The effect of the BMA awards made Kaledo the biggest winner of the winter.
Because of the first stage exposure at the awards ceremony, the winter team won 13 consecutive championships at the end of the year with fierce competition. The sales climbed and broke the previous record set by Kaledo.
They had no time to rest at all and immediately devoted themselves to the long concert preparations. The original plan was to have the first concert in Beijing, but because of problems with the venue coordination, the first concert was adjusted to Guangzhou on June 3rd. During the half-year preparation period, Kaledo made new arrangements for each song and invited a world-class choreography team and a backup dance team to participate. Every member was dedicated to completing Kaledo's first concert. Xingtu also arranged for a photography team to record, not only to record the process of their tour from scratch, but also to record the sweat and tears of this group of boys.
Fang Juexia had imagined the scene of their concert a long time ago, but he did not expect this day to come so soon. Sometimes when he fell asleep and woke up in the rehearsal room, it felt like everything was a dream.
During the concert preparations, something happened. Fang Juexia, who had almost retired in order to practice, was urged by Cheng Qiang to do a one-on-one live broadcast in the rehearsal room. He was not very good at telling jokes, so he asked his fans to tell him what had happened recently.
The bullet screen scrolled quickly, but he still noticed a person's message, saying that he was very sad and felt that his heart was being pulled and tortured every day.
That person's ID was a combination of a string of numbers, and Fang Juexia's memory of numbers was the most sensitive.
"Why are you sad? If you can, please tell me what happened. " Fang Juexia said seriously to the screen, "I'm not very good at making people happy, but I'm a qualified listener."
But in the two-hour live broadcast, that string of numbers never appeared again. Fang Juexia remembered it for a long time and told Pei Tingsong about it. Pei Tingsong could only comfort him, maybe that fan was in a bad mood that day.
Two weeks later, a letter was sent to Star Map. It was a letter written by the fan behind the digital ID in the live stream. She was a middle school student with a gender identity disorder. Her biological sex was a boy, but her cognitive sex was a girl. In the letter, she wrote that when she was very young, she realized that she was different from the boys around her. She didn't like basketball, she liked dancing and singing, she liked dresses, long hair, and cosmetics. But in order not to be different, she tried very hard to imitate other boys, trying hard to get rid of the label of "sissy". She thought that she would be able to live an easier life this way.
But she didn't. As her self-awareness grew clearer day by day, she became more and more unable to tolerate the fake peripherals that she had created.
At the end of the letter, she wrote:
"I don't know if Juexia Ge can see what I've written, but I'm very grateful to have a listener who lets me know that it's not time to give up on myself."
After reading the letter, Fang Juexia couldn't sleep the whole night.
The next day, he wrote a song and tried to fill in the lyrics for the first time. When he showed it to Pei Tingsong, he just smiled and said, "You should sing it for them during the concert. This is not only for the child, but also for yourself and for everyone. "
At the end of April, Star Map and Kaledo's official Weibo announced the news of the group's first tour on the Internet. They released a poster of the backs of six people, and the theme of the concert was written on it: "Ego."
Since the news of Guangzhou Arena's concert on June 3rd spread on the Internet, fans rubbed their hands and waited for the tickets. Who knew that the tickets would be sold out in a second on the day of the concert? Even the staff of Star Map didn't manage to get a ticket.
Fang Juexia wrote a reply to the child with gender identity disorder and attached a concert ticket.
In the summer, the cicadas were noisy. The summer in Guangzhou was not a hot method that could set people on fire. It was the hot summer heat that enveloped the green city.
"It's hot." Pei Tingsong leaned against Fang Juexia. Fang Juexia's skin was cool in the summer and felt very comfortable to touch.
Fang Juexia was wearing a mask, a particularly loose white T-shirt, white shorts, and a Klein blue fisherman's hat that covered his entire face. When he looked up, only his eyes could be seen. Although he stared at Pei Tingsong, he didn't push him away.
"Who told you to wear black? Of course it's hot when the sun shines," Ling Yi complained.
"So what if it's black?" Pei Tingsong retorted. "At least it doesn't attract peacocks."
"Juexia, look at him!"
"I don't want to look at him either."
“wow.”
"The life of a despised grape tree ~"
"Stop fooling around. We'll be photographed by the fans."
After the six arrived in Guangzhou, they didn't have time to go to the hotel. They went straight to the concert venue to rehearse until 11 pm.
"Is this light okay, Juexia?" Cheng Qiang repeatedly confirmed the brightness of the stage lights.
Fang Juexia nodded. "It's okay. I can see it."
