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On the way back from filming, we got in a separate car, but we called on the speakerphone and it was almost as if all the members were in the same car.
“Wow, Han Hyo-shik would do that. I don’t trust you anymore.”
– It’s a broadcast.
“But Minjo, when are you really not going?”
“it is a secret. Watch the broadcast!”
“Why are you keeping it a secret from us?”
-But do you think the first round will be fun?
“uh! Look forward to it!”
So I was making a lot of noise with the members, and I felt eerie all day, and then my throat started to tingle.
If it’s me, I can wash hot, go to sleep and wake up, but the problem is that someone else can get it. In case you didn’t know, I thought it would be better to get out of the dorm for now.
The members went back to the dorm, and I put on a mask and entered Yang Yi-hyung’s studio.
Yang Yi-hyung leaned back on the chair and listened to the fan song, then looked back at me.
“Are you here?”
“I might have a cold, so I’ll be wearing a mask.”
“It is said that even dogs do not catch a cold in summer.”
“It’s because I’m not a dog.”
The manager hyungs and the members asked why they had to go to the studio when they were not feeling well, but Yang Yi-hyung doesn’t care at all.
It was because I thought that if I made composing my job, I should lie down in the studio even if I was sick. Yang Yi-hyung played a fan song and said.
“When it rains, I hear it, so I kill it, this.”
“great? I’m so tired because I’m thinking of working hard from now on.”
“Ten thousand won.”
“Oh, look here. I’ll be careful now.”
I was trying to say something cute, but my voice was so quiet that I couldn’t hear it at all.
Before I sang a fan song, I hit the correct note on the playing track.
“Oh, I hear the right notes in my ears? But why doesn’t this come out of the neck? frustrating.”
“It’s an absolute pitch tone.”
“Oh, I’m not even a tone-deaf.”
“It’s a tone compared to the tone.”
That’s right… … .
The First Light members also secretly sing above the standard level, so it makes me feel even more depressed. Even rapper Shin Ji-woon is a good singer.
Anyway, there is a high possibility of a pre-release, so I was in a hurry to finish it before the other songs, record it, and then film it. When I was working to send it to the A&R team, I thought I had a runny nose because of a cold, but it was blood.
“Uh, what?”
“Hey, machine, machine.”
I was worried about Yang Yi-hyung’s brightly lit drum machine in front of me, so I pushed the chair back and tilted my head.
“Oh, I’ve never seen him write that before, but he loves it more than I do.”
“Well, it’s my light that I bought with my own money.”
“No, then why are you using that as a light?”
I said and took the toilet paper that Yang Yi-hyung gave me again.
“I had a nosebleed for the first time in my life. I must have lived a hard life. Are you proud?”
“It’s not because I live hard, but because I’m weak, isn’t it?”
“I need to do some exercise.”
“I don’t think I really saw you working out. You’re in your 20s now, so hold on and run after it.”
“is it?”
After the bleeding had stopped for some time, I changed the mask and pulled up the chair again and sat down. Yang Yi-hyung said.
“Your instruments have the feel of early 2000s animation.”
“Uh, I just wanted to give it a little bit of that feeling.”
“Shall we just go with the title ‘Sunny Day’?”
“yes. Are you okay?”
“Are you going to have a piano and guitar session?”
“yes. Once I do it, if the A&R team says it’s not good, I’ll pay a session fee there.”
“Idols who save session fees, you are precious.”
“When I was young, my father kept calling me and taught me how to play guitar, so honestly, I was a little annoyed. But if you learn it again, you will use it all.”
And this is something I can’t explain in words, so it’s easy for me to do it. Besides, it’s embarrassing to ask them to play it again until something I want comes out.
Even if the session is re-recorded later, if I hold a guide, communication is easy.
Yang Yi-hyung handed me the finished sheet music.
I listened to my father’s electric guitar that he brought to the studio.
“Brother, give me some space.”
“Hey, it’s already gone. You two go in.”
“yes.”
The intro came out and I started recording the guitar session while listening to the metronome and Yang Yi-hyung’s numbers.
Since ‘Sunny Day’ is a fan song, I thought that it should be a song that gives fans a sense of gratitude we feel, and that listens to it when it is difficult.
I recorded a guitar session, paying attention to the performance, to embody the overwhelming feeling in my head. As soon as the recording was over, Yang Yi-hyung said.
“Isn’t Sabi a little weak?”
“Weak.”
“Let’s go one more time.”
“yes.”
I tried to do that too. Anyway, at first, I thought it would be comfortable to work with Yang Yi-hyung as he is the best composer, but after doing so, there is no one who suits me so well.
When I was recording, I was particularly focused, so I was sweating cold even with the air conditioner turned on.
“Ah, bro. hot.”
“Oh, me too.”
It was morning after Yang Yi-hyung lowered the air conditioner temperature and started recording. Park Gun-hoon, an A&R team employee who arrived around that time, came into the studio and said:
“No, I keep it cold like this and work… … . Haewon, is your face pale? it’s okay?”
“okay? Is it because I spilled coffee earlier?”
At my words, Yang Yi-hyung smirked.
“Hey, what was it? it’s day yesterday It must have been close to 24 hours.”
“Oh yeah? I don’t know how time flies when I’m here.”
In fact, there are no windows or clocks. It feels a bit like a casino.
Park Gun-hoon said as if he did not understand.
“Call the manager and go to the hospital. Your face is really white.”
“Uh, I was talking to the assistant manager and told the kids to come to try sketching.”
“I have a hyung. Hey, if your younger brother is like this, you have to become an older brother for a while and send him to the hospital.”
