Debut or Die - Chapter 66
If I can’t debut, I’ll get sick to death Episode 066
I felt cold from the first time I met and talked to the agency staff.
He came from the planning and marketing team of another affiliate of T1, and was appointed as the head of the headquarters this time.
In short, this person is the head of the company’s business headquarters, but he has no experience in the entertainment business.
‘X feet.’
Fortunately, the content production team below it seems to be packed with experienced people.
“A world view?”
“These days, most idols aiming for a global fandom have a world view. huh? All of my young friends… You like cartoon movies.”
“… … .”
I heard a strong wind.
worldview? good night.
But if you say that you will release a new song within a month, can you start by talking about the world view? Even if it’s a single, you have to start talking about the song right away.
And Testa wasn’t in a hurry to see the world.
‘I made up all the character stories through the audition, but what kind of freezing sound… … .’
As far as I know, the worldview is about providing content for fans to immerse themselves in and play with, but < Azusa > itself is already digesting such content.
In addition, the members had already gone through the debut process, gaining public awareness and positioning.
This means that you only need to bring popular songs and sophisticated choreography from your agency.
It didn’t matter if I just had a rough idea of the world and built it up slowly while preparing for the next album.
‘Did you see a lecture or something?’
Recently, as the agencies have been appealing their own capabilities due to the stock issue, they have repeatedly brought up their worldview as if it were some kind of huge 100-year plan, and it seemed that this guy was also harsh.
‘It’s because of my career.’
What’s more crazy is that you work hard without knowing much.
“… Are we?”
“okay! I was good at watching the broadcast.”
The general manager praised each member for working hard on ‘Azusa’ and then made a bombshell remark.
“Well, just tell me now. We will do it with two of our active songs.”
“… … ?!”
“But at the company, I will only be in charge of one song. The other one will be handled by our talented testa, right?”
Of course, you will do the confirmation and correction yourself.
“It’s good to do it right like this according to our worldview, isn’t it? Self-produced!”
Self-produced idols are the trend, blah blah blah… .
I want to do everything that others say is good.
The image of a ‘autonomous and hip’ up-and-coming agency seemed to be coveted.
Of course, the members were taken aback, but like those who successfully finished Azusa, where Kwon Mo-soo was rampant, it didn’t stand out too much.
“Ah, thank you so much… … It might be difficult with our capabilities alone.”
“Uhm~ Of course, all the staff are together. you are free! Uh, the creativity and inspiration of an artist should be put to good use.”
“yes… … .”
The high-ranking person with a difference of more than 20 years old was determined, so Ryu Cheng-wu, who was trying to deal with it, swallowed his words with a bitter smile.
Kim Rae-bin’s expression is already dazed.
‘I’m out of my mind.’
While thinking about what to do, it seemed that he was fascinated by the amount of work compared to the period.
“Come on, we have a lot of work to do, so we have to get up now, right?”
“Yes yes.”
The general manager left the place after saying all he wanted to say. It was evident that he was happy that he had taken the time to take care of ‘Testa’ himself.
‘… Was the CEO also the nephew of the T1 owner?’
The future has already been drawn.
‘… … It will be difficult if I don’t place first in the open par this time.’
Looking back, I should have guessed from when T1 suddenly created a new agency in order to intercept the < Azusa > debut group.
‘It’s a yard that fights and steals… Of course, the preparation for the debut album, which was originally carried out by the original agency, would not have been possible.’
Thanks to that, it became like I had to make a new album right away.
In addition, since a person who is not familiar with the industry situation is sitting on top of the working staff, bullshit is rampant and the deadline is extremely short.
‘Well, I really want to quit.’
… Once again, I promised myself not to have high expectations from this company.
The situation was the same in a later meeting with a few people from the A&R team under the production team of the content production team.
These people haven’t come out with results yet.
… In fact, I did just that. It’s been less than two weeks since this agency was launched.
“hmm… For now, our worldview will go with the ‘school’ motif.”
“ah… yes.”
“I think you should think about it. hmm… … .”
There was no practical benefit other than just saying that the worldview was related to school.
“Of course, I am not saying that you should make songs at all. We will send you a candidate song right after our final confirmation, so please take a look.”
