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before the concert.
I checked the set list until the very end, and while I was unwinding, my eyes met the members. Each of the members was either memorizing a choreography that was often confused, or relaxing their necks.
The tension that seemed to have been wrapped around his body with something was relieved and he smiled. All the members laughed out loud whether the members were similar to me, and Joo-won Ahn asked me.
“I don’t think we will be trembling after a few years.”
“I will be trembling even after 10 years, but even if it comes tomorrow, I won’t be as nervous as today.”
Park Seon-jae grumbled at my answer.
“It’s only half-hearted.”
At that, we laughed out loud again. Hwang Sae-byeok gathered the members like a leader, and passed the back to Min Ji-ho as usual.
“Jiho, would you like to help today?”
“I want to do it tomorrow! Who hasn’t done it the most?”
“Hyoshik.”
At the words of Park Seon-jae, who was often called the youngest, Han Hyo-seok said ‘Ah’ and nodded.
“I will do it.”
And after holding hands with the members who responded, he opened his mouth.
“Don’t lose all your losses because it’s your first concert, and take care of your stamina because you have to meet the sunshine tomorrow as well.”
“Oh, that’s right. OK.”
As I nodded in response, Hyo-seok Han continued.
“When I was a kid. On the first day I went to ballet with my sister, I learned pliers and tandus. No matter what moves you learn after that, the most important thing in the end is what you learned on the first day. So what we learn today from this concert today will be the most important things on the day we have our last concert.”
The joke, ‘What would you have done if you didn’t do it,’ came to mind, and then disappeared without coming out of my mouth. So did the rest of the members. Instead, I thought that I was teaming up with a very cool guy.
“To be a pro, you have to focus on the first day, so let’s learn everything we can on the first day.”
“Yeah, Shen Shan.”
When Min Ji-ho answered with a short tongue, the members burst into laughter at the same time. Han Hyo-seok said with a smile as well.
“I was worried about how it would end, but I’m happy.”
“Yeah, it was like that.”
“Then I will save you. Third second.”
“first!”
“go!”
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
“Let’s go spray the stage.”
Everyone left the waiting room with a short tongue sound contagious. It’s a bit ridiculous to say something like the Pacific Ocean on the back, but somehow I’m doing it too. hahahaaha. You learn bad things quickly… … .
Before I went on stage, I looked at the poster on the door leading to the theater.
[THE FIRST: First Night]
I struggled with a lot of thought about what to do with the first song of the concert. After fighting like that, it was decided that the first light digital single, ‘Turn on the Light’, was the first active song I joined.
When I listened again, the quality was better than I remembered. Of course, the concert arrangement was a completely different story… … . Since it’s my first song, I was really worried about listening to the one song ‘Turn on the Light’ countless times with Yang Yi-hyung for a few days.
Fortunately, the sound was mixed with the cheers of the fans at the opening, which poured everything into the sound. I made eye contact with the members one more time before going up on stage.
‘Sound crazy.’
The fact that they are fans who are completely waiting for us was felt in the voice. I slightly bent the head mic in the direction of the sunlight. My heart felt like it was going to explode when the voice came in.
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Oh man, you shouldn’t cry before the performance.
I gripped my teeth and headed to the stage just in time.
The good thing about the small venue is that you can see the faces of the fans so well. I feel like my eyesight has suddenly improved tremendously. I could see all the fans behind me.
“Haewon! Haewon-ah!”
Fans near where I was standing cried calling my name. Do you feel the same way as me? I’m glad if you’re crying out of frustration.
Already, I have a desire to hold the next concert in a bigger place. Then a bigger one. And in a bigger place.
Any fan who wants to come can come in, and they can put everything that imaginative guys like Min Ji-ho and Park Seon-jae dream of on stage. such a concert.
And, as Han Hyo-seok said, what we learn from today’s performance will remain with us for the rest of our lives.
* * *
Fans near Jung Hae-won’s place were crying by calling their names or covering their mouths with one hand.
Now, whether I am a fan of Jung Hae-won or not, whether I have good feelings or not, I have a feeling of crying. The contract renewal went well, and he came out well in the room and was smiling and getting along with the members. Obviously, it was a strange feeling.
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One of those emotions was the feeling that this moment when Jung Hae-won was standing on stage for some reason would not last long.
The lighting was bright enough to make your eyes shiver, and it was making the members’ white stage costumes look shiny.
The members stood at their seats for a while, and Jung Hae-won also stood there and looked at the fans. Then, looking at the crying fan, he pretended to wipe the tears with his index finger and laughed. It was a sign not to cry.
And the line changed and Jung Hae-won moved to his seat.
The stage is the 1st mini title track. It moved on to First Light’s debut song.
‘0500’
[That sunlight is from space]
Fans covered their mouths with their hands at the lyrics. The original lyrics were ‘that sun is from space’, which was changed.
Fans knew how important this setlist was. The first song right after Jung Hae-won joined, and the first song of First Light as the second. This was the order of telling what the real first song of First Light was.
After two songs, the first VCR followed. It was an audition video of the members.
‘It’s the Stork Wall. I’m fifteen.’
‘Hello, this is Jung Hae-won. I’m fifteen.’
‘This is Joo-Won Ahn, and I like art.’
‘Your name? It’s written there, right?’
‘This is Hyo-Seok Han, a second year ballet major at the Joongang Arts School.’
‘Minjiho! min! ji! like!’
And finally, Park Seon-jae bowed his head to say hello, looked at the adults and hesitated, then started singing the nursery rhyme he had prepared.
The fans laughed, and the members who saw it under the stage also laughed. Park Seon-jae sighed and covered his face with both hands.
