The Skill of an Idol That Never Fails

95 episodes

I checked YouTube on my phone.

That this song is a gift to the fans. Now that the fans knew, there was no negative reaction at all.

Korean and English were all crying, and there were people who evaluated the song in search of their own reason in the middle.

[Apart from being a skipper, I am an X or a top-back ear, but this works]

[↳ Right? The song fell so well ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[↳ Leaving the fan to listen comfortably]

[↳ When I saw the concept trailer, the music video was also missing a backer]

[I want to describe this title in a more luxurious way, but I just like X.

[↳Why can’t I edit it hahahaaha]

[↳ I thought I wrote it too hahahaahaha

[How can I wait until 1:00 on the 29th ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[Someone hit me in the back of my head, making me faint]

Fan reaction is good. That alone was somewhat reassuring.

After checking the initial comments, I went back to the filming set.

The concept photo this time has a different atmosphere than before, so it wasn’t like the usual staff cheering you on saying you’re good at it.

So fortunately, in a filming site like a medieval ballroom with antique furniture, I think I will run away from here if I hear the staff compliment me while I am doing my best to make a fatal expression. Still less pro. hahahaaha.

Even so, I did get used to shooting once for a photo shoot. I’m still not used to this close-up with the camera in front of me, but… … .

The costumes, the concept, everything is unfamiliar. I asked the staff if the sunbursts would really like this, and they assured the female staff that they would all like it. Since they are pros, I decided to trust them.

* * *

Comeback after 5 years. In the meantime, many of Big Blue’s fans, who were students, became members of society.

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One of them, and Lee Jun-hee’s fan @19940808, was also just starting a social life.

Last year, when I was preparing for a job, I would have cleared my schedule as soon as I heard the news of the comeback and waited for only the comeback, but this time it wasn’t.

[Any concept is fine, so give it to me first]

[I will not judge]

[Just give it to me ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

Among such fans, @19940808 also opened the account that had been closed for a while.

However, as a new social worker day was very tiring, I could not wait for 12:00 on the day the highlight medley was released and fell asleep. When I was younger, I couldn’t understand why fans in society couldn’t wait until 12 o’clock to sleep, but now I understand.

The next morning, @19940808 was able to check the highlight medley released the previous day only after getting on the subway to work.

There are two songs included in Big Blue’s single, one is the title and a new song, and the other is an adaptation of the Japanese title that Big Blue’s fans have been requesting for a long time.

As soon as the first version of the song was finished, the darkened screen brightened up again, and the title ‘Let’s meet this year’ appeared. Afterwards, Lee Jun-hee from the filming set was seen sending a chat.

[I received a song, but I was looking for a member to join]

Soon, I saw the rest of the members looking at their phones one by one. I felt like crying at the sight of five people in one video. Then, the members looked at the camera and said hello.

– Skippers, we’ll see you soon!

-I miss you.

– I’ll run right away!

-Let’s meet. now.

As the members spoke word by word, the screen brightened and you could see the members recording in the recording studio. And maybe the chorus part was heard.

[Let’s go out to sea (let’s go) even if we become a stranger in an unfamiliar place]

[If I’m with you, if I hold your hand, I can go anywhere]

Now, the leaders Jungmin Choi and Daniel are thirty-four. Fans were expecting the title with a mature atmosphere, but the released song was rather close to the atmosphere of the debut song.

@19940808, standing on the subway, was feeling a tearful feeling at the unexpected title with a vague and warm atmosphere.

And that night, @19940808, unlike the previous day, overcame the pouring sleep and waited for 12:00.

12 o’clock that day.

The music video teaser was released.

I could see the members sitting in a shop or cafe selling T-shirts that surfers would wear on the beach, or at their homes, writing a letter and putting the letter in the mailbox.

And someone’s hand opened the letter.

[Skiffer, tell me where you want to go. I’ll follow you anywhere!]

After the scene where he sent such a letter to Skipper, who is the name of the fan club and the captain, it led to a scene where the members were frantically packing their suitcases.

This was a song for the fans.

@19940808 felt comforted by that fact.

* * *

A long-awaited music release.

Not only the fans, but also Big Blue themselves could not hide their trembling.

At the time the sound source was released, the members of Big Blue were moving to the concert hall for pre-recording.

As soon as all the members gathered at the concert hall, Junhee Lee entered the waiting room where they hugged and greeted each other. As soon as the youngest appeared, the brothers rushed at them like wild beasts, and Lee Jun-hee headed straight to the chair and said,

“I saw you a few days ago. Let’s skip the greeting.”

Then, Choi Jung-min said with disappointment.

“The maknae of the other team, uh, first of all, they ask about the well-being of the hyungs, but why is our youngest so blunt? You never contacted me in the first place. Don’t you even wonder if your brother is dead or alive?”

“I have to read the script, so please be quiet.”

Junhee Lee spoke coldly and opened the script book. His eyes were on that side, but he sighed when he realized that the members were slowly approaching him to play pranks.

