Chapter 27 Looking forward to it
The seventeen members who finished the trip, except Junhui and Minghao, stayed in the country for a few days, and the remaining Shim Baekkyu and others returned to South Korea with the staff.
In addition to a few days of vacation, the fourteen people had a pleasant time. For more than a month, the practice room and recording studio were their usual places.
Compared with the simple dance and MV shooting, the difficult part of this mini-album is the recording of the Chinese version of the songs. However, we decided to change a small part to Chinese and keep the rap part as it is to reduce the difficulty.
Learning Chinese and Japanese is also on the agenda. Compared with other members, Joshua and Dino are better off. They have learned Chinese before and have a certain foundation, so they can learn it again quickly.
The members all study very seriously, except for a few who have strong accents; Japanese and English really depend on individual language talents.
On January 8, 2015, Seventeen's agency Pledis Entertainment stated, "Seventeen's debut album "17CARAT" ranked ninth in the U.S. Billboard's 'The 10 Best K-pop Albums of 2014'. Billboard stated that 'The best K-pop album of 2014' The impressive new boy band Seventeen has shown a combination of strength and talent as a group during this period.',
Showing high praise for Seventeen. After Seventeen's debut mini-album and full-length album successively entered the Billboard World Album Chart, their second mini-album "BOYS BE" also briefly occupied the first place in the ranking, and Seventeen ranked second. The mini-album even achieved a sales record of 260,000 copies, becoming the first album sales among new boy groups, showing a very active performance."
The album continues to rank high on the charts until now. It can be seen that Seventeen has also gained huge popularity outside of South Korea, but I don’t know if there are fans in Europe and the United States.
The sound source of the first regular album has made great progress, and it has not fallen out of the top charts yet. Album sales have been growing, including old albums, which shows that fans have high expectations for Seventeen.< /p>
Although there is a big gap between EXO, the most developed boy group at present, Seventeen's strength and development prospects are still expected by many South Korean entertainment media, and Seventeen is called the "next generation boy group".
After the vacation, Shen Baekkyu and the members quickly integrated into work, and everyone was actively practicing and preparing.
Shengche opened the door to the practice room and came in. He saw that everyone was still practicing without being affected. "Kids, please stop and rest first. Come sit here." Everyone sat in a circle in the center of the practice room. They knew that Shengche was the team leader. Went to attend a company department meeting.
Shengche looked around at everyone and paused for a few seconds on Shen Baekkyu. "The room manager said that our company's new building is still under construction. The specific location in Yongshan District was not specified. But I heard that there is also a dormitory problem that is quite large. Artists from our company who have already debuted will move to Longshan District first."
"I also sent a message asking Yeon-soo hyung. We should move to Yongshan District after the regular album comes back this year, which is around the end of the year."
Shen Baigui had expected this news. His eldest sister had told him that P Club had also recently acquired some small companies and labels. This dilapidated building was no longer suitable for the fast-growing P Club.
Others cheered happily. The quality of Seventeen's dormitory was limited, after all, there were so many people crowded together.
Being able to change dormitories is really great news. As for the company's relocation, I don't care much about it. I might as well care about whether the dinner fee this month has increased.
Shengcheol feels that after Shim Baek Kyu joined the company, the company has changed a lot, including changes in senior management, increases in trainee subsidies, and changes in artist contracts. It is good to have Shim Baek Kyu as a special trainee. At least some unnecessary things have not happened.
Even Brother Yeon-soo told him privately that the company is becoming more and more dynamic. Not to mention the high-quality trainees who joined P Club for good conditions, the changes in artist contracts alone are very surprising. p>
You must know that Han Sung-soo, who used to work in SM company, adheres to the famous SM rules. The contract share is very low. It is completely "apprentice child labor" and he is trying his best to squeeze the value of artists.
As the leader of a team with the largest resource allocation in the company, Shengche doesn’t feel anything bad about it. He has a high degree of resource allocation and freedom, and he respects his members. It can be said that the company is very humane and beautiful.
Continuing to discuss the arrangement of the group, "Baek Kyu, Jihoon try to maintain the quality and speed of this recording, arrange the work well, and don't waste too much time. The interval between them is short, and the dance will be simpler this time based on Baek Kyu's advice. Our comeback plan this time is very important, and the company attaches great importance to it. Come on, seventeen!"
"Come on!" "Come on!"
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On January 14, 2015, the 29th "South Korea Golden Record Awards Ceremony" was held in Beijing. The ceremony was held on two days (January 14 and 15, 2015). The 14th was the Music Awards and the 15th was the Record Awards. Rewards.
"Congratulations to Seventeen for winning the Golden Record Newcomer Award"
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"Congratulations to Seventeen for winning the Seoul Music Newcomer Award"
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"Congratulations to Shi Qi for winning the MMA Newcomer Award"
The members of Seventeen were very happy to have won several important new music awards in South Korea, as well as several other lesser-known awards overseas. They gave excited speeches every time. After all, they had only debuted for less than a year. It's great to be recognized.
It is worth mentioning that SM’s new girl group Hong Beibei also won the Golden Record and Seoul Music Newcomer Awards. Congratulations to them.
However, none of them seem to be very tall, so I didn't pay much attention to them at first. When I looked at them up close, I realized that the captain's head was a bit big.
Winner, who came from three major companies, won the first place in a record-breaking manner after his debut. It was amazing in such a short time that he can be said to be a born winner. In contrast, Shim Baek Kyu and the others had to work hard after their debut. Performing on the street and handing out flyers can make people pay attention to them.
Frequent returns, better results each time, dedicated stage performances, increasingly mature performances.
No wonder Shen Baigui saw someone on the Internet saying that their seventeenth achievement was purely based on accumulation of numbers, and he just wanted to say stupid.
If you release an album, you can make money. Whether the company can make it or not, even a toad would have to urinate in it, let alone an individual.
Of course, currently Seventeen has little impact on the market and can return a few more times. When it becomes famous, it will not be able to return as frequently as this.
The last group that was famous and had many comebacks was called Crown, and all the groups under CJ Entertainment had to fight.
The market is only so big, and the more times it returns, the more shares it will occupy. This is not allowed, and there will definitely be a group of people attacking it.
Chapter completed!