The Birth of the Monstrous Singer-Songwriter - Chapter 238



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#238. Lullaby

The car carrying Maxine Clay was traveling through LA, protected by several vehicles.

She owns a penthouse in New York and a mansion in LA, so I came over yesterday. She didn’t have to stay at the hotel.

However, her main place of activity is New York.

Actually, I don’t come to LA very often except when there’s something special going on.

When performing at prestigious awards ceremonies or stadium concerts held in LA or the Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas, I would come to the East Coast.

But this time, I flew to LA to appear in Jung Woo-dam’s music video.

Thanks to this, her manager experienced the feeling of being the victim of a juggernaut.

‘No, the owner of the song is WD, so even if it’s not the same as Jugaekjeondo, it’s still in terms of status.’

They say Jung Woo-dam’s growth is going crazy, but Maxine Clay was a top pop star even before she debuted.

I know that Jung Woo-dam’s 3rd album sold 1 million copies in its first release. Even in America, there aren’t many singers who sell that well.

This is a very meaningful result.

But there is a difference.

Korean singers’ fandom puts their lives on the line at the beginning.

A year’s worth of products can be purchased in just one week, and sales are sluggish after the initial release.

In the United States, sales within a week are also important in order to enter the Billboard album chart, but unlike Korea, sales continue even after that.

Among them, Maxine Clay is unique.

Like in Korea, if you count the initial release, it’s 2 million copies, and if you total it up for the year, it’s close to 20 million copies.

Not as an accumulation of all albums, but as a single album.

In this era where the value of physical albums has disappeared, Maxine Clay is the only singer who can achieve such results.

As of now, it is impossible to even compare him to Jung Woo-dam.

So, I guess I should be grateful just for participating in the new song.

The headquarters of ZET International and the North American branch of MNS are located here, and they made a big star come by, saying they would be filming on a Hollywood set.

The manager let out a nervous sigh.

Then he asked Maxine Clay in the back seat.

“C.”

She had her earphones in and couldn’t hear a song because it was playing on repeat.

The manager called her once more.

“C.”

“Did you call me?”

“Do you listen to WD’s 3rd single?”

“that’s right. “You will receive acting guidance on site, but you must be prepared for what emotions you want to feel when filming.”

“That’s amazing. “It’s a music video by a Korean singer who can be said to be unknown compared to you, who is touring worth 800 million dollars.”

“WD is not unknown.”

This was also one of the manager’s complaints.

For security reasons, no one other than Maxine Clay, her songwriting team, and the agency representative were able to hear the 3rd single.

At most, the manager who visited Korea together had to go to a nearby cafe and wait for the recording to finish.

‘If it’s WD, you can trust its quality. But the problem is.’

This means that it was not produced solely by the composition team of Jung Woo-dam and Maxine Clay.

This is the first result of SSYSS, a crew created by Jung Woo-dam with the goal of becoming the world’s largest composition team.

‘There are too many boatmen. ‘There are 50 people?’

Not everyone is a composer.

Half of it is a session, but the performer’s sensibilities need to seep in, so they come up with the same ideas.

‘Nowadays, everything can be done with a sequencer, and it is better to do it from start to finish with a sequencer, both in terms of accuracy and diversity of virtual instruments.’

I acknowledge that they are talented people, but having a lot of talent does not always lead to great work.

There are a lot of points that I don’t want to throw away, so I end up putting them all over the place and end up with a lot of trouble.

He is the manager of top pop star Maxine Clay. How many cases have you seen and heard about in the industry?

‘Even large Korean entertainment companies don’t have composition teams as large as 50 people.’

Can’t they do it because they don’t have money?

No way.

Assuming that there are 10 teams of singers, and even if they make comebacks twice a year, 100 songs will not be used in a year.

However, that doesn’t mean you have to complete a song every three to four days.

Anyway, demos are supplied from all over the world.

‘In-house composers combined only need to write 20 to 30 songs a year. For the rest, just add your agency’s colors to the fixed demos and that’s it.’

PEGA Entertainment, Korea’s No. 1 entertainment agency in market capitalization, has a composition team of less than 20 people.

It may be to sell the songs you are writing, but it is doubtful whether you will even receive requests.

‘If I were a client, I would only ask for WD’s solo compositions or small-scale collaborations like Song Camp.’

Jung Woo-dam is already expensive.

Seeth will be more expensive.

There is no guarantee that the quality will increase sharply just because the number of people increases, so it is difficult to boldly open your wallet.

All of the manager’s anxiety and dissatisfaction was because Seeth had not shown anything yet.

