Entertainment Life With A Camera

Chapter 187

Are the kids ready?

AWY Concept Photo – Ian

The last one to pose for the concept photo was Ian. In the picture, he wore yellow lenses and had a thin face chain under his eyes.

His eyes, staring straight at the camera, showed an ambiguous expression that could be anger or resignation.

There were often fandom leaks during the hiatus, especially when the comeback was near. Some fans lost their passion when the concept or the song they brought after a long hiatus was not good.

The agency prepared an excessive concept that the fans would like. They used props that they had never tried before, such as finger suits and lace eye patches, that looked like they came out of a comic book.

-Why AWY fans are going crazy right now

Because the concept is awesome

└So coolㅠㅠㅠㅠㅜ

└Crazy

The fans’ reactions were explosive. There were even fans who deduced the overall direction of the album.

-I’m going to guess AWY’s comeback concept.

The album name is L’heure bleue. I searched it and it means L’heure entre chien et loup in French, which is the time between dog and wolf. But this time means twilight.

1. 1. The literal meaning of twilight: In summary, it means a state of decline and end after passing a crisis.

1. 1. The time between dog and wolf: It means a time when it is hard to tell whether the silhouette in the distance is a dog or a wolf.

They even wore colored lenses that they didn’t usually wear, so I think the wolf concept is rightㅇㅇ

And if you look at Seodam’s concept photo, he has a lily in his hand, which is a flower that symbolizes resurrection in Christianity.

And if you look at the corner of the album specification that I cut, doesn’t it look like the concept outfit they wore when they did Dawn? If you combine all this, it means

They overcame the twilight/crisis (Taewoong’s panicㅜㅜ, team activities) and passed the dawn (album specification with Dawn concept outfit) and resurrected (lily). What do you think?

Anyway, this concept is too much but too deliciousㅇㅇ

└I’m going to pilgrimage in advance ㄷㄱㄷㄱ

└It’s convincing…

└Don’t they look so good with this excessive and strong conceptㅠㅠ

└If they did Dawn before and this concept is twilight, does it mean the time is going backwards? They turn back time? Something like that?

└└That makes sense too

└I don’t care what it is, I just wish they would come back soonㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

***

“Is this expression right here?”

“Yeah, it is.”

Lee Joo-hyuk was sending a reply email to Hailey Poles while looking up the dictionary, and Ian was learning how to compose from him while watching him.

“Not bad, huh? You have the basics, so you’ll finish it soon.”

“Really?”

“Hey, didn’t he already release a song?”

Lee Joo-hyuk said to Park Jin-hyuk, who was eating snacks behind Ian.

I did compose a song that we sang before. Ian smiled faintly as he remembered the stage he sang with Lim Tae-woo.

“Do you want to listen to some of the songs he worked on over there?”

Lee Joo-hyuk downloaded the files attached to the email and played them. The sweet acoustic guitar melody filled the studio.

“It’s really good, huh?”

Kim Joo-young, who had been listening quietly with his head down, lifted his head.

With AWY’s popularity, it was possible to work with foreign musicians who were well-known. In fact, there were some foreign musicians who sent love calls through the agency.

The agency said that they could collaborate with foreign singers later, and that they didn’t have to collaborate with Hailey Poles, who was not even famous, especially when the comeback was ahead, but the members were positive about collaborating with foreign singers.

“Is this what they call country song?”

“Maybe? Oh, this song sounds like R&B?”

It was because Ian strongly insisted that he wanted to collaborate with this person, that he had to do it.

(Of course. A K-pop idol? Is it the group I know? Do you want to video call?)

Hailey Poles agreed to have our group members participate in the featuring as well.

She didn’t know that Lee Joo-hyuk was AWY’s Joo-hyuk.

(Oh my god, AWY?)

‘Yeah. Do you know us?’

(Oh, you guys are pretty famous here. My sister is a fan of yours. Can I show this video call to my sister?)

‘Sure.’

Hailey’s sister, who was ecstatic, screamed and fell backwards when she saw the video call.

She couldn’t believe that the person who casually contacted her for a song was a famous idol in Korea. Hailey felt the pressure on her shoulders.

(I can’t make it sloppy.)

‘Just relax. We decided to do it together because we liked your work.’

(No, I’ll send you something amazing. A song that you’ll be dying to sing.)

Hailey Poles had sent an email to Lee Joo Hyuk with her melody after the video call, and the other members of Awi, Lee Joo Hyuk, Park Jin Hyuk, and Kim Joo Young, also got new inspiration from her melody.

“The song feels really good. The genre spectrum is very wide, right?”

She was an unexpected gem. And they thought of Ian, who had recommended her enthusiastically, and looked at him standing behind them.

“What?”

The members who had watched the footage of their visit to the shaman felt a chill when they heard the shaman’s words that he had saved the country in his previous life. And when they saw the shaman bow politely to Ian, they felt something eerie.

“Choi Ian, what are you exactly…”

“I told you he has something.”

“Did you hear what the shaman said? Just trust him and it’s over.”

Ian held back his laughter as he saw the members rubbing their hands in front of him.

‘I mean, they always trusted me well, but…’

After visiting the shaman, he was almost treated like a cult leader. It felt like he had received a certification mark from the shaman and they trusted him more.

