The Healing Life of a Music Genius - Chapter 163



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163 In someone’s name

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In a Korean music community, several people were continuing a war of words.

B That’s right. In the end, you have to follow the trend. The same goes for the song that is currently #1 on the music charts. It fits right into my ears.

ㄴ These days, when I walk around cafes in Gangnam, I often hear that song.

ㄴ It’s a song that feels a little familiar, but that’s also what makes it scary.

ㄴ On the contrary, it seems like MJ always tries to create ‘his own song’. He showed signs of suffering every time a new song came out.

ㄴ So it must have been underwater for this long. You could just use it easily and easily.

ㄴ Has MJ been inactive for about half a year?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ That much?

ㄴ I will be forgotten without even knowing who I am.

ㄴ On the contrary, MJ may have hoped for that.

ㄴ He’s a really unique person haha.

ㄴ Ah, but there are no songs worth listening to. Why is it so quiet in the new year?

ㄴ Originally, the first quarter was the off-season. You’ll have to wait a bit.

ㄴ During this time, it is quiet not only in Korea but also in the United States and Japan.

A bulletin board where only commonplace stories were repeated.

There, a person appeared with a topic that would immediately attract the attention of many people.

ㄴ Huh? MJ released a new song?

ㄴ Huh? What does that mean? suddenly?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ A video was posted on NewTube a little while ago.

ㄴ Who is the singer this time?

ㄴ Jack Walker? I think he’s an American singer?

ㄴ America???

ㄴ After a few months of rest, you suddenly come to America? Isn’t this too unexpected?

ㄴ MJ, do you have the American disease? Why is a composer who was doing well in Korea suddenly working in the United States?

B I don’t know. That may be why the dive was so long.

B haha. Anyway, will that work? I don’t know if K-POP idols chose to go to the United States. Isn’t it too much to be a composer yet?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ Excluding those who wrote songs for K-POP groups, there are only a handful of Korean composers who have charted on Billboard.

ㄴ That’s an unreasonable number.

ㄴ Still, there are some things you can only find out when you encounter them. MJ, will you return to the Korean music industry soon?

Hahaha, maybe so.

B Hey. But first, listen to MJ’s song. The song is ending?

B ruined?

B No! It’s awesome! Jack Walker. This is the first singer I’ve heard of. Are your emotions crazy?

B Hey. There are kids who don’t know Jack Walker. Still, he is a singer who hit the nail on the head with ⌜Burn It Down⌟ about 20 years ago. He must have been #20 on Billboard?

ㄴ Mr. A man knows such a singer because he is a man.

B Hey. What kind of man am I?

ㄴ Haha, I looked up Jack Walker and it gave me an idea of ​​his age.

No!!! First, listen to the song. ⌜Get back⌟ Are you crazy?

ㄴ I’m listening right now. It’s a truly emotional song. I’m in tears…

ㄴ Wow… The melody line is crazy? MJ What is it? Did your skills improve again in the meantime?

ㄴ Haha! I was wondering why I went diving, but it turned out that I was preparing for this song.

ㄴ Jack Walker’s vocals are no joke… It’s very attractive.

ㄴ It seems like the appeal is no joke. It’s a style of singing with complete immersion.

A reaction that began to appear even before morning dawned.

Thanks to this, people who had doubts about MJ’s absence have suddenly disappeared.

Well, the song is good.

ㄴ If it’s going to be like this, why don’t you at least let us know the status often?

ㄴ LOL Why am I telling you that?

B No. If you’re an artist, you need to communicate a bit. Otherwise?

B Anyway. There are strange kids all the way through. If you just stay still, you’ll end up somewhere in the middle.

ㄴ ㅇㅈ

ㄴ ㅠㅠ I shed tears while listening to the song. ⌜Get back⌟ Why do I feel so sad?

Wow. Do you think this will work in the US? It’s a bit old-fashioned, but I like it that much.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ It’s not a song that follows trends like MJ. So it seems to sound more emotional.