Soon the manager asked directly.

“Can’t I listen too? “The staff said they couldn’t hear it because of security, but you can’t help but hear it when you go to the music video set, right?”

“Then go and listen.”

“Okay, okay. “Please tell me at least the title and genre.”

Maxine Clay also complied with ZET International’s request since it was not just her song, but it seemed like it would be okay to slowly unlock some simple information.

“The title is ST.”

“Isn’t LA the only one missing from the 3rd album title LA st?”

“This one is Sleep Tight.”

“That’s a well-bred horse. “Is it a lullaby?”

“It’s similar.”

The manager was dumbfounded.

It was difficult to remain calm when I heard that the title of the American album, which I put a lot of effort into, was similar to a lullaby.

“… … Eh?”

“The genre is closer to the solid music that T.R. Rub or Wolf featured than Pearl, and it is similar to the Moth In 1 OST.”

Jung Woo-dam’s first love song

Also, the My Stranger 1 OST has the characteristic of rapidly increasing BPM from a ballad style to a dance style.

But the three are mixed together.

“It’s a terrible hybrid? “Could it be that the genre and tempo change from time to time?”

“huh. “Three times in the first verse alone.”

“Number 3?!”

Up to 2 times is common.

The three songs mentioned above also have one beat change, so they should be considered to have two tunes.

But from the third time on, it becomes an adventure.

Of course, there are songs that change six times.

A cappella, piano rock, guitar riff, opera, hard rock, ballad.

So what is that song?

‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

Even if you haven’t heard the song, there’s no one who doesn’t know the title.

The song that was released in the days when there was no YouTube is such a famous song that it has now reached more than 1.75 billion views.

Moreover, it is still too early to be surprised.

Maxine Clay continued.

“As I said, 3 times in the first verse alone, 3 times in the 2nd verse, and a total of 9 times if you include the outro.”

“Verse 1 is repeated in verse 2 and the de-bridge, so it ends up being number 3, right?”

“no. “It’s number 9 because they’re all different.”

“You’re crazy! So, do you like the song?”

Only then did Maxine Clay take off the earphone she had been wearing in one ear while talking and open the window.

“A song that you probably won’t listen to again once you hear it, but if you listen to it a second time, you’ll keep listening to it?”

“People usually judge after hearing it once, right?”

“That’s usually the case.”

“Huh, your composition team managed to agree. “Why on earth did you feature in a song like that?”

She slowly closed her eyes and answered, feeling the wind on her face.

“The spirit of competition for genius, the nostalgia that reminds me of the process I took to achieve this level of success, the spirit of challenge I had forgotten, and the great inspiration of not getting caught while collaborating with WD.”

Sometimes artists make sounds that are difficult to understand.

The manager sighed again.

“Whoa.”

* * *

The 3rd single and title of the American debut album was composed by Team Seas, but a lot of input from leader Woodam Jung was included.

Song length is 3 minutes and 33 seconds.

9 genre and tempo changes.

There was no way to force the bears to wake up, so it was a tribute song to let them sleep soundly.

I made it with the intention of clearing the instrument production mission within 10 years, so I’ll see you then.

But I already woke up.

-Wow wow wow~

– Taaaa!

Following the 3-woong, the voices of the 6-woong cowboy and the 4-woong little boy can also be heard.

-Baaab!

Including Mukjjang 2woong, all the other bears also woke up.

Woodam came to the bathroom and pressed his face as if he was going to fall into the tree cam.

“you guys… … .”

March has come and the season in the wooden bag has become fall.

The bears, who had hibernated in the summer, played on the water slide they had worked so hard to build.

-Kkkkkk.

The hut also emits smoke from its chimney.

-The 7th nap contest ended successfully.

-Breaked the record of the 6th nap contest.

-Rewards are given.

I still don’t know why it was episode 7 and I don’t know how long the existing record is, but Woodam was good anyway.

What is more important is the fact that the bears woke up.

You can learn about other things slowly.

Because there is a lot of time.

“The bridge of my nose gets cold for no reason because I don’t think it’s going to happen. haha.”

It was all a misunderstanding.

No matter how much of a nap contest it was, sleeping for over a month did not seem normal. So I connected it to the musical instrument production mission, but luckily it seems to have been separate.

It was just that the bears showed their competitive spirit.

With relief, Woodam took a deep breath.

-Oh!

A single-car train entered the railway that reached the garden entrance.

“When the tigers sold love seeds before, they put up signs, right? “What was that?”

Now that I look at it, it appears to be a station name plate or a station sign.

