The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1011

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[Hehehe, let me tell you about my world-.]

“…Please stop.”

August Veil’s hearty laughter echoed from the other end of the phone. August Veil, who occasionally called, always mentioned greetings, news, album sales trends, and distributor promotions, but today was different.

August Veil, who seemed to have thoroughly listened to Nohaeil’s regular album, repeated the same things the members had been saying for days.

After teasing him for a while, August Veil started talking about the tracks.

For example.

[Ah, how was that featuring artist? A pretty kid.]

“They sang well.”

[Is that all?]

From the parts he was interested in, regardless of gender, nationality, or religion.

[If you needed a motorcycle, you should have said so.]

His tone subtly hinted at coveting Shin Juhyuk’s motorcycle.

“What if I asked for something other than a motorcycle?”

[Anything. A cruise ship or a plane, just say the word.]

“Then I’ll write that August Veil’s plane featured on it.”

[Hehehe]

Even a satisfied laugh.

After praising the twelve tracks for a long time, August Veil added one last thing.

[Still, I liked ‘Welcome to my world’ the most. It felt like receiving a letter from you for the first time.]

“I told you, it’s not a letter.”

[Then what is it?]

His sly voice didn’t sound like he believed it at all.

“Well, just.”

Hailo looked beyond the recording booth.

Everyone was practicing hard, saying they were reviewing from the first album.

Looking at their serious faces, Hailo muttered.

“It’s like a record.”

Just like he did with the members, it was a memorable memory for him, so he just wanted to leave it as a song. He’s not romantic enough to write letters to anyone.

[Really? Well, if you say so, then that’s how it is.]

“You don’t sound like you believe me.”

[What’s there not to believe? I’m just glad you seem to be doing well. It’s fun just watching from afar.]

“Is that so? Still, isn’t it more fun to see up close than from afar?”

At Hailo’s words, the voice suddenly faded on the other end of the phone. Then, at some point, August Veil said cautiously.

[Both have their own charms. Still… I am a little curious about seeing up close.]

“Then come visit sometime.”

[…Would it be okay for me to come?]

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

It’s not like this guy can’t come because he doesn’t have money to buy a plane ticket.

The sound disappeared again on the other end of the phone.

He could hear the sound of something being packed up quickly, and a deep sigh.

[It might be difficult right now.]

Hailo nodded.

The head of the distributor couldn’t be free.

[Do you know that Lil is having a Korean tour in October?]

“Lil?”

[Scorpion. The friend you met when you came to Veil before.]

“Ah.”

[Lil will be disappointed.]

Hailo recalled the singer who had a tattoo of ‘Scorpion’ on his neck.

[How about then?]

Hailo recalled the Korean university festival he had considered. He was planning to do it at his father’s request, but it was in November. He seemed to have time before that.

“I’ll be waiting.”

[…Okay.]

A voice that sounded somewhat overwhelmed was heard.

A small murmur, ‘I should have asked sooner…’ passed by.

Hailo, who didn’t hear it properly, thought he was talking to an employee.

[Then have a fun day today.]

The phone hung up with a snippet of ‘Welcome to my world’ playing. Hailo chuckled and put down the phone.

Nohaeil’s 1st regular album, My World’s title track [Welcome to my world], was recognized as the best and favorite song by August Veil and the members.

However, unfortunately, the public’s choice was different, resulting in a lower ranking than the other tracks for the title track.

Of course, if you exclude HALO’s [HOLY X DAY] in the current Top 10, all the songs were from Nohaeil’s regular album, so even if it was disappointing, it was still in the Top 10.

At least, if you were someone who had uploaded or was planning to upload a song to Watermelon [a popular Korean music streaming service], you couldn’t say the results were ‘bad’.

And as everyone acknowledged, it wasn’t that the title track was lacking, but that Nohaeil’s new (?) music was loved beyond imagination.

Watermelon Top 100

[1. 17sec (Feat. Shin Juhyuk Motorcycle) │ Nohaeil]

[2. Zigzag (Feat. Joo Yeonwoo) │ Nohaeil]

Above all, these two songs were the most loved.

The two songs had been battling for first place from the moment they were uploaded to Watermelon.

[My heart is racing… !]

[I scratched my bike without my wife knowing, what should I do ;;;]

└ Just say it’s a trendy clothes drying rack these days

[Wow, why is it so sweet, the voice is crazy]

└ Nohaeil’s voice is good too, but Joo Yeonwoo? I’m hearing this person’s tone for the first time, it’s crazy

└ I first saw Joo Yeonwoo in a musical and thought he sang so well, but he featured, that’s great

└ The combination of Nohaeil and his voice is beyond imagination, the voice is really good like a fairy popping out… .

└ Is he a musical actor? Which musical?

└ I went to see it and it’s crazy… No, it’s not just the song, why is his appearance like that???

