Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 137



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 137

137. Easy but hard

Seol Hye-yoon is lying on the bed.

Her mind, staring blankly at the ceiling, was lost in memories of the ‘Star Friend’ filmed in Busan yesterday.

‘To be honest, I was scared at first.’

So when I suddenly received the offer to appear in Sungjun’s ‘Star Friend’.

After watching the episode where Yoru appeared, she was excited and wanted to enjoy dating too, but as the filming day approached, she became afraid.

What do you go and say?

I’m not even a celebrity…

Seol Hye-yoon suddenly realized that she was so helpless.

But given her personality, she couldn’t go back on something she had said she would do.

Even under pressure, I received a rough outline of the filming and the scenario from the production team and studied it diligently.

“Hey-yoon, are you worried about filming?”

Seongjun called to find out how she was feeling.

“I think we’ll just meet up after a long time and catch up and have fun. Well, if the conversation is awkward, so be it. The production team here is incredibly good at editing. They’ll edit it all out for us. But rather than that, what do you want to go eat?”

At those words, the burden that had been weighing on Seol Hye-yoon disappeared as if by magic.

On the day of filming, the conversation continued smoothly thanks to Sungjun’s consideration.

At first, the conversation was awkward, but as time passed, the tension eased and speaking became natural.

Afterwards, enjoy a drive with the clear blue sea on your side.

I also ate Western food, which I don’t usually eat, at a beach cafe with a breathtaking view.

After finishing the meal, we took off our shoes and walked along the round sandy beach.

The feeling of the waves rushing in and tickling my toes was so long ago that I can’t even remember.

To be spending such a moment with Seongjun…

Of course it was a photoshoot, but it felt like we were really enjoying a date.

‘Star Friend. It was good that you appeared.’

Well, there were some embarrassing moments along the way.

It was the same when I had to eat at a cafe with my helmet on.

Especially when walking on a sandy beach.

This is because, while others are enjoying playing in the water in swimsuits, a strange sight was created where a person wearing a helmet was walking around.

Naturally, as everyone’s eyes were focused on him, many people began to recognize him.

“Huh? It’s Sungjun! Awesome! He must be filming ‘Star Friend’!”

“The woman wearing a helmet next to her… Huh? Could it be the Dullahan couple, Shine?!”

I was so embarrassed that my face was about to turn red under my helmet, but I was still happy that I could walk on the sandy beach with Sungjun.

A smile spread across Seol Hye-yoon’s face as she recalled those moments.

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During this shoot, there was also a word from Sung-jun that struck a chord with Seol Hye-yoon.

“What are your plans for the future, Shine?”

To others, it sounds like a normal question asking about future plans.

However, this common question came to Seol Hye-yoon in a different way.

This is because she, too, has been worrying about the future direction of her life recently.

It was a cover song recording that started as a hobby.

Then, by chance, she tried writing lyrics at Sungjun’s suggestion, and both songs she worked on entered the Kiwi charts.

This song even took first place!

Of course, the success was due to the fame of Sungjun and Sisters, but the public’s praise for the lyrics was also abundant.

Other people sympathize with the lyrics I write.

I was also feeling the joy and fun that came from it.

Although she is now working at the company just like Sungjun did, the importance of ‘music’ within her is growing.

That feeling moved Seol Hye-yoon’s lips.

“···I’ll come back with better lyrics again.”

This was the answer that made Seol Hye-yoon jump into writing lyrics in earnest.

*

Same time, back in Seongjun’s studio.

[Guild level increased from 1 to 2.]

[The number of guild members that can be registered increases from 1 to 3.]

A smile appears on Seongjun’s face as he checks the system message.

It can’t be helped.

“You can add two guild members!”

I thought the garden would increase by one person at most, but it was an unexpected harvest.

I’ve just brought up a list of available recruits.

[Artists available for guild recruitment]

Oh Jin-woo

Jin Ha-neul [BLIZ]

Lee Haru [BLIZ]

Eunhye Min [BLIZ]

Alice [BLIZ]

BLIZ [BLIZ]

A total of 6 targets, excluding those who cannot be recruited due to their level not yet being met.

