Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 157



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 157

157. Stop

The showcase venue is in an uproar with the surprise appearance of the Durahan helmet girl, ‘SHYine’.

Many singers feature in their albums, but it is rare for the featured singer to attend showcases.

Unless the featured artist and the singer are really close, it is common to fill in the featured part with MR.

In addition, each and every one of the featuring members who participated in Sungjun’s album are currently popular singers in the industry.

Everyone must have been incredibly busy with their own schedules.

So it was no surprise that fans who saw Shine on stage were suspicious of her.

“Is this the real ‘Shine’? Not a body double?”

“I don’t know. There was no prior notice.”

There was a commotion in the audience.

The woman wearing the helmet brought the microphone in her hand close to the hole in the mouth of her helmet.

As her voice finally flows out through the amplifier, the fans’ eyes widen.

“Your voice is really Shine!”

In the midst of the excitement, Sungjun smiles slyly at Shine and Seol Hye-yoon.

The two people take turns sharing the melody and building up harmony.

The audience’s surprise at the exquisite harmony of the two people’s voices soon turned into admiration.

After finishing the first stage like that.

“Okay, everyone! You’re all very surprised! To celebrate Sungjun’s showcase today, Shine, who featured in the first track ‘Dream’, made a surprise visit.”

“Hello, this is ‘Shine’.”

“Wow, Shine! You’re so pretty(?)!”

Following MC Jose Hoo’s introduction, Shine’s greeting elicits explosive cheers from the audience.

As it was her first time standing in front of the public, Shine flinched in surprise at the cheers that were beyond her expectations.

Surely, the face inside that helmet must be filled with embarrassment and shame.

Seongjun smiled as he thought of Seol Hye-yoon’s face, which must have been flushed red, and spoke into the microphone.

“We took the time out of our busy schedule to invite you to the showcase, both online and offline, to give you even greater enjoyment. Thank you for taking the time, Shine.”

“I am honored to be invited to such a meaningful event. Please show a lot of interest in Seongjun’s upcoming album.”

As it was a showcase stage, unlike during ‘Star Friend’, Shine left the stage after conveying her honest feelings rather than continuing the conversation.

Next, the second song on the track list, ‘Darkened’, began to be performed.

Sungjun sings along with a live band, expressing his inferiority complex about not being able to become a singer as a child.

Fans naturally thought that Shine’s appearance was the end of the surprises Sungjun had prepared.

That would be the case, since it is almost unheard of to invite multiple guests to a showcase that is not even a concert.

However, fans’ expectations were pleasantly wrong.

As it was time for the third track, ‘First Step’, another special guest appeared on stage!

Who was the guest? It was Jinwoo Oh, the only male member of the featuring Avengers who sang the song together.

The comment section on YouTube, where he was doing an online live broadcast, began to fill up with people as he greeted Sungjun and sang happily.

– I didn’t know that Shine would be followed by Oh Jin Wooㅋㅋㅋ

n It seems like he mobilized some connections for his first regular showcase

Oh, ‘Who’s the King’ memories come back~

Oh Jin-woo has also grown a lot since then

Most of the reactions were light-hearted, saying that they missed the two people who performed a duet together for the first time in a long time since “Walk” during “Who’s the King.”

At this point, someone mentioned a possibility.

– But surely, if we keep doing this, won’t all the featured artists end up appearing?

Nah, that’s too much. The remaining members are Ain, Yeseonha, and Yuna. There’s no way they’ll be able to match their schedules.

Yeah, that’s true, but somehow it feels weird.

ㄴ Isn’t it too fantasy for all the top singers to participate as guests in one artist’s showcase? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you growing a flower garden on your head?

Many comments scoffed at the somewhat excessive hopes.

One, behind that laughter? No one knew that there was a hidden anticipation that the ‘no way’ would be true.

“Seongjun hyung, you’re the best!”

Just like Shine before, Jinwoo Oh also finished singing and left the stage after giving a light cheer and placing his microphone on the stand.

The next song in the track list is the title song of this album, ‘Become I’.

Sungjun had already showcased the representative sounds of each track list through a short preview.

So, the fans were waiting for the sound corresponding to the title song to come out and were reciting the title song cheering chants that they had practiced in advance.

however,

“Hey, isn’t this the title song?”

What the session men played was not the title track, but the sound of the next 5 tracks.

At that moment,

“no way?!”

The quick-witted fan’s fingertips aimed at the space next to Sungjun on stage.

A little while ago, Jinwoo Oh left the stand microphone behind.

