65 episodes
From the 2nd episode on, The Rising has been so fast that even the production team is embarrassed. Not only was it a topic of discussion in Korea, but the influx of overseas fans was also increasing rapidly.
Immediately after the first mission’s stages were uploaded, most of the comments were in Korean, but from the second mission onwards, comments in foreign languages made up the majority right after uploading.
In the comment window, Jung Hae-won was receiving a completely separate benefit.
[There is no dispute that Haewon Jeong is a genius]
[it’s crazy]
[I’ve seen all of Kuk Seon-ah, but she seems like a completely different personality]
[↳You said the editing was bad]
[↳ If you watch the whole episode of The Rising episode 2, you can see how bad TYT’s production team was]
[↳There is also an editing comparison video with Kook Seon-ah]
[Kuk Seon-ah, what did the production team make? I don’t want to see
[↳The Thirteen]
[↳?? The Thirteen is debuting at the TYT Music Awards this time, right?]
[↳↳even in Jakarta]
[↳↳↳Do not come to Jakarta!!]
And the third mission began.
The 3rd mission had no choice but to focus on Jinyoung Kang, the main dancer and brain of New Days, who used a bold strategy from the start. Immediately after confirming the 3rd mission, Jinyoung Kang said to the two vocalists and the rapper member.
“The three of you are torn apart, and the rest of us will go as a unit with me.”
The members who usually followed Jinyoung Kang did not understand immediately and hesitated, so Jinyoung Kang continued.
“And we are number one in the unit.”
It was still quiet. All the members were shrinking to last place twice in a row, and distrust in their own abilities was also rising. Jinyoung Kang said.
“My strategy is Haewon hyung.”
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Only after hearing those words did the members open their mouths one by one.
“Hae-won hyung?”
“With our unit?”
“how?”
“Somehow!”
Jinyoung Kang said firmly.
“Unconditionally, Haewon hyung and the five of us make the same unit, ask for production, and let’s get first place. Let’s make the best stage.”
Jinyoung Kang had a strange charisma that made public opinion. The members of New Days, who were dying of spirit, were assimilated one by one by Kang Jin-young’s attitude.
“Okay, let’s get first place!”
“We are doing well on stage! If Haewon hyung fab like a genius, let’s all follow!”
“I like it too!”
The plan is confirmed at once. The subtitles passed.
[New Days Strategy = Haewon]
And from that scene, the viewership ratings began to show a significant rise again.
[Wild Card Jung Hae-won]
[Kang Jinyoung’s character X is special hahahaahaha
[But if the strategy was good, the four people wouldn’t have come out at all]
After that, he jumped into the game to die and succeeded in bringing Jung Hae-won to the dance unit, and New Days fans and First Light fans responded pouring in.
[Since Jinyoung is sincere, I think he’s smarter than Haewon’s broadcast]
[↳It’s the sunshine, but why Jinyoung?]
[↳↳ Jinyoung has a stronger fighting spirit than he looks, one team!!! Because it’s a style, if you don’t really believe in Haewon, you’re not going to come up with such a strategy… … .]
[But Minjo and Hyoshik’s facial expressions are really bad]
[↳It’s almost like you heard that there’s no Santa… … .]
[↳No, I’m not going because Haewon wants to go, guys hahahaaha
[↳↳I’m sorry, Sunshine people ㅠㅠㅠㅠ The kids are in a hurry ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[↳↳↳Haewon, please take care of me… … . I’m a lonely kid, so please take care of it… … .]
Min Ji-ho, who was crumpled in the corner, was embarrassed and said to Han Hyo-seok, who was crumpled next to him.
“Hae-won hyung betrayed you.”
“That’s it.”
“Do you even look happy?”
“It must be fun, because the members of New Days listen well. We don’t listen.”
“When are we going to say it’s good to have a strong opinion? They said that you have to fight a lot to get a good stage!”
“It was all lies.”
