The Birth of the Monstrous Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 236



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#236. Trash

UMF Miami, the world’s largest EDM festival.

Jung Woo-dam came here wearing an LED mask with text emoticons drawn as facial expressions.

[ 😀 ]

Of course, the news that Jung Woo-dam showed up at the American airport had already spread. He is no longer a celebrity only in Korea.

Mad CS arrived in the United States first, but their entry information was unknown as no one was interested.

And when asked about the purpose of his visit, Woodam only told reporters that he was there to film a music video with Maxine Clay.

The schedule of the secondary character Herb Power is kept secret from everyone except those involved.

Only Mrsquid, an electronic music channel whose relationship began with Kawaii bass, and ZET International, who are in charge of North American activities, were present at the site today.

MNS is scheduled to join the music video filming set.

Also, if anyone knows that Herb Power = Jung Woo-dam & Mad CS… … … … .

It was TERCERA’s main vocalist Summer.

“Huh!”

She quickly covered her mouth.

3-member hub power. They were all tall and thin, but they even wore masks, so there was no way to tell who was who.

Meanwhile, the voice of the person greeting me in English sounded so much like Jung Woodam that I ended up asking, “Mr. Woodam?” without realizing it.

The members rush in like wild beasts that have found their prey.

“I was wondering if your voice resembled someone else.”

“That’s right, he’s similar to Mr. Woodam. “Summer, do you have a good ear?”

“Isn’t it because you’re so interested in Mr. Woodam? “He listens to Woodam’s songs all the time these days, and he even uploaded a T.R.Lup cover song.”

“Suspicious, suspicious.”

Suddenly, it became a trend to push people into opposite-sex relationships.

“Oh no, Woodam oppa is popular, right? “I’m one of your fans, so what’s suspicious?”

“A little while ago you said Mr. Woodam, but now you are Oppa?”

“Freedom of expression!”

“Are you a journalist?”

It seems like the more I open my mouth, the more twisted things become.

In the end, Jung Woo-dam came forward.

“I hate him.”

Jung Woo-dam said that he doesn’t like Jung Woo-dam.

The TERCERA members are belatedly struggling.

“Oh! “So sorry!”

“Herb Power, you guys also give us the Running Girl contest song, right? Could there be any trouble with Udam there?”

“I don’t know. Anyway, it’s rude to keep talking about other people when you’re in front of me.”

“that’s right. “I heard you decided to shoot Bob too.”

“But why are you shooting?”

“I was exchanging DMs with Summer. “He always liked our songs, so he wanted to meet us since we appeared on UMF together.”

If it were a group performance in Korea, the only thing you would do would be to exchange greetings as you go back and forth from the waiting room, but when you go overseas, interactions become more natural.

At last year’s American Music Awards, a private party was held to encourage people to build friendships to their heart’s content.

In the case of UMF, there are so many participating teams that there are no private parties, but there are snack and alcohol corners here and there.

Collaborations between world-class DJs are often planned there.

Above all, TERCERA confirmed that although Herb Power is not a famous team, he is a master of the field after listening to the contest song he gave to ‘Running Girl’.

This is a team that there is nothing wrong with knowing.

No, there are only advantages.

So, I readily followed the staff to the restaurant they were guiding me to, but Herb Power still did not take off his mask.

Even though the meal was served.

“Hey, don’t you guys take Herb Power?”

I asked in English.

Since it is a girl group with a large proportion of overseas activities, there was no difficulty in conversation even though it was not at the level of a native speaker.

This time, Jung Woo-dam answers.

“I only eat herbs.”

“wow.”

I am obsessed with terrible concepts.

at that time.

A ringtone rings from Mad CS’s phone.

-Save the glacier!

It was a song included in Woodam’s 3rd album.

Since the phone is placed on the table, the caller can also be seen.

[president]

The CEO of the agency called Mad CS to ask if he arrived in the U.S. safely and if he was not causing trouble to Jung Woo-dam.

MadCS didn’t seem surprised and pressed the call rejection button and turned the phone over.

The thing I put the most effort into while preparing for the project group was not singing.

As long as Jung Woo-dam is around, there is no need to worry about composing music.

Rather, we conducted various simulations so as not to lose the concept under any circumstances. Thanks to this, I don’t make a fuss about this.

On the contrary, only TERCERA was embarrassed.

“Wasn’t Korean displayed on the screen? I didn’t mean to look, but I did it reflexively because I heard Woodam’s song. And you said earlier that you didn’t like Mr. Woodam, right?”

