Chapter Twenty-Seven: Record

low orchestral music began, Kai stood with his head bowed in the center. The other members were all sprawled on the ground, their forms rising slowly like wolves. Under the dim lighting, the entire..., the peninsula asteroid

"Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!"

The next day, while having dinner outside with the members of K-Team, just after ordering their food and waiting for it to arrive, Ji-sung took out his vibrating phone and glanced at it.

The message that was sent by Pei Zhuhyun had four words at the top: "Amazing!"

Looking back, the three winners were all wearing loose sportswear and each showed some of the parts from Ji-won's choreography in v.

Pei Zhuhyun bent her smiling eyes and tilted her head, Jiang Seqi made a gesture of shooting with both hands, Son Seungwan was the funniest, with exaggerated expressions and her whole face wrinkled into a ball, she crossed her two hands in front of her chest and posed like a rapper. At first glance, it was obvious that she was imitating Park Jiwon rapping.

I don't know how many times they've watched the "Dope" MV and performances, but does Son Seungwan know that her expression is kind of scary...

The expressions of the three people looking at the camera are all quite silly, but you can tell they're all smiling very happily. It's just a mystery who took their picture.

"Hehehe..." Seeing this, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh.

Remembering what Jiang Sheqi had told him about their recent situation, Ji Jingyuan raised his eyes and pondered for two seconds. He stood up and said to the members, 'I'll make a phone call and be right back,' before walking out of the private room and dialing Pei Zhuxuan's number.

The phone rang once and was quickly answered.

""

"Joohyeon xi," Chikyeongwon called out.

"Internal." The pronunciation of a single word caused Pei Zhuxuan to take two detours, seemingly in good spirits.

"I just looked at the photos you sent me, thank you for your support..."

After Pooling came out of the private room, he looked around and found a window with no one nearby. At the same time, he spoke into the phone: "It's just that you have a little idol baggage, don't you Why can you take such good-looking weird photos"

"Pff..."

A crisp laugh came, lingering for a moment before her voice, tinged with amusement, replied, “Well, there is a bit. Hahahahaha……”

Before she could finish, she laughed out loud. It's unclear whether she was truly carrying a burden or just very happy to be praised.

Hearing the other person's smile, Ji Jingyuan also smiled with a phone in his hand, without speaking, waiting for her laughter to subside a little before asking: "Have you eaten"

"Well, I just finished eating and got back to the company. After a short rest, I'll start preparing for this afternoon's practice." Pei Zhuxuan replied with a smile in her voice and a light tone.

After some brief pleasantries, looking out the window at the street below, Chi Jingyuan pondered for a moment before quietly speaking:

"According to She Qi, the preparation team for the girl group project is working very hard and under a lot of pressure... How have you been lately, senior"

Hearing his question, Bae Joo-hyun was as if something had choked her. There was a noticeable silence on the phone for several seconds, as if she was hesitating about something.

"Inside… there's a little…" After a few seconds, she finally spoke softly. The carefree tone from just moments ago was now laced with a hint of bitterness.

"Hmm." Chi Jingyuan responded.

“.....” After a few seconds of silence, as if she felt Chi Jingyuan’s concern, or perhaps genuinely wanting to confide in someone, she pursed her lips and finally sighed, beginning to speak in a rambling voice:

"Last month, I dropped in rank during the end-of-month assessment. Even though I've been practicing very hard, spending 15 to 16 hours in the practice room every day…"

"I'm the oldest among all the trainees in the pre-debut group, some of them are even from 1999... I don't know how the company arranged this age gap, with such a big difference in age, can we really debut together Sometimes when I practice with them, I feel kind of awkward..."

"I'm so tired every day, and the pressure is really getting to me. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better just to relax more…"

">...."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Pei Zhuxuan seemed to be holding back tears. It was clear that she had been through a difficult and oppressive time recently. She had accumulated a lot of emotions in her heart for a long time, and the anger had been building up in her chest.

Now facing Chi Jingyuan's proactive inquiry, he finally had a way to vent and spoke incessantly about a whole lot of things.

She clearly hadn't organized her language, her expression of meaning and word order were somewhat chaotic, as if she just said whatever came to mind.

From her tone and somewhat agitated emotions, it could be felt that she was under a lot of pressure.

After all, this was probably her last chance at s company. If this girl group project wasn't chosen, she'd either have to take a different path, go back to school or become a backup dancer, maybe even a manager, or leave s and try again at another company.

Qi Jingyuan didn't interject much either, occasionally responding with a sound to indicate he was listening attentively and acted as a qualified listener.

After talking for a while, Pei Zhuxuan's emotions seemed to gradually stabilize. The uneasiness in her heart suddenly felt much lighter after being vented out.

