Chapter 351: Hug You Through the Crowd
The Golden Disc Award is known as the Korean Grammy Award and it naturally has its value. Kwon Ji-yong naturally knows how difficult it is for a non-Korean artist to win the Best Solo Award.
Yi Eun in his arms had tears in her eyes, but she immediately stuffed the trophy into her arms.
He even brought the trophy backstage with him. Quan Zhilong took the trophy that was against his chest, tilted his head to look at it, and then he couldn't help but laugh.
Although he looks so calm now, in fact, when he heard the award presenter call Ye-eun's name backstage just now, Quan Zhilong took off his headset with a look of shock on his face, and asked the staff around him stutteringly: "Ah, Ye-eun? Did I hear it right?"
After getting the affirmative answer from the staff, he was stunned for two seconds before he suddenly laughed out loud, "Wow, she must be so happy."
This is a Korean awards ceremony. It's not even MAMA, which has set up "Asian Pop Singer Award", "Chinese Pop Singer Award", "Thailand Pop Singer Award" etc. in order to expand its influence but not to give awards to too many foreigners. It's the Golden Disc Award that has never given awards to foreigners since its first session.
Kwon Ji-yong couldn't help but think that Ye-eun's solo obviously had very good feedback in terms of sound source, sales, and topics, and the Dance Break of "Savage Love" even caused imitations all over the Internet, but she did not win any awards at MAMA.
And now the Golden Disc has returned the award that rightfully belongs to her.
He did not mention his excitement when he just confirmed that Ye-eun won the award backstage. The staff around him who had been boasted to by him again and again, "Mo, our Ye-eun is so amazing," just smiled and watched Quan Zhilong gently touch the trophy to Ye-eun's forehead, his eyes full of tenderness and pride: "Yes, I heard it backstage, our Ye-eun is super, super awesome."
Yi Eun looked up at Kwon Ji-yong with a smile on her face that didn't match the moisture in the corners of her eyes.
She sniffed, and quickly glanced at the busy and orderly staff. She felt a little embarrassed that she couldn't hold back her tears in front of so many people. She looked at the team members who were holding tools to change her clothes, and let go of Quan Zhilong's hand. She raised her head to let Cody touch up her makeup while whispering: "I thought that if I gave the sound source award, I wouldn't give other awards..."
While touching up her makeup and changing her clothes, Ye-eun skillfully tilted her head back to put her gloves inside her coat, listening to the one-minute countdown in her headphones. The two of them were still talking calmly.
Quan Zhilong crossed his arms over his chest, glanced at the trophy in Tiger Brother's hand, and smiled: "Why do I feel that we can win a lot of awards today?"
Such a confident and arrogant look... Ye'en glanced at him and couldn't help but laugh. She raised her hand to touch her earphone, took a sip of the warm water handed to her by her assistant, and nodded when the countdown was fifteen seconds.
The staff around him immediately stepped back.
The countdown in the headset reached one o'clock, and the lifting platform began to rise slowly. The stage suddenly fell into darkness, and a red spotlight hit the center of the smoky stage. Two rows of masked dancers tilted their heads at the same time, and Ye-eun's outline gradually became clear in the light mist.
The formation arrangement is the same as the previous music stage, but the stage setting is completely different.
If the previous "Savage Love" stage was full of wild jungle law, then this time the stage is cyberpunk full of technological futuristic style.
When the prelude beat sounded, the red light began to flash. Ye-en raised her head slightly, and when she raised her hand, she was like a hacker commanding the overall situation. The red light began to "stuck" and there was a sense of stagnation visible to the naked eye.
As Ye-eun walked forward holding the microphone, the lights interlaced and finally the song title appeared - "Savage Love".
The tearful and bloody handwriting coupled with Ye-en's red leather jacket, the atmosphere at the scene also began to become bloody and exciting.
As Ye-eun started singing, although this was clearly an award ceremony that gathered all the artists' fans, the cheers were uniform and loud. Many artists couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the audience around them and found that many fans holding their own cheering boards could actually keep up with the cheers of Ye-eun's fans.
It is worthy of being the "Savage Love" that caused imitation all over the Internet at the beginning of the year.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and CL looked at the stage with a smile, tapping her fingers lightly on her knees to the beat of the music, and her body swaying unconsciously.
Especially when it came to the part about Kwon Ji-yong's Feat, she couldn't help but open her mouth slightly and sing along.
However, when her own whispered voice overlapped with Kwon Ji-yong's, CL realized something was wrong.
How come GD Oppa's voice came from under the lift?
She exchanged a glance with Dara beside her, while the four members of Bigbang on the other side were already laughing.
It's not like they haven't experienced elevator errors before. In fact, at a concert two months ago, three of the five people had problems with the elevator. Unlike the youngest member who was standing on the stage properly, Kwon Ji-yong, who was on the stage normally at the time, just wandered around in his position with a microphone, waiting to look in the direction where a sound came from.
