The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 571

Glorious Tides – Episode 57 (57/237)

# 57 I’ll See You Again Soon

The artist ‘Noh Hae-il’ certainly seemed special.

Not only Hwanhee Lee, who always looked like he was about to devour any artist he liked, but also the audience watching the boy from afar felt the same way.

The boy, sitting still and chatting with Hwanhee Lee about music, was full of passion. It wasn’t just a passion that ended with ‘I like it,’ but a sparkle from someone who believed in their talent.

But that wasn’t all.

The boy’s real charm was something else.
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Everyone felt it when the boy’s eyes changed the moment he picked up the guitar.

People who live passionate lives are attractive. But could this be simply called passion?

As the boy strummed the guitar with his white hands, the person sitting in the front row involuntarily placed their hand on their chest.

The unique, subtle taste of the acoustic guitar.

On top of that, a tickling melody is added.

It felt like something was about to happen.

A good song is said to be one that makes you want to keep listening from the first note. Yes, the audience who thought they wanted to keep listening to this melody from the first note wished this moment would never end.

[It’s just another day, no different from anyone else’s]

However, the boy, who sang a verse into the microphone, smiled and put down the guitar.

“Nope.”

It should have been longer.

Of course, he was asked to play just one verse, but after drawing people in like this, he’s really ending with just one verse?

The audience let out silent screams.

Hwanhee Lee wanted to scream like the audience.

It’s not a desperate ballad.

Even though it bounced like a ball, the emotional line itself was simple.

However, his heart fluttered as if he were starting to fall in love. Hwanhee Lee was going crazy from the fluttering feeling he felt after a long time.

It was like tasting just one spoonful of sweet caramel pudding and then having it taken away.

“Is that really the end?”

Hwanhee Lee, who had been moving his lips, asked in disbelief.

The boy answers with a smile instead of a reply.

Shaking people’s hearts and acting like he doesn’t know anything. It wasn’t infuriating. It would have been if he had just teased people.

“No way.”

Hwanhee Lee pleaded without realizing it.

“It’s too short. Don’t you think you’re being too harsh? I asked for one verse, and you really only sang one verse. Can’t you play a little more? Everyone! Everyone, please say something. Am I the only one who wants to hear more?”

No! I want to hear more!

Just one more verse, no, two more verses…!

Sing more!

Amidst the high and thin voices, a man’s rough voice was heard. It seemed so sincere that the audience and Hwanhee Lee burst into laughter together.

The boy, who had been laughing for a while, said firmly.

“I’ll come back to sing next time.”

“…Wait, what did you say?”

In the end, I have to wait until the release.

Hwanhee Lee, who was feeling disappointed, soon realized what he meant and his eyes widened.

“Are you already making plans for our next meeting? You’re saying you’ll be back soon? Everyone heard that, right? Director, please cast Noh Hae-il!”

When the writer held up the drawing book that said, ‘Come anytime!’, Hwanhee Lee gave a thumbs up.

“Or, let’s have a meal separately… I’m sorry, everyone. Of course, we should meet in this setting.”

Hwanhee Lee quickly changed his words at the audience’s jeers.

“But are you really not going to play anymore?”

He still couldn’t let go of his lingering feelings.

The boy took it as a joke and smiled brightly.

However, Hwanhee Lee was serious.

If it wasn’t for the scheduled time being over, he would have grabbed him and listened more no matter what.

He wanted to go outside and see him off.

He also wanted to continue the unfinished conversation, but the next artist was waiting in the wings. Shin Joo-hyuk, that friend of his.

But the human heart is something else.

Shin Joo-hyuk was also an artist he really liked, but he couldn’t help but want to hang out with the newly discovered friend more.

Hwanhee Lee clicked his tongue and waited for the next opportunity.

“You have to come. Let’s make a promise. Next month?”

Hwanhee Lee showed the boy his pinky finger and then suddenly thought of Shin Joo-hyuk, who would be waiting in the waiting room.

‘Come to think of it, Joo-hyuk must have heard it too.’

If he was in the waiting room, he would have seen this friend’s performance.

He’s not the type to be late, so he must have heard it.

‘I wonder what he thought.’

It must have been quite stimulating.

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“Today was so great, Noh Hae-il!”

“I’ll see you again soon! Don’t forget us! You really have to come!”

As I always feel, people’s attitudes are like reeds, no matter where you go. [Meaning they bend easily to the prevailing wind].

If you have even one thing – popularity, skill, or potential – even enemies can become close friends in an instant in this neighborhood.

Hae-il, who had experienced it more than anyone else, accepted the staff’s sudden kindness and greeted them back.

As he walked backstage, Hae-il fanned his body, which was still hot.