“Hey, you’re the youngest.”

“Brother Noble Phantasm?”

“… … No, how can these people be like this even when they are in their thirties?”

Lee Jun-hee knew that no matter what he said, they would stick together until they wanted to leave, so he left the members alone and focused on the script. It was no big deal because he was the youngest.

In the waiting room waiting for the release of the soundtrack, the members were chatting about their recent status as if nothing special.

As the music release time approached, the members grew louder. Lee Jun-hee knew that the members were nervous about meeting fans on stage.

Lee Jun-hee was relieved to see that the members who are in the field like that, still showing new songs to their fans, are nervous.

We met in our mid-teens, until the time we were at our peak. Although the members were closer than their family, we didn’t see each other for a while, so we couldn’t tell what each other was thinking.

I even thought a little about whether it was possible that he was too confident and dragged the members all the way here.

But looking at the members now, I could feel that I was still nervous, excited, and looking forward to meeting fans and going on stage.

Lee Jun-hee was pretending to read the script, but in fact, the content no longer caught my eye.

one o’clock in the afternoon. Just before the soundtrack was released, the members who finished all the settings took a deep breath and checked their cell phones.

And after smiling, I put down my phone and headed to the stage.

Even before the start of the stage, I could already see some fans crying. Likewise, Yoo Chan-hee, a member with a lot of tears and especially good at memorizing the faces of fans, was crying just looking at the faces of the fans who waited for them for 5 years.

“Have you been here too long? I’m really sorry.”

Not only Yoo Chan-hee, but the other members were also in tears. Fans cry, members cry too. Lee Joon-hee was terrified.

“Is this a farewell stage? I’m going to keep working, so stop crying.”

“The youngest was too big… … .”

Choi Jung-min mumbled, gathered the members and said.

“Let’s say hello to Skipper and the staff after a long time.”

“Wow, goodbye. It’s been a few years.”

After member Park Min-ha spoke, Choi Jung-min took the lead in greeting the team for the first time in 5 years.

The stage started after saying hello at the unbelievably precise timing that it was the first time in 5 years.

[I won’t say wait anymore]

[We will leave the port and sail the far sea]

[I no longer believe that we will meet someday]

[Even if it rains and snow piles up to my ankles]

[I’m holding your hand now]

[I will trust you and leave]

[Let’s go to the sea (Let’s go)]

[Even if I become a stranger in a strange place]

[If I’m with you, if I hold your hand]

[I can go anywhere]

We united solely for the fans and sang songs for the fans. The members and fans of Big Blue, who met after 5 years, enjoyed the happiness of this moment just like the best friends they met for a long time.

Anyway, to the Big Blue members, the music ranking didn’t matter that much. The only thing that mattered was the fact that he was reuniting with his fans.

* * *

The most important thing to me is the music ranking.

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Of course. There are various indicators for the singers themselves, but for me as a composer, the most important thing is the sound source ranking.

However, on the day of the release of the song, I was too scared to see the rankings with my own eyes, so I was listening to music that had nothing to do with idols as much as possible in my studio.

movie music.

When I started composing, I think that scoring movie music is a completely different genre from popular music. From start to finish.

Maybe that’s why, even after my biggest hobby, music, became my business, watching movies and listening to movie music feels like just enjoying my hobbies.

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On a day like this, if I drink even a glass of alcohol, my tension will be relieved, but the doctor said that drinking alcohol for anxiety disorders is pouring oil on a fire and there is no next, so I couldn’t drink even a glass of it.

So now all I could do was close my eyes and rest while listening to the music of the movie.

While listening to music with my eyes closed for a while, I heard a knock on the studio door. I turned the chair and looked behind me, it was a TRV employee.

I wonder if he came to talk about music sources, and when I went out, it was just that a magazine with a pictorial that I had taken had come to the company. Of course, that’s not ‘only’… … .

I glanced at the magazine and closed it again because I was so embarrassed. I’ll take a look when I have some free time.

I put the magazine aside and listened to the music again when I heard another knock on the door.

“I got a magazine.”

I thought it was an employee and picked up the magazine as I answered, but Shin Ji-woon and Ahn Ju-won were standing outside the window attached to the door. Everyone can come in by fingerprint recognition anyway, but while they were looking at them wondering why they were standing there, the two of them talked about something, and Joo-won Ahn wrote something on a piece of paper and stuck it on the window.

‘Real-time No. 1’

“… … Wow.”

It was possible to enter the first place on the real-time chart.

It was too far-fetched for us, so there was no sense of reality. After all, it’s Big Blue, I just think.

By the way, what time is it now, I looked at the clock and it was already past 12 o’clock.

“When did the time come like this?”

As I mumbled, I heard a knock on the door again. No, I’ll come in and let you know what this is, I looked at the door and put another piece of paper on it.

I just stiffened.

‘Top 100’

I can’t believe I just found alcohol. I mean, I almost felt like I was in a state of intoxication.

A perfect spirit and complete joy spread to the tip of the fingertips.