LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 189:
Chapter 189
COMEBACK SHOW. (2)
The fans who finished the pre-recording sat back in line. They started to write their reviews of the show on their SNS accounts and fan communities, to record the atmosphere of the event.
-Taeung and Seodam criedㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-They performed so well and Ian ripped his shirt (very important)
-They remixed the introㅠㅠㅠ They are genius idolsㅠㅠㅠ
Dasol also bragged to her friends that the show was crazy and awesome. Jang Minhee replied with crying emoticons, and Dasol smiled and turned off her phone screen.
“Did you see Ian ripping his shirt earlier?”
“Yes, I did!”
Not satisfied with posting on the internet, she chatted with the Thai fan sitting in front of her, reliving the stage they just saw.
From afar, the fan manager and the new managers of Awi came carrying big boxes. They contained the reverse fan gifts for breakfast.
“Everyone! Please receive them in order of your numbers!”
Inside the studio, they were dismantling the stage they just did and rebuilding it for the next one. So there was quite some time left before the next stage.
The fans orderly received their breakfast. In the paper box, there were sandwiches, fruits, and juice.
Let’s eat a lot and cheer for today’s recording.
Sorry for making you stay up late. Stay with us till the end!
And there were sticky notes that seemed to be written by the members themselves attached to the inside of the box. Looking at the note that the person next to her received, they were not the same for everyone, but different messages for each member.
“So thoughtful.”
“They were famous for this since the Alympics.”
Dasol bit into her sandwich with a happy expression.
***
“Please move in order of your numbers!”
Dasol, who had done two more recordings after the first stage, finished her lunch and stood in front of the coffee truck prepared by the members.
In the morning, they mainly performed the songs that had been released before, and the last stage was scheduled to be the comeback title and the side tracks.
‘I thought it would be hard, but it’s not so bad?’
Kim Eunha told her to brace herself and go when she heard that Dasol was on the list for Awi’s comeback show. She had told her stories of other people who had experienced the comeback show for half a day.
‘It’s not that bad compared to their concert.’
Dasol, who had been very nervous, stretched and headed to the coffee truck. She was already excited by the performance itself, and it was a bonus to see her favorite idols’ faces relatively close.
-Awi’s comeback show live
They are spoiling their fansㄷㄷㄷ
└I’m at the scene and I think I’m going to die of happiness, what else do they haveㅠㅠ
└Look at what they gave usㅋㅋㅋ Is this the Alympics?
└I just got a churro from the coffee truck
└Look at their handwritten notes, they are all different, so touchingㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Koreans must feel satisfied only when they feed others, no matter what the situation. They kept giving food to the fans to cheer them up, so they felt full.
‘I want to hear their new songs soon.’
***
The excitement and anticipation lasted only until the evening.
It would have been better if they could perform without interruption, but they had to come out and wait again for the next stage after each song.
It started to hurt to sit on the floor, and it hurt to stand, so they had to sit down again.
‘I’m so tired…’
Dasol, who was waiting for the next stage, drooped her head in exhaustion.
“Anyone has a charger?”
“I do, but my phone battery is 6% too.”
The fans who were chatting loudly in the morning became quieter and quieter, and some of them slept with their faces on their knees, or just stared at their phones silently.
***
“Wow… I’m exhausted.”
The members who finished a song and came back to the waiting room sprawled on the sofa.
“I can’t relax and sleep because I have to do the next stage as soon as I feel sleepy.”
“Our staff and fans must be having a hard time too.”
The members were in a similar situation as the fans. At least they had a waiting room, which was much better than the fans.
The members wiped the sweat off their faces with towels.
“Isn’t our choreography too hard for humans? How are we going to dance like this when we have our 10th anniversary?”
“We can sing well as rappers too, isn’t it time for us to change our direction to a ballad group?”
“A cappella? How about a cappella?”
They did about three recordings for each song. The choreography was flashy and intense, so they came back tired and tried to rest until the next stage, but soon the staff knocked on the waiting room door. They came to tell them to prepare for the next stage.
“How’s our hair?”
Kim Joo-young, who struggled to get up and look at the mirror, laughed bitterly.
“Hey, your face looks worse. Our stage makeup is ruined. Won’t this cause a breakout tomorrow?”
“My eyes hurt…”
“Uh-uh, Seo-dam. Don’t rub your eyes.”
It felt like I was touching someone else’s hair, not mine, because of the excessive use of hairspray. My eyes, with heavy makeup, were dry and stiff. It seemed like some powder got into my eyes.
‘How are our fans?’
[They’re still there. About ten of them left.]
‘Wow, how do they endure all day long.’
Ian opened his eyes wide as he saw the situation of the fans that Jin showed him. The fans who participated in the recording were as many as 800 people, including the reserve. Only ten of them left their seats.
‘Is it normal that they don’t leave much?’
[Your fans are a bit more loyal.]
There was no one who was sitting or standing properly. Some leaned on the wall, some didn’t care about the fact that it was the floor and lay down. Ian felt sorry for those fans, but also got strength from the fans who remained.
****
Of course, they couldn’t ignore the physical limit. As the evening meal was over and the last train time approached, the fans who couldn’t stand the exhaustion started to leave one by one.
‘Should I go too?’
Ida-sol also wanted to get on the bus and go home with the people who were leaving.
She soon shook her head vigorously.
‘No, I have to stay until the end and see their new song.’
To be honest, she was so tired that she wanted to give up everything, but it was too precious to give up after waiting for so long.
