Chapter 350 The first non-Korean artist to win the Best Solo Award
The 30th Golden Disc Awards was held at the Peace Hall of Kyung Hee University in Seoul. Although Kwon Ji-yong was admitted to Kyung Hee University through the college entrance examination, due to his busy schedule, the only thing he was most familiar with about Kyung Hee University was the Peace Hall, which often hosted various award ceremonies.
What makes the award ceremony held at Kyung Hee University different from other ceremonies is that in addition to the fans who bought tickets, there are also some students from the university in the audience.
The two-day Golden Disc Awards had already released the guest lineup for both days in advance. Compared to the first day where newcomers such as GFriend, Seventeen, Twice, and Ikon gathered, the audience on the second day seemed more enthusiastic.
Seeing the artists entering the venue one after another, the screams from the audience almost pierced through the ceiling of the Peace Hall.
The live broadcast camera was aimed at the artists entering the venue.
2NE1 did not return together this year, so not all members were present this time. When Ye-eun, CL and Dara took their seats in the guest seats, Bigbang had not yet entered the venue. Winner and Ikon behind them immediately stood up and bowed slightly when they saw them coming.
The three of them smiled and returned the greeting and sat down. CL glanced at the cheering sign held by the audience around her and poked Ye-eun's arm with a smile. Ye-eun followed her line of sight and saw the cheering sign that said "Ye-eun, don't crawl into the dog hole, crawl into my hole." She looked at it for three seconds and then silently looked away.
Today's fans are becoming more and more bold.
The "Ouni slap me" that we saw them doing on FM and in concerts before seemed to be the reserved version.
Dara also turned her head to take a look at the cheering sign. As if to stand out from the crowd of cheering signs, the sign in her hand was specially made with fluorescent stickers. It looked very conspicuous in the dimly lit Peace Hall.
The camera swirled around the guests who had already entered, and then pointed to the entrance again. Screams were heard, and Bigbang entered.
This year, "MADE" was a huge hit. The new songs released every month from May to August all killed the No. 1 on all music charts, even the monthly charts. Even the audience who were not Bigbang fans couldn't help but cheer when they saw them enter.
Kwon Ji-yong wore a white inner layer with a blue suit jacket on the outside, with his hair combed back, looking refreshing and domineering.
After he and the members sat down, he turned his head to greet the juniors behind him, but he naturally put his hand on Ye-eun's seat and played with Ye-eun's hair that was resting on the chair.
Ye-eun's first outfit today is a V-neck light blue top with black jeans. Her neck is adorned with three chokers in black, silver and black. Her brightly coloured earrings that reach her shoulders are faintly visible among her long brown curly hair.
Sensing the movement behind her, Yi Eun turned her head slightly to look at Kwon Ji-yong. Her hair came out from his hand, fell smoothly between Kwon Ji-yong's fingers, and was then twisted around by him.
CL glanced at the two people next to her and was speechless about Kwon Ji-Dragon's behavior of either playing with Ye-Eun's fingers or her hair in such a situation where they were not allowed to play around. Because of the two of them who didn't care at all, the camera always liked to revolve around them every time at an award ceremony.
Sure enough, just as the thought flashed through her mind, the camera swept past them again, and the director inadvertently pointed the camera at the two of them.
After hearing everyone's screams, Kwon Ji-yong looked forward and saw him and Ye-eun appear on the big screen. He did not put down his hand on the back of Ye-eun's chair, but raised his eyebrows slightly at the camera, his eyes were sharp, as if he could shoot at the camera in the next second.
Ye-eun always pays attention to her image in such occasions. She smiled slightly at the camera and fluttered her long curly eyelashes, looking lazy yet elegant.
The couple seemed to be acting funny and cute on other shows just a few days ago, but when they returned to their jobs, they seemed like completely different people.
Who would have thought that these two people who now seem a little distant were still crawling on the ground some time ago. They are like natural artists who can switch their personalities at any time according to their work.
