Rockstar Again - Chapter 69



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Episode 69. A Man Called A (7)

On stage, whether you did well or not shouldn’t be the standard.

A musician who thinks he’s good is inevitably destined to fail.

There’s a lump on my shoulder.

Both feet are off the ground.

As I was flying around in the sky like that, somewhere, boom―.

You realize it the moment you fall.

How far did you fly?

How far it has fallen.

It is also difficult to push yourself to the limit and blame your own shortcomings.

There are more musicians who regret wasting their good times by blaming themselves like that than those who have flown away to heaven.

“Did you all enjoy it?”

As I was coming down from the stage, I asked my hyungs a question, as if throwing it out there.

But I guess there was no need to ask.

“huh.”

A short but powerful answer.

“Even though it’s covered, I can still see the expressions on your face.”

A face full of satisfaction.

No, it’s not about whether you did well or not.

Did you enjoy it?

That’s the correct answer.

No matter how much money each of us had, we came all-in.

That would be satisfactory.

At that moment, a member of A.Fly, who was coming up on stage as if crossing each other, opens his mouth.

“That crazy guy. Why can’t he just sit still? That little punk who’s not even a dick.”

He is the main vocalist of A-Fly, who uses the nickname Kang Ha. He has a dirty mouth that made me grab his wrist.

These guys need to have the word ‘main’ in front of their vocals.

Let’s sing it in parts.

The whole song.

I didn’t try to reveal it, but if you try to reveal it, there’s a lot to reveal.

Since the vocalist can’t hold his breath all by himself, he splits up the parts in a band that doesn’t even dance.

It’s like I don’t have the looks to be an idol, so I’m doing something in between being neither an idol nor a band.

But I didn’t bother to confront that guy with the commoner’s snout. Just this once.

Instead, be calm.

“Do you know what my nickname was 31 years ago?”

“How do I know that? And what about 31 years ago? This guy is crazy.”

He’s looking down at me from the stairs leading up to the stage.

For some reason, this brings a smile to my face.

“Back Time Butcher.”

Coop Coop – He couldn’t hold back his laughter and even shared some words of wisdom.

“It’s going to be the most boring stage in the world, but have fun.”

* * *

Park Min-jae stood up, panting and forcing himself to keep his legs from getting weak.

“What is this… … ?”

Looking around, I see Eugene, Ha-eun, and Bomi.

I feel as exhausted as if I had just finished a vigorous workout.

“No… … This was just a 5-minute song… … ?”

The value of music isn’t determined by time, but isn’t it impossible for someone in their prime to be this exhausted after focusing on a five-minute performance?

Moreover, Park Min-jae himself was able to immerse himself in it because he was a rock fanatic from the beginning, but what about the other kids?

“Why did you guys do that?”

“Ah… … Don’t talk to me… … It’s hard… … .”

As Ha-eun answers, Bomi’s eyes are hazy, as if she still hasn’t recovered from the afterglow.

The same goes for the other people in the gallery beyond the kids. Does this make sense?

I was feeling calm all the time, and then I went to a concert by a band I had never seen before.

And that these guys were all shaking their heads and jumping around in their seats, engrossed in the rock music of the early 90s that nine out of ten of them were hearing for the first time?

You want me to believe this?

I can’t even believe that, they drained people of this much energy in just 5 minutes?

No… … It’s different from physical strength.

Energy… … is close to it.

A feeling of energy being released explosively in a short period of time and then discharged.

“Wow, but rock is the best… … . I’ve been to so many workshops and I’ve never felt like this before.”

Eugene finally comes to his senses and speaks to me.

“… … This isn’t rock that’s finished… … That band just finished it.”

If I had enjoyed the stage of legends live, wouldn’t it have been similar to what it is now?

Park Min-jae, who had been thinking like that, changed his mind.

“Not just a legend, but a legend in his prime.”

“A legend in his prime? Something like Darkness of Darkness?”

“No… … That’s not it. It’s not just the legends, it’s the kind of stage that those legends would have shown when they were in their twenties or thirties.”

So, in short, it meant that it was a stage that no one had ever experienced in 2025. It had been a long time since the legends of rock had their heads shaved and their bellies bulged.

