Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 144

“Oh! Actor Park~ Looks like you’re in better shape today?”

At Uncle Tae-shik’s playful words, I nodded silently. I was too exhausted from the recent schedule to react in any other way.

“Hehe. But what to do? I hear Director Bell is so satisfied that he’s going to entrust you with the music direction for the remaining films.”

“…What to do? I have to politely decline. I didn’t know film music was this intense.”

Considering the price of the equipment I changed because of this, the profit was practically negative.

‘There’s a reason why there’s a saying, “Curiosity killed the cat.”
’

In the West, it is believed that cats have nine lives, which means that cats are very tenacious. It means that cats are lucky enough to avoid difficult or troublesome situations.

However, curiosity can kill even a cat with such tenacious vitality, so the saying ‘Curiosity killed the cat’ came about to warn against excessive curiosity.

The work over the past two months has been terrible enough to make me think of this proverb.

‘Still, if I had to do it again, it would be better than this time.’

Well, it would be better than this time, no matter what.

Curiosity crept up again, so I quickly shook my head and changed the subject.

“More importantly, your due date isn’t far away, is it?”

“Hehehe. That’s right.”

I thought that he wouldn’t have children here, just like in the world in my memory, but for some reason, Uncle Tae-shik had a child around the spring of this year.

Uncle Tae-shik, as well as Aunt Ah-hyun, were older parents, so they were extremely careful.

They went to the hospital so often that it was like their own living room.

Naturally, he stepped down as CEO of Que Sera Sera a few months ago.

Currently, they were running the company by hiring a professional manager, and Uncle Tae-shik, who had a great network in this industry, found a good person.

“You still don’t know the gender? I heard you can find out these days.”

“I don’t know. I don’t really want to know. I don’t care.”

However, I knew that unlike what my uncle said, he secretly wanted a son.

To be precise, Uncle Tae-shik’s parents wanted a son.

He’s doing well now, but Uncle Tae-shik had a debt to his parents that he couldn’t put into words.

The only child suddenly abandoned a stable future and jumped into music, and he hadn’t even gotten married under the pretext of running a business.

It’s shocking even in this day and age, but back then, it would have been a huge deal.

Eventually, he got to play the band music he wanted, got married, and even had a child.

‘Ah-hyun noona [older sister] said she’s getting so much love.’

She grumbled that she was always treated like leftover rice, saying that she couldn’t be loved that much even if she was the youngest daughter, but I and the other uncles knew that she was bragging.

I nodded at my uncle’s boastful words, which were disguised as complaints, and hurried to the practice room.

-Black Tiger to Release Album Just Before Christmas-

-What Kind of Song is the Title Track ‘joy and praise’?-

-Legendary Album Pre-orders? Album Pre-order Site Down on the First Day!-

-Expected to Hit Diamond (10 Million Copies) with This Album Pre-order Alone!-

-YC Entertainment’s First Boy Group ‘21,’ Which Swept the Idol Scene This Year, to Participate as Opening Guest for This Black Tiger All Stadium Tour?-

-‘21’ Ahead of Billboard Debut. Already Showing a Hot Response.-

This album was released as the 3rd full-length album.

Maybe if it had been released as a mini-album instead of the 3rd full-length album, it wouldn’t have been this difficult. However, I felt sorry for having been milking mini-albums under the pretext of being busy, so I decided to release the 3rd full-length album this year.

Above all, this All Stadium Tour was larger in scale than the previous All Stadium Tour.

The tour, which will continue until July of next year, will have 64 performances. The number of seats was close to 4 million.

There was a reason for increasing the scale of the All Stadium Tour like this. The number of fans who had priority tickets from the event held for the release of last year’s album was too large.

Reaching 1.5 million copies, there was a risk that ticket scalpers would be even more rampant than last time.

So, I extended the schedule a bit, and fortunately, my uncles agreed.

“We have to get on stage when we’re still young.”

“Hehehe. We’re going to live hot for a while again.”

“What about your wife? She’s going to be raising the kids alone.”

