Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 69

#69.

Soon, a spotlight circled an empty spot on the stage.

Thoom—

It was accompanied by a huge drumbeat that seemed to shake the heart.

“Kyaaaaaa!”

At the same time, the atmosphere in the quiet audience instantly boiled over, and a huge roar erupted.

It was the start of the show.

The small circle of light gradually brightened, revealing the entire scene on the stage.

“MOST! MOST!”

“MOST! MOST!”

The fans got excited and chanted MOST at the sight of the members taking their positions.

Everyone who came here came to see MOST, and no one else.

The hearts of the MOST members beat fast at the cheers directed solely at them.

If it hadn’t been for the following song, they might have remained frozen, lost in the cheers.

But soon, , which was track number 1, began to play in the venue.

was a modified version of from their debut album, with a darker melody added.

To the beat of the instrumental, the members danced with precision, as if their bodies would break.

“…Oh my god. They’re so cool.”

“I think my heart’s going to explode!”

“Aaaaaaah!”

Breathless energy was pouring out from the stage.

It wasn’t just the members dancing quickly on the stage whose heartbeats were accelerating.

The hearts of the excited fans were also beating at tremendous speed.

In the audience, there were fans who couldn’t say anything and covered their mouths, fans who were restless and stamping their feet with the person next to them, and fans who were just screaming.

“But Dojae. Where did Dojae go?”

And someone was looking for Dojae.

There were only five members on stage.

In particular, Dojae’s fans, who came to see Dojae, were busy turning their heads from side to side, looking for him.

The song, which had been rapidly accelerating, suddenly slowed down like a stretched tape.

And red laser pointers were clearly aimed at the chests of the five members.

“What, what is this…….”

Before the fans could even murmur.

Bang—!

A loud gunshot echoed shockingly through the venue.

At the same time, the five members collapsed to the floor.

“Mommy!”

“Kyaaaa!”

The fans’ cheers turned into screams.

The fans knew it wasn’t real, but they were incredibly immersed in the members on stage.

A quiet prelude flowed behind the members lying around the grand piano.

It was a performance version of with a lonely and desolate melody added to the prelude.

At the same time, Dojae walked out from the left side of the stage with a large shadow, step by step.

“Kang Dojae!”

“Dojae!”

“It’s Dojae!”

“Oh my god!!!”

The face of Dojae, whose ash-colored hair looked subtly silver, was zoomed in on the large screen.

“He’s so handsome!”

It was a face that drew admiration.

Dojae’s face was even more radiant than it had been at the ‘Gayo Festival’ [a year-end music program] just a while ago.

Dojae walked slowly from the end of the stage to the center, dragging a wooden bat along the floor in time with the prelude.

The deliberately disheveled bangs and the dreamy eyes made Dojae look somehow decadent.

It was an atmosphere that was contrary to his neat features.

Because of that, he looked even more dangerous and precarious.

Dojae, avoiding the places where the members were lying, went to the piano and took a big step onto the piano chair.

Dojae’s towering figure further heightened the excitement of the audience.

Bang, bang!

Dojae’s steps didn’t stop there.

Dojae stepped on the keyboard.

The piano keys were crushed and crumbled.

The fans waited with bated breath and sparkling eyes for Dojae’s next move.

Clang— Clang—

The wooden bat in Dojae’s hand began to smash the grand piano indiscriminately.

The fans knew Dojae’s usual image well.

The members always said that Dojae was a model student who only spoke kind and correct words.

The real Dojae’s personality, as seen through ‘Limora,’ was also like that.

But at that moment, Dojae looked like someone who had lost his dream and was trapped in an inescapable sense of loss.

He seemed endlessly weak, even as he was filled with anger and destroying things as he pleased.

The original Dojae was nowhere to be found.

For the fans, the scene of him smashing the piano and the fact that it was Dojae were both shocking.

At that moment, when they couldn’t take their eyes off the situation on the stage.

Dojae, who had completely destroyed the piano in a terrible way, collapsed and knelt on the piano.

At that moment, the lights shining on the piano dimmed and the song changed.

It was the real prelude to .

The members got up one by one to the prelude that started with a dreamy sound.

It was a soft and flexible movement like wildflowers swaying in the wind.

The members who got up were standing in a circle, and Dojae, who had come down to the stage in the blink of an eye, was inside.

The members changed formation again, scattering like petals unfolding.

—I can’t see anything

Dojae, holding a hand microphone, started singing.

It was a perfectly sweet tone that captivated the ears.

“Kyaaaa!”

“Kang Dojae! Dojae!”

A roar erupted from the audience.

—I can’t see you either

I lose everything and fumble, wandering the streets

The members in the back moved as one.

When Dojae finished his part and stepped aside, it was Woocheol’s turn.

—If I can’t find you,

If we can’t meet again, if it’s a permanent farewell!

The atmosphere of the song gradually escalated.

