Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 60



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60. See you soon

I heard an overview of ‘W Celebration’ from Wishes.

An event that will present awards in each category for webtoons currently being serialized on ‘Wishes’ at the end of the year.

However, it is said that a new award, the ‘OST Award’, has been established in the awards category.

That means,

– When considering internal voting and fan reactions, the current [Cheonma Hwansaeng] OST ‘Aengyeonmu’ is a strong candidate to win the award.

So we are inviting composer DeVoice to the event!

– As the composer may have already seen, after the ‘Aengyeonmu’ MV was released, it entered the top 10 of the Kiwi charts. Off the record, I think it’s safe to say that the composer will definitely win.

‘Aengyeonmu’ broke into the top 10?

I didn’t know.

I just made sure I made it to the top 20 and didn’t really pay attention after that.

Because I’m concentrating on producing the EP.

When I checked later, I saw that ‘Aengyeonmu’ was indeed ranked 10th on the Kiwi chart.

[Kiwi TOP100]

···

5th place (-) One Step Behind (Drama ‘Your House’ OST) – Yeseonha

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10th place (↑3) Flower Dance (Webtoon ‘Reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon’ OST) – D.Voice

‘Is this true…?!’

My heart began to pound.

Of course, it may be partly due to the popularity of the number one webtoon on demand, [Cheonma Hwansaeng].

But it is true that a song he wrote, composed, and sang himself made it into the Kiwi Charts TOP 10!

In addition, the OST for ‘Your House’ that he covered is now ranked 5th.

This also made me feel indescribably proud.

– Hey, composer? Can you hear me?

“Oh, yes. I’m listening.”

I was lost in thought for a moment and then came to my senses.

When we returned to the call, the person in charge announced the date and location of the ‘W Celebration’ event.

– Next Wednesday at 5pm, at Gangnam Kunsthalle. Dress code should be semi-casual, please. There will be an awards ceremony.

I checked to see if it might overlap with my EP schedule, and luckily it was empty that day.

After talking to ‘Wishes’, I relayed the schedule to the management team.

The person in charge said he understood, congratulated me, and offered some advice.

– Wow, Wishes W Celebration! Seongjun, you’ve got a lot of work to do this year-end! But don’t overdo it! Your debut is just around the corner!

As you said, it seems like it’s going to be a really crazy year-end.

Cha Seong-jun was thinking that he should raise his stats if he had any stamina left.

*

The next day.

I finished the 4th track, ‘Eraser’, using [sampling].

Actually, I already made the demo,

There was no message indicating that the mission was successful.

So I tried various things and made some more improvements, and finally the system reported success.

[You have acquired Activity Enhancement Ticket X 1]

“The mission difficulty has definitely increased.”

It means that they won’t easily give compensation for a poor song.

However, from Cha Seong-jun’s perspective, it was actually good.

I feel more confident about the quality of the song because it has undergone rigorous self-verification from the system.

Anyway, the activity to be upgraded this time was the same as last time, [Study of Mars], which can raise the [Composition] stat.

[[Mars Study (+1)] activity is strengthened to [Mars Study (+2)] activity.]

The detailed strengthening element also chose [Increased probability of stat level up].

[[Composition] Stat level up probability increased.]

[3% > 7%]

With this, the probability of leveling up the [Composition] stat through neglect has increased to 7%.

If you strengthen it one more time to make the strengthening probability more than 10%, it will still be quite efficient.

With momentum, they quickly started working on the last 3 tracks.

Song title, [Manual Love].

It tells the story of lovers who start to feel bored as they meet each other more and more out of a sense of duty.

The concept was inspired by the movie ‘We Break Up Tomorrow’, which I once saw and was deeply impressed by.

First, I write down the lyrics as they come to mind in a notepad.

Start your day by waking up in the morning and asking if they slept well.

We’re both busy working at lunchtime, so we meet up in the evening and go to our usual restaurant.

After that, I watched a movie, had a drink, and dropped my lover off at home.

Finally, the same old date where you come home and talk on the phone before going to bed.

The two of us have become so formal in our relationship that it’s like a manual.

Now I even doubt whether my current feelings are love.

But it’s sad to break up, and it’s boring to continue.

You and I manual love.

“Well, I think these lyrics are enough.”

The rest can be refined after the melody comes out.

Meanwhile, contrary to the somewhat bitter lyrics, the mood of the song is intended to be bright.

It was Cha Sung-jun’s humorous and witty interpretation of the boredom between lovers.

After that, I focused on working on the song and completed track 3.

This time again, the results were very satisfactory.

After sending the completed tracks 3 and 4 by email, I notified MXM Entertainment.

The person who answered the phone sounded panicked.

– Yes? Already? I’ll check!

Then, like last time, he said that he would send me the recording schedule after finishing the mixing/mastering work.

The person in charge doesn’t stop there and delivers one more piece of news.

– By the way, we also had something to contact you about. Director Choi Seok-yong sent us the synopsis for the music video.

“Oh, already?”

– I’ll send it to you by email right now, so please check it. And as you know, it’s prohibited to leak it to outside parties, right?

After exchanging friendly ‘Already?’s, we ended the call.

Cha Seong-jun opens his mailbox and checks the synopsis.

The story of the music video, arranged by Choi Seok-yong based on the concept he requested, was expressed in a dozen or so sentences and a rough storyboard.

If I had to summarize the synopsis in three lines, it would be like this.

Nam-ju, a barista, was making coffee.

By chance, the female protagonist, who is his ideal type, comes to visit him as a guest and he falls in love with her at first sight.

After that, he appeals to her by making her various types of coffee.

In the meantime, there will be scenes where Cha Sung-jun plays the guitar and sings.