Park Min-jae also evaluated it that way based on his imagination alone, and he has never experienced such a stage.

At that moment, Lee Yu-jin’s words, as if talking to herself, rang in Park Min-jae’s ears.

“Isn’t it? It was good when I saw Dong-ha oppa’s performance half a year ago.”

“Huh? Huh! Huh, huh!”

The other three people looked in surprise at Park Min-jae, who was shaking as if he had been struck by lightning.

“what’s the matter……?”

“It’s Dong-ha hyung… …!”

“who?”

“Dong-ha hyung! That singer just now! It was the same! He shouted without hesitation as if he was going to pierce through everything. He shouted 3 octaves in a comical way, and at the end, he sang half a key higher than the original… … No, almost a key higher. That means he went up to 4 octaves. How many vocalists can do that these days?”

Especially that tone.

Singers usually have their own unique vocal tone.

Among them, Lee Dong-ha’s voice is unique.

It’s solid but refreshing.

So when I listen to Lee Dong-ha’s songs, I feel like my insides are being cleansed.

What can I say about the vocal cords?

My brother once told me that he never used his full vocal range properly in his singing.

My pickaxe doesn’t have a big sound setting, so if I used all my vocal power, it would have made a tearing sound.

One of the things that made this stage so dominant was the vocals that filled the corners of the stage.

“What are you talking about? Dong-ha oppa, Kota Kinabalu? Isn’t he there?”

It’s Ha-eun.

“I don’t know about that, but the vocalist just now was definitely Dong Ha hyung. How come you don’t know this? I heard you guys listened to a lot of Dong Ha hyung’s songs too?”

Park Min-jae met his friends’ eyes, each one filled with doubt. He shot them a look of sincerity, asking them to trust him.

“It seems… similar. But it also doesn’t seem similar.”

Even Eugene is just tilting his head.

I can’t see the truth in the few SNS posts that say that Lee Dong-ha is not in Korea. Prejudice is this scary.

But can we just say it’s a prejudice?

“How can someone who doesn’t live in Korea sing here? And why is Dong-ha oppa covering his face? He’s someone who definitely benefits from showing his face.”

“That’s true, but… … . Oh, that’s right… … definitely.”

They say that if a dog goes to a village school for three years, it can recite poetry.

He is the nephew of a traditional and prestigious musical instrument maker in Paradise Shopping Mall, and has been working part-time for over 10 years.

While the four of them were talking like that.

Without even knowing when it started, A.Fly’s performance was flowing.

“Wow… … .”

Even among A.Fly’s fans, a significant number are unable to properly shout out prepared chants due to their weak voices.

* * *

Even if they’re only a rock band in name, you can’t not know them.

Their reaction to this stage.

The audience’s reaction is best seen by the musicians performing on stage.

“Ugh, ugh.”

I feel relieved when I see A.Fly coming down from the stage with a stern expression.

“We’ve seen everything there is to see, so let’s go now.”

At my words, Suchan stood up and clapped his hands.

“Everyone worked hard… … Thank you. The show will air next Friday, and from then on, the winner will be decided by viewer votes for the week.”

Divided into four groups of eight teams each, one group per week.

That means we have at least a month left before we can compete again.

It’s early December now, so the next stage will be next year.

I’m already excited.

What if I can’t sleep?

“How many teams survive in each group?”

“Oh, that’s it. There’s no set number of teams… … .”

“Stop. Right there.”

Suchan, who was answering Dongsik’s question, cut him off.

“What good does it do to know how many teams will survive? If you save five teams, they’ll survive, but if you save four teams, they won’t? At least one team will survive, right? Of course it’s us.”

“… … I was curious. I just did it because I was curious.”

“Don’t be curious. Why are you acting weak when you did so well?”

When I give it a little push, a smile appears on Dong-sik’s face.

at that time.

At the sound of a click, the three brothers hastily took off their masks and started searching for them.

“Oh my. Aren’t you careful? Do you not care if your identities are revealed?”

The old man, smiling with his eyes shaped like crescent moons, enters the waiting room.

I shared two bouquets with my secretary, who I go with every day.

