Damn Idol - Chapter 199



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Fucking Idol Episode 199

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Title : STAGE

Artist: Sedalbaekil

Track : 13

Track List

01. Show must go on

02. Stage (Title)

03. 3AM

04. Through time

05. What we drank last night

06. Back in time

07. Down force

08. One & Only

09. Winter Cream

10. You know, I thought about it.

11. Dream Chaser

12. DuDuDuDeDe

13. Time Traveler (Bonus)

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The moment the sound source for 3 Months and 100 Days was released at midnight, the buzz exploded.

As Han Si-on predicted, Ryan Entertainment’s plan to compete based on initial sales volume went down the drain.

When Sedalbaekil did not release any music, the only metric to compare the two groups was album sales.

But can that last forever?

The moment the sound source is released, it can be compared in terms of sound source performance, and since they appear together on M Show’s music show, it can also be compared in terms of stage quality.

This was a result of the arrogance of a successful planner.

The public is not a being that can force assembly and dispersal.

As things turned out this way, it started to feel like the curtain had properly risen on the 3-month-old vs. mixed way show.

‘These sons of bitches… … .’

Max Ho Choi thought that Se Dal Baek Il had released the song at the right time, but that wasn’t the case.

It’s about time the sound source was released anyway.

No, rather, it’s a little late.

Originally, we planned to release it online in the second week after its release, but it was postponed due to the trend of unboxing unit albums and second albums.

But as the third week came and went and the mixway started to take over, interest in the unit album waned.

The only exception was the album by Han Si-on and On Sae-mi’s unit On & On.

The popularity of unplugged albums, which exclude electronic sounds and consist only of pure instrumental sounds, did not easily disappear.

It didn’t catch fire all at once like Choi Jae-sung’s album, which led the trend, but it burned slowly and steadily.

As evidence, On & On has been occupying the 7th and 8th places on the weekly charts for several weeks already.

So memes created by fans of Han Si-on and Lee Ion have spread.

-Going forward, the music chart rankings will be 5, 6, and then 9.

-Agree. 7 and 8 belong to On & On.

Thanks to that, something fun happened.

Whenever choreography is needed, Sedalbaekil has always requested choreography from famous dance teams.

For the dance team, Sedalbaekil was a client that was enjoyable to work with.

First of all, the communication process was simple because the company’s representative, composer, and singer requested the choreography.

Not only that, the song is good.

For K-pop choreographers, whether a song is good or bad has a lot of influence.

Songs that make you happy even when you listen to them tend to have good choreography, but choreography that is forced for money is often not enjoyable.

Moreover, Sedalbaekil was a team that had no complaints about the difficulty of the choreography.

For these various reasons, the relationship between Sedalbaekil and the dance teams was quite good, and they were especially close with the teams that worked together in the early days when they were being controlled by Ryan Entertainment.

Unlike the teams that were reluctant to accept the request for three months and one day in the early days due to concerns over Ryan Entertainment, they are now feeling regretful.

However, when they uploaded their content on YouTube, they used ‘five, six, nine, ten’ as a beat counting method.

There were no comments on the video, and Sedalbaekil’s name was not mentioned, but it was still a recognizable signal.

-Oh, didn’t Teacher Mary create the choreography for this activity song?

-Yeah, that’s the same signal.

-What kind of song are you going to promote?

-First of all, the STAGE is confirmed. Because it’s the title song.

-Yeah yeah yeah yeah

-I think it’s a bit odd that people who create choreography for so many groups are favoring just one group…

-Me too…

-What are you talking aboutㅋㅋㅋ When you make choreography for other groups, you upload cover videos of themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ And you promote them too.

-Originally, choreographers said that their previous clients were their favorite idols.

-That’s “capitalism”, you punk.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

But the public, Sedalbaekil, and even Ryan Entertainment put music show activities as a secondary priority.

What was important now was the music chart rankings.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋOh my gosh, look at the real-time charts lining up.

-But this is something that all high-level stones do, lol. You’ll have to see if it’s reflected in the daily chart to know.

-No, it’s not easy to line up from midnight. Usually, fandoms start lining up after 2AM.

The sound source of Sedalbaekil, which was released at midnight, started to flow down from the top of the real-time charts.

Of course, as someone said, the real-time charts were a place that was influenced by the firepower of the fandom.

But as someone else said, it wasn’t easy to line up from midnight.

Because from midnight to 1am, it’s a time when not only fandoms but also the general public are active.

furthermore…….

The charts are not arranged in track order.

1- Winter Cream (new)(hot)

2- STAGE (new)(hot)

3- Passing time (new)(hot)

4- Time Traveler(new)(hot)

5- Show must go on(new)(hot)

Winter Cream, which ranks first, is track number 9, and the title song is in second place.

3rd, 4th, and 5th places were also tracks 4, 13, and 1.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋThe 3-month-100-day album is always like thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Right lol Even in the first album, there was a summer cream flying around that I never thought of.

-I’m a newbie who just recently got into the group, but isn’t it because Summer Cream is their promotional song?

-No, it wasn’t a Summer Cream promotion song. It was just that they promoted it at the event because it was so popular.

-Yeah, it was a fun activity lol

-Oh, here are some screenshots.

(picture)

1- Summer Cream (new)(hot)

2- Pin Point (new)(hot)

3- Holiday (new)(hot)

4- State Of Mind (hot)

Pin Point was the title track, and State of Mind was a pre-released song with an MV.

However, Summer Cream and Holiday are lower level tracks that did not have any activity compensation.

