Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 345

345. Reached Number One (2)

October 11, 2022

[Courage and consideration for others, at the heart of a single song. ‘Dream Walker’]

The child spirit, upon seeing the title, exclaimed.

[Doesn’t the title just give you a feeling right from the start?]

“It seems a bit grandiose to me.”

[Oh, come on. Yeonwoo, you tend to underestimate yourself. Do you even know how hot ‘Dream Walker’ is right now?]

To think that an old ghost with a bowl cut and colorful traditional clothes, currently in the form of a cat, would use foreign words.

Indeed, one lives to see everything.

[This person is supposed to be really famous too. I did some hard searching again!]

He taps the tablet screen with his soft jelly paw.

It’s such a natural sight.

This scene of the child spirit—or rather, Cheese—is also uploaded to his Instagram, and thanks to that, the comments are overflowing.

Whether it’s real or not, whether it’s fabricated or not, debates unfold every time a new post is uploaded.

Chop chop!

The situation is similar even now as he diligently taps the tablet with his soft jelly paw.

‘……What’s with the camera set up over there?’

Have you ever seen a cat setting up a camera to film its own vlog?

Truly, these are the end times.

“What does this person do?”

[This person was also a very famous musician. Not as much as my personal can opener, but they’ve been nominated for several Grammy Awards… What was it? They said that the music industry was running like a runaway train without brakes, and they started writing reviews thinking someone needed to control it. But it became so successful that they became the hottest person in the otherwise dead field of popular music criticism!]

After that, the child spirit explained quite diligently who this person was.

From past awards to what albums they released, and that they weren’t just a conservative person, but also put in a lot of effort to contribute to the development of popular music…….

‘I don’t know what he’s saying, but all I hear is that he’s a famous person. And someone with quite a bit of credibility in their statements.’

He was chattering away, but only one thing registered in my ears.

“Why is Trevi your personal can opener?”

[Because he opens cans for me every time, so he’s my personal can opener. Don’t you look down on can openers? It’s a job that requires some expertise! How are you going to give me the can after opening it, Yeonwoo?]

“Can’t I just open the lid and give it to you?”

[Tsk tsk tsk. That’s why you can’t be a can opener. I looked it up in an article, and it said that cans have some gas added to extend the expiration date, and this stuff increases the rate of cancer, so you have to open the can and leave it for about 10 minutes to let it vaporize and disappear, you know?]

“……?”

Yeonwoo stared blankly at the dead ghost worrying about getting cancer.

Regardless.

The child spirit, no, the cheese-colored cat, proudly raised his head, puffed out his chest fur, and continued his explanation confidently.

[Trevi must have known about that too, because he always opens the can first and leaves it for 10 minutes before pouring it into a bowl. Not just giving it to me in the can like you, Yeonwoo. Do you know how sharp the can opening is? What if my tongue gets cut on it! Anyway, he not only pours it into a bowl but also takes care of my nutritional supplements. How can I not find him admirable? Right?]

I don’t know.

Where did it all go wrong?

Yeonwoo briefly mourned the fact that the world-renowned artist who had captivated the world had been reduced to a mere can opener.

And then immediately changed the subject.

“Let’s read the content. What did he say.”

[Right. Let’s read it first. He gave you a rave review, saying…….]

“I’ll read it, so be quiet.”

[Okay.]

After finally confirming that the child spirit had quieted down, Yeonwoo slowly scanned the tablet screen.

The title started with embarrassing expressions.

Yeonwoo’s gaze was serious as he read below.

Modern people live busy lives.

They always have smartphones in their hands, and even when eating or walking down the street, they are not allowed a moment of leisure.

It is not known what they are doing.

But one thing is certain.

Our modern people are always doing something.

Everyone knows that a world has come where you will be left behind if you don’t live that way.

I don’t want to blame the phenomenon itself.

The world is made up of countless logics, interests, and laws that I, a mere artist and critic, cannot know.

I just feel regret.

People who know me well probably know why I jumped into popular culture criticism.

I was just saddened by the situation where music could not be consumed purely as music.

The independence of popular music used as a means under the giant entertainment industry……

(Omitted)

Listening to ‘Dream Walker’ was a complete coincidence.

After watching the sensational 25-second clip that was uploaded as a mysterious believe-it-or-not series video, I became curious.

How will this music be completed?

And that too, a collaboration between the giant Trevi Hazel and an unknown singer with an unfamiliar name.

There were naturally various rumors……

(Omitted)

My feeling after listening to it was one thing.

‘Warm.’

I could feel the warm gaze of the speaker looking at humanity.

Otherwise, they would not be able to find such small happiness in everyday life.

People often make the mistake.

That only something special, wonderful, and admirable is great.

We gradually come to think that we are only valuable if we achieve something.

