Even on the day when the agency's concert announcement and reservation schedule were announced, there was a rehearsal schedule for the joint performance.
Thanks to that, I saw some reactions in the second half of practice.
To summarize… It was as expected.
-Hey, it looks like it's going to be fun. When will it be aired?
-T1 is pushing all the people from Idol Co. What happened to their TV programming?
- Please tell me the kids are doing well. Ah, please.
-Idol Co's debut group is so serious ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'm annoyed that my kids escaped.
- The joy of broadcasting a concert on TV VS the madness of being cheated on
A whirlpool of anticipation, apprehension, annoyance, and interest.
It couldn't be helped. An agency concert being broadcasted on TV was a unique case, and it had both anxiety and anticipation factors.
Moreover, since we were three groups from audition programs, the popularity was good.
Since accessibility was good thanks to the TNet channel organization, those who were interested could watch it by simply turning on the channel.
It was rare to find someone who liked all three groups from this agency.
'So there's only one thing that's certain.'
The point was that among the three
Fans didn't have pride or love-hate for this agency, so they never covered each other.
'Then I'll end up feeling disgusted and tired.'
There was no need to pour more oil on it, so the joint stage with Mirynay this time was the same.
There was one more factor to consider besides hybridity.
'We have to avoid stages that were set up for direct comparison.'
And the stage was already set like that.
… I didn't know it would be this hard.
-Here, here! If we just put this step in when we land, it would be so cool, right?
-If you don't mind, I thought about how it would be if we saved more of the freeze at the end of our first chorus… !
-Ah~ Shall we all take a look here? Even now, we're really good at it, but don't we look ten times cooler if we hit the bridge in a straight line? It's neat~
The other side also had a lot of greed for the stage, so the difficulty level rose in the way where we ran nto each other to avoid losing.
In the end, my stamina was consumed all the way up the escalator.
'Are we going to dance this time?'
I was conflicted with the remaining points, but I didn't use more because I was conscious that leveling up using the system was no longer possible.
The moment of natural increase was sure to come. My stats were enough for me right now.
"Hoo, shall we do it one more time?"
"… !"
So in the end, people were just pretending to be moderate, so theyweare rolling as if they were getting some spirit to make a special stage that they expected… This was the conclusion.
I acknowledged it after checking the appearance of the team members.
'I think it's okay to reveal the behind-the-scenes of practice.'
There were so many male and female high schools, and there were so many dancers in this situation, it was no different from just self-control training. I wiped my sweaty temples.
'Still, the image will come out well.'
"Oh, it fits well here."
"Wow, I'm really proud!"
I hoped the agency wouldn't be in vain after watching the stage.
"Shall we finish it today?"
"Yes!"
I shrugged my shoulders and resumed practice without further comment.
And the rest of the free time went by in an instant.
• * *
The backstage where the audience cheered and the sound of music thumped.
'I have to do well.'
Mirynay's unofficial leader, Park Minha, who debuted at Rank 2, swallowed.
The performance was enjoyable. However, the performance that was 'if you can't do it, it's over' was a problem right before the start.
This was because the enormous burden overwhelmed the brain.
'Cheongsimhwan… I couldn't have done anything without it.'
(TN: Cheongsimhwan/Woohwangcheongsimhwan: Herbal medicine that helps with high blood pressure, mental anxiety, insomnia, aching joints, etc.)
What were the other people doing? Suddenly, she turned to her side.
The one there was Park Moondae, who was entrusting his face to the staff.
Sweat dripped from his elevated, white face. He pointed his finger at his waist.
"Here. The mic is off."
"Yes, yes!"
'Wow…''
Park Minha tried to admire him for a while, but immediately came to her senses.
He definitely had a handsome face, but there were too many things she had seen and heard so far to be excited.
It was still playing In her head.
-Have you had any work in America lately?
-The victim was not ranked high. He's not the type to have many friends.
The company seemed to be talking to some kind of ghost whenever they talked about TeStar or something.
'How much does he even know…'
He was a strategic person human figure that made it difficult to guess what kind of picture he was looking at and acting on.
'How on earth can a person grow up and live like this?'
Park Minha looked back at herself who thought Park Moondae was cute while watching the re-listing season of
It was the her of the past, that wasn't what she was like now!
Just then, a pleasant voice was heard right next to her.
"Let's go up~"
"… ! Yes!"
At Lee Sejin's words, Park Minha immediately returned to reality.
'The stage!'
Meanwhile, Lee Sejin, who was smiling, made a hand gesture and started running while talking to Park Moondae.
"… …"
To be honest, that sunbaenim was also scary. Park Minha recalled her past practice.
'Come to think of it, I was doing everything he said…'
Looking back now, she even thought that the factors that seemed to have been discussed and decided together were actually all planned out beforehand.
Were all audition candidates like that? Then why was everyone in her group so naïve…
"Hoo."
"Minha, let's go!!"
"Yes."
Park Minha trudged along to the tempo of Jeong Yulgi, who moved excitedly while pushing her back. She had a lot of worries.
But right behind the stage…
Wow!
"… … ."
The smell of dry ice, the metal smell of the stage frame, and the feel of the costumes and lenses.
The air on the stage had a magical power that made people awaken.
So Park Minha also thought.
'Still, I'm confident on stage.'
She could do well.
'I won't be pushed.'
When she turned her head, she saw the faces of three people who were obviously thinking the same thing.
The countdown ended there.
"One!"
That was how the four people's stage began.
First of all, what filled the venue was the wide bass of the electronic sound derived from the sound of the piano.
The accompaniment melody was a song familiar to the audience.
'It's 'Attack'.'
It was an intense OST of an action movie series that hit theaters in the second half of last year, sung by a mixed band.
