Debut or Die - Chapter 30

Episode 030

A woman who came to the audience at the request of a friend was able to sit in the middle seat with a good view.

‘It’s a bit awkward.’

When the woman, who is seeing this for the first time alone, was embarrassed, the person sitting next to her spoke up.

“Who are you here to see?”

“yes? uh… Moondae Park?”

“ah… … . yes.”

The seat next to her holding the slogan < Raebin Kim Debut > in one hand looked her up and down, then quickly turned her head while looking at her smartphone.

“… … .”

I felt strangely bad.

The woman began to watch the first stage in a stout state, feeling like she was wasting her time and energy by coming here.

“The first stage… … . It’s < Fingerprint > from ‘Rolling Couple’!”

Along with the MC’s roaring introduction, the stage of the ‘Rolling Couple’, a mixed-gender idol who failed at the end of the second activity, was briefly shown on the screen.

It was a composition based on the pretext of ‘considering the unknown audience because it is a hidden masterpiece’ and ‘respecting the original singer’.

But in fact, it was intended to contrast the old idol’s unpopular stage with the current contestants’ stage.

“And the contestants who reinterpreted this stage… Ha Il-jun, Ji Tae-woo, Lee Se-jin, Seon Ah-hyun, Choi Na-hoon, Seok Hee-gang, and Choi Won-gil~ The ‘Gigantic’ team! Please enter!”

The stage screen of the original song suddenly turned off, and the profile pictures of the participants filled the screen one by one according to the name of the MC.

Then, the screen slowly turned off and the lights came on on the stage.

– The feeling you can feel when you put your palms together~

The big smiley face of Sejin filled the screen.

Tadanda –

And with the fast-beat electro house accompaniment, splendid choreography unfolded on stage.

‘wow… … .’

Unlike when I saw it on the screen, it felt more powerful because the sense of space of the choreography was alive on set.

It was even a little shocking for a woman watching an idol stage for the first time.

‘Shouldn’t I have gone to a concert by a dance singer rather than a ballad singer?’

She inadvertently regretted it and enjoyed watching the stage in front of her eyes.

“thank you!”

So by the time I applauded the exiting participants after the stage, I was completely excited.

‘Is this kind of fun?’

It was boring to wait for preparation time in between stages, but watching celebrities perform while the broadcasting equipment was running had a different taste.

The unfortunate thing was that the team’s skills fluctuated depending on the participants.

‘This team is a bit… … That’s right.’

The second team was disappointing, and the third and fourth teams were pretty fun.

Since she had never done the so-called ‘virtue’, she forgot about it, leaving only a lumpy feeling rather than a detailed appreciation of each stage.

First of all, the first team was the best so far, that was the impression left in my head.

‘Didn’t I tell you to vote for the two best teams on your way out?’

Once the first team was in one place, she continued to watch the stage.

The next teams also had their own concept and were fun, but they didn’t inspire as much as the first team.

‘Well, I’m a bit tired.’

In fact, the skills of the teams in the second half were not inferior to the first half.

It’s just that the freshness of the beginning disappeared and it started to get boring as I kept watching songs I didn’t know well.

In addition, the participant who was asked by a friend has not yet appeared.

‘Isn’t this the last team?’

Resisting the urge to turn on her smartphone, she concentrated on listening to the introduction of the next team.

“This stage… This is 〈Burning Like the Sun〉 of the band ‘Island of the Sun’!”

Then, a video that appeared to be a music broadcast from about 10 years ago appeared on the screen.

‘Ah this song.’

This is a cheering song I heard at a baseball field I went to with my baseball-loving friend.

‘Originally, that’s what it was called… … .’

It wasn’t as exciting as at a baseball field. I just thought it was a very high-pitched and difficult song.

She was surprised by the MC’s roaring voice while watching the vocals on the screen singing passionately without much inspiration.

“And the contestants who reinterpreted this stage! Ryu Cheong-woo, Lee Se-jin, Kim Yu-jun, Park Moon-dae, Yoo Ji-ho, Kim Rae-bin, and Cha Yu-jin!”

‘Didn’t I just say Park Moondae?’

She hurriedly stared at the screen again. The profile pictures of the participants appeared on the screen.

‘Ah, everyone knows them.’

There were a lot of famous contestants, so you were the last team.

She fixed herself in her seat with anticipation rising again. The cheers from the surroundings, many times louder than before, pierced my ears.

‘It’s really popular in the world.’

“The ‘Heroic’ team! I’m entering now~”

The stage went dark before I even thought the name was old-fashioned.

It was a black stage with no light from the screen.

The moment a ray of blue spotlight is put on it.

The image of a participant holding his index finger up to the sky like a gun barrel was revealed.

The tall black jumpsuit with a racing suit-like pattern absorbed the intense blue light.

In that hand, the red finger suit glistened in the light.

And a low voice was heard.

-Yah yah… Hero Time

[HERO TIME!]

Instantly, the same letters filled the screen.

What a profit!

The intense bass started tearing through the speakers with a blatant glitchy sound.

All the lights on the stage came back as if they were about to explode. And the seven of them started to move in perfect order.