(Jang Min-hee) Are you still recording? – 04:04
(Da-sol) Unnie… – 04:12
(Da-sol) Save me… – 04:12
They repeated the process of entering the studio to watch one stage, coming out, and having a mini talk show with the members.
It was fun and loud when they went into the studio and saw the members, but when they came out and sat in the waiting line, their bodies were heavy.
‘I’m so sleepy and tired…’
When the staff came out and shouted to take various snacks and food, they got up like zombies and chewed on them. They could wake up a little when something went into their mouth.
The recording that started at 10 a.m. lasted until after 5 a.m.
The fans who were barely holding on with their willpower raised their heads at the sound of the fan manager.
“Everyone, you’ve worked hard! This is the last recording!”
The fan manager had dark circles under his eyes. They also raised their voices a lot louder than before, thinking that they could go home after this stage.
“Wow, the stage set.”
Ida-sol, who entered the studio, opened her eyes wide. It was a different feeling from the stage sets she had seen so far. The fans also felt the same and murmured.
“Did they spend a lot of money?”
“Is this stage our new title song?”
“I feel like it’s going to be a hit.”
While the fans were admiring the stage set, the members who wore costumes that matched the concept of the title song entered the studio.
“Wow…”
“It took a long time to set up the stage.”
It took a long time between the previous song and this one, but it was because they worked hard on the stage set. The members stared blankly at the stage and touched it carefully.
“Doesn’t it look like that? ‘Starry Night’?”
“Van Gogh? Wow, I feel that. It’s awesome.”
The fans screamed loudly, forgetting their fatigue. The members who went up on the stage also touched the stage set carefully.
Ian went to the front of the fans and communicated with them.
“Are you tired? We wanted to finish it quickly, but… it was delayed. Can you all go home safely?”
Ian made a sad face and some fans threw personal comments.
“It’s okay! I just have to take the first train!”
“Thank you for saving me the taxi fare!”
The members laughed at the fans’ flattery. They heard a fan in the front row murmuring that their clothes were pretty and smiled.
“How do you like our clothes? The styling team did a great job.”
“Do you all like it?”
Ida-sol stared blankly at the members who wore the costumes she wanted to see. Her heart, which had been a heavy fan of 2D comics, thumped.
“Crazy.”
Where is the stylist teacher? I’ll bow to you in the direction you are.
The suits that fit their bodies were similar to the uniforms they wore when they debuted, but there were differences in the details.
“What? You want me to spoil it? It’s not fun if I spoil it.”
“Our new song is… ‘Blue hour’. I saw the articles that the fans interpreted. Twilight and dawn…”
“Jin-hyuk! Stop…!”
“Ah, Jin-hyuk hyung is doing it again.”
The six members quickly gathered around Park Jinhyuk, the spoiler fairy, to stop him from spilling any secrets.
“Jinhyuk hyung, we’ll take care of him.”
“Yeah, go ahead and deal with him.”
Jo Taewoong and Kim Juyeong, who had hooked their arms around Park Jinhyuk’s, dragged him to the corner of the stage.
As the members moved, the thin chains that wrapped around their faces and bodies sparkled under the lights. The fans who were watching them also had their eyes lit up.
“Alright, we’re going to start the last recording.”
The fans screamed at the PD’s words. The members found their positions for the choreography, and Lee Juhyuk asked the fans.
“Everyone, you must be tired from waiting so long, but this is our last stage, so can you cheer louder for us?”
“Yes!”
Idasol also tried to memorize the new song from beginning to end with a clear mind, as if she had entered the first recording.
‘I’m nervous…’
As the fans held their breath and stared at the stage, the studio was filled with the melody of the new song.
***
Idasol, who had watched the last stage and came out trembling, muttered blankly as she saw the morning sun rising in the sky.
“This is crazy…”
This is it.
-Is the recording over?
How was it?
└The kids’ new song was crazyㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└It was awesome, just awesome
└Please take care of our kids for life, coordi-nim
-Don’t cry and someone write a detailed review
└I don’t know, it was just crazy, I don’t remember
└Memory evaporated, just awesome, see for yourself later
└I’m so jealous, why didn’t I go to the comeback showㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└It was really hard, but I woke up after seeing their new song, it’s the best everㅠㅠㅠㅠ
****
“Good job, everyone.”
“You too, hyung.”
The members who had finished the comeback show and got on the van groaned as they sat on the chairs.
This time, the new manager, Park Jiwhan, was behind the wheel. He started the van with a nervous expression.
“But why did Taewoong cry in the first song?”
“Ugh, I guess I’m getting old. I don’t know, I just teared up.”
“But I think I know how he feels. I almost cried in the last song too.”
Kim Hyun nodded his head slowly.
The members, who had gained strength from the fans’ support in the last song, forgot their fatigue and opened their eyes brightly.
“By the way, when are you doing ‘Rural Life’, Juyeong?”
“Saturday, I guess?”
“Can we watch it live?”
“Hey, we’re busy with our schedule, just don’t watch it. I didn’t do anything special.”
Kim Juyeong’s voice, which tried to dissuade them, sounded a bit shaky. Ian was determined to watch it anyway, because he had heard something at the Arts Awards.
“Why don’t we watch it together later after our schedule?”
“Don’t watch it!”
Kim Juyeong shouted in surprise at Ian’s casual suggestion.
Why is he like that? It makes me want to watch it more.