Debut or Die - Chapter 28

If you can’t debut, you’ll get a fatal disease Episode 028

I’ll be honest.

If someone asked me if 〈Blazing Like the Sun〉 was a good song, I could answer that it was a good song.

However, if you ask me if this is a good song for an idol stage, I want to answer quickly and stop losing money.

Because this song has the lyrics and sound of a typical 2000’s rock band style… … .

You can trust me. I listened to this song every time I went to shoot idols pitching the first pitch.

This is just a fun band song that doesn’t go well with cheerleaders’ choreography. Also, the coolness of the extreme high pitch is an advantage.

as a result… The difficulty level of the arrangement was unbelievably high.

“… … .”

Can’t you pick out the characteristics related to composition? i need it right now

Regardless of my feeling of not having an answer, the conversation between the original singer and the participants was full of hope.

The other team members seemed to only know one or two verses of the song’s addictive refrain.

“Since we haven’t been active for a long time, we haven’t sung this song very much. I hope you all do it well this time.”

“We will do our best to make a great stage!”

by what means?

… no. Stop being stressed out unnecessarily, and if you don’t get beaten up in the editing, think of it as a normal hit and get away with it.

Even if it goes on like this, I think it will be possible to make a quick debut by catching small and medium-sized agencies.

‘Still, the stage… I thought I would pull it out to some extent.’

It was strangely sad. I don’t know why I put my heart into the stage when I didn’t start it voluntarily in the first place.

‘Even if someone teases me for being too immersed, I won’t have anything to say.’

“… … .”

… It was fun though.

good. Let’s be a little careful when discussing. Maybe another contestant might come up with a good idea.

The original songwriter left the set soon. A few days later, during the midterm evaluation, he said that he would practice with the trainer.

And the team members sat around and finally talked about the stage composition.

* * *

First of all, Ryu Chung-woo came up with a concept like an example answer.

“Wouldn’t the cheering squad concept be the best? It seems to suit the song, and it’s good to put in difficult choreography.”

“Cheerleading? ugh… … . Experience is a good thing.”

“I think it’s fine.”

“It will be exciting.”

A few people, including Cha Yoo-jin, responded positively. It was a nuance that it was okay.

“What do you think? Rabin is Moondae Sejin.”

Ryu Cheng-wu quickly looked at the team members’ reactions and took pictures of the three silent participants. including me

Rather than opening your mouth for the first time, it works better if you look at the situation later and pick out the words.

So let’s naturally look in the direction the other two are sitting.

“Should we listen to Sejin’s opinion first?”

“… … I think the cheering squad will look tacky.”

I hit you with facts until here.

So far, there has been no malicious editing, so Lee Se-jin’s uncooperative attitude has rarely been highlighted on the air.

Just looking at what he found while searching Bakmundae, Lee Sejin’s fans believed him to be a ‘sensitive hard worker who hides his face’.

However, Ryu Cheong-woo is an editor who is very good at editing, so Lee Se-jin might explode with editing this time.

In any case, Liu Cheng-wu was not very agitated. I just asked calmly.

“Then do you have any other opinions?”

“Because I don’t have that… I was trying not to talk.”

“Hmm good. I got it once.”

Ryu Cheong-woo immediately asked Kim Rae-bin the same thing.

“What do you think, Lavin?”

“I don’t know this song well, so I think I should listen to it first.”

“good. Then let’s play it once.”

When the given smart pad was activated, a chorus melody played on an electric guitar flowed out, starting with a classic drum introduction.

“… … .”

After everyone listened to the song with their mouths closed, Kim Rae-bin muttered first with a pale face.

“This… … .”

Someone finally noticed this disaster.

First of all, the lyrics were youth love hymns that were popular in childhood. In a good way, it means retro, in a bad way, it is old.

Of course, there was no distinctive concept like a flower fairy or a vampire, and it was ambiguous to attach it.

And because it was created based on a person who is good at singing standing alone, the octave of the chorus is so high that it breaks your throat.

What if you adjust the octave? The charm of the song will be lost.

This is because it is a song that appeals to the boldness of high notes that pierce the vocal cords.

“Hmm, the sound is very high. Did you find any other difficulties?”

“… … .”

Kim Rae-bin drew in his breath as if he were about to speak, then glanced at the camera before closing his mouth.

The last team match aired and he was beaten up due to a personality controversy, so he seemed to be paying attention.

“therefore… yes. The song is good, but it seems difficult to arrange.”

“okay? It must be really difficult to see you say that.”

Ryu Cheng-wu readily agreed. I think it was because Kim Rae-bin took the lead in arranging and choosing the right song, even though the broadcast failed in the last 1st team match.

‘In the late 2000s, mass-produced EDM songs were replaced with well-crafted EDM traps, leaving only sample beats.’

“Then how was Mundae?”

Finally it came to my turn.

“I think I have something to decide before the arrangement.”

“Like what?”

“Part distribution.”

Can’t see the answer in the song selection? Then the focus shouldn’t be on doing well.

It should be in a place where it doesn’t ruin.

I can assure you, I am the only one in the team who can properly sing the chorus of this song right now.

In order to digest this right away, I think I will try to rub it with an A- or higher in singing, but I was the only one in this team.

‘But I can’t sing all the chorus by myself.’

So, I had to cut the parts and start practicing right away.

Arrangement doesn’t seem to come out no matter what you bring, so let’s postpone it.

This is not the time to paint the big picture. It’s an emergency.

If you convey this explanation as mildly as possible, you get something like this.

“Since it’s a difficult song to sing, I think we should start practicing quickly.”

“Part distribution… Of course it doesn’t matter.”

Liu Qingyu looked surprised.

“But it’s surprising. In the last team match at Moon University, I heard that you asked us to decide on the arrangement first?”

