Damn Idol - Chapter 176



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Episode 176

There were two points that surprised or unexpected the viewers of Self-Made.

First of all, I didn’t know that Han Shion would rush in with such a clear purpose.

He scoured the area around Apple’s headquarters, identifying every café, lounge, and restaurant employees might want to visit.

why?

To let the staff hear his music.

But what was even more surprising was the second point.

Much more than I thought… … .

-You’re being unreasonable.

It was reckless.

In the viewers’ eyes, Han Si-on seemed unafraid of rejection and seemed confident in his music.

As if you had to try a hundred times and succeed just once.

Viewers expected the process by which Han Si-on received an advertising contract with Apple to be more luxurious.

Otherwise I thought I would just email Apple directly.

I made this music, so please review it.

Of course, that method is also possible.

However, Han Shi-on thought that the current method (which had happened in the past) would be more advantageous.

Humans are truly strange creatures, unable to be attracted to things that are within reach at all times.

So, rather than sending an email to Apple’s account, Han Shion chose to rely on chance.

I tried to make that coincidence into inevitability.

It is true that viewers were surprised by Han Si-on’s behavior.

But was the surprise negative at all? Not at all.

-Han Shion is a really cool guy.

-I felt it from the moment I saw her following her girlfriend, that she seemed like someone who was used to taking on challenges.

-ㅇㅇ In fact, challenging the color show was also very reckless.

-But that also succeeded.

-Isn’t this the kind of habit successful people have? Doing their best, not being afraid of rejection, and exploring the best way.

-It feels like I’m watching some kind of motivational video rather than entertainment.

-It is motivating.

People get a sense of vicarious satisfaction when they watch the lives of successful people and applaud them.

The elation I feel when I empathize with someone who has succeeded.

That was the point of Self Made Episode 4.

After that, Han Si-on continued to challenge himself.

I called Chris Edwards and arranged for a runner to meet the cafe owners and pay them the appropriate amount.

Since I couldn’t do it bare-handed, I also offered a success bonus.

Like getting a business card from an Apple employee, and giving them a little more if they hand over a CD.

A lot of money has been secretly put into this.

But in the end.

[I got a call. But there are several songs?]

Han Shion succeeded.

Even the I Branding Team came up with a proposal for not one song, but three songs.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋNo, they really say it was a really simple success.

-Aren’t you happy?

-Wow, but that’s really cool. Seriously. I want to live like Han Si-on too.

-I thought you only had talent, but you’re also intelligent. You’re smart.

-Honestly, anyone can think like that. It’s amazing that you took on the challenge without fear of failure, rejection, and investment.

In the meantime, the members of Sedalbaekil also did their best in their respective fields.

Surprisingly, the band formed by Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan was invited to perform at GY Indie.

GY is an abbreviation for Good Year, and is a year-end concert held by well-known indie bands.

It was a show with quite a long history, having been going on for 6 years already, and it was here that the request for a masked robber came in.

What’s surprising about this is that GY is a show with stronger musicality than commerciality.

Of course, if you say it in a certain way, it is a performance for those who want to see the musicality, so the pursuit of musicality may be commerciality.

But anyway, being invited to GY means that you have at least shown that you are one of the best indie artists of that year.

Besides, the Masked Robber was formed less than three months ago, and began performing in earnest less than two months ago.

So you got an offer despite that?

They did very well.

Even though the face was covered and the parts were divided.

This scene brought joy to many idol fans.

-I wish my kids could do projects like this too.

-22222 There are many stones that deserve full recognition.

Idols are often belittled for their skills due to the premise that they are ‘pursuing commercialism.’

You could tell just by looking at the lead actor in the take scene.

Han Si-on puts aside his feelings about Takeshi and Ryan Enter and thinks that Joo-yeon is an excellent vocalist.

Even when doing Coming Up Next, except for Han Si-on, the second place was always the main character.

Not only that, the lead role was Han Si-on, a vocalist who remembered the future.

However, the public does not rate the lead actor in the take scene that highly.

All they do is just an idol vocalist who sings a few songs.

It’s because of prejudice.

So the success of Masked Robber served as a basis for showing idol fans that their prejudice was wrong.

Of course, it is three months and one hundred days.

A team that collaborated with Billboard’s biggest names without an agency and sold close to 1.5 million albums.

A team that achieved #1 on the charts with a song that was neither a title song nor a promotional song, and even made it onto Billboard, albeit on a minor chart.

However, this achievement was not made by the individuals of Sedalbaekil, but rather by the group Sedalbaekil under the direction of Han Si-on.

It is different from Koo Tae-hwan, who doesn’t sing the introduction, and Lee Ion, who has never sung a proper part.

Because the two of them didn’t win the SNUMBJ like Choi Jae-sung, and they didn’t graduate with honors from Masked Singer like On Sae-mi.