Not only did the atmosphere on the scene become increasingly heated, but everyone watching the live broadcast couldn't help but talk about it.
[Wow, I never thought that one day I’d see idol couples in the same frame…YG is really amazing. ]
[I still haven’t recovered from the news of their marriage. YG is indeed YG. ]
[kkkkk There is probably no other boy group other than Bigbang that has been talking about dating topics on TV shows since their debut, right? ]
[Chebai, we are Shinhwa...]
[Hahahahahahahaha, even though Shinhwa is often photographed clubbing, they manage to hide their relationship pretty well. ]
[Tsk tsk tsk, considering GD’s personality, can he hide it? ]
[Although it looks serious, don’t think I didn’t see GD’s hands secretly playing with Ye-eun’s hair…]
[Cheep, it’s a bit hard to adapt from a crawling kid to being like this kkkk. ]
[The director also knows what everyone likes to watch kkkk. ]
[Both of them are wearing blue, hehe. ]
[Bigbang never dress like a group, and 2NE1 often dress separately, but they both often wear the same color kkkk. ]
[It seems like all YG members have a kind of arrogance that doesn’t care about their appearance or discord, tsk. ]
[Hahahaha, shout loudly: We debuted based on our actual strength! ]
[But Ye-eun and Dara look so good today! ]
[Oh my god, I originally planned to grow up like Ye-eun...]
[Are you crazy? It’s so heart-warming to see Quan Yi and the others in the same frame.] ]
[Today’s things to do: Chase Quan Yi! ]
Seeing that the number of live broadcast viewers began to increase, the director moved the camera away with satisfaction. Kwon Ji-yong, who was looking directly at the big screen, thought he was seeing things when he saw the cheering boards flashing by on the screen.
He turned his head hesitantly to look at CL, and sure enough, the yellow cheering light board was incredibly bright among the crowd of light boards. Kwon Ji-yong blinked and gently pulled Ye-eun's hair with the hand behind her.
Yi-eun turned her head in confusion, and Kwon Ji-yong raised his chin, motioning her to look over there. Yi-eun followed his gaze and found that he was also attracted by the signboard, then she curled the corners of her mouth and looked back at Kwon Ji-yong.
"Are fans nowadays...all so arrogant?" Kwon Ji-yong raised his eyebrows and muttered softly.
However, thinking back to when he first debuted, there were still fans who copied porn videos onto CDs for him during support, he shook his head helplessly. The people in their country are really brave...
Ye-eun looked at his expression, confused.
Quan Zhilong, who had never told Yi Eun about this, shrugged, looked away as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "Let's start."
Only then did Yien turn her gaze back to the stage. As the music started, the host slowly walked out from the stage aisle.
The guests and audiences in the audience applauded and listened to the host introducing the golden records as he did at the beginning of every show. Kwon Ji-yong leaned back indifferently.
Artists' schedules are usually planned for years, which fans don't know, but as the captain of Bigbang, he knows that this may be the members' last album before they join the military, so they will return in this way that sacrifices sales.
The feedback in the past few months has indeed been good. Bigbang has almost dominated the top of all music charts in the past few months. Even the songs released in May are still at the top of major music charts.
When Bigbang and Ye-eun, who returned in the same way, both received the Best Music Award, the camera once again turned to the guest seats. In order, after Girls' Generation, Siatar, ZionT and other artists received their awards, Bigbang went on stage first to receive the award.
After receiving the trophy, Kwon Ji-yong smiled slightly and said a few simple words before handing the trophy and the microphone to the members. Standing at the very edge, his eyes unconsciously shifted to Ye-eun who was waiting to go on stage at the edge of the dance floor.
She also looked up at the stage, and the moment their eyes met, they both curled their lips at the same time. Kwon Ji-yong looked away towards the front of the stage, while Ye-eun lowered her head to adjust the corner of her clothes.
After Bigbang finished their speeches on the stage, the camera began to move with the five people on the stage. Kwon Ji-yong, who had just hidden in the corner after the speeches, naturally walked in front. When he heard Ye-eun's name from the host, he led everyone off the stage without hesitation.