ㄴ Retro is actually trendy these days. The song is good and the singer is good, so I think it will do well.

ㄴ Haha! okay. This is it. This is MJ!

ㄴ The song is really good.

ㄴ I’m crazy. Emotions explode from dawn. ㅠㅠ

Korean listeners who listened to the song well began leaving comments on the ⌜Get back⌟ video posted on MJ’s NewTube channel.

Most of the comments said that the song was good.

And it was a comment expressing support for MJ, who returned after a long time.

In between, there were comments saying that MJ would never see comments like this because he doesn’t communicate much.

Meanwhile, as I was reading all the comments on NewTube as well as the Internet community, I remembered the comments saying, ‘Please communicate with me,’ and left a reply comment on NewTube.

ㄴ Thank you for your support.

however.

As soon as I left a comment on my official account, an uproar began.

ㄴ Waaaaa! MJ Daaaaaaaa!

ㄴ I’ve been listening to the song well all this time! MJ, composer, fighting!

ㄴ This new song ⌜Get back⌟ is really good!

ㄴ MJ has appeared!

ㄴ Haha look. MJ also reads the comments.

ㄴ MJ is awesome!!!

Not even a minute after I leave a comment, a series of notifications appear.

‘If I had known that they would like it this much, would I have tried harder to talk to the fans?’

I had that thought too.

“oh my god!!! “It’s late!”

At that time, a shout similar to the comment was heard from the room next to me.

I hear a tapping sound, and then I feel an object taking a breath in front of my room door.

Before I even knocked, I kindly opened the door for him.

“Wham!”

“What’s so urgent?”

There, Sooyeon was looking at me with surprised rabbit eyes.

“brother! “Today was the day the song was released!”

“yes?”

“Then why didn’t you wake me?”

“I left you alone because you were sleeping soundly. And I told you before. Today is the day when only the music is released anyway, so there is nothing special about it. “Suyeon has heard your song before, so there isn’t much of a difference.”

Singer Jack Walker has just begun his career in the United States.

Since they started off as an opening act, they couldn’t film the performance and upload it to a place like NewTube.

Doing so was disrespectful to the headliner performing the main performance.

Nevertheless, I think Suyeon wanted to spend the time with me while the song was being uploaded to the music site.

“still! I wanted to listen to your song at the time of the music release! “I did…!”

Suyeon puffed out her cheeks.

I couldn’t control my curiosity and had no choice but to poke those chubby cheeks with my finger.

“tooth!”

“Suyeon, are you upset?”

“It’s not like that, but… It’s because I was upset that I was asleep. “Why do I sleep so much?”

“If Suyeon is your age, of course it is. That way you will grow taller faster. And I don’t think there’s any reason why you’re still upset, right? “Suyeon has something to do today.”

“······ to do?”

“Are you sure you’re not asleep yet? We were supposed to go on a family outing today. As usual, after listening to my song, ah…”

“right! We decided to go to the aquarium! Wow!”

Soo-yeon cheers.

Suyeon hurried out of my room, saying she had to get ready right away.

“I said I couldn’t stop you.”

There wasn’t a great reason for my family to go to the aquarium together.

Suyeon’s kindergarten vacation homework.

It wasn’t any kind of compulsory homework, it was just the kindergarten’s consideration of telling me to have a good vacation with my family.

However, since I had to write a day’s worth of diary, it was definitely homework.

By hearing the sound of tapping from time to time, it was easy to tell that Suyeon was busy preparing.

When I went down to the first floor, Suyeon, beautifully dressed up, was eating a kimbap leg from her mother.

“Eupeueueueueuba! (Oppa, try one too!) Drink it! (It’s so delicious!)”

“This is Suyeon! You have to eat everything and talk! “Would you like to give Seojin one too?”

“Then just one thing.”

“ruler.”

My mother picked up a piece of kimbap with plastic gloved hands and put it in my mouth.

As expected, the taste of my mother’s homemade Spam Gimbap was still the same as before.