In order to ensure that Fang Juexia wouldn't fall and get injured on stage, Xingtu spent a lot of money on the lighting design so that he could have a clear view of the stage every second. Cheng Qiang and Chen Zhengyun both wanted to start with the stage so that Fang Juexia could reduce the amount of practice. However, he was already used to that kind of practice method. Even if the stage was bright enough, he still wanted to practice twice as much as the others.
On the morning of the concert, it rained. Fang Juexia was worried that the fans would get wet when they arrived. Fortunately, it stopped at 10 pm and the weather was much cooler. They also paid for the support of the fans. They prepared iced milk tea and ice cream for each fan, as well as wet tissues printed with their cartoon characters. When the fans entered the venue at 3 pm to check their tickets, each of them could receive a gift.
Everyone posted the gifts they received on Weibo, which attracted a lot of envy.
More than 10,000 fans entered the concert venue. There were two giant screens hanging above the stage in each direction, so they could clearly see their performance on stage.
Every fan's seat had a Klein blue kaleidoscope support light, which was the second surprise for them. Everyone was very excited after they took their seats. They reviewed the support plan while waiting for Kaledo to appear. There were still fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time. To the surprise of all the fans, their faces suddenly appeared on the big screen. They were all bare-faced and without makeup.
Fang Juexia, who was in the middle, held the camera and smiled. "Hello, everyone. You should all be seated in the venue now."
The whole venue was instantly ignited, and the screams almost drowned out the sound on the big screen.
On the screen, Ling Yi squeezed to Fang Juexia's side and hugged his neck. "Hey! Did you eat the ice cream we bought? I just ate the exact same thing. "
"You ate two servings, okay?" Pei Tingsong sat on the other side of Fang Juexia and naturally put her hand on his. "Aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache when you go on stage?"
The fans in the venue couldn't help but scream again.
"Don't talk about Ling Yi all the time." Fang Juexia turned the camera to let He Ziyan and Lu Yuan, who were standing on the side doing handstands. "What are you doing?"
Seeing the abdominal muscles of the handstand duo, the venue was suddenly in an uproar.
Jiang Miao appeared with a glass of water. "They bet with me that the rain wouldn't stop before 12 o 'clock. They lost, so they're doing handstands."
Fang Juexia squatted on the ground with a smile, and the camera focused on their red faces. He warned them seriously, "Don't bet with Captain. He's the God of Gamblers."
The phone on the ground rang with an alarm, and the two of them finally got up. He Ziyan walked directly to the sofa and lay on Pei Tingsong.
“hey！” Pei Tingsong, who had been pinned down, was very dissatisfied, but Lu Yuan also came over and pinned He Ziyan down. "Come and play with the stacking fun!"
"I'm coming!" Ling Yi even deliberately took a step back to run up and jumped onto Lu Yuan.
"Get off me!"
Fang Juexia and Jiang Miao sat on the ground in front of the sofa and chatted with the camera.
"What time does it start?"
"Six o 'clock. We can sleep first."
Ling Yi was so happy that she wished she was a 200-pound child. "Great, I want to sleep on this!"
"… You guys wait for me."
The pile of unknown creatures behind them was noisy. Fang Juexia looked at his watch and put his index finger next to his hand. "Shh, the countdown is about to start."
He stared at his wrist and shouted accurately, "Ten —"
The six people on the screen shouted together, "Nine —"
The fans in the audience also shouted together, "Eight!"
Pei Tingsong, who was at the bottom, raised his hand weakly and stubbornly. "Seven —"
"Six —"
The screen suddenly went black, and the countdown began, but their voices were still there.
"Three —"
Sparks appeared on the edges of the stage.
"Two —"
Blue flames also appeared in the air, one after another.
"One!"
The flames were extinguished instantly.
On the completely black stage, a loudspeaker sound appeared, and it was the most familiar monologue.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the light station is …"
The fans in the audience shouted, "Future!!"
The loudspeaker sound suddenly turned into a circle of electronic sound effects, and the projection of lyrics appeared in the center of the stage.
“say hellomy ego.”
Six spotlights suddenly shone from above. The six boys jumped up from the stage and landed steadily on the stage, appearing in front of the fans who had been waiting for a long time. All the lights in the venue lit up, and their faces appeared on the big screen. The opening song was also their debut song, "Kaleido." After the rearrangement, the drums were even more shocking, and the whole venue was instantly lit up.
Especially the chorus, the audience sang together, and the atmosphere was like a war song.
“we gonna fight! fight! fight!
with the facethe mirror
yes we’ll fight! fight! fight!”
The kaleidoscope lights were extremely bright, and the large audience was woven into a dreamy blue sea. The chorus of the fans was so strong that it almost drowned out Kaleido's voice. Everyone was immersed in the music and lights, even though this was only the first song.
