13 episodes
When I arrived with a drink at the convenience store, it was the last majority vote.
“If we do not pass the majority this time, I think we will have to reschedule and hold another meeting.”
After the team leader Park Seon-hye spoke with the intention of whether you guys want to do this one more time, the majority vote started again.
“Jingi Kang… … . No, the one who will do it with song number one.”
Two people from First Light and four out of five A&R team members raised their hands. Again it was 6:5.
The A&R team members are people who like music anyway, so they were tired, but there was a secret expectation of meeting with new music. On the other hand, First Light members in their late teens and early 20s, who are not yet used to such meetings, lost their concentration and just lay on the floor of the conference room.
I showed the envelopes I bought at the convenience store to the lying members and said.
“I have ice cream, cider and coffee. Someone who eats ice cream.”
They ask for something to drink, and they all raise their hands for ice cream. In that case, it works really well.
Each member was given their favorite ice cream one by one. Min Ji-ho said while receiving the Melona.
“No, because Han Hyo-seok is ignorant.”
“What am I?”
“It’s okay because you don’t get along with me, and why is Jiwoon hyung like that? Don’t you turn the lights on?”
The other members also agreed with Min Ji-ho’s words. It was definitely at the peak of his physical strength, so I gave him an ice cream, so he came back to life and spoke one word at a time, but Shin Ji-Woon pretended not to hear and closed his eyes.
Shin Ji-woon, the tallest among the tallest First Light members on average, was a performer in Kuk Seon-ah, who had a strong attachment to the seven people in this meeting room. Even if they couldn’t make their debut, Jung Jun once had a strong tendency to lead them to the end somehow.
Shin Ji-woon kept in contact with me right after Kook Seon-ah and visited my house several times. But I was working as a manager without contacting me, so I was ignorantly and severely sprained. Just looking at the fact that I didn’t answer my words for a week after I came as the manager. The members also noticed it, and now they are shouting at Shin Ji-woon.
No, it doesn’t matter if I get pissed off, but if Shin Ji-woon doesn’t make rap, I have to throw this song away.
Anyway, I think it’s right to say that I’m sorry. I squatted down next to Shin Ji-woon.
“hey.”
“… … .”
“Hey.”
“… … .”
“You should write a rap.”
He’s a lot of people, but he’s pretty simple. My lips twitch as soon as they ask me to write a rap.
“Oh, write it. Don’t oppose me.”
So, Shin Ji-woon answered.
“The song is not good.”
“whatever. Just agree.”
“We’re going to call you, just agree.”
“Do it.”
“Oh, why are you like that?”
To be honest, I’m going to die of hardship, but hyung, let’s get over that. However, now that I think about it, I am grateful that I kept in touch while chewing on everything.
It’s still awkward, but once you give me an answer, it will be resolved after a while. Shin Ji-woon is not someone who wastes time and energy on other people’s failures, so he’ll write his own rap too.
Han Hyo-seok looked at me and said that he was a little embarrassed that he kept opposing ‘Turn on the Light’.
“It seems like I should also be promoting with ‘Turn on the Light’, but honestly, the quality is so different from the other candidate songs.”
“It is.”
This is so true, so other members besides me were silently agreeing. I said.
“When is the next meeting?”
Stork Dawn replied.
“Next Wednesday.”
“Until then, I will keep editing. Try dying once.”
“Right, bro.”
Han Hyo-seok called me again.
“In the lyrics, ‘As if to kill’, we have to change it here. too old You have to think about it.”
“uh. okay. In addition?”
So Park Seon-jae said.
“Chorus! Dawn-nim, please call me Sabi just once.”
So Hwang Sae-byeok sang the chorus, and Park Seon-jae added the chorus. I also think it’s an absolute pitch, but I couldn’t say it with my voice, but Park Seon-jae was able to make that sound with my throat. All the members cheered and applauded, including Shin Ji-woon, who forgot that he was sprained because of the pleasure of being able to divide the chords all at once.
“How about this choreography when you turn on the lights here and repeat it three times?”
Min Ji-ho made the palm of his left hand face up and played a match by striking a match with his right hand and blowing it out. Everyone is fine, so I’m happy again soon.
I kept taking notes on my phone. Most of them were dog drips, but there are some that are useful in between.
[Check the hit probability of ‘Turn on the light’
7% (+1%) (+1%) chance of making a C-class hit song]
“You pass, you don’t.”
“What is the standard?”
standard? status window.
I only confirmed opinions that increased the likelihood of a hit, but I wrote down the ones that weren’t.
The seven people seemed to be talking too loudly, so because of a TRV artist’s album that will be released soon, the staff of the album production team who stayed until dawn came and looked at us strangely.
“Now let’s go.”
As I looked at them and said, the members quickly got up. Shin Ji-woon said as he left the conference room.
“Ah, my stomach hurts from laughing so much.”
So Joo-won Ahn said with regret.
“If Shin Ji-woon really smiles a lot, will he get abs? The muscles are so tight.”
“Hey, it’s not like that.”
“That’s about it.”
Shin Ji-woon said ‘hey,’ so I thought, and Ahn Joo-won was quick, so the two of them seemed to have completely stopped talking. Joo-won Ahn and I are friends, to Ji-woon Shin, I am the older brother, but if Joo-won Ahn and Ji-woon Shin are friends… … .
Where do you hear the sound of genealogy twisting? … .
