Damn Idol - Chapter 165



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Episode 165

The members gathered in my mind with gloomy expressions.

For the first three days or so, he seemed hopeful and said that things would be okay tomorrow, but now he seems to have lost energy.

At first I was amazed, but thinking back on it, it’s a bit sad.

The first time I was a much worse person than these people.

Both in character and in ability.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so I guess I’m showing my age, but as your senior in life, I should help you.

“If you want to make money anywhere, you have to know the characteristics of the industry.”

“industry?”

“This is show business, isn’t it? Showing and dealing.”

“right.”

“You have to decide clearly what you want to show. What did you do when you went busking?”

It’s obvious even without looking.

I guess I just sang a song.

If it was before putting on makeup, then that would be fine.

Sedalbaekil is not only famous, but also has a good looks.

I like to see fan reactions on the official homepage, and I often see comments like this there.

If the face is plausible, Lee Ion passes.

It’s not just Ion.

The rest of the members, including Koo Tae-hwan, are also quite handsome.

That’s why I was able to get through the fierce pre-competition of Coming Up Next and become the final contestant.

This is a bit of a different story, but when we first started our activities in Korea, I didn’t think the members of Sedalbaekil, except for Lee Ion, were good-looking.

Because we have lived in Western society for so long, our standards of beauty tend to be aligned with that.

Square jaw, well-developed cheekbones, narrow forehead, masculine features, things like that.

But now I know that the members are handsome.

“Even if I had special makeup, I could have been lively and enthusiastic and talked to the audience. But I felt awkward and just sang quietly.”

Lee Ion and Gu Tae-hwan slowly nodded their heads to my words.

“It’s the same with Choi Jae-sung, and it’s the same with Samiro. There’s no way there’s a business without a show.”

“Then what should I do?”

“There are two ways. You can think of showings that aren’t based on appearance, or you can think of business that doesn’t involve showings.”

This is a basic idea, and the possibilities for thinking about it from here are endless.

I was originally going to tell the members when they couldn’t get the hang of it, but surprisingly, they got the hang of it right away.

“Well, you mean something like a songwriting competition? Or a singing contest.”

I nodded at Gu Tae-hwan’s words.

Although South Korea is a small country, its artistic base is broad.

There are so many aspiring singers compared to the population, and there are countless competitions to match.

If you look closely, there are many neighborhood singing contests with small prize money.

There are more composition competitions.

“But if you monopolize too much, you might be seen as unfriendly. It’s not fair competition with the other participants.”

The one who refuted my words was surprisingly Choi Jae-seong.

“No, bro. We’re not competing with the fame of three months and a hundred days. In that case, it’s actually a good thing.”

“huh?”

“They are people who participated in the competition to prove their skills. It’s not like they get hurt just because someone is good.”

“hmm…….”

I just nodded because it seemed like I could see a past image that Choi Jae-seong had never mentioned.

That may be true.

Honestly, I don’t know how amateurs feel.

Because the first life happened a hundred years ago.

“What else is there?”

“I just had a thought, how about a webtoon OST?”

“Webtoon?”

“These days, it’s trendy to add music to webtoons. There are a lot of good songs, but there are also a lot of disappointing songs. Webtoons are about showing off the content itself.”

The idea of ​​Onsemiro was pretty good.

It’s hard to understand the theory and then immediately find a practical alternative.

But the members did better than expected.

“Then should I send an email to the webtoon writer? That we’ll work on the song?”

“Since we’re unknown, shouldn’t we make a sample and send it to you? If you like it, hire us.”

“Oh, good.”

“Then can we play games too?”

“Games are hard. They’re already in the production stage and will be released soon.”

“But when you do renewals or updates? Isn’t it possible that you might need additional music?”

“Well, of course not a drama or a movie… …. A web drama?”

“Oh, maybe?”

I fell back slightly as the members started talking loudly.

That’s a good approach.

There are so many things you can do in this world if you have the skills.

While the members are earning small amounts of money like this, I can pull off the real big shot.

Let’s see.

How much should I earn?

“How much do you think you need to earn to afford a luxury trip?”

“Wouldn’t five million won be enough? I’d like it to be a little more generous.”

“Five hundred?”

“Is it too much? But it’s my first time traveling abroad.”

“You’ve been to America.”

“That wasn’t a trip.”

I laughed at Onsemiro’s words because they were so absurd.

I’m sure I rode the rides harder than anyone else.

Besides, what can five people do with five hundred?

I think it would be over if we just upgraded the accommodations.

“Okay. You get the idea now?”

“But didn’t Zion tell you what you were going to do?”

I shrugged my shoulders at Koo Tae-hwan’s words.

“Whatever you imagine, you will get more than that.”

“Composing music and selling it to entertainment companies?”

“That’s the last resort.”

It’s not a fun way to go, so it’s the path I’ll take if things don’t go as planned.

“Anyway, let’s disperse.”

So, after three months and a hundred days… … no, the members who were wearing the mask of anonymous sub-characters started to move to make money in their own ways.

I think we’re going to get some interesting pictures now.

* * *

Indie band was overjoyed when they heard that they had made it to the final round of the Seoul Youth Song Festival.

