Chapter 25: The Music Bank
On the afternoon of November 5, in the standby room of KBS's "Music Bank", Lee Seung-hyun and Lee Wook were practicing in front of the mirror, while Ye-sang was putting on makeup. Occasionally, the three of them would exchange a few words.
Music Bank is a music program broadcast live on KBS2TV in South Korea, and singers will strive to participate in the promotion period of albums or singles. The authoritative comprehensive consideration of music makes the show one of the wind vane indicators of Korean music, and it is very well-known in South Korea, and its award is very important recognition and support for singers.
The show is once a week, and the songs are all new songs from artists who have just released records, because they are new songs that everyone is willing to listen to, and their popularity is naturally high. The show does not have a limit on the number of consecutive titles.
After a lot of practice, although KRY didn't aim for one, he just tested the waters of the music world. Because of the broadcast of the TV series, the theme song "Only for the One" also appeared in many fans, which made the three of them feel very happy.
Celebrities who have been famous for a long time have huge fan bases, and new bands like SJ and SS501 will need to pay more if they want to gain more fans, and YG's recently quit boy band BIGBANG has a lot of potential.
In the eyes of most singers, the music bank is a stage to show themselves, and it is also one of the criteria for whether their albums can be tested, so everyone's attention to this stage is completely first-class.
This time, the company helped KRY win this seat, and they went to the music bank today, not only to promote their new songs, but also as KRY's official activities, for their competitor SS501 because they did not quit the new album, and their "NeverAgain" has ended the singing period as early as October, and I heard that the new song is still in production.
The three of them are SJ's sub-group, and it is also the first time to carry out activities in the name of KRY, and the three of them shuttle through various waiting rooms, but fortunately, there are not many seniors, and the three of them don't need too many courtesies.
The atmosphere in the lounge seemed to be a little tense, and the three of them stayed in the lounge since they came back from their visit, glaring at each other, and occasionally a few new people came to visit.
"The company doesn't seem to have an album for us?" Li Xu glanced at their assistant, Zheng Jaezheng didn't follow them today, because the members of the group also had a lot of schedules, so he arranged for an assistant to come over. But the assistant didn't have time to take care of the three of them right now.
"This doesn't seem to be something we can do, I think we're going to continue to sing OST." Yisheng didn't have any superfluous expression on his face, and said coldly.
"Still singing? If the OST is not good, then we are ruined. Saying that, Lee Seung-hyun shook his head and deliberately pretended to sigh.
"What else can I do? Do we write our own songs and sing them? Li Xu glanced at the two of them helplessly, and he felt incredible when he said it himself.
"That's not impossible, at least we can try..."Lee Seung-hyun's eyes suddenly lit up, but his words startled the two of them.
Originally, it was just a joke, and Lee Seung-hyun's sincere expression was swept away, and even the assistant next to him was taken aback by Lee Seung-hyun's thoughts, he put away his phone and said slowly:
"Yes, you can, but you need to have the kind of songs that are widely sung, and if you don't have them, it's hard to impress the company."
"Brother Chengxun, do you know our itinerary?" Li Xu, who knew the meaning of the strings, asked quickly.
That assistant was called Song Seung-hoon, who used to be an assistant in a small company, and he lost his job due to the company's poor management. Later, he joined S.M as an assistant, and Jung Jae-jung saw that he was very skilled in these things, so he asked him over. Follow the trio on the trip.
"I heard Brother Zaizheng say, it seems that I have received the OST of a drama for you."
The three of them looked at each other, and their expressions were even more strange for the art voice in their unfortunate words, as artists, it is a matter of course for the three of them to become stars, but if they just become the kind of third-tier or eighteenth-tier small artists, it is obviously not their ideal.
After a moment of silence, only the three of them waited quietly backstage, and it was enough to go on stage when it was their turn, and Cheng Bucheng had been in the stands for a few minutes, and the OST did not have as much exercise as dance music, but it could also show the singing skills of the three of them.
Singers who came on stage one step earlier than them will also give them a smile when they come down, even though everyone may be competitors, and they still have to give face. I took a deep breath, and they were next in order, and I didn't know what would happen. ”
When Lee Seung-hyun didn't have time to think about it, the front desk MC was already introducing: "What is appearing now is SJ-KRY, a subgroup of the SJ group, whose work is "Only for the One", please SJ-KRY." ”
After the applause, accompanied by the screams of the fans, the three walked onto this incomparably familiar stage, and the white suits of the three people set off their young faces, as if they were characters walking out of the painting. Standing still, the lights of the stage change with the music.
