Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 145



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 145

145. What did I do wrong?

We have an appointment tomorrow, but you insist on coming to see me today?

Anyway, it seems that Italians are impatient, regardless of gender.

In that respect, I think they are very similar to Koreans.

“Well, it’s going to be hard to make time right now because of filming.”

“I already told you about that part, but you said it doesn’t matter! I’ll just come and watch quietly.”

“Then it doesn’t matter. How is everyone? Is everything okay?”

Neither Baek Seok nor the production team of ‘Star Friend’ showed any intention of refusing.

Of course.

The head designer of ‘Kore’ is coming to visit, so should I stop her?

“Then I’ll tell them that they can come.”

As soon as Yuna replied after asking for everyone’s permission, her cell phone rang.

How happy I was, a voice came over the phone saying, ‘Really?’

“Okay, see you soon.”

After finishing the call, Yuna informed me that Angela would arrive in about an hour.

“An hour would be just right, considering the travel time to the next location.”

Seongjun and Yuna left the restaurant and walked around the streets of Milan.

Including the Duomo Cathedral, the city’s representative landmark and boasting a sophisticated Gothic style and majestic exterior,

The streetscape, where beautiful traditional Italian stone architecture and modern design coexist, is unique, dynamic, and colorful.

I wonder if it feels like it has a unique European feel and flavor.

For an after-dinner snack, we stopped by a gelato shop near the Duomo and bought one scoop each of chocolate and strawberry flavors.

“If you come to Italy, you must eat gelato.”

Seongjun took a big bite of gelato.

The refreshing strawberries, rich chocolate, and soft texture and chewy flavor of Italian gelato create the ultimate harmony.

A taste that naturally calls for another bite.

So gelato was wiped out as if it had never existed in the first place.

After enjoying a little more walking, we arrived at the second filming location.

The place where my steps stopped was an antique musical instrument store located on a shopping street.

It was a place I visited instead of the ‘Paradise Shopping Mall’ where I had memories of my first meeting with Yuna.

As you open the door and step inside, your eyes are caught by the acoustic and electric guitars lined up on the wall.

Inside the fairly spacious store, you can also see a piano and a drum set.

It was while the two camera directors were discussing filming locations and other things.

Daughter-

The bell on the door rang as someone entered the store.

A woman wearing large sunglasses.

“Ciao, Angela!”

When Yuna saw her and waved her hand happily, the woman with a bright smile on her face took off her sunglasses and revealed her face.

‘This is Angela Corre, the lead designer of ‘Corre’.’

Angela was a single woman in her forties.

Because of the stereotype that was formed after watching the movie ‘The Devil Wears Frida’, I thought that the head designer of a luxury fashion brand would be a mean and sensitive person.

Angela is the complete opposite.

She was a woman with a gentle and affectionate face.

Of course, the clothes she was wearing were all Kore’s, and the sparkle of the jewels on her neck, ears, and fingers reminded her that she was a senior designer.

Angela, who had been exchanging brief greetings with Yuna, soon noticed Sungjun and approached him.

“Bon Giorno (Hello), Mr. Sungjun. I’m Angela Corre. Nice to meet you.”

Angela offers a handshake in English, following a light Italian greeting.

“I heard a lot from Yuna. She said that you are the best singer in Korea. Thanks to you, I also found and listened to your music and became a fan.”

“It is an honor to meet you, Angela. I also appreciate you choosing me as your ambassador for Kore.”

The two people held hands and exchanged formal greetings.

After a brief ice breaker, the scheduled ‘Star Friend’ filming began.

Yuna sitting in front of the piano.

She plays the piano, wearing a hat with the word ‘New York’ written on it pulled down low so that her face is completely hidden.

A familiar melody.

Last year, Yuna’s single ’26’ topped the Kiwi charts.

Someone came and sat down next to her.

Yuna looks back at the other person with a surprised face.

“Hello. I like the song.”

The other party, Sungjun, smiled brightly and recreated their first meeting at the Paradise Shopping Mall with a little bit of drama.

“I thought someone would recognize me and talk to me then.”

“That’s why Director Baek was also very cautious back then. But I didn’t know it was the real you.”

“So you were just helping me flirt because you thought it looked pretty?”