He even laughed on the stage after making eye contact with the members in the audience, making the fans laugh so hard that at one point the fans' laughter exceeded the cheers.
At this year's concert at the Osaka Dome in Japan, due to a malfunction of the lift, Kwon Ji-yong was stuck and only half of him and TOP were visible on the stage. At that time, Kwon Ji-yong's Japanese, which was not very good, became unusually fluent because of the stage malfunction.
At this time, the four people in the audience were laughing without caring about anything. According to the setting of the song, Ye Eun turned around and walked behind her. She saw the empty standing space and was confused for a moment, but she quickly realized that there was something wrong with the lifting platform.
As she walked back, she listened to the distorted sounds coming from the audience, and couldn't help but curl her lips, wondering how this person who was always so strict with the stage would feel down there.
However, this kind of stage mistake is beyond the control of the artists. Amid Kwon Ji-yong's rap, Ye-eun seemed not to notice the stage mistake. She walked backwards like a queen on patrol, her high heels stepping on the stage, and every step made the stage "splash" a little blood.
Until Ye-eun walked to the original standing position, according to the stage setting, she should have looked at Kwon Ji-yong who was holding the microphone and looking down at her arrogantly.
However, because of this stage mistake, Ye Eun quickly adjusted herself and sat on the steps in front of the elevator. Hearing the sound of Kwon Ji-yong singing rap getting closer and closer, she stretched her right leg forward wantonly and bent her left leg slightly, as if to welcome her partner. She supported herself on the ground with one hand and stretched the other hand toward the pit of the elevator.
Without any words or rehearsals, Quan Zhilong, with a slightly unhappy look on his face, slightly raised his head as the lift finally began to rise. Seeing the hand above the lift, he curled up the corners of his mouth, rapped smoothly, and his hands moved as if he had rehearsed countless times. The moment he appeared on the stage, he raised his hand and held the other person's hand.
The lifting platform of Kwon Ji-yong under the stage rose slowly in an instant, and Ye-eun on the stage held his hand and slowly stood up.
Like a proud queen welcoming an emperor who is her rival.
YG's stages have always attracted fans, and each stage has special little designs. This time, seeing that the two's movements were different from the previous two stages, everyone just thought it was specially designed for the Golden Disc Awards.
[I haven’t watched Lee Ye-eun’s previous promotional stages carefully, but I really liked it when I saw it this time. I also liked the stage where CL collaborated with a foreign singer earlier... But I’m a fan of S/M. ]
[It’s totally heart-warming...YG artists’ performances are always very infectious. ]
[Come on, the dance timing is perfect, and the muscle lines of the arms are also very nice...]
[Oh my, I originally thought she was skinny and small, but she looks so powerful when dancing, worthy of being 2NE1. ]
[2NE1 members all have their own styles, hehe. Although I love Queen CL’s aura the most, Ye-eun who switches between domineering and cute is also great! ]
[The previous music promotion stage caused a large-scale discussion, and this time the Golden Disc stage will definitely be on the trend. ]
[The fans are cheering really hard...it's an award ceremony. ]
[Ahhhhhhh, please pay more attention to our Yeeun. Although she is a funny idol in variety shows and in daily life, she is completely charming on stage! ! ! ]
[The dance is great... She's not a big-frame dancer, but she's so graceful. ]
[I know why Quan Yi’s fans like them so much. There is such a feeling when they look at each other. ]
[Mo ya, real couples can look at each other and hold hands without restraint on the stage, right hehehehe? ]
[It takes a lot of tacit understanding to design a lifting platform...]
[Wow, this performance is so shocking just by watching it in front of the camera, it must be super awesome to watch it live. ]
[Cheer up, how many times did Ye-eun have to rehearse the action of reaching out to receive GD to be so accurate...]
[I was completely stunned when I saw this action. Is it so easy to pick someone up from the lift? Obviously one is on the stage and the other is off the stage, so they can't see each other, right? ]
[Is this the tacit understanding between husband and wife...Legend. ]
Amid the enthusiastic screams at the scene, the two people's eyes slightly crossed and then calmly looked away. When the lift finally appeared completely on the stage, Ye-eun curled her lips and let go of Kwon Ji-yong's hand.
The screams from the audience almost reached their headsets, but the two continued to perform on the stage calmly. It was similar to a music show stage, but with many small details that made the fans in the audience, who had watched the music show countless times, cheer.
The two people on the stage, wearing red jackets made of the same material, seemed to be performing under "infrared rays".
They actually turned a stage accident into a special design. The guests who realized that it was a mistake on the lift looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that they were worthy of being the top brother and sister of YG. The live stage was able to turn the mistake into a brilliant "design" that was in line with the song, which was something most artists couldn't do.
