A New Career Singer Who Can Read The Future [EN]: Chapter 38

A major broadcasting accident occurred.

During contestant number 33, Hyoseop’s performance, a lighting fixture fell.

The light narrowly missed Hyoseop’s face, resulting in injuries.

The competition was immediately halted. Emergency services (119 in Korea) were dispatched, and Hyoseop was rushed to the hospital.

The production team apologized to the contestants, stating that the competition would likely have to restart from the beginning.

The contestants weren’t unhappy about having more opportunities to practice, but they were worried that a similar broadcasting accident might happen to them.

However, the audience members who had come to watch the competition presented an even bigger problem.

They initially protested to the security guards, and even after being asked to leave, they protested to any production staff they encountered. Hyoseop, in particular, had a large fan base, and they argued that he could have lost his life, questioning how the show could proceed under such circumstances.

The production team stated they would make thorough preparations for next week’s competition to prevent similar incidents, but they couldn’t appease the angry audience.

The audience members recorded the stage conditions with photos and videos and reported them to online media outlets.

* * *

[Exclusive] ‘I Want to Be Your First Singer’ Lighting Falls During Live Competition… Contestant Number 33 Injured and in the Emergency Room

An accident occurred during the live competition of KBC’s ‘I Want to Be Your First Singer’ (hereinafter ‘Your First Singer’) when lighting fell.

‘Your First Singer,’ broadcast today (the 17th) on KBC, was being conducted live.

After contestant number 23’s first performance, a lighting fixture fell while contestant number 33 was performing. The lighting narrowly missed number 33’s face, and he was taken to the emergency room with injuries.

The production team told the audience, “This will never happen again,” but they had already lost their trust.

The program, which had been running smoothly until now, faced an accident that could have cost a contestant their life, causing the ‘Your First Singer’ website to crash.

One fan directly reported to this paper, saying, “I went to see contestant number 33, and now I think I’ll have trauma.” Furthermore, number 33’s fan union is taking collective action to receive an official apology from KBC.

* * *

“Ugh, I can only imagine being on that stage…”

One of the contestants shuddered.

Other contestants also didn’t want to give up on the program, but they were worried that a safety accident might occur if they stayed.

Dohyun felt the same way. He suddenly remembered the [The Tower] card that had appeared in Hyoseop’s tarot reading before. At the time, he had predicted that Hyoseop would capture the hearts of fans and bring about a big ‘change’ by showing remarkable growth through mentor Seon Hwa-seung’s feedback.

But for some reason, in the current situation, it felt like the power of [The Tower] card was at work, which made him uneasy.

He also began to think that he shouldn’t read other people’s cards.

‘If I… showed Hyoseop a negative future change…’

He felt a bit of self-reproach. This wasn’t the future Dohyun had envisioned.

It wasn’t Dohyun’s fault, but he had a complex and subtle feeling that if he had interpreted it differently, he might have been able to prevent Hyoseop from getting hurt.

Moreover, since Hyoseop was also Dohyun’s most formidable rival, Dohyun wouldn’t be able to shake off the guilt for a while.

The production team stood before the contestants, who were gathered in the auditorium after the audience had left. The PD [Production Director] in charge of main directing looked at the contestants with a dismal expression.

“Contestants, I’m sorry.”

No one answered. Everyone was anxious.

“First, let me tell you about contestant number 33’s current condition… He had about 10 stitches in his head, and his consciousness is clear. We advised him to withdraw from the program, but he showed his determination to participate, saying he would debut no matter what, so he is scheduled to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and rejoin us.”

‘…That’s a relief. It seems the injury isn’t as severe as I thought. I’m glad he’s not as hurt as I expected, really.’

Dohyun thought as he continued to listen to the PD’s words.

“I have nothing to say about the lighting accident. It was a mistake by the team preparing the stage, and it wasn’t intentional. I’m not trying to make excuses; that’s just the truth. This competition has been postponed to next week, and you will have another week to practice freely.”

Everyone expected that. The PD continued speaking in a calm voice, but with a feeling of dismay on his face.

“We will ensure that this never happens again. There are public opinions calling for the replacement of the main director, but disciplinary action for the incident will be taken after the program ends. Once again, I apologize to all the contestants for causing concern.”

The apology was more straightforward than expected. He couldn’t use his phone, but he could imagine the reaction outside. Accidents such as stages collapsing or lighting falling sometimes happen. ‘I Want to Be Your First Singer’ was just caught up in such bad luck.

“So, today and tomorrow will be designated as holidays. You are free to use your phones.”

At other times, everyone would have laughed because they were getting two days off, but this wasn’t a laughing matter now.

Moreover, Dohyun was in a complicated state of mind in many ways, so he couldn’t say anything.

* * *

As the PD said, Hyoseop was discharged from the hospital the next day, Sunday, and returned to the dorm.

I couldn’t look Hyoseop in the eye properly.

