Damn Idol - Chapter 158



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Fucking Idol Episode 158

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I’ve been thinking about a ‘good album’ for a really long time.

No, I wasn’t just worried.

We also conducted various experiments.

I’ve tried releasing 12 singles that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as one album.

I’ve written a 50-minute song, split it into 8 tracks and released it.

We’ve even done some crazy stuff like putting hip-hop tracks in the first half and hard rock in the second half.

The experiments I’ve conducted have sometimes yielded better results than expected, and at other times have failed miserably and incomprehensibly.

Some might think that by then I would have defined a good album… … .

I still haven’t come to a conclusion.

I don’t know what kind of album I should release to reach 200 million copies.

But at least I realized what the necessary elements were.

First, you need an intro that will drive people crazy.

The intro to Guns N’ Roses’ is probably the most successful guitar riff in the history of the planet.

Someone once said this about the introduction of Sweet Child O’ Mind:

No one would stop singing after hearing the introduction of this song unless they were in imminent danger of death.

But Guns N’ Roses’ guitarist isn’t the best technician.

It’s not so difficult that anyone can’t follow it, nor is it made with a special chord progression.

Easy notes and easy chords.

But it drives people crazy.

That’s the first track on our album.

I don’t know why people don’t rave about our number one track.

In the West, many people choose track 1 as the best track, but that’s not the case in Korea.

Perhaps it’s a difference in sensibility.

We deserve more praise.

It deserves rave reviews and deserves to be met with wonder.

We deserve it.

And, Koo Tae-hwan deserves more.

given to us

If time

Tik Tok

First day, this song

If there was one part that was okayed in one take while recording the album, it was this.

At the time of recording, I felt that even Koo Tae-hwan’s inhalation and exhalation were rhythmic.

The water has definitely risen.

I was the one who took over from Koo Tae-hwan.

given to us

If time

Tiki Tok

First day, same song

There are singers like that.

Singers who shine more when compared to someone else.

That’s Koo Tae-hwan.

Koo Tae-hwan is a singer who, the more outstanding the comparison, the better his music sounds.

I, who sings several times better than Koo Tae-hwan, filled the verses with a similar feeling.

In that case, the rhythm of the introduction is usually forgotten.

My voice drowns out the voice of the previous speaker.

But strangely enough, Koo Tae-hwan’s sense of rhythm becomes more vivid.

It’s as if Koo Tae-hwan’s voice, which should not be heard, remains like an echo behind Eric Scott’s guitar riff.

I don’t know the reason for this either.

It’s not like you can say you’re going to do it.

That’s so satisfying.

Even I, who has dedicated my entire life to music, don’t know exactly what elements there are in my team.

That’s what was written for our album.

Meanwhile, I feel the audience staring at us with their mouths wide open.

how is it?

Is it better than listening to the album?

If you haven’t listened to the album, you probably should buy it.

As track 1 progressed, we barely moved.

It was the same whether Choi Jae-seong sang or Lee Ion sang.

I just stood still and sang.

As an idol, it is dereliction of duty.

Idols are performers before they are singers, and they are the ones who have to fill the stage.

But for this moment, it won’t matter.

Because the stage was filled with Sedalbaekil’s voice pouring out against the backdrop of Eric Scott’s guitar riff.

But that doesn’t mean… … .

It’s not that we don’t like to dance.

bang!

The point where track 1 is about 1/4 of the way through.

At the chorus where Onsemiro’s song should begin, rough synth sounds erupted along with the sound of shells falling.

The connection was natural and gorgeous.

It seemed like there was no one who didn’t know this introduction.

Why?

-Gyaaaaaaah!

-Whaaaaaah!

Because I started hearing screams.

K-pop Struggle.

The military service has begun.

The unique choreography progresses by breaking up the beats into small pieces while also making big movements.

The second track on the original album is the original version of Colorful Struggle.

But since this is a show, I brought out a hidden track, a K-pop Struggle.

Cheeeeek!

Our dancing became more intense, and one of the stage props, a firework, burst out.

College festivals do not allow rehearsals except for sound checks.

So I didn’t know this pyrotechnic device existed, it’s very apt.

phut!

Because our freeze motion stopped the dance just as the flames shot up.

People who seem to be loaded with the chant of K-pop struggles stop.

Sorry, not yet.

Hasn’t this song been played on TV so many times?

The members moved in the opposite direction, as if they were playing back the freeze motion.

Track 3, has started.

I co-wrote with eight musicians, but our album has more than eight tracks.

This song is original, like .

Freedom isn’t free.

Each person paid his own price to gain freedom for three months and one hundred days.

But if you scream that it’s hard, it’s tacky.

Choi Jae-seong opens his mouth behind the jangly melody that is characteristic of Jersey Club.

No Role Models

It’s a nice night tonight

Dedede- Drive

This is the only song in our album where a member other than Koo Tae-hwan took on the intro.

Why?

Jaeseong was better in this rhythm.

By the way, this song has no choreography.

