Damn Idol - Chapter 156



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Fucking Idol Episode 156

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Normally, fan signing events are held in conjunction with the initial counting period.

This is a marketing strategy by the agency to connect the fans’ desire to see the singer with album sales records.

So, even if it wasn’t necessarily the initial release period, we would hold fan signing events during a period when album sales were significant.

Because records and sales are eternal.

But it wasn’t three months and a hundred days.

They declared that they would hold a fan meeting or fan signing event after the four-week album promotion ends.

[I hope your desire to listen to music is pure.]

This was Han Si-on’s answer to a question about this during a live broadcast.

The general public’s reaction was that Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop again, but the fandom’s reaction was a bit ambiguous.

-Is it really necessary to do that?

-Can you separate your desire to cheer for the kids from your desire to listen to music?

-How on earth are you going to hold the fan signing? You said you don’t want to cut it out for the album.

-Is it really 100% random?

-I’m touched that you seem to be thinking of us, but I’m also a little confused.

-I just want to get a fan sign cut by purchasing the album.

-Why? I’m so happy right now haha. There’s no idol group like this.

-That’s right. On the other hand, if Sedalbaekil becomes obsessed with making money by any means, it would be a bit much. Since there is no company, it all seems to be based on the members’ will.

-It’s not like you’re sparing money on music videos or activities, don’t you have to earn that much?

-That’s right. Pinpoint didn’t even have a music video. What idol album title song in the world doesn’t have a music video?

-But! We’re on the verge of selling 1 million albums.

-Hahahaha this is a bit too much.

-Prism (Take Scene fandom) doesn’t cause trouble anymore eitherㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Of course! They’re on different levels!

-I’ve never been disappointed in the kids. Let’s just wait and see.

While the fandom was in the mood to sort out the situation, it was the other entertainment companies that were rather impatient.

No, why don’t you maximize sales with goods?

If the fan signing event was included in the album cut, wouldn’t it have sold 2 million copies?

Why don’t you have a concert?

You know, if it’s because the company structure isn’t in place, we can help you.

Could you give me 20% of the sales, or maybe 30%?

70% is yours.

We’ll do all the work!

Several inquiries like this poured in every day through Director Seo Seung-hyun.

There was even a proposal to sign an MOU with a large PR agency, saying they would hold fan signing events for free.

This was a proposal that could not have been made without seriously evaluating Se-Moon-Baek-Il.

Because I want to maintain a good relationship with Sedalbaekil even if it means enduring the current loss.

That is, it was a proposal that would come out when there was confidence that the future value of three months and one hundred days would easily make up for the present loss.

If it was natural, then it was natural.

It’s because the members of Sedal 100 Days don’t have any sense of reality about their own popularity, but South Korea is currently in the era of Sedal 100 Days.

My parents who lived in the 70s and 80s really liked Sedalbaekhaen.

It is not common to see a father listening to idol music with his daughter or a mother listening to idol music with her son.

However, Sedalbaekil embraced both age groups.

Is that all?

There was also considerable interest in the three-month period in the United States.

The devil’s talent that brought out all the rock stars (not meaning they were in the rock genre) who were fading into the back alleys of history.

An album that mixes the sensibility of the 1970s and 80s with a sophisticated sound that is clearly out of 2017.

Billboard listeners who heard it properly even once couldn’t help but applaud.

Of course, because the language was different and there was no activity in the United States, it did not reach the major culture.

The album has sold around 250,000 copies in the US, but has only achieved half-gold status (500,000 copies sold).

Even underground singers who have gained popularity in their local area have achieved this level of achievement.

But regardless of sales, everyone was giving it incredibly high ratings.

Even Chris Edwards revealed that the next song he’s releasing is actually a song written by Zion.

Given these circumstances, external companies saw Sedalbaekil as a land flowing with money and gold.

I was anxious to enter that land.

I want to become friends.

If I had known this would happen, I would have helped Choi Max-ho when he was acting up!

If I could just get featured once!

I should have gotten some entertainment shows in advance!

There was wailing coming from all over the place.

But Sedalbaekil and Han Shion, who led them, were not interested at all.

No, it looked like that.

But I said this because I didn’t know Han Shion’s exact situation.

Han Si-on had to be pure when it came to the album.

Marketing should not interfere with the pure hearts of fans who want to buy the album.

[If you try to possess someone’s moment as a commodity that can be exchanged for anything in the world, it is an offering, it is worship, it is conquest.]

If the album purchase is connected to a fan signing event, you may not get the Devil’s Countdown unless you’re unlucky.

What if you’re more interested in the ashes than in buying the album?

It’s not about owning someone’s moment as a commodity.

Of course, the devil didn’t explain it in such detail, but Han Shion interpreted the devil’s words in that way.

That is why the fan signing event was also held after all other activities were over.

Titi was wondering what on earth to do.

Then one day in October.

[Today’s Kookmin University Festival Video!]

As usual, Titi was playing around on the official website.

Although the official website of Sedalbaekil is a bit cluttered in terms of design, it is functionally perfect.

At first I was a bit overwhelmed by how much there was, but I quickly got used to it and now it’s so comfortable.