“Ugh! Msuchi? (Oppa! Isn’t it delicious?)”

“eww. “Ertz Masne? (Yeah. It’s really delicious, isn’t it?)”

“Hehehe. (Hee hee hee.)”

“Tsk tsk. I guess they’re kids. Eat slowly. “I packed a lot of kimbap today.”

After a simple breakfast of kimbap and egg soup, my family got into my father’s car and headed to COEX.

Perhaps because it snowed a lot this year, there was still a lot of snow piled up in shady places even though snowplows were moving around.

As I was quietly looking at the scenery, Suyeon, who was sitting next to me, poked my arm.

“brother. if······. “Can I listen to your song?”

“now?”

“huh! I want to hear it. In fact, I was looking forward to it even in my dream yesterday. I couldn’t say anything in the morning because I was too busy getting ready. “I think I’ll be disappointed if I don’t hear it now.”

“okay? “Then it’s a big deal?”

“Hi-Hi. So, let’s all listen together. Because it is also a song that my brother worked hard to create. “If it’s a family, it should be like that.”

Even though ⌜Get back⌟ was played several times before the song was released, Suyeon officially said that she wanted to hear this song again.

My mother, who was eavesdropping on my brother and sister’s conversation, asked me about my intentions.

“Actually, I was ready. Is it okay if I play a song?”

“Anyway, whenever my new song came out, we all used to listen to it together. are you okay.”

“Then~”

Mother fiddling with her smartphone.

Soon, the melody of ⌜Get Back⌟ started playing from the car audio.

Guitars and drums create a calm intro.

A melody that calms your excited mind for a moment.

At the end…

Singer Jack Walker’s low voice flows out.

⌜

It’s nothing special.

It was no big deal.

It was just one of many things that happen in everyday life.

⌟

Just like you always did.

I translated the lyrics of the song in English to Suyeon.

Suyeon, who knew the content of ⌜Get back⌟ after listening to my explanation several times, leaned towards me and began to listen to the song comfortably.

⌜

I’m not special.

The sun rises during the day and the moon rises at night.

As if it wasn’t some great miracle.

This was a random thing that everyone experienced.

Among the countless people walking down the street.

There is no one who has not experienced darkness.

They all live with empty hearts.

⌟

As I listened to the song with my family, I arrived at COEX before I knew it.

Suyeon, holding my hand and her father’s hand with the other hand, leads us to the entrance of the aquarium.

Suyeon smiles brightly when she sees me.

I gently stroked my younger brother’s head.

⌜

As if nothing had happened.

Just go back to where you are.

Silently they are going back.

⌟

The aquarium was huge.

Numerous fish greet us inside the huge glass window in the form of a tunnel.

Unknown tropical fish pass by me.

It might be the fish friends I saw on the uninhabited island.

“and! “Oppa, look at that!”

“where?”

“excuse me! excuse me! That’s a manta ray! “It’s so big!”

As I looked at Suyeon’s fingertips, a huge stingray caught my eye.

Manta rays live for over 80 years.

Suyeon was looking at that place with sparkling eyes. She wondered what she was thinking and asked me.

“But brother. Why is there only one manta ray? “What about your family?”

I had no choice but to give an appropriate answer to Sooyeon’s innocent question.

“maybe······. “I guess you came here alone.”

“That’s so pitiful. “I’m sure it would be lonely if I stayed here alone.”

“Maybe so. But Su-yeon has a very beautiful heart. “It’s amazing to see that you think so much about it.”

“no. no. brother. I only said that because I wanted that fish to be happy here too. I came here alone, but I hope you stay strong and do well. Luckily, my friends are here too.”

Suyeon quietly looks at the manta ray.

Coincidentally, an aquarist feeds a manta ray while swimming around the aquarium.

The manta ray, hesitant at first, accepts the fish on the end of the aquarist’s pincers and eats it.

Everyone lives.

No matter what you go through.

It’s about getting back to where you belong.