“No, I have to watch that a few times… … .”
It was then connected to a scene in which the seven members were riding a train. The night sky passed through the train window. The members, who were looking out the window with expressionless faces, gathered towards Park Seon-jae, who found something outside the window at some point.
And Korean and English subtitles passed at the same time.
[It was the first day.]
The screen grew brighter and the members got off the train one by one and looked up at the sun in the sky.
[Then we can call the time that has passed so far a night]
[If the sun rises even once]
[No matter how long the night is]
The lights in the theater went out, then came back on. There were two masked members on stage, and sirens were heard. Min Ji-ho was sitting on the podium, and Han Hyo-seok was sitting in a chair leaning under it.
Then, both of them took off their masks at the same time, and Min Ji-ho started a narration with auto-tune and jumped off the stage.
[Ah- the victory of the villain. Earth perishes. The hero has been defeated.]
[Repeat. Earth is doomed. The hero has been defeated.]
While the VCR came out, the fans’ cheers, which had been silent, grew louder again. Masked dancers poured in and ran after Min Ji-ho, who was running rampant on the stage. And in an instant, he moved around and stood in the shape of a diamond with Han Hyo-seok as the center.
[How’s it going heroes. Did you have a hard day today? I watched you protect the earth.]
[It would have been difficult if there was only one villain. We are two.]
He shook his head to one side and started the choreography with a restrained movement. Min Ji-ho’s part changes the route, and Han Hyo-seok’s part is restrained again. While the choreographer crossed the line, the dancers and Min Ji-ho fired toy guns with sponge balls, making the stage into a mess.
As Min Ji-ho ran around like a completely crazy person, Han Hyo-seok, who was restrained, seemed more strange. And in the chorus, the two started the same choreography. The two seemed to be dancing in completely different genres, but they fit perfectly.
[Two villains, one world, our victory]
[The night is our time, the sun doesn’t rise anymore]
* * *
As expected, the reaction of Two Villains was explosive. Even just listening to the costumes being changed under the stage, I could feel that there was a riot.
In the original setlist, this stage was tied to other unit songs a long time later. However, the directing PD boldly removed it. Because of the whole story.
I thought that was a good idea. My heart is pounding at the cheers of the fans.
As soon as the stage was over, we went back on stage and sang each song from the 1st and 2nd mini albums. Sponge balls that couldn’t be put on the floor were rolling around the whole time, so we had to hold back the laughter that was about to burst several times in the middle of the stage.
After five stages like that, we finally started talking.
The distribution of stamina was a huge failure. Everyone was already pouring their energy like crazy on the stage in front of them. Well, that seems fine too. Behind decided to trust the ventilator.
After much effort, Hwang Sae-byeok grabbed the microphone and said hello and then stabbed me in the side. I was ignorant, but once I opened my mouth.
“Then shall we say hello one by one?”
I greeted them in the order in which they stood on my horse. Then I came back to my turn and said hello.
“Hello, this is First Light Haewon.”
When I greeted, the sunbursts cheered me as much as when the other members greeted me. A smile came out of itself.
After talking about the previous stage, Min Ji-ho was staring at me and said.
“Okay then, let’s move on… … .”
“Oh, let’s talk about Two Villains!”
Min Ji-ho whined as we kept pretending not to know. The sunbursts and the members laughed, and I asked the sunbursts.
“Two Villains was really crazy, wasn’t it? It’s so cool.”
The corners of the villains’ lips twitched as the sunshine cheered for those words. After praising Two Villains, Shin Ji-Woon took over the process.
“We talk about the stage like this, and the sunbursts have something to organize. We talked to each other, but when we say hello, I don’t think there’s too much explanation. First off, I’m a cute puppy.”
“Ah, it’s a start again.”
Shin Ji-woon pushed me at my words, and I pretended to be pushed back and giggled. Shin Ji-woon continued.
“Dawn hyung is already turning from a cat into a tortoise.”
“Because of Jeong Hae-won, now even the sunbeams call me Saeboogi.”
“I am Minjo!”
At the sound of Min Ji-ho raising his hand and shouting, Seon-jae Park and Hyo-seok Han flinched from the sides and touched the in-ears. The volume is almost Mebo volume. Shin Ji-woon looked at him and said.
“The youngest is the immutable teddy bear.”
“Uh-huh.”
“Isn’t that a bear?”
“How does the bear sound? Aww?”
At the sound of Park Seon-jae, the sunbeams were so cute that they burst into laughter. Park Seon-jae said.
“The dog is Minjo’s puppy. Hyoshik is a bit like a Doberman. Joo Won hyung is just a handsome person.”
Laughter erupted from the audience again, and Park Seon-jae looked at me and said.
“Hae-won’s older brother.”
“I am human.”
“Your brother is a cow.”
“… … uh?”
“You work like a cow.”
Members and fans laugh at those words.
“cow… … cow?”
Ahn Joo-won said next to me because I was muttering.
“Then how about the auspicious white cow?”
“Even if it’s auspicious, you’re a cow… … . No, why do you have to be auspicious in the first place?”
“You are auspicious to us.”
Sunshine was surprisingly moved by this absurd remark. what the.
The sunbeams liked it, so I decided to just accept it and organized it quickly.
“Then let’s go ahead and organize the first light with three puppies, one for a tortoise, one for a teddy bear, one for a handsome man, and one for auspicious animals, right?”
I was about to move on so quickly, but Shin Ji-woon was so moved that he covered his mouth with both hands and looked at me and said,
“Three dogs… … .”
And the members also say one word at a time that they are touching. Ahh, it’s hard to skip the order because normally shy guys talk a lot in front of their fans.
After the difficult talk, we went back to the VCR.