Chapter 287 Addiction(1/2)
In a Korean restaurant called ‘two’ on the west side of the JYP building near Seonling Road, four or five trainees from Neon were eating lunch around a table.
The main specialty of this store is Korean bibimbap, which is quite famous in the neighborhood because of its good taste and affordable price. Some trainees from surrounding entertainment companies like to come here to have a taste from time to time.
The group of people were all eating their meals with spoons. They were really hungry since morning, but there were two exceptions.
One is Momo Hirai, who is still on a diet to manage her figure. She didn't even order a meal, but just ordered a glass of water and sat there biting a straw to join in the fun.
Next to her, Nai Minami took a few bites, then put her spoon down and took out her phone. She seemed to have no appetite.
"Momo-chan..." Minami Nai, who had been browsing her phone for a while, raised her head and blinked at Momo Hirai, who was looking at her: "Can you lend me the wifi?"
"Hey, okay." Hirai Momo, who was suppressing hunger and drinking water, puffed out her cheeks, paused for a moment, and nodded.
After a few operations to connect her to wifi, Najingnan lowered her head and fiddled with her phone again.
"Is EXO's MV out yet?" Saka Minatozaki, who was sitting next to her, gave her a big mouthful of bibimbap and said with a glossy mouth while chewing.
She knew what Najing Nan was doing without asking.
"No, there are still a few minutes." Ming Jingnan shook his head gently.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"780,000."
"How much?" She felt that she had heard wrongly, and her mouth opened slightly in disbelief.
"780,000 tickets, I just saw the announcement not long ago." Looking up at her, Nai Nan pursed her lips.
"This... is a bit too much, isn't it? How much did 2PM's seniors sell during their last comeback album?"
"have no idea."
"Qi~~Mina, you said you were a fan of 2PM..." Minazaki Saka glanced at her, and when she became curious, she simply took out her phone to check, and after ten seconds she smacked her lips: "No.
To 120,000..."
She chewed on the two sales figures and felt that the two seemed to be completely different idols.
It’s just that 2pm was obviously a very popular boy band in the peninsula before.
After eating a few more mouthfuls of food, she saw Nai Minami and Hirai Momo getting together next to her. Her eyes lit up and she also moved over: "Is it public?"
Seeing the two people nodding, she smiled and was about to go over and watch them together, and opened her mouth to ask for a pair of headphones, but when she looked up, she saw that Najing Minami's pair of headphones had been divided up by the two of them.
Moreover, both of them were staring at the screen, not looking at her at all.
Feeling like he was abandoned, he wrinkled his nose and glanced at them. He hummed and took out his mobile phone, connected it to his headphones and opened the web page.
At the beginning of the MV, after a low sound, a melody composed of electronic music and drum beats sounded. In a huge hexagonal maze, EXO members appeared one after another. If they couldn't find a way out of the maze, they had to sit quietly in the wall and struggle.
, searching, wandering, but can't find the direction.
The first scene gives people a slightly heart-wrenching feeling, and the production and quality clearly exceed the level of ordinary MVs.
"What does this maze mean?"
Minazaki Saka raised her head and asked. Unlike Nai Minami and the other two, she paid close attention to EXO. She only read the news about a series of concepts and promotional photos released by SM before.
"The concept of the title song this time is to describe people's inability to extricate themselves from being addicted to emotions, just like walking into a maze."
Najing Nan finally heard her words and turned his head to explain.
"Ouch..." Minazaki Saka nodded with understanding.
"It's started." With a reminder, Mingjing Nan quickly turned around and looked down at the phone.
"come in!"
The electronically synthesized vocals officially kick off the MV, seeming to invite you into this maze.
"papapapa..."
As soon as the scene turned, Jin Junmyun pointed at the camera to make the opening, followed by a somewhat strange but very rhythmic and extremely neat continuous clapping sound, the camera zoomed out, and the white background wall was covered with black mosquito repellent incense fan patterns.
The image that catches the eye is that the four members are standing together. Chanyeol and Kai are standing on both sides, each supporting one of Kim Junmyeon's legs to lift him up, while Do Kyungsoo is lying on his back directly below. The four of them are here.
He kept clapping his hands quickly.
The gap between them just forms a regular hexagon, which perfectly agrees with the maze concept of the title song. Just the opening scene makes everyone who understands it feel bright.
The camera passed through this hexagon. After Wu Shixun performed a brief solo dance, with a wave of his hand, the camera seemed to be pushed to the front of Chi Jingyuan.
"With everything I have, I can never go back now."
"This is clearly dangerous poisoning."
