How to become an ACE of a top boy group

"Hahahaha—" Song Chuchu burst into laughter.

"From today onwards, I'm also going to be deeply tied to Gu-ge as a couple! Please teach me how to untie this bond!" Lu Yun pretended to cry and leaned weakly on Gu Minxing's arm. Gu Minxing affectionately patted Lu Yun's hair.

[We've been set up by capital]

Support us, father and son!

[Hahaha, the Nebula super topic has already changed this picture to its profile picture, hahaha]

……

Lu Yun complained, "Who photoshopped this picture? Send me the original picture, I want to replace Song Chuchu's face on it!"

Song Chuchu sat up abruptly from the sofa: "Hey, I'll sue you."

"Sue me?" Lu Yun stood up even more. "Without me, would you be sitting here grinning like an idiot?"

"But no matter what, Lu Yun did a really good job. His acting in the MV was absolutely phenomenal. Let's give our little dog lots of praise." Luo Xi smiled to quell the internal strife and began to push forward the live broadcast schedule.

“It’s a big dog,” Lu Yun corrected.

"Big dog, big dog." Luo Xi patted Lu Yun's head and continued, "Now that you've finished watching the MV, fans can ask any questions about it in the comments. Long Xuan, please move the album over there to the center so the fans can see it!"

[Big and Little Dogs]

[Album! Album!]

When will my pre-order ship?

[CC, your new hair color is so beautiful]

Shin's album designs are always so beautiful; even non-fans want to buy them.

【The Compassion of Gumi Star】

[Why are you stopping? Keep going! I want to see a cat-and-dog fight! [doge emoji]]

[I think I've discovered a blind spot. What did Lu Wangwang mean by that? Was it Song Maomao who originally wanted to cross-dress?]

[I got punished by the administrator of this place [doge emoji]]

……

"Someone asked, what does Lu Wangwang mean? Was Song Maomao originally supposed to crossdress?" Lu Yun finally found the comment he wanted and read it aloud, "The original MV script for the 'Deep Affection' segment was supposed to be filmed by Song Chuchu and Minxing, but this guy didn't want to play Shulan (the name of the female lead in 'Deep Affection')! He argued with producer Yijin, and the producer made us play rock-paper-scissors... so the script was changed and I ended up in it!"

"You said you were playing rock-paper-scissors, so what can you do if you lose?"

“Then at least show me some respect,” Lu Yun slammed his hand on the table. “Did you say thank you, Lu Yun? You’re just laughing at me.”

"Setting your female attire as the background of my Weibo account for a week is the greatest respect I can show you," Song Chuchu said nonchalantly.

So he lost at rock-paper-scissors, huh? Hahaha

[So it's true that cats are more suitable for Shulan's clothes. Cats have small frames, so they would definitely look cute in them. Lu has a large frame, which makes it look particularly strange.]

[Strange? Absolutely bizarre!]

[Hahaha, Lu Gou's cross-dressing elevates the skit quality of this music video to a whole new level.]

[Why am I suddenly a little disappointed that I can't see the pretty and cute cross-dressing cat?]

[The mainland dog sacrificed too much, Mom cried, can we do it again next time?]

Quickly say thank you to Lu Yun.

Let's say thank you to Lu Yun.

……

"The comments keep saying thank you to Lu Yun, and some people are saying they want to see Chu Chu in women's clothing. It's really interesting! Does Chu Chu want to try it? Our Zhuzhu wants to see it!" Luo Xi said happily.

On one side, Lu Yun waved his hand triumphantly, saying, "For the sake of candlelight, this is nothing," while on the other side, Song Chuchu clutched her head in anguish, crying out, "Ah, I don't want to!"

Luo Xi smiled and introduced the album in her hands to Gu Minxing.

"First, there are sticky notes on the CD case. These are little notes we wrote to our fans. The titles of all eleven album songs are photocopies of the original handwritten notes by the five of us. Can the fans tell who wrote them?"

罗希把便利贴撕下来和镜头对焦，直到能看清纸条里面的内容：1.白日梦2.暗流3.答卷4.飞，像鸽子一样5.橘子日出6.絮絮7.捉迷藏8.上课间奏曲9.狂浪10.成为我11.始于你

Someone drew a few clouds on "Daydream" with a black pen, wrote "Dark Current" with trembling lines, circled "Answer Sheet" and wrote the two small characters "Main Feature"... The names of the songs were written in different handwritings.

[It's like a little note my deskmate passed me; such a thoughtful design.]

[I'm guessing Lu Yun wrote "Wild Waves" because he has the worst handwriting.]

Ahhh, it really feels like passing little notes, sis!

I want to be deskmates with ILitter...

Are sticky notes adhesive? Will they leave marks when you peel them off?

The entire album has a subtly melancholic summer school vibe.

Can it be glued back on after being torn off?

……

Gu Minxing said, "I saw someone ask, 'Are the sticky notes self-adhesive? Will they leave a mark when I peel them off?' Don't worry, they are self-adhesive, and they won't leave a mark when you peel them off. See, the outer shell is still very clean. You can peel them off and stick them back on, but the stickiness won't be as strong. If you want to collect them, it's better to peel them off and store them separately, in my personal opinion."