“yes!”
“How long will it be?”
“Oh um… I will be there in two days.”
Fortunately, these people basically had a crush on the Testa members.
‘This is how I see the virtue of the nationally successful audition.’
First of all, the basic pay was guaranteed, and personal favor was added to the group, so the treatment was more personal.
“You ask a lot of our opinions.”
It was to the point where Sejin Keun came out of the meeting and said this.
“Wow, isn’t that what it used to be?”
“yes!”
“yes!”
Unexpectedly, there was a strong reaction from Cha Yoo-jin and Kim Rae-bin. Seon Ah-hyun was startled.
“I’m not listening!”
“I don’t give you a say at all. The atmosphere that just doing your best as instructed is a virtue is so solid!”
“Ughhhh… … .”
Cha Yoo-jin and Kim Rae-bin seemed to have accumulated a lot because they were guys who had even recorded their debut song at their former agency and then collapsed.
‘The agency was doing well. maybe… Did the signboard idol go out with a lawsuit over a fraudulent contract and go bankrupt?’
It seemed that the two of them got caught up in the process and left the agency and appeared on the audition program.
“It’s a worrying part, but it’s a good environment to work hard. Let’s try our best.”
“yes!”
“yes!”
Ryu Cheng-wu laughed, checked the number of members, and got into the car.
There was little talk, but it was almost certain that Ryu Cheng-wu was the leader.
First of all, Lee Se-jin, who is the same age as the eldest, is not a person worthy of being a leader, and the agency prefers an elder to lead.
I’ll go through a plausible process through reality, but… that’s almost certain
I was not dissatisfied.
“I like the house~ … oh?”
“why?”
“Draw a doll!”
When Cha Yoo-jin first entered the living room, she saw the doll machine and ran to it.
It seems that the head of the headquarters had forgotten that it existed because he was calling people early in the morning and going out in a dream.
‘Thanks to that, the reaction is real.’
I went nearby and took a look. Cameras were installed both inside and outside the machine and turned around.
The robot vacuum cleaner reappeared and handed the card. It means to roughly pick out a doll and carry out the mission inside.
“Hmm, ‘Each doll has a testa member’s anonymous mission attached to it’ … Oh, I wonder.”
“Let’s draw!”
Most of the members were excited and stuck to the machine. First of all, Cha Yoo-jin, who first grabbed the steering wheel, piloted it.
“Yap!”
The result was a miserable failure.
“… The machine is strange.”
“Leave it to me~”
Keun Se-jin took over the joystick from Cha Yu-jin, who was downcast, and excitedly moved it. And also failed.
“That’s right. The machine is strange.”
Since then, countless failures have continued.
Amid lamentable excuses from those who couldn’t accept the result, I politely declined the next hitter.
‘it’s bothering.’
If you turn around, someone will pick you up.
And it was Lee Se-jin who held the joystick.
“… What do you want me to pick?”
“rabbit!”
“Go puppy… … .”
And Lee Se-jin succeeded in drawing at once.
“… … !”
The moment the back of the fluffy brown rabbit’s head fell into the outlet, people accepted the result.
“Wow wow!!”
“Brother, your dexterity is amazing.”
“This was something I could pull out at once.”
“Can’t I pull out another one?”
However, the claw machine had already stopped working.
It was probably a household machine designed to automatically stop when one was unplugged.
Behind Kim Rae-bin, who muttered that he would pick them up tomorrow, the members clung to the rabbit doll.
When the doll was turned over, a card was attached to the stomach.
“Now then, who wrote what? … .”
[Watching a horror movie together~*^^*]
“… … .”
“… is it you?”
“Hey, no way.”
Big Sejin waved his hand. He was overflowing with confidence that he had written more usable content.
And Liu Cheng-wu answered calmly.
“Oh it’s me.”
“… and! That would be fun. Horror movie!”
“I look forward to it… !”
The embroidering of an elder I wasn’t very close with urgently created a warm atmosphere.
In the end, I passed the time that evening watching a horror movie. I streamed the movie to the public, concentrating on the popcorn. A scream rang through the goal.
It was a waste of time, but I felt comfortable.