So, the fandom of Sedalbaekil uploads videos to YouTube, but they prefer uploading videos to the official website.

Then, we can enjoy the vivid reactions of fans who are free of aggro (not to say there is no aggro at all).

Is that all?

Originally, you had to pay a fee to a specific platform to share messages or communicate with singers on a regular basis.

However, the official website of Sedalbaekil already has its own communication function.

So, the public who is interested in Sedalbaekil these days called Sedalbaekil the ‘Communist Idol’.

It was used in the opposite sense of calling it ‘capitalism’ when it showed the appearance of revealing money.

Of course, that’s not what communism means, but since the meaning is familiar, it was a meme that spread farther than expected.

However, after a long time, an announcement from the operations team was posted.

‘at las!’

‘It’s here!’

Since no one had any idea how they were going to hold the fan signing event, the fandom quickly pressed the announcement button.

Then something similar to a Google form comes to mind.

There were a lot of survey questions there, and they were very detailed.

Pick a date you can 100% attend?

Pick your favorite time?

If you could only meet one person, who would it be?

What’s your favorite song?

Why on earth are you asking such things?

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After all, money makes people smile.

Since receiving the settlement money, the members’ faces seem to have become more generous.

Especially with Onsemi… … .

“Come on. I told you to save up some money.”

“Can’t we just tackle a little bit of the bucket list… … ?”

I’m crazy about shopping.

They are buying a ton of things worth 10,000 to 30,000 won.

But when I looked at my bucket list, I felt a little sad, so I just left it alone.

It was really trivial.

I’m almost done with my bucket list, but I still haven’t eaten my fill of fish cakes.

Where would you find street food selling fish cakes in October?

This wasn’t my intention, but our prices are going up because we’re turning down most of the variety shows.

Well, in this world, nothing makes as much money as rarity.

As I was spending those days, I heard an interesting story at the festival I was visiting today.

I don’t know if it was luck or bad, but so far we’ve never encountered a take scene while running an event.

If we were to guess, it seems like the agency was intentionally avoiding it, or maybe Ryan Entertainment was just being observant.

Even though he was humiliated by us, Choi Max-ho’s influence has not disappeared.

Still, Ryan Entertainment is one of the top three entertainment companies in South Korea, and Choi Dae-ho is one of the most successful producers.

So, it’s easy to avoid scheduling conflicts between Se Dal Baek Il and Take Scene.

But… … .

At the Gunam University festival that we will be attending today, we meet Take Scene.

Since we were suddenly cast, we couldn’t avoid the take scene.

But what was interesting was that none of the members of Sedalbaekil seemed nervous.

“We’re at the end anyway. The take scene is in the opening.”

“okay?”

“and…….”

Onsemiro whispered in my ear.

“You met the lead actor on The Masked Singer.”

“right.”

“I won.”

Well, that’s true.

Takescene is not an easy team.

It’s my first time seeing Fade debut as Takescene and not as For Youth, but I knew the name Takescene itself.

Among them, the protagonist is someone who will later shed the idol label and succeed as a solo vocalist.

but…….

Even without me, three months and a hundred days is better now.

In the past, there was a correction for intimacy, but now, even when viewed objectively, it is the same.

So I chuckled too.

Until now, the members of Sedalbaekil have been a bit lacking in confidence because of me.

Saying this may sound like I’m being a chuunibyou, but it’s true.

I am a regressor and have been devoted to music for countless years.

He was a constant presence at the top of Billboard, a Grammy winner, and was considered one of the greatest singers of all time.

So my skills aren’t something that can be hidden by trying to hide them, and they aren’t something that can be avoided by trying not to be influenced by them.

Because it was successful, it gave confidence to Sedalbaekil’s mind.

I’m looking forward to working on the next album.

I want to start working on an album after finishing the self-made work with PD Kang Seok-woo.

I know it’s originally supposed to be the timing for releasing a single or mini album, but… … .

Because I like physical albums.

I have to try to tease him well.

While I was thinking like that, the festival started.

Personally, I didn’t think there would be a take scene in the waiting room.

Singers who originally had busy schedules tend to make appearances at university festivals as well.

We’re not sitting in the waiting room because we like it.

I’m sitting here taking pictures of myself, taking pictures of the schedule that takes three months and a hundred days.

Besides, if you think about our relationship with Takeshi, it’s standard for them to wait in Ryan Entertainment’s van, perform on stage, and then disappear.

But it wasn’t.

“Hello. How have you been?”

Even before entering the waiting room, See You, the leader of Take Scene, greets us with a natural smile, as if he had already prepared himself.

The members of Sedalbaekil also stood up from their seats and greeted us.

I don’t know for sure, but among the members of Sedalbaekil, there were some who were close with the members of Takescene.

Was Koo Tae-hwan close with Lady?

I don’t really have any ill feelings towards him, except for the fade.

But originally, relationships were created by circumstances, so we couldn’t be close anymore.

After watching them awkwardly greeting each other, I approached Fade.

“hi?”

Fade bites his lip and nods at the self-made camera he’s set up for filming.