Since it was such a natural exit motion, no one felt awkward, but thinking about it, there was no reason to leave the microphone on the stand bar.

If no one is going to use that mic!

It was when the audience started to get the hang of it one by one.

Bam-

The stage lights went dark.

Along with him, someone else’s voice, not Sungjun’s, came through the microphone.

“The days that were only gray were turned around, everything was reversed.”

A voice like that of a cat sneaking through the streets at night.

Sungjun’s fans immediately recognized who the main character was.

“It’s the subtle girl Ain!”

At the same time as the shout, the scene was turned upside down as the darkness reversed like the song title ‘Reversed’ and the light rose like the sun and illuminated Ain’s figure on the stage.

Wow, three featured singers appeared at the showcase!

In fact, there were fans who thought that even Shine and Oh Jin-woo could do that.

Since both of them are not yet officially active as singers, I thought that there wouldn’t be much difficulty in coordinating their schedules, unlike the other three.

However, the atmosphere was ‘reversed’ with the appearance of Ain.

Just before, the absurd possibility that ‘all Avengers featuring’ would appear, which someone had suggested, began to be brought to light again.

– I got the feeling right! It’s definitely the Avengers Assemble angle!

ㄴ If Yuna and Ye-seon were left out here, the picture would look weird, but those two people are actually going to appear?!!

Wow, I really got goosebumps. A show with Yuna and Ye-seon-ha! What kind of year-end awards show is this!

n Even after the preliminary round, I didn’t have a single live performance

– This is the greatest show ever? You’re letting us watch it for free?! MXM Entertainment and Sungjun, are you truly angels?!

ㄴ Right now, other fandoms are going crazy saying that the showcase quality is crazyㅋㅋㅋ

It seems like the coordinates are being shared. I see the number of live viewers increasing in real time.

Sungjun’s near-perfect live.

As news spread that one could watch the collaboration with the featured guest for free, the number of concurrent viewers began to skyrocket.

In real time, the entertainment section is also being flooded with articles about Sungjun’s showcase.

“Everyone, you know that Mimyosonyeo and I are also ‘My Stars’, right? Let’s make this album a hit!”

After showing a cute fighting pose worthy of an idol, Ain bowed and disappeared from the stage.

The next song is the fan song that Sungjun performed as a surprise song at his first fan meeting? ‘Galaxy’.

Along with the purple night sky colored lighting, the yellow light from Sungjun’s official cheering stick decorated the stadium like the Milky Way.

Sungjun playing the acoustic guitar and the voices of 2,000 ‘My Stars’ combine as one.

“I think we shine brighter when we’re together.”

“You’re My Star. You’re My Galaxy.”

According to a third-year middle school student who was present at the showcase, it was not a ‘sing-along’ but a ‘chorus’.

“My Stars, who sang ‘Milky Way’ with me, are my first featuring.”

In the lingering aftertaste, Sungjun’s comment with a faint smile summoned a stream of coffee from somewhere in the room.

one side,

Fans who finished viewing the Milky Way gulp down their saliva.

They had a premonition.

The ‘two’ storms that will come after the gentle emotional fan song.

And then, the moment everyone was waiting for arrived.

“The next song we’re going to play is ‘Still’.”

All eyes in the venue turn to the side of the stage as the song is introduced, promising not to lose one’s original intention.

Then, with the sound of shoes clicking, a storm suddenly appeared.

She appeared with an elegant force like a queen.

As the main vocalist of Pink Rose, Yeseon Ha, stands next to Sungjun, thunderous cheers erupt.

“This is crazy!!! This is really a preliminaries!!!!”

“Does that make sense!!!!”

An exclamation of disbelief as they look at the sight unfolding before their eyes.

Was it the same for the reporters who attended the showcase?

When Ye-seon-ha actually appeared, he was left with his mouth open for a moment, but then came to his senses and started flashing his camera.

Seongjun and Ye-seon-ha opened their mouths amidst the pouring flashes.

Form is temporary, but class is eternal.

Yeseon Ha, the main vocalist of the national girl group Pink Rose, which was a hit at the time, was exactly like that.

“Yeah, this was the Pink Rose Mebo class.”

“But am I the only one who thinks it’s easier and better to listen to now than back then?”

No, in her case, it was her deeper emotions and vocalization through her acting career that caught our ears.

It goes without saying that Sungjun’s vocals change with each song and featuring.

“Then, let’s meet again in the preliminary universe.”

