Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 97



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Raising a Neglected Singer-Songwriter Episode 97

97. The Uncle I Know

What appeared through the rainbow light was,

A turntable with a record on it, like a trumpet gramophone.

It was an antique music box in the shape of a -.

A classic design that spins the record and plays music when you wind it up.

I tried to get it to work, but I couldn’t find the mainspring.

Well, it’s a ‘broken’ music box.

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[Broken music box]

A music box of unknown identity.

But if you collect the ‘accessories’ and restore it······.

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“What is this? This is my first time doing something like this.”

It even ends with ‘······’.

What kind of explanation is this that leaves lingering feelings and question marks?

What on earth are the accessories?

“If you say to collect and restore, it means there is a place to obtain it.”

The moment I thought that I would have to get it through gacha like now,

“Oh, really?”

Seongjun, who remembered something, opens the inventory window.

Among the numerous items, there are a few that Seongjun didn’t know their use for and had put aside.

[gear (small)] [screw (small)] [spring (small)]

It was a mysterious piece of junk that Santa, the pet dog, brought back after a walk.

Just looking at the name, it didn’t seem to have anything to do with music,

Since there was no description written in the item description, I left it in a corner of my inventory for the time being.

But now that I look at it again, I have a strong feeling that it must be an accessory to this music box.

Just in case, I took them out and held them up to the music box.

Then,

Swish-

The item becomes transparent and is sucked into the music box.

Then, a system message appears before your eyes.

[I assembled the parts of the broken music box.]

[Current music box restoration progress: 15%]

Seriously, this junk was just an accessory.

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“If you put in 3 and the recovery rate is 15%, that means each one is 5%.”

That means, if we find 17 more parts in the future, we can restore the music box.

[Encyclopedia of Popular Music] is like that, and this [Broken Music Box] is like that too.

There is an increasing trend of items requiring time and procedures to obtain.

‘But the effect will be clear.’

Even this music box requires a whopping 20 parts.

I’m dying to know what kind of performance this item will have when it’s restored.

“We’ll have to wait for Santa to keep bringing us accessories.”

You can’t use the item right away, but

On the contrary, it feels good because it adds another layer of fun to playing idle games.

Afterwards, the remaining 9 SR and R grade products were also organized.

Most of them are duplicates, so it’s another silver coin piece.

“Anyway, I’m done with gacha now-”

Now it’s time to focus on making music.

As if opening a dictionary,

I pull out the knowledge from my head [Chapter 2 of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Popular Music by Genre].

The genre of the song we will be making for practice today is –

“Moombahton.”

A genre that mixes electro house music with reggaeton, which originated in Puerto Rico.

The song features a bold bass line and a dramatic progression.

Especially these days, it is trendy to combine this moombahton with many K-pop idol songs targeting the global market.

The BPM of Moombahton is usually between 100 and 110.

Thanks to this, it is easy to mix with dubstep and glitch genres that have similar BPMs, and it has wide potential for genre fusion, even to EDM and hip-hop.

In addition, it is a good rhythm for dancing to hip-hop bass because it emphasizes strong and weak beats, uses rhythm layback that pushes the groove back, and rhythm syncopation that pulls the groove.

To be honest, I’d only heard the name ‘Mumbaton’, but it was a genre whose concept was vague.

First, after opening Chapter 2 of the Encyclopedia, my understanding of the genre skyrocketed to a higher level, just like a Moombahton artisan who has been playing Moombahton for several years.

It is naturally drawn out what rhythm and what instrument to use.

Following that inspiration, I built a track on MIDI.

In just an hour, a song was completed.

The reason it took a little longer than usual is probably because it was my first time creating a genre.

Thanks to that, the melody is still there.

“Let’s listen first.”

Play the finished beat.

Dung dung chi dung dung chi

A kick performed in a 4 on 4 rhythm once per stop.

And the snare that follows the 2nd and 4th beats of that kick.

The addictive rhythm makes you move your shoulders without realizing it.

At the same time, the thick and sticky atmosphere unique to Moombahton is blended together.

The staff drawn by Inspiration was also dyed red.

The red-hot sinkerbell guys above are also showing off their sensual dance moves.

Among them, there are two guys who are dancing while sticking close to each other!

“Oh my, it’s hot.”

Seongjun, satisfied with the results, finished practice today.

*

A high school classroom.

