151 – First Main Producing
After stopping by Top East Entertainment and completing the arrangement work with the help of team leader Sohyun and composer Jeon Joseph.
Late in the morning, I returned to the Shock Entertainment studio to complete the final inspection.
This was because additional mixing or arrangement may be necessary.
“Ha… I can’t believe I’m working this early in the morning…”
But Chae-rin’s older sister, who had a lot of dark circles, didn’t seem to deserve it.
“We should also prepare for the year-end stage…”
While I was setting up the song, I kept hearing grumbles and complaints coming from the back.
“Right now, I’m on a tour of Singapore this weekend… I have to leave the country the day after tomorrow. Sigh…”
I decided to try to appease her older sister.
“Sister. Still, isn’t it emotional and romantic to prepare an album with Dawn’s name at dawn?”
“Yeah, I’m crazy…”
“Really?”
“I’m crazy…”
I don’t think it works well.
“Ha… I just said I would help you.”
In times like this, we have no choice but to sympathize.
“That’s right. Why did you do that then?”
“……”
Chaerin, who was glaring at her with a disapproving look, fell down on the sofa.
And the depressing tone that comes from it.
“You really need to be nice to Seoyoon. Seoyoon was probably very nice at first.”
“…? You must be really crazy. That’s not real.”
“Ha…”
Actually, at first, I was planning to guarantee Chaerin’s right to sleep for her mental health.
But looking at the schedule, there was nothing special this time. Because time was very tight.
What we are aiming for is the grand prize at the three major award ceremonies: WMA, WMMA, and Golden Disk.
And among the grand prizes, the Song of the Year Award.
The most important thing to win the Song of the Year award is a visible indicator such as annual chart ranking.
In the Watermelon annual chart rankings I checked before coming, ‘Unsatisfed’, released early this year, was in 2nd place.
And it was #1 on the box, gown, and Jenny charts.
At this level, it is safe to say that the conditions for awarding the grand prize have almost been established.
‘If there is an additional catalyst on the Water Melon Chart, it is expected to regain first place in December.’
However, being number one on the annual chart did not necessarily guarantee winning the Song of the Year award that year.
In fact, it has consistently happened that the singer who ranked first on the annual charts did not receive the grand prize.
This means that the evaluation criteria for the target not only include public voting.
This is because the influence and popularity of the group that year were also evaluated.
Therefore, there is only one significance to this comeback.
As a final catalyst, the idea was to continue the buzz and influence that had diminished during the overseas tour.
And of course, this also meant that we had to make a comeback two weeks or at least one week before the first year-end awards ceremony, the WMMA Watermelon Music Awards, on November 28th.
“But when will we prepare for our year-end performance? We’ll have to practice the choreography for this as well.”
“You said you could do it…”
“I was saying that it would be okay to sleep less. Well, if I only participate in the music show in the first week, I will have time to practice, right?”
“Ha… Why do I approve of that nonsense…”
“It’s okay. Everyone except you agreed by voting. Except Kim Seo-yoon.”
While Chaerin was complaining again, the MIDI equipment booting was completed.
Now it was time to show Chaerin the song she had finished working on.
“Sister, are you going to turn it on now?”
Without answering, Chaerin waved her hand to signal her affirmation.
And with a click, the demo version was played.
There are no proper lyrics yet, only meaningless lyrics that rhyme, and what’s more, the version was recorded roughly 30 minutes after the arrangement was completed.
However, my own satisfaction was very high.
And Chaerin’s expression looked like that too.
A flushed face with a strangely excited look, even though the dark circles had darkened.
“Ha… I don’t have anything to fix, so I’m here for no reason. I should have just listened to it on my laptop.”
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“Really? I don’t think there’s any need for mixing.”
“Yes. We did a really good job. I’m tired, but the song is good so the fatigue goes away.”
“Then shall we try writing lyrics now?”
Chaerin frowns again at my joke.
Nervous reactions followed.
“A little. Just leave that to the lyricists. We don’t have time.”
“Then what about dancing?”
“Ha… You did that on purpose? Well, since when did we start making dances?”
“Why, you’re a dance genius. Oh, that’s right. We need to decide on the costume and concept, right?”
Now Chaerin leaves the studio without responding.
“Let’s go together, sister~”
I also enjoy teasing Chaerin.
***
After reading the article about Saven’s comeback, there were often posts in the Saven fan community making fun of fans who went on overseas tours.
[It’s a comeback in November, but isn’t there anyone who paid a lot of money to go see the overseas concert~?]
[Ha~ A comeback in November and a year-end stage in December? It’s already fun hahahaha]
[After watching both domestic and international concerts, I am lying in bed and watching them on the VCR. Today, I confidently win 1st game.]
Of course, the posts hinted at the envy of fans who had attended overseas cons, so everyone was in a cheerful mood.
