The Skill of an Idol That Never Fails

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I had a lot of work to do during the week remaining after Sanok ended and until the last live broadcast of The Rising.

I think I got a lot from this contest. If there is one disappointment among them, I often hear that the song is ‘good’, but I rarely hear ‘good’.

Some people say that this track is ‘good’ when it is divided into tracks and listened to, but when listening to the whole song, it often turns into a compliment for ‘well done’.

“Popularity question?”

I muttered to myself. I thought it would be nice if composition roulette would come back. Rather than getting anything, I wanted to diagnose my current condition.

As I looked out the window of the studio with a desperate heart, the autumn leaves were dyed in the meantime. While filming The Rising, I didn’t even know the weather was changing.

I took a picture of the autumn leaves looking out the window and posted it in the family chat room.

[Pretty?]

[Mom♥: Ah, the autumn leaves are so pretty]

[Dad♥: The autumn leaves in front of our house are also pretty. Don’t you give me a day off?]

[Nuna: Where do idols have days off? I crave for it when I earn money]

[My sister, what kind of artist is not so romantic?]

[Sister: Money is romantic]

[Why is money romantic? no.]

[Sister: I haven’t seen anyone lately. It’s romantic

[Sister: What is it, I suddenly burst into tears… … .]

[No, why is this older sister like this?]

Then my parents read it, but there was no answer. It was obviously the timing of my parents nagging me, but the conversation ended just like that.

I was wondering about that, but about 30 minutes later, I got a call from my brother-in-law.

– Brother-in-law!

“Yes, brother-in-law.”

– There’s a baby!

“… … yes?”

-nephew!

“A nephew?”

-article! card! Honey, I have a nephew!

“I got it, so please do a kam down.”

I pretended to be calm, but my hands were trembling. After a while, my sister took the phone.

– Did you hear me? did you explain well?

“yes. But tell me to be careful with my brother-in-law’s pronunciation.”

At my words, my sister chuckled and laughed. I laughed out loud as well, so I sat down on a chair in the studio and said.

“Really?”

-yes. Now that I check it, it’s true.

“Wow… … .”

I continued looking at the calendar.

“When are you born? I have to go see it.”

– Well, I don’t know. July or August next year?

“I wish I had time then. British store.”

– Can you fly? I prefer not to fly. Anyway, ask Mom and Dad that you’re pregnant with just one click that says how much you’ve been looking forward to. It’s a miracle that he hasn’t talked about his grandchildren yet.

“You must have been patient.”

-Uh-huh, Tony (Anthony’s nickname) is crying. hang up?

“yes. Oh, take care of your health.”

– Take care of yourself, you.

And the phone hung up. I laughed, but I didn’t feel it.

I hung up like that, and after a while I got a call from my sister again. I asked out of curiosity.

“why?”

– I forgot to tell you. Hey, did you like the song ‘Traces’?

“… … okay?”

-uh. I like dogs. But Tony got a little tired of watching too much. it’s hot sunshine

My sister just said what she had to say and hung up the phone. I was so ridiculous that I hung up the phone and smiled.

After I called like that, my condition improved dramatically. It’s already healing thanks to my nephew who hasn’t been born yet. That’s why there seems to be a saying that filial piety is what you do when you’re a child.

After my condition recovered, I remembered that I forgot to eat today, so I opened a chat room.

[I’m going to have a late-night snack in the studio, but someone from the company?]

[Minjo: Hyung, my practice room! I am chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anzu: I’m Lee hyung hyung’s studio, so I’ll go to the office]

[There are only three in the company? I want to eat different kinds of chicken]

[Anzu: I don’t write it down. Jiho eats for three people]

[Minjo: Gorum Gorum♥]

but. That’s right.

I lay down on the sofa in the studio and ordered chicken by type. But since yesterday, I keep getting calls from people I’ve lost contact with.

[Haewon, do you remember me? I suddenly remembered… … .]

[Long time no see!]

[How have you been?]

“what… … .”

I was at a loss as to when to answer all of these, so I ordered the food first.

