Act 2 of TeStar's concert was a series of endless climaxes.
The narrative of Kim Raebin and Seon Ahyeon continued, and the boy's inner side, dominated by impulse, eventually flowed in a dangerous and dark direction.
A stage to express that passion.
[The day that finally came
Coming]
In place of the sound of traditional musical instruments, fragmented electronic sounds placed instead create an ominous noise.
[End here today
Never get away from me, ya]
The version of the song, which was much darker than the original song, was intense and sexy enough to look slightly grotesque.
Ryu Chungwoo, standing in the center, nodded with an expressionless expression.
'Joseon Zombie…'
The gamer didn't think any concept could be more intense than this, and she thought this was the most conflicting part and the best climax.
But no.
For each part that seemed like this was the climax, a new build-up went in and continued o rise.
'Uh uh uh?'
'Better me', which depicted the wandering of a boy who had overcome his enemies but had doubts about himself, followed.
It was an overwhelming shadow performance.
'This is the climax!'
It wasn't.
After wandering and gaining enlightenment, the boy returned to his true self and held a splendid return ceremony.
"… ??"
The stage that unfolded was 'Daybreak', a combination of the two titles from the past activities, 'Wheel' and 'Drill'.
Firecrackers like fireworks exploded, and the insanely colorful and exciting, jaw-dropping performance caught the attention.
[Turn my ferris wheel around
Fire-light bursting like a star!]
A shudder passed.
It was truly a stage worthy of the climax of a concert… But now the gamer knew it too.
It wasn't.
'What else is there?? Uh??'
At this point, she was starting to look forward to it.
At the bottom of that psychology, there was also a wish that this crazy performance would continue without ending.
Because this stimulation and immersion was so delicious!
And as if to repay that heart, the next stage continued.
Tung-.
But this time something was different.
'It's taking a long time… ?'
The preparation time was longer than before.
Long after the VCR was turned off, only drums rang on the black stage.
'What?'
But everything returned to the stage at once.
With an exciting whistling sound.
Whiik!
Water was pouring out on the stage.
'Crazy!'
She didn't know how much money was poured into it, but the stream of water that she would see at a super-large water show collected on the floor and created a water source.
And the light came through.
Whihwihwi-ik!
The lights turned on according to the stream of water that was collected on the floor of the stage, creating a fantastic scenery.
And at that moment, a performer appeared.
The performer jumped from the water stream in front of the concert hall in the dark and landed in the water.
"… !"
It was Cha Eugene.
Unlike the unit stage where two were paired up, Cha Eugene was the only one who came up on stage alone during this performance.
[Yeah, yeah, yeaaaaah]
And without waiting, he started doing the solo dance right away.
Literally, like a fish in water, the intro was performed with a splendid solo in the water rising up to the calves with light.
The water and light drew a parabola, causing diffuse reflection and flashing. However, all those effects were absorbed as part of the movement of the solo performer.
Cha Eugene's characteristics instantly took over the stage.
The gamer was involuntarily amazed.
"Wow."
Was he human?
The moment Cha Eugene finished the intro performance, he threw off his goggles and smiled at the audience.
Aaaaaaaaa!!!
Despite the deafening shouts, the gamer did not frown.
Because the familiar prelude came out.
'Ah, this!'
TeStar's latest hit song. It was "Promise," which was still firmly holding onto the music charts.
It was currently the hottest song among TeStar songs. Even the gamer was used to it because she heard it once every two times when she went out.
So she made a pretty convincing guess.
'Ah, then, it's like, 'let's go singing together like a festival'?'
Unfortunately, not this time either.
Instead, the prelude, which was heard at the beginning, returned to the venue.
The lighting came back right away.
Uuung~
Wavy blue lights covered the performance hall. And this time, instead of dry ice, soap bubbles poured like air bubbles toward the audience.
"Uh… ?"
Now, it was the last stage to finish everything.
The venue turned into the sea again.
However, this time the boy did not sink.
[Umm]
Turning back, Cha Eugene shrugged and looked up at the ceiling, the sea.
And right around that, the stage floor opened, and six figures came up.
TeStar.
[Take your STAR]
They were rising towards the surface.
"… !"
As soon as the first verse entered, TeStar laughed and started kicking the water.
[The day the stars fall]
The performance shown in the pouring rain unfolded as large and splendidly as a concert, as originally intended.
In the relaxation and pleasure of countless practice sessions, the anxiety added by the heavy rain completely disappeared.
In the grass where the water level was lowered to the anklebone as the water flowed down, the beautiful and upbeat choreography poured out with cool vocals.
[Kick on the waves and run
To the sky Run and Fly]
As the number of people increased, the movement of the water became more splendid.