When Ye-en saw several people walking straight towards her, she was stunned for a moment.
Ah, isn’t this the direction to go on stage? Why are they stepping down here?
The three members in the middle followed the captain out of habit, not noticing anything was wrong, and left with him "without hesitation."
Jin Duxuan, who was walking at the end, hesitated for a moment, looked around for two seconds holding the trophy, and even pointed behind him.
Brother, we are going in the wrong direction! ? The confusion and speechlessness on his face were almost visible. The audience, who had not noticed anything wrong at first, suddenly laughed when they saw the youngest member being "stratified" from the other members of Bigbang.
Even the award presenter who had stepped back to wait for Bigbang to speak couldn't help but lower his head and cover his mouth and laugh.
It was not the first time that the host saw a guest walk the wrong way when leaving the stage. However, when she saw GD walking quickly to the stairs, she could not help but quip, "Although it is common for artists to walk the wrong way in excitement after receiving an award, this is the first time I have seen one walk so fast."
Hearing the host's words, Kwon Ji-yong was stunned for a moment, and his face, which had always been cool and expressionless, changed into an expression of embarrassment and shyness.
He touched his face with his backhand, and looked at Ye-eun with curved eyes, who was tilting her head slightly towards him. The members behind him seemed to be hesitating whether to go back and walk over there again.
Quan Zhilong looked at the whole audience laughing and finally couldn't help laughing.
Now that you've reached the edge, just step down here.
If another artist went in the wrong direction to receive an award, he would definitely change direction and go back, but since the person below was Ye-eun, there was no need to consider so many "etiquette issues".
He covered his face with his backhand, bowed slightly amid everyone's good-natured laughter, and continued to walk down the stage with the other members.
When Kwon Ji-yong passed by, Yi-eun held back her smile and slightly moved sideways to let them pass. Kwon Ji-yong glanced at her, and the smile in his eyes deepened again. He raised his hand and gently touched the back of her hand, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Yien looked down at his fingers that had brushed across the back of her hand, curled the corners of her mouth, and rubbed his fingertips with her little finger.
The two people's actions, which they thought were secret, were captured clearly by the camera.
[I knew something was going to go wrong when I saw BIGBANG giving their acceptance speeches and GD secretly glancing in the direction of the stage. ]
[Ah, is that called peeking? It's just a look and a smile! ]
[Hahahahahahaha, he confidently threw the trophy and acceptance speech to the members, then walked to the side of the stage to see his wife. ]
[Even going in the wrong direction...]
[Hahahahahaha, GD, you go in the same direction when you go on and off the stage! ]
[Du Xuan turned his head and looked in the direction of the stage. It was so funny, hahahahaha. ]
[Du Xuan: Hold up the trophy and cover your face. Hiong, can you please stop being distracted on the podium! ]
[Oh my, GD was smiling so happily when he passed by Ye Eun just now. ]
[kkkkk After realizing that she had gone to the wrong place, she was shy for less than two seconds. Then, thinking that it was Ye-eun waiting over there, she simply walked off the stage with confidence. ]
[Hahahahahaha, the other artists who went in the wrong direction immediately retreated and walked in the right direction, but he continued walking without hesitation. ]
[Because this is Ye-eun kkkkk, no need to worry about being rude.] ]
[What a disrespect! He even touched Ye-eun when he passed by her! ]
[Excuse me, so rude...]
