After the edited version of Resume was released for entertainment purposes, Jacon's mood changed slightly.
Three months ago, we started practicing for recording.
In fact, it was difficult to include the training that took place all week under Hansion's leadership.
There were many boring and repetitive parts, and the story was difficult to understand theoretically.
If that content were revealed in its entirety, Korean vocal trainers would probably protest quite a bit.
So, in Jakon, we excluded all the difficult parts and focused on 'practice.'
Because I worked really hard for three months and 100 days.
-Wow, you practice all day.
-really. How many hours has it been?
-This is my first time watching idol content. Don't other groups do this?
-no. Everyone works hard. However, it is rare to focus only on singing like in the third month and 100 days. Because there are so many things idols need to pay attention to.
-Something like sharp group dance?
-That's also true, we have to communicate with fans, and there are a lot of things to do such as entertainment, pictorials, music videos, etc.
-Why don't these guys do something like that?
-damn
-Why are you swearing?;; I didn't ask with bad intentions.
-I didn't do this to you.
Soon, recording began at LB Studio.
-Wow, he sings so well.
-After seeing these kids, you got into Vocaloid and all that?
-It's funny that there's controversy about which group doesn't edit their music in the first place. It's just because of the old outs and knobs.
-Now all you have to do is provide the news address.
-I admit it haha.
After that, it was straight to busking.
When Sedalbaekil first busked, he didn't bring a camera with him, but after he was captured by news cameras, he took pictures for Jacon.
If you stop busking as soon as you are featured on the news, your intentions may be seen.
Although the busking content was quite entertaining, fans focused on other aspects.
-Are our kids this unpopular?
-therefore; Why are there so few people? Apart from outing tourists, there really aren't any.
-What do you think will happen if another idol busks? Not group 1, but group 2.
-What is group 2? Even if it's just the 3rd group, I think the crowds will be several times higher than that.
Of course, there was some misunderstanding in their thoughts.
I busked for three months and a hundred days without any promotion, and I deliberately went to places with few people.
But that's not to say it's completely wrong; there was something strange about the popularity of 3 Months and 10 Days.
First of all, the public knows a lot.
In terms of recognition alone, it is ranked 1.5 to 2.
Because we achieved good results in Coming Up Next and in the music field as well.
If you look at Han Si-on's popularity, he would probably be in the first team.
Even more so when it was revealed that he composed songs for NOP and Drop Out.
However, regardless of awareness, the popularity feels a bit low.
Because there is a difference between finding out and being enthusiastic about something.
-It's a bit like rappers. Even though they became popular in places like Show Me, they eat well and hang out in Hongdae or Itaewon. I don't really care what people think.
-That's right. It feels a bit similar.
-What can I do? I need to watch what the kids do and support them.
-I feel like I'm working as an indie musician, not an idol.
By the time the fans were talking about that, the busking was over and Sedalbaekil appeared on MBN News.
- Hahaha, someone sent me a KakaoTalk message saying that my favorite social media section was advanced haha.
- Me too haha. As it turned out, it was not the social aspect, but the cultural aspect.
-Isn't this the world's first stone that reacts to news?
That's how Episode 2 of Zarkon ended.
However, the story fans were waiting for came out in the trailer for episode 3.
[Shouldn't we also communicate with our fans?]
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Sedalbaekil's accommodation is a single-family home.
Originally, I wanted to find one in Yeoksam-dong, near my parents' house, but there were no suitable properties for sale.
I heard that before they became popular, the accommodations for idols were really bad.
They say they live together with cockroaches in a studio or something like that.
But hey, there's no need to do that when you have the money.
After looking for a luxury apartment or a single-family home, I decided on this place.
There was no particular reason, just because there was a useful practice/studio space for sale within a 5-minute walk.
Actually, I was trying to find a practice room quickly, but I didn't think much about accommodation.
I understand that the reason they live in dorms in the first place is to control the idols.
But since we are a crew, the word control does not suit us.
I didn't even write a contract, whatever.
To some people, it may seem like I'm acting like a brat.
A considerable amount of money has been spent so far for three months and a hundred days, but there are no safety measures in place to recover it.
To put it bluntly, even if the members excluding me leave tomorrow, saying, 'We decided to work with Ryan,' there's nothing I can do.
Because I didn't sign a contract.
Nevertheless, the reason I chose this method is because I am a regressor.
Anyway, I decided to go as far as I could for three months and a hundred days.
I don't know how far we can go, but if we want to get even close to 200 million copies, we can't force it.
Because there is a limit to the creativity that can be brought about by coercive demands.
If it is not your own ambition, passion, and desire to improve, it is of no use.
So it was not controlled.
I was a bit speechless, but I thought I was in a hurry to get to the practice room, and didn't think much about the dorm.
However, because of Onsaemiro, I found accommodation as quickly as possible.
I didn't ask for details, but it seemed like there had been conflict in the family since Coming Up Next ended.
This is the expected part.
Since it would be the first treasure his parents ever had, they would probably want to sell it at a high price.
But how anxious must the treasure be because it chose independence?
