Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

After waking up at four in the morning, Kim So-min finally felt relieved after receiving a text message with the note "Uncle Wen".

She picked up her phone and checked the news headlines, and sure enough, she found that the media's wording and headlines were like those of normal people.

The girls from Red Beibei had already sent her their blessings.

Bae Joo Hyun praised her sister as always: "Somin, you are the best."

Luo Zaimin’s blessing is also included in everyone’s blessing text messages.

Ever since Kim So Min let herself go and said "I'm wavering" on the Brothers show, Luo Zai Min has received some kind of affirmation, and even now, he still maintains his previous normal attitude.

Kim So Min politely replied to everyone's blessing messages, packed herself up, got in the car and headed to The Show to prepare for her solo promotion activities.

For her comeback performance today, she will be singing "Masquerade" and "Yes & No".

The overall stage style of "Masquerade" is a bit like an opera, which needs to be recorded in advance. The dance incorporates elements of ballet, which is luxurious and mysterious. This style is relatively niche compared to Kpop;

Although the music style of "Yes＆No" is somewhat similar to the former, it is more inclined to pop music, and the stage design adopts the more common European and American style.

Kim So-min suffered a lot for the ballet puppet dance on the stage of "Masquerade".

She finally carefully watched the dance video she had recorded in the practice studio, simulated the upcoming stage performance in her mind, and only put her phone aside after confirming that it was correct.

Today is Kim So-min's first time participating in a music promotion event as an individual. She is not used to sitting alone in the car with only her manager by her side.

When she meets her juniors in the TV station's waiting room later, Bae Joo Hyun and the other sisters won't be standing in front of her to help her deal with it...

Fortunately, Kim So-min urgently invited Choi Jin-ri, who was about to make a comeback, as her stage guest.

Because of her background and popularity, Kim So Min's waiting room is the largest and the decoration is even better, with more than enough space for the entire styling team.

It was really too early and there were only a few scattered staff members at the TV station.

The PD from the TV station came over to congratulate Kim So Min on her good result on the B list. Kim So Min exchanged a few words with the PD and several staff members, and finally the truth came.

The function combination will return at the same time as Kim So Min's return. Jin Li also dyed her hair beautifully pink because of the concept of return.

She and Kim So Min both have fair skin, or pinkish skin. With pink hair and her sweet smile, she looks like a peach on earth.

As soon as they met, Kim So Min praised her crazily: "Really! You are so beautiful, Zhen Li unnie!"

Choi Jin-ri is of course very beautiful, but she didn't like people always praising her appearance before, because she felt that everyone only praised her beauty as if she were a commodity.

It seemed that apart from her appearance, she had no other advantages.

But Kim So Min would always tell her: "What's wrong with being beautiful? Beauty is also a part of ourselves. People can have both beauty and strength."

"Their (malicious commentators') various interpretations and comments about you are not even one thousandth of yours, but they are clearly visible."

Zhenli smiled embarrassedly. After spending a long time with Kim So Min, she also learned to face Kim So Min's compliments in a positive way.

Her eyes sparkled: "Yes, I am super beautiful."

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The stage design of "Masquerade" is impeccable, and the entire stage effect is as if the luxurious castle ball in the MV was directly moved to the scene.

Kim So Min wore a bright red knee-length gauze skirt. Her skin tone was a cool white, and even her elbows were pink. This dance dress made her look like an exquisite doll.

Under the bright red cloth, Kim So-min's skin is fair and flawless.

And because her face is perfectly flat, even under the worst lighting there won't be any ugly wrinkles on her face.

Therefore, in order to better highlight the artistic sense, Kim So-min's stage design adopted a very bold lighting technique.

Smooth and elegant piano music echoed in the performance hall, and Kim So-min began to sing. Her unique voice became more melodious and dreamy against the backdrop of the music.

[The night obliterates what I love and what I see. I, who exist in the past, am still being deceived by things.]

Kim So-min performed this verse in a unique way. She stood alone under the lights and moved her hands in a stiff dancing pose like a puppet.

Her arms looked like those old dolls' arms without joints at the elbows, slightly bent and very straight, with the fingers tense.

After posing, she gracefully spun on her tiptoes, and she perfectly displayed the slight stiffness in the puppet's movements and the lack of smoothness caused by the joints.

During the elegant yet eerie dance performance, the piano music gradually became distorted and dull.

Kim So Min then performed a solo dance that incorporated ballet elements.

[Bury the cursed words]

[Tie the shackles in your heart and put on a mask with an indifferent attitude]

Her solo dance has the stasis of a puppet and the lightness of ballet.

Because of the overall performance and the unchanging gestures, she looked like a clockwork doll dancing on a music box.

After the solo dance, the music box made a mechanical pause. She seemed to be hindered by something. Her flexible movements became slow and she finally turned around stiffly and slowly.

She knelt on one knee in a ballet posture, her movements frozen on the stage, as if she had lost her spring and was completely unable to move.

The surrounding lights dimmed, and the light reflected Kim So Min's silhouette, projecting it onto the screen. The light silhouette showed the advantages of the lines of her ballet steps.

Then, a bright light shone on her.

The bright light cast a perfect light and shadow effect, and the shadow cast by her shoulder blade could be seen on the big screen.

The dancers in black skirts and their male partners walked onto the stage and leaned over her, looking at her expressionlessly.

The weird and meaningful looks from the dancers made the fans in the audience feel a little nervous.

The puppet girl sang slowly.

Do they talk about you as much as they talk about me?

The dancers stretched out their hands, but their movements seemed to be controlling her to stand up.

【Does anyone know my true nature? 】

Why the silence, everyone?

Kim So-min was originally almost leaning over the ground, but following the movements of her dancers, she suddenly kept her hands raised, straightened her waist, and supported the floor with her feet, looking like she was about to lose control and fall towards her dancers.

At this time, Zhenli, with pink hair, walked onto the stage from the other side.

Zhenli's beautiful eyes were covered with the white lace eye mask that Kim So Min wore in the MV. She approached Kim So Min and supported Kim So Min's shaky movements.

Then, Zhenli pulled Kim So-min up with her hands, put her arms around Kim So-min's waist, and moved with her.

Kim So-min looked like a large puppet that had been moved away.

Her movements were very steady, and even in seemingly relaxed poses, her leg muscles were tense.

Because she was light enough, at the moment when Zhenli held up Kim So-min, she was lifted up by Zhenli with her own strength and then spun.

[Tell me what is true, I want to confirm whether this is the real me]

The violin's variation rises suddenly and the melody becomes passionate.

Jin Zhaomin raised his eyes and reached out to pull off the pink-haired girl's blindfold.

[You must have heard rumors about me, but it doesn't matter. Because your opinion of me will also form new rumors. ]

The entire SOLO stage and dance design is like a wonderful opera, with smooth movements full of puppet-like feelings and subtle unbalanced designs.

The puppet's stiffness and lightness and flexibility require Kim So-min to switch perfectly in an instant. Beneath the extremely light and graceful movements lies Kim So-min's extreme strength and powerful control.

This is the biggest difficulty and highlight of this stage. Only experienced ballet dancers can give such a wonderful performance as Kim So-min.

Even someone like Kim So Min, who is so talented, had slightly rapid breathing at the end when the camera came close to her after such high-intensity dancing and microphone performance.

She posed with her hands and didn't put them down until the song ended.