Damn Idol - Chapter 193



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Fucking Idol Episode 193

Chief Seo Seung-hyun shrugs and says.

“The three together amount to about 350,000 sheets.”

It’s not even the first week’s sales.

Today is the 4th day since the physical album sales began.

Of course, pre-orders are included in that figure.

Moreover, CEO Seo Seung-hyun only talked about sales figures for Side A, B, and C.

There was no talk about the second regular album.

It’s a bit of a different story, but I guess it’s considerate to not specifically mention the sales of each unit’s album.

I expect Choi Jae-sung’s album will not have that high of a physical album sales.

I know that this album has gained immense popularity and the songs included in it have become steady sellers in clubs.

However, the desire to purchase albums in units is bound to decrease.

Club tunes, or party tunes (although not necessarily limited to that usage), are genres that were originally disadvantageous in the physical album market.

On the other hand, the masked robber’s unit will sell quite well.

Until now, there haven’t been many rhythm and blues albums in Korea that could compete with those on the mainland.

It’s not because Korean singers aren’t very good or because composers don’t study.

Blues is the most American of music genres, so it is difficult to learn through study alone.

It’s like how black people who study pansori hard find it difficult to properly express the sorrow of pansori.

But I’ve lived in the US for a really long time, and the sentiment itself isn’t all that different.

So, the Masked Robber’s unit album will be loved for a long time and will be mentioned for at least 30 years.

Before another R&B album came out that surpassed this one.

What is the unit album of me and On Saemi…?

It’ll be okay.

Who called?

This is my assessment of the unit album, and I think it’s pretty accurate.

But I don’t know much about the regular album.

It’s not that I don’t expect it, but there’s no evidence to support that my expectations are accurate.

This time in particular, the point I want to make is to pioneer the physical album market, so there is even more of that.

Music that cannot be heard on music sites.

Music that you can only listen to if you buy the album.

But the unit albums did so well, and the interesting point is that those unit albums came together to produce the second full-length album.

TV commercials and company building advertisements that are heavily promoted by M Show.

We burned our own money on online and offline advertising, and even outdoor advertisements put up in the subway by fans to celebrate the release of their second album…

I’m confident it won’t fail because so many parts come together, but I don’t know what the outcome will be.

At the request of Chief Seo Seung-hyun, we did not monitor for the past four days.

What I was busier than that was the recording of the English version that would be released in the US, so I was busy directing the members.

As I was thinking that, Iion raised his hand.

“So that means we sold 350,000 copies in 4 days with 4 chapters?”

“Huh? No. It’s three.”

“yes?”

“I said that excluding the second regular album.”

I was wondering what they were talking about, but it turned out that the members, except for me, were confused.

That’s a total of 350,000 copies.

“Then how much was sold?”

“I was going to tell you that… … . I think we should probably film ourselves.”

“What is Jakon?”

Chief Seo Seung-hyun smiles faintly and links his cell phone to the large screen in the living room of the dormitory.

Then he goes on YouTube and plays something.

I don’t know about the other members, but this is my first time on the internet in 4 days.

Rather than avoiding internet searches because I’m worried about malicious comments, I tend to save them like a treasure chest.

I was busy, and Team Leader Seo Seung-hyun also asked me not to watch it because he was going to film a reaction video.

“But what about our reaction video?”

There isn’t really a camera.

Chief Seo Seung-hyun shrugged.

“It’s not a situation where you can take pictures.”

“is it so?”

At that very moment, Chief Seo Seung-hyun played the video on his cell phone.

What a man it was.

It was a person who looked like I’d seen him somewhere before, but I couldn’t tell who he was.

“Huh? Potential.”

“Potency?”

“I’m a YouTuber. I have over 1 million subscribers.”

That’s what they say.

The footage taken by the man named Potency was nothing special.

We played track 4 of our second regular album, and then, with perfect timing, we played track 5 of Choi Jae-sung’s album.

Then he started dancing strangely alone, and then he started playing track 1 of Masked Robber.

I don’t know if they practiced a lot or if it’s just an edited video, but it fits perfectly.

It looks like they did some post-production editing because the hi-hat sibilance is perfectly aligned.

It’s almost impossible to get it to match that perfectly with a CD audio, let alone a turntable.

But anyway, when these three songs come together, the sound pours out.

Wow, I turned the music volume down quite a bit so it wasn’t hard on my ears.

But I don’t know why you showed me this.

“Why is this?”

“It’s trendy.”

“What is it?”

“This is how we create new music by playing unit albums after the album.”

Is this something that’s popular?

Besides, the music that the YouTuber Potensi put together wasn’t music that I composed in the first place.

That is, the potential is to combine any three songs appropriately… … .

“hmm?”

As I’m thinking about it, something feels strange.

It is true that there is no volume control, sound pressure, or pitch control.

But it fits too well to be considered a combination of three songs.

It wasn’t even my intention.

Besides, it’s pretty listenable.

