Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 116



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 116

116. New Song Mission

“I’ve been watching you on Instagram. Your next album promotions are going great. So, are you filming a music video this time too? With a female protagonist in it? It seems like it’s definitely necessary!”

Before going into the recording of ‘My Favorite Girls’.

Ye-seon Ha, whom I met in the waiting room, asked me playfully.

“I heard the production team is already struggling. Whether to continue the prequel universe or introduce a new face.”

In response to Seongjun’s answer, Yeseonha puffed out her cheeks slightly and said.

“Wow, a new face… This playboy. I’m hurt.”

This is a comment that could easily be misunderstood if heard by someone who doesn’t know.

However, their managers, who already knew of their friendship, did not pay much attention and just chatted amongst themselves.

“Well, I guess I need to talk to your agency too.”

“Yes, just talk. I will definitely participate even if it means adjusting my schedule. I can’t give in. It’s been a while since we’ve reunited. The fans will also be looking forward to the preliminaries of Universe.”

“As expected, senior. You are full of loyalty.”

“Loyalty… Yes, well. Let’s just leave it at that for now.”

Ye-seon-ha lets out a small sigh.

Two managers along with them.

Only Seongjun tilted his head as if he didn’t understand English.

And after a while, the actual recording started.

Behind Sungjun and the mentors sitting side by side,

I see a lot more audiences than ever before.

This is the on-site evaluation team that visited for recording today.

In their hands, buzzing with anticipation, each of them held a placard representing the girl they were cheering for.

Soon, Ye-seon Ha appeared on stage.

“Wow, this is a preliminaries. So cool!”

“This is my first time seeing a celebrity, and I’m crazy…”

Her playful appearance in the waiting room is nowhere to be seen, but her calm and dazzling beauty draws exclamations from the audience.

Ye-seon Ha, who smiled leisurely at them, introduced the 6th round mission.

“There is only one hurdle left until the final round where the final debut members will be decided.

Only the girls who survive the semi-finals held today will be able to advance to the final stage.

The subtitle of the 6th round semi-final mission is ‘Potential’.”

This is a stage where trainee girls must prove their potential as global idols.

The girls, divided into two teams, will face off twice.

A global K-POP mission where you must perform a song that is loved worldwide and has gained huge popularity with a music video that has over 100 million views.

Also, for the first time in 6 rounds, it was a new song mission where the ‘Favorite Girls’ competed with two new songs produced by themselves.

And the special face who participated in today’s recording was someone related to this new song mission.

“Today, we have a special mentor. Mentor Zeek, who is the composer and producer of this new song mission.”

“Hello, this is Zeke.”

The girls were given two new songs.

Two composers participated in this.

The first composer among them was none other than Zeke, the final winner of the previous ‘Who’s the King’ competition.

This was a winning privilege and contract condition provided from the beginning of the program.

The goal was to increase the connection between ‘Who’s the King’ and ‘My Favorite Girl’ and maintain the buzz.

Meanwhile, there were many different opinions as to who should be the other composer.

“How about getting a song from a hot HYPE entertainer named composer these days?”

“Hey, that’s not it. We have an in-house songwriting team at MXM Entertainment. Why don’t we just compose a song together and pick a song?”

“Then it would be ambiguous to show it on TV.”

“Well, what about hiring foreign composers? It’s time for us to collaborate globally like other entertainment companies. It’s also cool to be on TV.”

“We must abandon such cultural chauvinism!”

The debate went on for a long time, but since each side had a convincing argument, it was not easy to reach a conclusion.

If we were to summarize the intersection of what everyone was saying, it would be like this.

It will be a domestic composer,

Among them, he is also a male composer,

You need to have some fame that can be showcased on TV.

I couldn’t help but sigh at the difficult conditions.

What kind of person is that···

“···Huh? Wait a minute. I think there’s one person?”

A light bulb went off in my head.

He is a proud son of Korea,

We have a strong contractual relationship with MXM Entertainment,

(At the time of the program production planning) the brand power was being built up in a very noisy manner.

“There’s Seongjun!”

Even Sungjun was the contestant with the largest fandom on ‘Who’s the King’.

We were also considering casting her as a mentor for ‘My Favorite Girls’.

Everyone agreed with the brilliant idea someone came up with.

“Yeah, it would be much better if it was a picture of a mentor giving a song!”

“If it’s Sungjun’s song, the public will have high expectations too!”

“Why did we forget about Seongjun?”

Meanwhile, someone raised a voice of concern.

“But Sungjun, you can make good idol songs, right?”

“Some members of the public may look at it with suspicion.”

I know he’s a great singer-songwriter, but idol songs are a different genre.

But there was an appropriate distribution of this.

“I don’t think you have to worry about that. Anyway, Ziggy will be in charge of the traditional idol songs, and Sungjun can be asked to sing songs with a different band sound, so there won’t be a problem.”

Knock knock knock. The decision is made.

That was the hidden mission that was given to Sungjun a few months ago along with the offer to be his ‘favorite girl’ mentor.

And as time went by, MXM Entertainment’s decision was proven right.

Because the songs ‘Snowdrop’ and ‘Cherry Blossom Road’, which Sung Jun participated in composing, were huge hits.

In addition, rumors spread throughout the industry and communities that the comeback song “Salgeum” by girl group Mimyosoyeon was the best of all time, and the public also had high expectations for the idol song that Sungjun would present.

Anyway, let’s go back to the semi-finals.

For both the Global K-Pop Mission Song and the New Song Mission Song, the songs and parts were distributed through an audition format.

Last week, the trainee girls presented all four mission songs they had prepared for their mentors.

Based on the mentors’ judgment, they assigned songs and parts that would suit each person better.

“As this is a semi-final, I plan to focus on the charm and energy that only you possess.”