“Hyung [older brother or male friend]! I heard today is a holiday too? Would you like to go for a walk with me? Ugh, having a bandage on my head is frustrating, and I’m so bored…”

Since the cameras were all off, he could speak comfortably.

“No. I want to rest a bit today.”

He couldn’t help but feel guilty towards Hyoseop.

He had interpreted the tarot cards too positively. He should have been more careful from the moment he started predicting other people’s misfortunes, but he was only realizing it now. Hyoseop’s 10-stitch scar felt like the result of his complacency.

“Ah, then I’ll just play with my phone.”

“Your head doesn’t hurt too much?”

“What’s really fortunate is that if I had been hit head-on, I would have fainted and died, but it narrowly missed me. I bled a bit, but there were no other abnormalities in my skull besides the external wound. They said my luck was amazing. Hearing that reminded me of the tarot reading you gave me before, Hyung. You said my luck would be good. It feels like your tarot cards prevented something bigger from happening?”

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have read your tarot…”

“Huh? Why are you sorry, Hyung? It’s not like the accident happened because of you.”

“I feel like you got hurt because I didn’t read the tarot cards properly…”

“Hyung, are you feeling sorry, by any chance? There’s no need to! I’m really okay!”

Hyoseop was thinking quite positively.

I felt a little relieved that the person involved was speaking so positively.

I subtly changed the subject.

“You got hit by the lighting while performing; will you be able to go on stage in the future?”

“I thought I’d be traumatized because something like that happened on stage, but instead, I got fired up. I got 10 stitches, so I thought I should do 10 stitches better?”

“I’m glad you think that way. I hope it doesn’t scar.”

“The doctor said it won’t scar if I apply the medicine well. And so what if it does scar? I can cover it with makeup. I can think of it as a glorious mark of my efforts to become a singer!”

I was relieved to see Hyoseop thinking of everything positively.

“I’m so glad you weren’t seriously hurt. You don’t know how worried I was.”

Now I felt more relaxed and spoke comfortably.

Hyoseop shrugged and continued.

“It’s okay, really! Don’t worry about me, Hyung! It seems like you’re more worried about me than I am about being hurt.”

“Of course, I’m worried.”

“You’re secretly soft-hearted, Hyung.”

It was more because of the tarot than affection, but Hyoseop didn’t seem to care.

“I should go practice.”

“Ah, right. Hyung, your first performance yesterday was perfect, but you have to do it again, right? I’m worried that the same emotions won’t come up when you do it again.”

The stage of ‘Under the Trumpet Creeper’ that left a lingering impression on my heart and even made me shed tears.

I was worried whether the audience would react as explosively as before when they heard ‘Under the Trumpet Creeper’ again.

“…So I’m thinking of trying something a little different. I’ll have to change the arrangement a bit, right?”

“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

“I have no choice. I think the audience will expect a different stage rather than seeing the same stage again.”

“I guess that’s true.”

“With that in mind, I should go to the company today.”

I changed my clothes and prepared to go to Hue Entertainment.

* * *

I contacted PD Lee Jun-hyuk in advance and arrived at Hue Entertainment.

My fans didn’t expect me to come today, so the front of the company was quiet.

I scanned my employee ID and went up to PD Lee’s studio.

I politely rang the bell and waited.

The door opened, and PD Lee appeared.

“PD-nim [PD is short for Producer-nim, a title of respect], hello.”

“Dohyun, it’s been a while. But it’s only been a little over a week…”

“Yes. It seems like it’s been about ten days.”

“Your performance yesterday was really good. That’s why it was even more disappointing.”

“Why was it more disappointing?”

I felt it was a perfect performance in itself…

“What aspects were disappointing?”

When dealing with the straightforward PD Lee, it’s good to ask directly.

Then you can get an honest answer.

“If you do that stage again, you won’t be able to draw out the same emotions, the same empathy. The audience is already used to that stage… It’s disappointing that you can’t bring out the thrill of the first reveal.”

“Ah, I agree with that. That’s why I came to see you, PD-nim. I need to do more arrangement, and I wanted to ask you where and how the arrangement should be added.”

“I’ve already prepared it in advance. Let’s listen to it.”

PD Lee Jun-hyuk played the prepared sound source.

A mournful guitar sound was laid as a base, going back and forth between minor scales, leading the atmosphere as sadly as possible.

Next, the beginning was not lyrics, but humming.

Why didn’t I think of this?

Even changing just the intro could change the feeling.

“This is the first arrangement. Can you do it?”

“Yes! I can do it. The minor key performance and humming add to the lonely feeling, so it’s really good.”

“Good. Then let’s listen to the middle arpeggio arrangement this time.”

I continued to listen to PD Lee Jun-hyuk’s version.

It was clearly the same, yet there were subtle differences.

The audience would feel a sense of déjà vu but also experience a different stage.