“No, don’t you remember? You fell on the piano and screamed-”

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

Angela bursts out laughing as she watches Yuna hastily cover Sungjun’s mouth.

Even though you probably don’t know what it’s saying because it’s in Korean, it seems like he just enjoys seeing his muse, Yuna, chatting happily.

Her true affection towards Yuna can be felt.

Meanwhile, while filming was in progress, the music store was crowded with onlookers.

At first, I was just wandering around without thinking much because the camera was filming someone, but then many people started recognizing Yuna’s face.

Indeed, the global K-pop star’s fame was immense, with the mega hit song ‘Love Potion’ reaching 200 million YouTube music video views and ranking 10th on Billboard.

I don’t know how many times this has come up again, but I was surprised by Yuna’s popularity that transcended national borders.

“Huh? Isn’t the man next to Yuna Sungjun?”

“Who is Seongjun?”

“Why, there’s a Korean singer who sings ‘Music is’.”

“Oh, is that true?”

When someone among the onlookers recognized Seongjun and shouted, people who recognized him began to appear one by one.

This was thanks to the active promotion of the ‘Music is’ album through SNS.

These days, everyone in the world enjoys social media, and the ‘Music Everywhere Challenge’, which has become a huge craze through TokTok and other platforms, has become quite famous in Italy as well.

However, Sungjun, the person involved, has not yet realized the impact because he has only focused on domestic activities.

‘The Italians know me?’

The actual situation, not a wind catcher planted by ‘Star Friend’.

Seongjun’s expression of surprise and bewilderment, which he had not expected at all, was captured on camera.

Yuna, who was watching that scene, smiled and tapped Sungjun’s side with her elbow.

“Oh. Even in Europe, they recognize you now. Shouldn’t you do some fan service?”

“It’s fan service.”

It wasn’t a bad suggestion.

Since we are in front of the piano, it would be appropriate to sing ‘Music is’ as they mentioned.

If it’s an impromptu live performance, I’m confident.

It was a great opportunity to increase awareness in Italy and Europe by making an impressive appearance here.

It will also certainly be helpful as they aim for Billboard with their next regular album.

And one more thing.

‘Every time a situation like this arises, a mission arises.’

Since there are so many audiences, I wonder if missions like ‘impress them’ will come up.

They say that if a dog studies at a private school for three years, it will be able to recite poetry.

As I became more familiar with the Bangsinki missions, I was able to more or less predict the conditions and contents of the missions.

I felt proud of myself and put my hands on the piano.

Then,

Tiring-

As expected, a system message was heard.

It was the moment when the corners of my lips raised.

[A special mission has occurred.]

[Give inspiration to a struggling designer.]

[Reward upon success: Broken music box mainspring, 50 guild fame]

‘uh?’

Seongjun’s eyebrows twitch.

Because the mission content that appeared before his eyes was completely different from what he had expected.

‘And this too.’

Is it because the place is the place?

It was a mission very similar to the one I saw when I first met Yuna at the Paradise Shopping Mall last year.

However, this time, the person in trouble was not a ‘musician’ but a ‘designer’.

‘And if you’re a designer here…?’

Seongjun’s eyes turned to the only designer in the music store.

*

Angela Corre, who is preparing her collection for the upcoming season, needed inspiration.

She is admired in the industry for her fresh designs every year, but the process was filled with agony and sighs like any other designer.

Moreover, the burden of having to come up with new designs that matched the increased status often gave Angela headaches.

I continued to wrestle with myself like that today.

– I arrived in Milan.

A message arrived that his muse had arrived in Italy.

It was at a time when my head was pounding from overwork and needed some proper rest.

To ventilate the situation, he contacted his muse Yuna and wanted to meet her one day earlier.

Yuna said she was filming for YouTube, and when I asked to see the filming, luckily it was accepted.

An excited Angela quickly got ready, drank some coffee and dessert, and headed to the meeting place.

As she opened the door to the music store with a trembling heart, her muse waved her hand happily. At the same time, healing and peace came to Angela’s heart, freed from the tiring pain of creation.

Ah, it was good to see you today.

Angela confirmed that her ‘lightning’ suggestion was right.

one side,

Next to Yuna was the newly appointed global ambassador, Sungjun.

Angela’s gaze quickly checked Sungjun’s appearance as if it were a habit of checking the design or model of clothing.