Only these two couples who understand each other's thoughts without speaking can do this...
The Bigbang members who were just "ridiculing" their captain couldn't help but make eye contact with each other.
Mo ah, this tacit understanding makes people envy and jealous!
As they thought so, they still turned their attention back to the stage.
The final ending part was a dance challenge that Bigbang and 2NE1 had filmed together when Ye-eun debuted as a solo artist. However, the dance moves of the two on stage this time were slightly different.
The "Rose and the Snake", which once carried connotations of fighting and blood, seems to have pointed its guns at "outsiders" at the same time this time. When you see Kwon Ji-yong standing behind Ye-eun with one hand on her shoulder, and they both shoot towards the camera, the big screen also starts to "bang" with cracks appearing on it.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh." The fans were shocked by the final sound effects. After finishing the performance, Kwon Ji-yong turned around and returned to the lift platform, leaving the stage to Ye-eun who still had a solo performance.
The modified ending of the music smoothly connected to the beginning of the second solo song. Ye-eun took off her coat and threw it to the edge of the stage, then started her second performance with a smile amid the screams of fans.
Performances at the Golden Disc Awards and other award ceremonies are usually interspersed among various awards. After Ye-eun finished her performance, the host on the stage also began presenting this year's Popularity Awards.
Overseas Popularity Award - EXO, Golden Disc Popularity Award - Shinee, and two iQiyi Popularity Awards voted by Chinese netizens - GD and Yeeun.
When the two names were called out one after another, the artists and audience at the scene all laughed.
The Golden Disc Popularity Awards come with all kinds of twists and turns every year, such as the "Love Award" and the "Trendy Award", which serve to give everyone a break in the middle of the formal and tense awards ceremony.
When the two heard about this year's Popularity Award, they were stunned for a moment. After looking at each other, Kwon Ji-yong stood up first with a serious expression. However, after standing up, when he saw Ye-eun who still had a confused look in her eyes, he couldn't help but break his composure and laughed.
My God, apart from the "Best Couple Award" that year, how come there would be an award for them to go on stage together to receive the award at a formal award ceremony like the Golden Disc Award?
Kwon Ji-yong turned his face away from the camera, but when he saw Ye-eun extending her hand in front of him, he shook it without hesitation, but his shoulders began to shake with laughter.
Are you sure this is a gold record? ? Gold records are crazy this year?
[Hahahahahahahahaha, is this award a new one this year? I don’t remember last year. ]
[Yes, there was only one China's Most Caring Award last year... Although I don't know what the Most Caring Award is. ]
[Didn’t GD also win a Ceci Popularity Award in 2009? Ah Xi, I still don’t know what Ceci means…]
[I don’t even know how the Golden Disc Popularity Award is set up every year kkkk, just vote anyway. ]
[iQiyi Popularity Award hahahaha, it sounds like it’s sponsored by China, right? ]
[So this award is specially set up for the two of them? ]
[GD and Lee Ye-eun are indeed very popular in China... I heard that they have many fans and are very active. ]
[GD himself probably didn’t expect that there would be a day when he would go to receive an award with Ye Eun. He was almost dying of laughter kkkkk ]
[This guy whose funny point is on the soles of his feet...]
[Hahahahahahahahaha this is completely different from the stage just now, it's funny to think that this guy who now goes on stage covers his face and laughs so hard that he almost faints, and then he will perform with the members later. ]
[The booing was too loud...]
[Du Xuan...be more reserved, the whole place is filled with your laughter.] ]
[Wow, even the professional host couldn’t help laughing! ]
[They both went on stage to receive the award together, I thought it was a couple award kkkk. ]
[Ani, it’s the couple award. ]
The two people who went on stage to receive the award were a little shy. Ye Eun bent down to take the trophy, looked at Kwon Ji-yong who also took the trophy but was still smiling, and pushed him forward who wanted her to speak.
I don't want to speak first! Having already spoken twice, Ye-eun racked her brains, wondering what acceptance speech she could come up with for the third time.
You go first, let me think about it. She put her hand on Quan Zhilong's waist and pushed him, who was also holding the trophy, in front of the microphone.
Quan Zhilong was not angry after being pushed. Amid the increasingly enthusiastic screams from everyone, he covered his face with his backhand, with a smile in his eyes.
The halftime award ceremony of the Popularity Award is the most relaxing part of the ceremony. The host, Jeon Moo-hyun, looked at the two and joked, "Oh no, we are not awarding the Best Couple Award. These are two different awards, not one. The award-winning guests should not be modest, and they all have the opportunity to speak."
The audience laughed loudly. Quan Zhilong couldn't help laughing while holding the microphone. Looking at the camera facing him, he controlled the smile on his lips and said, "Thank you Chinese fans for voting for us this award. Although we don't have much time to go to China, we can feel everyone's warm love. We will continue to bring you good works in the future."