[No hahahaaha Why did Hyoseok even become assimilated with Jiho hahahaaha
[Pura kids follow Jung Hae-won a lot]
[At the time of Kuk Seon-ah, they seemed to really hate each other]
[↳ Is this also a bad piece?]
[↳↳ I think it will be. Haewon said that you have to fight a lot to get a good stage… … .]
[↳↳ Jiho made his re-debut and Haewon often talked about it on X eApp, not because it was a broadcast, but because he really wanted to see it… … .]
[↳↳↳No… … . When I was a minp, I was against the recruitment of Haewon because it was too difficult for Jiho.
After commenting like that, Min Ji-ho’s fan, @minjojo_, moved away from the phone for a while.
I didn’t mean to write malicious comments to Jung Hae-won, but he did express his dissatisfaction and treat him like a stranger for a while after signing First Light.
@minjojo_ knew that the most type of first light fan acted like him. A very trivial and routine rejection, such as putting a light stick on the rest of the members’ posts on the X bus, skipping Jung Hae-won’s posts, or excluding the retweets of photos posted on the official Twitter.
As a person who started with six fans, I thought it was a natural right.
@minjojo_, for a moment, searched for ‘Haewon’ in his account. I was a little surprised that nothing came up, and when I searched for ‘no subject’, a few articles came up.
[I really do too much to my child]
[No, listen to what other people say, and don’t get angry]
[After this national election, there is no need to be tied up again, so hold on a little more, Jiho-ya]
“It’s crazy, really… … .”
@minjojo_ covered his mouth with both hands and muttered, then erased the text and turned his gaze back to the broadcast.
The appearance of New Days discussing candidate songs while waiting for a call with unconditional trust in Jung Hae-won and composer Heo Hae-jun, who first received the song from Jung Hae-won, intersect dramatically.
Composer Heo Hae-jun received the song and jumped without realizing it, then immediately looked at the camera.
“Oh, there’s a camera… … . Oops, but what is this? Why is he giving us this… … . No, why is he doing this?”
As soon as anyone could see, composer Heo Hae-jun, who was extremely excited as soon as he received the song, wandered around the studio looking at his watch, restless. After receiving the song for about two minutes, I hurriedly left the studio.
“Would you have called by now? is it over? Is not it?”
Then I ran to the practice room and only now realized that the New Days members were on the phone with Jung Hae-won, and left the practice room again in bewilderment. After that, the New Days members who finished the call did not believe that they had received the song right away and ran to the studio of composer Heo Hae-jun, asking questions over and over again, and this episode ended.
Viewers’ curiosity about the song they received was exploding.
[No, the broadcast is a new cut hahahaahaha
[Heo Hae-jun and the New Deme members’ reactions are crazy hahahaaha
[↳X I’m curious hahahaaha
The real-time chat of ‘The Rising’ is noisy with joyful anticipation, but @minjojo_ sat blankly for a while after the broadcast was over.
* * *
The last episode of The Rising was broadcast live, but the final mission stage was pre-recorded.
As time was running out until the pre-recording, I frantically focused on the final mission as soon as the 3rd mission was over.
The final mission theme was ‘Rising Star’. Literally, a stage where one’s team is a ‘Rising Star’.
It’s actually a free topic, and I had to show what kind of team First Light is.
As much as the final mission topic was told from the first week, TRV was preparing for the final in advance.
For some reason, the song title came out first.
The title is ‘Matthew,’ the baptismal name of member Shin Ji-woon.
This is because Shin Ji-woon wanted to repent of his bubbly hair, and it seemed ironic that he went to the church in a way that didn’t suit him, so he started making this song.
When I said that, Shin Ji-woon said that it’s ridiculous that I discuss other people’s personalities, but I like the rest. I expected to hear something about my being unable to go on stage during the 3rd mission, but fortunately, Shin Ji-woon did not mention it again.
Anyway, when I got the pipe organ sound from the first mission, I got the track for this song as well.
Yang Yi-hyung, who came to my studio, said while listening to the pipe organ track.