[Ahhhhhhhhhh, I just noticed after you said that, their hands were secretly touching each other again! ]
[These two people... Tsk, actually no one would mind if you just hugged and wished each other well. ]
[GD is really pretending kkkk, if it wasn’t such a formal award ceremony but any other program, he would definitely laugh like crazy and hug Ye Eun. ]
[kkkkkIt’s so funny how they always just do some subtle little moves at these big award ceremonies, even though they are obviously husband and wife. ]
[Hahahahahahaha, indeed, it has a sneaky yet aboveboard feeling, which is particularly interesting. ]
[Obviously everyone knows about their relationship, but even the host pretends not to know. Hahahaha, he's just teasing them. ]
[It’s still because the award ceremony was too formal, sigh. ]
[Hahahahahahahahahaha, Ye Eun can’t hold it in anymore.] ]
Ye-eun, who was waiting for a guest to come down from the stage for the first time, could not hold back her smile. She bowed slightly and took the "Sound Source Award" trophy from the presenter. She smiled and looked towards the audience, "I am really grateful to Blackjack for winning this time, thank you YG Family for your support, and thank you Teddy and GD xi for producing this album for me."
Hearing her call "GD xi" in such an unfamiliar way, everyone laughed. Kwon Ji-yong, who had already started preparing backstage, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this name.
Screams, cheers, boos, applause, almost everyone was more excited by Ye-eun's speech. Ye-eun raised her hand and pressed it down. After everyone's voices died down slightly, she continued: "Next, I will continue to work hard to give back to everyone with better music and performances. I will not go in the wrong direction."
This sentence not only meant to mock Kwon Ji-yong for taking the wrong direction, but also meant to assure fans that he would continue to work hard even after getting married. Everyone present heard it.
The guests laughed and clapped, and Blackjack in the audience couldn't help but shout out.
“Aa ...
“I love you, aaaaah, Ye-eun!”
Like the fans in person, those watching the live stream couldn’t help but feel excited.
It is almost unprecedented for a Chinese artist to be able to perform as a soloist at the Korean Golden Disc Awards Ceremony.
When the Best Solo Artist award was also given to Ye-eun, Ye-eun herself was a little shocked.
Because she was nominated, even though she had a performance soon and didn't go backstage, she thought she could go backstage to prepare after hearing the results.
After all, this award has never been given to any artist other than Korean. Ye-eun, who had won the Best Music Award earlier, couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
She turned around as usual and wanted to hug and cheer with Quan Zhilong, but when she saw the empty seat, she remembered that Quan Zhilong had already stepped down from the stage in advance.
Everyone else around them stood up and laughed. CL clapped gently and tilted her head to look at Ye-eun. She couldn't help but laugh when she saw that she actually had tears in her eyes, and opened her arms in a hugging gesture.
Yi En choked up and opened her arms to hug her. The moment the captain hugged her tightly, Yi En couldn't help laughing, "Mo Ya, if I had known, I should have asked him to go down later to prepare."
Dara heard her words and raised her hand to hug her and poked her face silently, "Ah, isn't it enough that we're here? Hurry up and hold back your tears, you have to go on stage now!"
Ye Eun then blinked back her tears and waved to the fans who were screaming at her in the audience.
As artists who have debuted for so many years, they have given their acceptance speeches countless times. Over the years, Ye-eun's speeches have become simpler and simpler. However, this time she won the "Best Solo Award", which has never been won by a foreign artist. Ye-eun was so excited that she could hardly control herself. She held the microphone and looked towards the bottom of the stage.
In the Kyung Hee University Peace Hall, fans holding her light sticks and angel lights all raised their support items high in the air, and the screams and cheers were loud.
Ye-eun bowed deeply to everyone, stood up straight again, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Thank you everyone, thank you so much. To be honest, everyone said that they wanted to live as confidently as me, but I never thought that I could win this award. Thank you very much!"
There was a tremor in her voice and tears in her eyes. She looked a little dazed under the light.
The host looked at Ye-eun who bowed to the audience and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Ye-eunxi for winning the Best Music Award for "Savage Love". I think everyone is looking forward to her next performance, right?"
The audience cheered and looked at the empty seats that had been prepared backstage. Everyone looked towards the stage with anticipation.
Ye-eun went backstage to prepare and looked at Quan Zhilong who opened his arms towards her. She screamed and threw herself into his arms with pride, "Oh my God, Zhilong, I'm the first Chinese artist to win the Best Solo Award!"
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