For this award voted by the Chinese audience, he spoke in Korean and then repeated his acceptance speech in Chinese. Only after he finished speaking did the host smile and look at him sideways: "Although I didn't understand what GD said in Chinese, I will say it again, this is an individual award, not a double award. Don't say 'we', and don't speak for another award winner."
The curve of Quan Zhilong's mouth corners became wider and wider. Amid everyone's cheers, he rolled the trophy across his face twice, trying to use the trophy to cool himself down.
You’re actually shy... You weren’t shy when you and Jung Hyung-don won the Best Couple Award. So why should you be shy about winning the "Best Popularity Award" with Ye-eun?
"Hahahahahahahahahaha." Looking at Kwon Ji-yong whose face was clearly blushing under the lights, the laughter from the audience once again spread throughout the entire Peace Hall. The camera turned from the award-winning guests to the artists in the audience. Almost every artist who was photographed had a meaningful smile on his face.
Even when the camera turned from Jin Duxuan, he smiled and made a heart shape to the camera.
The laughter at the scene was even louder, and the audience watching the live broadcast couldn't help laughing.
Ye-eun, who was standing in the front row, cleared her throat as she looked at everyone smiling, as if to "make up" for her previous image of crying on the stage. This time, she was unusually calm and raised the trophy in her hand domineeringly: "Because I have thanked everyone I could in my previous two acceptance speeches, this time I can only thank iQiyi for sponsoring this award. I will subscribe to a permanent membership when I go back, but it is really troublesome to watch iQiyi in Korea. Can you guys make an international version of the APP? I will also subscribe to a permanent membership."
"..." Everyone in the audience was stunned for a moment after hearing her unique statement. Quan Zhilong even laughed so hard that he squatted on the ground. Does his wife want to have good relationships with all TV stations?
The iQiyi representative in the audience twitched his mouth when he heard this. No, Li Yien, why are you an idol always so funny!
Although everyone was relaxed when the Popularity Award was presented, you were too relaxed! The host held back his laughter as he watched the two people leaving the stage. Ye-eun, who was walking in front, was a little excited as she won three awards at once today. She turned around and gently shook the trophy towards GD who was behind her.
GD, who was standing behind her, seemed to be worried that she would accidentally twist her heels while walking like that, so he raised one hand and gently placed it on her side. From his sight, he could only see that GD tilted his head when Ye Eun smiled.
The host couldn't help but curl his lips and look away, announcing the name of the next guest performer.
As the award ceremony entered the second half, EXO and Bigbang had already performed. Kwon Ji-yong, who sang three songs in a row, changed into another outfit, a blue floral jacket with blue ripped jeans. The five members of Bigbang looked like "gangsters" standing among the male artists, and CL and Dara, who were also standing among the female singers, seemed a little out of place with the artists from other companies.
Except for Ye-eun who greeted all the familiar artists one by one, it seemed as if the "rule" of "YG not playing with other artists" did not apply to her. She felt like a fish in water among the female singers.
Compared to the Music Award and Record Award, which each have three awards a year, the Music Award and Record Award, which each only have one trophy, have always attracted more attention.
Unlike other award ceremonies, the nominees for the Grand Prize will go on stage to wait for the announcement. The female artists will stand on the left side of the stage, while the male artists will stand on the right side of the stage.
Bigbang, who have always been a major music source, calmly looked at the award presenter on the stage and said to the audience in a mysterious way: "The competition for this year's music source awards is very fierce."
The audiences were all shouting their idols, Bigbang, Super Junior, EXO, Girls' Generation, F(x)...
They are all groups active in the Korean music scene this year. Ye Eun smiled and glanced at Kwon Ji Yong, who was smiling faintly and turned to joke with Taeyang, who won the Golden Disc Award last year for "Eyes, Nose, Mouth".
His words were not so clear amid the noise, and Ye-eun only heard a few vague words. She was not nervous, so she was naturally not worried. However, when she heard the award presenter looking at the cue card and smilingly reading out "Award for Music Source - Bigbang's "Loser"", she couldn't help but clapped and laughed.
Her joy came even faster than Bigbang's. Just like Kwon Ji-yong who was just backstage and was stunned when he heard that she won the award, they were both extremely excited and proud of each other's success.
The bright lights shone on the five people, dazzling and brilliant. The ribbons exclusively for the grand prize fell from the sky with a "bang". Bigbang bowed slightly to the artists around them who were applauding and congratulating them. Kwon Ji-yong, who was standing on the far left, looked up at the ribbons falling from the sky, and thought of what Ye-eun had just muttered in the audience about her winning the best solo award but not hugging him.
He walked through the crowd with a smile, and under everyone's gaze, he hugged Ye-eun who was applauding.
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