#32.
What the two confirmed was Team 2’s ambitious project.
“…They’re doing this by vote?”
Lee Jungmi muttered blankly after reading the entire announcement.
Her friend, who had grasped the system first, made an “Oh” sound.
“Seems good. Kingdom [the entertainment company] is actually doing some work?”
“Right?”
The gist of the announcement was that every weekend, and
It was a system planned while considering how to more effectively utilize the two-title concept.
“The two songs have quite different concepts. The part distribution is also different…”
Each fan would want a different song, so there could be quite a bit of competition.
That competition itself would become interest in MOST.
Of course, if the participation rate was low, it could become a worse plan than not doing it, but as it was now, it didn’t seem like the participation rate would be low.
“Vocal fans will unconditionally vote for Dynamic. You too, right?”
Her friend, who knew that Lee Jungmi had fallen for Dojae in the teaser, asked.
However, Lee Jungmi couldn’t answer readily.
“Ah… Dynamic has oppa’s [term of endearment for older brother or male friend] parts much more, and I really want to see him singing Dynamic a lot…”
“But?”
“I also really like oppa in a school uniform. You saw him in a school uniform in I’m Different, right?”
“Ah. It was amazing.”
It wasn’t that she disliked the
“And what if he hurts his throat singing Dynamic too much? From what I see, they’re going to do it live.”
“Wow. Already worrying about everything.”
It was a group that had just finished one performance on broadcast.
Lee Jungmi’s friend shook her head at her fussiness.
“Ugh.”
However, whether her friend pointed fingers or not, Lee Jungmi clutched her head and agonized.
Lee Jungmi hurriedly played the two music videos alternately.
“What to do. What to vote for.”
“Hey, then how about this. I’ll vote for Dynamic. You do it for I’m Different.”
“If it’s 1:1, isn’t that the same as not doing it at all?!”
“Oh. Jungmi. You’ve become smarter than I thought.”
“Ugh. First, I saw Dynamic today, so I have to vote for I’m Different. I have to ask the kids to vote too.”
Having made her choice, Lee Jungmi hurriedly sent a message to a group chat room where several friends were gathered.
Lee Jungmi wasn’t the only one who was in an uproar at the news of the vote.
All those who had become fans of MOST were stirred up.
Hoping that the song they wanted would be the next music show stage, fans each asked their acquaintances to vote.
As a result, it was naturally promoted.
Team 2’s strategy was working exactly as planned.
***
The first week of debut passed by in a daze.
MOST took the stage twice each with
The reaction to MOST’s stage continued to be good, as much as the first broadcast.
Within a week of their debut, they were even given the modifier ‘trustworthy’.
In fact, it wasn’t easy for the appearance on music shows to appeal to the general public because the viewership of music shows was narrow.
However, as the stage videos boasted high views on MyTube [a fictional video platform], MOST gained word-of-mouth even among the general public.
Thanks to that, the music charts also jumped up.
The rankings of the two songs, which were in the 90s, both rose to the 60s.
Kingdom chose ON TV [a fictional internet broadcasting platform] as the first schedule outside of music shows to continue the good atmosphere.
“I really wanted to do ON TV.”
Woochul said in an excited voice.
ON TV was an internet broadcasting platform where stars create and operate their own channels, and it was a medium that allowed real-time two-way communication with fans, so it was popular with both stars and fans.
Therefore, recently, along with album sales and MyTube music video views, the number of ON TV live viewers was becoming a barometer for measuring the popularity of stars.
Not only Woochul but also Louis poured out words in excitement.
“Me too, me too! I used to watch Candies and HOH sunbaenims [senior artists] doing it every night before I went to bed… To think I’d be doing it too, Gosh!”
Louis had a deep interest in senior idols as much as in dramas.
“Calm down a bit. Louis.”
Heungmin mimicked Louis’s tone and said a word.
Gyoosung burst into laughter at Heungmin’s words.
Thanks to that, the tension seemed to ease, and Gyoosung warmed up his voice in front of the mirror.
Dojae was next to him, getting his clothes adjusted by the stylist.
When he first became ‘Kang Dojae,’ Dojae felt uncomfortable with the life without palace servants.
‘I feel like I’ve finally adapted a bit…’
With his debut, it felt like he had palace servants again.
Dojae, who was quietly receiving the stylist’s touch, quietly called the stylist.
“Nuna… [term of endearment for older sister or female friend]”
“Ugh. What’s with the nuna. I told you to be comfortable.”
“Ah. Nu, na…”
He had to call the members hyung [term of endearment for older brother or male friend], so he was used to the title ‘hyung,’ but ‘nuna’ was still awkward.
The stylist laughed lightly at the awkward call and asked, “Why?”
“The hem of the pants. I was wondering if folding it once would be okay.”
“Fold it? Then it’ll be shorter?”
“Somehow… I think that would suit it better.”
Dojae said, thinking of the fashion he had seen on MyInstagram [a fictional social media platform] a few days ago.
“Really? Just a moment.”
The stylist quickly lowered her head and folded Dojae’s hem slightly.
While preparing for his debut, Dojae diligently observed the internet and SNS [Social Networking Services].
Once he decided to become a singer in Korea, he thought he had to know Korean culture well.