-Woa-Woah Woa-Woah…
Also, it was not uncommon for KPOP idols to cover a famous pop song on a special stage with mixed genders.
It may sound a little strange, but it was because it was less repulsing than when performing on a mixed stage with an idol song.
Maybe it was because the feeling of a 'performance' had been strengthened thanks to the distance that came from the difference in language and emotion.
So, the audience gave a normal reaction to the idea of 'a possible choice'.
Right before the singers appeared…
Whiik.
The first to go on stage was a group of dancers.
The dancers, dressed in bizarre achromatic clothes that covered their entire bodies, performed a group dance based on repetitive movements.
'Oh.'
It was magnificent at first. However, repeating a short routine throughout the interlude was getting tiresome.
Even the lighting was monotonous.
-Is it something cool..?
-??
-What are they trying to do?
The moment people got used to everything in just 15 seconds of the intro…
Cheeeeek-
Suddenly, with a cool tearing sound, the group wearing all black stopped.
And right in the middle of it, four prominent steps jumped out in a row, swift and unstoppable, as if they had been trained.
Pinpoint lighting followed.
The outfits they wore were nice jumpsuits with a loose silver rider jacket lightly on it.
Behind them, the black crowd stared at them.
Tok.
At the front of the stage, the four threw something black on their shoulders and stood with their chins up with a firm posture.
[Ooh]
And, a song with a sense of space came back like a storm.
This time, all colors and accompaniments came back at once.
[Sometimes it doesn't matter]
Amid colorful lights and electronic sounds, Park Moondae's well-developed vocals rose above the song.
The background dancers dressed in black were like shadows following behind the big and intense choreography.
[If the world comes to an end]
[Or not.]
They formed a formation and mixed men and women according to body balance, and there was no pair choreography.
Instead, the parts that were distributed considering only the tone of voice and the line of choreography rushed in without a break.
[Wherever I go
This feeling survives
The mood is all right]
Behind Lee Sejin, who quickly digested the choreography that was complex and rich, and brought out the taste properly, the high notes exploded again.
[Then I'm gonna jump into the fire]
It had electronic sounds and beats that were five times more colorful thant the original song and also had the dame colorful but rough group dance.
The moment when the white noise ate up the accompaniment and caught the hook song…
[Like a bomb]
The laser exploded with the drop.
[Yeah-ahahahah]
They swept up the floor and picked up a black object.
It was what they picked up earlier and threw away.
An ambiguous bar with no particular specificity.
However, when Lee Sejin jumped out again and took a firing stance like he was using a gun without anything in it, lasers came out like firecrackers from there.
-??
-What is this?
To be precise, it was the timing and angle that made it look that way.
Subsequently, each movement, which was like a sword, like a bazooka or a gun, poured out and the choreography was connected.
And colored lasers exploded like weapon recoils.
The angle of the choreography was exquisitely matched, and the lasers and LEDs were decorated like a reaction to the choreography movements.
The dancers In black were knocked down by the colored lasers, and all sorts of sci-fi effects were played on the spot.
In addition, thanks to the exquisitely matched camera work, people watching it on TV could also feel a different taste.
It was like a one-take shot of a well-made action movie, with the person moving in the center changing every move.
Due to the difference in physique, they found the most effective moves, adding more flavor to each changing center.
[Like a bomb
Light up tonight.]
The moment when running like that for 1 minute and 55 seconds was over…
"Heok."
Park Minha knew instinctively.
Mirynay didn't win, but this stage was a success.
[Yeah-ahahahah]
In the middle of the fallen group of dancers in black, the song ended with the four people again putting things on their shoulders and singing the last note in a different tone.
• * *
'Crazy.'
Park Minha staggered backstage and thought blankly.
The stage where they poured out everything to the point of vomiting like this was somehow pleasing. Even on stage, the quality was so good that she felt like her heart would explode.
'Besides, using props, the body sizes were so different that there was no uniformity in the choreography…'
Park Moondae's idea was great.
She turned her head away, unable to contain the urge to say good wishes.
Jeong Yulgi and Lee Sejin ran away with the staff due to makeup problems.
Then, even if it was just Park Moondae sunbaenim… !
"Hmm."
However, Park Moondae was drinking water and looking at the other side with sunken eyes.
'Is he not impressed?'
Was it possible to make a stage like this on a daily basis?
Park Minha was a little shocked, but soon realized that it wasn't the case.
'Ah, he's watching the next stage.'
He was looking at the monitor. The stage right after this was TeStar's song covered by the new debut group of
And the stage that was coming out right now…
[Go on picnic~]
'It's okay?'
They did better than expected.
Park Minha thought about it even during rehearsal, but nodded that the choice of arrangement played a big role.
- Dear TeStar sunbaeim! We prepared the stage 'Picnic'!
Because they chose 'Picnic' over TeStar's all kinds of conceptually impressive titles.
Excluding 'Promise' this time, it seemed like a wise choice to induce a group of people through the most popular of TeStar's songs.
Because the competencies were not directly comparable.
Curious about the person's thoughts, she inadvertently turned around.
'What does he think…'
"… !"
"Mhm."
Park Moondae was looking at the monitor with a faint smile.
However, it was not the eyes that contained admiration or looked at the target to keep them in check.
Instead, there seemed to be a flash of triumph somewhere on his face.
Or confidence.
'Uh… ?'
But there was no time to think long.
"Let's move!"
"… ! Yes! I will go now!"
Park Minha, in a slightly confused state, said goodbye and ran to prepare for the next stage.
'What was that… Oh no! Let's not care.'
She was determined not to dig out anything more than necessary from Park Moondae.
And after a few minutes…
This time,