Suyeon looked inside the aquarium for a while and then pulled my hand twice.

When I bow my head slightly, he whispers very softly.

“brother. I’m so happy today. It’s so nice to come here and have fun with my family. “How is your brother?”

I am······.

I answered without the slightest hesitation.

“Oppa, I’m happy too. “I was able to come and have fun with Sooyeon and my parents.”

“Hi-Hi. As expected, my brother is like that too. “It sure seems like we brother and sister have something in common.”

“······ I really think so.”

“Then shall we try to enjoy a little more happiness?”

“how?”

“Let’s go eat! It’s already 11:30. “Actually, I’ve been thinking about kimbap since five minutes ago.”

“Tsk tsk. “Did you?”

“huh!”

Suyeon takes my hand and proudly takes the lead.

I followed Suyeon and only briefly turned my head.

The manta ray that was being fed by the aquarist disappeared somewhere.

In that empty space, the waves swaying above were reflected and sparkling.

Very beautifully.

Just casually.

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For a week after the announcement of ⌜Get back⌟, Jack Walker did not do any major promotions and continued his activities by appearing on various stages as an opening act for anyone.

The old-fashioned way of running with your own body.

Since the era of streaming and social media, there has been no singer other than Jack Walker who has promoted a new song with such an ineffective strategy.

Jack Walker did not consider the size of the venue or the level of the singer.

So sometimes I would stand on a small stage, and sometimes I would be the opening act for singers less famous than Walker or for new singers.

He just stood on ‘as many’ stages as he could.

And such actions truly helped the headliner performing the main act.

“thank you! Singer Walker! “It was great publicity for today’s performance!”

“It’s nothing special. On the contrary, I am grateful that they called me.”

“But the stage is too small… Plus, it doesn’t cost a penny or two to get here from LA.”

“I just came because I had a flight to catch. “It wasn’t anything great.”

“is that so······. Then, the next time singer Walker needs help, I will definitely help! “Thank you for today!”

Jack Walker boarded the plane again while seeing off the new singer.

He no longer had to take a 14-hour car ride to get around.

I didn’t have to worry about my old car’s engine stopping, and I didn’t have to open my wallet for fear of running out of money for taxi fare.

Even if it wasn’t necessarily number one, having the experience of being listed on the Billboard in the US meant that.

Jack Walker spent time on the plane checking the schedule with his manager.

next day.

The place Walker went to was a small city in Arizona, located in the southwestern United States.

Instead of going to Phoenix or Tucson, which are big cities in Arizona, Walker came here.

We rented a car, drove through a wide, dusty plain, and arrived at a small outdoor performance hall.

Inside, Walker hurriedly walked.

January weather in the southwestern United States was not that cold.

Cool fall weather.

Walker started by interviewing reporters waiting in front of the waiting room.

‘At that time, even though I wanted to become famous, it was really difficult…’

now.

Because of Jack Walker’s eccentricity and the power of the song ⌜Get back⌟.

The media company came to see Jack Walker first.

The interviewer asks:

Why on earth are you so obsessed with only the opening act?

Jack Walker answers.

There is no great reason.

I just do this because I want to and because I can.

Walker did not provide a detailed explanation.

After finishing the interview, Walker went up to the stage.

‘I said the expected audience would be about 1,000 people.’

The stage hasn’t changed much since then.

However, a different reaction is received from Walker.

“Waaaaaa!!!”

“Jack Walker!!!”

Get back.

Only after a long time has passed.

came back here

Jack Walker looked back.

In a corner of the still staircase stage, there was no one but an acoustic guitar.

Jack Walker walked over and sat down.

I can hear the audience cheering.

The venue staff who received the signal plays the MR of ⌜Get back⌟.

There were no problems with MR.

A sophisticated, yet flashy track fills the concert hall.

This song is so dangerous that if even one track is missing, you will lose your balance.

In some ways, the melody of ⌜Get back⌟, which can be easily mistaken for a gap, could only be completed by the vocalist.

