Looking at the continuously refreshing chat filled with cheers, Jay cleared his throat.
"Ehem, alright everyone, what I will sing this time is… 'Lacking'."
Hearing his words, the chats refreshed faster with support from the viewers.
Lacking is an old song that was released more than 20 years ago.
Unlike the other songs that Jay sang, Lacking is not really a popular song.
However, despite that, a lot of people relate with the lyrics from the said song, especially the generation now.
Because of that, this song that has almost been forgotten suddenly resurfaced just a while ago.
The popularity of 'Lacking' in social media suddenly went through a metamorphosis!
It boomed and caught the attention of many people.
That's why when Jay said that he will be singing it, they were happy.
At this time, Jay finally finished preparing and played an instrumental on the computer.
Jay closed his eyes, feeling the emotions of the lyrics.
When he opened them again, his eyes were already filled with sadness and he started singing.
"My… life has been.~"
"Nothing~"
"But a drama…"
"Hoping for a change.~"
"Is as hard as it's always been."
…
Just the first few lines in the song were sung by Jay, but it was already filled with intense emotion.
The chat slowed down until it went to a still.
Because at this time, all of them has already been caught in Jay's emotions, making them speechless.
All of them can't help but wonder, what kind of hardship has Jay experienced for him to sing such a song with great vividness.
Just what kind of thing was able to make him feel that sad.
But without anyone answering their thoughts, Jay continued to sing.
"I am lacking.~"
"In everything a normal life should have."
"Family support is nowhere to be found."
"Alone in this big world."
"With no one for me to lean on."
…
Jay's voice gradually softened and weaker, like a child in the middle of the storm, cold and afraid.
Once his voice disappeared, the song came to an end.
For a while, the chat was silent before suddenly flooding in at the same time!
[Boohoo, host, you really made me cry!]
[Why are you doing this to me? Why are you making me cry? It's already night, you know?!]
[Hahaha, host, I'm in the middle of doing my work, now my tears won't stop. Please take responsibility and do my work instead.]
[Host! Tell us! Who hurt you?!]
[Yes, who hurt you, host? Tell us and we will fight for you!]
Jay looked at all the comments from the viewers for a while.
Then he said, "Calm down, guys. No one hurt me."
Jay can't help but chuckle a bit and continued, "I am alright. Thank you all for your care though. I appreciate it."
[YourBiBi: Are you sure about that, Jay? It feels like you're too into that song to me…]
"There's nothing for you guys to worry about."
Jay said as he waved his hand dismissively.
This is the only thing that Jay can say. It's not like he can say that he's only able to bring out that many emotions all because of his poor family, right?
Others might use their sufferings as clout to gain more attention, but Jay doesn't have any plan on doing that.
In order to stop the viewers from thinking more about wrong stuff, Jay said,
"Anyway, let's shift the topic to something else. What do you guys think about my singing? Is it all to your liking?"
Immediately, the flow of the comments changed.
[Yes!]
[Without doubt, I really liked your singing, Jay!]
[Yes, Jay. It's such a misfortune that I only got to know you now.]
[Your voice really evokes my emotions, Jay. All I can say is that you're a great singer!]
[The one above, I agree with your words. Jay is a really good singer!]
Compliments kept on appearing on the screen and a smile slowly formed on Jay's lips.
It seems like the viewers are gradually growing familiar with him.
Because from calling him host, a lot of them actually started calling him by his name.
When Jay read the comment about not getting to know him earlier, he chuckled,
"If you got to know me earlier, you'd probably get bored of me in just a short time."
"You can ask YourBiBi, she's been with me since I started. No one could really endure staying beside her. Hahahaha!"
[YourBiBi: Yeah, I'm telling you guys. Jay was such a boring guy before. I don't even know why I stayed with him until now. But anyway, I think it was worth it after seeing him sing like today!!]
Jay interacted with his viewers for a while until he looked at the time.
2pm.
"Ah, it's already 2pm, everyone. My live will end here for now. See you again later!"
When Jay said that, a lot of comments suddenly flooded his live room.
[Noooo, you can't leave us!]
[Don't end it yet, Jay!]
[I want to talk to you more! Please don't go!]
[I won't let you escape, Jay! Sisters, stop him!!]
[Stop him!!+1]
[Stop him!!+2]
[Stop him!!+38]
[...]
Seeing them acting like that, Jay laughed and said, "I really have to go for now, guys. Don't worry, I'll do a live again. You'll get notified if you follow me."
"Anyway, bye-bye, everyone!"
Waving at them, Jay ended the live without hesitation despite the pleading of his viewers.
When the live stream stopped, Jay finally let out a heavy sigh.
"Haa… doing a live stream is actually this tiring."
He slumped on his chair and relaxed his aching back.
Even though he's just sitting here and talking to people, Jay can't help but still feel exhausted.
That's because talking to a lot of people, interacting with all of them at the same time, Jay has to keep his focus up.
Just that already spent a lot of his energy.
Of course, this is also proportional with the time you spend streaming.
Anyway, Jay just rested himself for a while on his chair, without energy to do anything.
But, just then, a sound in his head awakened Jay's spirit.
[Ding!]