Damn Idol - Chapter 174



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Episode 174

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While Self Made Season 2 was being filmed in the United States, Episode 3 of Season 1 aired in Korea.

At the end of episode 2, an employee of MOL Game Company came to Sedalbaekil’s dormitory, and it ended with Han Si-on targeting an Apple advertisement.

If we go back a little further in the timeline, there was a busking contract with Masked Robber and a webtoon OST contract.

At this point, the structure is clear.

The concept of the first episode of Self Made is hardship, and the concept of the second episode is overcoming it.

And episode 3 is the harvest.

As expected, the program started with a webtoon.

The webtoon content slowly passes by in a screen composition that clearly shows production sponsorship, followed by the OST.

Below, comments from readers who like the song come to mind one by one.

-Is it okay for a webtoon to be so blatantly revealed?ㅋㅋㅋ

-This is why cables are convenientㅋㅋㅋ

-It seems like the webtoon sponsored the production?

Since this content had already swept the community once, Self Made’s viewers did not react much.

There were some reactions saying that the webtoon looked interesting.

After that, a scene of the masked robber busking appeared.

The duo performed with powerful gestures that were not appropriate for a still heartbreaking ballad, which was quite entertaining to watch.

It was quite awkward at first.

Since Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan had never done anything like this before, they practiced at their dorms as if they were choreographing a dance.

But the effort didn’t lie.

As I watched the masked robber’s gestures getting more and more intense(?), the imbalance with the song became even greater.

I didn’t mean it to sound bad.

-Why is the appeal getting stronger? LOL

-Is this a confession from a robber that says it was you even when you look back? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Isn’t the ‘you’ mentioned here money?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even looking back, it was moneyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Wow, but I’m really rediscovering Iion throughout Self-Made. Did he sing this well?

-Really. I thought you were just a face tool.

-I’m so happy that there are people who recognize that my child is a genius ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-These days, indie singers hate Iion.

-why?

-He’s handsome and he sings well too.

-aha.

Around that time, a funny scene also appeared.

Someone approached Koo Tae-hwan, who was finishing the song by randomly shooting the money gun he had prepared in advance.

He glanced at the camera and asked the masked robber if he was a celebrity.

Then the two shook their heads and said that they were filming an indie music video, and soon I received a business card.

He was the casting director for NT.

-No lol I didn’t even see your face!

-Did you cast him as a faceless singer? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-There’s Babymetal in Japan. We’re a strong ballad band!

-Give me your attention and love. Bang bang.

-You’re talking like tang tang, lol

After that, an interview with the casting director came out two months later.

It was a fun production that added in interviews from the future.

[I couldn’t see his facial features at all because of the mask, but he seemed handsome.]

[How does it feel?]

[Yes. There is a unique confidence that people with outstanding looks have. I felt that.]

-Hey, that’s a lie lol. If you were ugly, why couldn’t you say you were going to get plastic surgery?

-This is the correct answer lol

The public reaction was not wrong, but surprisingly, the NT casting director’s interview was sincere.

After those minor scenes, Han Si-on appeared.

Han Si-on created a whopping 9 songs and had all the members, including himself, record them.

In fact, if you look at the timing, this happened after MOL’s commercial was filmed.

In other words, this was something that took place after the members returned after achieving all of their desired results.

However, because that would have lowered the tension on the show, PD Kang Seok-woo changed the timing.

It’s as if the activities of the members of Sedalbaekil and Han Si-on’s Apple commercial were happening at the same time.

As a result, the public’s response was positive.

-Are those three months and a hundred days mentioned here the ones who gave away CD players when selling albums?

-Yeah, that’s right.

-I don’t know much about idols, but these guys really work hard.

-Other idols also work hard.

-Of course, but it seems like you are very sincere about music. I support you.

This was because it was portrayed as if Se-dal-baek-il was really working on a tight schedule.

Even after recording for hours all night under Han Si-on’s direction, he seemed to be going about his next schedule without being tired.

PD Kang Seok-woo is a director with a keen sense, so he could have guessed the viewers’ reaction.

That’s why I occasionally inserted scenes where the members were having a hard time while carrying out their schedules.

In a way, it is manipulation, but in the broadcasting industry, this is not called manipulation, but directing.

The timeline is a bit messed up, but it’s true that the members of Sedalbaekil worked hard and had a tough schedule.

[This is how 45 tracks were collected.]

[The reason I didn’t distribute parts to the members is because I didn’t write the song to fit the role of Se Dal Baek Il.]

[I wrote a song to match the company’s branding. I’m going to distribute it now.]

Han Si-on on the screen listened to Gu Tae-hwan’s introduction, and then added Choi Jae-seong’s introduction on top of it.

It wasn’t all that appealing to have two identical songs overlap, but soon the magic happened.

It happened so quickly that I don’t know what I threw away and what I took in, but two tracks became lighter.

An act closer to the concept of matching the space of sound rather than the concept of matching harmony.

Han Shi-on, who had been listening to it over and over again, soon added Lee Ion’s voice.

Then, the main part of the introduction is taken by Koo Tae-hwan’s voice, but Choi Jae-seong’s voice is added as if doubling in a hip-hop track.

Also, Ion’s voice, which hits the exact notes, created a sense of space like the Verb reverb effect.

[Oh, great. This is my first time doing something like this.]

Han Si-on repeated the process of making one song with five tracks.

Of course, the music was also shared with viewers.

We can’t tell you the full version, but this is a selection of the parts that the production team deemed the most appealing.

-Hey, what is it? This song is really good;;

-Surprisingly, it has an Apple feel to it.