Jack Walker embraced his acoustic guitar to the fullest.

He sang while pointing out the same guitar chords as the MR chords.

His emotional voice fills the concert hall.

⌜

Even while performing on that high stage.

Even if you get lost in the dark.

There are times when you need to get back on track.

⌟

He closed his eyes.

And I thought about the past for a moment.

⌜

Because this world is like that.

Walk down the road using the moonlight as a compass.

The road that I thought was gone and lost.

Actually, it’s still there.

⌟

His thoughts drifted further and further into the past.

The first time I stood on this stage.

As the opening act for the band ⌜Desert 21⌟.

I thought back to the time I stood on this stage with producer Miller.

⌜

To where I was.

To where you were.

There are times when you have to go back.

We can laugh there.

by force. But seriously.

⌟

Jack Walker…

I have now realized that the person I am now is not much different from when I was in my late teens.

⌜

There are times when I remember that time.

Even for me when I returned home.

Sometimes darkness comes.

Loneliness without end. Pain beyond imagination.

When you face the longing in the dark.

Suddenly I found out.

Because I was so happy at that time.

Even now, I just feel the longing.

⌟

The heat of that moment still remained inside Walker.

Nothing has changed.

⌜

Look around using the moonlight as a streetlight.

There are people waiting for me.

I have to reciprocate their smiles.

sincerely. sincerely.

You have to get back to where you came from.

⌟

Jack Walker sang at the top of his lungs.

As a young man who has not changed since then.

but.

Unable to overcome the passage of time, a singer in his 40s sings.

⌜

Fireworks decorate the sky.

The stage lights shine on me.

You can’t just stay there forever.

I have to go back. I need to get my place back.

⌟

A singer in his 40s had a family, friends, and colleagues.

Besides that moment, he had many precious things accumulated.

⌜

Laugh with me.

Cry with me.

Rejoice and grieve with me.

Because they are there.

The moment has come when I have to go back.

⌟

MJ was talking to me through ⌜Get back⌟.

I have to come back.

Where you need to be…

It’s now, not then.

I shout to you to keep that time in your heart and move on.

⌜

When darkness comes and encroaches on me.

What saved me was the moonlight in the darkness.

That light resides in me.

That’s enough.

I didn’t forget it.

You have to raise your head and look around.

With the moonlight in my heart.

I have to say hello to those who were waiting for me.

⌟

Jack Walker opened his eyes.

About 1,000 spectators were looking at only one person.

I’m only looking at the singer on stage.

‘I wanted to see this scenery together.’

‘I am like this…’

‘I’ll try to comfort you…’

‘I hope this song can be heard there.’

Jack Walker put all his current emotions into the song.

Just like I’ve been singing for today’s stage.

I gave everything so that there would be no regrets.

⌜

Now we are saying hello to the full moon.

I came back to a warm home.

In the middle of the night, without me even knowing.

At home with moonlight shining through the window.

It sings quietly of happiness.

For everyone in this world.

On this stage where everyone is present and there is no one.

To get us back.

I sing of happiness.

As if nothing had happened.

As if nothing had happened.

Come back alone.

I found today.

With everyone.

⌟

Billboard charts are compiled every week.

⌜DreamSounds⌟ took that period into consideration and released ⌜Get back⌟ on the music site.

Today is exactly one week since Jack Walker began his career as an opening act.

⌜Get back⌟ quietly charted on Billboard’s HOT 100, which can be considered Billboard’s main chart.

Under the name of a singer named Jack Walker.

Under the name of a composer named MJ.

and.

Under the name Mark Miller, which is embedded in MJ’s name.

They leave their mark on the billboard.

Without any great promotions.

Only with the power of the song and the singer.

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“MJ? Who are you talking about? Micheal Jackson? Mick Jagger?”

“No, I guess he’s a new composer.”

“what?”

“It seemed like he was a Korean composer. A good composer came out. “Here on the billboard.”