At the same time, she realized that she had just thrown so many negative emotions at the other person. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed and hesitated: "I... did I say too much"

"Indeed, there are quite a few. I didn't expect that senior would have so much going on in their mind."

Chi Jingyuan let out a chuckle and his gaze swept over a speeding flashy sports car on the road below. Without waiting for a response, he continued in a relaxed tone: "But actually, next time you can say a little more..."

Anyway, I'm free right now.

Hearing the smile in the other person's voice, Bae Joo-hyun felt a sense of calm settle over her. She felt a surge of emotions within her, clutching her phone unsure of how to reply.

She pursed her lips and said softly, "Inner."

"Alright, seniors, let's chat another time. I won't keep you any longer; they should be starting to eat soon, and if I don't go back, all the food will be gone..."

"We don't have the habit of waiting for others to eat, I've suffered several times because of this..."

Chi Jingyuan chuckled, closed the window and as he walked back, he casually said something. When he got to the door, he gave the other person a final farewell salute:

"Juhyeon xi, fighting!"

After he turned the doorknob, a soft yet resolute voice came from the phone:

"Inside, I can... You can too."

Hang up.

As soon as he opened the door, Ji Jingyuan saw the members scrambling to eat the food that had just been served. Everyone's movements were so quick.

"I told you I'd be back right away, just wait a moment." Ji Jingyuan wore a bitter expression and couldn't help but grumble.

"Your 'immediately' is really fast..."

Wu Shixun puffed out his cheeks, the food in his mouth not yet swallowed. He looked up at Ji Jingyuan and beckoned him, "Come eat quickly, don't waste time. We have other things to do later."

"I'll kill you!" Chi Jingyuan hurriedly ran back to his position and grabbed the quickie.

…………

"The ranking of 《dope》 has already started to drop."

Do Kyungsoo on the nanny car, frowning as he looked at the source chart on his phone.

Today is May 10th, two days have passed since the release of the original sound source and the first stage broadcast. After two days of fermentation, the performance of 《dope》 on the music charts is a bit unsatisfactory, and the ranking has begun to slowly decline.

"It's perfectly normal for a piece to be both an opening prelude and a first dance. "

Park Chan-wook gave him a glance. "You don't expect us to win the championship with a lead single, do you"

"No, it's nothing like that... I just feel..." Do Kyung-soo shook his head, not knowing what to say.

The performance of a song's audio basically depends on two aspects: the initial burst and the lasting impact.

The sound source of 《dope》 exploded, and it immediately topped the real-time charts as soon as it was released. This is the best proof.

But for EXO's current sky-high popularity and massive fan base, this is a very normal result, and something to be expected.

After all, given their current popularity, even if they released a variation of the children's song "Three Little Bears," it would probably top the charts effortlessly.

It's abnormal for EXO to release a song without any promotions.

It's similar to the previous "wolf" in some ways, but the pre-release track "dope" began to reveal its shortcomings in terms of staying power. By the third day, it had already slipped to fourth place, and based on its daily listening and download trends, it is likely to continue declining.

This trend is impossible to get the weekly top spot on the Lon list.

After the release, "dope", which was released 3 days ago, is still not as popular as "so", which has been out for over two months.

"so" only just came down from the top spot on the weekly chart a few days ago. Before that, the song had been number one for eight consecutive weeks, which is incredibly impressive!

The top spot on the chart has been held for 51 consecutive days.

The Genie chart has held the top spot for a continuous 720 hours, ranking first in comprehensive rankings that consider online plays and downloads across all songs released in the first half of the year.

After "so", the second is the Hollywood animated film theme song "Let It Go", and the third is IU's song "Friday" released at the end of last year.

Besides this data, 《so》 also has a very interesting achievement.

It was the top-ranked song on *Music Bank* for all sound source scores in the first half of this year... The second and third-ranked songs.

It's all it.

The source of 《so》 is so excellent that even Chi Jingyuan himself did not expect it, it can be said to be a pleasant surprise.

But with "dope" currently trending downwards, there's nothing Ji Jingyuan can do about it.

This is also a common point of K-pop dance music, balancing the rhythm and explosiveness of the stage, which makes it difficult to guarantee the popularity and mass appeal of the song. At the same time, new concepts are occasionally added or unique styles are sometimes tried.

So, the sound source achievements of boy groups have always been somewhat underwhelming. To be able to balance both, it can be called a divine song.

However, he didn't expect the sound quality of 《dope》 to be particularly good either. After all, the song wasn't really meant to win on audio quality alone.

"The source was as expected, nothing to say, very normal decline... But the YouTube views of our song 'v' are surprisingly high! In less than three days, it has already exceeded 10 million clicks... With this growth rate, is this a record break"

Jin Jun-Myeon was also watching YouTube on his phone, seeing the number of views for "Dope" v, he looked up in surprise and asked.