Getting good grades, going to good companies, getting good results, and making a lot of money.

We fall into the illusion that our lives are only successful if we achieve something that is recognized by others.

But this song directly refutes that.

(Omitted)

I remember what he said live.

“I’m not trying to convey some great message.”

“However, this is also a story I tell myself.”

“Are you doing well now? Are you missing something because you’re living too busy?”

“That kind of question.”

This song warms the heart just by listening to it.

This song asks questions about fundamental things by illuminating the small things around us.

‘What is success and what is failure?’

‘Where is happiness in it?’

It’s not an easy question.

But it is also an issue that should be considered at least once.

What’s amazing is that the person who made this heartwarming music is not the famous Trevi Hazel.

I was impressed that he was the person Trevi Hazel chose.

He says to us at the end:

“I think music is the power to resonate with the soul. I hope that resonance can give strength to Trevi and to everyone else who listens.”

(Omitted)

[How is it, how is it?]

The famous critic’s column that the child spirit found was quite long.

Nevertheless, the number of views and likes was enormous.

‘Millions of people read this?’

It was truly an amazing world.

First of all, the automatic life-span harvesting notifications that popped up like crazy during the live broadcast were amazing.

‘What was even more amazing was what happened when I woke up.’

That day, after comforting the crying Trevi and ending the live broadcast.

Yeonwoo not only had to comfort Trevi but also had to comfort Gabriel immensely.

And that’s not all?

The staff cried so sadly that I think they used up all the tissues in the studio that day.

‘Actually, I was so busy comforting them that I didn’t even have time to see what was popping up in front of me.’

The multiple life-span automatic harvesting notifications that were popping up like crazy during the live broadcast, so I immediately turned them off.

I forgot about it and just went to sleep…….

“……?”

Is this real?

At first, I thought I was seeing things wrong.

The 7277 days, which is 19 years and 342 days, that I had given to Ms. Kang.

It was the first time I had seen such a huge number since then.

Of course, it was still a long way to go to refill that number…….

‘At this rate, I’ll be able to refill it soon, won’t I?’

I seriously thought so.

There is no more accurate measure of reaction than the amount of life-span that is automatically harvested.

So, I had a rough idea that the reaction to ‘Dream Walker’ wasn’t bad…….

‘Amazing.’

This long and sincere commentary is amazing, and the fact that millions of people saw it is also amazing.

What’s even more amazing is that he’s supposed to be a famous popular music critic, but he was quite sharp.

‘Are all critics like this, seeing through people’s hearts?’

Like Ki Hanhyang, who still occasionally exchanges direct messages with Yeonwoo.

Even though they clearly don’t have the same sense or system to read the other person’s mind like Yeonwoo, they point out the parts I wanted to say as if they had looked inside me.

Was it thanks to the effect of the critic?

Dream Walker, which entered the top charts immediately upon release.

And even now, several days later, it was still stuck in the top ranks.

To be more precise, it was fiercely fighting for a spot within the top 3?

Moreover, the YouTube video of the live broadcast that Yeonwoo and Trevi did on the day of the release, edited and uploaded, surpassed 4 million views in less than a week.

“This has already spread to several community forums, you know? They say it’s healing to listen to and good for meditation.”

After that day of crying.

Gabriel, who had been intentionally avoiding talking about that day, said that as he passed by.

[See? He cares about you a lot. Look at him timidly telling you what he found out because we were talking about the critic.]

Is that so?

‘Gabriel, he’s not normal in many ways either…….’

Life-span piling up steadily.

And a few days after hearing the various positive reactions that the child spirit openly told me about and Gabriel subtly poked and disappeared.

Encouraging news flew into the studio.

“Huh? What did you say?”

It was the most surprising news among all the good news that had been coming in every day.

Even Yeonwoo, who was drinking his self-made mint chocolate drink, almost choked for a moment.

“Yeonwoo! We finally did it!”

“Hey, you have to say it right! How can you leave out what we did?!”

Trevi shouted, not caring about Gabriel’s sharp nagging.

“We reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!”

It goes without saying that the studio was in chaos.

Trevi said that we couldn’t just let this auspicious day pass by and that we had to do a live broadcast on YouTube or Instagram or whatever to thank the fans.

Even the various staff members who had been called in because of that.

On top of that, there was a cat obsessed with being a star and a former star, so it was a complete mess.

“Is it a big deal?”

Billboard chart.

Even Yeonwoo, who doesn’t know much about music, had heard the word quite a bit.

I know it’s very famous, but…….

Is this something that’s so good that we have to make such a fuss about it?

“Of course. What do you even know while doing music? Even I know it.”

Gabriel retorted sharply.

What’s funny is that Gabriel’s current emotional state is,

[Current emotional state: joy, pleasure, happiness.]

It was.