"Side by side, never retreat.
fight! fight! fight!
Enjoy falling in the wind.
fight! fight! fight!
You'll remember me after the storm. "
In the end, Fang Juexia's clear and loud voice was steady and long, ending the atmosphere of the war song.
"Born for the love."
Because of the emotions, many fans in the audience couldn't help crying after listening to this song. A year and a half ago, they insisted on singing this song on the stage when the sound failed, and many people knew them.
Now, they finally had their own concert.
After the opening song, there were three songs in a row, all of which were songs from the first album. There was no break in the middle. Kaleido sang and danced until he finished the first four songs, and finally had a chance to stop and talk.
After more than ten minutes, their faces were sweating. Jiang Miao took water and tissues from the staff on stage and distributed them to everyone.
"Hello." He Ziyan wiped the sweat from his forehead with a tissue. "It's so hot."
The fans in the stands in front of him immediately took advantage of the opportunity and shouted in unison to take off their clothes.
He Ziyan listened for a long time, and Fang Juexia told him on behalf of the fans, "They want you to take off your clothes."
Hearing this, He Ziyan's eyes suddenly widened, but he didn't forget to joke, "I was scared, I was thanked."
"Hahahaha!"
Pei Tingsong took a sip of water and handed the bottle to Fang Juexia. After taking the bottle, Fang Juexia took a sip, but the fans in the audience suddenly started screaming.
Jiang Miao started chatting and said, "Thank you everyone for coming to our first concert. It's been three and a half years since our debut, and we finally have one. It's really exciting."
"Us too!"
Hearing the fans' voices, Jiang Miao smiled. "We didn't sleep last night. We all suffered from insomnia."
Lu Yuan nodded. "Then we played 'Fight the Landlord' in the hotel."
The fans in the audience shouted, "Who won the most?"
"Me." Xiao Pei proudly raised his hand and shamelessly boasted, "Amazing people are amazing at everything."
Ling Yi directly exposed him. "That's because Juexia was practicing at the beginning and didn't join in. After he came, he watched Xiao Pei play and even calculated cards for him!"
Another round of jeering and screaming came from the audience.
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Oh yes, we also learned a few words of Cantonese from Juexia."
After saying that, they began to introduce themselves to the audience one by one in very bad Cantonese. It was as if they were performing a skit, and Fang Juexia had to correct them every time they said a sentence.
Pei Tingsong laughed at himself. "If this continues, we'll really receive an invitation from the Happy Comedians."
"Hahahaha!"
"Okay, then we'll be singing a quieter song next." The lift behind them appeared again and lifted up a huge white piano. The staff also brought up a wooden guitar. Jiang Miao kept them in suspense. "Guess which song it will be?"
Lu Yuan immediately gave a hint and pointed to the sky. "It's getting dark."
The fans immediately understood. "Night tour!!"
"That's right." The members spread out on the four sides of the stage and went deep into the fans. Fang Juexia walked to the piano alone. Pei Tingsong, who had received the guitar, sat on the side of the stage with the piano. He plucked the strings and looked back at Fang Juexia.
The two of them began to play the accompaniment.
The solo version of "Night Tour" was like a two-way crush that kept getting closer and closer. The six-person version was more like a pair of lovers holding each other's hands and playing by the sea on a summer night.
"Green algae grows wildly along the coastline, isn't it like my delusion for you?
Fireworks suddenly bloom, my heart can't hide from my desire to kiss you. "
When Fang Juexia, who was sitting by the piano, sang these two lines, fireworks suddenly appeared in the night sky. Although it was only a projection, it was very realistic. It was as if they and the six boys on the stage were really in the middle of a summer fireworks festival.
They raised their heads to look at the fireworks and the beautiful faces of the six people on the screen. Every sound of the fireworks struck their hearts. Every second was the meticulous preparation of these boys. They used a tacit chorus to return this precious gift until the fireworks gradually disappeared, until Pei Tingsong, who was playing the guitar, gently sang the last line.
"You blame me for being good at lying. I said summer is long."
Summer is coming.
I hope it can be longer.
After the night tour, the six of them went backstage to change. The big screen began to play the behind-the-scenes process of their concert. The few of them were in the recording studio discussing the new arrangement. There were also scenes of them dancing all night in the dance studio and sleeping on the floor.
Every scene was a scene that the fans wanted to cherish in their hearts.
When the behind-the-scenes footage ended, Ling Yi, wearing a white suit, appeared on a rising stage. This was his solo part. Everyone was free to choose their solo. He chose an English song that he liked the most.