"Wow."
The intimacy of 'as it was in the original song' met force and was replaced by immersion.
A melody passed by in an instant.
If she waved the light stick while being immersed in the performance using water to the fullest…
[Mood shining like a star]
I promise to go with you
Make you fly]
In the second half of the song, they finally arrived at the bridge.
The choreography of the members became static and the lights pointing towards the water were turned off. It was beginning to get dark.
Pas!
In an instant, the inside of the concert hall itself began to sparkle.
"Oh my gosh."
And the gamer was taken aback when she saw everyone's lightsticks shining white with full power.
All the lightsticks in the concert hall, no, countless small lights on the ceiling above the stage were shining, creating a cluster of stars.
[To the island beyond the horizon
Today will shine]
It was beautiful.
The boy, who was sluggish and sunk in the consciousness of the past, came to a realization and returned to reality, the starry ground.
And the members left the stage where there was almost no water and started running into the stars.
[Umm, Umm, Umm~]
It was ending.
After getting out of the water, the members came to the front of the protruding stage and performed the final highlight dance.
The lights were no longer blue, and the venue was like a sandy beach in midsummer, bright golden and pollen flying.
A true climax and finale. A clean and enjoyable last story without anything bothering them.
[Thank you!]
In that way, as idols, TeStar finished the story.
"… …"
The gamer watched the whole scene with a somewhat dazed mind.
It was because of the cool feeling.
After a while, TeStar members came out one by one and greeted the audience like a curtain call.
The music playing was their first fan song, 'The Magic is You'.
[I feel good today, like
I think something good will happen]
When their parts started, they went up to the stage.
They popped out and went around the concert hall with head mics and did fan service.
"Moondae, aaahhhh!"
"Ahh, here!"
It was a time for fans who would regret the distance, and the second fan song and Picnic took quite a long time as everyone sang together.
However, instead of being bored, the gamer sat for a long time after the curtain call, like other fans.
'… … .'
And after everything was over, she belatedly opened her smartphone.
[PM 10:31]
The show started at 6:30 PM. 4 hours disappeared in an instant.
"Crazy."
She hit her head.
On the way back…
The two friends laughed inwardly as they looked at their gamer friend who seemed to be impressed.
"How was it? Was the ticket worth it?"
It was an obvious question, but the gamer accepted.
"Oh, it was interesting… Time went by in an instant."
This kind of cultural life was worth spending money on. It was to the point where an interest in idols grew in her heart.
In the end, she murmured like an exclamation.
"Hey, really… they did well."
"… !"
The two friends exchanged glances at the moment. After hearing that she said they did well, if it was because of vocals or fan service, it was likely that she was talking about Park Moondae!
"Who?"
"Who do you like best??"
At the moment of tension, the gamer opened her mouth with a serious face.
"I… Everything was good."
"… ??"
"It's the best to perform as a group like that, really… This is it."
Yes.
Recently, she ended the viewing ceremony with the all-fan mentality that it was more precious than wild ginseng.
And similar confessions were also coming up on the Internet, but the performers were delighted at a more primitive level.
• * *
11 p.m.
We hadn't been able to get off work yet due to feedback problems and were working overtime in the practice room. But the atmosphere was fine.
The concert was good.
"It was a great success~"
"Ah, the best of the best!!"
"It was fun!"
Everyone had smiles on their faces, as if they still had energy after performing the crazy setlist.
'It was worth the money.'
Originally, the pleasure of succeeding in a new challenge was extraordinary. This was even more so when it came to large-scale events such as concerts.
I rated it neatly.
"Your idea was good."
"… ! Ay~ What are you talking about! It's not just me, I only added a few things to the setlist that was already done~ A lot of Moondae's ideas went into it too!"
His mouth was about to tear from how big he was smiling, but he was pretending not to.
Anyway, the W Live was going to be long like an after-party on the last day, so today we just had to congratulate ourselves on our success and check it out.
However, I had a few more things to say.
"Hmm, Eugene, it looks a bit dangerous here."
"It's cool!"
"Yeah, it's cool, but it's a story about landing safely."
I found a conversation partner by passing the guys giving and receiving feedback.
"Kim Raebin."
"Yes!"
Kim Raebin was talking with Seon Ahyeon about the unit stage. After saying a few words with Seon Ahyeon, I sat down in front of him.
And it went straight to the point.
"How was it?"
"Yes?"
"How was it after performing on stage?"
"… …"
Kim Raebin had a slightly nervous face, but answered without hesitation.
"I was very concerned about whether I would be able to properly interpret the production results of other people and express the intention of the production well enough not to be ashamed of as a professional, but…"
After a long introduction, the answer came out.