The fourth guest of the showcase, who showed off her good looks from the past, left a leisurely closing comment by Ye Seon-ha.

Next, Sungjun’s two solo songs followed in sequence.

Now there are only two songs left.

“at las···!”

Even though concentration tends to erode towards the end of the showcase, the fans’ eyes were just as lively as when the showcase first began.

It was a sparkling contrast towards the last runner of the featuring Avengers.

“Everyone, is there anyone waiting for?”

When Sungjun asked, smiling broadly at the sight of the fans’ eyes sparkling like children’s, the fans shouted in unison.

“Yunaaaaah!!!!”

The live session’s hands started moving, taking that thunderous response as a signal.

A magnificent guitar riff containing the ambition to take over the world is laid down, and a confident violin melody runs over it.

Sungjun’s violin performance, which he also played during the recording.

It was the representative introduction to the last track of the album, ‘Worldwide’.

Fans looked back and forth between the left and right sides of the stage, recalling when the previous guests appeared.

However, Yuna was nowhere to be seen.

‘Surely… is it just Yuna who didn’t attend due to her schedule, like I was worried about?’

It was a moment when disappointment was about to pass by.

Someone with a hat pulled down low stood up from the VIP section of the first row of seats.

As the mysterious figure slowly takes off his hat, the short hair hidden inside flows down and covers the nape of his neck.

The back of the all too familiar silhouette, without any bodyguards stopping it, went straight up to the stage where Sungjun was playing the violin.

And when ‘she’ turned around,

“Yuna daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!”

The fans called her name as if they had been waiting for it.

Yuna, who responded to the cheers like a flower with a refreshing smile, soon changed her expression and spoke.

“Shout out to me worldwide! Worldwide!”

It was an overwhelming vocal that explained in one line of melody why she reigned at the top of the domestic music scene and made it onto the Billboard charts.

Following Yuna’s vocals, this time Sungjun puts down the violin and raises his voice.

A charismatic vocal that rivals Yuna’s stage presence just a little while ago.

As Yuna and Sungjun competed to spit out loud, their loud voices hitting our eardrums, the fans covered their mouths and cheered.

“Please show lots of love to Seongjun oppa’s album!”

Like other guests, Yuna left the stage with her signature move, a palm heart kiss.

And then came the final moment of the showcase that lasted a full hour and a half.

“Now it’s the last turn. I’ll play you the title song of this album, ‘Become I’.”

The title song right after Yuna.

It was a showcase arrangement that left no room to catch one’s breath, but at the same time, it was also a layout that raised concerns.

A little while ago, the duet between the two was so powerful that I was worried that the impact of the title song might be halved.

In fact, some of the reporters thought that the current song arrangement was Sungjun’s abuse of power.

But if you think about it the other way around, it also means that they are confident in the title song.

The last song began amidst such great expectations and concerns.

Sungjun, holding an acoustic guitar, opened his mouth with a stroke.

A calm introduction that unfolds in a calm manner.

Next, the melody progresses following the money code that Sungjun likes to use.

It was a familiar composition to those who had listened to Sungjun’s songs.

It was only natural that it had to be that way.

Because the title song ‘Become I’ is a song that expresses the artist’s identity as Sungjun.

However, even though the melody and chord progression are familiar, they do not come across as boring or obvious.

Because the appeal in Sungjun’s voice made them obvious but not obvious.

When I listened to his songs, I felt as if he was sitting right next to me and talking in my ear.

‘I’ve lived this life so far, and thanks to that, I am where I am today.’

Clearly, Sungjun was singing about his own life, but at the same time, he was asking questions of those who were listening to him.

Who is this person called ‘I’?

What makes me me?

The song continued.

When Sungjun closed his eyes, the fans followed suit.

As Sungjun’s emotions grew stronger, the fans’ emotions also swirled.

When that sense of unity reached its peak.

“I Become I (I have finally become me).”

Seongjun finished the last chorus.

“······.”

And only silence flowed in the room.

Cheers too.

Elasticity.

Applause too.

Tears too.

There wasn’t even a swallow.

Because the shiver that ran up their spine restricted their breathing.

The Star News reporter Lee Jun-min expressed the current situation in five words.

‘Stop of time’.

It really felt like someone had captured that moment in time as if it were a photograph.

No, it wasn’t a mistake.

Time actually stopped.

“What, why did you suddenly stop?”

The screens of fans watching the showcase through YouTube Live all froze.

『YouTube Server Crashes Due to Surge in Access to Sungjun’s Full Album Showcase Live!』