXO at that time. This is why they were considered by many passers-by and even professionals (including me) in June to be at a disadvantage in the competition, and even lost. The main reason for this competition among the top boy groups is that their title song is still not as explosive as the opponent's.

As for other three-generation boy groups in the same period as EXO, there is no need to mention it. The quality of the songs and influence of this official second album alone are enough for them to pursue for a lifetime. Maybe they will not be able to release such an album until the group is disbanded, or so a hit song.

It can only be said that the three generations of boy groups at the same time as EXO were really unlucky. Even though I am not an idol, I can still feel the powerlessness of being thrown away by others.

So what should I do when I encounter an album that is full of title songs, a variety of styles, dance music and lyrical coexistence, including several big hits, and such a luxurious configuration?

Of course, I bought it for my relatives.

Even though the eight songs of the entire album have been released one after another in the past few months, the quality of this album has reached an impressive level.

In the past, many musicians and fans thought that EXO's official album "XOXO" was a magical album. I don't deny it. After all, "XOXO" is indeed a very high-quality album with many familiar and popular songs.

But this time the second series "EXO-L" came out, redefining the concept of "God Zhuan", and redrawing a standard for "God Zhuan".

It is estimated that it is not easy to find a few equally excellent albums after counting the history of Kpop. This is probably the reason why the terrifying number of pre-sales of more than 80 is still achieved even though most of the songs in the album have already been released.

(As an aside, this number is really a bit exaggerated. After the pre-sale, EXO's second album will reach one million singles without any difficulty. It will probably take less than a week. Including the sales of the first four singles, if you pay attention Anyone who knows the market data will find that as of July 2015, EXO's physical album sales have accounted for more than 60.00% of the entire sales market.

In other words, as of today, all the physical albums sold by returning artists in the music industry in the first half of the year are not as many as EXO. It would be too biased to move.

According to statistics, in 2014 last year, the annual physical sales volume was about 760 million, and now the total sales volume of EXO accounted for almost half of it.

It can only be said that the top TOP groups of each era have their own differences from other groups. This kind of team is not limited by such things as the ceiling and the market. They themselves are the ones who create the ceiling. The sales of EXO are really The scariest I have ever seen, none of them)

(By the way, let me add one last sentence. In my personal opinion, this time the competition between EXO and bigbang's two generations of TOP boy groups has already been decided. EXO has already achieved success in terms of sales, music sources, YouTube, influence, popularity, etc. The data exceeded in all aspects, and even crushed the opponent.

Even if big bang can produce big hits in the future, it will be difficult to restore this situation. Maybe the music source will overtake them, but the huge difference in sales is like a moat in front of them. It is really not a style of painting.

If there are no major accidents, EXO will officially reach the top by the end of this year, becoming the undoubted TOP among all boy groups and even idol groups in this era, number one.

In fact, I think it is already possible to say that now, of course, there must be many people who will not admit it)
Even for EXO itself, I think it will be difficult to produce such high-quality specials in the future, so for relatives who like Kpop, it will be a pity not to buy this album.

Maybe some VIPs or fans of other boy groups think my evaluation is too biased. The whole article is all about bragging about EXO's achievements and songs, thinking that I received money from SM, or I am a fan of EXO. .

I hereby solemnly declare that I have never received money from SM.

As for who is the fan... Friends who know me well know that I didn't follow any boy groups before.

But now, it's really not sure. "

(End of this chapter)