Rockstar Again - Chapter 123



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Episode 123. Game Changer (3)

“Wow… … No matter how much I look at this kid, he’s really special.”

Ko Kyung-jae picked up his cell phone and scanned the articles about moving.

“What is it?”

Ko Kyung-je raised one corner of his mouth at Joo Hyo-eun’s words heard from the seat next to him.

“It seems like we’ve become a little closer?”

“If you chase after someone to this extent, you’ll feel close to them. Of course, it’s one-sided, right?”

“Right. But what is this… … .”

The reason why the economy was so vague was clear.

[Lee Dong Ha, communicating with fans at Paradise Shopping Mall!]

[Moving east and west, flashing, mysticism but not mysticism?]

[Lee Dong Ha spotted at Seoul XX High School!]

The very act of unpredictable movement.

Can a singer who has been active for 5 or 6 years and is preparing a debut album be able to move around so freely?

At this point, either the agency is not managing it or has given up.

But this… … I can’t say it’s all bad.

It’s natural for celebrities to have a hiatus.

Often the biggest gap for men is military service.

Even if that’s not always the case, actors inevitably have a gap period between projects.

For singers, there is a gap while preparing an album.

Excluding actors who have to watch the cycle for a long time, in the case of singers.

We are working hard to minimize these gaps.

Let your fans know you’re alive with a communication app.

Appears occasionally on various entertainment shows.

By holding fan signing events and such to fill the gap.

But there is no need for such a thing to move.

Just walking around can cause eyewitness accounts to become hot topics on social media.

The source uploaded on SNS has been re-edited and is heating up YouTube.

The actions of Lee Dong-ha, who became an issue on YouTube, are once again stimulating people’s eyes and ears through entertainment articles.

This may seem obvious at first glance, but existing celebrities, especially idols, never acted this way.

That’s different.

Moving.

Go Kyung-jae turned on YouTube and checked the list of recommended videos.

Due to the algorithm, issues that the economy often sees, mostly related to the entertainment industry, come up.

[Guitar for beginners picked by Lee Dong-ha]

[Blue Porcelain Start 1994 Challenge, Let’s Start!]

I touched the Start1994 Challenge because it was something.

―Today, we… … Heehee―! Ugh―. Ah, X-ba, this is embarrassing. Just a moment, I’ll go back.

-Keu-keu- What are you going back to? No. I can’t do it, go back.

―X! X-bar How do you call this with one key? Is he crazy?

Two men sing Blue Porcelain’s “The Beginning 1994” together, but fail and giggle.

I don’t know why this is trending as a video, but the reason is usually simple.

The two men in this video are probably quite popular on YouTube.

It must be because Lee Dong-ha’s song is becoming an issue due to its high notes.

So it will naturally lead to clicks.

Go Kyung-jae turned off his cell phone and opened his mouth to Joo Hyo-eun.

“The guitar is popular again these days.”

“Is that so?”

“Is that so? What is it? Why are you speaking like that?”

“Is that so?”

“… … You crazy bastard. Don’t you feel anything when you see this?”

“Lee Dong-ha is the trend?”

“The trend is obvious. Can’t you feel that the flow is changing?”

“What is the flow?”

As she said that, Joo Hyo-eun fixed her posture and looked at Go Kyung-je.

“Yeah, the flow. For a long time, emotional vocals were popular. They said that vocal tone was much more important. But now it’s starting again. How high the notes are, and things like that.”

“But Dong-ha doesn’t just sing high notes, right?”

“then?”

“It’s so emotional. The vocal tone is also unique. When I listen to the song, I feel like my insides are opening up. Astronaut, I listen to that every day. It makes me feel so good.”

Go Kyung-je’s expression turned sour as he looked at Joo Hyo-eun, who had her hands clasped on her chest.

“Don’t come here and pretend to be a woman… … .”

Whether Joo Hyo-eun became a fan of Lee Dong-ha or not.

The economy certainly felt that something was changing.

When a flow starts, the direction of everyone in Korea is focused on that flow.

What I mean is, if something seems to be going well, everyone will flock to it.

Of course, that’s what made K-pop popular around the world and helped South Korea develop rapidly, but that kind of momentum tends to wear off quickly.