“yes?”

It wasn’t even on the air, so I don’t know how I knew.

“Ah, I heard from Sejin.”

“… … .”

‘When did you even talk to Ryu Cheng-wu?’

Also, he wasn’t an ordinary guy.

“Rabin, you’re the best at arranging, so I’m asking. What do you think of Moondae?”

“… yes. it’s okay. As I practiced, I made several choices… I will think about it.”

Kim Rae-bin readily agreed. Although he looked like someone who observed a meteorite that would fall on Earth tomorrow.

“Well then, since we’ve heard all the opinions, we’ll proceed with a show of hands until we come up with a better idea.”

Liu Qingyu didn’t waste any time and straightened out the situation.

“First of all, the hand of the person who agrees to practice with the cheering squad concept.”

The majority raised their hands. I also heard it once.

Ryu Cheong-wu did not pay special attention to Lee Se-jin, who did not raise his hand, and moved on to the next agenda.

“Then, the hand of the person who can do the parts distribution first.”

Fortunately, this also passed with a majority. Seeing that even Lee Se-jin raised his hand, it seems that my explanation made sense.

Right before our eyes met, Lee Se-jin lowered his hand and averted his eyes.

“… … .”

Do you want to show that I agree with you and not with you? Why?

“good. Then, let’s start with the distribution of parts.”

It seemed that the distribution of parts was proceeding step by step, but soon we ran into a scheduled obstacle.

“I don’t think I will be here.”

“Oh me too… … .”

“This is too tall.”

The chorus high-pitched melody appears four times and takes up about half of the song.

However, all the team members except Park Moon-dae failed to call, or they grabbed their necks and became embarrassed.

A member of the team, who had a very good singing ability with a B+ in singing, was anxious about the deviation of the note, and eventually came up with ‘that’ opinion.

“I think it would be better to do it after arranging and lowering the key. Since we have two members who rap, how about adding some rap?”

I mean, let’s start with the arrangement. Damn.

“Lowering the height… … .”

Rabin Kim’s expression darkened. The already bad impression got worse.

But the trend had already turned.

“I think lowering it is right.”

“I agree.”

“Hmm, first of all, the team members should be able to digest it. How about lowering the key and arranging it to suit it?”

Rabin Kim glanced around and finally nodded.

“yes… Then we will do it.”

If I said I wouldn’t do it here, it was clear that I was going to lose it because I was afraid that I would be ruined by editing again.

In the end, the arrangement proceeded while reflecting all the inconsistent opinions of ‘lowering the key’, ‘adding a rap part’ and ‘accompaniment suitable for the cheering group concept’.

I wonder if these guys with no sense will perish so smoothly if their voices are loud.

It was as if the stage had already been ruined.

I did not object to this whole process. Anyway, even if I said it, I was pushed out of the page.

Even if you were lucky enough to trigger < It turns out you heard it right >, even if you said it without a suitable alternative, you would only become a dissatisfied seed.

Besides, ‘You can call me, so I’m going to go right there, right?’ When the same sound started to come out, there was no answer.

It was difficult for me to appear selfish even though I was appearing on TV like a guy with no social skills.

So I needed someone outside to tell me honestly that this was terribly ugly.

‘Is Jonber the answer in the end?’

The midterm evaluation of only verse 1 was three days later, and if the judges had ears, someone would tell them they were dumb.

Until then, I’ll try to come up with something alternative.

“Let’s make a choreography now!”

However, the choreography Cha Yoo-jin created that day along with that cry was a movement with a level of extreme difficulty.

Thanks to that, I had to resist the urge to put the rest of my stat points into the dance.

It was three days when my stamina melted away.

And finally, we entered the midterm evaluation.

* * *

“This team’s ranking is gorgeous~”

“Rabin sharpened his knife!”

“Everyone did well at the ranking announcement.”

From the mouths of the judges, the ranking first came out.

The production team may have told you to mention it in advance, but it is true anyway, so it will work as an expectation.

“Ah, did the demo song come out already?”

“yes!”

It was thanks to Kim Rae-bin talking directly with the arranger.

“It’s great~”

“Sure. This team is unique! It’s already not the original song, but the one they arranged.”

“As expected, it’s a team of talented people!”

The judges were already satisfied.

however.

“hmm… .”

After the stage was over, the reaction was lukewarm.

The judges, who shrugged and exchanged glances, finally grabbed the microphone one by one.

“Actually, your stage itself doesn’t feel that bad, right? But it’s not attractive.”

“that’s right. The choreography was well done. I can see some wit too. Well, the cheering squad concept… Well, originally, I should be singing along, but why are you so gloomy?”

“It’s a pity that the rap also came in too out of the blue. I touched the original song a lot, but it feels worse than the original song.”

As the evaluations piled up, the problems began to materialize.

Finally, as soon as judge Youngrin took the microphone, he asked.

“Who arranged it?”

I deliberately didn’t look at Kim Rae-bin. It was because the person who spoke out was the problem rather than one person.

But when I looked around, everyone else was staring at Kim Rae-bin, so it didn’t mean much.

“It was something we all discussed together.”

Liu Cheng-wu quickly grasped the situation and turned it into joint responsibility. And as a leader, he seemed to neutralize them by saying that he had led the team wrongly.

That’s a good decision.

But there are trolls everywhere.

“yes. and… The arrangement was done by Rabin.”

Are you going to cut your tail like this here?

‘Am I crazy?’

Doing something stupid like this while the camera is running?

Looking at it, it seemed that he was afraid of being criticized for having a confused face, so he reflexively gave him another name.

‘X haircut… .’

If you do it wrong, you will end up editing it as bullying.

I opened my mouth for fear of going wholesale.