Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 167



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 167

167. Toast to the Promise

No more, no less, just one song.

Sungjun had previously declared to his friends that realistically, he would only be able to perform one song at the concert.

Of course, this also assumes that the skills are backed up.

Kang Seung-wook and Kim Ho-soo also naturally agreed to this, and after Sung-jun’s declaration, they dug deep into that one song.

in result.

‘···How much practice did you actually do?’

Seongjun’s face hardens in shock.

The two people’s performance skills heard through the crack in the door far exceeded Sungjun’s expectations.

One song is just as good as the veteran live session that he shared the stage with.

‘To this extent.’

Even when I go on stage with my friends, I can be confident in front of my fans.

The corners of Sungjun’s mouth go up.

Swish-

As we opened the door and entered the practice room, Kang Seung-wook and Kim Ho-su stopped playing and spoke.

“Oh, Seongjun is here.”

“I thought you might be late, so I just loosened up my hands a little bit.”

Sweat was dripping down the foreheads of the two people who were speaking like that.

He was only ten minutes late.

There’s no way you could sweat that much just from practicing stretching.

‘Maybe the previous time reservation was also made by those guys?’

Suddenly, I remembered the words of the two people who said they would reserve the practice room themselves.

It is clear that he kept it a secret from Sungjun and had been practicing since the previous time.

Then, the current outstanding performance and those beads of sweat can be explained.

I can feel the earnest sincerity of my friends who want to stand at the concert by any means necessary.

‘I feel grateful and proud for no reason.’

But he shamelessly kept those words out of his mouth.

Instead, Sungjun stands straight in front of the microphone.

“Are you done with your hands? Let’s get started.”

Seongjun’s excited voice echoed throughout the practice room.

*

After the concert, we enjoyed a light after-party.

Back in college, when we were pursuing the ultimate cost-effectiveness, going to cheap, all-you-can-eat meat restaurants was the routine for the three of us.

For young people who had to save money to pay for the practice room fees and were hungry, there was no better restaurant than an all-you-can-eat meat restaurant.

Even after 10 years, the menu still consists of meat.

However, the quality of the meat they were eating back then and the meat in front of the three people now was 180 degrees different.

From pork to beef, and especially Korean beef.

From meat that I grill myself to meat that the staff grills for me.

They even have plump, sweet soy sauce shrimp as an appetizer!

It was the same in that you could eat various parts.

However, in the past, it was a college student-style omakase that started with pork belly, pork neck, and pork skin and ended with seasoning.

What I ordered today is a real premium assorted omakase consisting of 5 specials of the day, including chaekkeut, sirloin, toshi, anchang, and bongalbi.

“Wow, the visuals are crazy.”

Three people are amazed at the artistic marbling of the gold-plated Korean beef.

As the waiter places the beef on the grill, the sizzling sound stimulates the hearing and the fragrant smell of meat stimulates the sense of smell.

Kang Seung-wook asked, swallowing hard.

“Seongjun, do you eat things like this every day?”

“No way. This is my first time too.”

Seongjun shakes his head.

“People have some preconceptions, but not everyone who becomes a singer goes to expensive and fancy restaurants and eats out. It’s more familiar to eat sandwiches or kimbap in a van.”

“Well, if you’re busy, you probably won’t have time to go out looking for places to eat.”

Furthermore, Seongjun was not the type to be particularly serious about food, so he would fill his stomach with delivery food even during his break.

“Anyway, I’ll pay today, so enjoy your meal.”

“I’m so grateful that I get to eat delicious food thanks to my talented friend. But it’s a bit disappointing that I always end up eating it all by myself.”

“That’s right. The prices here are no joke.”

“Okay. I’ll treat the people who’ll be on my stage to a meal. Feel free to eat. If you’re really feeling it, you can buy the coffee.”

“Hey, Hosu. Am I the only one who thinks that’s telling you to practice harder than you are now in exchange for feeding you Hanwoo?”

“Kekekekeke.”

The three of them burst into laughter.

Afterwards, we chatted while eating properly grilled Korean beef.

“So, how was the Lollapalooza festival?”

“He’s my friend, but he’s really cool. Wasn’t that done with rainbow CG?”

Let’s start with the story of Sungjun’s Lollapalooza performance.

Kang Seung-wook said that thanks to his recently improved drumming skills, he has been receiving donations through internet broadcast reactions.

There’s even a story about Kim Ho-su’s baby growing up well.

Just as Korean beef melts in your mouth the moment you put it in, time also melts away in an instant.

“Then, until ‘that day’ comes, let’s all practice without slacking off.”

“Rage that!”

“Let’s go!”

The three people shared a toast to their promise.

*

During the break, I finished my ‘To Do List’ by having a family meal and checking in with my bandmates.

Next, what Sungjun planned to do this morning was none other than ‘composing music.’

Composing on your day off?

If others heard this, it might sound like I was being a workaholic, but there was a special reason for it.

It was when Sungjun was in America.

A man whose name was added to rapper Jay Jay’s new song World Class Line along with Sungjun.

‘League of Knights’.

Shortened to ‘Rock’, the world’s number one ranked pro-gamer ‘FATER’ said this in an interview ahead of the ‘Rock Cup’ launch ceremony in October.

Q. You said that you often listen to music when you take a break from practicing. Is there any music that you enjoy listening to these days?

A. I’ve been enjoying listening to ‘Bright’ by the new girl group ‘Breeze’.

That was the starting point.

‘Pater’ is an iconic figure who has long reigned at the top of the game called ‘Rock’.

The influence of the character ‘Pater’ was so great that half of the audience that came to watch the ‘Rock Cup’ came to see his brutal play.

That father specifically mentioned a certain artist.

The organizers hurriedly contacted ‘Breeze’ to recruit them.