Special mentor Zig conveyed his determination to be a judge.

“Then, nine girls, please come up on stage.”

As soon as the girls appeared on stage, the on-site judges erupted in passionate cheers.

“Iharu!!! Let’s debut no matter what!!!”

“Heaven, your face is the future of girl groups!!!”

“If Hye-min doesn’t do the main role, who will!!!”

In addition, each person kept shouting out the names of the girls they were rooting for.

In the midst of the heated atmosphere, the semi-final evaluation method was introduced before the stage.

“The rankings are determined by adding together the global voting scores and the stage evaluation scores.”

And the girl who placed last will suffer the bitter taste of elimination.

Next, the global voting scores collected over the past week were released.

It wasn’t all of them, it was the top 5 voting rankings, which was the same as the number of debut members.

5th place, Eunhye Min

4th place, Alice

3rd place, Jin Ha-neul

2nd place, Nangpa

Since it was a global vote, it was inevitable that foreign nationality or mixed race trainees would show a stronger presence than domestic female trainees.

What is encouraging is that Jin Ha-neul, who started in 5th place in the global vote, has been slowly but steadily rising in the rankings.

The girl who won first place was the unwavering Iharu.

“I will work harder to live up to the interest you have given me. I love you!”

After Iharu’s comments, the real semi-final stage began.

The first mission to unfold is the new song mission.

The two composers prepared songs in different styles.

[FEST], a song in which Zeke emphasizes flashiness in his usual style.

On the other hand, Sungjun also showed off his strength, his excitement, in the song [BLOOM].

Among the two new songs, the [FEST] team was the first to take the stage.

“Tonight, our own FEST!”

As the song’s title, ‘Festival’, suggests, the atmosphere was full of excitement and excitement, and the girls’ splendid performance and high notes erupted into cheers.

The mentors’ reactions were similar to those on site.

“It’s so gorgeous I can’t take my eyes off it.”

“I got goosebumps. Look at the hairs standing up on my arm.”

Likee praised, and Zexy also expressed her admiration by sticking her arm out.

The favorable reviews continued in the individual evaluations that followed.

“Trainee Lee Haru is the best when it comes to songs that require this kind of playful style. Every time she appears, she completely turns the atmosphere upside down. Her energy was really good.”

“I want to praise trainee Eunhye Min. Even though the choreography is intense, the main vocalist held the center well, so I think the stage was stable overall.”

Seongjun puts down the microphone and turns his eyes away.

The place my gaze was directed to was the waiting area at the stage side.

At the end, there was the [BLOOM] team, who were watching the [FEST] team’s stage while waiting for their next turn.

Among the girls assigned to his song, Jin Ha-neul stood out.

His expression was a bit tense because his colleagues had received so much praise.

at that time,

Was it a coincidence? Jin Ha-neul and Seong-jun turned their heads at that moment and their eyes met.

Seongjun’s lips moved silently towards her.

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one side,

“Wow… You did really well…”

[BLOOM] team members who were watching the opposing team’s stage opened their mouths and applauded.

The flashiness that stole the audience’s attention was flashy, but the level of perfection put on by the two aces in dance and vocals was amazing.

“Ugh, we can do it too.”

Someone lets out a trembling voice.

“It’s okay. We’ll do well too. Let’s just show what we’ve practiced.”

The one who answered the words full of concern was Jin Ha-neul, who was in charge of the new song mission and the leader.

The eldest sister Jin Ha-neul’s affectionate yet reassuring words once again spread a sense of relief within the [BLOOM] team.

However, Jin Ha-neul’s heart, which had reassured his team members, was pounding harder than ever.

‘There are so many spectators.’

So far, there were only mentors and production staff.

It is the first time that an on-site evaluation team has been present.

That’s why I can’t shake off the tension.

‘In times like this.’

Jin Ha-neul has her own routine to calm her mind.

When I see Mentor Seongjun, strangely enough, all my other worries disappear.

The desire and will to hear his praise swallows up all the petty worries and tremors.

So this time, I was sneaking a glance at the mentor stone to get the Seongjun buff.

‘uh?’

I don’t know why, but Seongjun was looking this way.

Thanks to that, our eyes met.

At that moment, Sungjun’s lips slowly moved and he conveyed something word by word.

Go for it.

And then Sungjun immediately turned his gaze back to the stage.

‘Are you cheering me on now?’

Jin Ha-neul’s eyes widen.

Meanwhile, without realizing it, the tension that had been plaguing his chest until just a moment ago had stopped.

And that empty space was quickly filled with a surge of excitement and confidence.

It was a more powerful buff than ever before.

At this moment, a loud call was heard from the stage.

“Next, we will meet the [BLOOM] team on stage.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Jin Ha-neul and his team members stood up vigorously and headed to the stage.

MC Ye Seon Ha asked Sung Jun while looking at the five girls lined up in a row.

“[BLOOM] composer, mentor Sungjun, can you explain what kind of song this is?”

“Yes, [BLOOM] is a song that I came up with to match the theme of this 6th round mission, ‘The potential hidden within me.’ I created the melody and lyrics with the idea of ​​a flower bud that was unable to bloom yet blossoming into a beautiful flower.”

“I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of stage it will be on. Let’s meet up right now.”

The stage is illuminated at the declaration of preliminary round.

The girls gathered together and took their places in the center of the stage.

Jin Ha-neul stands in the center, and four girls stand around her on all sides.

All five girls have their eyes closed calmly, creating a mysterious atmosphere.

“Oh, I have a feeling. I’m looking forward to it.”

“Actually, I was most curious about this stage.”

“You too? Hey, me too.”

The on-site evaluation team is quietly mumbling.

at that time,

Charrrrrr-

A refreshing bell sound was heard.

[BLOOM] The team’s stage has begun.