The Birth of the Monstrous Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 235



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#235. hub power

With the appearance of Maxine Clay, who would never come to Korea except for a concert in Korea, Incheon Airport was hectic with the crowds of not only reporters but also fans and passengers who recognized her.

A woman who was about to leave the country asked a friend who was traveling with her.

“Why are there so many people? “Who is this?”

“You don’t know Maxine Clay?”

“Are you famous?”

“Even if you didn’t know their names or faces, you would know a hundred percent of the songs, right?”

Be it idol survival or singing contest programs, YouTuber BGM, short form challenges, radio, cafes, department stores, streets, etc.

This is because it can be heard from all over the world.

To say that you have never heard her song is possible only if you don’t go out, watch TV, or stay away from video platforms.

And what my friend said was true.

They play a few songs through wireless earphones, and I really know all of them.

“Huh. “Are all these songs from him?”

“huh. I also write my own songs. “He doesn’t do everything alone, but there is a producing team just for Maxine Clay.”

“Since when? “It wasn’t before I became famous.”

“hmm. “I’ve never been famous, so I don’t know.”

As my friend said.

Next to blonde Maxine Clay were guards and clean-looking people who looked like agency officials, and behind them were people with hair and clothes who looked like artists or startup workers.

‘and. How many dozens of people are working for one person?’

That’s why I couldn’t help but be curious.

“So what did you come to perform for?”

“well. “I don’t even know that.”

I only knew that he was a top pop star, but I didn’t know that my friend was a source in the American entertainment industry.

Still, I felt like I knew one thing.

“Not the foreign guards over there, but the Korean guards who just joined… … .”

“why?”

“They look like MNS people? “Someone was running towards Jung Woo-dam to hug him, and the picture of the guard casting Geumgangbulgo was widely spread, so I remember his face.”

At that time, a reporter fluent in English chases Maxine Clay in the first row and asks:

“Welcome to Korea. What brought you here? “There are a lot of people here for sightseeing, right?”

Only a few reporters within the MNS and close to it know the purpose of her visit.

I have kept it a secret until today.

The majority don’t know.

Unlike Anne Pink, who shares everything with her fans on social media, Maxine Clay only uses social media to send and receive DMs with acquaintances, even though she has over 400 million followers.

So, like Korean reporters, the United States did not know the reason for her departure.

‘If the news comes out from our side first, it will immediately spread to the United States, no, all over the world!’

The reporter heard that A Travel was going abroad to shoot a music video, so he came across the airport fashion shoot and couldn’t control his excitement when he happened to come across a scoop.

Soon the guards tried to stop the approaching reporters, but Maxine Clay stopped them and adjusted her sunglasses.

Soon her bright red lips move on her white face.

“I came to eat bulgogi.”

“Boo, the bulgogi is delicious!”

“I’m here to work on WD’s third single.”

“WD?”

I was surprised by the wrong answer and for a moment I couldn’t guess who WD was. It is called WD overseas, but in Korea it is a name that cannot be used other than the composer’s name.

However, when she told me that she was the 3rd single, my field of vision narrowed as I was only looking at Maxine Clay, but then I saw that the MNS guard team had joined in around her.

I immediately recognized WD’s identity.

“Jung Woo-dam?”

“that’s right. That’s right.”

“Are you Maxine Clay, who doesn’t often collaborate?”

After that, no questions could be asked of Maxine Clay. Guards blocked the source and left the airport.

Still, I got the scoop.

[Maxine Clay, first collaboration in many years]

[Maxine Clay in Korea “I want to work with WD”]

-It is known that he visited Korea to co-produce Jung Woo-dam’s 3rd American single.

Since it had already been plastered with articles related to Jung Woo-dam, the topic only grew.

[Jung Woo-dam’s 3rd album also worked in the US!]

[Monster new singer-songwriter Jung Woo-dam’s domestic album ranks first on the Billboard 200]

[Title LA st enters 3rd place on Hot 100]

[From Pearl to Baekbal Baekjoong]

[Maxine Clay, get out of the way!]

