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I imagined the demon hunter concept visually.
After thinking through everything from the intro to the outro, I turned on my MacBook and gave one earphone to Oliver, a member of INO.
“The intro was arranged in such a way that DEMON felt like an anthem… … .”
I took out the mini keyboard and set the virtual instrument as an organ and played. Oliver nodded instead of answering from the side.
“And even after the intro is over, the organ performance continues with this chord, and here the synth… … It would be nice to go in.”
“… … .”
“There is a place where you turn on the lights with DEMON and the chord progress is the same, can’t you make some beats for this part?”
“Haewon, you don’t even have to try to hand over the work to me.”
“yes?”
“No, I’m not saying I won’t. Even so, the quality doesn’t seem to be as good as yours. I will come to make it.”
“… … Why are you speaking so modestly?”
“I learned Korean through textbooks. And it’s not humble, it’s real. I’m squeezing my hair and taking pictures of what it takes hours to make… … .”
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Oddly enough, in INO, the team is silent and the individual is cooperative. That’s why it seems that the big guy is running well.
Contrary to my preconceived notions of Americans, Oliver never cared about my privacy.
“Can’t we just work with speakers? I need to hear it right away to work on a performance.”
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Or it could be that INO members who do not have personal privacy were mistakenly taught that they are ordinary Koreans.
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Oliver was so hurried, I played music on the speakers.
INO’s main vocalist hummed the song to the sound of DEMON’s organ accompaniment. The rest of the vocalists, who had occupational diseases that would die if they didn’t build harmony, made a cappella.
“… … The vocals are good.”
Without realizing it, I muttered to myself.
A synth was then added, leading to the rock version turning on the lights. Now it’s just connected, so the connection was awkward. I’ll have to think about this a bit more.
said Min Ji-ho, who was sitting cross-legged and listening to music with a bitter expression.
“There are eighteen, hyungs.”
Then he got the members up and took a seat. When Min Ji-ho was choreographing the choreography, he was terribly cold to talk to, and had a strong conviction in his opinion.
“And from here we are attacking the devil. with music.”
“Oh, good, good. I drum!”
“I’m the keyboard!”
The members of INO took the instruments as if they were waiting.
After that, Min Ji-ho looked back at me and said,
“Brother, turn on the lights two words before.”
I play the music from the part that Min Ji-ho wants, and Min Ji-ho choreographed the appearance of a demon that was getting weaker as he passed among the members pretending to play an instrument.
When the sum was just right, the members of INO jumped and jumped.
“Hey, good! It’s exciting, it’s exciting.”
At first, I was tired because it was noisy, but the intense reaction I have never experienced in First Light gives me energy and is good.
Still, I guess I was quick, and the moment I really leaned my head when I got home that day, I fell asleep the fastest and the deepest in recent times.
* * *
And two days later, The Rising’s first studio shoot.
Min Ji-ho was in a state of nervous tension even before filming began.
Now, I can’t imagine Min Ji-ho being rejected by any group in the world.
Before getting out of the car after arriving at the KQS station parking lot, Min Ji-ho contacted the group chat room.
[Minjo: Request a meeting!]
[Anzu: We’ll go]
When the members said ‘request for a meeting’, we decided to hold a meeting regardless of whether we were tired or busy. Since seven people share the same dormitory, we fight almost every day, and after fighting like that, if either you or another member asks for a meeting, we decided to get together and reconcile forcibly.
But these days, it seems that they believe in it and fight more… … .
Anyway, the manager hyung got off, and three people from another car came to our car.
After all the members gathered and closed the door, Min Ji-ho said.
“I can’t pretend to be close with the IMX hyungs.”
As they gathered from several agencies and the other five teams debuted around the same time, almost every group had a member with an overlapping agency.
And the members are friendly and affectionate towards the trainees they prepared together.
Min Ji-ho said that he didn’t want the other members to be friends with other teams because of him, and on the contrary, he said he wouldn’t be able to pretend to be close. Even in my opinion, Min Ji-ho is not inclined to act like that.
“Okay, let’s go with a competitive feeling. As a rival!”
After thinking for a moment at Min Ji-ho’s words, Shin Ji-woon answered.
“If you get a rival image here, it will continue even after the image is aired, is that okay?”
“Ah, that’s a bit… … .”
The other members also agreed, and Min Ji-ho became pale. I said.
“It should be loud enough that we don’t even sound like a rival.”
At my words, the members suddenly looked at me. Oddly enough, it’s a bit burdensome when the members see it now, but it doesn’t make them nervous. I do believe in them.
The current results are not comparable between our two teams. First of all, IMX is a team that put songs in the top 100 daily. It was said that the public listened to IMX’s songs, and that was something that even a team with an Initial Chodong of 700,000 or 800,000 couldn’t do.
Fortunately, the fact that we performed well on the music charts was that we were charted out after surviving for some time in the top 70 of the real-time chart this time.
Han Hyo-seok nodded.
“That’s right.”
“Okay, then I will.”
When Ahn Joo-won was also next to agree, Min Ji-ho took a deep breath to calm his excitement.
“Let’s grow fast, we!”
At those words, Shin Ji-woon, who was quiet, said.
“You can grow up slowly. Just the size.”
Then, for some reason, Hwang Sae-byeok offered to join hands. As the members put their hands together, Hwang Sae-byeok said.
“Then let’s go to the rival image. And don’t stop, slow or fast, let’s grow, we. Third second.”