"… This time, I think I digested it quite well."
Yes.
"Of course, Ahyeon hyung, who performed with me, showed such outstanding ability that I am aware that I jumped on the bandwagon, but…"
Kim Raebin's eyes shone.
"I could… !"
It was a solid answer. I smiled and asked again.
"Can you do it in the future?"
"Yes!!"
Good.
After hearing that firm answer, I called up the status window without hesitation.
And I confirmed what I was waiting for.
[! Abnormal Status: Recall (Disabled)]
His status abnormality was clearly returned to an inactive state.
'Okay.'
Of course, it hadn't disappeared completely, maybe someday the state of 'my producing is ruined' would recur.
But I didn't worry. Now this guy would be able to get out of the slump on his own.
Because he had already escaped once.
And… The option that it would be okay if he stopped producing must have been well entrenched in his head.
That was enough.
"Good job."
"No… I am so grateful! I will work harder in the future."
Kim Raebin bowed his head. Seon Ahyeon, who was next to me, clapped with a red face.
It was a good finish.
This was the end of worrying about the music for the next album.
'Well, then there is only one thing left.'
With my back against the wall of the practice room, I prepared the opportunity to talk about the final treatment I had been thinking about for days.
"I have a suggestion."
"Huh?"
On the way home from work just before midnight, I raised my hand in the car.
"That arrangement account."
"Ah, that."
First of all, the concert was put on hold because it was urgent, and the official contact for the game theme song.
I spoke boldly.
"If it's something you just want to try, I think it would be okay to accept an offer."
"… !"
"Uh, how… ?"
Simply put, this was it.
"You can donate the proceeds."
"… ??"
We had to give up money.
"When we sign the contract, we return the profits to the welfare foundation."
After all, there was no one here who would regret losing money.
It was a waste to just change the account, and if possible, I wanted to avoid unnecessary attention.
So, we could just say 'OK' once and use that account all the time.
"If we donate anonymously, there is no tax evasion problem, so there will be no problem if we are caught later. The name can be handled within the business."
"Aha…"
The person in charge would not go so far as to illegally track the novice business operator and dig up detailed personal information.
"Okay! There is no disagreement about profitability because I am not greedy."
Kim Raebin answered brightly.
The person himself didn't seem to know at all, but since the guy with the most stakes was doing this, he had no choice but to shut his mouth even if there was a guy who wasted money.
Well, it doesn't matter since no one seemed to have talked about money in the first place.
However, Bae Sejin asked with a confused face.
"Can't we just sign a free contract?"
That couldn't be done.
"That… If we get caught, they talk about intellectual property rights because the money has rotted away."
"… …"
"It seems that there will be stories about the negative impact on the industry beyond the attitude controversy."
Originally, public opinion was a tough opponent for idols.
Everything. We had to consider everything.
I passed by Bae Sejin's face, who seemed to feel both disillusioned and terrified at the same time, and asked.
"So, if we're going to do it, I'm thinking about handling anonymous donations like this… What do you guys think?"
The cool positivity soon returned.
"I like it~"
"Me too!"
Even Ryu Chungwoo smiled and opened his mouth.
"Yeah, it sounds fine."
It was unanimous.
I rubbed the back of my neck.
With this, the composing camp account could continue to operate without any problems.
"Yes. Then let's do that."
TeStar's arrangement account with an infinitely high stake with Kim Raebin…
"A Song of the Stars will also have a career!"
… Yes, our account, 'Song of the Stars' would reply to T1 Plays.
"… …"
To make it clear, I objected to that account name.
Why did they want to give it a connection with TeStar… I just wanted to say that I gave in to the majority.
'Because not all the plans I made worked.'
The funny thing was, this time, my plan didn't go perfectly as expected.
A few days after signing an official contract with T1 Plays, articles like this started appearing on the Internet as popular articles.
[A WeTuber who flexes properly]
[The result of three highs and lows.jpg]
[Song of the Stars, what are you doing?]
"… ?"
There was nothing to trace the cause.
It was just… The person in charge made a public comment on the arrangement video.
- Thank you for the formal contract! According to Song of the Stars' will, the down payment will be donated in full to the Skysori Children's Foundation. (Smiley emoticon)
-We decided to donate the same amount on our own out of a warm heart!
Thanks to us, this happened.
- Donation in full to the Child Welfare Foundation
-Is it real?
-God's God's song! God's God song!
-This is how you flex.
…
"Are you going to ignore it?"
"Yes."
We stopped all feedback after one complaint email to the person in charge.
Amidst the sudden rise in awareness, the weather got colder and started running toward the foretold date.
It was the end of the year soon.