A large male student jumped out and shouted while the students were chattering away in groups of three or five.

“Hey guys, did you hear that?! We have some amazing kids transferring to our school today!!”

“Who is coming and making such a fuss?”

A tall student with a sharp face asks a question, and a large man answers with trembling cheeks.

“Well, well! The king is coming, the king! KING Don’t you know KING?!”

“Which country are you the king of?”

This time, a short, little student asked.

Then the answer comes from outside the classroom.

“Which country are you the king of?!”

Suddenly-

The front door of the classroom opened wide and five transfer students in uniforms entered.

“Let me introduce you. We are the TOP 5 transfer students from ‘Who’s the King! Who Will Be the King of the New Era (高)’. One by one.”

“Who’s the king, the winner is Zeke.”

“Music experimenter Jinwoo Oh.”

“Hajimemashite, I’m from Japan. Nice to meet you.”

“Sweet cotton candy voice, Kim Simon.”

“I’m Sungjun, the star of the highest viewership ratings in ‘Who’s the King’. Nice to meet you.”

The opening of JBS’s ‘Knowing Uncle’, the pinnacle of Saturday entertainment, began with a lively introduction.

“Wow, they’re celebrities!”

“I also watched it live every week!”

“Really? Don’t lie.”

“I’m not lying! I’m a star!! I’m a baaaaaaaaa!!! I saw it all!!!”

Kang Ho-don, the main MC of ‘Knowing Uncle’ who screams ‘Ppaaek’.

Someone even boasted that they could roughly write an opening scene script just by looking at the guests.

As usual, it’s the same old cliché tiki-taka.

“But didn’t Sungjun get eliminated? Why did he sneakily make it into the TOP 5?”

“Oh, I’m here as a replacement for a friend named Mark who was originally supposed to come, who went back to his hometown in the US.”

Seongjun smiles and gives the prepared answer to Lee Soo-gun’s question.

Then this time, Kim Soon-cheol, who has long hair as pretty as a woman, opens his mouth.

“Sungjun is incredibly popular these days.”

“Yeah, Sungjun is the new president these days. The new president!!!! Baby shark samancocococo!!!”

There can’t be any tension that isn’t extremely intense from the beginning.

After a hectic opening, the talk began.

TOP 5 members revealing funny episodes from ‘Who’s the King’.

“Didn’t there have been fights between Zeke and Sungjun in the beginning?”

“That’s right, Sungjun said it was an easy win. It was popular at one time. We used to use it a lot too.”

“If Hodon and Jangwoon were to compete in looks, who would win?”

“Hodon is a landslide winner.”

“Oh my, this is ridiculous. Anyone can see that I won easily.”

Zeke tells the story of how the next episode’s viewer ratings were soaring thanks to the trailer that contained the confrontation between the two.

Although he was initially confused, he also said that since it was a survival program, it was obvious that there would be artificial editing, so he thought it was to be expected.

The two people emphasize that they have no ill feelings towards each other.

“Jinwoo said that Seongjun was his benefactor.”

“That’s right, I originally wrote the song in a somewhat complicated way-”

Oh Jin-woo shared an anecdote about his growth, saying that he learned how to appropriately mix experimentalism and popularity thanks to the advice he got from Sung-jun, whom he met as a 2:2 battle mission partner.

“Yoru and Seongjun met in Japan?”

“What, what! Are you two dating while working on a program?”

“Oh, that’s not it. I went to Japan because of the anime opening song called ‘I Alone Amnesia’-”

“Seong Jun-sang saved me. … He was cool.”

“What the heck, your face is red!! What’s going on!!!”

Yoru didn’t really have any contact with Sungjun during ‘Who’s the King’,

Afterwards, it was revealed that they became friends through the ‘Nahonbul’ anime song.

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As it turns out, Sungjun appears in half of the talk.

Thanks to that, the recording naturally flowed with Sungjun at the center.

And when it was finally time for Sungjun to talk, the members’ questions poured in.

“You were originally a company employee, right? How did D.Voice come to be a side character?”

“Is there a reason you were eliminated from ‘Who’s the King’ and declined the loser’s resurrection match?”

“So how much do you make a month now?”

It was a question that had already been filtered through a prior meeting with the management team and the production team of ‘Knowing Uncle’.

And Sungjun gives an appropriate answer that he prepared accordingly.