“Wow… Pros are different after all…”

The simple list of keywords uttered by Cha Seong-jun was reconstructed into a story with a narrative after passing through Choi Seok-yong.

With the continuity added, the scenes can be imagined naturally.

Meanwhile, as I was reading the synopsis, the female protagonist caught my eye.

The role was to show various facial expressions while drinking coffee of various flavors and aromas to the lyrics of the song ‘Drink me like coffee’.

“Well, then it doesn’t matter who the female protagonist is?”

It is expected that the performance of the music video will be affected by which actress the female lead attracts the most attention.

Needless to say, the more well-known an actor is to the public, the more favorable the bet will be.

Of course, it would be difficult to cast such an actor in a new artist’s music video.

The attached file to the email also included a list of actors who were in contact as candidates for the male and female leads.

So I checked the profile with anticipation.

however,

“uh···?”

A familiar name caught my eye.

As a former member of the girl group ‘Pink Rose’,

An actor who asked me to cover the OST of ‘Your House’.

And it was ranked 5th on the Kiwi chart that I checked yesterday –

“···Preliminary?”

*

The recent popularity of the drama ‘Your House’ is extraordinary.

It means that it was already popular, but it is even more unusual.

Enough to reach a viewership rating of 22%!

And it wasn’t the main male or female lead that was the driving force behind this popularity.

The main character is none other than the play’s supporting female protagonist, ‘Mijin’.

This is because Mijin’s character OST was covered by a YouTuber named Devoice, and it became a huge hit.

In particular, the explosive popularity was ignited when a certain talented fan made a fan-made video of a cover song by DeVoice.

The synergy created by the hazy voice of Devoice combined with Mijin’s point of view where she can only watch the male lead from a step behind was amazing.

The supporting character Mijin, who was just a so-called hanger-on, is starting to be re-examined!

Thanks to this, the popularity and interest in Mijin and Ye Seon-ha, who played the role of Mijin in the drama, skyrocketed.

From some point on, half of the bulletin board shares were owned by those two.

Mijin’s portion was too short, and there were even requests to connect the male lead and Mijin.

When things got to this point, ‘Your House’ couldn’t just sit still either.

“I… Author, what should I do?”

“What should I do? I think the answer has already been given.”

Of course, when it comes to dramas, the quality of the work is important, but if I had to choose something more important, it would be the viewer ratings.

And the biggest share of those viewer ratings is Mijin?

“I’ll fix the script a bit. Everyone wants to see Mijin, so I have to show them.”

Naturally, the conclusion had to be to increase the amount of insufficient information.

Thanks to this, Mijin, who was the secondary female lead, began to be given more narrative power.

As a result, she now has a fandom large enough to rival that of the main female protagonist.

Meanwhile, the preliminary round of the Mijin Station also enjoyed the full benefits.

“Seonha. I saw a beauty commercial. Do you want to take a look? Oh, and what about the drink commercial from last time?”

“Sister, I got a call from PD Byun from the entertainment department today. He said that after the drama ends, I want to do a program with him.”

Suddenly, advertisements started flooding in, and there was a flood of love calls from entertainment shows.

So these days, every day is filled with happiness.

In Ye-seon-ha’s heart, one wish was growing bigger and bigger.

That wish is-

‘I want to meet and thank you, Devoice!’

Since I entrusted him with the OST, all the luxury we have now has been unfolding.

Therefore, I have reached the level of a fan of DeVoice, a DeVoiceholic, and even a devotee.

Of course, I look for his articles and news every day,

I was keeping tabs on the trends of the devise without letting it be known through the manager.

Meanwhile, the manager brought a flyer from somewhere.

“Sister, I heard that DeVoice signed with MXM Entertainment and is preparing an album?”

“What, an album? Are you officially debuting as a singer?”

“I’m not sure, but it’s a rumor. Anyway, so you’re looking for a female lead for the upcoming music video? The director is Choi Seok-yong, who is known for his music video skills.”

“Can I get a synopsis, please?”

“I thought you’d ask anyway, so I brought it over. Here it is.”

Ye-seon-ha accepted the synopsis handed to her by her manager.

The story is about a man who is a barista and woos the female protagonist while making her coffee.

It’s refreshing and fun to compare one’s charm to coffee.

So the song title is-

“uh···?!”

The moment he saw the title, Ye-seon-ha’s eyes widened.

She is the one who collects news about the device with her eyes wide open.

So it was only natural that Kadera also knew that one of the ‘Who’s the King’ contestants might be a DeVoice.

But the song that the contestant sang was,

[Drink me like coffee]

It matches the song title written in the synopsis.

‘This is… unconditional?!’

Ye-seon-ha’s heart started beating faster.

This is someone I wanted to meet somehow and express my gratitude to.

He also revealed his intention through an interview with Lee Jun-min of ‘The Star News’.

But because he was so mysterious, we had a hard time meeting each other…

I never thought I would be able to see it this way.

Ye-seon-ha, who had calmed down, spoke to the manager.

“Talk to the CEO and tell him that I will definitely film this music video.”

“Yes? But the pay might not match? After all, they’re new, so the production cost is-”

“I have to match it with Devoice-nim. No, tell him that I can take it without a guarantee.”

“No, no guarantee…?! Are you serious, Unnie? You weren’t drinking, were you?”

“I’m completely serious. And what kind of liquor is this? You want to get in trouble?”

The manager, who had avoided the glares of the preliminaries, called the CEO.

After watching the scene for a while, Ye-seon turned his eyes back to the synopsis in his hand.

From now on, you should definitely learn the concept in advance so that you can show a more professional appearance on the day of the music video shoot.

That was the attitude I should have as someone who wanted to repay Devoice and as a fan.

‘See you soon, Devoice.’

Ye-seon-ha’s face brightened with anticipation of meeting Devoice.

Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 61