“first!”
After shouting slogans, Park Seon-jae got out of the car and said with a big smile.
“Ah, why are these hyungs talking so cool today?”
“So!”
Min Ji-ho clashed, and Han Hyo-seok, who was taking a step back, said.
“Haewon hyung says ‘we’ for some reason.”
When I said that, I turned to Han Hyo-seok, and Han Hyo-seok shrugged.
I just chuckled.
After two activities, I started to feel a little more relaxed that I would be here forever. I hope TRV will kick me out now? I will definitely be able to safely renew my contract and continue to work with these members.
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Obviously it will be.
* * *
As I went into the waiting room to prepare, I saw a 6-segment screen on the wall-mounted TV in the waiting room. And the logos of the six teams were floating on the split screen.
The seven of us were standing in front of the TV watching the 6-segment screen.
It’s quiet because everyone is contemplating what to say first,” said Park Seon-jae, who proceeds with a sense of duty at times like this.
“Are there any teams that were in the same company? Dawn and I are the bad guys.”
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Originally, Hwang Sae-byeok was supposed to be the youngest member of Bad One, but it was canceled and she appeared in Guk Seon-ah. Maybe the bad guys didn’t like the boss so much, so he wanted to put Hwang Sae-byeok, who is handsome in the boss’s eyes and has good vocals, into the new group.
However, breaking everyone’s expectations, Bad One gained popularity from the start, and the company started to focus on promoting Bad One rather than nurturing trainees. Life sometimes diverges for very strange reasons and directions.
Said Hwang Sae-byeok, who is still ignorantly close to the Bad One members.
“If I debuted as a bad one, I would have been the youngest, right? I like the eldest.”
I was dumbfounded at that, so I asked.
“Did you like this?”
“Did you not know? It’s good to be the eldest hyung instead of just being a leader.”
It’s absurd, but anyway, I’m very grateful that I’m playing the role of a leader that doesn’t fit.
“I’m New Days.”
Han Hyo-seok continued.
“And Minjo was preparing to debut together with the IMX hyungs.”
We were all a little nervous about how Min Ji-ho would react to that. Still, I believed it. Unlike Min Ji-ho, who doesn’t know where to go, he’s surprisingly good at keeping the line.
Min Ji-ho screamed.
“But I want to do better on stage than the hyungs!”
At those words, Hwang Sae-byeok said, ‘It’s noisy… … .’ and Han Hyo-seok and Park Seon-jae covered their mouths. Min Ji-ho pushed the two away and said.
“I’m a little… … It’s strange to see IMX hyungs. It’s not that someone is at fault for this, but I went out to Kuk Seon-ah, and the hyungs were already preparing for their debut, but suddenly I joined and went out and became awkward with each other.”
Then the Stork Dawn said.
“Well, it can be. When I first debuted as a Bad One, it was awkward for a while because I was a little sad. I was relieved because the hyungs bought a lot of delicious food.”
So I answered.
“But, there’s no solution other than buying you something to eat.”
“So. They know me as well as you.”
After pretending that such an awkward relationship could be because Hwang Sae-byeok was a living adult, Min Ji-ho went in front of the lit camera and declared war.
“IMX hyungs! I have rivals, I don’t. Here it is.”
It was a phrase made from a part of the lyrics of IMX, ‘I have a rival, I don’t’.
After declaring war like that, I whispered to Min Ji-ho.
“What if the other side doesn’t accept it and pretends to be friendly?”
“Hey, I called ahead of time. Bro, I’m a pro.”
“okay? I suffered.”
After all, Min Ji-ho can be trusted in broadcasting. I must have felt bad, but I thought it was really professional to contact me first for the broadcast.
* * *
IMX waiting room.
The members watched the group chat room that Min Ji-ho invited.
[Brothers, did you unblock me because we were broadcasting together? I know everything♥]
[It’s natural that I didn’t like being put in the middle, who said they didn’t understand that?]
[But there is such a thing as degree. The hyungs haven’t talked to me for four months. And how can we never eat together? We live together]
[Why do I have to leave because I wanted to debut?]
[Anyway, everyone is afraid that I will cover my mouth??? Were you surprised that you left the company and debuted again, recruited a genius composer and showed up here???]
[I’ll tell you in moderation because I’m a pro]
[Instead, we’re going to go with a rival concept, so take it well????]
[I’ll leave it to you, you know how I feel ♥]
[Let’s not pretend we’re close~]
[This chat room is open again when Minjo wants something ♥]
[Min Ji-ho has left.]
[Invite to chat room]
After a moment of silence, the members spoke cheerfully again.
“Ah, seeing other team logos makes me nervous.”
“Don’t be too afraid to edit. I mean, we get really hurt.”
And looking at the screen where the logo was displayed, I spoke a word about each team, and then came to the first light. After a moment of silence, the leader, Sang-Hyun Park, spoke.
“This is Jiho’s team.”
At that time, the screen changed briefly, and Min Ji-ho said ‘IMX hyungs! I have rivals, I don’t. Here, there was a scene of declaring war.
And Jaebin Choi, the representative of IMX, gave an interview.
“Probably… … Jiho and I are still a little awkward. While we were preparing for our debut, Jiho came back after saying “Kook Seon-ah” and suddenly joined, so Jiho was awkward, and we were awkward too… … . But it’s so good to see Jiho again here, and since we know each other, we want to win more. I think we can grow together as good rivals.”