Damn Idol - Chapter 185



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Fucking Idol Episode 185

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A person’s perception can really change a lot.

One piece of evidence is the Olympics.

If you look at the records of the Olympic Games through to the present, except for a few events where incredible geniuses emerged, the records always show a steady upward trend.

The 1908 marathon record was 2 hours, 55 minutes, and 18 seconds.

At this time, it was natural that it would take close to 3 hours to run the 42.195 km distance.

So, newcomers to the marathon world struggled to reach the 2 hour and 50 minute mark.

But geniuses continued to appear, and records were broken little by little.

When the record of 2 hours and 50 minutes was reduced to 2 hours and 30 minutes after 30 years, people’s perception changed.

The marathon is a sport that takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to run 42.195 km.

After another 30 years, the 2 hour and 10 minute mark, known as the Magic Wall, was broken.

By this time, people believed.

That someday a person will be able to cross the finish line in under two hours.

And this faith is rewarded.

As of 2018, marathoners are hitting the 2:01 barrier.

And although it is a future that has not yet been reached, the two-hour barrier will be broken in the near future.

The reason why this can happen is really simple.

Because you believe you can, you can.

The evolution of marathon equipment, the evolution of the human body, and scientific training have also had a major impact.

But even with all that, in 1908, absolutely no one could cross the finish line in under two hours.

Because you probably thought it was impossible.

From this perspective, I have always been a marathoner running a closed timeline, having to break my own records.

No one gave me any guidance.

It didn’t tell me how to sell more albums.

So at first I tried to steal other people’s fame.

Because I stole the songs that were a huge hit in the previous round and released them under my name.

But this wasn’t a very good method.

Moral point of view aside, songs that become huge hits often succeed because they connect with the singer’s narrative.

You can steal the vibe, but you can’t steal the narrative.

And later I found out the truth.

The people in the timeline I stayed in will still remain in that world even after I leave.

For a while, I would vomit whenever I thought about that fact.

I can’t stand how my ugly acts of theft have stolen so many people’s honor, happiness, and future.

Since then, I have tried to expand the horizons of the genre.

Beyond being a vocalist who could play guitar and be heard, I wanted to become someone who could do everything.

House, hip-hop, blues, etc.

I tried to make myself as broad a vessel as possible and use the feeling of the genre I needed at the necessary moment.

This wasn’t a bad attempt.

But it wasn’t a path that would take me beyond first class.

What was important was depth rather than width.

At that point I went back to basics.

I tried to do everything precisely.

First, I focused on singing the notes that were written exactly on the staff.

C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.

Do, re, me, fa, sol, la, ti, do.

No one in this world knows how much time I spent trying to get this thing exactly right.

I went to numerous absolute pitch experts and asked them what this sound was like, and tried to capture the subtle changes in scale depending on pronunciation.

We tried to make the C sound pronounced as Ah and the C sound pronounced as KaK sound the same to those with perfect pitch.

I wasn’t born with absolute pitch, but I acquired it through this process.

After that, I tried to express flat sounds, and then tried to express synthetic sounds again.

But, strangely enough, this was when my album sales dropped the most.

It was also the only time the song did not reach number one on the Billboard charts.

2nd place is a great record, but it was strange because Selfie is a song that has always been in first place.

It was Dromen who gave the correct answer at that time.

Dromen is an R&B singer who burst onto the scene in 2017 and became a superstar within three years.

But more important than his fame was that he had an unbelievable vocal talent.

Because there was a time when I was jealous of him.

Well, once I finish tuning my tone, my skills will improve.

Anyway, since we need people with absolute pitch, Dromen, who had been acquainted with me, said that to me.

“Precision isn’t necessarily beauty. If you’re too obsessed with the exact pitch, it’s not beautiful.”

That’s when I realized.

Expressing intervals and sound pressure is just as important as expressing the exact scale.

It must have been absurd for Dromen.

I advised him not to obsess over exact scales, but instead he started obsessing over intervals and note pressure.

But from the perspective of a regressor, it is something that cannot be helped.

Unlike people who live only one life, regressors should not focus on the realm of feelings or sensations.

Feelings and sensations cannot be accumulated.

It cannot be transferred to the next round.

The only things I can transfer are knowledge and process.

From then on, I tried to produce beautiful sounds with the correct scale again.

It was easy to say, but it felt like I spent decades on this one thing.

In terms of marathons, I was a solo marathon runner.

He was a man who worked alone, ran alone, and recorded alone.

That’s how I broke the record one second at a time.

I realized after such an incredibly long time.

That my way of making ‘sound’ was perfected.

I regress and my skills don’t improve for two years.

After two years of tuning the tone, the sound is complete.

The way to use that sound has already been perfected.

To be honest, I didn’t think anyone could do my method exactly right.

It was something I had worked so hard for for a very long time, and it was a process I never wanted to go through again.

I couldn’t learn from others, and I had no standards.

Between the depression, paranoia and obsessive compulsive disorder of the regressor, I don’t know how I got to this point.

but…….

Going back to the beginning again… … .

A person’s perception can really change a lot.