Youth singing competitions organized by public organizations such as the state or city usually allow participation from ages 9 to 24.

Evening Promise was fortunate enough to be able to participate because its oldest member was 24 years old.

“Can we win?”

“Okay. We’re doing well these days.”

It was said to boost confidence, but it wasn’t actually a meaningless statement.

Evening Promise has been doing pretty well lately.

There are a whopping 40 regular audience members who come to the regular performances held once a month.

Including various acquaintances and casual visitors, usually about 60 to 70 people enter the concert hall.

For those familiar with pop music culture, an audience of 70 people may seem like a lot, but for an indie band, it is not.

How many bands in Hongdae can put their name on the line and perform a show without any guests and gather 70 people?

If we look at it generously, twenty teams?

That means they were in the top 20 in the Hongdae indie band world.

There’s a high chance that there won’t even be twenty teams.

No matter what anyone says, the sudden increase in Evening Promise’s skills was thanks to the performance with Sedal Baekil.

They witnessed Sedalbaekil perform in person at in Hapjeong.

I realized this as I watched Sedalbaekil move, sing, and react vividly before my eyes.

Ah. So that’s how music and performances are done.

Those who have role models who touch their souls grow quickly.

Even if the genre is different, it is the same.

The memory of that time had a great influence on Evening Promise and became the driving force for its growth to this point.

“Okay, let’s go!”

“let’s go!”

Evening Promise participated in the youth singing festival with 13 teams participating.

As they go up on stage, the onlookers and judges gathered near the Imagination Yard applaud.

So, they hit the jackpot.

“It was a great performance. Even if it had been an adult music festival rather than a youth music festival, it would have been competitive.”

“It’s not that there isn’t an amateurish aspect to it, but that’s what makes it so appealing.”

Acclaim from the audience and judges.

It was the best stage in their opinion.

It is not easy to show a better performance than in practice in a real match.

But if you have that experience even once, the growth of that team will become steeper.

It was the blessing of the evening promise.

“I think I’ll win… … !”

While the members were having that conversation, it was time for the next turn.

and.

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … What is it?”

They felt the wall.

He was a solo vocalist who used the stage name ‘Mimyo’ at a youth music festival where most people appear using their real names or team names.

Big, horn-rimmed glasses that look old-fashioned and a face that looks awkward.

It’s not that he’s ugly, but he just looks unnatural.

It seemed like neither the audience nor the judges felt that she would sing well just from her appearance…

Waaaaaaaaaah!

The song is crazy.

So much so that the 200 or so onlookers screamed.

Not a competitor.

He is a murderer.

‘What could we have done to beat him?’

Evening Promise thought about it, but didn’t know the answer.

So, the grand prize and the prize money of 2 million won went to Mimyeo.

* * *

When Lee Ion was going around slaughtering people at music festivals.

Min Hee-young, a webtoon artist whose work is being serialized under the pen name Iran, received an email.

[Hello. I’m a huge fan of webtoons, so I’d like to send you a song I composed myself!]

It wasn’t the first time I received such an email.

Just as fan art and fan letters come flying in, fan songs also come flying in often.

I’ve been sending replies with gratitude, but I’ve never really felt like uploading them to the series.

Min Hee-young clicked on the email without thinking much and downloaded the song.

And then the moment you hear the introduction.

“… … ?!”

I was surprised.

I was curious about what it was, so I put on my headphones and started listening again with a devout heart.

“… … !”

I couldn’t help but be more surprised.

It’s perfect.

The webtoon serialized by Min Hee-young was a historical romance about a modern-day doctor who time-slips to the Goryeo Dynasty and falls in love with the crown prince.

But now is the most important time.

The moment when he reveals his identity to the crown prince while facing the threat of death due to being accused of treason.

The moment when the truth is told to the crown prince, who hates strange beings (monsters, dragons, troublemakers, ghosts, mysterious beings or phenomena) due to the death of his mother when he was young.

Fear and trembling.

A desperate plea to be trusted.

And the trust that I have in you.

I was having a hard time expressing the emotions that were so delicately mixed together… … .

One song solves everything.

‘Does this make sense?’

But it makes sense.

Sometimes, a single line of poetry is more persuasive than a hundred pages of explanatory text, and a single song can move your heart more than an hour-long video.

But it was hard to believe that an unknown singer could shake emotions to that extent.

The singer who sent the email said that he is an unknown singer, although his name is “Miro”, which is a common name.

Min Hee-young, who had been listening to the song absentmindedly, was startled and came to her senses.

There is… no song.

As soon as the highlight reached and the mournful chorus came out, the song ended.

The chorus was good enough, but I can’t shake the feeling that it was suddenly cut off.

The chorus should be repeated two more times, and of course there should be a second verse, right?

‘Poem, it must be a mistake?’

Surely it’s not like you couldn’t finish it because of a slump or something!

So Min Hee-young immediately sent an email and received a reply saying that the latter part had not been created yet.

But you can make it quickly.

If you make a formal request.

Since these costs were covered by the webtoon agency anyway, there was nothing difficult for Min Hee-young.

The completed song came flying in, and it was perfect.

The agency was a bit embarrassed because the other party asked for such a large amount, but it was enough to cover their own expenses.