Ryan Entertainment probably figured this out a long time ago and stabbed Onsaemiro's parents.
So, I found a place to stay and took Onsaemiro out.
It turns out that before finding accommodation, there are cases where people end up sleeping in saunas or shabby motels.
Idols shouldn't sleep in places like that.
At the same time, he also gave advice.
"Scratch everything from home, including your resident registration card, passport, driver's license, personal seal, and at least your ID photo and student ID card. "If you've ever used something like a power of attorney, that too."
"why?"
"Because your parents might act rashly."
Onsaemiro is not yet his birthday, so he is legally a minor.
The idea that someone would do such a thing is of no use in a capitalist society.
Because it is capitalists who make money by doing such things.
Don't you know, Choi Dae-ho is digging into this area to attack us.
Onsaemi looked a little embarrassed, but in the end, he packed it up and brought it with him when he came home.
"Don't you have a passport?"
"I've never made anything like that before?"
"Then make it quickly. "I don't know when I'll be able to work overseas."
"Can I do it?"
"of course. "It's easier than domestically."
What I felt clearly during this conversation was that Onsaemiro had lost a lot of his inferiority complex.
In the past, I would have felt embarrassed when asked if I had a passport, but not anymore.
Well, that may have made the members of Sedalbaekil feel more comfortable.
The accommodation I moved into through this process was a two-story building, and it was quite spacious.
The first floor has only one room, but the living room and other rest areas are very spacious.
The kitchen also has two large ovens, and although it may not be called a garden, there is also an outdoor dining area where you can barbecue if you go out through the kitchen door.
It's a bit narrow for five adult men to sit, but it's still not uncomfortable.
There is one single room and two triple rooms on the second floor, and this is our accommodation.
For your information, I am the only one using a single room.
Isn't this the power of money?
To summarize, the second floor is our accommodation, and the first floor is a play area.
I brought some game consoles, and the speakers and turntable are also very expensive.
However, on Mondays, the first floor becomes a conference room rather than a lounge.
This was because we set a rule to hold a crew meeting every Monday morning.
That's today.
As I wake up the fastest and improve my voice by doing yoga and stretching on the first floor, Jaeseong Choi, wearing pajamas, comes down yawning.
"I guess this is what the military weather horn is like, right?"
"Get some coffee."
After that, the members came down sequentially.
Usually Lee Ion is the fastest, followed by Choi Jae-seong, Koo Tae-hwan, and Ohn Sae-mi.
It seems like Choi Jae-seong woke up a little early today.
So the members sat on the sofa in their pajamas, holding coffee and toast.
I checked to see if the camera was running in case it could be used for Jacon, and was about to start the meeting when Choi Jae-seong opened his mouth.
"But why doesn't Shion wear pajamas?"
"These are pajamas."
Sportswear is my pajamas.
"You should wear something cute, the fans will like it."
"no."
"why?"
Why why?
Because I am an American with a long history who came from the land of machos.
Personally, the thing I am most unsure about is acting cute.
If the fans like it, I'll try to do it, but I'm not sure.
hmm… … .
If you're confident that wearing cute pajamas will sell more albums, you can wear them.
The members were seated and the meeting began.
No matter what team I lead, I tend to place importance on team meetings.
It's impossible for team activities to be completely free of individual complaints, but if you manage them in advance, they won't turn into an accident.
First, we talked about our past achievements and briefly talked about our plans for what we will do in the future.
"We will perform."
"What performance?"
"It's like an indie performance. "Up until now, we have only been guests, but now we are the hosts."
"What is the purpose? money?"
"no. "I need to find out what the fans like."
Currently, I am not sure which people are the main target of consuming Sedal101's music.
In the case of Resume, it easily topped the charts, but strictly speaking, it was noise marketing.
I drew a lot of aggro through the abyss detector, and discovered that it was related to drop out.
People who were curious about what the connection was about flocked to Zarkon, where Resume was revealed.
Luckily, Seok-Hoon Yang turned our video into content.
Thanks to a series of processes, it easily achieved first place, but I don't know what would have happened if it had just released a song.
Because we are currently not in a situation where we can properly promote it.
Proof of this was the number of views of episode 2 of Jacon.
Hell Detector - Episode 1 of Our Independence Diary, which was at the center of the issue leading to Drop Out, reached 9 million views.
However, the number of views for Episode 2 of Independence Diary is only 200,000.
Of course, it was released two days ago, so more will be added over time, but isn't 300,000 to 400,000 the limit?
There is a high probability that this will decrease further as episode 3 progresses.
So, it is necessary to check the preferences of fans through performances.
Are the people supporting us idol fandom or musician fandom?
But surprisingly, all the members shook their heads.
"It's not about checking, it's about making it happen."
"We're not doing too much fan activity right now."
"Things were busy until now, but now you have some free time, right? Shouldn't we also do something like live streaming?"
Ready to listen.
The reason I wanted to pursue typical idol activities in the first place was because I lacked knowledge in this area.
However, the members' explanations that followed were no different from alien language.
Poka? Tapkku? Etiquette shot?