[MNS “3rd single will be released along with US debut album”]

* * *

Jamsil Beat was persistent.

I want to form a composition team with Jung Woo-dam.

“Why not?”

Because it smelled like skunk farts, I couldn’t say I failed. Because people will think that rejection is a joke.

Moreover, it wouldn’t have mattered if the smell was as weak as durian like Jaeseong Kim’s, but Jamsil beets were quite strong.

‘I’m a composer by profession, but why do I smell the same as the branch manager at the bank I used to work at?’

The branch manager was even on the news.

Because of billions of embezzlement.

Jamsil Beat also committed something that made the news. You may already be doing something but it hasn’t caught on yet.

‘Like the time of Han Jin-su, the sheet music collection hunter.’

I only expected that if there was a professional controversy, plagiarism would be used in an innovative way. How could someone like that be accepted into the world’s largest composition team that Jung Woo-dam is planning?

But Woodam’s guess was wrong.

Jamsil Beat is not plagiarizing.

She is a gwanjong.

After working with TKL Entertainment, she opened a YouTube channel and SNS, constantly talks about the glory of that time, and gives lessons to aspiring composers who want to receive orders from large agencies like her.

It’s even a group lesson.

In total, there are 40 people. So, I was able to buy a lot of Jung Woo-dam’s album.

Although the song he gave to TKL Entertainment’s Amus did not do well, he captivated the students with a confident lecture that seemed to have nothing but confidence.

Moreover, as Jamsil Beat graduated from a British art school, he speaks English well. She even took lessons from foreigners who wanted to try K-pop, which has grown globally.

Among them, some people have already succeeded in getting started.

The way she taught was a technique of how to effectively refer to songs by popular composers and make them your own.

Recently, MNS Entertainment is having a hard time as the number of composers armed with Jung Woo-dam’s style of rhythm increases.

Although some professional composers also represent Jung Woo-dam’s music, most of them were students of Jamsil Beat.

So far, the style and texture are pretty much the same. So much so that MNS is wondering whether to sue or not.

However, there is a slight difference between referencing and plagiarism.

If you do it well, it’s art, but if you don’t, it’s plagiarism.

It was only a matter of time before she blatantly made a reference.

At that moment, the staff behind them looked at their watches and said, even though they had a small conversation and didn’t know what was going on.

“I’m moving.”

Jamsil Beat urges him to do so.

“Oh, just 10 seconds. Mr. Woodam, I only won the fan sign today. “The fandom cut has gone up so much.”

“You said you used Amus sunbaenim’s UK Garage, right? “I think he makes much better music than me.”

Jamsil Beat was touched.

“You mean to believe in yourself and follow your own path? Don’t be limited by the composition team with Mr. Woodam.”

“I will leave the judgment to Jamsil Beat.”

“I know everything. “You tsundere.”

“Tsun tsun.”

Jamsil Beat woke up with a relieved face.

To be precise, while being pushed around by the staff.

“Since you trust me, then I will declare one thing and leave. “If there is a composer in Korea who could be Woodam’s competitor, it would be me.”

It was Jamsil Beat’s declaration that in the future, not just one or two people would be caught, but Jamsil Beat would be pointed out as the leader in interviews regarding mass plagiarism among students.

“See you next time.”

In the news.

Udam waved at her.

Afterwards, the fan signing event ended with the fans singing along to the new songs.

The next destination was the session practice room.

It was 9pm after the fan signing event, but there were more people waiting in the practice room than usual.

Udam greets them.

“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. Seniors.”

Division Asher Hong was also sitting in one corner of the conference room.

“Mr. Woodam told us not to come early, so we just came. “Shall we have a late-night snack afterward?”

“great.”

While shaking hands with Jung Woo-dam, Asher Hong whispered the reason for his surprise, which he barely revealed.