I swam through the deep abyss with endless doubts about whether I could do it.

But this is not Ion.

“Hyung’s tone is the tone that should be the main character’s tone.”

“Sing the letters do-mi-sol- here. In the correct pitch.”

“The scale is not wrong. If we look at it from a harmonic perspective, this is a normal C chord.”

“The tone doesn’t match the tone of other people’s voices. That’s why it sounds like dissonance.”

I don’t know what Lee Ion was feeling at the time, but he accepted my point.

This is amazing.

Since humans are animals that do not like to admit that they are wrong, there is a high probability that they will instinctively ignore what I say.

But he didn’t, and that’s why the three months and one hundred days exist.

If Lee Ion had been that kind of person, we wouldn’t have gotten this far.

It must have floundered in the face of countless difficulties.

Iion seems to think that he doesn’t have much of a role to play in Se-dal-baek-il, but I don’t think so.

Without Ion Hyung, our team would not exist.

So he asked.

“Zion. Is there really no way for me to overcome my tone?”

“Can’t you do it the way you called under the streetlight?”

“Judge Lee Chang-jun said that. That you treated your voice like an instrument.”

“Can’t I do that too?”

My answer to this was negative.

“It would be too difficult. Just because you implemented it in practice doesn’t mean you can know how it will turn out in real life.”

“Then just two words?”

“… … The possibility would increase. But, hyung.”

“huh.”

“Then, on the last stage, your solo part is less than 10 seconds.”

“I still want to do it.”

Ion gave up on becoming the main character.

Honestly, if it were me the first time, I would never have acted like Lee Ion.

I was the kind of person who needed to be the main character to feel satisfied, and I was the kind of person who wanted to shine the brightest.

It’s not just me.

Entertainment, show business, K-pop, Billboard, Hollywood… … .

All members of this strange world, where talents are burned and applause is received, live with these emotions.

Because it’s a place you can’t endure without even that kind of feeling.

But Ion gave it up and trusted me and followed me.

I couldn’t understand it at the time.

But now I understand.

Ion believed in me.

He is so untalented that he can’t even guess how great my skills are.

Ironically, that ignorance and inadequacy created absolute faith.

If Zion can do it, I can do it too.

If you just do as Zion says, you’ll get there someday.

Under that absurd and ridiculous belief… … .

There is a present moment.

I was a little embarrassed to see the hand on the synthesizer trembling slightly.

“… … .”

I’m someone who always gets really into it on stage, but this isn’t my stage.

It’s someone else’s stage.

I can say that Lee Ion and I are now special friends, but he and I are still strangers.

Because I am a regressor.

Because he is the kind of person who turns all relationships and stories into nothing in one go.

So I don’t think I’ve ever been this passionate about someone else’s song.

But I truly want Lee Ion and Koo Tae-hwan to receive all the applause from the people.

My hands moved in the midst of those emotions, and Ion started singing.

If you don’t need it anymore

Why did you give it to me

What you had

Why did you share it

If those two people singing in front of the camera were broadcast.

What would people in the world think if they saw this?

Are you surprised that Koo Tae-hwan doesn’t take on the introduction?

Are you surprised that Lee Ion is in charge of the introduction?

Are you surprised that Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion’s unit will be releasing an album?

I hope that’s not the case.

All I want is to be amazed by the two people’s singing.

Ion overcame the tone.

His roughness became unique, and his annoying feeling became special and eye-catching.

He trusted me, and I guided him.

The devil is a funny guy.

Even if I bring in a singer and produce all the songs on an album, and direct the recording of all the songs on the album, I never fully count the sales.

If one sheet is sold, it’s roughly 0.5 sheet.

If my stake is low, it may drop to 0.1~0.2 sheets.

If I think about it calmly, my share in the five-member Sedalbaekil is 20%.

So it makes sense that selling 1 album would count as selling 0.2 albums.

But ‘team’ is different.

I don’t know why the devil values ​​the team, but the album sold in three months and one hundred days is fully counted.

The same will apply to Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion’s unit.

Because they are my team.

Behind Lee Ion’s voice, Koo Tae-hwan’s languid voice falls.

I took what was yours too

I coveted yours too

I stole yours too

No, just hold on tight

The reason Gu Tae-hwan was given the role of the introduction is because his sense of rhythm fits well with the introduction, but also because he stands out compared to the other members of Se-dal-baek-il.

If Koo Tae-hwan’s voice eats up the highlight in the middle, the other members’ songs lose their power.

And this is still a valid proposition.

Choi Jae-seong and On Sae-mi will lose their power if they are paired with Koo Tae-hwan.

Even if On Sae-mi sings better than Koo Tae-hwan.

But the only exception is Ion.

There were two

Make it one again

In that cruel process

why did you throw me away

The voice of Lee Ion, who cannot let go of focus, forms a new realm behind the voice of Koo Tae-hwan, who drips.

My favorite genre is blues, and I love the R&B that came from it.

Rhythm and blues.

Koo Tae-hwan’s rhythm and Lee Ion’s blues.

A song created by two people.

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The song we are singing now is the title track of the unit album that Koo Tae-hwan and Lee Ion will release.