"So bad no one can stop her."
Chi Jingyuan hooked his hand at the camera and sang the first lyrics with sharp and cold eyes.
The soft voice is a little dull and a little hoarse, which immediately leads people into a musical maze with no way out.
At this time, he was wearing a dark red short-sleeved lining on his upper body, a large maze logo pattern on his chest, a black slim jacket on the outside, and a large range of black and red trousers on his lower body, and on his feet was a pair of
Brown leather boots with dense dark markings.
The jet black hair has a hint of deep dark red under the not very bright light, combined with the general's somewhat messy wolf-running style with his bangs lifted up and his forehead completely exposed, especially his slightly sharp eyes and
There is a big difference in the usual image. The whole person firmly catches the eye as soon as he appears on the camera.
In "Overdose", everyone has two sets of clothes. In the opening scene, everyone wears this retro-style set with contrasting colors. Among them, Chi Jingyuan in red and black colors is the most eye-catching.
"Deadly, intoxicated in that trance."
"oh she wants me."
"oh shes got me."
"Oh, she hurts me!"
“Love the cravings that get heavier and heavier!”
The drumbeat suddenly accelerated and the rhythm changed. The six members stood in a row, jumping up and down on the spot, shaking their shoulders and making rope skipping movements. This slightly abrupt action appeared very distinctive here, and with the last sentence
Part and skipping movements, Chi Jingyuan jumped up and took a step forward to the camera.
All six members of Team K were seen raising their heads and half-turning towards the back, raising their right hands in front of their foreheads, creating an aura of being ready to go.
In the next second, everyone suddenly lowered their heads and turned back. At this time, the picture on the screen switched seamlessly in an instant. The slightly dark set venue before the blink of an eye turned into a bright and spacious maze hall, with the hexagonal ceiling lights shining brightly.
It was a little dazzling, and the clothes of several people had all changed into neat slim-fitting suits.
The MV for "Overdose" has a total of two shooting sets, corresponding to each member's two sets of clothing, and the entire MV switches back and forth seamlessly between these two.
At the same time, the first chorus of Team K entered:
"Someone call the doctor, catch me, tell me so."
"Emotion is a disease, overdose."
"As time goes by, it becomes increasingly difficult to hold on to yourself."
After the change of clothing, it looks like a completely different style than before. The suit like a dress is paired with the constantly flashing white lights. Luxury and mist are combined together, which feels contradictory but natural.
"Too much, your love, this is poison overdose."
"Too much, your love, this is poison overdose."
When it came to this part, Kim Junmyeon, Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun quickly knelt on the ground with their legs, with the two in front and the other behind, forming a triangle.
The other three members stood behind them correspondingly, beating their heads rhythmically with their hands like drums, while the three kneeling members also shook their heads and shoulders.
This tapping action was like entering a preset password. After typing, the three people standing behind made a false grab on their heads and stretched their hands high, then waved their hands back and forth in a commanding manner, as if they were commanding.
The brains controlling the three people in front are issuing instructions.
The three people in front also swayed left and right according to the command from behind, and the frequency of their hands and feet movements was exactly the same as that of the people behind them. They really looked like manipulated dolls. The movements of the three people kneeling and the three people standing on both sides achieved a strange effect.
And wonderfully consistent.
At this time, the scene switched to the previous venue and previous clothes. Wu Shixun was controlled to roll to the C position, gestured and pointed at the camera to complete the transition.
Then Team K left the camera, and Team M came on stage for the second verse.
This choreography really surprised many people who were watching the MV. It worked well together and looked very handsome. It was also very unique and in line with the theme of the song "overddose".
Being manipulated and unable to extricate myself.
Some of the more immersed people began to shake their heads involuntarily, their hands also tried to make tapping gestures, and their eyes looked around as if they were looking for someone to control.
Take Saka Minatozaki for example.
She looked around and found that several friends next to her were sitting around doing their own things, especially Nai Minami and Hirai Momo who were looking at the same mobile phone attentively, with their heads pressed together.
Feeling a little bored, she looked at her phone screen again, and her eyes quickly lit up.
The main chorus choreography of Team M is not exactly the same as that of Team K. They each have their own characteristics. Corresponding to Kai and Ji Jingyuan of Team K who have more shots, Luhan of Team M has the most C-position shots.
, followed by chen.
But if you compare carefully, you will find that the rhythm and intensity of the dance of Team M is obviously much weaker than that of Team K. Lay and Luhan are not bad, but the other members are a little weaker, especially Chen and Baekhyun.
Both of them can see that there is not much room for improvement.
To be continued...