“… … !”

Their outstretched limbs hit the floor and bent their bodies, unfolding an elaborate choreography like a knife.

They were all wearing black jumpsuits with different patterns.

Cha Yoo-jin, located in the middle, started singing.

– My heart is

burning

brightly like the sun .

-To reach high in the sky and

fly farther away

In the accompaniment where a typical band sound should flow, a heavy and intense dubstep sound was laid, leaving only a feeling of locking.

WOB- WOB- WOB- WEEEB-!

BRMMMM–!

and dance again.

Participants reaching out one hand moved as if they were doing martial arts.

She opened her mouth and looked at the stage. Something that moved more violently in his part caught his attention.

The choreography consisted of only large and clear movements without small movements.

The composition, which may seem monotonous and excessive, just became powerful thanks to the movement lines that change in the blink of an eye.

-There is only one thing to save the world,

ecstatic passion that burns.

Ryu Cheong-woo, wearing a navy blue hair band, sang the pre-chorus.

The chorus burst out at the moment when I thought it was a mixture of strange and wonderful choreography, like shooting something.

– Fly away! Until the day

I shine like the sun!

The participant, who spurred his legs forward and stretched out his high notes, had shiny blonde hair.

The bright yellow choker matched her as if she had made it with her own hair.

The participant was grinning while making that high note.

‘crazy.’

Is he a doormat? The woman reflexively covered her mouth.

‘You can’t take too many pictures… … !’

It wasn’t like that in the picture my friend showed me that he had taken!

Shouldn’t such a good and cute kid be taken like that!!

Beating down already formed low expectations had tremendous destructive power.

Besides, there was no business that beat the original taste.

‘I have similar taste to him… !’

As she was gaining a new realization, the stage entered a new phase.

Kim Rae-bin came into the seat that Moon-dae Park had left.

Goggles with purple lenses swayed near the collarbone.

-Rising like a star

Shining like the sun

‘Huh?’

In the original song, the high notes of the chorus should have been replaced with rap instead.

However, the remaining chorus melody did not disappear.

Instead, it was synthesized like a sampler and added with a crackling sound over a hip dubstep accompaniment.

A rap was placed on top of it, so the momentum of the preceding high pitch did not die. On the contrary, it felt more comfortable to listen to.

Moreover, since the lyrics in that part were old, the rap lyrics translated directly into English made the song more modern.

– It’s flying! This moment~

This is the time that burns like the sun!

-Take your wings

and fly up

Let’s catch up

to the moon!

‘and… … .’

A woman who was not familiar with the original song just said, ‘This way is better.’ I only felt the appreciation, but I definitely heard that the arrangement is much better than other teams.

And above all, the stage was just cool.

By the time the final chorus came out, she was leaning on her back against the stage, almost possessed.

– Fly away! To the end~

This time, Park Moon-dae and Kim Rae-bin sang the chorus as if they were exchanging each other at the end of the formation.

The choreography, which moves as if it were an integral part, looked like a wave.

Under the blue-purple laser light, the black jumpsuit doubled the feeling of a sci-fi comic character.

And the last high-pitched chorus.

– Save your world!

“Huh uh uh uh.”

She swallowed the moan that was about to come out.

Park Moon-dae, who raised his head in the white pinpoint lighting, seemed like he was going to save the world at any moment.

No, it was clear that he was being saved… !

On stage, with the final dance break, Cha Yoo-jin jumped out while doing a back tumble.

The body cut through the air and landed on the stage floor like a sequence in an action movie.

Took.

It was a very iconic superhero landing.

Over the rest of the top line accompaniment, a glitchy announcement-like narration flowed.

-Thank you for flying Hero Air today…

The boys on the stage slowly turned around.

And at the same time, the song ended with the thumb of one hand raised.

It was at that moment that she first realized that the surroundings were filled with great noise.

“Aaaaaaa!!”

“Aaaaaaa!!!”

All kinds of cheers and screams that I unconsciously ignored because I was concentrating on the stage rang in my ears.

What was even more surprising was that she was also screaming.

“it’s crazy!! Crazy!!”

The person next to her who had spoken to her earlier was screaming as if he would almost jump out of his seat.

The slogan in his hand was already crumpled and was shaking randomly, so he couldn’t play his original role at all.

In her head, the grinning Park Moon-dae, pushing the high-pitched pitch of Park Moon-dae, was endlessly playing behind Bak Mun-dae.

At the same time, she thought with her eyes wide open so as not to miss even a single cut of Moondae Park leaving in front of her eyes.

‘vote!! I have to vote!’

And above all, I was sure of one thing.

‘Unconditionally number one!! 1st place unconditionally!’

This team was a winner!

* * *

After the stage was over, the ranking announcement began immediately in front of the empty audience seats where the audience had left.

With the participants lined up in front of each team, the MC announced the next ranking.

“Third is… This is the ‘Heroic’ team that reinterpreted 〈Burning Like the Sun〉!”

“omg?”

“Hey, that’s nonsense.”

As soon as the MC’s presentation was over, it was filled with murmurs from all directions.

I stared at the screen with cold eyes.

‘I knew it would be like this.’