“You’re so old and you’re still making kids. You’re really something.”

“Are you envious of this hyungnim’s [older brother/respected elder] virile energy? You losers.”

“What? You little punk!”

Tae-shik uncle was worried, but Ah-hyun noona coolly didn’t care.

“Oppa [term of endearment for an older brother or male friend used by a female] is terrible at housework. Sometimes it’s better not to have him around. Just use him comfortably and send him back alive.”

“…Okay. Yes.”

Is it because she’s so physically fit? Or is it because she quit Que Sera Sera?

Noona, who has looked even better since she got pregnant, seemed more like a general than anything else.

In any case, this album was scheduled to be promoted in Korea for two weeks first.

Although the consumer market is still smaller than in the United States or Japan, the Korean music market is more active than ever.

Unlike a few years ago when idol music was the trend, the current Korean music market has returned to the 90s, which was called the renaissance of popular music.

Various genres of music were gaining popularity, and this phenomenon brought back age groups that had been away from music, and the market itself grew several times larger.

Among them, the field that brought the biggest change was rock.

It was a natural thing.

This is because it was the place that gave birth to Black Tiger, the most popular rock band, and there were three other rock bands that hit number one on Billboard.

This year alone, there were more than one or two new idols who were pushing into the market with band music as their main genre.

No, even if they weren’t idol bands, rock bands had permeated the country like recreational sports.

The faltering office worker bands, as well as more than two band clubs in one school, and recently, housewives have been gathering to form bands.

There’s even news that senior citizens are playing band music to prevent dementia.

“If you look at it this way, Koreans are definitely full of excitement.”

Whenever I see this, the first thing I think is, how did I live while holding back that talent and that energy?

Anyway, it was surprising that the pre-ordered album had already hit diamond.

This is because album sales were declining due to the emergence of music streaming sites.

‘This reverse phenomenon isn’t just happening with Black Tiger albums.’

The G1 band, which finally regained the number one spot on Billboard with their own strength, also hit their first diamond, and other idol albums, including Blue Rose, were selling millions of copies each.

Among them, the biggest impact was made by the boy group ‘21,’ which debuted this year.

The reason for naming them ‘21’ is because the group is made up of 21 members.

The most idol groups so far were Super Idols, which were formed in the late 2000s with 13 members, but ‘21’ had eight more members than them.

‘21’ was a multinational idol group.

Less than half of the members were of Korean nationality, with only 9 members, and the other 12 members were from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.

“Should I call them a truly multinational idol group?”

Until now, in the case of Westerners, even if they had the nationality of a Western country, the limit was around mixed race with Asians due to the sense of alienation.

However, ‘21’ was a group created from the beginning to target the world, not just the Korean market or the Asian market, so even the mixed race was not Asian.

In any case, ‘21’ gained tremendous popularity with their debut.

They took first place on a music program on cable in their first week of debut, and from the following week, they swept all music broadcasts.

It wasn’t just Korea.

Their popularity was also huge in Japan and China.

In particular, ‘21’’s popularity was beyond imagination in China, and this was due to Taiwanese member Chen.

Chen was technically Taiwanese, but this happened because China considers Taiwan to be part of China.

Difficult interviews that targeted this point targeted Chen, but fortunately, Kowloon Entertainment, which can be said to be dominating the Chinese entertainment industry, blocked it.

To be precise, Jang Woong, the chairman of Kowloon Entertainment, stepped in.

It wasn’t done out of simple favor.

He gave Jang Woong, who was trying to create an idol with such potential after seeing ‘21,’ two songs.

“But this group never ended up being created.”

Originally, an audition program to promote the manipulated group, half of which had already been decided, was supposed to be broadcast, but the problem was that the Korean Wave ban broke out before that.

‘This is going according to history.’

Well, it couldn’t be helped.

The impact of the changed music history on Korean politics was not that great.

Thanks to this, the interpretation of the Korean Wave ban, which was issued as an example, was growing, and as a result, the entertainment industry, which had somehow entered China, was really bleeding.

