Boy group: In order to survive, I have to open business

The idol’s comeback period is basically the same as their debut process, which also starts with the album concept trailer, followed by the release of pre-release songs and title songs. The promotion period is between two weeks and one month, and generally lasts two weeks.

Generally speaking, the second comeback of a new idol group after its debut is the most popular, especially after a huge hit. The public's expectations for the songs go up invisibly, so they will pay more attention to the group's second comeback. The comeback also needs to use this to accumulate popularity, and better songs must be produced to satisfy the audience.

The news about the ticket-rigging scandal hasn't passed yet, and the members haven't recovered well. People like Cha Jaehoon, who are as thoughtful as him, are even more depressed, visibly.

The music teacher gave them two demos. Xia Xinglang didn't have much impression of JP1's second comeback in its previous life. It might be because the songs were not good enough. Neither the pre-release song nor the title song was very attractive. But four months later, JP1 released its first regular album, which saved everything.

The title song and pre-release song of the regular album are both first-class productions with distinctive styles, which are the style of youthful pain.

After listening to the two demos, Xia Xinglang did not have the same feeling as before that this song was good. In comparison, he could choose a better song, but he felt that both of them were not good.

"Are there any other demos?" Xia Xinglang asked the teacher, and got all the ten songs expected. Although the other members did not understand Xia Xinglang's approach, they listened along.

Xia Xinglang said: "I want to choose other songs from the music library. These songs can be included, but not the main song."

Everyone looked at him.

"We need to come up with a song that's better than our debut song," Xia Xinglang recalled the hit song from his previous life. All those concepts were nonsense. The biggest problem was that the song wasn't good enough. At this point in time, we should still be able to snatch it from other companies. "Fans are looking forward to this comeback. I feel like the songs we have now aren't that good. They're not enough to live up to our fans' expectations."

Although the teacher understood his idea, what could he do if the song was not good? Should he buy it?

"Let's buy a song," Xia Xinglang was prepared. He followed a music producer on the platform. Although he was not famous now and had only three-digit fans, he would produce famous songs for many groups in the future. "This song."

The music teacher listened to his recommendation and said: "It's OK as a prelude song."

Xia Xinglang couldn't convince them, so both sides made concessions and chose a more pleasing pop song from the demo as the main song.

Kim Seung Hyuk: "Why did Syaoran insist on changing the title song?"

"Because the work and the performance are good," Xia Xinglang deeply understands this truth, "the fans have confidence in us."

Another reason is that he wants to deepen his relationship with Youngji, and from the second mini album, he wants to make Youngji the core of the team's concept. The core of the concept is ultimately about the adaptability of the song, and being able to adapt to and digest songs of all styles. Their group is deeply bound to the concepts of the universe and stars. In the group, the only person who is so beautiful that he looks like an AI model is Youngji, in addition to Yoon Dongho.

Xia Xinglang is nominally the center of the stage. He has always interacted with Yin Donghao more than anyone else on stage. This time he wants to have more duets with Yingzhi.

Hanayamain Eiji had headphones hanging on one ear: "I think the song sung by Syaoran is better."

Hong Zhanglin has always been a safe bet, but he also stands on Xiaolang's side: "Let's use this as the main theme song."

"I want to participate in writing lyrics," Xia Xinglang said, "Cupid will be happy to see it. Everyone can participate and choose a song they like to write lyrics for. There are seven of us, so we can have seven songs."

The producer supported Xia Xinglang's idea: "Because the demo already has lyrics, just make some changes. The title song is the one recommended by Xinglang, so let's use this one."

Fans are important.

This MV is still deeply related to the planet. The story is set on the moon. What would happen if you stood on the moon during a total lunar eclipse?

"Black Swan", a group became slightly famous with this song in the past. The change of key at the climax and the Latin style made it stand out from the other songs on the charts at the same time. Nowadays, pop songs rarely have key changes, but the functions of the key changes and the rap part are roughly the same, the slowness and acceleration of the rhythm can stimulate the ears of the audience.