Li Xu's originally delicate face looked a little melancholy under the illumination of the light. Lee Seung-hyun and Ye-sung gestured to the fans below. The moment Li Xu opened his mouth to sing, it seemed that in this studio, only the singing voice was echoing.
When he was in his own part, he didn't rush to pick it up, and Lee Seung-hyun didn't beat on the stage for the first time. looked at the three people on the stage, but there were many discussions below:
"I can't see that Kry Oba sings so well!!"
"Well, you thought they were just dancing?"
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The harmony of the three was beyond everyone's expectations, and when the three of them thanked and walked off the stage, they were greeted with a round of warm applause, presumably this time in the name of KRY.
"Congratulations, it looks like you've got a lot of fan support." Song Chengxun greeted him as soon as possible and sent his blessings.
The groups and artists who met the three also blessed that in this highly competitive Korean music industry, one more chance to appear means that you will have one more chance to succeed. Although there is no shortage of envy among these people, who says that they do not have a good company?
As if expected, perhaps unexpectedly, they didn't get one this time, but fortunately the company had anticipated this and didn't give them any additional criticism.
"I don't want to, let's go back to the company first." The three of them patted each other and encouraged each other to say-
With the advent of winter, the weather in Seoul is becoming more and more perverse, a few days of bright sunshine for the citizens of Seoul to offer a rare warm sunshine, and then it is unshakeably gloomy, looking up at the gray sky, gloomy and terrible, even pedestrians do not want to take a little more outside, for fear of being dyed with the haze in their hearts.
However, in this unpleasant weather, the three of them returned to the company, and the music bank, as the last trip of the three of them today, also announced that the three of them had completed their work today.
There weren't a few people in the company at night, and Li Wook and Lee Seung-hyun were fighting, as if they were arguing about yes, and occasionally Ye-sang would turn sideways and mess with the two of them.
"Ah~ It's really cold outside, but it's still warm in the company." While chattering about today's cold weather, Lee Seung-hyun was playing with Li Wook while complaining about the bad weather in Seoul, but he heard a gentle cry, with a faint youthful atmosphere and some violent impact, which directly hit Lee Seung-hyun's back.
"Ah, i'msorry, I'm sorry~......" shook her head, and the girl who hit the person was a little dazed for a while, as if she hadn't reacted from the impact just now, and then, only to notice the appearance of the pedestrian in front of her who collided with her rubbing her stomach in pain, and immediately showed a guilty look and stepped forward with a worried face to express her apologies in English and not very proficient Korean, "Senior, I'm sorry, I ran too fast just now, so I didn't see ......"
"It's okay, Mi-young, he's also at fault in this matter, it's not that he doesn't look when he walks......" Hearing the girl apologize to herself in unskilled Korean, Li Xu glanced at Lee Seung-hyun with a strange look on his face, and the pink down jacket in front of him was wrapped in a round and round way, revealing only his face that was blown red by the cold wind, and the stumbling Korean level full of loopholes, which was a member of the girl group who was ready to debut.
"Anyway, that's wrong with me? ......" Obviously, Lee Seung-hyun meant Li Xu's explanation.
Seeing that a trace of tears could already be faintly seen in the eyes of the pink girl in front of him, Lee Seung-hyun simply bowed his head and admitted: "Yes, yes, this matter is my fault." ”
"Trainees in our company? Don't know each other? Lee Seung-hyun looked at Li Xu and asked.
"Ah, yes, I'm a trainee of the company, and they all know each other with Li Xu OPPA, the Korean name is Huang Meiying, you haven't been practicing for long in the company..."When Lee Seung-hyun said this, the girl forgot what happened next, revealing an embarrassed and shy appearance, her originally red round cheeks were even hotter, and she stammered and explained that she had only been in Korea for a long time, and her Korean was only half-baked.
"Yes, it's one of the few overseas ...... in our company" Li Xu nodded their heads, they are the old qualifications of this company.
"Oh, are you still practicing so late?" Lee Seung-hyun changed the subject.
"We're leaving soon, and Taeyeon is still packing her things." Huang Meiying still explained timidly.
"Why don't we go together, anyway, we're not very far away" Yisheng invited neatly, which surprised Lee Seung-hyun.