Damn Idol - Chapter 152



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Fucking Idol Episode 152

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The fans of Sedalbaekil who were watching M Show’s music show today couldn’t calm their pounding hearts.

It’s not because of the anticipation for the 3-month-100-day stage.

That’s a given.

What they were really looking forward to was their first music show win.

The public tends to take chart number one and music show number one lightly.

When a popular singer releases a new song, the broadcasting station will probably give it a fair share.

But in reality, that’s not the case at all.

It varies from month to month, but there are close to 8 idol groups released every month.

More than half of them disappear without even being known to the public.

There are cases where they disappear after just one music show, or even fail to do so.

Only one or two teams a month catch the public’s eye and are given the nickname ‘rookie idols’.

The rest become unknown groups that can’t even become rookie idols.

How many of these rookie idols will make it to #1 on a music show?

If we assume that there are 24 rookie teams that can be ‘consistently active’ in a year, then only 3 or 4 teams can aim for first place.

So, if Sedalbaekil wins first place on a music show, it will truly be making history.

Is there a singer who achieved first place on their debut stage?

There are some, but not many.

And they are all part of large entertainment companies that spend enormous amounts of money on advertising.

So has an independent artist without an agency ever won first place on a music show?

Of course, there are cases where those who rose to stardom went on to become independent.

There has never been anyone who has reached number one as an independent artist since their debut.

That’s why the fans of Sedalbaekil were so excited.

Because today, a record first in K-pop history could be set.

‘If you look at M Show’s stance these days… … .’

‘It might be possible?’

According to what fans have guessed, there is a good chance that Sedalbaekil will take first place.

Although the broadcast score is lacking, M Show is a broadcasting station that gives more preference scores than broadcast scores.

Preference scores often get fans upset.

Because it seems like they are using it as they please without telling us the exact method of aggregation.

However, information that is gradually becoming known suggests that the preference score is a form of scoring that gives points to the ‘preference of the general public’.

This means that three months and one hundred days is very advantageous.

Idol music has become a huge trend leading K-pop, but it is still trapped in prejudice.

Because there are many people who don’t even listen to idol music and think it’s not that great.

This trend will fade after the pandemic period, but it is still 2017.

However, the group that avoided this prejudice was Sedalbaekil.

Three months and one hundred days is something different!

Because this was the public’s reaction.

That was when fans were encouraging text voting on social media and sending cautious messages to their friends.

[Let’s meet Sedalbaekil, who was nominated for first place on the debut stage!]

Sedalbaekil appeared in the mid-interview.

The interview was flat.

Today, Sedal Baekil will be having a ‘Hot Debut’ stage, and there are a whopping 3 stages assigned.

K-pop Struggle, State of Mind, Pin Point.

Since the music shows on public broadcasting only give two stages, the K-pop Struggle’s M-Mixdown stage was the last.

This means that Mshow has taken a stance to push for three months and one hundred days.

Even if they were popular, it was really rare for them to be given three stages.

As the questions continued, the MC looked at the cue sheet, smiled, and asked a question.

Fans may not know it, but this was the only question that wasn’t promised in advance.

[I was nominated for first place today! Please give me one promise to achieve first place!]

As a sign came in that there wasn’t much time, the members naturally looked at Han Si-on.

Because he is the leader by title and has made most of the decisions.

Besides, most of the promises made in this way are light events like changing parts.

As expected, Han Si-on answered lightly without much hesitation.

[If given an encore stage, I will do it unaccompanied.]

[Unaccompanied?]

[yes.]

But the answer was not light.

While the MC, who is also a current idol, was flustered, the interview time ended.

[Hey, it’s been three months and one hundred days so far! Then, the next stage is… ]

The MC barely managed to continue the show with his professional spirit, but the Internet’s response was heated.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋAre you going to remove your own MR?

-You seem quite confident??

-Isn’t Han Si-on trying to stand out on his own?

-What are you talking about? Go see the Masked Singer and Snumzie.

-But is Choi Jae-seong really filming S-Num? Didn’t he get off?

-No, they said they were filming. The contestant who was eliminated last time posted a review.

-But I don’t think they’ll put you in the top 10. If you get there, all the agencies will be there.

-Yeah, of course.

-What if I don’t get first place for 3 months and 100 days? I want to see you sing unaccompanied.

-Go vote

-How do you do it?

-Open your eyes. The subtitles keep coming up.

The general public was also interested.

-Wow. Is this what they call selling your skills?

-I love it so much hahaha

-It’s already spreading through the general community lol There’s even an article about it!

-It’s so fast lol

I liked Titi too.

Time passed like that, and finally the time for the three-month and one-hundred-day stage came.

The first stage was a mix of the previously released K-pop songs Struggle and State of Mind.

The K-pop struggle starts first, and around the 2/3 mark of the song it transitions into State of Mind.

But it wasn’t a typical mix.

Rather, it felt closer to a mashup (a method of mixing multiple songs to create a new song).

If not, you could say that the feel of the music video was transferred to the stage.

