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In the idol community, stories about Al-Eum-Al-eum Coming Up Next began to leak out.
Since talk about the program itself was already coming out, it would be more accurate to say that word was starting to come out about the participants.
What sparked the first spark was a photo of Lee Ion taken by someone with a cannon camera.
-How much correction went into it hahahaha?
-If he really looked like this, would he still be a trainee? Where did you snatch it from before?
-If it's just like the picture, Grandma will feed you with her wallet.
Of course, at first, the mainstream opinion was that it was photography.
In fact, the photo that was talked about the most was one that had been retouched quite heavily.
The twist occurred when photos taken by ordinary people were secretly shared.
Not all of the audience members who attended Coming Up Next were residents of the Dolpan culture.
Rather, in the early days of the program, the proportion of ordinary people was greater.
The photos they took with their phone cameras had a very ordinary feel.
-(photo), (photo), (photo)
-I think this is a straight shot at a realistic level.
-The beauty isn't realistic...?
Still, he's handsome.
Even though I couldn't get the character composition and focus right, it shines.
There were still a lot of suspicious views, though.
-Is it really true...?
-You'll understand when you watch the broadcast lol. I vote for being disappointed when I actually watch it.
-One week left until broadcast.
People were starting to get curious.
-(Photo) Isn't the take scene much better for the face combination?
-ㅇㅈ Ryan Award of Confidence
-Look at how trendy they all look.
-LOL There are those who clenched their teeth and insisted that the take scene cuts were not edited and that only Lee Ion was edited.
-The take scene already has a fandom?
-There are Ryan fans, haha.
-The viral feeling was stronger than that of a true fan. It looks like construction is already underway in Ryan.
In addition, they were so good at take scenes that Ryan Entertainment produced and supported them in a survival program.
Because CEO Choi Dae-ho has put a lot of effort into choosing an appearance and has solid skills through long training.
In addition, their debut song,
As the buzz about Coming Up Next began to increase beneath the surface, actual audience members began to appear in the community.
But what they were talking about wasn't Lee Ion or the take scene.
It was Hansion.
-The 4th place winner was ripped.
-ㅇㅇMy mother's son-in-law. Oh, of course I am the bride.
-I'm looking forward to the broadcast. I got goosebumps when I saw the stage, haha.
-Oh, I hope it airs quickly. Will there be a sound source too?
-If it doesn't come out, it's a really stupid show lol.
People's reactions to Hansion's stage were consistent.
torn
However, surprisingly, there were few articles describing in detail what the stage was like.
The reason was simple.
It was difficult to write because I didn't know exactly what Han Si-on did.
I understand that they presented a perfect stage of "Under the Streetlights" with their group sound.
However, the contest song was a remix song, not the original song from Under the Streetlight, and I'm not sure what happened.
There was no VCR or anything for the song production process.
All I remember is that it was crazy good and the chorus really exploded.
Those who actually went to the audience wrote a review of the audience about Han Si-On's stage... … .
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Han Si-on was sitting in front of the keyboard under the pin lights, and as soon as he heard the drums and guitar, he started singing... … .
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"What on earth does this mean?"
There were many people who gave up writing because they felt like no matter how they described it, they couldn't get the feeling of that day.
As a result, people started talking about it all together, and only stories of it being torn apart were coming out repeatedly.
Thanks to this, at some point this became like a meme.
-Oh, I saw it at the scene and Han Si-on tore it up haha.
-Okay, okay. Tearsion said.
It wasn't a positive reaction.
However, the Coming Up Next production team, which was monitoring the Internet reaction, was not particularly worried.
Anyway, once the stage is revealed, everything will matter.
And probably, among those who wrote reviews on the community, there were not many who actually attended the event.
Even if 100 people tell their experiences to just 5 people, that's 500 people.
If those 500 people tell just one person, it becomes 1,000 people.
Despite the loudness of the community, there were no fatal spoilers.
Sometimes contest videos were uploaded, but we took immediate action and took them down.
Rather, what the production crew was paying attention to was the
Take Scene is doing well in the self-production mission that began after the short vacation.
Ilevel and Ready had received composition training for a long time since their trainee days, and Fade had a good sense of choosing notes.
However, if there is a secret story that will not be broadcast, it is that the take scene is touching again on a song that has already been touched once during the month-end evaluation.
I'm not trying to fake it as if I'm remaking a song that's already been completed.
However, once I had self-produced the song and received feedback, I was refining it according to that feedback.
It's not manipulation, but it would be embarrassing if viewers found out.
So, it was a part that had to be done so that viewers wouldn't know.
If the take scene was moving forward step by step like this, the three-month-one-hundred-day period was a bit subtle.
'Is everything going well? Or am I ruining it?'
The production crew couldn't make a decision.
However, if I were to explain Sedalbaekil's own production process in just one sentence… … .
'Han Shi-on is being scolded!'
It was close to.
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"iced coffee. Day 1 of self-production, three-month-long making film... … is it? Anyway, this is the first start."
Lee Ion, holding the 8mm camera handed out by the production crew, chatted in front of the camera with a slightly embarrassed expression.
