Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 59



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59. Where are you inviting me to?

When we visited MXM Entertainment, the A&R team warmly welcomed us.

“Number 49, Seongjun, is here~ I’m enjoying watching ‘Who’s the King’.”

“People are really interested. It’s a big deal around me too. Thanks to this, I’ll probably see some promotional effects when I release my EP. Hehe.”

After some light small talk,

We started having meetings in earnest about producing a music video.

“First of all, we would like to propose producing an MV with the title ‘Drink Me Like Coffee’. After all, it became most widely known through ‘Who’s the King’ and the public’s attention is focused on it.”

“Yes, I thought the same thing.”

Both Cha Sung-jun and MXM Entertainment agreed on the same thing.

However, it has not yet been decided how many titles this EP will have in total.

‘Drink me like coffee’ is taken as default,

Regarding the selection of multi-titles, we discussed making a final decision after tracks 3 and 4 are released.

And one more thing,

“We are also considering shooting multiple music videos depending on the performance of the songs included in the EP.”

“Yes? I’m a newbie. Do you think the production cost will be okay?”

“Thank you for your concern, but it’s our job to solve it. Hahaha.”

He then bragged that he was ready to have a heated discussion with the finance team.

Also, the person in charge added that since there would be advertisers lining up to put PPL in music videos with the level of DeVoice, the production costs could be covered with that.

“We’ve also finished casting the director who will produce Sungjun’s music video. His name is Director Choi Seok-yong.”

The director who was in charge of the music videos for Yuna’s new song ’26’ as well as her previous title songs.

In addition, he introduced his history of working with numerous artists, including Sisters and Jay Jay, who appeared as a judge on ‘Who’s the King’.

Also, this director was originally difficult to cast because of the tight schedule for music video production.

They said that they were able to schedule the event because Director Baek Seok showed his sincerity by personally visiting Baekje Hotel and buying its homemade pecan pie.

Ah, I can’t resist the Baekje Hotel pecan pie.

“I will contact Director Baek separately to thank him.”

“I think you’ll like it. Anyway, we’ll first come up with the music video concept among ourselves during our meeting today and then pass it on to the director. Then, when the director sends us the synopsis, we can check it again.”

And Cha Sung-jun and the A&R team had a heated music video concept meeting.

*

A few days later, on Wednesday.

“Hey, what’s this?”

[Cheonma Reincarnation] I was shocked while watching the latest episode.

– Maon, what is the title of the song you are playing now?

When the female student in the heroine position of the work asks the main character, Cheon Ma-on,

Cheon Ma-on, who was playing the flute, answered faintly.

-······Cherry blossom dance.

And then we go into a brief flashback.

The past when I was a Heavenly Demon.

The song Aengyeonmu was created by a genius musician who was his friend after seeing the sword dance he performed.

To the sound of the flute played by the musician,

Under the falling flower petals, the Heavenly Horse happily swings its sword.

– A webtoon with the following content was drawn.

It was an unexpected surprise gift.

When I contacted Bihyung, he greeted me with a smile.

– I’m glad you liked it. By the way, have you not seen the music video yet?

“Yes? If it’s a music video-”

– [Cheonma Hwansang] The music video was also uploaded today.

After telling him I would call him back, I checked YouTube and found that the [Cheonma Hwansang] music video was uploaded just as Bi-hyung had said.

Up until now, the music video has been showing the overall story of the work by alternating between the perspectives of Cheonma-on and Cheonma.

Cheonma, who was on the verge of death after meeting the great army.

Next, Cheon Ma-on, a loner who wakes up while wearing a school uniform and getting hit on the back of the head.

Cheonma shows off his new skills against the martial arts masters of the past.

And Cheonma-on, who subdues the bullies in the same class one by one.

A heavenly horse playing a flute on a lotus pond,

Cheonma-on playing the flute under fluttering cherry blossoms.

Cheonma engages in a bloody, do-or-die battle with the man who was his greatest enemy.

