The Road To Glory [EN]: Chapter 1061

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“Hello, this is Liv’s Love Letter.”

From her dazzling debut at 17 to becoming a chart-topping queen with music that moves people, Liv has a special background.

It’s her YouTube channel.

Like the Gen Z born in the 2000s, Liv, who grew up with the explosive growth of YouTube, had a YouTube channel and was running more active content than most YouTubers.

As befitting her nickname as the ‘Queen of Music’, she frequently produced various music content such as live music videos, music covers, arrangements, and music videos, as well as Vlog content such as cooking and lifestyle.

Above all, the most viewed content on her channel was a talk show and music live corner with guests.

Not simply imitating Lee Hwan-hee’s Sketchbook [a popular Korean music talk show], but Liv’s own unique live content created by bringing the system of ‘Visible Radio’ that Liv had been running for a long time.

[Liv’s Love Letter]

All videos are popular content with millions of views. It wasn’t content that was frequently created due to Liv and the guest’s personal schedules, so people waited for it even more.

In fact, there is no one in Korea who doesn’t know Liv, so even people who are not fans watched [Liv’s Love letter], or LLL for short. Whether it’s a live broadcast or an edited video.

Since Liv’s tour had not been over for long, no one expected LLL, but a LLL preview was posted on Liv’s community and SNS saying that a guest of all time would appear.

It felt like receiving a Christmas present in midsummer.

Liv’s fans, the general public, and people with nothing to do flocked to her YouTube.

And what they faced was,

Perhaps the rarest sight in Korea, a natural monument, no, a 17-year-old young singer-songwriter. It was Noh Hae-il.

The boy, who had re-bleached his black roots and appeared in clean platinum blonde hair, sat on the sofa and looked around the set, but there was no sign of nervousness.

“Hello, I’m Noh Hae-il.”

Hae-il, who checked that the camera was on, greeted calmly.

[Noh Hae-il???]

[Noh Hae-il is here?]

Viewers who were trying to watch LLL comfortably without thinking blinked their eyes at the appearance.

No one expected it because the boy’s concert ticketing had recently taken place. I thought he would appear on music shows, but not in this way.

The most surprised would be Noh Hae-il’s fans who were watching Liv’s broadcast without thinking.

[Thank you Liv Thank you Liv Thank you Livㅠㅠ]

[Top Korean hip-hop! Top Korean hip-hop!]

[Teacherㅜㅜ You are the only one who knows our intentions]

[Please my moon too…]

The fans’ sorrow and hard work came to me honestly.

Liv, who heard that Noh Hae-il’s concert recently had 830 seats, understood their feelings a little, although she didn’t know how difficult it would be.

She immediately started talking.

“I’ve been on tour recently, so I only entered the music charts after returning to Korea, but there was a song I hadn’t seen before at the top of the charts.”

Liv recalled the memory of being startled after checking Sbak [a Korean music streaming platform] when she returned home. That’s right.

“You released a mini-album at the end of February, and a single [Lighthouse of the Night] in May, right?”

A single released not long after making ‘Hero’s Song’. I was embarrassed at that time, but I thought it was a single. Of course, I thought it was a single when I requested this feature.

But a full album in August? 12 songs? She was embarrassed because she knew how long it took to prepare a full album. Beyond being embarrassed, she even called Shin Joo-hyuk.

“That’s right.”

“But again, that’s also a full album… Everyone tells me to do it too, but to be honest, I can’t.”

Liv raised her arms above her head as a sign of surrender.

Consonants poured into the chat window [referring to keyboard spam, like ‘asdfasdf’].

Everyone seemed to take it as a joke. But this was serious.

“Anyway. Not that it wasn’t always the case, but this song is so good too. Hae-il, can you tell us a little about your full album ‘My World’?”

That’s how the moment people had been waiting for came. Album promotion that other guests all do.

But if there is one thing that is different between them and Noh Hae-il, it is that this was the first time Noh Hae-il’s full album was introduced.

“In the first full-length album My world…”

The title was taken from the two words of the title song, [Welcome to my world]. My world.

Like the genres of the songs are so different, it expresses his chaotic, irregular world.

As the boy spoke step by step, Liv responded.

“That’s right, you covered a variety of music this time. I could feel Hae-il’s confidence in that album.”

Liv, who glanced at the viewer window, read the comment [Which song did you like the most, sister?] and pondered.

“Hmm, that’s a difficult question. My favorite song is.”

The first thing that came to mind was Zigzag. I don’t know how sorry I was after listening to Zigzag on Sbak.

I should have just said I would do it. It clearly showed what style Noh Hae-il wanted, so I was very disappointed.

‘But.’

Another title came out of Liv’s mouth.

“Welcome to my world. I like the title song the most.”

Viewers ask.

There were many reactions that they couldn’t understand.

After all, the current top 1 and 2 songs are 17 Sec and Zigzag. Of course, those songs are all so good, but Liv organized her words.

“I like acoustic music, but that’s not the reason.”

What should I say.

‘Welmaworld’ is the most like Noh Hae-il’s music.

The repertoire from ‘Hee-tae’s Refreeze’ and ‘Another Day’ to ‘Welcome to my world’ was her favorite song.

