Become A Music Monster Overnight! [EN]: Chapter 153

Overnight, a Music Monster! 144

While preparing for the tour, I realized that fans greatly enjoyed my uncles’ songs.

They remained high in the charts for just as long as ‘World,’ which held the Billboard Hot 100 number one spot for a whopping 17 weeks.

“I guess people’s thoughts are all pretty similar.”

I couldn’t help but smile.

The reason my uncles decided to make music was because I had hoped for it.

To be precise, I had been telling them to create music ever since they reached a level where they could be considered masters.

What is a master?

It means they have established their own school of thought.

In simple terms, it meant they had reached a level where they could create their own unique style of music, enough to form an independent school.

Of course, that couldn’t be the end.

Rather, it signified that they had reached a new starting point.

Like Marvin, I hoped that my uncles would reach the end of this new path.

“Of course, the process is incredibly difficult.”

It was not only steep enough to make one wonder if it was even possible to climb, but the biggest problem was that it was impossible to see even an inch ahead, as if walking into a thick night fog.

It was like a blind person trying to find their way up a mountain, having to exert all their strength just to barely crawl up.

That’s what made Marvin so great.

With his level of talent, he could have been intoxicated by his own genius and never even considered such a difficult path.

“The death of a fellow genius. That tragedy must have turned him into such a superhuman.”

Indeed.

It was true that without luck and a superhuman will, it was hard to even imagine reaching that path alone.

I was essentially putting my uncles on that path and whipping them forward, but I had something to say for myself.

“At least I’m shining a light ahead.”

Like a lighthouse illuminating a sea full of night fog, the fact that I was pointing the way meant that my uncles were actually encountering an incredible opportunity.

This was something that couldn’t be achieved even if someone who had reached the end of mastery like Marvin spent days and nights teaching them.

Considering that most people thrown into the night fog are only given a few words to guide them, it was practically like using a cheat code.

‘Well, that doesn’t mean they won’t suffer.’

Anyway, the reason I told my uncles, who had reached the level of masters, to compose music was not for any other reason.

The path of music that my uncles wanted to take was not different from the direction Black Tiger was going.

So, I wanted to see the inspiration of my uncles, which would have a different color from the inspiration that came to my mind.

Of course, I wasn’t just pushing my uncles because of my curiosity.

It was also for the sake of my uncles.

Because through composing, they could confirm where they were now.

It wasn’t an empty statement; creation is about pouring out what you have. In the process, you realize your limitations, which means you can more clearly organize your music.

For the first year, they brought in ridiculous things, but after their skills were completely established, they began to show quite plausible music.

Perhaps because they had been doing music for decades, there were more things inherent in them than I had thought.

“Originally, they didn’t discriminate against rock.”

Loving one music genre for such a long time was not easy.

To cherish and love music in a genre that had been distanced from the public’s choice without receiving anything in return was truly an immense pure love.

“…Oh. Is that why they’re all living under their wives’ thumbs?”

The sight of my uncles, who call themselves devoted husbands but are undoubtedly henpecked in my eyes, often brings tears to my eyes.

Of course, it wasn’t that my aunts were bad.

However, it was only because of the personalities of my uncles, who are so free-spirited that they don’t easily pay attention to their families unless they are pushed.

‘In that respect, Si-young uncle really married well.’

That person, who is more than just cool, might have a true rock spirit.

Anyway, while I was being dragged around acting, I liked many of the songs that my uncles had painstakingly composed.

Of course, the quality and level were regrettable.

However, that was only from the perspective of the band Black Tiger, and many of these songs were good enough to be pushed as the title track of a fairly skilled band.

After looking at all the songs, I took out the songs I had been watching and said to my uncles, who were waiting for the results with nervous expressions.

“Who made this?”

“I did. This body made it. Hahaha. As expected, you have an eye for…….”

“This one, and this one. This one. I’ll do it with this.”

“……?”

“Why?”

I was taking out the songs that had the colors that stimulated my curiosity the most among my uncles’ songs, but the reaction was strange.

When I looked at them strangely, Uncle Kwak Do-hoon, who was initially happy to have his song selected, said with a dumbfounded face.

“Why else? Did you know?”

“What? What did you know?”

“You really don’t know? No, the owners of the songs you picked are all different!”

“Ahaha. Is that so?”

I smiled and made a surprised expression, but my uncles had dumbfounded faces.

“You little punk! You knew it.”

“Something that would be so obvious. To mock us.”

“Tell me honestly. Are you pretending to be bad at acting on purpose? Otherwise, you can’t speak so blatantly awkwardly.”

“You could have just taken one song each from the beginning.”

“……You bad guy.”

“Ahahaha.”

I thought I had improved a lot, but my acting skills still haven’t improved. It seems like my true feelings were immediately revealed.

But I had my reasons.

If possible, I wanted to include my uncles’ songs, each with a different color, on the album, but I couldn’t include songs that didn’t meet the standards.

So, I couldn’t say anything, but when I saw the results, I realized that these concerns were unnecessary.

So, I had no choice but to pretend not to know and take out one song each from my uncles.