Finally, he meets him again in this world and Cheonma-on dances the red sword dance once again.

“Wow···.”

I can’t help but exclaim in admiration.

I really thought I was watching the opening of an anime.

To that extent, ‘Aengyeonmu’ and [Cheonma Hwansaeng] were truly a fantastic combination.

‘Is this the effect of a music video?’

Music that was only heard with the ears becomes music that is seen with the eyes and heard with the ears, so its power of transmission is more than doubled.

Thanks to this, expectations for the ‘Drink me like coffee’ music video naturally rise.

The fans’ response was also good.

The number of views increases in real time by the thousands,

The comments were filled with praise for this music video.

– Watching the music video makes me cringe more than just listening to the OST!!

– Now, just listening to ‘Aengyeonmu’ makes me cryㅜㅠ It’s so sad when Maon reminisces about the past

– But then that unknown genius musician is a devois?

– If you even featured it in your work, I guess author Bihyung was really grateful to Devoiceㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Meanwhile, there was also talk of making it into an anime.

– But after watching the music video, I suddenly want to watch [Cheonma Hwansaeng] as an anime

– Real, wouldn’t something like [Cheonma Reincarnation] be possible?

– To do that, it’s honestly tough in Korea, and we have to export to Japan. Like [I Alone Amnesia].

– ‘I’m alone’, the anime has two cours now, right? I heard the third cour will be released next year.

– Wishes! Tell me about the production love that made Nahonbul!!

– [Cheonma Reincarnation] 1st day of animation origin

After checking the comments, Cha Seong-jun called Bi-hyung again.

“The music video is really cool. Are you really going to make it into an animation?”

– I really hope so. Hehe.

“I will also participate in the first day of the [Cheonma Hwansang] animation prayer.”

– If the anime is made, the opening song will be ‘Aekyeonmu’, so please take good care of it.

The two people laughed and joked around.

*

The next day,

Cha Sung-jun was working hard on a cover song for a jewelry brand PPL.

The song title is [Bling Bling].

As it is a jewelry advertisement, they chose an idol group song titled ‘Sparkling’.

“Unbutton only two buttons of your shirt.”

At the advertiser’s request, he went into the recording with two buttons of his shirt undone.

Every time she sang, the PPL product, an eighth note-shaped necklace, sparkled in gold.

This recording took a little longer than the last Mocha Sweat.

I think it’s because it took a lot of time to re-arrange a group song in which several people split up their parts and sing it into a solo song.

At first, I tried singing it by changing the vocal tone and singing style for each part like the original song.

however,

“Uh… It’s quite messy?”

There is no unity in the song.

Rather, it feels like a crude imitation of the original song.

It was my first time covering an idol group song, so it was a trial and error experience.

So, I took a quick look at a video of Seol Hye-yoon covering a recent Sisters song.

In her case, she used a method of fixing the tone to one, but leaving only differences in expression according to the groove or lyrics.

“Hehehe, let me do some benchmarking.”

Once I got the answer, it was a breeze.

Done in 30 minutes.

“It’s done.”

After finishing recording, Cha Seong-jun headed to the corner of the studio.

There, there were stacks of Mocari boxes that had been sent as sponsorship by Mocari Sweat separately from the advertising fee.

Cha Seong-jun picks up a bottle of Mocari and mutters as he opens the lid.

“I have to eat it diligently, or else I’ll just sprinkle some around.”

Seol Hye-yoon would have been sponsored just like me.

I wonder if he’d like it if I shared it with his A&R team who are working hard on his EP.

Meanwhile, just like Mocha Sweat, a jewelry brand also provided actual sponsorship.

That is the necklace hanging around Cha Sung-jun’s neck right now.

“Of course I appreciate Mokari, but honestly, I like this necklace.”

It was partly because of the luxurious-looking design, but the biggest reason was the eighth note shape.

The logo of ‘Bangsingki’ also happened to be an 8th note, so from the first time I saw it, I felt like it symbolized something about me.