Ling Yi's voice was very clear, especially in the high notes. He rose higher and higher, and the projection of a blue whale surrounded him. He was like a little prince who walked out of a fairy tale. When the song ended, the huge whale shattered and turned into countless specks of light.
The fans couldn't help but reach out to touch the light.
"Thank you, everyone." Ling Yi stood on the stage and chatted with them. "The theme of our concert this time is called ego. It means self, right?"
"Yes!"
"This song wrote, 'Don't be afraid to face your true self. Believe in the power of self.' That's what it means." Ling Yi smiled and leaned against the railing. "Don't look at how silly I am every day. In fact, I also had times when I was confused. During that time, I often listened to this song and it gave me a lot of strength. So I also hope that singing it myself will give you some strength. "
He talked with everyone about his past singing competitions as he walked down the stage step by step. Then, he suddenly had a certain inspiration. "Look, I was like this back then. After you've obtained some sort of honor, you may be trapped on the high platform, unable to leave, and unable to go further. So you have to learn to come down first.
"Go back to the beginning and find yourself. Only then can you go to a wider world."
After saying that, Ling Yi returned to his old self. "Ah, I'm so philosophical. I should've studied philosophy."
The fans were immediately amused by him.
"Who's the next solo?" Ling Yi kept them in suspense. He heard the names of the other five people being called out. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard a loud scream.
When he turned around, Lu Yuan was already on the stage. Ling Yi was so angry that he complained, "Hey, what's wrong with you? You don't have any chemistry at all. I haven't finished my crosstalk yet. "
"You talk too much." Lu Yuan raised his chin at him. "Here, the road is over there. Let's go."
"You're chasing me away." Ling Yi pursed his lips. "Okay, I'll go." After saying that, he really went to the stage and pretended to wipe his tears as he waved to everyone.
Lu Yuan's solo was choreographed by him for a week. He worked with 15 backup dancers to complete it. He mixed a variety of dance styles, and the stage effect was quite magnificent. After the dance, he announced a piece of good news to everyone. The dance troupe that he and several choreographers had co-founded would soon hold their first public performance. After that, they would participate in competitions all over the world.
"This is the most primitive wish in my heart. After going around in circles, it can finally be realized."
“it’ego!”
The fans below the stage were also sincerely happy for him and shouted this sentence loudly with him.
After the two solo performances, the whole troupe gathered on the stage again to sing and dance "Ice War," "Hunting," and "XMAS." Then, the others left. Jiang Miao took off his jacket to reveal the wide-sleeved robe inside. He sat in the center of the ethereal stage made of dry ice and played the guzheng song "General's Order." The majestic sound of the guzheng paved the atmosphere to the highest level.
Under the spotlight, Jiang Miao raised his slender hand and finished the last note. Two other spotlights appeared on the stage, one on the left and one on the right, shining on He Ziyan and Pei Tingsong. The lights on the stage suddenly became gorgeous. The silver and blue lights intertwined and flashed continuously with He Ziyan's rhythm.
The holographic projection above the stage showed three-dimensional blue lyrics, and the visual effect was very good.
Pei Tingsong appeared. He Ziyan sang a remix of "Rap God" and "Lose Yoursel" with the electronic accompaniment. He finally used the concert to show his amazing verbal skills. At the fastest part, even the projected lyrics couldn't keep up with the speed of his rap.
The two of them cooperated and lit up the whole audience as usual.
At the end of the concert, the fans in the audience were still shouting their names. The four sides of the stage were all black, and the screen above was also black.
The fans were discussing and waiting for a surprise. "Is it Juexia's solo?"
"It seems so!"
The screen lit up again. Jiang Miao was removing the fake fingernails he used to play the guzheng. His voice also appeared.
"They said that you don't have money and shouldn't learn such useless things. No one listens to the guzheng anymore. "
The screen changed and showed Lu Yuan dancing in the practice room.
"They said that you should be a choreographer and that it's a waste to join a boy band. Or do you just want to make money quickly?"
Ling Yi from the vocal music class appeared and practiced the high notes over and over again.
"They said that you're really ordinary and have no talent. Singing won't make you full."
The screen changed again and showed He Ziyan sitting in front of the drum mat.
"They said that you should make up a better family background."
Some of the fans in the audience were about to cry. Pei Tingsong's face appeared on the big screen. He casually scratched his hair.
"They said that I shouldn't dream of being a hip-hop singer and that I should learn to become a 'mature' adult like them." Pei Tingsong curled his lips. "I said to them, fuck off."
The voices of the five people overlapped, and there were many recordings of other people. Under the projection technology, these words appeared in the form of black and white seals on the stage, layer upon layer, making it hard for the audience to breathe.
