When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 102

# 102

Blue Sky (2)

Looking at Ahn Hyeong-seo’s face, Do-wook nodded and smiled.

“that’s right.”

“really?”

“yes.”

Ahn Hyeong-seo was dumbfounded and focused more on singing. Kim Won was confused as he did not know why Ahn Hyeong-seo was surprised.

At the same time, they were nodding their heads and stamping their feet. Even though it was my first time hearing the song, it felt familiar as if I had heard it before, and the easy melody stuck in my head. A humming sound came out of my mouth without me realizing it.

For this 3rd full-length album, we decided to make ‘slightly easier’ songs from the planning stage.

‘Sorry but I Love You’, ‘Very Sorry’, ‘Windy Day’, ‘LAST DANCE’, and even ‘Howl’.

Including the repackage album, KK was already a group with five song titles.

In addition to giving the impression of being a performance-perfect group, K.K. has already been evaluated as a group that enraptures the public’s ears. The title of “a singer I trust and listen to” wasn’t awkward either.

They have even garnered praise from critics with their always sophisticated and trend-leading songs. In fact, KK’s music was about half a step ahead of existing music.

Therefore, it is understandable that its popularity will be weak, but because the strengths and weaknesses have been controlled very well, it has never lost its popularity while providing freshness.

Thanks to that, when KK released a song, songs of that genre came out in droves. It was that type of beat that the Brave Only PD producer used became popular.

However, the songs that came out sporadically later on were difficult to achieve success except for a few. Rather, it only made the public sick of it.

KK did not copy their own style, but rather continued to show new styles.

Therefore, the album production team and members, especially producer Dowook, had to agonize over the direction of the third album.

Like the previous albums, this album also had a lot of pressure to succeed by leading the trend with music that was half a step ahead.

However, Dowook thought differently.

‘We have built a sufficiently sophisticated image so far. To what extent….’ To some extent,

people in the industry even thought that what KK was doing was a trend.

In addition to the image of young, sophisticated members, KK’s involvement in the fashion industry further solidified this belief.

‘That’s not what we need right now. In order to get to the top….’

I had to overcome a group with a huge fandom called Sabang Shinhwa, and I also had to overcome singers like Lee Jin-ri who had the title ‘national’ in front of them.

In order to do that, we had to penetrate people’s ears wider and deeper than ‘Very Sorry’.

‘It has to transcend generations.’

Dowook’s conclusion was that in order to do this, he had to go beyond the main generation that originally listens to KK’s songs. Only by embracing that level would one be able to rise to the top position.

“Oh… I really didn’t know until the chorus came out.”

“What?”

After listening to the song, Hyeong-seo Ahn spoke and Won Kim asked as if he didn’t know something. Kim Won was giving a thumbs up and expressing that he liked the song.

“It’s a remake song.”

Kim Won blinked as if surprised.

“Remake? really? Ah don no!”

“yes. The original song is called ‘Blue Sky’ by Ji Mun-jeong.”

So what I chose was a remake.

It was a song that even people in their fifties today would know well if it was Blue Sky.

Do-wook already became aware of the power of remakes while working on the remake of Seo Tae-jun’s ‘To a Friend’.

It was an easy road to take. However, because it was an easy path, I could have fallen into many traps. Risk factors still existed.

The biggest problem arose when it could not surpass the original song.

Naturally, the songs that were remade were already famous and good enough. Since such songs are re-arranged, depending on the direction of the arrangement, there were numerous remakes that ended with only being criticized for being worse than the original.

I even heard people say they were tired of it. It was natural that the public would hear a song they had already heard many times again.

So Do-wook carefully considered which song to choose among the songs known to the entire nation. I exchanged messages with the album production team all day long and thought about various songs.

Then, Dowook set some standards of his own.

First of all, the song must be from at least fifteen years ago. That way, I would be able to avoid the feeling of getting tired of listening to it too much.

Second, the chorus had to be catchy. Even though it is an old song, a certain level of familiarity is essential to take advantage of it as a remake song.