Is it because I’m young?

Or is it because I had too much fun?

His whole body was soaked in sweat.

Still, it was fortunate that his stamina had increased a lot compared to before. If it were the old days, he would have fallen like an idiot.

There’s nothing more unsightly than falling after singing a few words.

It seems like the training effect is finally showing.

Hae-il thought with satisfaction.

At that moment, someone was walking leisurely from afar.

It was a man with a rather fierce impression.

As he approached, the staff recognized him and greeted him.

“Hello, Shin Joo-hyuk.”

Hae-il didn’t know much about the artist ‘Shin Joo-hyuk,’ but he knew that he was the artist who would take the next stage.

As their eyes met, the man who had been walking towards the stage slowly stopped. It was clear that Shin Joo-hyuk had also recognized him.

The two stared at each other intently for a while, lost in their own thoughts.

‘This kid is similar to me?’

‘Why is this guy staring like that?’

The staff made a fuss, thinking it was a battle of nerves between artists.

“Hello, senior… I’m Noh Hae-il.”

Only when Hae-il opened his mouth did Shin Joo-hyuk reply.

“I know. I enjoyed your performance.”

“Thank you.”

“Shin Joo-hyuk, you need to go in soon.”

There was no time for a long greeting.

When the staff urged him that there was no time, Shin Joo-hyuk nodded.

Then, as he was about to pass by, Shin Joo-hyuk stopped again.

“Can I ask about your album release schedule?”

In fact, there was no reason to answer this question, but Hae-il spoke honestly.

“Soon.”

“Soon? I’m also soon.”

Their eyes met again.

This time, their thoughts were aligned.

“I’ll see you again soon. But it’s going to be a bit difficult this time.”

There was no way he couldn’t understand what he meant.

Hae-il raised the corners of his mouth at the words that were conscious of the music charts. He had never backed down from a fight that came to him.

“I’ll greet you again when the time comes.”

Of course, he would be the winner then too.

Shin Joo-hyuk, who found Hae-il’s expression, retorted with the same face.

“Okay.”

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[Anyone see Drawing Book today? I watched it because Shin Joo-hyuk was coming out, but who was the rookie who came out before him;;]

[Noh Hae-il? Was that his name? He sang so well. I listened to Hee-tae’s theme and bowed my head. I thought the song was good, but he just sang it well]

[After seeing him, I immediately understood the saying that celebrities are born. At first, he looked so small, but as soon as he played the guitar, I immediately called him ‘hyung’ [Korean term for ‘older brother’ used by males]]

[My mom went crazy. At first, she was like, ‘When is our Joo-hyuk oppa [Korean term for ‘older brother’ used by females by younger females] coming out? Who is this no-name?’ But when I said he looked ordinary, she suddenly told me to look in the mirror and cursed at me]

└Isn’t that just because she wanted to curse at you?

‘Lee Hwanhee’s Drawing Book,’ which aired early as an OST [Original Soundtrack] special, was quite a hit.

Related search terms such as [Noh Hae-il] [Noh Hae-il’s new song] [Hee-tae’s theme] [Noh Hae-il Lee Hwanhee] [Lee Hwanhee pervert] newly emerged, and the viewership ratings were higher than usual.

This couldn’t be simply attributed to the lingering feelings of the drama.

The moment when Noh Hae-il sang just one verse of his new song and ended it was when the real-time viewership ratings were the highest.

[Kya, good]

[Why are you ending it here???]

[Did Lee Hwanhee lose his touch? He really only listened to one verse?]

[When is the album coming out]

Starting with the reaction to the new song,

[Is that a rookie???]

[No matter how I look at it, it feels like he’s been on TV for ten years]

[But doesn’t his voice sound familiar? Is there no more information about the rookie?]

The reaction to the artist Noh Hae-il himself was unusual.

The PD [Producer-Director] happily took care of the viewership ratings and monitored the viewers’ reactions.

And he accidentally found a comment.

[I thought Noh Hae-il looked familiar, isn’t he a YouTuber?]

[But can you call someone a YouTuber if they only uploaded one video?]

[This person is that person. Hongdae Let It Be]

[?]

The PD clicked on the address bar without thinking and was shocked.

It was that busking video that had been briefly discussed in the broadcasting industry a long time ago.

The sound quality was a bit distorted due to the phone’s resolution and the sound of people buzzing, but there was no denying that the middle school student in the video was the boy he had recently met.

There were some changes, but the unique atmosphere was the same.

“Wow, it seems like Teacher Hwanhee was also looking for him a few times. It turned out like this.”

Lee Hwanhee is a musician, composer, and producer.

He only gives songs to his favorite artists, and he said he wanted to give a song to the child in the video. In the end, he couldn’t find him.