Additionally, he said that he often keeps in touch with ‘Mark’ in the US, and ended the talk by sending a video letter asking to meet up when he visits the US.

“So now you guys want to show off your singing skills and prove that you’re the best singers out there?”

Next, the TOP 5 members performed on stage.

As the five members each presented the song that received the most response from the program,

The members of Knowing Uncle show strong reactions.

Seongjun sang ‘Star’ passionately.

“From today onwards, I am your star.”

As the song ends, exclamations burst out.

“No, I think my skills have improved since then.”

“Wow, you’re really good at live singing. I had an eargasm.”

“There was a reason I was chewing on the kiwi chart.”

And after a short break, the second period began.

The subject is a ‘composition competition’ befitting a ‘Who’s the King’ special.

“Hello, Donggrangdongdong Jindong Senior. Second period is the time to compose the logo song for ‘Knowing Uncle’!”

“Composition Battle!!! Sweeeeek.”

Five members of ‘Who’s the King’.

And the 7 members of ‘Knowing Uncle’.

A mission where each team of three composes a 30-second logo song.

Taken from the ‘Who’s the King’ 2:2 battle mission.

So the divided team composition was like this.

Team Yoru X Sungjun X Kim Soonchul

Jinwoo X Simon X Min Kyung-hwan Team

Team Zik X Kang Ho-don X Seo Jang-woon

The remaining three members of the Uncle I Know team

Considering Yoru’s poor Korean skills, Seongjun and Kim Soonchul, who can speak Japanese, formed a team.

Thanks to this, Yoru’s face looks much more relaxed.

“Okay, the time limit is 1 hour. Then, let the songwriting competition begin!”

At Senior Jin-dong’s words, the four teams each gathered in front of their laptops and keyboards.

“Let’s make Sungjun the main composer.”

As Kim Soon-chul said, Sung-jun is also advantageous in terms of the logo song.

Because the Shark Samanco CM song already became a huge hit.

Next, the three people each express their opinions.

“I don’t know about anything else, but I think the phrase ‘knowing uncle’ should definitely be included.”

“Yoru-chan, can you put Nico Nico Ni in it?”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

In Japan, Yoru is a cool and chic character.

However, Dol-i, the real star of Korean entertainment, does not tolerate such circumstances.

“Seo, Seong Jun-sang···.”

As Kim Soon-cheol pressures her with his soft, maddening eyes, Yoru, in a panic, looks at Seong-jun for help.

Suddenly, Sungjun suppresses a smirk at the sight of the blonde beauty, who had maintained an indifferent expression with smoky makeup throughout the performance, looking so desperate for help.

Is this what is called gap moe in Japanese?

“Since Yoru-san seems like she’ll cry, how about leaving out Nico Nico Ni? Instead, since ‘Knowing Uncle’ is a global variety show, how about going with a concept of greeting people in languages ​​​​from all over the world? Yoru-san just lightly says hello in Japanese.”

“Yeah, I will do that!”

Yoru nods her head vigorously.

After that, the four teams who had put their heads together for an hour to complete their logo song presented their respective results.

Even though it is a variety show, it is a logo song that has overcome the 1000:1 document competition rate and has been participated by the best composers who made it to the TOP 5.

The quality is no joke.

Pride and competitive spirit also played a part here.

In particular, the one who showed the most passion was surprisingly Zeke.

“No, is Zeke being too serious right now?”

“Zeke, you don’t know about that now. It’s a documentary, not entertainment.”

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to entertainment and everything else in order to get revenge on Sungjun, the only person who had defeated him.

Thanks to that appearance, which made people laugh, a character was created.

However, despite such efforts, unfortunately the victory went to another team.

As everyone expected, the absolute powerhouse of logo songs belongs to

“The winner of the logo song competition is~ Sungjun X Yoru Team!”

I sampled the voices of my uncles and added them over a suitable beat.

By broadcasting at 7pm on Saturdays and including the global greeting “I love you” in various languages, it captured information and wit at the same time.

The most hooking point among them was ‘Aishiteruyo’ recorded in Yoru’s voice.

She never once used any similar expression in Japan.

Shyly saying ‘I love you’ on a Korean entertainment show!

After the broadcast, it was an incident that was talked about for a long time as both a shock and a reward to fans in both Korea and Japan.

The noisy recording has ended.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

After saying hello and heading back home,

“Seong Jun-sang, wait a minute.”

Yoru called Sungjun.