“There are two versions of this album.” Luo Xi showed the daytime version to the camera. “This is the daytime version. The transparent CD case is designed in the shape of a book, which is really interesting, right? The pattern on the CD has the texture of a picture in a textbook. The background is a deep blue sea with tiny, diamond-like sparkles on the waves. A white balloon floats in the middle, and a note is tied to the balloon with a red string. It says ‘Letter’ and ‘Answer Sheet’.”

Gu Minxing held up another album and introduced it: "This is the Night version. The CD design features a deep blue ocean with small boats with candles drifting on it. The candlelight illuminates the deep blue sea. What will you discover if you connect these drifting boats with a thread...?"

Rosie looked over cooperatively: "What will you find?"

Gu Minxing traced the boat's trajectory with his finger: "You'll find the letters 'Letter,' which is the name of our album!"

"Wow!" Luo Xi, the cheerleader, clapped his hands.

[Take them all]

[That's very well explained. Can you show me the configuration?]

[The top salesperson is here to promote something (not really)]

Mutual appreciation is the right thing to do.

Can I request an a cappella version of the title track?

I want to see the merchandise they give away.

……

“Okay, let’s show you the merchandise.” Luo Xi responded to the comments by showing the album’s contents and merchandise. “Everything is packed in this big transparent file bag. There’s a blue ‘ILetter’ logo and a barcode in the bottom left corner of the file bag. If you scan the barcode, you’ll be redirected to a school’s webpage. It’s a campus introduction of the coastal school in the music video, but this is just a concept, candles. In reality, this school has been abandoned.”

"The file folder contains the new ILeTer identities specially designed by the production team, and the school files for the five of us in this concept. Take a look at mine; it has my student ID photo, class, hobbies, grades... These are all fictional based on the concept. My hobby isn't swimming; my hobby is... the candles~"

【Okay okay】

Did you just wink? So cute!

Confessing your feelings when I'm off guard? That's interesting.

【You're my favorite too, Eun-hee!】

……

Gu Minxing smiled and showed off the other items: "Besides the autographed message and random selfie photo cards that are sealed together with the CD, this album comes with a set of five photo cards of the five members in MV scene costumes, three postcards, a poster, and stickers that received a good response before, which have elements of this comeback concept such as blue sky and white clouds, school, and clock tower."

"If you purchase the bonus items, you'll also receive a blue cloth bag with a pigeon design from the ILitter and Warney collaboration. This bag is quite large and sturdy; I feel like I could carry it around with books or a water bottle." Gu Minxing opened the bag and took out the stationery inside. "This is a lyric book and five pigeon-shaped pens, also designed in collaboration with 'Warney,' each representing a member. Do any of you candlelight fans like them?"

Luo Xi showed off: "There's also a square diary. When you open it, you'll find the diary entries we wrote while filming the 'Answer Questionnaire' MV. There are also our signatures at the bottom. It only has five pages, and the blank pages at the end are for the fans to fill in. There are also two blue and pink envelopes with the same envelopes and paper as in the MV. They have very refreshing colors and patterns. If you're lucky, there should be a signing ticket inside, but we didn't get one. Oh well, it's fine. I'll leave all my luck to the fans."

Yes, I will be selected.

[Are there really so many freebies for just 128?]

[Do you give away an album with the purchase of merchandise? I like that.]

[I don't mainly recommend them, but I really enjoy buying their albums. They give out a lot of freebies, and it's always a joy to open the albums.]

[Buy merchandise and get an album as a gift. In addition to random photocards, you'll also receive a set of five member cards. You don't have to worry about not getting your favorites.]

[I'm so envious of differential equations!]

……

"When will it ship? Pre-orders have already shipped, and for those buying now, you'll have to check the official website for updates. Is there a collaboration with Warni? Yes! The new song 'Like a Pigeon' from the new album is the theme song, and they'll be releasing ads next week when Warni launches new products, plus Warni blind boxes featuring our characters! Candlelight fans can look forward to it! I'll be going to try my luck too. What do you think of my new hair color…" Lu Yun continued replying to comments while his brothers introduced the album, "Some Candlelight fans asked if the music video hid a lot of information, and if you could explain it, that would be great!

"Please welcome our professional analyst of the universe, Song Chuchu—" Lu Yun tried to pull Song Chuchu to the center of the camera, but Song Chuchu disdainfully pushed her away with her hand.

Luo Xi said, "Let's each speak up and share our understanding. We can leave the first one to the end, since he knows the most. Lu Yun, you go first. As the lead actor in the music video, what are some things you should pay special attention to during filming? Didn't the producer tell you a lot about that?"