-22222 I thought about that too.

-I think it was Jobs or Tim Cook who said something like that in the past. When you listen to Apple commercial music with your eyes closed, you should be able to tell that it’s an Apple commercial.

-Explanation bug, lol

In fact, Han Si-on’s work was covered in too much detail due to the structure of the entertainment program.

This is especially true when you consider that scenes like this in regular entertainment programs are between 15 seconds at the shortest and a minute at the longest.

However, PD Kang Seok-woo had two intentions.

Firstly, the song is really good so it’s okay, and secondly, I wanted to give people anticipation.

The anticipation that maybe Sedalbaekil would really get the ad.

Curiosity about whether or not it will cause a major accident.

But this intention was only half successful.

-What is the title of the second song? Where can I hear it?

-We don’t know that either;;

-Hasn’t the 3-month 100-day anniversary been posted on the official website?

-It hasn’t come up yetㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Huh? Are you also uploading the song to the official website?

-Yes. I upload them often. I also make them and upload them when fans request them.

-Wow. What have you uploaded so far?

-The one that got the best response was the Summer Cream Speed ​​Up version.

-Speed ​​up? Isn’t that something that anyone can do? Just increase the speed.

-Zion uploaded a speeded-up version of the song himself because he thought the melody would be ruined if he just uploaded it!

I have enough affection for the song.

But still, no one believes that Sedalbaekil can win Apple’s advertising music.

So there was this kind of reaction too.

-What can I do with this? It shows too much detail.

-Yeah, it’s a bit boring.

-The song is good, but this isn’t some kind of documentary.

However, it was not possible to change a broadcast that had already been produced based on viewers’ reactions.

At that point, the scene jumped to show Choi Jae-seong filming a commercial for MOL.

In this way, the first settlement of the profit-making activities that had been going on for three episodes was made.

[and!]

[oh my god.]

[You earned this much?]

The profit was 18 million won.

The original broadcast did not reveal the amount in detail, but this time it was different.

How much does Sedalbaekil, who transformed into an unknown singer, earn?

How is that used in the overseas travel in season 2?

Because these two were the points of self-made.

By then, viewers had realized one thing.

About how great the talent of Sedalbaekil is.

Certainly, when the first episode aired, there was a widespread perception that it would not be easy for an unknown singer to make money.

In reality, the three-month and one-hundred-day actions failed.

But, based on Han Shion’s advice, they tried again and eventually succeeded.

And underneath it all was talent and hard work.

-Hey;;; If you have amazing talent and hard work, anything is possible;;

-No, it’s a bit embarrassing. When I first watched the program, I thought that Sedalbaekil would sell its name value a little, but it was really just an unknown singer activity. But it made this much money?

-If I had 1,800 dollars, I could go to America and do whatever I want?

-First of all, it is definitely a luxurious vacation trip.

-It’s so funny to see T.T. Sons’ reactionㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ To think that he can make such a fussㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What is it? Tell me what kind of incantation it is.

-But isn’t it a bit ugly for PD Kang to belatedly calculate the investment costs for this and that?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Otherwise, we’d have to spend almost 25 million won on production costs?

-Look at the PD’s eyes shaking.

-I was embarrassed lol

-I got on my knees hahahahahaha

-Wow, that’s amazing. I really applaud you. You donated all that money.

-I guess talent is a bully in the art world;;

-Han Shion did it all, you know.

But that doesn’t mean everyone gave him genuine applause.

-That’s bullshit lol. Don’t you think webtoon writers and game companies really knew that 3 months and 100 days were the norm?

-You didn’t know? Some webtoon writers have personal broadcasts, I heard they tell stories.

-Even though you knew, you pretended not to know and hit me.

-If you think that way, what do you believe in?

-First of all, I don’t trust entertainment programs.

-People are so naive. Do you believe this?

-So all the unknown singers in the country are fools?

-What are you talking about? It took three months and a hundred days for this to be achieved with incredible talent.

-No, do you think that would be possible with just the song? LOL. The cameras were following us from the beginning.

It was an inevitable doubt.

Broadcasting inevitably involves directing and editing.

Because of the directing and editing, there is no evidence that the three months and one hundred days are pure.

But the third episode of Self Made had the magic to dispel all criticism and doubts at once.

When the settlement amount soared to 1,800, PD Kang Seok-woo bowed down to the members in a very mean manner.

In fact, even this was an interesting production.

Mshow had included an additional budget execution of up to 20 million won in its plan.

So, 18 million won is affordable.

But if you take it too lightly, it won’t be fun, so PD Kang Seok-woo bowed.

The mean deal he put forward was simple.

[S, I’ll sell the schedule.]

[What’s the schedule?]

[Yes. One night of complete freedom in a hotel with all cameras removed! How about 2.5 million won, 500,000 won per person?]

The idea was to go to America and sell whatever the members wanted at a reasonable price.

PD Kang Seok-woo made various suggestions, saying whatever came to mind.

If you take all that into account, the budget execution for 3 months and 100 days is only 3 million won.

In other words, he was willing to sell the schedule for 15 million won.

Of course, PD Kang Seok-woo at the time thought that this would not be accepted.

I thought we should come up with a proper negotiation proposal again.

But surprisingly.

[Okay, I’ll take them all.]

Han Shion accepted all of it very willingly.

-Huh?

-What? Aren’t you being too considerate of the broadcasting station’s circumstances?

-I told you it was all planned out and that’s why lol

But it wasn’t.

[Then let’s do that and calculate this again.]

What Han Si-on handed over was a draft contract from the Apple I branding team.