The fans almost fainted at the choreography in which the members lined up and did a wave together.

was a dance song that stood out for its group dance, and was a dance song closer to hip-hop, with a strong, free-spirited feel.

It was an atmosphere of choreography that could not be seen in those two songs.

“Wow……”

“So sexy!”

“The vibe… is really crazy.”

—I only need you

A deserted island

A star that exploded

Still, I only need you

Louis’s beautiful voice harmonized with the song and lyrics in a faint atmosphere.

“To see this stage in person! I can die right now.”

“Why die? You have to see more!”

“Oh, right. I can’t die. I have to live a long and healthy life.”

Groans echoed from everywhere.

It was completely different from the previous stage, which was full of health, but that didn’t mean that the stage lacked energy.

As they entered the chorus, which led from the wave to the group dance, the powerful choreography, which can be said to be MOST’s greatest strength, came out.

—my everything is yours

—is yours

—is yours

The six members moved in perfect order.

Even though the formation continued to change, there was no disruption in the members’ movements.

For this stage, the members practiced the same movements hundreds and thousands of times in a short period of time.

The feet automatically adjusted the spacing.

—because my everything is yours

Because your name is my youth

From those who envy us

Let’s run away

Heungmin’s low and heavy tone of rap added weight to the song.

As Gijun’s rap continued rhythmically, there was no time to be bored in the song.

It was a stage that completely captivated the eyes and ears.

—If only I could reach you again!

And finally, the moment Gyu-sung’s high note exploded.

The fans felt a thrill.

Gyu-sung and Dojae’s harmony echoed beautifully.

—We can meet again

The last part was Dojae again.

The five members continued the choreography while kneeling on the floor.

Dojae, standing in the center, sang the last part with distant eyes.

Dojae made a gesture of shooting a gun with his fingers and stared straight ahead.

His eyes looked as if he had been shot and wounded, not as if he was shooting a gun.

As the song ended, the members lay down in the same position on the floor as at the beginning, and the stage went dark, ending the title song stage.

Enthusiastic cheers filled the venue without a gap.

***

After the stage, a pre-prepared video was broadcast on the large monitor.

It was a video made by editing concept photos to be included in this album.

Snapshots taken at the music video filming site were also mixed in.

“Kyaa!”

“Awesome!”

“Louis!”

“Woocheol!”

The fans were enthusiastic about the photos being released for the first time.

Every time the photo changed, they called out the name of the member and focused on the monitor.

In the meantime, the staff quickly cleared the piano on the stage.

The members who came out to the side of the stage caught their breath.

The members’ expressions were half-dazed.

It was hard to know what they were doing on stage in the midst of the deafening cheers.

“We…….”

Woocheol barely opened his mouth to the stylist while getting his makeup fixed.

The stylist quickly replied as if she knew without asking.

“You did well, you did well. Your stage was really the best. I was also getting emotional.”

“The response to the music is also good. The staff in the waiting room are in a festive mood.”

The stylist, who was fixing Dojae’s makeup next to him, also chimed in.

In fact, the reaction on the scene was so hot that they could know without saying anything.

Woocheol nodded as if he was relieved by the words.

The video was coming to an end.

Gijun, whose face was flushed with the heat of the stage, took care of the members.

“Let’s go out.”

The members, looking at Gijun with firm eyes, nodded and headed back to the stage.

As the members appeared, another roar erupted from the audience.

The members lined up and bowed at the same time.

“We are MOST, here to be the best!”

“We are MOST, here to be the best!”

The fans greeted the members who were singing the greetings with joy.

The first fan meeting and the first full album activities had just begun.

***

After greeting the fans, the members asked the fans how the stage was, whether they had listened to the music that was released a little while ago, and if they had, how it was.

They communicated with the fans, asking this and that.

Shouts rang out here and there, but in the end, the fans shouted “Yes!” in one voice.

The members laughed happily at the fans’ voices and relaxed.

MOST and BEST.

It was a space full of people who loved and cared for MOST.

The members felt like they were floating like balloons in the positive energy that the space gave.

‘It feels like I can grab happiness.’

Dojae thought.

He could never grab it, but he felt it that clearly.

‘To perform on stage with all my might until I lose my mind… and to receive the cheers of the fans.’

It was always a really amazing thing to think about.

It was even more so when thousands of spectators existed only for them.

He felt like he knew why singers wanted to have concerts.

‘I hope we can do it soon…….’

That became Dojae’s new wish.

After the stage greetings, they continued to perform , which would be familiar to the fans.

And again, the members on stage spent time talking to the fans briefly about the album preparation period.

That’s when the news came.

Heungmin, who had become a daily MC and was excited to be hosting, was surprised by the news that the staff had given him.

“What’s going on?”

“What is it?”

The members urged Heungmin, as the staff had suddenly come up to the stage, so they were curious.

“I heard that the music entry rankings came out while we were performing… uh…….”

Heungmin couldn’t speak for a moment after checking the rankings.