Chapter 35: Fans Never Expected This

which was roughly around the time of their EXO "Let It Be" stage performance.Chi Jingyuan blinked, and soon understood.Quickly replied, "Yes, the tickets are already booked. I'll be leaving shortly."...The twelve songs included in the first official release achieved remarkable results. After refreshing their sound source rankings, they directly occupied the top twelve spots on BUS's real-time sound source chart, with the title track "Wlof" taking the number one position.

This kind of parachute sound source ranking, directly taking up most of the top positions by operation, is called "washing charts."

An artist who can achieve such a chart-topping effect generally only has very high national recognition and a large number of fans who voluntarily listen to their music upon its release.

Besides that, the huge and incredibly dedicated fanbase plays a crucial role. Since the release of their music, they have been relentlessly streaming and downloading, boosting the numbers. If a large fanbase actively participates in these actions, it can definitely achieve such an impact.

Although this method has a strong explosive force, it's not sustainable if it relies solely on fans' streaming. The long-term ranking of music sources still depends on the listening of ordinary people.

These two groups have no relation to the past EXO. The popularity of male groups themselves is not high enough to begin with, and the most well-known member within the group, Park Gyungwon, has only been active for over a year and has only starred in one drama, so it's not possible to achieve this kind of effect.

And while they have a dedicated fanbase, their numbers aren't huge, especially after such a long hiatus, quite a few fans have moved on.

They managed to directly top the charts on BUS, which just goes to show how effective their pre-release promotion was. Their recent stage performances for music shows were really good and the company's publicity efforts have been very thorough.

Seeing the results of BUS, everyone was very excited and started to check the rankings on other music charts.

On all five real-time music charts excluding Melon, "" debuted at No.1 across the board. While other tracks on the album did not achieve chart topping positions, they all entered the top 100 of the respective charts.

If "Wolf" also stays at number one on Melon's real-time chart and maintains that position for the whole day, then EXO could achieve a truly remarkable feat:

Several music charts simultaneously reach No.1 Daily chart all-round No. 1, is called Allkill.

"Jingyuan, how are we doing on Melon"

A member next to him asked a question.

Melon is the largest by market share among all music charts, accounting for over half of the entire Korean music market. It is considered one of the most influential and authoritative music charts in Korea.

"Without a first place, 《Wolf》 debuted at second, knocking down Lee Hyori's senior song《Badgirls》. All other songs entered the top 30, with three songs in the top ten."

"That's already a very good result."

Ji Jingyuan looked at the screen and said with a smile, quite satisfied with the results for the first day.

It's a bit disappointing to only be second, not first.

Their initial expectation was for their title song to reach the top 20 or 30 on the charts, as they were satisfied with that. After all, the sound source performance of their debut mini album "MAMA" was not good. The ranking on the day of release was low, and it disappeared from the charts in a few days.

And this time, the first-day source music scores that everyone didn't expect, compared to their debut, were completely like two different groups' scores.

...just seeing the results of this time so pleasantly surprising, I can't help but be a little carried away.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the song ranked number one on Melon's real-time chart, his expression a little strange.

This song is a collaboration between ACUBE artists Hyoge and Jeong Eun-ji titled "Short Hair", released on May 31st.

"Alright children, the first day's sound source results are indeed a pleasant surprise, proving that everyone's hard work is paying off. We got off to a good start, so everyone keep up the good work and continue promoting... Let's eat first, we still have schedules to run later, let's make the most of our time."

Li Chenghuan also looked very happy and said with a smile.

"Inside."

"Fight!"

"aaauuuuu……”

"Hahaha..."

All the members’ joy was palpable; they were laughing heartily in the private room, letting out wolf howls every now and then. With the best mood they’d had in recent months, they began to enjoy this meal.

…………

“aaaaaa, is this really our EXO's first-day sound source result There won't be a mistake, right!”

"I just covered my eyes and didn't dare to look, I didn't expect it to be so good"

"Wow! I can't even imagine, this is even better than the MAMA era, EXO really killed it this time!"

“Come on, sisters! This first day is really a big surprise, proving that our efforts have paid off! It's really special this time! You guys must keep working hard! We can't let oppa's results drop, okay Listen to the music for over ten seconds each click, and keep listening, don't stop! For specific ways to brush up the data, refer to the link XXXXXX above. It has a detailed tutorial... Let's all unite as Planet fans!! ”

"EXO is the best!"

“…………”

After the sound source results came out, EXO's various fan groups were also in an uproar. Although they were the main factor contributing to such good results this time, even EXO's own fans didn't expect such a huge explosion this comeback.

They were surprised and delighted, and at the same time felt more motivated, continuing to fervently climb the rankings.

At the same time, ordinary people who had been paying attention to the music charts were also surprised by this scene. They were curious about which group EXO was, and they clicked in to listen.

For this start, the company seems very happy, increasing the publicity efforts and also securing many more endorsements for EXO.

On June 6th, EXO held two fansign events in Busan's Haeundae and Daejeon.

This kind of event, signing sessions, is basically held by every group that releases an album upon their comeback, EXO also held a lot last year.

For them, one of the most disliked, unwanted, and awkward events among all their schedules last year was the signing session.

That scene was deserted and cold. There were only a few fans, like two or three little birds, and there weren't many staff members either. After waiting for a long time, no one stood in front of me. I could only awkwardly smile politely throughout the entire process, which is really hard to look back on.

For all the unpopular idol groups out there, a signing event is a torture.

"Cheng Huan Ge, are there many people outside"

"A lot, much stronger than last year, rest assured."

With a mixture of anticipation and nervousness, EXO's twelve members arrived on the signing event stage.

Upon seeing the scene below, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but be taken aback.

After seeing him take the stage, a thunderous cheer erupted.

First published on the Traditional Chinese Novel Networkless, the other members were already quite close to each other.After all, they debuted in the same year and are about the same age, so they probably get along well. There's a chance some of them even...