We also had to find a song with lyricism and exciting rhythm that suited Koreans. A song like that was good to add KK’s color.

The song I found after setting those conditions was the song in question.

Although there were many very good songs among the songs in the paper, Blue Sky has never been remade yet.

That was also the best condition in Dowook’s opinion. Once Do-wook decided on the song, the album production team immediately began discussions with Ji-moon. The Blue Sky composer willingly allowed the remake.

Ji-moon also said that he would like to hear it at least once in the future.

“Wanna listen to the original melody!”

At Kim Won’s request, Do-wook told the story of the blue sky in Ji-mun.

Kim Won, who was listening to the song, looked as surprised as Ahn Hyeong-seo.

“I had no idea when I first heard it. “If you go to the chorus, you will completely understand!”

Do-wook raised the corners of his mouth and nodded, realizing that his intentions had been accurately implemented.

This is because that is what Dowook paid attention to when arranging the song.

While doing the remake, we never had to completely shed KK’s colors. Therefore, at the beginning, I deliberately used a beat that I often used and added a rap part.

So when I first heard it, I thought it was just an exciting song these days, but when I got to the chorus, I was like, ‘Huh?’ And I found myself singing along to the familiar melody without even realizing it.

“The song… what do you think it is?”

In response to Do-wook’s question, Kim Won raised his thumb again as if asking what he was asking.

“It’s a song exactly as we discussed. We can target a wider generation without losing our own uniqueness…! Dowook, aren’t you really a genius?”

Do-wook scratched the back of his head at Ahn Hyeong-seo’s words.

“What a relief. “The other members should like it too.”

“don’t worry! Thank you for your hard work. You must have been tired from all the way to New York. “I’ll study composition quickly, too.”

Do-wook laughed at Ahn Hyeong-seo’s words. In fact, Dowook always felt a little sorry for the members.

Success would be a good thing, but each person had different values. Some people may prefer a life of a little leisure rather than great success.

Dowook’s greed was largely responsible for KK’s schedule and activities running without a break. If things had gone the way they were, KK wouldn’t have achieved this kind of success, but instead, she wouldn’t have been so busy and pressured.

The good news is that all of the members feel a great sense of accomplishment as their popularity grows and they move up one level at a time.

Even if it was just words, I was grateful.

“I’m really studying composition.”

“i know. “Thank you, brother.”

“Thank you. “I’m a member of KK too!”

Hyeong-seo Ahn continued speaking after checking his phone where a message notification sound was displayed.

“Yoongi and the other members are coming to the dorm now.”

“is it so?”

“ok. Baekho hyung too. “I heard you’re bringing all the gifts from fans piled up at the company?”

“Ah…….”

Do-wook nodded and was thinking about playing the song to the members who would come soon.

“But Dowook.”

“yes?”

Ahn Hyeong-seo seemed a little reluctant to speak, but continued as if he had no choice.

“You… don’t you need to change your clothes?”

“yes?”

At that moment, Dowook looked his body up and down. Do-wook, who had been stuck in his studio for a few days working on the second half of the film from yesterday until today, was wearing a purple training suit.

The training clothes I had worn for three days looked a little shabby. The biggest problem was that the jjajang ramen soup that had splattered on my chest after eating it early yesterday morning was on my chest.

“haha. “I showered every day.”

Dowook muttered a little embarrassed. Since everyone was comfortable in the dorm, comments like this were unusual.

“No… well, it’s not that bad now. just.”

When Ahn Hyeong-seo, who spoke, looked even more sorry, Do-wook stood up casually and said, “I will change my clothes and come back.”

Ahn Hyeong-seo nodded at Do-wook’s words. Kim Won, who was standing next to him, seemed to have similar thoughts as Ahn Hyeong-seo, but he did not say anything and just smiled awkwardly.

***

While Dowook was taking a shower and changing into a new black training suit instead of the purple training suit, the members were already gathered in the dorm.

Dowook wanted to let the other members listen to the song that would become the title song right away, but there were a mountain of gifts piled up in the living room, and each member was busy sharing the gifts and letters they had received.