However, since Xia Xinglang has taken over the lyrics, he wants to change "Black Swan" to "Blood Moon".

JP1 will return in April. When the news came out, fans were delighted but also worried about the future of the group. Everyone forgot for a while that this is a limited group with a two-year activity period. If there is any negative news, it will be a huge blow to the members and the group.

At the same time, there is news that the undebuted members of "Idol Planet" are about to debut as a group.

For example, Dong Ma Guang, Lee Dae-hoon, Seong Ji-young, and Kim Min-hyun, who debuted in JP1 in their previous lives, debuted as a group with Lee Dae-hoon at S2 Company, along with Zhou Junwu, as a 6-member group. Because they wanted to bring up concepts related to planets to take advantage of JP1's popularity, they all used planetary names, such as Mercury, Mars, and Uranus, and all the stars shone at once.

The name of Zhou Junwu's group is PER6 (Perseus). As the saying goes, when they are together they are a ball of fire, and when they are apart they are a sky full of stars. The east wind you ride on is still the east wind no matter how late it is. Coupled with their debut songs being nice, many groups became popular.

When Kim Seung Hyuk saw the news of other contestants’ debut, he couldn’t help but sigh and said, “Others have also debuted, Xiaolang, did you see that?”

"The song is very good." The song that Xia Xinglang wanted to fight for was here, but unfortunately it had been bought by S2 in advance. "I saw the message sent by Daxun, and we will be in touch later."

Yin Donghao: “…”

Xia Xinglang: "Didn't you send a message to Brother Donghao?"

Yin Donghao: “No.”

Their debut coincided with the comeback period of a popular group, so the popularity was dispersed.

Since they are all idols who debuted from the same talent show, it is natural for fans to compare them. For a while, there were comments that JP1 was not as good as so-and-so's group. Fans are easily angered and some will defend them while others will criticize them. Perhaps this is the effect those companies want. It is a free way of publicity and the members who came out of the show have their own popularity.

Amid fans’ agonizing wait, the official JP1 account released a comeback trailer on April 4.

＜Blood Moon＞.

Under the huge red moon, the members turned their backs to the camera, all wearing white medical restraints, with their arms fixed and handcuffed. The camera swept across the faces of each member.

Under the red fishy light, blood dripped onto the ground.

Instrumental accompaniment sounded, with guitar accompaniment accompanied by suppressed drum beats, and the sounds of accordion and double bass rang out.

The camera switches to an aerial view, the tower, the moon, a garden, butterflies, and an unmanned exploration vehicle on the moon.

The last shot is of everyone running, with light and shadow flickering, and the close-up of the camera stops on Xia Xinglang's face wearing a bite stopper.

In the short one-minute preview, fans are discussing whether the new mini album concept is a werewolf, as werewolves transform during a full moon.

The world view of JP1 did not have time to be formed, so any speculation becomes reasonable. In addition, the trailer was released on April Fool's Day, so some people do not believe the concept expressed in this return trailer.

The pre-release song "Pearl" was released. Pearls and the moon are linked together in many cultures, but there is no sea on the moon, so why are there pearls?

This is a psychedelic experimental pop song. The dance tends to be lyrical jazz, with a lot of arm movements. The movement and movement lines are more in the traditional form of six people surrounding one person. There are many close-ups of the members gazing at the moon on the beach in the MV.

The personal trailer was directly omitted, and the "Blood Moon" MV and audio were released on April 4th without any warm-up. The official MV used the background of the blood moon and made an adaptation based on the original song. It tells the story of the members encountering a total lunar eclipse during their exploration of the moon, and what happened before they were completely swallowed by darkness.

From the light beats in the first half of the song to the heavy beats in the second half of the chorus, from tension to release, the sense of exhilaration at the climax of the song, the 4-on-the-floor dance music gives people an auditory excitement.

The most intuitive reaction of the audience is that this song is very good, don’t mention any other small bands, JP1’s songs are the best!

There was no showcase appearance, and fans were still complaining about why there was no appearance. The song's first stage was performed on Wednesday's "SMTS" stage show with Yoon Dong-ho as MC.