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The first thing to do when a group debuts is of course the recording and training of a debut album. Even if the original group releases its tenth generation one day, this will not change.
In addition to congratulating Celes on her successful debut, today's meeting was actually more about reviewing the entire second season's recording, allowing the girls who had just formed the group to sit in on the meeting and listen to the content, and also analyzing the current audience market for them.
After the group is truly formed, they cannot just talk about empty words like ideals and dreams. Yuan Xiao is not a boss who can only make big promises. What she needs to do is to take one step at a time to approach the realization of her dreams.
Yuan Xiao has been paying close attention to fans' feedback on the girl group performance format during the entire recording period of the second season of "I Have No Hope". Her vision in selecting trainees is certainly impeccable, but what kind of format is more suitable for the domestic market still needs to be tested by the market.
If boy bands pursue more personality, highlighting each person's character, and each album is like telling a story, then girl bands pursue leadership. Yuan Xiao hopes that her group can drive a new trend across the entire network, rather than just being limited to a one-way interaction between idols and fans.
This is not to say that girl groups don't care about their fans, quite the contrary. Most of the female artists' fan base are die-hard career fans, and it's as if they're projecting some of their hopes onto themselves. They always spare no effort in collecting data and promoting their songs, and if their songs top the charts, their fans will also be proud of it.
During the broadcast of "I Have No Future", the second season's publicity and promotion team led by Yuan Xiao put more resources and traffic on the girl group challenge, imitation makeup, cover singing and dancing, gesture dance challenge, etc. Compared with the boy group's influence that reaches fans vertically, girl groups and female trainees are more likely to indirectly influence many people through bloggers who follow trends. Correspondingly, girl groups are more popular.
This results in some stages being viewed repeatedly, or some clips being used repeatedly in different short videos, and even being played on loop in people's minds for who knows how many days, but the listeners may still not know which group's stage it is.
Therefore, how to make passers-by correspond to the faces of each member of the girl group and truly attract the so-called passers-by fans is the first problem that Celes has to overcome after forming the group.
In fact, from Celes’ name, group concept and support colors, we can tell that Yuan Xiao actually has high hopes for them.
Celestial means sky, celestial kingdom, gods. The support color of Celes girl group is also Chinese red, a blazing red like a flame. From the name to the support color, everything is very arrogant. Yuan Xiao has never thought of being content with the status quo. Her goal from the beginning to the end is not only to become the best boy group or girl group in the domestic entertainment industry, but also to look to the world.
The entire debut album is in a similar style. Although the demos selected by Yuan Xiao have different rhythms and styles from the first to the last song, when you listen to the whole thing, you can definitely hear the gentleness and toughness that are unique to these girls from the words of each and every lyrics.
At Yuanxin, from the boss to the employees, to the trainees and artists, ambition has never been a derogatory term. They not only have to sit at the table to eat, but also have to formulate the rules for cutting the cake. In a company dominated by girls, it is normal for the album planning to suit the girls' personalities and talents and cater to the preferences of female consumers.
Last year, Stary faced the first challenge in their idol career soon after their debut. This year, Celes also had special arrangements. Yuan Xiao did not simply let them go on offline tour together, but first opened accounts on various long and short video platforms for the girls.
"Last year, the prerequisite for Stary to appear on 'Heart Dance Stage' was to complete every offline performance arranged for them. This year, it's the same for you Celes. Although it's our own music promotion variety show, you can't just go on it whenever you want."
The lineup of the first season of "Codename: Heart Dance Stage" is not only a rare sight in the domestic entertainment industry in the past century, but it is also a grand occasion seen in the past decade. Yuan Xiao estimates that it is unlikely to gather a stronger boy and girl group than the first season in the second season next year, but Celes is still under a lot of pressure because their senior group with three albums will definitely return to make up for the regret of not winning the championship last season. Although it is an internal battle within Yuan Xiao, they are also the biggest competitors of the girls.
Yuan Xiao raised an eyebrow at the girls and said, "If at least one of the twelve singles included in the first album becomes a hit, you will be invited to the variety show."
This is not to make things difficult for the sisters. It is said that in the entertainment industry, small success depends on promotion while big success depends on luck. But with the protection of the company in front and the good fan base established by the entire season of "I Have Not Seen You" in the back, plus the twelve carefully selected reserve hit songs, as long as Celes records the songs seriously and promotes them well, it is not difficult to have a hit single.
At most, this song may not be the main hit. Yuan Xiao has a good aesthetic, but the public's aesthetic is really hard to figure out in recent years. There are also hottest singles in Stary's albums that are not the main hits or the first releases. This is normal.
Gesture dance, dance challenge, chorus, these common methods on short video platforms can all be carriers of new song dissemination, not just the exquisite and unattainable idols on the stage. Emotional value is the most important commodity nowadays. Fans increasingly want to see the "living popularity" of their idols. Even if they are separated by a cold screen, we must find ways to make them feel close.