It was a case where I became popular simply because I liked the song.

So, I was able to look at it from a similar perspective even now.

In particular, it was obvious that Summer Cream and its sibling Winter Cream were in first place.

-I really like winter creamㅋㅋㅋ

-No, it’s closing time for the ski resort, and you’re playing this kind of song…?

-I guess it’s a winter cream because it was made in the winterㅠㅠ It’s almost springㅠㅠ

-Wow, if this came out at the end of the year, it would have been heard more on the streets than carols.

TT, a fandom of Sedalbaekil, sent as much support to Winter Cream as they did to Summer Cream.

-Wow this is crazy bonus trackㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Time travelerㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-I couldn’t write Titiㅋㅋㅋ

-It seems like Zion’s taste is reflected!

-But these days, they call it Titiㅋㅋㅋ

More support was given to the thirteenth track, Time Traveler, which is also a bonus track.

It’s not that unusual to include fan songs on an album, but it’s also not unusual for fans to like them.

Especially now, when it comes to fan songs of such incredible quality, it’s impossible not to like them.

Of course, most of the TTs had already purchased the album and listened to the songs before the online music distribution.

So the reactions that are coming out now are reactions that are meant to be shown to the public.

Why?

-Don’t you think the second album is better than the first?

-I honestly can’t tell which is betterㅋㅋㅋ

-Look at those kids who were talking about the sophomore jinx or something shutting their mouths lol

It was because I was confident in the quality of the second album.

There are too many cases in the entertainment industry where a singer has a successful debut and then their follow-up album flops, or where one movie is a success and then the sequel flops.

There may be many reasons, but the biggest reason was the halo effect.

When expectations are 0, everyone screams when an 80-point score comes out, but when expectations are 100, it is disappointing when an 80-point score comes out.

In that sense, the expectations for Sedalbaekil’s second album were not 100, but 1,000.

Maybe it was just that.

It was because the self-made album was too successful, and the unit album was also too successful.

So, it seemed like it would be difficult to satisfy the public with just any work… … .

It wasn’t Han Shion.

-Honestly, I can’t deny that he’s extremely selfish and dogmatic, but I do acknowledge his composing ability.

-Yeah, it’s a necessary evil.

So even individual fans (especially Lee Ion) who dislike Han Si-on seemed to acknowledge Han Si-on’s abilities this time.

Although he doesn’t acknowledge people, it’s hard to deny his composing ability.

Of course, that’s not the case for everyone, and there are still those who curse Han Shi-on.

However, it was not difficult for those with a modicum of rationality to guess how burdensome it must have been for Han Si-on to prepare his second album.

The music from Sedalbaekil released at midnight like that began to build up a formidable index on the real-time charts.

Since the real-time chart at dawn is called the fandom’s time, there was even an attempt by Mixway’s fandom to block the three-month-hundred-day by launching an all-out offensive.

But it was impossible.

The fandom’s actions and cohesion were stronger in Mixway.

This was because people originally became more active when they felt a sense of crisis.

On the other hand, TT has been supporting for several weeks since the unit album, and if you expand your horizons, you have been supporting since the self-made album.

Moreover, surprisingly, Titi did not feel any particular sense of crisis.

Because they are people who are well-versed in idol culture, they know that ‘comparing initial impressions’ is meaningless.

-Our kids didn’t even get to have a fan signing event ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-That’s whyㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-I’ll catch it in a different wayㅠㅠㅠㅠ Just like last timeㅠㅠㅠㅠ

So while Mixway’s fandom was making every effort to turn the real-time charts upside down, Titi remained calm.

1- Winter Cream (new)(hot)

2- STAGE (new)(hot)

3- Passing time (new)(hot)

4- Show must go on(new)(hot)

5- You know, I thought about it (new)(hot)

Because there was no significant change in the real-time chart.

It’s true that the rankings are fluctuating and changing, but they are all changing within the second album of Sedalbaekil.

“… … I wonder what the daily chart will be like.”

“Wouldn’t one of them stay in the top 3? Our indicators were good too.”

“If I’m not in the top 5, I’ll have to avoid the CEO… … .”

Even after work, Ryan Entertainment employees would look at the charts whenever they had time.

Because I know that this result will have a direct impact on the company atmosphere tomorrow.

The real-time chart and the daily chart are not closely linked, but looking at the firepower of Sedalbaekil, it is certain to rise on the daily chart.

The question was how to maintain the top position.

Since the release date is slightly more advantageous at 3 months and 100 days, it is a good chance to be in the top 3.

Even if you’re only in the top 5, you can still scrimp on indicators and make a fuss about them.

But if it’s not even in the top 5, that’s a bit of a problem.

The Ryan Entertainment staff fell asleep with that thought in their head, then went to work the next day and waited for the daily chart update time.

The company is quiet.

Perhaps not only them, but also the higher-ups, and perhaps all members of Ryan Entertainment were waiting for the daily chart update time.

And finally the charts are updated… … .

“ah.”

A new employee who had just started working sighed indifferently in an extremely quiet office.

-11. Please

Because the title song of Mix Way, which had ranked first, was at number 11.

I was pushed down a whole 10 steps.

And the songs from 1st to 10th place were all included in Sedalbaekil’s 2nd album STAGE.

That wasn’t all.

“Ha… … . I don’t want to go in.”

The next day, Mixway’s title was pushed down to number 14.

This isn’t even a real-time chart, but the top 13 on the daily chart were all 3 months and 100 days.