So I plan to wear it around my neck like a good luck charm from now on.

It was when I was fiddling with the necklace.

Kotok is here-

The phone notification rang.

Basically, Cha Sung-jun sets his Kotok to silent unless he’s talking to someone really important.

I checked the opponent and it was Yuna.

– Oppa, I’ll send you a demo of ‘Snowdrop’!

Yuna sent me a demo!

“Oh, you came!”

When I played it through the speakers, the first thing that came out was the sound of the piano accompaniment.

Then the xylophone fell like snow over the accompaniment, and soon Yuna’s voice was added to it.

Cha Seong-jun’s eyes naturally closed.

Scenes from ‘Sleet’ unfolded like a movie over the blackened eyelids.

“······good night.”

Cha Seong-jun slowly opened his eyes and let out a low sigh.

Of course, he has delicate vocal skills,

The expressiveness is so great that it feels like she is singing her own story.

Besides, he probably composed the song himself…

‘As expected, he’s a top singer who can easily take the top spot on the Kiwi charts.’

While I was admiring, a long message arrived from Yuna.

– There are a few ambiguous melodies in the demo I sent you… Please listen to them once and if you have any good ideas, record them and send them to me! I’ll be looking forward to it, oppa!

Then, I wrote down the melody part in detail and sent it to him.

“Ah, so it was this part······.”

It was a section where even Cha Seong-jun felt ambiguous.

Of course, it is a good melody that would get 99 points out of 100, but

Still, it feels a little disappointing that it’s one point short.

By the way, I think we need to come up with a better melody here.

Suddenly, I am reminded of the Paradise Shopping Mall days.

At that time, a special mission suddenly appeared, so I rushed in without warning.

It turned out that it was Yuna, and now I’m working with her…

A lot has happened in the meantime.

“Anyway, let’s try to live up to your expectations.”

After shaking off the brief thought, I immediately activated [Emotion Buff].

[Henna Sticker – Purple (Excellent)] is also worn to express vague emotions.

A purple staff resembling the color of henna is drawn before your eyes.

The note fairies, flapping their wings like bees, also all wore purple hats.

The eyes and gestures of those fairies are also somehow soaked in excellence.

“These cute ‘Sinkerbell’ guys.”

Sinkerbell is a nickname that Cha Seong-jun recently gave to the fairies.

Because calling them ‘fairies’ just plainly felt a little off, the ‘Ting’ in Tinkerbell, the world-famous fairy, was changed to ‘Sing.’

Well, anyway.

When Cha Sung-jun tapped the butt of one of the sinkers with his index finger, the guy flew up and landed on the staff.

Then, as the other sinkerbells took their places on the staff one by one, the overall arrangement became one melody.

“It wasn’t enough to be love like snowflakes~”

Cha Seong-jun hums the melody implemented by the sinkerbells.

It feels good.

Meanwhile, as he finished singing, the sinkerbells rearranged themselves.

I’ll create another melody.

After repeating this several times, I finished recording the melody.

As a result of the monitoring, it seems that a very satisfactory melody has emerged.

Among them, I filtered out the 5 melodies that best fit ‘Jinnulkaebi’ and sent them to Yuna.

Now we just have to wait for the ‘demo ver.2’ she will send us.

It was while I was taking a short break.

Brrrrrr-

The cell phone rang.

Even a tiger will come if you call it, so I thought Yuna was calling to ask for feedback.

But that wasn’t the case.

“Huh? Wishes?”

[Cheonma Reincarnation] I was in charge of the serial publication site, ‘Wishes’.

We exchanged contact information during the last contract process.

When I answered the phone, the person in charge greeted me politely.

– Hello, Devoice composer. This is Wishes Global IP Business Division. It’s none other than······

After a while, Cha Seong-jun, who had heard the person in charge, asked back as if he could not believe his ears.

“Huh? You’re inviting me to the ‘W Celebration’?”

Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 60