This is because not only tigers were getting off the train, but also guests were being brought along.

The customer who followed the tigers down was also a bear.

It’s one.

But instead of overalls, I wore a suspender skirt.

-Hung Hung.

‘I should call you Gomsun.’

That moment.

The bears, who had been playing a lot that they had not been able to do for a while, quickly gather in the garden. While feeling very embarrassed.

Engineering student Five Woong also picked a flower.

“Is this by any chance a blind date? Then we should have brought in the right number of people.”

Maybe you stopped by during your train journey.

Thanks to the World Tree, which has become a landmark, animal friends often visit.

Gomsuni, who accepted the flower, also pointed to the outside of the garden as if explaining where it came from. Captain 1woong nods at him and offers to shake his hand.

The white fur-covered cheeks turned bright red.

Gomsuni shook hands with the other bears in order. As expected, her face becomes all haggard.

“Children, are you okay?”

Next, Gomsuni looked around the garden with the guidance of the bears and went on a water slide.

I went back to the garden entrance and waved.

The bears also wave their hands brightly to see them off.

It felt like a promise to see each other again next time rather than a sad farewell that we would never see each other again.

“Has this place become a hot place? Anyway, if you’re going to come again, bring your friends.”

Then, Woodam became embarrassed later.

Chuk chuk pok pok.

The train carrying Gomsuni left.

The merchant who visited returned without selling the product.

“uh? “Why are the tigers just leaving?”

There was a lot of food and materials left over from what I had bought before because the bears were sleeping, but this was my first time doing something like this so I didn’t know what was going on.

Even the nap contest says there are rewards, but there are none.

“It is said that Namu Cam only allows deposits and cannot transfer items, but if compensation is given, isn’t it something like planting seeds or putting it on an altar?”

It was a system he had become accustomed to, but Woodam was dumbfounded as to why there was a sudden change.

In the meantime, the smiles never leave the faces of the bears, as if they are waiting for their reunion with Gomsuni.

Because of that simplicity, Woodam also let go of his greed.

“but. I already have a lot of wood and musical instruments, so I just pick up ear mites from time to time. In fact, you don’t even have to get that.”

Just by waking up, I felt like I was somewhere, and I also wanted to go back to Korea quickly.

widely.

Woodam came out of the bathroom with a pleasant smile on his face. He got the message that Maxine Clay had arrived and couldn’t just stay in the bathroom forever.

As I returned to where the group was waiting, I left a message for Summer.

-I said before that my situation was not good. Can I make it work like it never happened?

A reply came.

Slightly horny tone of voice.

– Haha, I said no at the time, but 3 days later?

-huh!

-I think I need time to think about it+^^+

-However much!

And when Woodam went to the bathroom and came back with a refreshed face, the executive director guessed that the reason he seemed worried these days might be related to the intestines.

“Mr. Woodam, I will order probiotic lactic acid bacteria. “You must take it with you.”

“yes? thank you.”

Even if he didn’t know the reason, Woodam didn’t hesitate to give it to him. I also visited Maxine Clay and exchanged greetings.

Her manager seems a bit off-putting, but when we met in Korea, the effects of the skunk spray had not worn off.

I didn’t pay any attention to him as he wasn’t a particularly controversial person.

The manager couldn’t help it either.

Maxine Clay has only released music that makes her hotshot debut on Billboard.

‘But if you listen to it once, you’ll never listen to it again, and you have to listen to it a second time to keep listening to it? ‘You have to be euijing and neuijing, right?’

I didn’t understand.

Jung Woo-dam makes indie music full of experimentation in Bandal Band and Herb Power.

On the other hand, popularity is the top priority for his solo album.

This is a fact everyone knows.

However, one wonders why he is taking risks with his single with Maxine Clay, and whether he wants to put the brakes on his future as a top pop star.

At that time, the music video production team screamed.

“Let’s start filming!”

The scattered staff quickly gathered together to make final makeup changes, and the director holding the storyboard also explained the shooting sequence.

“cue!”

Filming on a Hollywood movie set has begun.

The 3rd single was played on the set, and the manager was finally able to hear it.

-City lights dancing through the night

His ears perk up.

‘what’s this?’

It’s not sarcasm. It was astounding.

Only then did I feel like I knew what Maxine Clay meant.

Popularity was not completely ruled out.

Even though genres change, bass is the trend for easy listening. That’s why Maxine Clay said it was similar to a lullaby.

Nevertheless.

‘The standard is so high that it would be rude to call it easily accessible pop music… … .’

It was music that felt like it had reached the level of art.