And at dawn the next day, the demos for the debut title track arrived.
It was a painful time for the body.
* * *
“My ears hurt.”
It was Cha Yu-jin’s remark after listening to all the demo songs about 20 times with the volume turned up.
To that, almost everyone except Kim Rae-bin faintly agreed. I mean, he just nodded his head.
Those who were eagerly attached to the song because they were thrilled with the thought of it being their own song had spent all their energy listening to the song with excessive care for several hours.
“… Even if we listen more, it doesn’t seem like there will be any big change, so let’s do the first raise.”
“Yes~”
“Then start from number 1.”
That’s how I went to the last 11 times.
A slight trend was observed. It was similar to what I had already seen to some extent while working on < Azusa >.
First of all, Seon Ah-hyun and Ryu Chung-woo preferred medium tempo. In particular, Seon Ah-hyun liked lyrical songs.
And Kim Rae-bin and Cha Yoo-jin preferred songs with strong bass and rhythm.
Big Sejin first chose a popular genre. And I raised my hand only on the kitsch melody.
Lee Se-jin raised his hand on only one song, so I don’t know. All that’s left is me… It’s me, I just picked the ones that sound good.
It was a situation nonetheless.
It’s because I picked this characteristic with the ‘successful stage’ pop-up that appeared during the live broadcast of the last episode of < Azusa >.
[Attribute: Snatching Ear (A)]
-Does this song sound good?
: Masterpiece discrimination ability +200%
The grade was A.
It stopped and floated on a platinum-colored slot, one in every ten slots.
‘Even if I didn’t think about the grade, I had to keep this unconditionally.’
If you’re going to be in the music business, there’s no other trait that’s as useful as this.
Thanks to that, I abandoned the ‘I want to be a center’ trait that raises my stats by one level, but it was well worth it.
To be honest, I was worried about throwing out ‘It sounds right after hearing it’, but I thought I could use it in various situations, so I kept it for now.
‘It’s okay because I leveled up my missing talent stats through practice and stage achievements during the finals.’
So my current status window is like this.
[Name: Park Moon-dae (Ryu Gun-woo)]
Level: 13
Title: None
Singing: A
Dance: C+
Appearance: B+
Talent: B-
Characteristics: Infinite Potential After hearing it, you’re right (C) Bacchus 500 (B) Snatching ears (A)
! Status Abnormality: Points left to
death if not 1st place : 1]
The problem is that the song discrimination ability obtained this time is added at a fixed rate, not a flat rate.
‘In the first place, if I go blind, it means that the increase is ambiguous.’
It’s an area I’ve never been very conscious of, so I’m not sure, but it’s amplified to 300%, so I thought it would work to some extent.
So, the song I chose was… … .
“Then Moondae should only pick one number 7?”
“yes.”
only 7 times
This song was somewhat dreamy, but the beat was trendy and the melody was popular, so it was uniquely good to listen to.
‘The rest was weak.’
Development was sluggish or quickly exhausted. I don’t know music theory, but I just trusted my ‘ears’ and judged it.
Still, Kim Rae-bin’s eyes shone as if it was plausible.
“It sure seems like your brother has a good hearing ear. Number 7 is the most complete.”
“Hey, Rabin is too good~ Hyung isn’t good?”
“Oh no, I don’t mean that… … .”
When Kim Rae-bin was sweating at Se-jin’s joke, Ryu Cheong-wu smiled and sorted out the situation.
“Then, with a tie, there are 2 and 7 remaining. Let’s study around these two songs.”
“Yep~”
Number 2 was an easy-to-listen R&B song.
‘I didn’t raise my hand because I got tired of it quickly.’
Anyway, everyone agreed without a word, probably tired.
‘I’ll have to push number 7 a little more properly next time.’
As soon as I finished the morning like that, the call came in again.
It was a meeting with the content production team. I heard that the title song made by the company was selected.
‘… Isn’t it normal to discuss songs with the A&R team?’
I had a bad feeling this time, but I couldn’t avoid it.
And the song they came up with… …
“How are you? Are you okay?”
“… yes.”
the song was good
The problem is that they brought the concept of a baseball club to a disco song… … .
Going crazy.