The fact that 1st and 2nd place keep flipping can only be said to be a matter of taste.

If the alternative rock ’17sec (17 seconds)’, which evokes the urge to run in the listener, grabs and shakes the heart from the motorcycle engine sound.

Even though hard rock and pop ‘zigzag’ is not a love song, the sweet voice combination of the two men and women made it sound like a duet singing to each other.

The independent story of two men and women who live crookedly, not straight.

The two men and women did not meet in the lyrics, but fans have already released secondary creations of the two men and women meeting and dating.

[Music video… . I want a music video, or even a recording video… . Is Dal Radio not coming out again?]

[I wish Nohaeil would sing a desperate love song, 301st day of prayer]

Electronic rock Ever end also ranked 5th, and was talked about in the rock community.

[Who is the bastard who said Nohaeil doesn’t suit rock]

[So you’re saying only women were listening to this song?]

[Wow, look at the analysis of Ever end’s composition, it’s almost a solar-level report, isn’t it?]

[The most incomprehensible thing is, is Nohaeil really seventeen???]

Experts who had been buried in the fields appeared and praised the completeness of the song, analyzing a 4-minute song like writing a thesis.

At least in Korea, August and September would surely be Nohaeil’s month.

The music or identity reasoning of HALO was ultimately an event across the sea (?), so the difference in interest from what was happening in front of the house was clear.

Whether it’s positive or negative interest.

[But if you’re already pouring out music like this, what are you going to make later;;;]

└ Ah, are you already worried about Nohaeil? lol

└ He’s 17 years old. Do you know what that means? Even if you travel around the world for five years and go to the army, it means the future is bright

└ 17 years old is 17 years old, but what’s even more amazing is the music revenue lol Celebrities don’t have to worry about it, how can you worry about the number 1 in music even if you worry about it? Don’t you know if you see Nohaeil’s album tracks lined up?

└ Watermelon’s commission is very high, isn’t it? Even if you’re number 1 in music, you only get a small amount of money?

└??? Are your parents the chairman of Samsung?

└ Nohaeil can shoot an advertisement if he runs out of money, even if he doesn’t

└ This is real, our company also has Nohaeil’s name steadily coming out 17 years old + genius + number 1 in music + star quality = only Nohaeil has this image

Whatever the interest, it is important that many people gathered.

Like a summer beach where many people gather and accidents happen, many people expressed their opinions, and like fishing rods pulling up treasures from the seabed, questions that had sunk below the surface also surfaced.

[But Nohaeil’s vocalization is very different when he’s acoustic and when he’s rock]

└ Goosebumps scratching his throat

└ I knew Nohaeil was good at rock since the radio, but I didn’t know he was this good

└ I’ve always thought that Nohaeil and HALO’s voices are similar? But when he does rock, it really feels like HALO and it’s crazy

└ Ah, I’ve heard a lot of talk about similar vocalization

[It started again, not just Michael Jackson, but now Nohaeil…]

└ M.J is a drip [slang for an affectation or something done for show]

└ Then is Nohaeil serious?

└ No, it can be similar, can’t it? There are more than one or two singers who imitate HALO’s vocalization these days

└ This is true, everyone in Hongdae [a district in Seoul known for its indie music scene] sings like HALO

└ Are you good at singing?

└ If you’re good at singing, you wouldn’t say that, but Nohaeil seems to be good at singing like HALO

└ I always thought about it when Nohaeil covered Taeyang in the past, but I wish he would do a pure cover instead of an arrangement. The match rate seems to be very high

└ lol Then he’s a superstar right away

└ Or shot by Heligans [referencing HALO’s fanbase, implying aggressive protection of the artist]

It wasn’t that serious of a question.

Talk about Nohaeil’s vocalization has been coming out from time to time since the old days, and above all, 90% of people in Hongdae these days imitate HALO’s vocalization.

In fact, it’s not just Hongdae, it’s not for nothing that there is a word called HALO phenomenon or syndrome. There are quite a few singers who have recently debuted who sing with Hailo’s vocalization.

Most of them didn’t produce good results, but it was clear that many singers were influenced by HALO.

[Is there a 0% chance that a Korean high school student is Taeyang?]

└ Please recommend a light novel with that content

└ The vocalization is similar, but why do you keep comparing them?

└ There is a 0.00001% chance. But who sees their music style as different, how can they be the same person?

└ Absolutely impossible, there is evidence

The voice and songwriting style may be a bit similar

But this is impossible, it’s the album release cycle lol

Even from a musical point of view, Monthly Hailo is absurd, but isn’t Nohaeil and Hailo’s release this time a week apart?

But the two are the same person? Say something that makes sense

└ Real, that’s for sure, how can this be one person lol

└ Mozart Beethoven can’t even return

└…That might be possible?

And these questions were hard to see in fan cafes that blocked all words that could refer to one person, such as ‘HALO’, ‘Taeyang’, ‘The one who cannot be named’, ‘Voldemort’, ‘That man’.