‘Rock Cup’ is a festival that attracts the attention of countless fans all over the world.

In particular, the finals are expected to have up to 80 million concurrent viewers watching the live online broadcast.

Accordingly, all the artists who performed on stage at the last ‘Rock Cup’ were also big-name artists with global influence.

Thanks to Pater, ‘rookies’ Breeze and MXM Entertainment had the opportunity to stand on such a big stage, so they had to accept the offer from ‘Rock Cup’ no matter what.

Then, Seongjun received a call from Shin Jin-hee.

“That’s what happened.”

After explaining the situation, the next thing that followed was, of course, a request to compose a song.

“No matter how much I think about it, the Breeze kids need Sungjun’s song. Please.”

Coincidence or fate.

It just so happened that Sungjun also got some inspiration from the Lollapalooza performance.

The moment I saw the moonlight and the seven-colored rainbow brightening the concert hall, driving away the dark clouds.

In a brief moment, inspiration was imprinted on my mind.

And the song that inspiration gave rise to was not his own, but one that suited Breeze better.

“great.”

Seongjun readily accepted Shin Jinhee’s offer.

So now.

It was when I sat down in my home studio to compose.

Tiring-

[A special mission has arrived.]

[Compose a song that matches the following keywords.]

[Clouds, moonlight, rainbow, oriental beauty]

The system, Orpheus, sent a mission.

A keyword that overlaps exquisitely with the image of the song I was thinking of.

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

The prize offered was probably one of the two remaining music box springs.

‘Last time, what I heard from the music box was ‘The Sound of Heaven.’

I almost passed out after ‘listening’ to it on the plane.

But as a reaction, he also gained special abilities.

So, what kind of information or abilities can we obtain from the next two music boxes?

Seongjun was a man of both anticipation and fear.

“Anyway, I’ll try composing some music for the first time in a while.”

Activated the saved [Emotion Buff] and [Vitality Buff].

Along with that, [the title ‘Eavesdropper’] is activated, and platinum-colored staffs and sinker bells appear before your eyes.

A tingling sensation that runs down the spine and wraps around the body.

Seongjun recalls the scene he saw during the performance that day and connects it with the keywords suggested by the system.

Five fairies dancing under the moonlight that has driven away the clouds.

The flowing sleeves and hem of the skirt create a rainbow in the sky.

As the sinkerbells flap their wings and fly over the musical staff, a melody comes to my ears.

Following this, Sungjun’s hands built up a melody over the program.

*

The time taken for the task was one hour.

In the past, as the level of composition increased, countless melody ideas would spring up like a fountain, and it took quite a while to select the best melody among them.

After earning the title ‘Eavesdropper’, the process disappeared.

Because I could only hear one or two melodies.

‘That must be the correct melody according to the ‘Sound of Heaven’ standard.’

one side,

After completing the demo, I even finished recording the guide, but I didn’t add any lyrics.

I could have written the lyrics myself, but I wanted to ask someone who could write lyrics that fit this song better.

And that person was none other than Supernova lyricist ‘SHYine’, also known as Seol Hye-yoon.

‘Hye-yoon, you recently quit your job, right?’

She called me for advice and soon after, she told me that she had formally resigned.

He promised to take full responsibility for the path he took to music.

However, that doesn’t mean I was trying to recruit people by using my connections.

When it comes to expressing the unique sensibility of ‘Breeze’ that emphasizes innocence and freshness, no one in Korea can match Seol Hye-yoon.

As soon as I remembered, I called.

But for some reason, the signal soon stopped.

A short reply followed.

– I’m in class for a moment. I’ll contact you after.

Seongjun’s head tilts as he receives the reply.

Class? What class?

Are you learning anything else these days?

‘Oh, maybe yoga, pilates, or personal training.’

The days of walking mates in Saehyang.

One day, it was Seol Hye-yoon who suddenly asked me if my impression of her had changed a little recently.

I wonder if I’ve gained a little weight recently because I’ve been eating late-night snacks more often than usual.

Certainly, when Seol Hye-yoon first transferred from the marketing team, she had a slightly rounder image than the sharp image she had at the time.

There was a time when I answered without thinking, “Maybe a little?” and my heart almost went numb when I received an icy stare in return.

‘So, you’re saying I gained weight? You’re being very honest, Seongjun. Are you an MBTI ‘T’?’

I had a feeling that it wouldn’t work if I answered that I was a person who went back and forth with T and F, so I barely managed to cast an emergency drift by saying, “That’s not it. I just said that I like the atmosphere that’s gotten warmer lately.”

Then, fortunately, I remember the dizzying feeling of the cold air that Seol Hye-yoon was dispersing subsided as her anger subsided.

‘And then in the end, he muttered rudely that he would definitely do yoga or pilates later.’

So, maybe he is enjoying the leisure time after resigning and doing the things he said back then.

Anyway, since I didn’t know how long it would take to get a reply, I was planning to do some housework during that time.

Brrrrrr-

The phone vibrated.

Seongjun’s eyebrows go up as he tries to answer the phone, thinking that class is already over even though he was told to wait a moment.

Because the sender is not Seol Hye-yoon.

“Yuna?”

The opponent was South Korea’s top singer, Yuna.

‘Why him?’

When I picked up the phone with a question, I heard a uniquely bright voice.

– Hello, what are you doing today, oppa?

Yuna immediately asks about today’s schedule.

Yes, it’s always sudden and direct.

Well, I didn’t really have any plans for the future, so I answered like that, and he suddenly made another offer.

– Then let’s see for a moment.

This time, I couldn’t help but ask ‘why’.

Then Yuna shouted in a voice full of excitement.

– Why? I heard you’re doing a project to get Uncle Choi married.