“I’m having trouble choosing because all the melodies are good.”

“Then, Ian-nim, what kind of work would be good for our luck with Hailey?”

“Please give us the answer.”

Ian decided to enjoy the exaggerated praise from the members.

“Well, we don’t have time to make a detailed concept, right?”

Awi had a busy schedule. As soon as they finished their comeback activities, they had a series of domestic events, and after the events, they were going to tour overseas.

It would be better to give them plenty of time since the work would be done remotely. And there was one perfect anniversary for the occasion.

“How about a carol?”

He had no idea what kind of impact his casual words would have at that time.

***

Kim Myung Jin brought the new managers he had hired and introduced them to the members before their comeback.

“Guys, these are the new managers, so say hello. This is Lim Jin Woo, and that is Park Ji Hwan.”

“Hello.”

“You can just call me hyung, don’t be formal.”

Lim Jin Woo and Park Ji Hwan greeted them awkwardly.

“Nice to meet you!”

The members bowed their waists and greeted them loudly, making the new managers flinch and step back.

“Are they… trying to intimidate us?”

“No! No, they’re not!”

Lim Jin Woo whispered, and Kim Myung Jin was startled and waved his hand.

Seeing that, the members exchanged glances without a word. Jo Tae Woong nodded slightly and looked at the new managers with a meaningful expression.

“Don’t believe them when they say no.”

“Taewoong-ah, what are you talking about.”

Park Seo Dam followed up.

“Hey, hyung. Do you think they would try to intimidate us like we did? They would all run away as soon as they were hired.”

“True. Give them some time to adjust and then suddenly change, and they’ll both be careful.”

“Hey!”

Kim Myung Jin ran after Park Seo Dam and Jo Tae Woong.

“I’m worried they might misunderstand this.”

“Don’t worry. We don’t have anything like that. We’re all close.”

The remaining members said to the new managers, who smiled awkwardly.

[They seem tough…]

Jin, who was watching them, muttered quietly.

***

It was their long-awaited comeback, and since they were a big idol group with guaranteed ratings, Nnet decided to spend a whole day recording their comeback show.

“I heard MyDier did it for over 20 hours.”

“Wow, crazy. What took them so long?”

“There were a lot of delays in preparing the stage.”

Kim Hyun and Park Jin Hyuk frowned. It was inevitable that there would be time delays since it was a human work.

Park Seo Dam tapped Lee Joo Hyuk next to him and said urgently.

“Joo Hyuk hyung! Look at this! They did it for 16 hours!”

“They’re insane.”

But it wasn’t all good news for the fans or the singers. They weren’t going to use the same stage over and over, but they planned to make different stage sets for each song. So they had to repeat the process of breaking down and rebuilding the set after each song.

That’s why it was obvious that it would take longer than the time they had announced.

“This is a comeback show for us, right…?”

“The stage looks awesome.”

The members groaned as they watched the videos of the senior singers’ comeback shows.

The comeback show stages of the other singers were very good. The broadcast time was over two hours, almost like a concert. And there were a lot of contents for the comeback show, such as various fancams and talk time.

[Isn’t the revenue from the singer’s fancam all taken by the broadcaster?]

‘That’s right.’

[It’s going to break with a bang.]

And the cost of going on stage was paid by the agency. There was no appearance fee for the singers. It was a plan for the fans only.

‘I don’t know if I should be grateful for what they’re giving us…’

But they couldn’t just complain. The broadcaster was the boss anyway, and other small idols had to go on survival programs and compete for the right to record a comeback show and prepare for the stage.

‘But the fans would like it, right?’

Ian looked through the reviews of the other singers’ comeback shows with a serious expression.

“But we have a waiting room, right? The fans have to wait outside the whole time? On the street?”

“That’s too much.”

And it took a lot of manpower.

It would take too much time and work for the fan managers to get new fans for each song.

“Manager Myung Jin! How many fans are coming to our comeback show?”

“About 1,500?”

“That’s crazy. The fan managers must have a hard time managing them all, right?”

So they decided to take 700 fans who would participate from the beginning to the end of the comeback show pre-recording that took almost a day, 500 fans who would go on the live stage, and 200 backup fans.

Despite the announcement that fans who left during the pre-recording would be restricted from applying for the pre-recording of music shows during this promotion, the fan cafe was overloaded with traffic from the fans’ applications.

“We should at least feed them well.”

If they didn’t take care of the fans who were waiting for the pre-recording, there would be a lot of talk, and the members of Awi wouldn’t feel comfortable either. There were various reverse fan services planned for the fans.

“Is this all we’re going to write?”

“Just write whatever you can, we’re going to copy it anyway.”

“I want to write to all the fans who are coming.”

“Choi Ian, are you crazy?”

The members decided to write handwritten letters to the fans for the comeback show exclusive photo cards and the food reverse fan service. Of course, it was impossible to write differently for all the fans since there were so many of them.

“How about we take polaroids and give them to the fans with numbers?”

“That’s a good idea. How about we give them to the people who have our debut date or birthday related?”

The members, who were excited about the upcoming comeback show, diligently wrote down short phrases to show the fans.