Maybe it’s because they’re in the same college and the same department, so Park Geon-hoon starts looking for Yang Yi-hyung right away. It’s strange to see that hyung being craved for the first time. Yang Yi-hyung was shy and said to me.
“You go quickly.”
“Jungwoon hyung, come and go.”
After replying, I listened to ‘Sunny Day’ once with Park Geon-hoon. Park Gun-hoon said while listening to the music.
“The members strongly pushed me for the pre-released song.”
“it’s okay? Pre-release.”
“Yes, everyone on the album production team agrees.”
thank god. Looking at the reaction, it seems that the song is not bad.
I make songs with my own taste, so other people’s judgments about whether a song is good or bad are much more accurate than my own. And it seems like it depends on the sky whether the song will do well or not.
After a while, Park Seon-jae and Hwang Sae-byeok arrived, and Manager Park Joong-woon also entered the studio.
“Haewon-ah, the hospital… … No, it’s worse than I thought, isn’t it?”
Hwang Sae-byeok slaps me on the back and goes to the microphone because my face is very bad. Park Seon-jae said to me with a face almost crying.
“Brother, you’re really going to die… … .”
This is the first time I have heard such harsh words from the youngest.
“I’m not in this bad health.”
Having said that, I got up and looked in the mirror, and there was a grim reaper-like figure standing there.
“Aww, what is he? Why do you look like that?”
I was surprised by my face, so manager Park Joong-woon pushed me on the back.
“Let’s go to the hospital quickly.”
“Yeah, do you really want to go?”
I said and followed manager Park Joong-woon and left the studio.
* * *
Thanks to you, I had a good rest in the hospital.
After a half-day break in the hospital, I couldn’t resist my urgency and called Hwang Sae-byeok. And then I got chewed up and called Park Seon-jae again.
– Oh, bro. Don’t worry here and rest.
“Did you know and ignore my phone call by dawn?”
-yes.
“This child… … . How are you doing anyway?”
– What’s going on? It’s going well. the song is really good I’m just a little sad, I can’t help it.
“Then it’s a success.”
– Brother, your body… … I’d say it’s good anyway. Hang up and get some rest!
“okay okay.”
I hung up the phone, called Hwang Sae-byeok again, and was chewed again. It seems that I have become a persistent person because I keep chewing on it. not. Are you just being stubborn?
Eventually, after giving up and throwing the phone away, I took a deep breath and woke up, manager Park Joong-woon came into the hospital room and said to me.
“Hae-won. Entertainment came in.”
“group?”
Most of the entertainment shows that came in as individuals were all trying to attract aggression with my image. In particular, castings came in frequently from the YouTube channel, but at first the company was rejecting them all. So, most of the people who asked me were group entertainment.
In the meantime, the recognition of First Light was so low that there was nothing special about appearing in variety shows except for the entertainment that went into the concept of promotion. So, I wondered what it was. Manager Park Joong-woon continued.
“Uh, group… … . But a little.”
“yes?”
“It seems a little tight. Anyway, I’ve been hired, so don’t worry, we’ll have a meeting to decide.”
“Why, what kind of entertainment?”
“Uh, what… … .”
Perhaps the entertainment contents have not been released yet, manager Park Joong-woon came close to the door and said,
“I think it’s an entertainment show where a few male idol groups who debuted around the same time as Pura gather to perform.”
“ah. What could it be?”
“But they say they only rate YouTube views.”
“Wow, are you crazy?”
“So. Will this be it?”
“Is that okay? Isn’t it okay?”
“I don’t know. You might fall over doing something like that. Anyway, you can talk about it at the meeting, and you have to record it, so take care of yourself.”
“I’m fine now.”
“It’s cold, but it’s okay, ma’am.”
It’s not really that painful, but I can’t go to the studio.
At the same time, the cursing continued to come to Yang Yi-hyung as well. He scolds him for leaving the job to him and going to the hospital, and cussing at the company for letting him continue to work after becoming an older brother while I have a taste next to him.
“It’s sad to be in pain, but what do people say… … .”
“What did you make me say? If you do this again, will you contact your parents?”
“uh? Where are the grown-ups like that?”
“You sound like an adult. Hae-won. It’s not about growing your body, it’s about becoming an adult when you start exercising to live.”
Manager Park Joong-woon spoke and handed me the plan for the entertainment program I just talked about in a large envelope.
Manager Park Joong-woon left the hospital room, and while I was reading the program plan, the front of the room was noisy. Then the door opened and the First Light members rushed in.
“What, why are you here?”
Stork Dawn replied to my words.
“Visit.”
“Did you chew my phone?”
“A surprise.”
“Does it look good to be unnecessarily loyal?”
At my words, Shin Ji-woon pulled out an extra bed and sat down.
“Why do you put it on uselessly, sadly.”
“brother! We bought drinks, can we eat them?”
“Oh, eat it.”
As soon as I spoke, Min Ji-ho took out a drink. Still, I bought a drink to say that it was quite a visit. It’s like these guys who took them out one by one and started drinking.
“How far have you been recording?”
“I’m done. Now you just have to do it.”
“Oh really? I liked the recording at the end.”
When you record at the end, it feels like the last layer on top of what the members have already recorded. After that, I add choreography to it, and when I go on stage, a song is finally completed.
As I reached out my hand, Joo-won Ahn took a can of orange juice and handed it to me.
“Haewon, shall we show you where we filmed our special video?”
At those words, the Stork Dawn was quiet.
“If you show it, you will talk about Jung Hae-won again and it will become noisy.”
“How can you not show it?”
Ahn Joo-won, the weakest person in First Light, showed me a picture of the place where the special video was to be filmed. Even though I haven’t installed the whole set yet, I’m already very happy with it.