And while listening to the concert arrangements sent by Yang Yi-hyung and taking notes on what to discuss, Min Ji-ho and Ahn Joo-won came in with food. Joo-won Ahn said as she took the food out on the table.

“Lee hyung hyung really liked arranging the intro.”

“good? I like it too.”

“Have I not heard yet? Listen!”

Min Ji-ho urged me to play the intro.

the beginning of the concert.

The first music for the long-awaited fans.

It was an arrangement that connected the intro of the first track of First Light’s first full album, the first proposal, and the first stage, ‘Turn on the Light’.

As soon as Min Ji-ho turned on the soundtrack, he was excited and said.

“Ah, I’m going crazy because I want to go up on stage quickly. I need to eat chicken and calm myself down.”

Ahn Joo-won comforted Min Ji-ho, who was about to jump. and asked me

“Can you hold on to three songs in a row? You don’t exercise at all.”

“I have to do it now.”

“You really have to.”

“Yeah, I’m just going to focus on the real concert now.”

After the last broadcast of The Rising, a concert announcement was scheduled. The concert itself was decided so late, so it seems that they had a lot of trouble in renting a venue. I hope all the fans who want to come to the concert can come.

By the way, even though I was having dinner with the members, my phone kept ringing. I said while holding my phone.

“Why do I get so many calls today?”

At my words, both Min Ji-ho and Ahn Ju-won glanced at me. Then Min Ji-ho said.

“Did you not watch the broadcast yesterday?”

“yes. why? Got a problem?”

I asked because my heart was pounding, and Min Ji-ho answered quickly.

“No, not bad. Good things… … . Oh, I don’t think he would think it was a good thing if he had a hyung’s personality.”

“why. What.”

Ahn Joo-won said when I urged.

“You did the 3rd mission stage yesterday. Looking at the traces of the lyrics, the sunshine is you for two years… … Guess what he was doing.”

“uh? uh… … .”

“Looking at the lyrics of a small room. Because you didn’t go to school and you quit your trainee life. So I guess it means that he was still in the room.”

No, that’s how it’s connected… … .

I felt embarrassed. It wasn’t my intention, so I don’t know what to say.

But after thinking a bit more, I wondered if that might not be what I meant.

As a composer, I am still a beginner and inexperienced. So I don’t know how to hide myself when I make a song. Even if I thought it was not my story and made it, the listeners would see me standing behind the song.

“Ugh, all of a sudden… … .”

Before he could finish saying that he was going to do it, Min Ji-ho pulled out an extinguishing agent from his pocket.

“Anyway, Joo Won-hyung said that he would pretend to be an older brother if I talked about this, so I bought an extinguishing agent.”

“thank you. I really need it.”

Big, delicate one.

I alternated taking the potion and the pill as the pharmacist indicated on the package.

Ahn Joo-won felt needlessly sorry for me as I couldn’t eat anymore.

“I was going to talk after dinner. sorry.”

“I even prepared a fire extinguisher, but I’m sorry.”

I said and leaned back on the chair.

“So how do you react?”

When I asked, the two looked at each other and exchanged glances, and Min Ji-ho opened his mouth.

“To be honest?”

“yes.”

“It’s almost new, the reaction.”

* * *

The reasoning made up by First Light fans the day before was immediately followed by an entertainment article the next day.

[Kook Seon-ah, ‘Traces’ of the bad piece]

Also, related articles were posted on various communities.

[Idol who wrote the lyrics for the aftermath of the Idol Survival Evil]

[↳ This is called Evil Editing because it’s going crazy overseas too]

[↳You really haven’t been out of the room for two years?]

[↳ Under the circumstances, almost… … .]

[↳ I haven’t seen Kuk Seon-ah, but there are so many malicious comments?]

[↳↳ He’s so sweet… … .]

[↳↳The malicious comments were enough to drive the viewership ratings, so I said everything]

[How are the fans reacting now?]

[↳ Don’t ask for a broadcast, go watch it yourself. Still, the atmosphere is not good.]

[↳↳ Still, I didn’t like Jung Hae-won very much since I was in Group C, but I even joined in the middle… … .]