Eventually, there comes a time when the flow changes.

This means that the current economy is beginning to feel that trend.

“These guys… … Ah, shit, seriously. The member lineup is so messed up, it’s confusing what to define and call them… … Anyway, Blue Porcelain’s first album will be out soon. What do you think will happen next?”

“Fan heart? Or curiosity? Which one should I answer with?”

“I understand your feelings as a fan, but what about your feelings?”

Joo Hyo-eun chuckled at Ko Kyung-je’s words.

“A reporter’s mind?”

“… … Answer with that.”

“Will it just end in a flash?”

“Why?”

“They may be gaining cult popularity now, but what is the core of Dong-ha’s fans? They’re the Dolpan diehards, who started out by falling in love with Dong-ha’s face and vocals when I was a kid?”

It’s a bit of an extreme statement, but it’s accurate.

When making a snowball, you need the smallest snowball possible. Eventually, the snow will clump together into that smallest snowball to form a snowball.

Ko Kyung-jae nodded slightly at Joo Hyo-eun’s story, which hit the nail on the head.

“continue.”

“There was a handful of rock fans who had been hiding there. The two fans have different goals and colors. But. The direction that Dong-ha and Blue Porcelain pursue is the same as what rock fans want, right? The color of the music?”

“Will this behavior of betraying mainstream fans continue? And eventually, the fans will get tired of it and leave?”

“That’s right. We know Lee Dong-ha the best, right? Would he film a chicken CF, or do something like an idol communication app, or hold a fan signing? He wouldn’t even leave a single post on the fan club. An ambassador, as is common these days? He can’t do that because of Chairman Yoon Tae-joo. How can an ambassador be possible when Chairman Yoon Tae-joo is here? In the end, he won’t do anything that an idol should do, and he won’t even think of himself as an idol. It’ll end in disaster. Minor sentiment. The end.”

Absolutely accurate analysis.

Although the point of Lee Dong Ha’s popularity was that he broke away from the perfectly stereotyped and structured K-pop formula, there are also rumors in the cultural world that this could be poisonous.

The economy took a small hit.

I was curious as to how to receive it.

“Music is good, right? After all, isn’t music the most important thing to a singer?”

But Joo Hyo-eun smiles.

Make people feel bad.

“That’s what people in the past thought. Who these days judges a singer’s musicality? I said idols aren’t singers, they’re entertainers? Walking billboards. Wannabes. Of course, they’re a rock band, not idols. But that’s just a definition. Fans think of Lee Dong-ha as an idol, and if they see Lee Dong-ha’s band that way, then that’s why they’re idols.”

hmm.

Here, Ko Kyung-je confirmed that although Joo Hyo-eun and he had the same viewpoint, their conclusions were different.

“If idols and singers were walking billboards… … then there’s no one like Dong-ha.”

Go Kyung-jae craned his neck and looked at the Cheong-A Entertainment building.

There is one reason why they are here.

Move on, all the rest of the Blue Porcelain members are here.

* * *

Cheong-A Entertainment conference room.

“Ugh… … Seriously, why are you like that? Other people are impatient because they can’t get a chance like this!”

Gong Hyeon-seong, head of the visual creative team at Cheong-A Entertainment, screamed in frustration.

“It’s copper. It’s fluttering. Why do I have to wear this?”

“Not fluttering. Oh my… … You really… … Are you the one with the fashion sense like that because you hang out with older people?”

Isn’t it fluttering?

I held in my hands the clothes that Team Leader Gong Hyeon-seong had brought in front of me.

It’s a pastel color and looks much bigger than the regular size. This is called an oversized fit. Everyone wears it that way these days.

This is what icebergs wear.

What about the pants?

Balloon fit? It’s so horrible.

It’s not sexy at all.

I’m not saying I’m going to wear fishnet stockings to be sexy, but this isn’t it?

Whether I express my feelings or not, Team Leader Gong Hyeon-seong now grabs my arm as if he is begging me.

“Are you really going to do this? All the elders said okay, so why are you the only one doing this?”