Among them, Sungjun had already decided on the members to bring into the guild and had organized them in order.

“As expected, it’s these two.”

[Jinhaneul (BLIZ) has been registered as a new guild member.]

[Iharu (BLIZ) has been registered as a new guild member.]

The two seats of the prestigious ‘Sungjun Guild’ were decided to be taken by the main visual and main performer of ‘Breeze’.

The reason for selection was simple.

The first guild member, Seol Hye-yoon. Judging from the two personal missions given to her, it seems to be a mechanism that provides rewards such as ‘guild fame’ while encouraging the growth or achievement of guild members.

And in any case, the two members who will receive the most attention in the early stages of ‘Breeze’s debut will likely be given opportunities for growth, challenges, and, for example, broadcast appearances.

In order to receive more frequent missions, it was calculated that it would be advantageous in many ways to recruit these two people first.

First, I chose the tech tree of progressing through the fame work as quickly as possible, expanding the guild member garden, and then registering the remaining members.

‘I think it was very strategic.’

Seongjun was moved and proud of himself for finally coming up with a plausible strategy.

Well, anyway.

Flash-

After finishing selecting guild members, a light appeared on the studio background screen, indicating a new avatar was being created.

And the two 2-headed characters that appeared were wearing the same trainee training clothes they had worn during the filming of ‘My Favorite Girls’.

Among them, the avatar that resembles Jin Ha-neul is sipping convenience store coffee, and the avatar that resembles Lee Haru is showing off a waiting motion of swaying and dancing.

I think the sight of Seol Hye-yoon’s avatar wearing a Durahan helmet gathered together is really cute.

Until now, I didn’t really understand the hearts of gamers who enjoy collecting pretty girl characters…

Now, somehow, I understand a little bit.

“Now let’s check the characteristics.”

I clicked on the avatar and two character trait windows appeared.

[Jinhaneul (BLIZ)]

Perseverance

Expressiveness

Visual [Innocence] (★)

[Iharu (BLIZ)]

All-rounder

Gap Moe

Dance (★)

“I see. Then that’s true.”

As expected, visuals and dancing are the two people’s main characteristics.

Next, we focused on the individual characteristics of Jin Ha-neul and Lee Ha-ru.

First, Jinhaneul.

“Perseverance and expressiveness?”

‘Grit’ would be the tenacity that I felt when I saw her perform on stage without showing any sign of pain even when she hurt her ankle.

Expressiveness was once Jin Ha-neul’s weakness, but he overcame it brilliantly during the survival show and it even became his special trait.

“I’m proud to be a mentor.”

A pleased smile appears on Seongjun’s lips.

Next, we looked at Iharu’s characteristics.

“Yeah, I admit he’s an ‘all-rounder’.”

Usually, the member in charge of dancing tends to have poor vocal skills.

However, Lee Haru showed off stable vocals even while dancing fiercely.

Other abilities are also balanced evenly across the board.

In that respect, it is clear that the characteristic of being an ‘all-rounder’ has been displayed.

“Next is ‘Gap Moe’.”

Sungjun guessed that it probably meant the contrasting charm that came from her powerful dancing skills that contrasted with her cute appearance.

While examining the characteristics of Jin Ha-neul and Lee Ha-ru, it suddenly occurred to me that the two of them had more characteristics than Seol Hye-yoon.

“Yeah. I guess so.”

Seol Hye-yoon is an ordinary person, not a professional singer.

On the other hand, since the two were trainees who had prepared for years to debut as idols, it was natural that they had different numbers of traits.

If you look at Yuna and Ye-seon-ha, there may be more than five or six characteristics.

Anyway, I finished registering as a guild member and checking my characteristics.

In Seol Hye-yoon’s case, a personal mission appeared at the same time as her guild member registration.

Jin Ha-neul and Lee Ha-ru’s mission did not appear even after time passed.

“Well, it will come up again when the time comes.”

Or maybe it needs its own trigger.

For example, meeting those two people in person?

Even without that, I was going to be seeing the Breeze members countless times soon.