“What if they come suddenly? If they collapse from a heart attack, will you take responsibility?”

“You don’t look surprised, do you, Dong-ha?”

“You can smell like an aunt from about 20 meters away.”

“smell?”

“There is something like that. A smell that makes your butt tickle.”

It wasn’t a compliment, but the corners of my mouth went up because I thought it was good.

Because it smelled, I was confused at first.

“Ticklish butt? The artist definitely has a unique expressiveness.”

“Vendors are not allowed in here. The waiting room is the domain of the officials.”

“Where is there anyone who is more deeply involved than me? Take it, flower.”

Regardless of whether I scolded her or not, she smiled and handed me a bouquet of flowers.

“You keep giving me things I can’t even eat.”

“You’re done for today. What should I do with you?”

“Ah… … It’s already scary. Don’t gossip.”

“No matter where we set up, the stage is too small. Our Dong-ha.”

“I’m afraid that my mother will follow me wherever I go.”

also…….

This time, without paying any attention to what I said, she hands Tae-joo the remaining bouquet of flowers.

“Your brother is cool too. He shines a little bit, doesn’t he?”

“thanks.”

“Director Hong.”

As Gu Se-ryeong looks back and says that, Secretary Hong Seon-ah gives a bouquet of flowers to Dong-sik and Yeong-pil.

“Next time, give me money. Those guys are different from Taeju hyung. They’re poor.”

“Aren’t you poor?”

“I have Taeju hyung. And I have Nureongi too.”

“Nureongi? Are you raising a dog?”

Raise something similar to a dog.

They say even a tiger will come when you call it, and when I checked my phone after it started vibrating, it was yellow.

[Nureongi: The stage was good. Saying this… … I feel a bit bad about saying this… … but it was great.]

When did he come?

That’s nonsense.

I sent a reply, my fingers moving busily.

[Who are you to judge on the topic of yellow? If you like it, try raising its allowance. Or loosening its credit card limit.]

“What are you so interested in?” asks the Savior again.

“Is this your girlfriend?”

“It’s yellow.”

“Nureongi… … ? Whose nickname is that… … See?”

I was about to turn off my phone screen, but it started vibrating again, so I checked to see if Nureongi had replied.

[Nostril: Brother! You were just saying that, right?!?! Right? You’re kidding me about being in Kota Kinabalu, right????]

what?

He came too?

It’s Nureongi, I know because I told you, but what is this guy’s identity?

Stokenga?

Again, I tapped my fingers to reply… … .

[Kota Kinabalu is really nice. Blue beaches and white sand. If I had a sail, I could go anywhere. But I don’t have a sail.]

“Is it Nureongi again this time?”

He answered the question of the baptism of the Savior without even looking at its face.

“No. This time, the nostrils.”

“… … nostrils?”

“Why are there so many questions?”

“… … .”

After standing there staring at me for a while, Gu Se-ryeong picks up her cell phone and makes a call to someone.

But why is the phone in my hand shaking?

I checked quickly.

[Devil Granny]

It’s the savior.

Why are you calling me?

I glanced at the old man’s expression, which was strange.

“Give me your phone.”

“why?”

“Hey, let me see what I saved. Hurry up.”

“Oh, I don’t like it.”

The Savior rushes in as if he wants to do it with force.

No matter how skinny I am, I’ve gained 4 kilos recently. Do you think I can’t beat a woman who’s thinner than me?

“Let go of this.”

“Let go, ma’am.”

“One, two, three. Then let go. What do you think?”

“Oh my. Who do you know with the ice leg hot pants?”

We each hold our phones in one hand and hold the other person’s phone in the other hand.

“I told you to let go?”

“… … You are very strong.”

“You are weak.”

“… … Did you use too much physical strength while performing?”

Is this the right situation for a confrontation between the two rivers?

In that moment, he suddenly burst out with pride and squeezed out the strength to bend Gu Seol-ryeong’s hand down.

“Ahhhh!”

The final scream of the Savior.

“Dongsik, did you see that? You said I was good at fighting, right?”

Let’s proudly tell our brothers, he sighs and separates the two of us.

Rockstar Again Episode 70