“Nor way.”

Mad CS rolled his pronunciation everywhere.

“Norway? Oh, no way? “That doesn’t make sense?”

Even though TERCERA didn’t see anything wrong, they caught him and he couldn’t ask any questions.

However, suspicion could not be lifted, so the members secretly shared their opinions in a group chat room.

-The person in the middle looks like Mr. Woodam, right?

-There are some producers overseas who run multiple project groups. Is Woodam also doing Hub Power, following Vandal?’

-Who are the two next to me?

-Aren’t they best friends? Are you a friend of Mr. Liu and the drummer?

-They are muscular.

Summer also typed a message while breaking out in a cold sweat.

-You must be foreigners, right?

-Ugh, innocent. Mr. Woodam is wearing a mask and pretending to be a foreigner.

-Just looking at the ZET officials following us,

-right. There is no way a label directly under one of the four major record companies would put just any rookie into UMF.

He would have to be a person that ZET International has decided can be pushed hard.

Naturally, it reminds me of Jung Woo-dam, who received a contract deposit of $1 million.

Moreover, not only the voice but also Jung Woo-dam’s unique unconscious behavior is captured.

Two hands clasped on the table in a listening posture.

The two thumbs are not crossed up and down, but are touching side by side as if playing a game of zero.

In Jung Woo-dam’s interview, I was told that his hand shape was unique, and I couldn’t help but notice it because it was often mentioned online.

Still, it seemed like they wanted to hide their identity, so TERCERA decided to join in.

-When I was in the Vandal Band, I got caught too quickly haha. I guess you’re more careful this time.

-I’m also curious about the two next to me, but… I’ll hold on and try.

-Anyway, why is Woodam feeding us?

-It must be a cost for the summer guide.

-aha

My curiosity is resolved as clearly as if it were an old congestion.

Only then did Summer feel relieved.

‘phew.’

Thanks to this, after finishing the group meal, we were able to return to the waiting room and wait comfortably for the performance to begin.

While waiting, I exchanged messages with Jung Woo-dam.

If something comes up, you need to talk about it right away. Because Jung Woo-dam never contacts me first.

-All the members thought oppa was Hub Power, but they said they would hide it.

-omg

Summer covered her mouth and laughed at Woodam’s reaction.

The members were watching.

‘I see you chatting with Mr. Woodam.’

As expected of members who have been together for 7 years, they understood everything clearly.

Rather than stopping him, I wanted to push him.

‘The ban on dating was lifted right away, and it’s not something I won’t do in my lifetime, but the dating history of idols is really about who gets beaten first… … .’

‘Summer! If you decide to take up the gun first, I will support you!’

* * *

The sky became dark. Lasers are fired dazzlingly at the outdoor concert hall.

UMF Miami opened with the largest audience ever, with 330,000 attendees.

There are a total of 5 stages and about 200 performers.

However, the audience usually flocks to the main stage.

There are headliners on other stages, but the ones on the main stage are well-known producers who drive the EDM scene.

However, when looking at the time table on the main stage, names that are very unfamiliar to die-hard EDM fans stand out.

[TERCERA]

[Her b Power]

Some visitors chat while looking at the lineup.

“I came to see the Mudrats, but who are they? Tessera? Her B power?”

“It reminds me of a Spanish proverb. “A la tercera va la vencida.”

“Isn’t there a saying that says even if you fail twice, you will succeed the third time?”

“That has a meaning, and it also means that if it doesn’t work, you can’t do it three times.”

“That’s profound. So who are these people?”

I do not know.

But the man standing behind them knew.

‘Tessera is a K-pop girl group that does EDM/hip-hop, and why is Herb Power not spaced? ‘Printing error?’

This team received an immediate response from Korean and Japanese viewers as soon as the survival program’s contest song was broadcast.

Even though he was American, he had a keen ear for news from the East.

This is why he is the editor of Next, a webzine specializing in EDM.

‘Subscribers ignorantly posted a link on social media asking them to listen to this song.’

Thanks to this, I learned about herb power, and I also guessed that he might be Korean.

‘The contest song genre was hi-NRG.’

This is a case in which the title of a song called High Energy, released in the 80s, became a genre.

The characteristic is that, unlike regular disco, it is an up-tempo disco with an EDM flavor.

In addition, Hub Power mixed hi-NRG with an interesting attempt. The melody of the dance break section was played with only three chords.

‘C minor, E minor, G seven.’

Among Korean songs, there is a genre in which these codes are mainly used. What it is, it’s trot.