Well, that’s because I was in charge of the title song of the five girls’ debut album!

And today, the day after Sungjun finished filming in Busan,

The reason I went straight to the studio was to compose the title song.

Because the duet that producer Shin Jin-hee, who is the general manager of the ‘Breeze’ debut project and is called the ‘legendary visual art director’, gave to him was approaching.

“Well, let’s first review the song concept again before composing.”

Seongjun opens the ‘Breeze’ debut plan on the desk and quickly and naturally finds the page with the concept description because he has read it countless times.

Basically, ‘Breeze’ continues the fairy world view presented in ‘My Favorite Girls’.

An emerald fairy forest where the mystical World Tree has taken root.

One day, the voice of the World Tree descends upon the forest dwellers who were living peacefully.

– Purify the human world that has lost its purity and become murky.

The main story is that the fairies who received the guidance sent the five purest and most innocent girls among them to the human world.

“As expected, it’s a bit daunting.”

If it weren’t for the clean and bright visual synchronization of the ‘Breeze’ members, my hands and feet would have disappeared.

Seongjun turned the page and checked the page that had the genre of songs that the pure fairies were aiming for written down.

[Easy Listening Pop]

That was all that was written on the page.

Unlike the previous full world view descriptions, there is only one word.

The rest is all white space.

It wasn’t that I didn’t have enough time to write it down, or that I didn’t have the sincerity.

Quite the opposite.

‘Mr. Seongjun, please make it as you wish.’

‘Shin Jin-hee’s thorough faith in composer Sung-jun’ was tightly packed in the form of ‘margin.’

A degree of trust and freedom that might have felt somewhat violent, something that would have been crushing under pressure if it had been another composer.

The pressure must have been doubled because the opponent was Shin Jin-hee.

However, Seongjun was different.

The absence of any restrictions or limitations suited his composition style, which allowed him to [use his power of association].

So, the chemistry between the trustworthy Shin Jin-hee and the free Sung-jun was top-notch.

“Shall we begin?”

After applying the buff as usual, I placed my hands on the keyboard.

Close your eyes lightly and the music sheet unfolds, and the fairies of inspiration, the Sinkerbells, lightly jump around on it.

‘I’m unique and enterprising!’

‘I’m so fucking sexy!’

We need to break away from the existing girl crush or sexy concept that appeals to women.

What we pursue is fresh and sweet innocence.

It’s a refreshing feeling that creates a clean atmosphere, just like the catchphrase of a beverage advertisement.

In terms of color, it’s pure white and refreshing light blue.

And the genre that expresses that purity is ‘easy listening pop.’

It is a genre defined as ‘a song that follows a melody that is easy to listen to and easy to remember’, but that doesn’t mean it should be old-fashioned or have a poorly structured song.

Rather, it must secure universality that combines both contemporary trends and retro, and the message the song is trying to convey must be conveyed clearly even with a simple melody, so there are more things to pay attention to than in other genres.

It’s an ‘easy’ song for the listeners, but a ‘hard’ song for the composers.

“It won’t be easy.”

Even as he mutters like that, the corners of his lips turn up.

It was a smile full of confidence and joy.

And then,

[A special mission has arrived.]

[Compose a title song for a new girl group.]

[Restrictions: Anyone can listen comfortably and sing along easily]

[Reward upon success: Broken music box mainspring]

A system message appeared, cheering on Sungjun’s challenge.

This is the third mission where the music box winds up.

I was just curious about the story behind Orpheus’ wife, which was saved as the second LP.

I’ve been waiting for the wind-up mission to appear because it’s so important to use the cutting skill at a crucial moment.

“Thank you, Bangsinki.”

Seongjun, who expressed his gratitude, began to fully demonstrate his [power of association].

‘Breeze’s’ own unique worldview and concept.

A genre called ‘easy listening pop’.

As a mentor, I have identified the voice tones, vocal skills, positions, and other individual characteristics and traits of the five girls.

‘To weave all of this together harmoniously…’

The wings of the sinkerbells flapped.

Along with that, Sungjun’s fingers began to jump across the keyboard.