My personal opinion is that it is quite listenable here, and that is it.

-Wow what the heckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The mood suddenly feels like Ssampong lol

People said it was really good to hear.

I replayed the video briefly to see why this happened.

There was no particular reason.

It’s just that I composed all of it.

I am not a composer with a special composition theory. I write songs differently depending on the singer, genre, and needs.

That doesn’t mean every song has to have a different musical ending, but that’s not necessarily the case.

No matter what, music always has the composer and singer in it.

The way the composer Han Si-on and the singer Se-dal-baek-il are utilized is similar, and the overall ‘house’ has a similar ending.

The difference is how the furniture is arranged in the house.

In that sense, it seems that Potency has an ear for music.

Because we created a sound worth listening to by playing three songs with different BPMs and instrumental styles at good timing.

Of course, the part that’s worth listening to is only about 20 seconds, and if you go back, the drum beat changes and the music gets pushed back.

but…….

[You saw it! I told you I’m not a demon!]

First of all, the YouTuber named Potency seemed proud.

“This person is a YouTuber who started out by reviewing movies, but he became popular because he was good at talking and had a concept of reviewing everything in the world.”

Oh, by the way, I saw that guy reviewing bottled water.

The idea of ​​drinking water and breathing fresh air in a three-month-old’s room came from that man talking nonsense while drinking water.

It wasn’t me who came up with it, it was Choi Jae-seong’s idea, who frequently views the Internet.

“So I often do album reviews, and I’ve heard a lot from my YouTuber friends that I’m a devil.”

“So this?”

“yes.”

“But why is that so popular?”

“You don’t know? What reason could there be for a trend?”

Chief Seo Seung-hyun shrugged his shoulders at On Sae-mi’s words, and I agreed with Chief Seo’s words.

As someone who has lived in the cultural content world for a very long time, I can say that trends are really absurd.

This is where a video with 100 views that was uploaded 10 years ago is suddenly discovered and becomes a meme that spreads around the world.

But it’s a bit out of the blue… … .

“ah.”

I understand.

Why is that so popular?

That’s actually just a proof of purchase.

It’s a unique way to prove that you bought the physical album and listened to it carefully.

Which even includes a bit of flaunting of musical talent.

Authentication is a pretty addictive behavior that satisfies people’s self-esteem.

Isn’t this a world where even the obvious act of voting is certified?

What this means is that during the four days that I didn’t look at the Internet, it became natural to certify the physical purchase of Sedalbaekil’s second regular album.

I understand that Chief Seo Seung-hyun wants to give me a surprise, but I can’t stand it anymore.

“So how many copies were sold?”

“Should we do it up and down?”

“Just let me know.”

Chief Seo Seung-hyeon, who was trying to joke around, laughed, coughed in vain, and opened his mouth.

“350,000 copies.”

“… … !”

350,000 copies.

Side A, B, C combined for 350,000 copies.

In four days, we sold 700,000 copies of our four albums.

Besides, looking at the situation, it seems like most people bought the unit album and the regular album together.

“The initial counting isn’t over yet. There are still a few more days left.”

“If this happens… … .”

“I think it will set a new initial record.”

The members of Sedalbaekil didn’t know what kind of expression to make, so they just looked happy.

But somehow the joy doesn’t seem that intense.

The members didn’t seem to know why, but I do.

Because it wasn’t excessive.

The amount of effort, blood, and sweat they put into this album is by no means small.

No other singer can follow my direction so completely.

I’m the kind of person who turns into a monster when I record an album.

But I’ve done it for three months and a hundred days, and I have that kind of thought unconsciously.

You deserve to be treated like this.

It is only natural, considering our efforts.

How much joy did we share like that?

Chief Seo Seung-hyun opened his mouth again, slightly changing his tone.

“But where there is joy, there is also rain. There are also problems.”

“What is it?”

“I think the public broadcasting will boycott us.”

“Yes? All public broadcasting stations?”

“No. I think SBN will be an exception. Since PD Seumje has become the mainstream of SBN. But I think they will be paying attention.”

This is a bit surprising.

Could it be that Choi Max-ho was exerting influence?

But isn’t our weight class too big for that now?

Because it sold 700,000 copies in its first run (of course, this is the combined sales of several albums).

“It’s because the weight class of Se-dal-baek-il is too big.”

“Because of M Show?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

There was a time when the entire nation watched a national audition program.

It was a cable TV station that announced the beginning, and that was M Show.

It may seem funny in 2018, but at the time, contestants on cable TV audition programs were not allowed to appear on terrestrial music shows.

Even though the viewer ratings were over 10% and it was ranked #1 on music charts, it was not aired on terrestrial music shows.

At the time, it was because the terrestrial broadcasting completely rejected cable channels, mixed with the comprehensive programming issue.

But times have changed, and that’s not the case anymore.

But the public airwaves are rejecting us again?

This is soon… … .

“Isn’t it so good?”

“yes?”

I like it so much.