"Da Ning, here's a picture of your teacher, Teacher Ji."
Duan Yiran, who was far away in G City, happened to find Fang Yu's update on Weibo homepage. After "Wings" and "Blue" collaborated at the concert, the members not only added each other on WeChat, but also followed each other on Weibo.
Ning Wei glanced at him coldly, but unusually did not refute the title "Your Teacher Ji".
Ning Wei was also scrolling through Fang Yu's Weibo post on his homepage. His biggest thought was that there are really a lot of pandas and that he really likes pandas.
Ning Wei thought back and realized that none of the gifts she sent to Ji Yan were related to pandas.
Let's go to the zoo next time.
He stared at the photo for a moment, a slight smile playing on his lips. Though the smile wasn't wide, it was enough for Duan Yiran to nudge Du Jian and make him observe Ning Wei's enigmatic smile.
The "Blue" tour has reached G City, a rather long span. This tour took "Blue" to many cities they had never been to before. Not all cities are as bustling as A City, nor do all cities have stadiums with tens of thousands of spectators. But no matter where they go, the fans always give them the greatest support.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the tour will end before the end of the year. After that, the three of them will take a break to find inspiration and write songs.
Duan Yiran had given Ji Yan and the others advice not to let work fill their lives. However, this situation was unavoidable in the early stages of their debut. When Duan Yiran first debuted, he felt like he couldn't get enough sleep every day. But he felt that if "Wings" could release three or four albums of the same quality as "Mist," then the pace could be slowed down a bit.
After all, inspiration is not inexhaustible, and taking a break when appropriate is not a bad thing.
Duan Yiran glanced ahead and saw that Ning Wei was still looking at Ji Yan's photos. He was just... a bit of a pervert.
What's so flamboyant about Ning Wei?
He and Ji Yan went out to play without mentioning it to his dear teammates. Usually, the netizens who were just watching the gossip knew about it before they found out that the two of them had gone out to play.
Tsk, he's so tight-lipped about his teammates, he must have ulterior motives.
Duan Yiran vaguely felt that Ning Wei might have feelings for Ji Yan in that way, but Ning Wei was slow to react, or to put it bluntly, dull. It would probably take him a long time to realize it.
As a teammate, Duan Yiran had no intention of helping Ning Wei. No matter what Ning Wei thought, he had to discover this for himself. He couldn't be reminded by others what it felt like to like someone; he had to experience it for himself.
Duan Yiran wasn't the only one who thought this way; Du Jian thought so too.
Ning Wei believes that he may only appreciate Ji Yan's voice and his work, but he does not realize that his liking for the voice and the work has gradually shifted to Ji Yan as a person.
Having known Ning Wei for so many years, Duan Yiran had never seen him care so much about anyone else.
To some extent, this gave him a sense of pleasure in observing Ning Wei.
After all, after getting to know Ji Yan, he saw Ning Wei, who had the most emotional fluctuations, and Ning Wei, who was laughing happily. If he were to write a Ning Wei observation diary, the contents of this period would be a very thick part.
...
December is approaching.
Just as the "Wings" were complaining that November wasn't cold at all, the sudden drop in temperature in early December turned them into huskies—Ji Yan thought this description was quite accurate for their current situation.
The new album is finally ready. They've been so busy that they haven't had time to shave their beards and hair, and now they all look like black lion kings.
The album is called "Crow," a song title that the four of them came up with after thinking about it for a long time. Although the name sounds very simple, as if it was just something they said offhand.
But that's not the case.
The group wrote a total of 15 or 16 songs, but only 10 of them were needed for the new album. They listened to the songs and voted at the same time, and finally selected the songs to be included in the new album. Ji Yan wrote "Dawn" and "Fighting Maniac", Lu Wei wrote "Minus One Degree" and "Dark World", Fang Yu wrote "Cat" and "Dragon", and Xie Mingxuan wrote 4 songs, including "Crow" and "Wingless Knight", which have a darker style.
In short, more than half of the songs are not so positive and uplifting, so when choosing an album title, people naturally want to choose a song that is easy to remember and can reflect the album's style.
After the song was finalized, Xie Mingxuan was harshly criticized by others: "Why is there a song title like 'Wingless Knight'? It sounds like a curse!"
"Old Xie, are you trying to undermine morale?"
Xie Mingxuan: "..."
He felt that the song title and lyrics he wrote were not good enough, but as soon as he asked others to help him think of some words, those people ran as far away as possible.
Xie Mingxuan felt unhappy; at times like this, the camaraderie and love between teammates would vanish in an instant.
"Don't be discouraged, Lao Xie," Ji Yan silently comforted Xie Mingxuan. "This kind of thing will definitely not happen only once. You have to get used to it."
"Old Xie, it's getting cold, you should treat me to hot pot."
Xie Mingxuan: "..."