The reason Lee Ion was given the camera was the reason everyone expected.
Although only a few direct pictures were released, not even still cuts, the buzz was unusual.
Of course, this is what those who saw Lee Ion's appearance expected, but you have to wait and see what will actually happen.
Idols are likely to have good looks, but not all success in the world is based solely on probability.
Just as a member of a boy group that completely failed in Korea but gained popularity in South America ranked first in a ranking of the most naturally handsome men selected by plastic surgeons.
Anyway, for this reason, Lee Ion was holding a selfie camera.
The first start of self-production was a planning meeting.
"Shion is the leader, right? "Shouldn't Shion be the one to run the meeting?"
"Oh, that's right. I will do it."
Although he was nominally the leader, there has never been a moment when the role of leader was needed.
So, I was a little worried about whether Han Si-on would do well... … .
"You must raise your hand to speak and you cannot interrupt while others are speaking. If everyone agrees, let's get started."
He was surprisingly good at it.
He even seemed comfortable in the leadership position.
When I think of Han Si-on, who often seemed to have no social skills, it was a surprising sight.
That's how the three-month-long self-production meeting began.
"I'm not going to make a new song just because I'm self-producing. "We will focus on arranging ready-made songs to fit the style of Sedal Baek-il, and to do that, we will need to select songs first."
"Do you have a direction in mind?"
"Personally, I think it would be a good idea to adapt major pop music."
"A variation?"
"Brother Ion, if you have a question, could you please raise your hand and give me the right to speak?"
"Oh sorry. "It wasn't a question, it was just a rebuttal."
"yes. "Do you all know what K-pop compositions look like?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one nodded calmly.
Among the trainees, there were many who were only focused on digesting the song and did not know exactly how the song was produced.
Of course, when you debut, you learn things by looking over your shoulder, but there are no people in Sedal101 who have debut experience.
So everyone listened intently to Han Si-on's explanation.
It was a good story to know at least once, and even those who vaguely knew the concept did not pretend to know it.
"There may be many different composition methods, but this is the standard method."
[Composition-arrangement-lyrics-part distribution.]
Onsaemiro raised his hand to speak and asked.
"What is the difference between composition and arrangement?"
"If I come up with a core melody where I say ah-ah-ah, this is composition. The core melody is called the top line, and it is the act of creating the top line. But no one knows what kind of song this melody will turn into."
After saying that, Si-ion Han tapped his MacBook and recorded the melody of the song Ah-ah-ah he had just spoken on the piano.
"Let's say this is the top line. "What genre of song does the arranger want to create with this line?"
When I tapped my MacBook again, a cheerful synth and trumpet played over the 'ah-ah-ah' piano melody.
Eventually, the doomchit, dumchit drum sound was added, making it a familiar genre of music that can be easily heard at events.
"… … Trot?"
"answer. But other arrangers may think this way. What trot track do you use with this? "I should write a hip-hop track."
When Han Sion tapped the keyboard again, the 'ah-ah-ah' melody began to loop, and heavy old school drums were added.
Soon, the tightly packed hi-hat breaks the beat, and brass sounds are heard intermittently.
A hip-hop track with the feel of eastern hip-hop from the 80s was quickly completed.
"This is the arrangement. The act of deciding which bit to output using the top line. "Depending on your arranging skills, the sophistication will vary even if you select tracks in the same genre."
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"… … ."
"Was my explanation difficult?"
Han Si-on tilted his head as the members' atmosphere seemed strange.
However, the strange atmosphere was not because it was difficult to understand.
"Hyung, is that song already available?"
"voice."
"ah."
When Choi Jae-seong raised his hand, Han Si-ion pointed.
"I wonder if the beat you just shot is a ready-made song."
"Of course not. You just drew up the top line. "The bits were taken for illustration purposes."
Han Si-on's reaction was that it was really no big deal, but the Sedalbaekil members were quite shocked.
They all dream of becoming singers, and of course they have many friends around them who make music.
Amateur composer?
There must be more than 15 people who attended the practical music academy together, and I have listened to quite a few of their tracks.
I even listened to tracks created by academy instructors.
However, the track that Han Si-on took 1-2 minutes to film seems to overwhelm the quality of all the tracks.
Unless the show was performed with pre-recorded beats, it means that Han Si-on also has outstanding talent in beat making.
'Isn't Han Si-on the type of person to put on a show like that?'
While everyone was thinking like that, Han Si-on developed his thoughts.
"Anyway, I'm talking about taking this top line from pop."
"Can you give me one example?"
"hmm… … . Everyone knows Justin Bieber Baby, right? We pick the top line from the highlights of the song and pick a beat that suits us. "I also added some original lyrics and adapted them myself."
"What exactly are you getting? The refrain of 'baby-baby-'? Or the sound of the beat when that chorus comes out?"
"doesn't care. It just has to be the sound that comes to mind first when the public thinks of the song Baby. Whether it's a song or a beat. Or you can bring both."
After hearing Han Si-on's words, the members began to use their imaginations and think of feelings in their heads.