Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 172

After finishing the “Everyone’s Table” shoot, Heungmin returned, and MOST began preparing for their title stage in earnest.

They practiced the choreography and filmed separate videos for the jacket photos and concept trailer.

Today was the day the members gathered for the music video shoot, which was being released today.

“I’m so nervous!!!”

Woochul shouted, clutching his phone tightly.

Deep in the mountains of Gangwon Province, Woochul’s loud voice echoed.

The music video filming location was a dense forest filled with large trees, and a little further in was a green meadow.

The members, arriving early in the morning, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at how they’d found such a place.

The staff burst into laughter at Woochul’s echoing voice.

“Ugh, so noisy. Park Woochul.”

“How can I not be nervous!”

“I’m nervous too, you know?”

Woochul and Heungmin bickered familiarly.

The concept trailer video was scheduled to be released at 6 PM.

It was 4 PM now, so there were two hours left.

Break time during the music video shoot.

The final version of the video was uploaded to the group chat where the members and staff were gathered, and the members were realizing that their comeback was just around the corner.

“It’s not even the release of the song, just the concept video, and you’re that nervous?”

The members watched the video over and over, unable to hide their nervousness and excitement.

Watching the members, one of the stylists asked Woochul while fixing his outfit.

“Of course. It’s the first reveal of our style, after all. I’m so curious about the fans’ reactions.”

“Is this hairstyle really not weird?!”

Heungmin asked, seemingly genuinely worried.

Even though the outfits and hair concepts were all set and the video was out, Heungmin was still questioning his hairstyle.

“It looks fine! It’s pretty, pretty!”

“Yeah, hyung [older brother/male friend]. It suits you.”

“The fact that you’re saying that makes me even more uneasy.”

“Come on, trust me! Dojae said it looked good too, right!”

“Well… that’s true.”

“Did you call me?”

Dojae, who had come back after getting his hair touched up by another stylist, blinked.

Perhaps because he had just gotten his hair done, he simply looked curious, but the atmosphere was different.

“You look good.”

“…Did you call me for something else?”

Dojae asked back when Heungmin muttered that he looked good as soon as their eyes met.

“Heungmin hyung. I guess you’re still not used to your hairstyle. You’re still worried about whether it really looks good!”

“It suits you well. Team Leader Jung recommended the hairstyle.”

“Yeah, but I still can’t get used to it.”

“Are you just looking for compliments? Do you just want to keep hearing that it looks good, hyung?!”

At Woochul’s question that hit the nail on the head, Heungmin cleared his throat.

For this album, Heungmin decided to grow his hair to his neck.

It was something that Team Leader Jung Heeyoung suggested after seeing Heungmin’s past photos at the concert.

It wasn’t growing all of his hair out, but rather just the ends like a tail, and despite being a rather unique style, it suited Heungmin well.

The new hairstyle made Heungmin’s otherwise ordinary impression stand out and made him look much more ‘hip’.

Of course, he still seemed awkward with it…….

“Okay, if you’re all ready, let’s start filming again!”

At the music video director’s shout, the members gathered in front of the camera.

***

The music video director was Hong Jonghoon, who had worked on the debut album’s title music video.

His first impression wasn’t great, but he quickly caught on to MOST’s skills and worked on the project with sincerity.

After that, he introduced them to the world-renowned photographer Jin Haru, which led to an unexpected collaboration.

Also, when rumors circulated that Dojae was being bullied and abused by Yoo Myunwoo and the other members of The Origin, Hong Jonghoon contacted Dojae separately.

The reason Hong Jonghoon looked down on MOST at the music video shoot was largely due to the influence of The Origin, with whom he had worked on a music video before.

Of course, that stemmed from Hong Jonghoon’s prejudice…….

In any case, he was an industry person who had a bad impression of The Origin from the start.

And he had a completely different impression of MOST.

So, he was able to send a message to Dojae believing in him even before the truth was fully revealed.

[If you need it, I’ll be a witness, so contact me anytime.]

Hong Jonghoon’s loyalty remained quite impressive in Dojae’s memory.

‘We just worked on a music video together…….’

He must have really thought highly of Dojae and MOST.

Kingdom and the members were also quite grateful for this.

That’s why Hong Jonghoon was naturally mentioned as the music video director for this album.

The results of the work they did at the time were really good, and the music video concept was going for the keywords ‘nature’ and ‘sensibility,’ which were Hong Jonghoon’s specialties, so there was no one more suitable.

“Kijun and Gyuseong, move a little closer…. That’s right! Dojae, move closer to Gyuseong…. Good!”

At Hong Jonghoon’s direction, the members lined up in a row.

The formation went Kijun, Gyuseong, Dojae, Louis, Woochul, and Heungmin.

The members’ white clothes had large flowers attached to them in various places.

The colorful and beautiful flowers made the members’ individuality and charm stand out even more.

A field of blue wildflowers surrounded by a lush forest like an unknown world.

The members standing inside looked like fluffy white clouds or cheerful fairies.