Even though he had ‘Kang Dojae’s’ memories, they were too limited.
So he looked up and studied various things separately, and now he understood trends as much as the young Woochul or Louis.
‘But I’m not going to just follow trends without my own personality.’
As a job that needed public attention and love, he had to know how to accept it appropriately.
As a member of the imperial family who was very sensitive to public reaction, it was natural and familiar to appropriately reflect public reaction.
‘It seems like they like this style these days. I quite like this side too.’
Dojae thought, looking at the pants folded to reveal his ankles slightly.
“That’s right! This is much better. It makes your legs look longer. Well, your legs are long anyway.”
Dojae quietly smiled at the stylist’s compliment.
“You’re ready!”
The stylist blushed for no reason at the greeting that flew in with a smile.
Even though she was more than five years older than Dojae, she somehow became shy in front of Dojae, who was polite and courteous.
“What. Do well on the broadcast today too.”
“Yes.”
***
The members, who had finished styling, stood in the middle of the practice room where the camera setup was complete.
The back wall was decorated with large balloons with MOST written on it and cute props.
The familiar practice room had become a filming location, and the members looked around.
“The hellish practice room has brightened up.”
Lee Jungyeon asked at Woochul’s comment.
“Do you like it?”
“Of course. But we’re not broadcasting with it decorated like this every time, are we?”
“Yes. Today is the first ON TV broadcast since our debut. In the future, we may decorate it according to the broadcast concept, or the practice room may come out as it is… I think so.”
“Ah, I see.”
The members next to him, including Woochul, all nodded.
Unless they rented a separate studio, most of the ON TV filming locations would be conference rooms, practice rooms, and dormitories.
Sometimes there were stars who turned on ON TV in the car and announced that they were on the move, so MOST was planning to prepare to broadcast more often as they got used to ON TV.
“To tell you one more time… Today’s broadcast is 30 minutes long, and you can do member introductions and song introductions as you practiced.”
“Yes.”
“After introducing the song, you’ll each lightly show the choreography for one verse. The point here is to do it more comfortably than on music shows.”
The members listened to Lee Jungyeon’s words with serious expressions.
“And then I’ll give you a laptop… You can answer while watching the reactions with that, and talk comfortably.”
“I know, I’ve seen it a lot!”
Lee Jungyeon laughed lightly at Louis’s confident answer.
“Yes. If you look at other channels, there are a lot of silences at times like this. So please choose questions well and answer actively.”
“Trust me!”
“Okay. I trust you, Louis.”
Heungmin patted Louis on the shoulder.
“I’ll give you a sign again 5 minutes before the end of the broadcast, so please give your last greeting comments. You’ve memorized all the comments, right?”
He hadn’t written down all the comments, but there was a rough framework.
The members nodded in turn.
“Then I’ll turn on the broadcast now!”
Lee Jungyeon shouted, checking the time.
It was six o’clock in the afternoon, when the ON TV live broadcast was scheduled.
The members, who were looking around, immediately looked at the camera.
“Hello!”
And Louis, who was too eager, waved both hands and greeted brightly.
For a moment, the members looked at Louis, frozen.
It was completely different from the promised greeting.
Lowering his hands, Louis quickly muttered, shrinking, “Ah, that’s not it…”
However, it was a broadcast that didn’t need to be too rigid.
Dojae smiled and sent a look of encouragement to Louis.
At the same time, Gyoosung, who was standing on the far left, naturally tried to greet.
“One, two, three.”
“Hello! We are MOST, here to be the best!”
The members sang the greeting comments in unison.
Only then did it feel like something had started properly, and Woochul and Gyoosung waved their hands and added greetings.
“We’re so glad to be greeting you on ON TV for the first time like this!”
Heungmin continued the next comment.
At the same time as the broadcast started, the number of viewers began to rise in the thousands.
It was the number of viewers reflecting the heated interest in just one week of debut.
In addition, the number of ‘like’ buttons that fans pressed also increased rapidly.
-The youngest is cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [laughing sounds]
-He greeted aloneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [laughing sounds]
-☆☆☆MOST is a hit☆☆☆
-He’s handsome
-The clothes are prettyㅋㅋ Is this the Dynamic concept? It looks like a school uniform
-Dojae oppa, I love you
-What are you going to do today?!!
-I LOVE MIN~
-Woochul, show us some aegyo [acting cute]
-Congratulations on your debut, guys
-☆☆☆MOST is a hit☆☆☆
While monitoring the pouring comments, Lee Jungyeon quickly wrote words to convey to the members in large letters on a sketchbook.
[Like button surpassed 10,000]
Dojae, who was the first to check the sketchbook, said as if it were an original comment.
“Everyone. We have news that the number of like buttons has surpassed 10,000 right now.”
“Gosh! Thank you! Oh my gosh!”
The members, who were introducing themselves, couldn’t hide their joy and shouted.
“Waaaa!”
The sound of Heungmin and Woochul high-fiving was cheerful.
It was when the first ON TV live broadcast was proceeding smoothly like that.
Kim Seokcheol, the team leader who had been calmly watching the members from one side, took out his cell phone at the vibration sound ringing in his pocket.
And after checking the message, Kim Seokcheol quickly opened the practice room door and left with a serious face.