[↳↳↳Because I was a minor, I refrained from swearing, but I was rejected]

Even if [↳↳↳↳X’s malicious comments are a crime, I can’t honestly say anything about rejecting the recruitment of members… … The fandom atmosphere is like X in this and that way]

[There was a rising atmosphere with Fara The Rising, but it didn’t work ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[↳? What’s wrong?]

[↳ What do you say hahahaahaha

[↳Just ignore it]

[But it’s true that Kuk Seon-ah’s editing was fun]

[↳ Aggro X is attached]

[↳Pera seems to be doing well, but hehe]

[If Jeong Hae-won is still 20, how old is Guk Seon-ah?]

[↳ 18… … .]

[↳↳The 18-year-old didn’t kill anyone, but he wrote malicious comments like that?]

[↳↳↳ Rather, he might have gotten more insulted when he was younger because the agency seemed to be happy after hearing about it hahahaaha]

[↳↳↳ Even if you kill a real person, don’t be so insulted]

[↳↳↳Kuk Seon-ah’s atmosphere was a little crazy]

[I still remember capturing and analyzing facial expressions in seconds, making it a real person is easy]

[↳ But didn’t Jung Hae-won originally have fans?]

[↳↳ How did a handful of fans persevere and hide all of them… … .]

* * *

I turned on the X bus and sat around the members.

“Oh, what do you write?”

I can’t imagine what the atmosphere of the First Light fandom is like. Even if the members were excited to say that TYT’s atmosphere was ignorantly bad, they could not explain the atmosphere of our fandom in one word.

First Light is a team that will pop up anyway, so I shouldn’t have joined.

I thought about it for a while, but I quickly erased it from my mind. If I said something like this, I think the real members could beat me.

Min Jiho said.

“Just say you love me!”

“Don’t you look so indifferent?”

“no? Saying I love you is always the right answer.”

At those words, the members turned to Min Ji-ho. And soon, I just nodded thinking that if any of us said that, it would be Min Ji-ho.

[Haewon: Sunshine! love]

I wrote there and hesitated for a while.

[i love you]

[love]

Wrote it, erased it.

After doing it a few times, I finally decided to just be honest and write what I wanted to say the most.

For two years, all I wanted to say was this anyway. Stop hating and love.

Since I joined First Light, the audience I want to talk to is limited to First Light fans.

read at https://readwn.com

Only these people don’t hate me. Only those who listen to First Light’s music and come to see the stage.

* * *

Compared to the noisy outside atmosphere, the First Light fandom was quiet.

The timeline of @minjojo_, who was a supporter of First Light 6 and was a fan of Group C except for Jung Hae-won, was also frozen.

Most of them accepted the 7 first lights from around the time of their 1st album promotions, but they still felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

Then after the 3rd mission. Because the agency and the First Light members were quiet, the fans implicitly realized that it was true that Jung Hae-won had not left my room for two years.

There was still a live stage of The Rising Finals. We had to support firepower for this live broadcast, but it wasn’t a wonderful atmosphere.

[I’m sorry Haewon]

Articles like that came up sporadically.

Then the X bus notification rang, and @minjojo_ checked his cell phone.

“uh?”

It was Jung Hae-won. When I turned on the X-Bus in a hurry, there was a post that Jung Hae-won had put in a lot of effort.

[Haewon: Sunshine! The last stage will be really, really cool. Please love me a lot. And please love me too. A lot of!]

It was a post full of emojis.

And, as usual, comments came at a slower rate than other members. On the other hand, the number of light sticks increased at a rate never seen before.

@minjojo_ thought that maybe other fans were thinking about what to write like him.

[I think it would be great because it’s a song by Haewon ㅠㅠ I love you a lot, Haewon-ah!]

I wrote a comment with such a cheerful tone and was exhausted again. @minjojo_ was drooling and then entered TYT’s official YouTube channel.

The promotional video for the 2023 TYT Music Awards, where comments were constantly running even at dawn, was after the comments were blocked. Most of the comments were demanding the dismissal of PD Park Kyung-seok.