Chapter 87
Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: NicoleTempest
Chapter 87 Is this what kids like these days?
“Are you asking us to take a picture together?”
Kyunghwa was the first to snap out of it and asked.
“Oh, do you want to take a picture?”
Seong-won shook her head and snapped her fingers.
“No~. Of course we’ll take a picture, but! Who only takes pictures these days? There’s something we have to do when we meet!”
She pressed something on the app and showed us the screen.
“Do you know what this is?”
What is that? I looked closely and it seemed like an app called Knock Knock.
When I was Lim Hyun-seong, I only heard the name, and I learned about the app when I studied idols seriously.
‘That… It had almost more dominance than YouTube among elementary school students.’
Not only elementary school students, but also celebrities and entertainers used it a lot for K-pop fandom.
‘We had a lot of talk about whether to make a Knock Knock account for our comeback single promotion.’
We thought about it, but we decided not to operate it because the manager said he couldn’t handle it.
“Do you know Knock Knock? Can you do Knock Knock?”
As soon as I unknowingly asked Seong-won, Seon-woo looked at me with an amazing expression I had never seen before.
“Don’t make my sister interested in this.”
Of course, the interest here meant. Not in a romantic sense…
“Mr. Lee, do you know what Knock Knock is? Climax doesn’t seem to have a separate Knock Knock operation. I guess it hasn’t been discussed internally yet? There’s no place that doesn’t use this in the K-pop fandom these days. You’ll have a lot of challenges when you come back soon. Don’t you think you should start thinking about operating it? If you need any help, I’ll help you anytime!”
He meant not to give me a chance to be showered with this huge sentence.
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
I answered awkwardly and quickly made an exit.
“By the way, what are you going to shoot with Knock Knock? Are you going to shoot with the three of us, or just with Seon-woo?”
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. I used the tactic of answering a question with a question. Of course, I was still nothing compared to Seong-won, but it was a confident countermeasure.
“Ah~. We’ll shoot separately later! I have something for the four of us to do! I’ve learned all the choreography, so you just have to follow me! How much time do we have left? About 30 minutes? Let’s get our minds together and get it over with!”
The countermeasure didn’t work at all… It was a natural reality.
***
“Wow… How can… siblings be so different.”
Finally, Kyunghwa, who sent Seon-woo and Seong-won to the rehearsal site first, looked at me and sighed heavily.
It was only two videos that we shot and got out of, but it was amazing how much we lost our energy.
“I’m glad Seon-woo is not in the same department.”
Of course, Seon-woo was also a young guy who had no sense of whether he had iron or not… But he wasn’t the owner of such an amazing energy that made people exhausted.
‘Of course, there must be demand for that side too.’
There weren’t many people who had such an extraordinary aura, so I thought there would be many people who would find his peculiar personality lovely.
If he didn’t bother me in front of me, he would be like a cartoon character and cute.
Was he twenty-six this year?
I lowered my head, wondering how much Seon-woo had suffered since he was young.
***
I had to shoot two videos with Seon-young in a hurry. One was the so-called Siren Siren Challenge, and the other was the Princess Nana Challenge.
‘It was… a hard time.’
Kyunghwa also had a look on his face that told me what he was thinking.
The first Siren Siren Challenge was a filter effect that automatically overlaid a police car shape.
We each wore a police car on our waist, and danced to the animation theme song with the main police car character in a ridiculous choreography.
‘So this is what they call a challenge these days.’
I couldn’t tell where the challenge was, but it seemed to mean that we were ‘challenging’ ourselves to the same theme.
‘The kids these days have such hard tastes…’
If I could survive the next two weeks without dying and finish the test, I would have to follow this without blinking an eye.
‘It’s hard…’
I downloaded the video that Seon-young sent me as soon as the shooting was over.
As I played the video, I saw my face desperately smiling at the lens.
‘I’m living hard…’
Kyunghwa next to me also had a similar face to mine, clearly smiling but with a soul that seemed to have run away somewhere.
[Siren Siren-! Brave Sireni is off~!]
[Let’s go, friends, today too]
[Siren Siren, when the siren rings, stop all the bad things!]
Thankfully, it was a short 30-second video due to copyright issues.
The video ended with a scene of us crossing our arms in an X and shaking our heads to the line ‘stop all’.
“Do you want to see the next one?”
Kyunghwa looked down at my screen and asked.
“Well, I have to monitor it anyway.”
It was quite… painful to watch, but I couldn’t ignore it. I sighed deeply and pressed the play button.
[Happy things are always by our side~.]
[La la la swoosh, when you recite the exciting spell.]
[A dazzling world unfolds before your eyes-]
[With Nana, have a strong day today-!]
We danced to the doom-chit doom-chit rhythm, with Seon-young in the middle playing the role of the princess and us looking like some card soldiers.
It looked like the focus was blurred in my eyes compared to the previous video, but anyway… the fans would like it.