“I had a lot of thoughts while listening to that song. I also thought about what my world is like.”

Above all, the part where the electric sound transitioned to acoustic was impressive.

At that moment, it felt like the boy was taking off his mask and revealing himself. At that time, I thought.

When the boy confidently revealed himself first, I thought I could take off that mask and reveal my real face.

No matter how ugly it is, it felt like he would accept me as I am.

What the boy was trying to do was not simply introduce himself, but a message that he would accept your world. She felt healed by that message.

Liv smiled and raised her finger at the comments that still disagreed.

“Everyone, I’ll be confident in one thing. I swear on my grandfather’s name that Noh Hae-il’s title song Welmaworld will be the longest-running.”

Liv smiled, and Hae-il nodded with a subtle face. Fans thought the boy was embarrassed by Liv’s praise, but the truth was a little different.

Liv’s content continued.

Originally, it should have ended after promoting the album, but the boy had one more thing to say.

“About the concert.”

His first concert.

‘My world’, which will be held in about two weeks, was still left.

“Unfortunately, I failed to get tickets, but I would still like to hear a little about this concert in advance. Don’t you all want to know?”

As Noh Hae-il’s first solo concert since his debut, a lot of attention was focused on it. However, it was a concert that only 830 elite people could listen to per day, so only a few people could enter.

Still. Even if you can’t see it, people want to know. How it will proceed and who will be the guests this time.

Is there a separate dress code, and how will the goods be composed?

Soon Noh Hae-il readily opened his mouth.

“This concert is planned for the purpose of communicating with the audience as it is held in a small theater.”

[???]

[Communication… 830… Ha]

[Is that like respecting the opinions of the few rather than the opinions of the many?]

While turning the fans’ stomachs, Hae-il pondered how far to go. Most of them can come to the concert and see it, so I don’t think I need to say it.

Suddenly, I thought of something when I thought of goods.

-Boss, you have to do this for your first concert!

-I want it too

“Ah, I’m preparing a gift.”

“A gift? You mean a present?”

“Yes. It’s a small gift for those who came to the concert.”

“Oh my!”

Liv glanced at the chat window.

Perhaps because no one expected it, the comments that had stopped for a moment started to go crazy.

I’m already upset that it’s the first concert I wanted to go to, but the first goods?

“It’s nothing special…”

“It’s nothing special! Can I ask about the components?”

It’s really nothing special.

In fact, there was one gift that I put a lot of effort into.

Unfortunately, it didn’t seem like it would arrive until the concert.

I think I’ll give it out at a fan signing event around October or November.

So, the concert gift this time was his handwritten letter, a photo card, a postcard with the album cover, financier [a small French almond cake], snacks like cookies, and finally a drink.

Speaking of drinks, his suggestion to prepare ion drinks and simple wine was firmly cut off with a smile from Han Jin-young.

It is difficult to distinguish between minors and adults one by one, and the question of why you would give alcohol at a small theater concert.

-Here too… I mean, they sell it at the musical theater too.

-Hae-il, isn’t that in our country?

When I saw a musical with my parents in England, they were selling it. I had never been to a musical theater in Korea, so I couldn’t answer.

Nam Gyu-hwan, who always followed his opinion, also hesitated and said that he would try it once he turned twenty. Of course, Moon Seo-yeon hit him on the back afterwards.

“Oh… so you’re saying you’re giving a gift with a handwritten letter at this concert.”

As Hae-il nodded, tears and curses were plastered all over the chat window.

Curses had never been posted on Liv’s Love Letter. However, Liv understood their feelings, so she didn’t say anything about it.

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋAh]

[ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[You should have done that sooner… hahaha]

[Why are you preparing so hard, you bastardㅜㅜ Just extend the concert]

[Ha… how much is an amp ticket [referring to scalped tickets]]

The reaction was so hot that it was decided to make this the first part. We plan to take a 20-minute break and start Part 2.

The Part 2 corner was actually the communication corner that viewers had been waiting for the most. Content that receives stories or questions from viewers and talks like a radio show.

At this time, there were times when there were performances, so the session and instruments were prepared in advance.

A guitar was also prepared next to the boy.

It was a guitar I had never seen before.

At a Korean restaurant, the boy said that his favorite guitar was broken, but he didn’t like anything, so he bought all the acoustics of all brands. I guess it’s one of them. Liv realized with a sense.

“Okay, let’s start Part 2 of Liv’s Love Letter. Here’s the first question. ‘Hae-il, can I ask when you started learning guitar?’”

It’s a question Jang Jin-soo asked before.

At that time, Jang Jin-soo didn’t believe that he had been doing it for over ten years.

“Maybe, since last year?”

“?”

It wasn’t wrong.

However, Liv, the viewers who asked, and the comments all expressed doubts.

“Last year?”

It’s not strange if you think about Noh Hae-il’s age, but Liv stuttered and continued talking.

“Then… can I know where you learned it?”

I can’t ignore talent, but there must be a teacher who taught him so well. People who said they would go to pay immediately pricked up their ears.