Dramas made in Korean-Chinese collaboration were completely banned from broadcasting, and the media that had been spamming audition programs were suddenly suspended or disappeared as if they were lying.

“It’s just the beginning.”

The power of the Communist Party had already grown too large for the Chinese people to resist the Communist Party.

Since the domestic situation was like this, words from abroad could not be heard.

In any case, ‘21’ safely escaped the Chinese market before the Korean Wave ban was issued, and has since been active in the United States and Europe, building a level of recognition that is unbelievable for a first album.

‘Is it the power of a multinational group?’

Even if it wasn’t as much as Chen’s impact in China, the fact that the ‘21’ group created by YC Entertainment had nationals in each country was definitely good for attracting attention.

Above all, the distribution network that had been laid out throughout the United States and Europe showed great power this time.

Thanks to this, ‘21’ showed the dignity of selling a diamond album on their first release.

“That’s why idol groups are scary.”

‘21’ was showing in a really creepy way what happens when a boy group has global recognition.

They are planning to hold concerts throughout the United States and Europe starting with next year’s album, but this year they are already touring Asia, including Korea.

Although they couldn’t do it in China due to the Korean Wave ban, it was enough to fill it in Taiwan and Thailand instead.

-Successful Comeback! Black Tiger’s ‘joy and praise’ Occupies Billboard!-

-Tremendous Popularity! Will They Set a New Record This Time Too?-

-‘joy and praise,’ Which Maintained the Number One Spot on Billboard for 15 Weeks!-

-The Aftermath of the ‘joy and praise’ Album? Concert Tickets Sold Out in Less Than a Minute!-

-‘21’ Realizes Popularity as Opening Guest at Black Tiger Concert!-

Ahead of this All Stadium Concert, ‘joy and praise’ hit number one on Billboard.

It was news that I heard during my activities in Korea, so I was able to see how people in Korea reacted to Billboard number one.

However, it could not be compared to the atmosphere of ‘joy and praise’ in the United States.

The whole of the United States felt like they were paying attention to us, with more buzz and popularity than the last album.

In fact, ‘joy and praise’ was not removed from the number one spot on Billboard until 15 weeks later, so it cannot be simply said to be a feeling.

“‘21’… They’ve created a really amazing group.”

There were many inconveniences, such as 맞춰한다는 [having to 맞춰한다는] and 맞춰한다는 because there were so many people, but in various activities such as concerts and events, this huge number of people would show great power.

It would fill the stage enough to divide the team into three or four teams.

In fact, the events that are being held in between are being carried out separately.

However, the synchronized dance that ‘21’ shows when they are all together is really amazing.

They created a stage that made us forget about ourselves for a moment as the opening guest.

“I guess that’s what they mean by really spectacular.”

“I feel 새삼 [anew/afresh] that Ji-young is amazing. How is a 23-year-old leading these kids?”

“…Who would dare to mess with a former national judo athlete?”

Ji-young, the leader of ‘21,’ was originally an elite judo athlete. He actually won a bronze medal at the Olympics, and then suddenly jumped into becoming an idol.

What he liked more than judo was dancing and singing, and the video he uploaded on YC Revolution became a hot topic and he came to our side as a trainee.

When I first saw him, I and everyone else could tell.

“He’s a natural leader.”

“Oh, the male scent. It’s no joke.”

In fact, even the energetic male trainees became shy when they were next to Ji-young. It wasn’t like he was threatening them or anything, and he had a good personality and would even put up with jokes, so seeing that, it seemed that being an Olympic medalist was definitely amazing.

In fact, if it wasn’t for this guy, we wouldn’t have been able to create a crazy concept boy group called ‘21.’

Even if only six or seven people gather, it’s noisy, so it’s obvious that 21 people would be.

In that way, half of the All Stadium Concert was already over.

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-Meanwhile, the Fact That YC’s Name Has Been Listed as the Music Director for This ‘The King of Arrogance’ Has Gained Global Attention!-