“I expected it because Mad CS is famous for Woodam’s right foot, but is Jian also joining the composition team?”

“I didn’t have high expectations either, but they asked if the Bandal Band should be left out.”

“okay. But it’s surprising that my right-hand man, Mr. Liu, is not there.”

“I have to enlist next year, so I decided to focus on my activities until then.”

“aha.”

Seo Ji-an wondered why those two were glancing this way.

“Jung Woo-dam, how big of a composition team do you want to create? Even the MNS composition team came in?”

“If you want to come, I won’t stop you.”

Rather, I agree.

There is no one at MNS who could not pass skunk spray.

However, the MNS composition team leader, who often directs and has talked with many people, prefers their own system and speed of development.

Everyone has their own speed.

Woodam, who was sitting at the head of the empty conference room, looked around and saw that it was absurd, even to the person who had planned it.

‘I never dreamed this day would come.’

How dare you even think about it.

A hundred pairs of wide-open eyes are looking at him.

They were the first members of what would become the world’s largest composition team.

Jung Woo-dam then made an announcement.

“Once again, I would like to thank senior Asher Hong and the seniors of the division for deciding to join.”

Clap clap clap. Applause like a founding ceremony pours in.

They were also somewhat overwhelmed when they heard that Jung Woo-dam, who was breaking all records and not just anyone else, was the head of the group.

“I will announce our team name. SSYS. The logo will be in the shape of a tree, with four Ss on top of the pillar Y, like abundant leaves.”

“Siss.”

“Is there something special and good about it?”

“What does it mean?”

We discussed with the session members in advance what the team name would be like and came up with it. It was unanimous.

However, Asher Hong’s division liked that there were a lot of S’s for special, but he did not know the meaning and asked questions.

“This is where our songwriting team was born.”

“Session practice room? Oh, initials?”

The session family members, who would have been offended if they didn’t ask, burst into laughter. It was a naming method worthy of Jung Woo-dam.

Just then, Jung Woo-dam’s manager announces the news of the customer’s visit.

“I heard you arrived at the parking lot. Can I come in?”

“Sure.”

The first client we took on as soon as the composition team was formed.

It was Jung Woo-dam.

Soon Maxine Clay, officials, and her producing team enter the practice room.

There was no more room to sit, so Jung Woo-dam and the composition team C-S came out of the conference room.

“Wow, there are a lot of them.”

“Nice to meet you. “This is Jung Woo-dam.”

“I know. I’ll leave the work method to WD. “I’m also curious about how they do it.”

“When are you returning?”

“When are you done with all your work?”

He said he would return to the United States if he won the song making and featuring recording rights.

Asher Hong, who has seen Jung Woo-dam’s high-speed compositions since the Shinjunol Song Festival, thought.

‘If you do well, you might return home tomorrow.’

Rather than sticking to Jung Woo-dam’s style in order to avoid listeners’ fatigue, the composition team would write a composition tailored to the client.

However, customization does not apply to the first client, Jung Woo-dam. The song will come out in an instant, no different from before.

Moreover, the composition team includes Park Chan-hee, who is capable of mastering, so it has no choice but to be even faster.

And Asher Hong’s idea was correct.

Maxine Clay left the next day.

The flight time was longer than the time I stayed in Korea.

The US debut album, which will be released in April, was completed in February. Jung Woo-dam decided to go to the United States to film only the music video.

In March, it was also the day that Hub Power went to UMF, the largest EDM festival in the United States.

Additionally, Summer, who guided Amus’ new song, will also appear on UMF. She went for a meal with members of her group TERCERA.

All the staff accompanied us, so there was nothing to be suspicious about.

Herb Power met Jung Woo-dam wearing a mask to hide his identity as Mad CS so that the public and fellow singers would not recognize him.

Because of this, Mad CS did not speak, and Jung Woo-dam deliberately spoke only in English.

“Hi.”

“… … Mr. Woodam?”

TERCERA recognized Jung Woo-dam just by hearing his voice.