[Don't do this, don't become that. You're ugly, you're ordinary, you should be like so-and-so and become a more likable person.]
[You have to grow, you have to mature, you have to change yourself.]
[People like you really make me sick.]
[You have to learn to shut up and be patient.]
[Why don't you die!]
[You don't deserve to talk about dreams, you don't deserve it.]
[You're so annoying.]
[You're not important at all.]
The stage lit up. Fang Juexia sat in the center, holding a guitar. His gentle smile appeared on the big screen. After adjusting the microphone, he said, "There are many voices in this world, right?"
The fans cheered for him, surging forward like a wave.
"I also grew up with these voices." Fang Juexia casually plucked the strings with his hands. His cold voice was very suitable for telling stories. "Everyone knows that I was born with many conditions that go against the dream I want to pursue."
"So, everyone stopped me from pursuing my dream because they all thought it was impossible. Living with the word 'impossible', I spent a long time practicing to be a normal person, to adapt to the darkness, to avoid making mistakes. "
"So, I developed a habit of avoiding mistakes. Because of this, I lost the ability to feel the world and locked myself in a small black room like a calculator. As long as I can achieve this impossible, I can give up anything. "
The fingers stopped plucking the strings. Fang Juexia laughed self-deprecatingly. "But humans are social animals."
"Living in this social group is like running a shop."
As he spoke, the projection began to change, turning into a cartoon-like shop, next to each other.
Fang Juexia continued, "In order to be able to operate smoothly, we have to do everything we can. The simplest way is of course to compare. The shop opposite is not bad, so we have to work hard to be similar to others, at least to meet the normal standards. In order to be liked by more people, we have to change the popular products, and even open 24 hours a day. "
This sentence suddenly poked the hearts of many fans below the stage.
Holding the kaleidoscope in their hands, they transformed into thousands of light spots. How could they not be the shops that were struggling to operate?
Fang Juexia continued, "But what we don't know is that the shop opposite is actually the same. He is also changing himself in comparison day after day, observing other shops other than him, and imitating the operation." Speaking of this, he looked at the camera, his eyes were like spring water. "So, who is the correct specimen?"
"No one knows. This is a paradox. A paradox about business. "
Fang Juexia lowered his head and smiled. "In the end, we become similar. We converge. Every shop on this street is similar. Everyone in this society is the same. But at least this way, we can still maintain our business and live. "
"Some time ago, I received a letter from a struggling shop. She was about to be unable to operate, so she told me her story. I was very touched, so I wrote the next song and replied to her letter. This is what I said. "
Fang Juexia looked at the camera and said softly, "Hello. I spent my youth like this. In order to be like others, I constantly corrected the deviations and reduced the errors. While preserving myself, I was closer to being correct. Because I was afraid of making mistakes, I knew that there was no room for mistakes in this world. Maybe if I made one mistake, I would close down. "
"Now I just want to say, who cares." He smiled, the corners of his curved eyes and his birthmark were connected, as beautiful as the new moon.
"Whether it's closing down or operating, I don't want to only chase after being correct." He lowered his head, holding the guitar and playing the prelude. The tune was soothing and warm. "I want to be the weirdest shop."
"Today's plaque is not hung properly.
Don't say welcome, but there's a hug.
It's very dark inside, be careful not to trip on the butterflies.
Don't turn on the lights, fireflies always light up early. "
Fang Juexia sang softly, occasionally looking up at everyone with a relieved smile on his face.
"Thank you to every customer for coming.
But in the suggestion book, you can write it to yourself.
If you don't like it, you can go next door.
It's okay if we're not open today. "
Suddenly, many people wearing huge doll costumes appeared on the stage. There were koalas and giraffes. They carried small baskets and walked crookedly. The baskets were filled with candy.
"Gentle people will have freebies.
Children are always welcome.
It's so weird that it's unreasonable.
But this is me. "
Accompanied by Fang Juexia's warm singing, they sprinkled colorful candies on the stage for all the fans.
"The misclassification of goods is also interesting.
Searching the shelves and finding treasures is a surprise.
The wrong marking actually has a special meaning.
Who says that the correct trademark is not the same? "
Suddenly, many stars appeared in the night sky. In the middle of the stage, there was a small shop with a crooked plaque. Fang Juexia, holding the guitar, seemed to be sitting in front of the shop. All the small animals returned to him.
"Why is this shop so weird?
How can you be loved by everyone? "
Fang Juexia pressed the strings with his hands, looked up, and sang the last line of the lyrics.
"But the person who patronizes most often says
He likes the real me the most. "
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