Hong Jonghoon, who checked the overall picture through the camera lens, smiled with satisfaction.

Even the intense sunlight shining into the forest before sunset was helping with the filming.

“We’ll start with a high-angle shot.”

At Hong Jonghoon’s direction, the camera that had risen high into the sky began to move slowly.

“Music!”

When the music was turned on to set the mood, it flowed out of the large speakers.

The song spread softly through the vivid and clear colors of nature spread out everywhere.

This filming scene wasn’t about doing choreography, but rather an image scene where they had to stand in place, look into the distance, and have bright expressions.

The members looked happy, focusing their gaze as if there were butterflies that would be CG-ed [computer-generated imagery] around them, matching the concept.

The camera floating in the sky captured the members.

Because the angle was above, the members’ appearance, melted into nature, was captured coolly.

‘Is it thanks to the drama shoot? Woochul’s expressiveness has really improved.’

Hong Jonghoon thought while monitoring the camera screen.

The expressions and gestures of the other members were also clearly different from when they filmed the music video.

‘It’s natural since time has passed…….’

Still, it was amazing that the development had taken place in just about two years.

‘The song also feels more developed…….’

was, of course, a surprisingly well-made song for a rookie’s song.

However, after accepting the music video request, Hong Jonghoon couldn’t help but be surprised when he first heard the song.

The sound that captivated the ears from the beginning was of a higher quality than he had imagined.

On top of that, a melody that was so good that you would want to hum along right away.

Even though it’s an era where the vocal range is adjusted with machines, even the delicate expressions of the vocals that the machine can’t express.

Even to Hong Jonghoon, who had developed his senses as a music video director, it felt like the best song he had heard recently.

‘This will work again.’

Hong Jonghoon thought as soon as he heard the song.

At the same time, he felt like he knew the reason for MOST’s repeated success.

They raised the overall quality one step further than , which came out just a few months ago, and they don’t stick to just one style but try different styles.

And it wasn’t a clumsy attempt, but a luxurious one.

‘They’re an amazing group the more I see them.’

Hong Jonghoon looked at the screen with serious eyes before raising the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

The melody of was still flowing in the forest.

“Okay! Let’s go one more time. This time, smile at each other while looking at each other! You can move around a little more.”

“Yes!”

“Okay!”

The members answered loudly to Hong Jonghoon’s direction.

It was when the camera was moving from top to bottom once again.

Hong Jonghoon, who was monitoring, froze in surprise.

Close to Dojae’s face……

“……!”

A bee was flying onto the large flower placed on his shoulder.

“Oh, oh! A bee!”

Louis, who was smiling and looking at Dojae, shouted in surprise.

The camera stopped, and filming was temporarily suspended.

Large bees, two of them, were flying around the flower on Dojae’s shoulder, buzzing.

Dojae squeezed his eyes shut and then opened them.

‘This can’t be, bees!’

He looked calm, but in fact, Dojae’s insides were not like that at all.

Dojae, who seemed to be able to do anything and not be afraid of anything…….

Dojae was afraid of bees.

It wasn’t just a little scary.

Because of a bad memory from the past, bees were an object of fear.

It was much better than when he was young, and he wasn’t at the level of trembling just by seeing a bee, but still, if a bee was this close…….

Dojae couldn’t think of anything and couldn’t even blink, frozen.

It was fortunate that he wasn’t the type to struggle in surprise.

If he had, he would have been stung by the bee right away.

“Oh! Oh! What do we do?!”

Louis also froze and shouted with a tearful face.

“Stay still! Don’t move!”

Someone among the staff shouted.

There were cases where bees passed by on the street, so it might not be a big deal.

But the problem was that the bee didn’t seem to want to leave the flower on Dojae’s clothes.

The members swallowed nervously.

All they could do was hope that the bee would fly away to another place soon.

Standing still and waiting wasn’t a problem.

The problem was Dojae’s condition.

No one had thought that Dojae would be afraid of bees.

Gyuseong, who was standing next to him, accurately saw Dojae’s face turning paler and paler.

A stream of cold sweat was dripping down next to Dojae’s forehead.

And even the slightly trembling fingertips.

“…….”

“Dojae, you…….”

Gyuseong was a colleague and friend who had been a roommate for over three years, from trainee days until now.

Gyuseong quickly noticed Dojae’s condition and focused his gaze on the bee.

The bee didn’t seem to be interested in Dojae, but really only interested in the flower Dojae was wearing.

“…….”

Gyuseong had no fear of this kind of thing, if nothing else.

With a whoosh! Gyuseong quickly snatched the flower and threw it far away into the other field of grass.

It was an instantaneous event.

At the same time as the flower flew away, the bees also flew away far away.

“Gyuseong-ah!”

Kijun shouted in surprise at Gyuseong’s unexpected action, but the flower and bee had already flown away.

“Dojae-ah, are you okay?!”

Gyuseong checked Dojae’s condition with a worried face.