The five Celes nodded obediently. During their trainee period, they had completely adapted to Yuan Xin's work rhythm. Such an arrangement did not seem too stressful. As for the account, there would be publicity sisters and assistant sisters to help them run it together. The five of them only needed to do their part to the best of their ability, and Yuan Xiao and the company would naturally take care of the rest.
But they cannot be completely unprepared for offline stage experience. In addition to the promotion of the new song, Celes’ first schedule after their debut has also been written into their schedule.
"You have one month to prepare for the recording and performance of at least three songs from the new album. If the quality is up to standard, you will have guest time for two songs in three stops of Stary's tour."
Song Lianqing's eyes lit up all of a sudden. She looked around and tried not to appear too excited. Stary's first round guests! She understood that Yuan Xiao meant for them to borrow the momentum of their seniors and gradually accumulate experience in dealing with the big stage. In short, being able to work with Stary was a very happy thing.
In order to better promote new songs and hit singles, Celes girl group’s first album will not be released online as a whole like previous boy groups did. Instead, they will promote the songs while recording, releasing the first five singles first, and then releasing the physical version of the entire album.
In the meeting, Yuan Xiao showed the five of them the playlist for the first album. In Celes' debut album of the same name, the demo of the first hit song "The Law of Blooming" had been made and was waiting for them to finish recording.
They need to complete the recording and rehearsal of "The Law of Blooming" before Stary's second stop of the tour, as well as the recording of the concept MV and the dance version of the MV. According to Yuan Xiao's requirements, the gesture dance video and practice room version of "The Law of Blooming" will also be simultaneously released on major platforms. By then, Yuan Xiao will arrange for artists under Yuan Xin to do a joint challenge for this song, so as to form a hot trend and there is no need to worry about the song not being able to be promoted.
Yuan Xiao is looking forward to the day when offline dance activities will be filled with Celes songs.
The assistant sister who matched them had already poured warm honey water for each of the five people. Although it was a bit cruel, the girls' voices would soon be put into the intense recording and could not withstand the tossing.
After the meeting, Yuan Xiao asked them to stay as usual to re-sign the contract. The girls also received the debut gifts given to their seniors last year. Of course, they didn’t have to run so far to the store this time. Yuan Xiao even brought the store owner back to be their teacher. Of course, the gifts were also delivered by Teacher Fu.
However, Yuan Xiao said that no matter the price of the condenser microphone or the headset, the money would be deposited into Fu Daoyun’s salary card. This was her debut gift to the girls. Fu Daoyun had no choice but to take advantage of her. These were his own students, so of course he had to prepare another debut gift for the girls.
The customized hand microphone is a blessing as well as an expectation. The condenser microphone can better record the details of the sound, but if there is even a little flaw it will be magnified many times by this microphone. If the girls want the stage to be perfect, they have to keep working hard.
Yuan Xiao did not keep them for too long. The trainees of the second phase were relocated, and the Celes girl group also needed to move out of the company. From the end of the second phase, the two new dormitory buildings that Yuan Xiao had invested in renovating the previous year were officially put into use. The male and female trainees who still remained in the company had to move out of the company building and live in the new dormitory.
The new dormitory is very close to the headquarters building. It was renovated from a residential area on the back street that Yuan Xiao bought. It also includes double-room dormitories, practice rooms and a gym downstairs. The second floor is a cafeteria. The overall design is similar to that of a hotel-style apartment. There are security guards and dormitory managers on duty at the front desk, which can fully guarantee that the trainees will not be disturbed by private students.
From then on, the company only retained the largest practice rooms and recording studios on the female trainees' floor for use by debuted artists. The original floor for male trainees was turned into a filming location for micro-variety shows and short variety shows for Yuan Xin's artists, with hired program groups and filming crews stationed there permanently. Since then, there are no more trainees training day and night in the headquarters, and the perennial fan check-in attraction at the door has finally been evacuated. The trainee group and the debuted artist group in the idol department have been officially separated, and the directors of both sides directly report to Yuan Xiao.
As for Celes' residence, Yuan Xiao arranged it in another high-end community. She bought two top-floor flats opposite each other with one elevator and two households for the five of them to live in. This community is relatively quiet, with not many buildings. The property manager and security are very responsible. Many Yuan Xin artists and artists from other companies also live there, so safety is guaranteed.
It's not that Yuan Xiao is partial and doesn't arrange the same villa for Celes as Stary. It's just that those people have developed a hobby of taking a walk at night since they were in seclusion to write the album. It's not known whether they were really taking a walk or just happened to meet her and Teacher Gu taking a walk. At least that's what they claimed. They said they wanted to go out and relax and find inspiration so that they can write songs.
In short, it's probably the rebellious period for boys, and they are very nondecent. It would be very awkward if the sisters who live in the same community ran into them, so it's better not to be influenced by them.
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