“I don’t want to see it.”
Kyunghwa lowered his head and banged his bean head on the wall.
I checked for any problematic scenes until the end and then pressed the exit button.
Then I showed my adult social skills and replied.
[Me] It’s okay 🙂 10:45 AM
[Me] Thank you for your hard work. 10:46 AM
Phew… I felt a bit of peace in my mind as I let out a long sigh.
The aftermath of the tremendous energy was gone, and I finally remembered the chart.
‘That’s right. I have to stream Son Seong-won’s song.’
I hurriedly turned on the music app and checked the ranking. Fortunately, it was holding up well within the top 20.
After the last appearance, the songs of all the finalists were released with a two-week gap.
To push the winner, the winner’s song was released on Friday at six o’clock the next week based on the airing date, and the runner-up’s song was released on Friday at six o’clock the following week.
The rest of the participants’ songs were released at once in the 6th Star Discovery regular album a month later.
‘What is this… a pointless stunt?’
That’s what I thought, but the higher-ups in the planning department seemed to think otherwise.
Thanks to them, the winner’s song stayed in the top three for a week without dropping. It left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I shouldn’t be jealous of someone else’s success.
I sighed, and decided to be generous. I pressed the streaming button with a good intention.
‘But it would be a lie to say I’m not disappointed.’
Seong-won’s final song peaked at number six. It was released two weeks after the broadcast, so the hype had faded by then.
‘If it had been released right after the show, it would have been much higher.’
The clip video on YouTube actually hit number one on the trending list.
And it became the driving force for the original song to reach number one on the streaming charts.
[- I want to listen to the 24th version soonㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[- When will this song be released?]
[ㄴ It will be released on October 8th at 6 pm! Please show a lot of interest!!]
[- I went to listen to the original song after watching this, and the original song is good too, but I keep looking for this feeling and come back like a salmon]
[- I listened to the original song and got excited and thought, yeah, this is K-Taekwondo, and came back with a burst of energy, but I collapsed at the audience’s reaction]
[- How did WePlanet hide this talent for so long?]
[ㄴ If he had appeared on My Idol stage two years ago, he would have changed the main vocal of Floss]
[ㄴ If you want to compliment him, just compliment him, why do you bash the other group’s main vocal?]
[ㄴ The main vocal is not one person, why are you suddenly getting angry?;;]
[ㄴ The main vocal is two people, but they are both talented members and they don’t deserve to hear this]
[ㄴ No, I just wrote my opinion, why are you suddenly serious? Just think that your opinion is yours and others’ opinions are different and move on]
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[ㄴ Please stop fighting on my comment]
Well… there were some people who started a fight for no reason, but it wasn’t our fault.
They had time to write dozens of comments on the internet… Should I be jealous? I was in a situation where I needed ten bodies.
‘Today was my only day off…’
I didn’t regret following Seon-woo, but I was thinking of getting some sleep at this time, when a staff member came into the waiting room.
“The recording is starting now, so please come if you want to cheer!”
Without realizing it, Kyunghwa, who had closed his eyes first, got up from his seat and opened his eyes brightly.
“Oh, yes. I’ll be right there.”
“Thank you.”
We bowed to the staff and headed to the set, where Seon-young and Seon-woo were standing back to back.
The audience seats were mostly women, with hardly any men.
If you thought simply, you might misunderstand that they were all Seon-woo’s fans. But Seon-young was known as a member who attracted female fans.
You had to see the cheering to know who they came for.
“Standby, cue!”
As soon as we took a seat in the staff section, the shooting began.
Seon-young followed the cameras moving around and smiled skillfully with gestures.
They had only three chances to practice, including the rehearsal.
They matched so well that you would think they were siblings.
[Hello, I greet you shyly.]
As Seon-young smoothly started her part, pastel-colored heart balloons poured down from the sky.
[Hello, I start my day with your shy smile.]
Seon-woo, who was holding a teddy bear in his arms, showed it to the fans and winked. Then he spun around and came to the front of the stage.
[Today I have a good feeling. Because I met you in the morning.]
As Seon-woo continued the lyrics, a sky-blue teddy bear appeared in the background.
The choreography was simple and the lyrics were childish, but the stage was full of their loveliness.
[Today I want to give you a special greeting]
Seon-young shrugged her shoulders and covered her mouth with her palm as if to say ‘oh my’. The audience screamed.
‘Hmm… Seon-young’s fans.’
Well, that’s how it is. What can you do when the fandoms are so different? Then Seon-woo came forward and offered the teddy bear to Seon-young.
[Can I do that, every time I stand in front of you, I become a coward.]
Seon-woo, who knelt down with the white confetti falling from the sky, looked like a character from a romance comic.
“Ahh-!”
And at the same time, a breathless scream was heard from the seats. There were more than one or two, and the staff couldn’t stop them and had to hold their breath to find laughter.