"Wow, that's fast! I remember last month the views for 《wolf》 were over thirty million, and the most popular one, 《咆孝》, only had over fifty million. This is already the highest viewed one we have."

Park Chan-wook, hearing this, was quite surprised. He quickly took out his phone and said while checking, “And ‘Hyena’ has been out for 8 months already, right ‘Dope’ is at over a million in just three days”

Before, I haven't really paid attention to those other data points, just staring at the sound source chart. Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan also took out his phone and browsed it on YouTube.

Most Kpop idol V videos are uploaded to YouTube, and the number of views on these Vlogs or stage videos, although not as important as sales figures and music source data, is still a fairly direct way to gauge the popularity of an idol group.

Among all idol groups on the peninsula currently, V's solo YouTube views are at the highest level, reaching over 100 million. This level of viewership is rare, with only Girls' Generation's "Gee" and BigBang's "Fantastic Baby" achieving this kind of success.

But those lakes, we won't discuss them. The click-through rates of most popular idols' videos stay at the ten million level.

Currently, the most viewed song is "Roar" with five million six hundred thousand views, followed by "Wolf" with three million five hundred thousand views.

Their YouTube data isn't bad, but it's not great either. At least compared to EXO's popularity and other metrics, they have some weaknesses. They still fall short of the top-tier groups.

In idol history, the fastest million-click video was Girls' Generation's "The Boys" in 2011, which took 110 hours.

This record stood for two years, and after two years, it was Girls' Generation again, with "IGOTABOY" hitting 10 million views in 55 hours, breaking their own record.

This speed has not been surpassed by any idol to this day, but based on the current situation, it seems that 's speed is also not much weaker than the former. However, we still need to specifically count the time.

"It did indeed break the record for fastest 10 million clicks."

At this point, Lee Seonghwan, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, heard the discussion and chimed in: “The company already tallied it up this morning. v reached 10 million views on YouTube in 51 hours, breaking Girls’ Generation’s record of 55 hours.”

"The click-through rate of this song is still increasing very rapidly, proving that our v for 'dope' is really great."

"Hello"

Although it wasn't a very important record, it still made the members feel much better.

"Inside..."

Li Chenghuan nodded, and at the same time added with a hint of doubt:

"And according to YouTube data and company statistics, a significant portion of the views for the song 《dope》 on YouTube are not from Peninsula natives or audiences in Southeast Asia (like China) that we frequently engage with. Many come from overseas, particularly viewers in Europe and America. Of these 10 million views, at least one-third come from outside Asia.”

"Hey bro, aren't we EXO already famous in North America and Europe Haha, why not consider holding two more concerts there" Park Chan-Yeol heard this and laughed cheerfully, jokingly.

"Hahaha..." The members burst into laughter, and Ji Kyeong-won couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

They didn't take it seriously and didn't pay much attention to the information.

YouTube click-through rate, while not the most crucial metric, still holds some significance. It serves as a platform for idols to reach fans and audiences worldwide, reflecting their popularity and general appeal. Since 2013, music shows have even incorporated YouTube data as a reference point in their scoring system.

But saying it's important, actually, current idols, including their economic companies, don't really prioritize this data. After all, it's not like sales and sound source streams that can directly bring a lot of revenue and intuitively reflect how well a group is doing.

It's clear that YouTube data has become increasingly important in recent years, especially with the widespread adoption of smartphones. It will undoubtedly become even more crucial in the future.

"Well… it's possible." Lee Seong-hwan smiled and turned back, "Maybe because of 'Dope', you guys got popular overseas, and next year the company will send you to conquer America."

Then tour by caravan

"Hahaha..."

Kim Jong-in then said something that caused everyone to laugh. It was clear who he was implying.

So far, no K-pop idol has really succeeded in breaking into the US market, so they're just casually joking about it without really caring.

"Right, brother."

After laughing for a while, Kim Jun Myeon looked at Lee Seung Hwan.

"What's wrong"

"The click-through rate for 《dope》 is a record among idols, right Where does that rank among all artists on the peninsula Is it first" He asked curiously.

"Hehehe…"

Lee Seung-hwan smiled helplessly and looked at Kim Jun-myeon's eyes, which seemed a little strange: "I won't mention the number of clicks on 'Gangnam Style', just go check it yourself, Suho."

"Psy's "Gentleman" hit 10 million clicks in 16 hours and 1 billion in 80 hours."

He sighed with a hint of exasperation.

The reason why the data comparison is limited to idols is because this guy is too outrageous.

This novel is first published on the Traditional Chinese Novel Network.sue and frantically wiped her mouth.Afterward, she turned back and met Chi Jingyuan's playful gaze with a frown. She said in an annoyed tone, "I was just trying to comfort you, how can you act like th...