After pleading for the criticism pouring out about the deception, I barely got released.

“Anyway. I’m going to revise these songs a bit and put them on the album.”

Even though they had to go through arrangement, my uncles couldn’t hide their joy when I told them that their songs would be included in the 4th full-length album.

“……Oh my god. My heart is pounding just thinking about it.”

“I might not be able to sleep tonight.”

“……Why? Do you have to take care of the kids?”

“Uh…… Uh. That too. And I’m excited.”

“I’m going to lay down tonight too…….”

“Finally…… my song is on Billboard. I have something to brag about to the kids.”

Everyone got married late, so they really don’t stop showing off their newlywed status in front of bachelors.

‘Sigh. I think I need to date or get married too.’

I’m already 35 years old.

If it was 10 years ago, I would have been treated like an old bachelor.

However, thanks to the era where there are many unmarried people, or thanks to my special job, the pressure to get married didn’t come as much as I thought.

Even my mother didn’t bring it up, maybe because she heard it somewhere.

Well, I have something to say too.

“……No, I need time to date.”

How many things have I done so far?

I have to go on tour, make albums, raise my family, and even act.

Even if I had two bodies, it wouldn’t be enough.

But I couldn’t blame anyone.

Why wouldn’t I?

No one pushed me to do it, and in the end, I made the decision.

I arranged my uncles’ songs with a complicated mind.

Fortunately, the ‘World’ album made in that way was a huge hit, so that would be a consolation if anything.

Even while preparing for the world tour, my uncles were busy composing.

“Is this king’s right? It’s amazing.”

“Something so sweet…… you’ve been eating it alone all this time?”

“I’m going to put it on the next album no matter what.”

“Me too. I’ll beat you no matter what.”

“You’re kidding me. You beat me. You were only playing outside the top 20…….”

This is because the royalties generated while staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for a long time filled my uncles’ pockets.

When they were alone, they would have been happy drinking for a day or two, but now that they each have a family to take responsibility for, they showed their enthusiasm.

That’s why these days, they were listening to music in other fields to create more unique compositions.

Among them, what caught my uncles’ attention was the trot genre, which is recently gaining popularity again, centered around Kang Ah-young.

“Send~ duck. Ehehe.”

The sight of a rocker letting his long hair down and humming trot songs was not uncommon within Black Tiger.

However, the problem is that most of the trot songs they hum are Kang Ah-young’s songs.

“Wouldn’t Ah-young cry if she saw these 모습 [Korean word for ‘appearance’ or ‘sight’]?”

“……Surely with joy?”

“Where’s your conscience?”

“……Ahem.”

Anyway, my uncles were enthusiastic fans of Kang Ah-young, who sings trot songs, perhaps because they were Korean or because of their age.

It wasn’t uncommon for them to suddenly come and ask, ‘So when is our Kang Ah-young’s album coming out?’

And it wasn’t just my uncles who expressed this curiosity.

There were many people who came to my YC Revolution account and said, ‘Give us Kang Ah-young’s album!’

But the biggest blow was my mother.

“So son. When is our Kang Ah-young’s next album coming out?”

“……Suddenly calling after a long time?”

How happy was I when my mother called me when I was exhausted from filming Director Bell’s ‘King of Arrogance,’ which was going crazy, blowing up large houses and buildings, and even blowing up huge cargo tanks?

For my mother to suddenly say that to me, the blow was definitely strong.

“Soon…… I’ll release it.”

“Okay! You’re the best, son!”

“Ahaha…….”

I never knew that my mother’s words calling me the best son would sound so empty.

Anyway, thanks to that, both Ah-young and I were being ground to dust without rest.

To be exact, it was right to say that Ah-young was being ground to dust.

In fact, there were more than one or two songs that I had organized with the inspiration that came to mind while watching her acting from the side.

“So, I decided to release a 2nd full-length album.”

Seeing Ah-young’s eyes widen, I chuckled.

Well, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

It was common these days to release two or three mini-albums before releasing a full-length album.

Especially in the case of trot, the speed of releasing a full-length album was particularly slow.

Unlike recent music that subsides in about a month or at most two or three months, trot has a long lifespan due to the nature of the genre.

This can be seen from the fact that Moohee, which was released at the trot audition, is still hovering around the top 10 of the music charts.

‘Where is it just Moohee?’

‘Memories,’ the title song of the 1st full-length album, and many of the songs on it were playing in the music charts.

Because of this, there were many complaints from teenagers.

Because their idols were being hit by these zombie-like songs that wouldn’t die.

Thanks to that, some 너튜브 [A Korean slang term for YouTube] channels that spread malicious rumors were talking nonsense that YC Entertainment was manipulating things…….

“I didn’t stand still.”

There was a high possibility that it would become noisy if I touched it unnecessarily, and since 너튜브 [YouTube] itself is a foreign company, there were many difficulties in sanctions as well as going to trial.

If I touched it wrong, I could lose my reputation as well as money.

For this reason, even large domestic entertainment companies were just ignoring 너튜브 [YouTube] channels that produce malicious rumors.