Besides, what was important to them was not conspiracy theories.

[So everything is good, but what about live? What about the performance? Dal, where are you now after releasing this music???]

[Fan signing event please…]

[Are you not doing a concert? Give me a busking [street performance]라도… .]

[I wasn’t going to say this, but should I really wait in front of the label?]

Looking for their singer who disappeared after releasing such great songs.

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“Huh, even the president?”

It’s not that Hailo has no schedule at all.

Of course, he didn’t tell the fans, but he also released a regular album, and the desire to play and sing that song was inherent in him.

The desire for a concert.

Just as Nohaeil’s height grew to just before 180 [cm, approximately 5’11”], the stronger he became, the stronger his desire for performance became.

It seems like that even more when I’m watching someone else’s concert.

Hailo looked around the Seoul Arts Center wearing a hat and mask.

People glanced at the boy wearing a mask even in the summer.

It’s not necessarily because of the midsummer mask, the boy’s attire at the Seoul Arts Center recital was ripped jeans and a short-sleeved shirt. Everyone was wearing a somewhat formal outfit, so it was compared.

Seo Yeon, who was wearing a neat beige dress and talking with her friends, was embarrassed to see Nam Gyuhwan dressed in a suit, and then blocked her mouth at the appearance of Hailo.

Two people who don’t match the classics at all.

Nam Gyuhwan was dressed up, but her boss just came out in his usual clothes.

Still, the president, who walks leisurely without paying attention to his surroundings, has a unique sense of relaxation.

“Who is it, Seo Yeon? A friend?”

“He’s a member of our band.”

Seo Yeon glanced at Hailo, who was looking around the Seoul Arts Center, and introduced Nam Gyuhwan.

“Oh… you’re living a fun life.”

Her friends wiggled their eyebrows at Nam Gyuhwan.

He was dressed politely, but his unshaven beard, ponytail, and ponytail were never like a gentleman.

“Why are you here?”

“I came to pick you up. To match the end time [of the recital].”

“Where are you going?”

“Where we’re going to perform.”

“!”

“You’re going to pout if I leave you behind.”

Who knows that she pouts so well.

Seo Yeon tried to grumble at Nam Gyuhwan, but she held back because she was watching.

In the meantime, Seo Yeon realized that her friends were laughing forcibly at Nam Gyuhwan. Honestly, she felt a little upset.

“Oh my, kids, were you there?”

At that time, Sooah’s voice was heard.

Sooah, who had finished the recital well, was wearing a sparkling dress. She smiles gracefully with a fancy bouquet of roses already in her arms.

‘I shouldn’t have brought flowers.’

Seo Yeon hid the orange rose she brought behind her back.

“But who is this person?”

Sooah, and Sooah’s mother standing behind her, glanced at Nam Gyuhwan.

“Ah, Seo Yeon’s co-worker.”

Sooah looked up and down at Nam Gyuhwan as if observing him.

Nam Gyuhwan didn’t seem to care at all, but Seo Yeon felt sorry for him.

“I’m Sooah, Seo Yeon’s friend. Please take good care of our Seo Yeon. She’s a kind and gentle child.”

Sooah, who said that, glanced at Nam Gyuhwan’s hand and said.

“My hands are heavy, so it’s going to be a little difficult to shake hands.”

“Hey, Hong Sooah.”

She overlooked the last mistake, but she thought she couldn’t stand it this time.

Then, laughter was heard from behind.

“Please take good care of us too.”

Hailo, who had suddenly appeared behind Seo Yeon, lowered his mask slightly.

“So… Ms. Seo Yeon’s friend.”

A playful smile.

The eyes that recognized him are getting bigger and bigger.

“…Nohaeil?”

Hailo took the rose that Seo Yeon was holding and put it on top of Sooah’s bouquet of roses. The orange rose on the red rose was particularly noticeable.

“Congratulations on the performance, too.”

“Oh, oh.”

Sooah’s pupils shook from side to side at the unexpected appearance of the celebrity. Still, when she quickly put down the roses and tried to reach out her hand, Hailo continued.

“It seems difficult to shake hands because your hands look heavy. Can I take Ms. Seo Yeon now?”

“!”

“I’m a little busy right now.”

Nam Gyuhwan nodded.

He whispered that Han Jin-young was waiting in the van and patted Seo Yeon on the back.

Seo Yeon reluctantly said goodbye to her friends and chased after Hailo and Nam Gyuhwan, who were leading the way before people gathered.

Clinging to their backs, Seo Yeon glanced back. Her friends, who had ignored Nam Gyuhwan and ignored her, were staring at them with their mouths open.

Seo Yeon didn’t think anything and looked forward again.

Blinding sunlight was coming in from the entrance.

Someone said.

“Okay, let’s go.”