Sometimes he felt that his teammates weren't teammates at all, but rather like his younger brothers.
...
But in any case, the album "The Raven" can finally be released.
The release didn't actually take until the end of the year, but the official release was postponed to New Year's Day of that year.
Fans were the first to notice because the official Weibo account of "Wings" posted less content about the members' daily practice, and even went ten days without updating. According to fans' understanding of DW Entertainment, the company is lazy, but they still do their job when they really need to.
However, no company in the entertainment industry can satisfy its fans.
When "Wings" debuted, fans complained that DW Entertainment provided too little material and limited resources. Later, when "Wings" was on the verge of disbanding because Ji Yan dragged them down, fans felt that DW Entertainment had failed to manage public opinion.
Later, "Wings" finally turned things around. "Wings" were not diligent in their work, did not post daily updates, and had low album production costs. In the eyes of fans, these problems had nothing to do with the members and were all the responsibility of DW Entertainment.
In the past few days, fans have been frequently refreshing the official Weibo accounts of the group and the company.
"Where's the new album? I was online just half an hour ago, where's the new album?"
"My new album is so big!"
"New album! New album! New album! New album!"
In the past six months, Tsubasa has made very few public appearances. Even when their official Weibo account posts updates, it's mostly scenes of the members engrossed in their new album, which naturally makes fans have even higher expectations for it. "Mist" and "At 23" have repeatedly exceeded fans' expectations for Tsubasa, and they believe the new album will be just as outstanding.
Finally, in mid-December, the official Weibo accounts of "Wings" and DW Entertainment simultaneously released a teaser: "January 1st, please look forward to 'The Raven'."
The album cover was also revealed at this moment—
In the inky darkness of night, a crow stood silently atop a tree, its pitch-black form appearing extremely eerie and mysterious, almost blending into the night. The moon hung high above the treetop, but it did not lighten the darkness; instead, the shadow it cast intensified the eerie feeling.
In the dark thicket, it seemed as if a demon was lurking.
"It looks really cool!!"
"Why do we have to wait another two weeks?! I can't wait any longer!"
"To be honest, I always thought Wings' new album would have a more positive style, but looking at the cover, it feels like it will be dark."
"I won't ask about the style yet, but I just want to know if there will be a gothic stage? It feels like it would really suit the name 'The Raven'!"
"I don't know why, but when I saw the cover of the new album, I felt that Wings' new album would be of very good quality. They must have added some fresh elements, right?"
Previously, whether it was "Mist" or "At 23", the album as a whole was very warm. Even though the name "Mist" seems to have a hint of confusion, the songs in the album are all in the style of clearing up the fog. The first half will depict a somber scene, but the climax is either warm or uplifting.
This is also the style that fans generally agree on for "Tsubasa".
But "The Raven" seems to have a different style, both in its title and cover.
However... the fans don't dislike it.
At least from the cover design, fans can see that Wings has innovation and challenges in this album. They are not afraid that Wings will suddenly change their style. On the contrary, they are actually a little afraid that Wings will remain unchanged.
Of course, the sudden change in style, even before the album was released, made fans worry about sales. "Mist" and "At 23" sold well, but if the album is changed to the dark theme of "Crow", it is likely that it will not be as popular as the previous two albums.
"Never mind, I will always support Wings Group!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
...
As announced on the official Weibo account, Wings' third album since their debut, "Crow," was officially released on January 1st.
The cooperation platform is still "Liuge". This time, "Yi" did not coincide with any well-known singers releasing albums, so it had the largest promotional page on the "Liuge" homepage. Although the "Liuge" promotional page can be dragged, in addition to the promotion of the album "Crow", the other promotional page is a weekly review of the "Liuge" platform.
The black cover of "The Raven" is incredibly eye-catching. The word "Wing" on the cover looks as if it were carved out with a carving knife, deeply embedded at the bottom of the cover. The entire album, from the cover to the song titles, gives fans a sharp feeling, like the cold glint reflected on the back of a knife.
After clicking in, the album's 10 songs are arranged in order.
The first single is "The Crow".
The second and third main tracks are "Dawn" and "Minus One Degree," respectively.
Fans clicked in to take a look and found that the songwriting and composition of this album were still done by the members themselves, and the song titles were indeed not very cheerful, but they were not as gloomy as they had imagined.
"Hey, Teacher Ji, Brother Wei, and Dayu all wrote two songs this time?"
"Actually, it's not illegal to put 11 songs on an album, believe me."
While other fans were still figuring out the differences between Wings' new album and their previous albums, those who had just listened to the first single, "Crow," were already eagerly giving their feedback.
"This is incredibly awesome!!!!"
"Go listen to the new album! The song 'Crow' is a bit weird, but it's also kind of nice to listen to!!"
"I knew the Wings Group wouldn't let me down!"
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