“Don’t worry so much, just take it slow.”

With his back to Do-wook, Director Oh Baek-ho was giving instructions to the members.

“You came…”

It was when Do-wook was about to say hello to Director Oh Baek-ho and the members.

“Hey, if you speak clearly, what will Do-Wook become?”

“no. “Did I say something wrong?”

It was Jeong Yoon-gi and Ahn Hyeong-seo. The two had been very close since they were trainees, and were the only members among the members who spoke to each other.

In fact, the strict rule of respect between older and younger siblings was a rule that existed when I was a trainee, and I don’t really care about such rules anymore, but except for Ahn Hyeong-seo, the younger siblings always treated their older brothers with respect.

As close as the two were, they also bickered a lot. The two people’s voices were so bad that I thought they were just bickering all the time.

Do-wook had no choice but to stop and hold his breath at the sound of his name suddenly coming out of Jeong Yoon-gi’s mouth.

“Wrong? That makes sense. “They think everything that comes out of their mouths is just words.”

“what. I wasn’t the one who cursed Dowook, so why are you doing this? It’s just like that. “Do-wook has as many gifts as the rest of the members combined.”

“So what. “What are you dissatisfied with?”

“I’m not complaining, it’s just the way it is. Dowook is said to be popular on his own. “I’m jealous!”

“You just sound envious right now.”

The tone of conversation between the two was becoming more intense. There was a spark in the eyes as they glared at each other.

Dowook couldn’t help but be embarrassed when he saw the gift packages.

Even before, it was an unavoidable fact that there were slight differences between each member. There was a possibility that there would be a war of nerves, but none of the members paid much attention. This was because they themselves understood why there was a difference. It became more so as time passed. It was inevitable that there would be differences in popularity.

Do-wook couldn’t even open his mouth to think that it was because of him that they were arguing like this. Moreover, in his opinion, the gift was too different from usual.

“hey. “What are you doing?”

Director Oh Baek-ho pointed to the two people and said. The atmosphere was actually becoming heavier.

“brother. What did I do wrong? “Because Yoongi only likes Do-wook…”

Ahn Hyeong-seo shouted as if it was unfair. The situation was taking an increasingly strange turn.

‘Did Ahn Hyeong-seo always have feelings like that?…’

It was a feeling that Do-wook couldn’t even imagine because it really didn’t show anything.

Hyungseo Ahn was also trying his best. However, Do-wook tried to understand Ahn Hyeong-seo, thinking that he might have felt sad because of this difference.

Dowook’s heart also became heavy because he felt like he could not take better care of his members. Only in this way could he become the reason for KK’s turmoil.

“Brother Do-wook, I will listen to you….”

“What! Are you on Dowook’s side too?”

“No, it’s not like that!”

Seok Ji-hoon, who was talking to Ahn Hyeong-seo while watching him, stopped talking when he saw Do-wook standing there in the dark.

Everyone followed Seok Ji-hoon’s gaze and looked at Do-wook. The atmosphere was getting out of control.

“Oh, uh…”

That was when Do-wook opened his mouth, feeling like he had to say something.

“Do-Wook, if you have eyes, can you see this? “These gifts are all yours.”

“brother! “What on earth is wrong with you!”

When Ahn Hyeong-seo seemed to be arguing with Do-wook, Seok Ji-hoon got angry and stopped Ahn Hyeong-seo.

“Man, are you really crazy!”

“I really mean you guys shouldn’t fight!”

“Ji… Jihoon, are you crying?”

It was a mess.

Jeong Yoon-gi and Ahn Hyeong-seo get angry. It was the first time there was a division among members. Seok Ji-hoon shed tears as if he couldn’t bear such a situation. Taehyung Park comforted Jihoon Seok.

“First of all… I’m sorry. “I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable, Hyungseo.”

It was a time when Do-wook had difficulty opening his mouth. I thought I had to somehow free Ahn Hyeong-seo from his heart.

It was then.

When Do-wook turned around at the sound of the front door opening, Kim Won, who had been away, came in. In Kim Won’s hand was a cake with a candle on it.