‘Now it’s more major than anyone else, but it helped that I was interested in trot music thanks to a producer who was once an indie.’

Before he was an EDM webzine editor, he worked in the music industry, so he needed knowledge of various genres. This is also the basis for believing that Herb Power is Korean.

One member was even confident in guessing the name.

‘YouTube channel written as WD in Korean.’

Currently, it is a channel that posts reviews of sponsored audio products, but in the beginning, it uploaded five types of kawaii bass, a subgenre of future bass, in succession.

These five types were also given these hashtags.

#KoreanFunky

‘Korean funky, that is, pongki.’

Jung Woo-dam is well-known as the element that makes people crazy, and after hearing Because of This, he was immediately matched with him.

‘What a weirdo, you must be busy preparing for your American album release, but you’re coming to the EDM festival.’

Still, thanks to that, my appreciation points for UMF have increased.

What started out as a hobby for him has become a job, so he doesn’t have the same passion as before, but he already wants to jump and the soles of his feet are tingling.

‘What kind of mixes will they present?’

Although Jung Woo-dam is thought to have been caught only by TERCERA, other than those involved, there were quite a few people who linked him to the WD channel in this way.

And about an hour more passed by.

When it was TERCERA’s turn, the main stage became crowded with no room to squeeze in.

Everyone even held up light sticks.

It looks like their American fandom has mobilized. There are also methods of cheering for Korean idols that you would never hear at an EDM festival.

“Tesseraforming! frame! Se! la! Awesome!”

“Summery! Song Mi-yeon!”

Next’s editor had to post a review later, so he wrote down everything he saw and felt.

‘A man came wearing the same outfit as a member named Summer and waved a heart light stick enthusiastically. It’s crazy and a little scary.’

Even within the same group, Summer, whose aura was unrivaled, seemed to be the most popular.

Despite their popularity, they finished their performance in 20 minutes, which was much shorter than the headliners, and left the stage waving their hands.

“Tessera’s sequence is too short.”

“Shall we just leave?”

“I’ll have to come back again during Mudrats.”

Rumble.

The fans who were singing along to the song left in droves and it almost became quite quiet.

bang! bang! bang! bang!

The audience stopped walking as if their ankles were caught by the sudden special effect sound.

Green letters are engraved on the black screen of the stage.

[Herb Power]

The Next editor quickly adjusted his glasses.

Following the team name, the title of the first song is also introduced.

[Trash]

It means trash.

The corners of the editor’s mouth turn up.

‘I’m so excited.’

There may be no industry where this is not the case, but in music criticism, songs that are unlistenable are often referred to as trash that cannot even be recycled.

However, the evaluation of some music changes later.

‘Opened the gates of a new era.’

Called.

Critics who initially attacked it as trash because it was unfamiliar and difficult will also change 180 degrees and start praising it.

‘If Hub Power is really WD’s new project, this may be the intended title.’

In fact, when Mad CS asked about the song title, Woodam was throwing trash into the trash can.

So, I improvised it.

The editor, who had no way of knowing this behind-the-scenes story, only interpreted it as he pleased.

‘It may be a song that is difficult to get a response to right now.’

Even now, even though it is electronic music, the intro is just a violent noise that makes you want to cover your ears.

Kangkangkang!

That moment.

The intro, which resembles hammering at a construction site, was replaced by a vocoder vocal part with a dull, distorted voice.

-Trans Trash, Digital Trash

-Slush Slash, Slush Crush

Lyrics with no meaning.

Thanks to this, the editor’s prediction became certain.

‘After all, Hub Power was WD’s team!’

At the same time, a trio enters from behind the stage on an electric kickboard.

The facial expression is drawn using LED on the glossy gold, silver and copper-colored mask.

[ 😛 ]

A very insignificant appearance compared to the powerful sound.

Next, huge fireworks that were not even in the TERCERA sequence are launched.

pop! Pubububung!

Cough!

Herb Power coughs from the firecracker smoke.

It’s like a well-ventilated mask.

Even though they were coughing and reaching for the DJ controller, the vocal part continued as they were not singing directly.

-Kick Rainy Kick Rainy

And this day will be recorded like this.

The day when a song title became a genre like hi-NRG.

A new future bass derivative, Trash Bass, was born thanks to Hub Power.

The audience, who had been tilting their heads wondering, ‘What kind of trash song is this?’ began to shake their heads one by one.

The editor also cheered, raising his arms as if to cheer.

“Wow! “You’re the best, WD!”