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The filming site used to be a fairly large factory, but it is now a cafe. As the name suggests, it was a well-lit place with a naturalistic atmosphere.
Ahn Joo-won handed me the picture and explained.
“I’d like to set it up here. It gives me a sense of space.”
“That’s what I’ll try with reverb and panning.”
“Oh, I was talking about perspective.”
“Hey, why are you talking about art when you’re talking about music?”
“Why do you talk about music while looking at places?”
So while Ahn Joo-won and I quarreled, Shin Ji-woon picked up the program plan that was lying on the bed in the hospital room. and asked the Stork Dawn.
“Brother, aren’t you going to do this?”
“uh. I don’t have to do anything.”
I answered Stork Dawn’s words.
“At first, I thought we had to increase the number of YouTube views as a team, and I thought that it would never be possible because I was afraid that the sunbursts would have to stream them as they continued to get stressed.”
“Oh, that’s a problem too.”
“But looking at it again, the members were mixed.”
Hwang Sae-byeok tried to answer my words and just clicked his tongue once. I guess it’s because of my mentality.
But I joined to bring the team’s attention, not to hold back. So, if it was something that would help the popularity of the team, I was thinking of jumping in without avoiding it.
Then the cell phone rang. It was bis*xual.
[sent]
“Ah, here it is. hey, go now I’m distracted.”
With that said, I pulled out my headphones and the MacBook I had bought for work at work. When I checked the mail, the vocal track for ‘Sunny Day’, which the members had tentatively recorded, had arrived.
This fan song was made by the members from start to finish, and it was also rare that there was no rap part at all. In recording, for the first time since debut, all the members sang all parts, and all members’ voices were included in the chorus.
I don’t have to do it like this, but just because it’s a fan song, I had to do a more difficult and demanding job. And these members only get along well when they dare to make things difficult together. hahahaaha… … .
“What are you doing, are you going?”
“Why go? After all, hyung will be directing us when we record. Listen now and tell me what you are going to prepare.”
It was an atmosphere in which everyone agreed with Shin Ji-woon’s words.
It was also true for me to hear, so I put down my headphones and listened to vocal tracks one by one with the members.
As always, Hwang Sae-byeok’s voice overwhelms the atmosphere and makes him immerse himself in the song at once. Park Seon-jae sat next to me and said.
“I know exactly what you are talking about in the early morning hyung atmosphere.”
“Oh, this is really innate.”
Ahn Joo-won’s voice was soft like his own, and Shin Ji-woon’s vocals, on the other hand, were harsh with testosterone.
Han Hyo-seok’s voice feels like the heating is turned on hot in winter, and Min Ji-ho’s is like the bright sunlight. When you listen to their vocals together, you can feel the difference between warmth and warmth.
And, needless to say, our youngest is such a good singer that it hurts to praise him so much.
Without pointing out anything, I just kept talking about those features and advantages.
Even at Kuk Seon-ah, I was particularly meddling with the six of us here. They have the same personality, but they have the same uniqueness as a child, so there must have been more trainees who were nicer and fit me well. Nevertheless, the reason I intervened was because I liked this member’s vocals. I’m good individually, but above all, the vocals were amazing.
Such a sum would not be possible even after years of painstaking work by the company. It really is a coincidence given by heaven itself.
After listening to all six vocal tracks, I have no choice but to admit it honestly.
“I like your vocals a lot more than I thought.”
Then Joo Won Ahn asked me.
“And my vocals?”
“Oh, good. you sing well Who are you kidding me?”
The members giggled at my words. Even then, he didn’t go out for a long time, and after gathering in a hospital room that was too narrow for seven people, he continued to chatter and left. So, they really like to get together.
* * *
After getting out of the hospital room and getting into the car, Min Ji-ho asked Hwang Sae-byeok.
“Hyung, what if the company asks you to do a variety show?”
“What should I do? You should not do it.”
The company laid the groundwork that it might be difficult to refuse. From what I heard, it seems that the group of the other agency that was offered the role first rejected it.
He said that he had already drawn the sketch and pushed the casting, so there was a fight between the agency and the broadcasting company who were going to refuse. There is a high possibility that the company will have a disadvantage.
The comeback was on September 1, and the promotion ended two weeks later, on Friday, the 16th. And the first broadcast is on the 25th of the next week. It was broadcast for six weeks after that. It was literally a killer schedule.
In any case, from the team leader Hwang Sae-byeok’s point of view, regardless of the company’s position, he also had a sense of duty to make it possible for the members to work safely and for a long time.
Before Jung Hae-won joined, I thought I was just taking on a job I didn’t want to do, but now it’s different. This team will not go down. no matter what It was almost the only straight line he chose in Hwang Sae-byeok’s life, which he thought to avoid doing things that seemed difficult or complicated as much as possible.
Hwang Sae-byeok remembered the days of Kuk Seon-ah for a moment.
I got too many castings and I was tired of rejecting them, so I joined the most active agency. However, debuting was not as easy as the candy that the agency officials did when casting for the first time.
So, for various reasons, my trainee life was getting longer, and I lost trust in an agency that had no clue about my debut, and when people who started their trainee life similar to myself started to quit, I went to Kook Seon-ah.