Because it was pre-recorded, all the possible devices exploded, and Sedalbaekil, who had been singing K-pop Struggle, was dragged somewhere to sing State of Mind.

-Wow, you did a great job.

-It’s strange. No matter how much I look at it, the bean pods don’t come off.

-That’s not a bean pod.

There was something in common that everyone who listened to Sedalbaekil’s first regular album, including Titi, had to say.

The feeling that music gives you is so different when you listen to it with your ears and when you watch it with your eyes.

This phrase can often be used in a negative sense.

But for Sedalbaekil, it was used in a very positive sense.

When you listen to the album with your ears, it is static.

Even if you listen to it over and over again, it doesn’t tire you out at all, and it fills you with a sense of stability and satisfaction that good music gives.

But when performance is added, the song seems to become more dynamic and dramatic.

People concluded that these reasons were because Sedalbaekil perfectly analyzed the music and planned the performance.

That’s not wrong.

However, if there is one more device, Han Si-on put a lot of difference between the album tracks and the live tracks.

I didn’t touch the music, but I did touch the device a bit.

As a simple example, the overall compression level of the album tracks and the live tracks were different.

The drums in particular made quite a difference.

As a result, people wanted to see the performance even though they had only heard about it.

This wasn’t just Titi’s story.

Even the general public, who like music but only consume idol music in moderation, began to flock to music shows.

-Is it pinpointed now?

-I’m curious about the ㅇㅇㅇ stage.

-But isn’t this song good?

-ㅇㅇㅇㅇI wonder why this can’t go to #1 on the charts.

-Summer Cream seems to be a real popular pick. The Sedalbaekil fandom also really likes Summer Cream.

-But I feel better when I listen to Summer Cream. It’s like Moombahton? Haha

-Hey, Mr. Hip-Hop is a moombahton song co-composed by Roots Robbie. It’s on a whole other level, lol

-Who is Roots Robbie?

-Just think about it this way. What has the most records on the Billboard Reggae chart? It’s Roots Robbie. What has the most Grammy awards for Reggae? It’s also Roots Robbie.

-If Bob Marley is the grandfather of reggae, Roots Robbie is the father.

-The age difference between the two isn’t that big.

-Brother Bob is dead ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Hip-Sion Shake. You should have pushed Summer Cream as the title track. You should have cried if you put it on track 10.

-You are Han Zion Newbie. Hip Zion is smiling.

-This is correct.

-Pinpointing starts lol

-Oh, what are those clothes?

-ㄷㄷ What a mess

The fandom of Sedalbaekil was firmly convinced that Pinpoint’s stage would be a military look.

The feeling of the music is majestic and tense.

It’s a song that reminds me of a scene from a war movie, and it’s a sound that makes my heart race when I listen to it.

But the costume of Sedalbaekil was not that of a soldier.

-Hong Kong noir

-Aren’t there any matches?

-Hey, old man….

The trench coat and sunglasses characteristic of Hong Kong noir are reinterpreted with a modern feel.

It could easily look old-fashioned, but it actually looked hip.

Especially, Ion, who had platinum blonde hair and wore orange sunglasses, was dazzling.

The stage that started like that had a lot of tighter choreography than the stage that Sedalbaekil usually shows.

In Korea, techno is considered a genre that has passed away, but strictly speaking, techno is a general term for electronic music.

But these days, it is narrowly defined as a genre that began in Detroit house and developed by highly educated people.

Although EDM has taken over the electronic music market, that doesn’t mean techno’s legacy has died out.

And Mary Jones represented that.

People talk about the essence of techno, but Han Si-on’s thoughts were a little different.

The advantage of techno that Han Si-on thinks of is ‘space.’

So, I added a classical melody with a symphony orchestra feel behind the sound created by Mary Jones and maximized the space.

And to differentiate it from the vocal section, the space where techno sounds pour in was filled with choreography.

in result?

-No, it was refreshing when I listened to the album, but the stage was really excitingㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Hey, if you listen closely, the drum kit seems a little different???

-I imagined a frivolous dance move, but it’s really coolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The public was also satisfied.

-This is the country…!

-Every time Ion’s face is caught, my breath stops.

-How did you get the angle of the coat to match so perfectly?

-It’s completely different from what I imagined with my humble imagination haha ​​But I really like it hahaha

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Only Zion is wearing black sunglasses againㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Confident Confucian boyㅋㅋㅋ

The fandom was also satisfied.

Behind the scenes, Mary Jones initially disliked the idea of ​​Han Zion adding a symphony orchestra to her music.

He said it was too different from the essence of techno that he pursued.

But a few days later, a message arrived.

-What have you done to me? The interlude of Pin Point keeps coming to mind. Did you put drugs in the part where the symphony orchestra sound pours down into the synthesizer?

As the stage ended, posts poured in from communities that had even the slightest connection with Sedalbaekil.

Of course, there was also talk about the number one promise.

and…….

[3 months and 100 days! Congratulations!]

[congratulations!]

Sedalbaekil’s song took first place on a music show.