However, it did not mean that there was no blow to overseas intuitionists.
In the first place, most of the visiting players expected that there would be no schedule for the SAVEN members except for the end-of-year performance, so it was an intuitive decision made after much deliberation.
-(Account balance photo) There is another new song performance in Korea…? There’s a comeback…?
└Students over there cry and deny
-I’m a direct friend, but I lost all my annual leave due to this overseas intuition… I can’t even dream of going to a music room…
└Then you can go on the weekend.
└Are you T? Just ask for your sympathy
└ㄹㅇ They say they’re sad that they can’t go to a music room on weekdays, huh?
However, there were also fans who did not care about this whole situation.
Manila Ramen Manila.
Bangkok is Bangkok.
Singapore, Singapore.
Fans who followed most of the tour schedule from the beginning. They were the Seven’s home horses.
And since it was one of Dohee’s home games, it didn’t really matter. It’s just that I wasn’t cool with the teasing.
ㅡTrack, crackle
“Yes… Because the yen is lower, the cost of the concert is cheaper and even travel is convenient.”
ㅡTrack, crackle
“Is it true that a Save goods shop opened in Akihabara, Japan to commemorate the tour? I bought everything because it was super cheap.”
ㅡTrack, crackle
“Wow, Tokyo Con was a lot of fun… The kids performed even better because they got used to the concert stages as well as the newly prepared stages…”
ㅡTrack, crackle
“Wow, Dohee’s Tokyo Con pigtails look absolutely Kiraki… She’s really good at Japanese, and you really have to hear this on site. But if you haven’t heard this, is it Shavenu?”
Homma, who finished commenting on her sub-account, felt relieved before she was able to go to her SNS and start posting.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with saying it was a virtue.
I’m just taking a look at the timeline plastered with Saven.
And today, there was one article that was a particularly hot topic.
[Is this a spoiler?]
An article with only one video posted along with the title.
Looking at the clothes, it looked like it was the second day of the Tokyo concert.
When I clicked on the video, a video of Dohee communicating with Japanese fans in Japanese during a talk show between concerts was played.
“Ah, this.”
She also experienced it at the concert, but it was a conversation she couldn’t understand because she doesn’t know Japanese.
The translated subtitles said this.
The members could not understand Japanese this time and were nodding their heads, but from the perspective of the viewer, they certainly seemed to be positive.
“What is it? If all the members like him, does he have to be so famous?”
Homma went into the comment window and saw a list of PDs and composers that fans had inferred.
These are top-tier composers that everyone has heard of at least once in Kpop.
“Ah, this guy is good. But didn’t he start his own company? Still, we do collaborate sometimes. Oh, it would be nice if this guy, Black Phil, could take charge.”
In fact, Homma was deeply worried when she saw the article about her comeback.
With less than three weeks between the end of the tour and the announced comeback date, it was not a schedule that could be met even if the songs were prepared in advance.
But I became confident that famous PDs would be able to take care of the members.
‘Okay, no matter how stupid the shock ending is, why would they decide something like this in such a hurry?’
In the first place, as Shavenu knows, all of Saven’s albums and comebacks were planned out.
I could tell right away just by looking at the album names.
First single ‘Aurora (Dawn)’.
A deviant, hip-hop concept in which the members, starting with their debut, will not be stuck in the existing mold.
Second single ‘Daydream’.
A classic, yet refreshing and innocent concept that everyone likes.
Third single ‘Dusk’.
A proactive, sophisticated and urban concept.
An album name that focuses on the passage of time.
Because Seven’s motto was ‘Seventh heaven’, which means supreme happiness, the meaning was implied that each album would show a different side of the members, just as the color of the sky changes over time.
“Now that I think about it, what will the name of the next album be…”
And the answer to that question could be found out within the near future.
Because it was revealed through an article a week later.
[Saven, comeback on November 13th… 4Th single album ‘Wee Hours’ released]
A word meaning midnight, ‘Wee hours’.
Light translation: small times.
It was a double album name that implied the short time of Saven, which was coming to an end soon as well as midnight.
But it was definitely this article that received more attention.
[Saven, ‘Wee Hours’ tracklist revealed. Main producers ‘Gong Chae-rin and Lee Do-hee’]
「SAVEN solidifies SAVEN’s unique ‘Saven-like’ charm with the b-side song ‘Star of Stars’ featuring Gong Chae-rin and Lee Do-hee as the main characters, and the title song ‘Extragede’.
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Meanwhile, Saven’s fourth single album ‘Wee Hours’ will be released on domestic and international music sites at 6 PM on the 13th.”
And it was natural for the fans to see the news and get excited.
[Producers with great ability = Dohee, Chaerin hahahahaha Raheeya hahahahaha]