While most people in the company think that Blue Porcelain is difficult because of Chairman Yoon Tae-joo, this man is straightforward.

The three members who were pointed out as elders laughed awkwardly, but no laughter came out of my mouth.

“These guys just say, ‘Yes, yes.’ They’re all old now, so it’s embarrassing to argue about clothes.”

“You worked so hard to choose this! How can you do this to me? Huh? And how hard is it for a newbie to get clothes from a luxury brand? These are all luxury brands, you.”

“If you put this on and put it on stage, regardless of whether it’s a luxury brand or not, she’ll bite her tongue on stage.”

No kidding.

Besides, the sneakers are from a luxury brand that I don’t even know where they are from, and they tell me to wear them.

Oh, of course I don’t mean that luxury brands are a secret. I don’t know much about luxury brands.

It doesn’t even mean living simply… … No, it’s just plain… … .

I might wear it even if it’s a luxury brand or something, but it’s too cheap.

“So you’re going to go up on stage wearing the same thing?”

“Maybe? It’s frustrating, but… … Well, if you want, it’s okay to dress up once in a while.”

As I persist, Team Leader Gong Hyeon-seong starts to almost go crazy.

“Hey, look at you. It’s the 21st century, and it’s not 2001, it’s 2026! It’s ugly now, and you’re going to wear it on stage?”

“How is my fashion?”

After answering like that, I looked at myself once more in the large mirror that the entertainment company employees had brought.

Although it was plain clothes, he dressed up quite stylishly.

Fit the same tone of light blue on the top and bottom.

The t-shirt is neatly white.

The sneakers are Converse.

This is a classic, but it sells well.

Of course, it’s not a classic to me, but it’s something that’s still going on.

“Retro isn’t bad, but what we have to be most wary of now is old fashion. No. No more Converse. It’s not hip.”

Ah… … Really.

I don’t know what you’re saying.

Actually, I wanted to leave it to you as an expert, but our values ​​are too different.

Of course, I can’t deny that the backbone of my fashion sense is 1990s, and even 1980s.

But how can we do that when the standard has already been set like that?

Moreover, Converse is said to be inseparable from rock bands.

I tapped Dongshik on the shoulder.

“Tell me, hyung. Should I wear those sneakers with all kinds of weird patterns on them, or should I wear Converse? You know which one is better when it comes to kickpads, right?”

At my words, Dong-sik glanced at me for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“Ah… … That’s true… … Actually, when I step on the kick pad, the converse is thin so it feels good… … .”

“Look at this. I’m the same way. There’s nothing better than stepping on a stompbox (guitar stomp box)? A shoe that gives you the feel of bare feet without being barefoot? And it’s pretty, too.”

Team Leader Gong Hyeon-seong trembled at my words that still did not give in. The employees sitting there awkwardly looked at us.

The older brothers keep an eye on those employees.

In the midst of a fierce confrontation between two men who will not back down, a person who will mediate everything opens the door and comes in.

“Are you still doing that?”

A deep voice.

If it were normal, I would have frowned, but now I’m quite happy, perhaps because of my strong enemy, Team Leader Gong Hyeon-seong.

“CEO. Oh my… What should I do? They said I should wear this and go on stage. I’m going crazy. A luxury brand company contacted me first to ask me to be their ambassador, and now you’re revealing everything and saying that? Does that make sense?”

Gu Se-ryeong, who just laughed lightly at Gong Hyeon-seong’s complaints, looked me up and down.

and.

“Are you here to film a historical drama, Dong-ha? James… … Dean, something like that?”

“Oh really? I’m telling you, I’m right.”

“Then do that. This too… … looks kind of hot… … but not universal.”

Oh. As expected.

But, the Savior secretly does whatever I say?

He adds a word like, “There is still one step left for me, the Savior.”

“Instead, let’s just do one OST. Something a little… emotional.”

“yes?”

“If you give us what we want, we should get something in return, right? Don’t we?”

If it’s something emotional… … it would be something like a ballad.

If I could wear whatever fashion I want in exchange for recording one song… … Hmm.

I guess it’s a good business.

When I nod my head slightly, Gu Seol-ryeong smiles brightly.

Rockstar Again Episode 124