At first, the hectic life there did not suit him, and he was in a depressed state the whole time. Next to him, other trainees showed off all their talents in front of the camera in order to somehow stand out, but Hwang Sae-byeok was not like that.
Gradually backing away and watching the trainees stand in front of the camera, I became a group with Jung Hae-won for the first time. Jung Hae-won seemed like a natural leader. He always took a step back, dragged him to the dawn of the dawn, and produced the best results. Basically, the innate talent for music and a sense of stage brought out the abilities of the same members to the maximum.
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Of course, there were countless battles along the way. It was the same with the Stork Dawn. When I asked someone who hates taking responsibility to sing the intro, I kept arguing with Jung Hae-won.
‘You’re really focused because of the atmosphere and vocal tone.’
That was the first time I took on the lead vocal, and since then, Hwang Sae-byeok has often been in charge of the intro. At that time, most of what Jung Hae-won said was right.
Right after I got my phone back, it looked pretty good, but one day I saw Jung Hae-won leaning on the wall in the hallway of the dormitory and looking at her phone. I was still looking at my phone so I couldn’t see it, so I took it away, but it was written on the open Internet window.
[I don’t want to see you on TV for the rest of my life]
[↳ It seems like it won’t come out anyway ㅋㅋ The public hates it so much, but how did it come out]
I was about to ask why I was watching this, but I heard Jung Hae-won muttering.
‘If the public doesn’t like it, it’s probably difficult to become an idol.’
There were many more harsh words than Hwang Sae-byeok thought, and Jung Hae-won read them all as a means of correcting himself, but that was the first time he said it in the nuance of quitting an idol.
Perhaps that’s why that comment remained in Hwang Sae-byeok’s memory for a long time.
* * *
I thought it was really fortunate that I had a good day off at the hospital.
Since the comeback is not far away, the schedule has fluctuated since then.
That evening, I went back to the studio and finished ‘Sunny Day’. The A&Rs continued to be together throughout the work. Fortunately, our company has a clear division of labor with the album production team, so even though it is said that there is not much work, it was overtime almost every day so that I was always in contact while I was working all night. Anyway, it’s pretty comfortable on my part where I work.
When taking a concept photo, there are members who change their hair color to match the mood of the regular album, so if you were going to shoot a special video, you had to take it before that, so it was really urgent. Although we had a tight schedule, we recorded the recording before filming safely and finished mixing.
Arriving at the set together, A&R assistant manager Park Geon-hoon told me.
“You really worked hard, writer… … No, Mr. Haewon. isn’t it? The author is right.”
I gibberish about not getting enough sleep. I said.
“Just make it easy for me. I will see you every day from now on.”
“Ah, that’s okay. Will it?”
“yes. You’re tired, but save your stamina by shortening a few words.”
At my words, Park Geon-hoon smiles helplessly. Seeing him laugh at the not-so-funny words, he seems tired enough to turn around. A&R seems to be a job in which you have no choice but to be nervous and tired until the album comes out safely.
Anyway, I stood on the set installed on the set with the members. The atmosphere is really good. The building is surrounded by trees, and sunlight pours in through the leaves through the windows.
I always liked sunlight mixed with greenery. On such a day, I felt as if the sunlight was green.
My part was a part of a one-verse verse.
[When you tell me, I remember the moment there was sunshine]
[The feeling of being wrapped in soft, dry clothes]
“Ah, I’m nervous because I have too many parts.”
At my words, the members next to me laughed and laughed. Seriously, I don’t know why you’re smiling.
Before filming began, Joo Won Ahn said.
“Let’s have a fight. What if Haewon gives relief?”
“Oh, then.”
“Come on, let’s get together.”
Seven members gathered and held hands one by one. I did not hesitate and looked back at the members and said.
“This is the first fan song we give to the Sunshine, so let’s sing it honestly while imagining the happy faces of the Sunshine as they unpack their presents. Third second.”
Shouting first, we again stood in front of our respective microphones.
The atmosphere on the set was really good, and I and the members liked the recording.
Still, I think I waited most nervously in my life until the moment of upload.
Rather than giving a gift, it was like a child’s heart waiting for the day to receive it.
* * *
A few days later, a video was scheduled to be uploaded to the First Light official channel.
And before the video was uploaded, Min Ji-ho posted a series of posts on the X-Bus.
[Minjo: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Minjo: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!]
[Minjo: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
In the text full of exclamation marks, the fans who were full of question marks continued to clamor for the sudden waiting for a video that was neither active nor on the schedule.
[Why, why, what, what is coming up!]
[Are there still a lot of concept trailers left?]
[I’m so curious, I’m going crazy ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[Jiho ahhh
[No, the kids who are usually good at spoilers don’t give me a spoiler this time!!!! What the hell is it guys!!!!]
And the moment the video is uploaded.
The reaction from fans was explosive just with the title of the video.
[From First Light to Sunshine – ‘Sunny Day’]
[No hahahaaha no, was it something like this ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[You must be crazy, this is a fan song, you must be really crazy]
[What should I do? I can’t click because I’m just looking at the thumbnails… … .]
[Someone listen and tell me, because I cry a lot? tears? What do you think?]
And 3 minutes and 21 seconds after the song ends.
Comments poured in at the fastest rate among all First Light videos.