* * *
Manager Park Joong-woon went home first, and seven people, including me, boarded the company van crowdedly. Even in the van, he kept talking non-stop, and when he arrived at the dormitory, the members went up first, and then Min Ji-ho sneaked up to him.
“Hyung, do you want to do the Tick X challenge? You know the song that came out last week, bing bing.”
“I will not.”
“Oh, let’s do it. I mean, the other members didn’t do it.”
“I don’t. You’re not crazy.”
When we film and upload a video knowing that there is a trauma in the eyes of the public, we can’t stand it and harsh words come out. Min Ji-ho smiled like a madman and opened the bag.
“I knew your brother would be like this, so I bought this too.”
Inside the bag was a mask similar to Pennywise.
“… … Hey, are you so scared?”
At two o’clock in the morning, when you see two strong men wearing horror masks like this, you will pass out if you see them.
[Challenge to reach 200,000 video views]
[You will be given a B-class ticket for (Red Roulette of a hit song maker)]
And maybe with this, you can pass 200,000 and pass the mission. If anything good comes out of roulette, it will help me fix the song by Wednesday.
After covering my face with a mask, I felt at ease, so I memorized the choreography that Min Ji-ho showed me.
It was put together quickly and we both wore masks.
In search of bright lighting in the apartment playground, Min Ji-ho installed the camera at an appropriate height.
Even though it was a short but ignorantly difficult movement, a neat and satisfactory result came out at once.
“Oh, that’s fun.”
Min Ji-ho takes off his mask and excites me, and I agree with him. It was really fun to dance after a long time.
After filming, Min Ji-ho said, putting his cell phone in his jumper pocket.
“Up?”
“uh. See you tomorrow.”
I said hello. And even when I returned home and closed my eyes, the dance and music did not disappear from my mind.
* * *
The next day, I stayed up all night in the practice room for the Sunday performance.
The video posted by Min Ji-ho was very well received. In particular, the number of views exploded as to what algorithm the video uploaded to YouTube Shorts used.
After the challenge, Min Ji-ho takes off his mask, and the moment he transforms from Pennywise into a refreshing boy captured people’s hearts. It was also uploaded to the official Twitter, and the response was quite good.
When the total number of views reached about 200,000, a status window appeared.
[The conditions are not met]
what a bullshit why?
[Achievement: Min Ji-ho]
[Different achievers]
oh So this challenge was launched by Min Ji-ho… … .
Seeing that, I laughed out loud.
From the moment this mission appeared, I thought it was a mission that the First Light had to achieve. There was no such story.
Isn’t that common sense? It’s my mission, not the mission of the First Light, and I’m not the First Light. It seems that the first light was not completely left in my head.
At that time, Min Ji-ho walked up to me, who was standing behind the practice room with a cell phone.
“Brother, didn’t you see the comments? The response is great.”
“Oh, okay.”
“What are you going to see for the rest of your life?”
Min Ji-ho, a lifelong straight forward and passionate, insisted on holding his phone in front of me.
[The dancer in the back is great, he dances with his strength and makes Min Ji-ho stand out + In the meantime, he brings his own groove + Isolation is perfect]
[I like the two together, so this video seems to pop up more]
[Who is the real dancer behind you? What is the dance?]
[↳ Looks like a modern dance major]
[↳ First Light is usually with the choreography team UO. It seems to belong to UO]
What. Basically, I’m fine with dancing.
Even though we are seeing good reactions, the thought that the public will be disappointed to find out that it is me takes my breath away. I am also a very weak human being.
Anyway, the fact that the mission doesn’t break with this means that my face will come out inevitably and I have to take the initiative to achieve 200,000. I’ll never wake up for the rest of my life
* * *
Sunday had an outdoor event schedule.
However, Hwang Sae-byeok, who catches a cold once in every changing season, was not in good shape in the morning. I handed the citron car I bought to Hwang Sae-byeok, who was sitting in the passenger seat wearing a mask.
“Drink this too.”
“later.”
Perhaps because he wasn’t feeling well, Hwang Sae-byeok answered in a sharp voice and fell asleep with his head against the window.
After arriving at the event site, Hwang Sae-byeok tried to come to his senses and hold on, but his body couldn’t keep up. Even though the choreography was the same, the voice was a problem. It didn’t come out any more.
I continued to clear my neck, but it seemed like the solution would be to go to the hospital sooner rather than later. In the end, manager Park decided to take Hwang Sae-byeok to the hospital. Hwang Sae-byeok said to me with a terribly sorry expression.
“Just for today, please.”
“uh.”
I, who has been the solo manager Park Hee-young until now, answered that I knew that Hwang Sae-byeok was kindly asking for the members, but that wasn’t the case.
As the dry rehearsal approached, the TRV staff gave me the name tag of Stork Dawn.
“Manager Cheol, do you know all the choreography?”
“yes? Me?”
Sometimes, when there are no members, the dance team or the manager comes up instead. I didn’t know that would be my case. I found out later that Hwang Sae-byeok was asking me to go up for a dry rehearsal.
As soon as I thought I had to go on stage, my brain stopped working, and I was holding Hwang Sae-byeok’s name tag.
And when I woke up, I was on stage. I took a deep breath as I looked at the empty audience seats.
Fortunately, through the TikX video, I was convinced that no one would recognize me if I covered my face. I was wearing a hat and covering my face with a black mask. Ahn Joo-won glanced at me and asked.
“it’s okay?”
“no. sweat.”
sweat dripping from my hands Then the music started.