“Oh right,” Lu Yun recalled, “The producer said that my performance should be as exaggerated as possible, to create a kind of illusion. The whole MV was just a funny campus story for me? That’s how I acted it, but Brother Luo, you should tell the story…”

"Back then, there was a part that I didn't film myself. You guys were downstairs in the lobby, and I was in another room. The director showed me the storyboard, and he kept telling me to film it in a cool way, to make a cool expression. I remember I was trying really hard to make a cool expression... It seems like he talked a lot but didn't really explain anything," Luo Xi couldn't help but laugh. "The music video is probably about breaking through the confusion and hesitation in your heart, and writing down the answer you really want. That's why it uses scenes like school and exams, as well as Lu Yun's choices between love and studies. The song is all about choosing the answer that you truly believe in, so that you can pass the level."

I also feel like it's about choices.

[It's okay, Eun-hee, your parts were definitely filmed very well.]

“That’s right! That’s exactly what I was going to say!” Lu Yun patted Luo Xi on the shoulder as if he had found a substitute for her.

Gu Minxing added: "I think besides that, there's also the confusion and pain of 'graduation,' because every choice means losing something. On the surface, the song is happy, but it actually hides complex emotions. Just like our music video uses humorous storylines, but the people who are actually making choices are in pain and hesitant. School is also a stage of choice that everyone goes through. This is probably the first time many people experience a major life choice. So in the music video, besides the seemingly happy storylines, there are also scenes of us making phone calls in a flooded phone booth, or being alone in a dark classroom. This is the real pain of making choices beneath the surface."

Such a profound understanding.

The empathy of the planet Gumi is unparalleled!

I was wondering why it sounded a little bit sad.

As someone who graduated this year, I can relate.

Lu Yun said admiringly, "Awesome! Minxing-ge, what you said is so true."

Luo Xi asked, "So, what about Long Xuan? Does he have anything to say?"

“Everything you said was very good, that’s enough,” Li Longxuan said.

What do you mean, "That's enough, I'm just getting touched"? Is that even fair?

Are you playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game)?

Hahaha, you guys!

Is a "live and let live" attitude enough?

I'll forgive you since you look beautiful today too.

[A campaign of passive resistance to work was launched.]

[Li Gou: My teammates are doing all the work while I just lie back; making money is so easy]

[Hyunfan remains silent, only taking screenshots]

……

"Let me explain. You're all wrong! None of you have connected the MV with the ILitter universe!"

Song Chuchu pushed past Lu Yun and squeezed into the middle position next to Luo Xi, syncing the MV footage to the live stream window and beginning to explain frame by frame: "Who still remembers that in the concept of ILitterer's debut, we were trapped in the endless abyss because of a curse? Although the candlelight awakened us and we left to go to a new level, the evil power of the monster 'Azalea' still plunged us into a dream. That's why the last MV of the first album 'Fatal Desire', 'Azalea Dream,' ends with us falling into a deep sleep and coma on the grass."

"So the background of the 'Answer Sheet' music video is the period of time when the cuckoo made us fall asleep. It's a fictional world that it wove, and it's a means for it to crush us with resentment and lost emotions!"

“Actually, this is made up of two worlds: the real world and a fictional world. The music video opens with Enxi, dressed in tattered bandaged clothes, walking up the school steps in the dark to mail a letter to the red mailbox. You can see that the letter is blue. So where did this letter go?” Song Chuchu skipped to the end, stopping at the shot of the blue letter appearing in Lu Yun's locker. “It's in Lu Yun's locker, right? Why? Because Lu Yun's world on campus in the morning is a fake, fictional world, and this letter is a warning that Luo Enxi sent from the real world!”

"The fictional world is a school that devours and shapes people's memories. The four of us forgot Ronshie's existence, and we also forgot Iletter and Candlelight. Ronshie was locked in a room alone. Why was he able to leave in the end? Because he remembered Iletter's name. He returned to the real, dark school and later awakened everyone's memories by sending letters. The five of us finally realized that we were in a dilapidated classroom, wearing tattered clothes and bandages, just like the scenes interspersed in the music video. In the end, we connected with Candlelight through song and dance. It was Candlelight who led us out of this school that devours and shapes people's memories! That's it!"

Song Chuchu finished speaking in one breath, and Luo Xi looked at him with a proud gaze: "Clap for Teacher Cat!"

Lu Yun looked shocked: "It's just like attending a class."

“Ah,” Gu Minxing was still reacting as she looked at the music video on the tablet, “I thought this was a standalone summer concept.”

"Great job!" Lee Yong-hyun joined in the applause for Song Chuchu.

[Is it connected?]

It's so fine, so incredibly fine.

My expression is the same as Lu Wang's.

Cat, you must have gotten a perfect score on your reading comprehension!

[I was just saying that the previous azalea concept wasn't continued; was it hidden inside?]

[It looks like a skit, but the theme is so grand?]

Is there really that much more? I've only been watching the skits.

……

Luo Xi summarized: "The above is our understanding and analysis of the MV. However, there is no official analysis; it's all just our five people's thoughts. So, fans, please use it as a reference and interpret it according to your own ideas. Feel free to leave any thoughts in the ILetter official cafe..."

Lu Yun's phone suddenly went off with a timer.

He excitedly picked up his phone: "Fans, the exciting moment has arrived! The real-time results are out, and we can see our music's debut in the charts!!"