That is, people thought that Koo Tae-hwan, who did not sing the introduction, and Lee Ion, who was famous for his face, were similar to ‘ordinary idol members’.

That’s not a bad thing, but… … .

‘I don’t know, but I really don’t know.’

Han Si-on had such thoughts while monitoring.

Although the power of the brand called 3 Months 100 Days is growing day by day, the evaluation of each member is still stuck in Coming Up Next.

Choi Jae-seong and On Sae-mi are a little better, but Gu Tae-hwan and Lee Ion are especially so.

This was because Han Si-on’s influence was too strong.

Because people believe that Han Si-on’s contribution to the success of Se-dal-baek-il is absolute.

but…….

Han Shion didn’t think so.

He clearly intended to throw away the three months and one hundred days in Coming Up Next.

That was because the members’ potential was evaluated coolly.

The other members, except for Koo Tae-hwan, are clearly lower-tier talents.

Even though the comparison group is made up of artists who have sold tens of millions of albums on Billboard, nothing changes.

But what Han Si-on didn’t expect was the members of Se-dal-baek-il’s desire to improve.

Running towards better music, and never doubting Han Si-on’s directing.

They try to look where Han Shion is looking and try to run to where Han Shion is pointing.

Rejecting easier success and more money.

In order to get 70 points, he spent a week in seclusion during the golden time, and Iion still works for two hours a day to create the correct scale, pitch, and sound pressure.

That’s never easy.

That’s why Han Si-on prepared his second album.

The first album was for Sedalbaekhail.

But the second album… … .

‘For friends.’

This was it.

Han Si-on watched the 4th episode of Self Made, which ended with such thoughts.

The intention behind the fourth episode, as shown by PD Kang Seok-woo, was to anticipate NEXT.

Choi Jae-seong received an offer while filming a commercial for MOL.

They are about to launch a new game and asked if I could create another song in a similar way.

It will be used for global YouTube advertising.

Although it’s not a good idea to shoot two CFs in the same way, MOL’s Korean commercial was not broadcast worldwide.

In other words, it would be a fresh look for overseas users.

On Saemi received a call from a drama production company.

It was a company that was making a drama based on a webtoon, and they asked if I could make a song based on their webtoon.

It wasn’t said that it would be used as a drama OST, but rather it was planned to be used as content that appears within the drama.

The Masked Robber receives an invitation from GY, and Han Si-on must go to Apple with the contract.

They all accomplished it.

But that’s not the end.

Their NEXT is… … .

It was supposed to be further revealed in season 2.

So season 1 ended, and a trailer for season 2 was released.

[wow!]

[Oh, it’s delicious.]

The members are amazed by the unidentifiable food they are eating in what appears to be an American restaurant.

[Who are those people?]

[I don’t know, but it’s really cool.]

[Are they foreign singers?]

People gossiping while watching the members of Sedalbaekil busking.

and.

[What kind of magic did you use?]

[Good music is magic.]

Even Han Si-on shaking hands at Apple headquarters.

It was a sight to see the seeds they had sown begin to reap, little by little.

Although it is divided into seasons 1 and 2, there is no break in the broadcast.

Next week, there will be a special episode summarizing Season 1, and Season 2 will air the week after that.

That’s how season 1 came to an end.

* * *

During that time, many viewers who watched Self Made believed that Sedalbaekil was pretending to be unknown and using his fame to his advantage.

Because the camera followed us all the time.

But the controversy was completely quelled with episode 4.

First of all, GY was pretty strong.

GY, the biggest festival of the indie industry held in December, is completely independent of the capital.

It has been proven countless times over the past six years.

Even members of the band Baekmanwon, who have performed with Sedalbaekil, talked about this on their personal broadcasts.

[Did you know that the masked robber was Sedal Baek-in?]

[If I had known, would I have hired him for that amount of money… … .]

[I really didn’t know. There was just a lot of footage of the masked robber floating around among indie bands.]

[They are rookies with a unique concept, but they sing really well.]

[But, what, Sedalbaekil can appear on GY. Those guys have roots in indie performances, right? Maybe standing on stage with us was close to their starting point?]

The band Baekmanwon is a long-time indie band and one of the few teams that can hold a solo concert.

However, it is also a place that consistently rejects love calls from its agency.

There was no reason for them to lie for the sake of self-made.

But something more certain than that is:

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋWhy don’t you tell me that you used your fame to film yourself?

-Anyway, he made money through his fame. Apple also signed a contract after hearing his name for three months.

-Ugh hahahahahahaha

As expected, it was Apple.

No matter how you think about it, Apple’s advertisements are truly a product of skill.

Because it was a global company that Sedalbaekil and Mshow could not exert even a small amount of influence.

There was no one here who would say, ‘Indie musicians don’t make money.’

That’s stupid.

The next day, after episode 4 ended and the content of the broadcast was relayed through countless people’s mouths.

[hello!]

Sedalbaekil, who I thought was only in the US, turned on the live.