It’s just a dance.

However, when Choi Jae-seong sings, Lee Ion dances, and when Lee Ion sings, Koo Tae-hwan dances.

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We live in a world where live broadcasting is so active that we can call it the era of millions of Internet broadcasters.

Of course, there were those who live streamed the Sedalbaekil Gunam University festival.

If it had been an ordinary festival, no matter how popular Sedalbaekil was, not that many people would have come to see it.

However, Sedalbaekil announced through SNS that they would sing songs from their album at the remaining events, and those who showed interest in this came to the broadcast.

-Oh lol this has the best picture quality.

-ㅇㅇㅇ The sound quality is disappointing, but the picture quality is good. I don’t think this was transmitted from a phone.

-Isn’t this broadcasted by the Gunam University Student Council? The angle is just right.

-Is that okay?

-So what? ㅋㅋ Anyway, there’s no admission fee for the university festival.

And these people, after browsing through various streaming services, came across the one with the best picture quality.

Anyway, the sound quality of personal broadcasts is about the same.

Although there were some who watched the performance from the beginning, most came because they were curious about Sedalbaekil.

So as the festival drew to a close, the number of people increased.

And finally.

-Wow

-It’s here!!

-SO CUTE!

-What? Why are there foreigners here?

-You’re a Billboard musician.

-Wow, those clothes are so revealing.

People were watching with interest until Sedalbaekil suddenly started playing track 1.

-This is good.

-ㅇㅇㅇ I also bought the album after listening to the first track.

No matter what anyone says, it is a masterpiece.

To the point where critics who had initially been clumsily criticizing the album had to blush and take down or edit their reviews.

But that doesn’t mean that all tracks were given equal spotlight… … .

-Wow, what is this? It’s track number 3?

-Are you sure this goes in track order?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋhip sion

-Now it seems like it’s just Hip-Hop Dayㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You can see that the kids are influenced.

Of course, not all the songs were presented honestly.

Track 1 was only played for about 1/4, and K-pop Struggle was shown by taking out only the group dance.

Track 3 was quite long, but it took the chorus-verse-2 structure, omitting the verse 1.

Track 4 wasn’t sung at all.

Honestly, I turned on the MR and enjoyed the audience’s cheers.

-What the heck, they came to my concertㅋㅋㅋ It’s so cool.

-Wow, I don’t really get to sing along to male idol songsㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Resume is a song released by Yang Seok-hoon.

-I have no choice but to admit it.

-That’s right lol It’s so funny that you edited my resume and called me again lol

-Wow, where can you see something like that?

-It’s in Jakonㅋㅋㅋ Official channel ㄱㄱ

-Ah, that one lol. Koo Tae-hwan, the crazy Park Ja-gwang lol. It’s delicious.

By then people had become convinced.

This is track order.

They sometimes sing mixed songs, and sometimes only show the killing parts of famous songs, but they never miss a single song.

Through that, we arrived at , which was the 7th track and was produced as a music video.

-Suomada!

-Please say this correctly ㅠㅠㅠ

-I want to hear the live version, not the music show versionㅠㅠㅠㅠ

It was a state of mind.

As if they knew what the people wanted, Sedalbaekil performed State of Mind in almost its full version.

-Crazy live ㄷㄷㄷ

-Look at the high-performance speaker that breaks through the low-quality sound.

-Wow but these guys are really unbeatable in terms of skill. They really are the best talents in K-pop.

-But the funny thing is that there was a controversy over the correction of the sound source ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-It’s funny that the news solved that too lol

-Oh, now it’s pinpoint.

-This is good.

However, the 8th track and title song, Pin Point, started its performance near the end of the song.

To be exact, it starts with the interlude at the end of the second verse and leads right into the chorus.

The album, which was already being considered a masterpiece, had one weakness.

This is something that most critics point out, namely that the arrangement of easy listening songs from track 9 to track 11 is heterogeneous in the album structure.

In particular, the link from Pinpoint to Easy Listening song is loose.

Pin Point is a hot techno-based song, while track 9 is a slow, chewy, classic R&B.

but…….

Originally there was one device here.

The reason I couldn’t include it in the album was because I was pressed for time.

To be exact.

‘Because I can’t do it.’

This was something that Ion had been inwardly reproaching himself for for several weeks.

If the first condition for a masterpiece that Han Si-on thinks of is the intro, the second condition is the transaction.

Transaction.

Although it is not a commonly used word, it meant connecting songs on an album.

It is no exaggeration to say that a good album has good traffic.

Anyone who has listened to a full-length album knows that there are some really good parts where one song ends and the next one begins, giving you goosebumps.

This was especially necessary when the theme of the album changed drastically, like in the case of the 3rd and 100th album.

Originally, this was supposed to be taken care of by Ion… … .

‘I’ll try again next time, bro.’

Ion couldn’t make it within the recording period.

Because time was so pressing.

But now.

Ion was going to do it.

It was time to see the results of my hard work and practice while reducing my sleep throughout the album promotions.