“Um…”

Hae-il didn’t know how anxious they were and thought slowly. First of all, I didn’t enter the academy. I didn’t graduate from college either. There is no one who tells him how to sing. Who would make such a request to Hae-il?

Just.

I saw busking on the street,

I saw singers on television,

And after debuting, I was influenced by many people I had a relationship with.

Liv briefly lost her words at the boy’s words.

[Noㅋㅋㅋ Lie a little]

[But it’s not a lie that Noh Hae-il went to a cram school until last year to prepare for foreign language high school]

[This is right ㅇㅇ It was said that Noh Hae-il went to the academy. Especially after seeing that he was so good at English, everyone flocked to him to teach them British English]

[So that skill comes out in a year?]

[Noh Hae-il made three comebacks this year, is that okay?]

That’s how the hard-to-believe question time ended. Half-doubtful comments remained, but they were pushed back by viewers’ song requests.

[I’m Seok, who enjoyed Rendezvous. I personally enjoyed Shin Joo-hyuk and Liv’s duet song ‘Pride and Prejudice’, can you sing it?]

“Oh my, of course. Hae-il, can you do it too?”

“Of course.”

Because he didn’t forget the songs he had heard once, he remembered them.

[Pride and Prejudice] is a story about an arrogant man and woman reconciling, and it became a hot topic because Liv rapped.

The boy’s voice was added to the accompaniment, and the performance began. Shin Joo-hyuk and Liv’s cover of Pride and Prejudice shown at Rendezvous.

If Shin Joo-hyuk showed the rough and arrogant Diasy at the time, Noh Hae-il’s clear voice made him look like a man with a story.

Above all, as everyone expected, the harmony with Liv was better than expected, and admiration was plastered all over the place.

[Sing more and more]

[Noh Hae-il, let’s just sing for the rest of our livesㅠㅠ]

[Wow, why am I so thirsty? I heard it, but I want to hear more]

And it was when I was about to receive the next song.

Suddenly, one word came up in the comments full of emoticons, and new viewers rushed in from somewhere and mentioned ‘Scorpion’.

[Did you see Scorpion’s interview?]

[???]

[Wow, the real-time search term is]

At first, I tried to ignore it because I thought it was an aggro [internet slang for provocation], but as if a controversy had erupted, 80% of the comments were plastered with Scorpion and Noh Hae-il.

It’s not a normal V live [live broadcast], and it’s during content, so Liv felt embarrassed, but Noh Hae-il brought up the story first.

“Can I watch it once?”

Liv readily nodded.

When I clicked on the address that the viewers told me, a short video was connected. It’s a concise clip of about 30 seconds, but the content was clearly conveyed.

Why people came and told me to watch it.

-Roh, I want you to come to my concert

-If possible, onto the stage.

“…”

“…”
The two stars closed their mouths at the same time.

Liv glances at the boy. Fortunately, the boy didn’t seem embarrassed.

He was just staring at the video with a blank expression.

Yes, it wasn’t that serious in reality.

Just.

‘I guess he knew.’

Realization flashed through my mind.

I’m not really curious about how he found out.

He has ears, so he’ll know.

Rather, I was impressed by Reel, who openly sent him a message. That means it was fun.

“Um, do you know each other?”

Liv asked, just in case, because the boy was just smiling without being surprised. Then the boy readily answered.

“I’ve met him before. In Trafalgar Square.”

“In England? Oh my, what a coincidence. Were you originally a fan of Scorpion?”

“No, not really. We just fought a little.”

“Yes?”

It’s her content, but it’s so exciting right now that I can’t stop.

“With a guitar.”

“Ah.”

The boy folded his eyes as if asking what I was thinking, and Liv smiled awkwardly. I thought they really fought with their fists.

Hae-il recalled that time.

He played his song and made four mistakes, but he pretended not to, so I pointed it out properly. Then, the next day, he told me to join as a member. I refused, but it remained a fun memory.

[You don’t mean you beat him with a guitar, do you?]

[Please tell me more details]

[So what happened!]

[Noh Hae-il! Hey!!!]

Unfortunately, the comments thirsting for more stories did not reach Hae-il. Hae-il was not the type to ignore the message that came to him head-on.

“What are you going to do?”

Therefore, the answer to this interview is. Hae-il tapped his thumb with his index finger and said.

“···I’ll think about it.”

That became Noh Hae-il’s official answer.

Liv and Noh Hae-il resumed their content.

As always, they showed off each other’s songs and became calm with sweet voices.

But that doesn’t mean the reaction is completely dead. Curiosity about the relationship between Scorpion, a top band in England, and Noh Hae-il did not stop.

That’s because it’s not a normal relationship.

Even if Scorpion is a minor metal band in Korea, one is world class. And the other is a rising star in a small backwater.

[Wasn’t Noh Hae-il for domestic use?]

[So, if you want to see Noh Hae-il’s concert, you can go to Scorpion’s concert?]

Noisy issues and news filled September.

[A fateful meeting between a top British band and a Korean boy]

[What happened in Trafalgar Square that day?]

[Scorpion’s head, Reel “Roh, come to my stage”]

And finally, on September 21st. The curtain of Noh Hae-il’s small theater concert ‘My world’ rose.