The PD thought that this was how things came full circle.

It seems like there really is fate in the world.

The PD was lost in memories and played the boy’s old video. He still heard beautiful songs.

Even now, three months later, it touched his emotions. Yes, just like the music Noh Hae-il sang.

He had a knack for touching people’s emotions, so why didn’t he know?

“He sings pop songs well too. I should have asked him to sing one.”

He found out about the boy’s identity (?) too late.

The PD kicked the ground in disappointment and remembered that they had agreed to meet again next month. He didn’t know if he would really keep his promise, but if he released an album, there was a high chance he would come.

He decided to ask him to sing one then. The PD, who had made up his mind, tilted his head as he heard the Beatles’ Yesterday playing next.

The voice coming from beyond the poor sound quality was strangely familiar.

“Well, it’s probably familiar because I heard it recently.”

The PD nodded, understanding roughly.

“I heard he’s releasing an album soon.”

He briefly thought that he hoped it would do well enough to get good viewership ratings.

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Friday, February 28th.

It was the morning just before the sprouts broke through the soil and emerged into the world [referring to the end of winter and the beginning of spring].

Park Seung-ah went into the watermelon [likely a metaphor for being half-asleep or disoriented] before she was fully awake and found Noh Hae-il’s album on ‘Latest Songs’.

Unlike HALO’s album, it was Noh Hae-il’s first album with his photo on it.

The first mini-album, which included a total of six songs including the title track and inst. [instrumental version], was released not only on digital music sites but also in offline stores.

She was busy because she had to go buy the album today. She hurriedly got out of bed.

-Originally, Halo was going to give the physical album to his parents, but his mother refused, saying she wanted to buy it herself – his father didn’t understand.

When she went out to the living room, her son’s door was slightly open. Her son, who didn’t think of resting even after releasing an album, was asleep in an uncomfortable position with his guitar on his stomach.

There was a boiler, but she covered him with a blanket in case he caught a cold. The part with the guitar sticking out looked as lovely as Winnie the Pooh.

She stared at her son sleeping soundly and headed for the front door. The package she had ordered last night had arrived.

As she was opening the salmon, Hae-il was already up and peeking into the living room.

“Shall we have salmon sashimi and salmon marinated in soy sauce today?”

“Okay.”

Hae-il nodded.

Just as there is a lot of great music in the world, there is a lot of great food. Even if you haven’t eaten it, it must be delicious.

Then, he sat at the table and checked to see if the music had been uploaded.

Noh Hae-il’s first album was clearly visible in the latest albums.

And HALO’s 4th album right below it. This is how they met. Hae-il thought calmly.

“Hae-il, can you get the lemon?”

“Yes.”

He opened the refrigerator with the music playing.

HALO’s 4th album was the first to be heard.

The 4th album, which had a lot of controversy in other ways.

The sacred organ melody that vaguely reminded one of a cathedral.

People who thought he had made a hymn would realize it as they heard the approaching dissonance and electronic melody.

That Halo, who sang ‘Struggle,’ wasn’t going anywhere.

The precarious dissonance rang out. It made the listener uncomfortable and instilled a sense of fear that they might fall into the abyss someday. Yes, the theme of the 4th album was fear.

Noh Hae-il’s first album reverses this terrifying atmosphere.

Noh Hae-il’s first album is made up of happy and ticklish songs that you can feel from the first note.

He took away his emotions from the music and made music that could come out acoustically without an orchestra or band.

The sparse, loose notes influenced each other and created a beautiful sound.

Because it was a song that made the most of Noh Hae-il’s tone, it would sound even more ticklish.

“How can this be the music of the same person?”

His mother was surprised again.

“The voices are similar, aren’t they?”

“Is that so? I don’t know. Is it because the language is different? Still, they’re all good.”

His mother tilted her head and soon understood.

Thinking that anything is good as long as it’s a good song.

Noh Hae-il’s first album ended at the moment she was cutting the salmon.

Hae-il left his phone on auto-play. The latest songs were shuffled from there.

Decent ballads,

Decent dance-pop sounds passed by.

There were also songs with a bit of disappointing production, and there were also songs that he couldn’t understand.

Then, the rock he liked came on.

It was a completely different feeling from his music, but he knew it was a well-made song as soon as he heard the first verse. Husky tone. Focusing on solid vocals rather than high notes.

“Oh.”

Not bad?

Hae-il turned around and ran to his phone.

When a song he liked came out, he always checked the album information. To listen to it again anytime.

“Who is this.”

Hae-il smiled as he found a familiar name.

The voice that he would see again soon flashed by.

Latest album section.

The name [Shin Joo-hyuk] was newly listed above [Noh Hae-il].