‘He’s much more handsome than he looks in the picture.’

He is the most handsome oriental man I have ever seen.

The moderately thick yet sophisticated facial lines make Hong Kong movie stars look like they’re going to leave.

This time, the gaze turns back to Yuna.

Yuna, standing next to Sungjun, was overflowing with a charm that she had never seen before.

Sometimes mischievous, sometimes angry, sometimes laughing and sometimes excited, each and every one of their appearances is natural and friendly.

Suddenly, the thought of wanting to let the whole world know about Yuna’s loveliness arises.

And if the current charm comes from the chemistry with Sungjun.

‘What if we put these two side by side at a show this fall?’

The visuals are also perfect.

He’s a little short, but whatever. His proportions are just as good as a model’s.

It was a time when Angela’s imagination was running wild.

♪~ ♬~

Seongjun’s fingers moved as he sat in front of the piano.

Then, he lightly pressed the keys to check the sound of the instrument, and soon began to play, sliding freely over the keys.

Soon, the title song of his second album flows out from Sungjun’s open mouth.

“Music is you.”

At that moment,

Hwaaaaaaaah-

Waves of inspiration began to surge in like a tidal wave, like a bursting flood.

Inspiration comes to everyone in different ways.

For singer-songwriter Sungjun, it comes in the form of musical staffs and fairies.

For someone who writes, in the form of words or sentences.

For someone who draws, it is sometimes expressed in the form of a specific color.

In the case of fashion designer Angela, the shape was expressed in a visual form called a ‘line.’

The overflowing melody draws lines before Angela’s eyes.

The lines that were drawn here and there and became entangled were soon forming a fashion design.

Music becomes fashion.

It was as if he had recreated the inspiration he had felt when he first met his muse, Yuna.

‘It won’t work!’

Angela instinctively took out her pocket sketchbook and mechanical pencil from her bag.

Then, he focused his ears on Sungjun’s song and moved the Sharp busily to the beat of the song.

Square square-

Small sound effects are added between the piano playing and the singing.

‘What is this?’

The eyes of the secretary who was accompanying Angela widened.

This is because we found out that the chief designer who raised ‘Kore’ to become a top luxury brand has entered ‘concentration mode’.

It had been a long time since Angela had been this immersed in a new design, having recently run out of ideas.

And this kind of hyper-focus from a fashion design genius has always had huge ripples in the industry.

When Sungjun’s hands finally stopped dancing on the piano.

Angela’s hands, which had been dancing as if skating on the sketchbook, also stopped.

On the white drawing paper like an ice rink, her pencil left a design instead of a skate blade.

It was the moment when Angela Corre’s new design, which will hit the new season hot, was completed.

*

After all the filming was done,

Since Angela came to see me because she was bored, I thought we might have dinner together, but guess what?

“I’m sorry. I suddenly got busy.”

I left in a hurry, saying goodbye and saying I would see him tomorrow.

“Maybe it’s because of you, oppa.”

“What do you mean? Did I do something wrong?”

“Well, maybe we’ll find out tomorrow?”

When asked in English, Yuna answered with a meaningful smile.

Afterwards, I had dinner with Yuna, Baekseok, and the filming crew.

The menu includes pizza, which we had for lunch, and another Italian soul food, pasta.

“I’ll introduce you to a restaurant that serves authentic Milanese pasta, where locals line up to eat.”

I took Yuna to a restaurant that she always stops by whenever she goes on a business trip to Milan, and unlike the pizza that was disappointingly bland, it was incredibly delicious.

As expected from a pasta restaurant, the price was reasonable compared to the high-quality taste, and it was a very satisfying meal.

After collecting such rich content, including ‘Yuna’s introduction to a local authentic pasta restaurant in Milan’, I returned to the hotel.

And now.

Seongjun, who finished showering, is sitting on the bed.

In front of Sungjun, along with the music box, was floating the mainspring that he had obtained by completing a special mission at the music store earlier.

“Is this the fourth hint?”

Just before that, there was an episode about how Orpheus lost his wife and went to the underworld to rescue her, and a story about a mysterious being ordering Orpheus to go to the ‘underworld’ after he failed.

So now it’s probably time to describe what kind of place ‘Summer’ is.

Kkirik kirik-

As he turned the clock, Orpheus’ voice flowed out.