Current Event 20/10/14
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yestoday---- [Current Events are bi-weekly writing assignments for my junior year history class. The instructions are to find a recent article, summarize it, and describe your personal opinion on it.]
https://www.soompi.com/article/1431553wpp/cix-excites-with-date-for-october-comeback-after-postponement
First things first, I would like to say: hello sir, I hope these musical rants aren’t getting irritating yet. (I will stop once you start making us share these.) Second of all, here we have it! The highly-anticipated CIX comeback finally announced! Speaking technically, it was confirmed a few weeks ago to be in October. Speaking even more technically, it was announced back in June. This article explains that; CIX were originally planning to drop their new album in June, a ton of attention-grabbing and clearly high-budget teasers were released and everything. A few days before the release date, however, the company issued a statement that their member Bae Jinyoung hurt his ankle, therefore thwarting their comeback plans, and they declared it to be postponed until further notice. This would be the group’s third mini-album, the article states. It’s titled “HELLO Chapter 3. Hello, Strange Time” with the lead single called “Jungle”. Today, the group shared a new schedule for this return, with it officially revealing that the album will come out on October 27.
I watched as the teasers came out, one by one, back in June. It very obviously seemed to be interconnected with the lore of their past two music videos, albeit on a whole, more intense level. It’s been a while since I’ve watched them, given that they were released four months ago, but I remember so clearly being shocked because, while it stayed on their theme, it was vastly different from where I had expected them to go with their concept. Nonetheless, those videos and pictures were pretty stunning, so I, along with millions of other fans, was disappointed by the postponement. Of course, we knew it was right of them to do that; we were all glad that the company was taking Jinyoung’s health into priority and not pushing him through a rigorous promotion schedule with a sprained ankle. Not to get suddenly emotional, but this is the opinion section, so I think I’m entitled to this--I’ve been a fan of him since his days in his temporary previous group, Wanna One, so like, I care about this dude a lot and I’m glad he got some time to rest, you know? Anyway, we all knew they were coming back soon (four months is surely long enough for an ankle to heal). A few days ago, they even had an online concert (or participated in one, I can’t remember), and yes, Jinyoung was there, on stage, performing. I woke up to videos of Jinyoung with bright blonde hair on my Twitter timeline that day, and bro, let me tell you, he looked so freaking good; my entire Twitter feed was yelling. Alright, moving on to present time again. So, there I was, having just got off my third period Spanish IV class and getting ready to start on homework. I check the time: it’s 11:00 A.M., which converts into midnight in Korean time: the typical time for any type of teaser or announcement to drop. I open Twitter to check for news on any of my currently-131 groups I follow, and then boom, I see the brand new CIX comeback schedule, Tweeted from the official account ten seconds ago. October 27, it says in the smack center of the aesthetically pleasing picture. Perfect. (I scroll a bit more and see that JBJ95 also announced their long-awaited comeback on the date of their two year anniversary, as well as the first official music video teaser for one of my favorite groups SEVENTEEN’s upcoming comeback. It looked and sounded fresh as heck, by the way.)
https://www.soompi.com/article/1431553wpp/cix-excites-with-date-for-october-comeback-after-postponement
First things first, I would like to say: hello sir, I hope these musical rants aren’t getting irritating yet. (I will stop once you start making us share these.) Second of all, here we have it! The highly-anticipated CIX comeback finally announced! Speaking technically, it was confirmed a few weeks ago to be in October. Speaking even more technically, it was announced back in June. This article explains that; CIX were originally planning to drop their new album in June, a ton of attention-grabbing and clearly high-budget teasers were released and everything. A few days before the release date, however, the company issued a statement that their member Bae Jinyoung hurt his ankle, therefore thwarting their comeback plans, and they declared it to be postponed until further notice. This would be the group’s third mini-album, the article states. It’s titled “HELLO Chapter 3. Hello, Strange Time” with the lead single called “Jungle”. Today, the group shared a new schedule for this return, with it officially revealing that the album will come out on October 27.
I watched as the teasers came out, one by one, back in June. It very obviously seemed to be interconnected with the lore of their past two music videos, albeit on a whole, more intense level. It’s been a while since I’ve watched them, given that they were released four months ago, but I remember so clearly being shocked because, while it stayed on their theme, it was vastly different from where I had expected them to go with their concept. Nonetheless, those videos and pictures were pretty stunning, so I, along with millions of other fans, was disappointed by the postponement. Of course, we knew it was right of them to do that; we were all glad that the company was taking Jinyoung’s health into priority and not pushing him through a rigorous promotion schedule with a sprained ankle. Not to get suddenly emotional, but this is the opinion section, so I think I’m entitled to this--I’ve been a fan of him since his days in his temporary previous group, Wanna One, so like, I care about this dude a lot and I’m glad he got some time to rest, you know? Anyway, we all knew they were coming back soon (four months is surely long enough for an ankle to heal). A few days ago, they even had an online concert (or participated in one, I can’t remember), and yes, Jinyoung was there, on stage, performing. I woke up to videos of Jinyoung with bright blonde hair on my Twitter timeline that day, and bro, let me tell you, he looked so freaking good; my entire Twitter feed was yelling. Alright, moving on to present time again. So, there I was, having just got off my third period Spanish IV class and getting ready to start on homework. I check the time: it’s 11:00 A.M., which converts into midnight in Korean time: the typical time for any type of teaser or announcement to drop. I open Twitter to check for news on any of my currently-131 groups I follow, and then boom, I see the brand new CIX comeback schedule, Tweeted from the official account ten seconds ago. October 27, it says in the smack center of the aesthetically pleasing picture. Perfect. (I scroll a bit more and see that JBJ95 also announced their long-awaited comeback on the date of their two year anniversary, as well as the first official music video teaser for one of my favorite groups SEVENTEEN’s upcoming comeback. It looked and sounded fresh as heck, by the way.)