“I really tried to believe that you played the piano when you were young and had a high understanding of real instruments, but when I asked other writers, they said no. I am tired of being surprised now.”
I just laughed, and Yang Yi-hyung said he liked the organ track over and over again.
“How can two organs, drawn on the same day, one sound like a chant and the other a noir?”
“Because it’s different music.”
“Unlucky bastard… … . Either way, it kills the atmosphere.”
We listened to music and thought of music.
My goal was to create ‘music that seems to play in the background of a cathedral where a gunfight is about to take place in a noir movie’. Yang asked.
“But it’s too slow. How do you make this feel like a cathedral?”
“You have the youngest.”
“Will Seonjae record a chorus?”
“yes. I will.”
I was thinking of adding an a cappella by building a chorus with Park Seon-jae’s voice at the intro.
I lost the final song in the 3rd mission (?) and my schedule evolved from Pak Sem to Gae Pak Sem, but as a result, songs more suited to the final were being made. In this final, what I felt in this survival… … In fact, I even thought of putting the members’ abilities to taste, and it was not intentional, but as a result, the first mission started with the pipe organ and Sumi corresponded.
That’s true, no matter how much you think about it.
“… … All the other teams are going to be flashy and flashy in the finals, isn’t this too dark?”
Yang Yi-hyung said at my words.
“What about it, the song fell out well. Even if you do it like stage X, you won’t be insulted.”
“No, bro.”
I replied in a bewildered way.
“My kids can’t do the stage like X, so if the stage goes down, I won’t be able to write a song.”
At that, Yang Yi-hyung thought for a moment and opened his mouth.
“Your ten thousand won.”
“It’s a trap investigation, what is it? And since I am non-smoking, I am not afraid of fines.”
“I live very hard.”
“No, quitting smoking isn’t that hard… … .”
“Don’t say nonsense, ma’am. Hey, this song was written entirely out of desire to smoke. The music smells like cigarettes.”
“… … .”
A little yes, a little… … .
* * *
And in the company, the final mission concept meeting continued without end. I was told that I was busy even just making corrections, so I only attended meetings when I was bored.
“Noir is a suit.”
“go! porridge! re! Kit!”
I have already tried on a tuxedo once, and the concept was not well received, so there was a split between the fact that I had to go as a rider and the fact that noir is a suit.
Members also had different opinions.
“I want to be stubborn with that rider!”
“I’m a little bit in a suit, too.”
“Can I take that necklace off?”
It was the most active concept meeting ever.
Basically, in the minds of the members, there was a memory that the fans ‘didn’t like suits very much’.
Anyway, in the end, the youngest, Park Seon-jae’s sombre voice was decisive.
“Did I do this app yesterday? When I asked the fans how they honestly felt about the tuxedo at the time of their first proposal, they said that it was like going to an elementary school… … .”
At those words, all the members and staff kept their mouths shut in order not to laugh. Park Seon-jae was next to Shin Ji-woon, who had the most difficulty holding back his laughter.
“You really shouldn’t laugh. It’s because your older brother is old.”
“What are you talking about, I look mature because of you, you should be sorry.”
“not really? Do I look my age?”
“But is it okay for a junior high school student to wear a rider jacket?”
“You don’t even have a license!”
“I’ll get it in a few days.”
Stylist Lee Ye-young said, accustomed to ignoring the childish fight between the two.
“However, there are many different ways to style a rider jacket. And because Seonjae is among these members, he looks really strong.”
“a. Are you the youngest?”
Anyway, I was convinced it wasn’t just our youngest.
As a result, the concept was decided on a rider jacket, and for the intro, only Shin Ji-woon, a party to Matthew, wore a suit and filmed a VCR separately at the cathedral.
And on the day of pre-recording.
As soon as I saw the members, these words came out of my mouth.
“you… … Who are you going to ask?”
Hwang Sae-byeok answered my words with absurdity.
“I’m talking.”