“Seo-jun, what are you going to do after lunch?”
Kim Si-hoon, the main dancer of Blue Moon, asked Seo-jun with a smile. Seo-jun answered with a laugh.
“I'm going to look for sothing to do for my graduation performance. I haven't decided yet.”
Since it was known that Seo-jun was going to have a graduation performance, he received more novels than scripts. It was better to read them at the company and go ho than to move them one by one.
“It must be a hassle to move them.”
Everyone nodded at Seo-jun's explanation.
The leader, choi Jae-won, graduated from Mirinae Arts High School two years ago, and Kim Si-hoon and Baek Yi-hyun graduated last year.
They knew well about the graduation performance of Mirinae Arts High School.
“Last year, only the music departnt had an official performance, right?”
At Choi Jae-won's words, Kim Si-hoon and Baek Yi-hyun, who were in the music departnt until last year, coughed and shrugged their shoulders.
“But you guys couldn't participate because of your debut.”
At Jung Eun-sung's words, the shoulders of the two brothers sagged.
Seo-jun and the kids burst into laughter at their reaction.
***
After finishing lunch, seo-jun returned to his practice room and the Blue Moon mbers headed to the conference room as instructed by their manager.
“Doesn't Seo-jun seem like he's going to do an official performance?”
Baek Yi-hyun asked and Jung Eun-sung nodded.
“There are a lot of people who say they want to see him in person in the comnts on the mirror video on YouTube.”
“Even if he does an official performance, it won't be many tis. The ticketing will be fierce…”
They couldn't keep the kids who were going to college indefinitely, so the official performance of Mirinae Arts High School was only held during the two-month winter vacation.
“Did the music departnt perform twice a week?”
“Yes. Twice a week for eight weeks.”
“Then it would be about 16 tis… It would be really hard to get tickets. We won't be able to see it, right?”
“It's a sha. I couldn't see it when I was in Yeoul Arts Middle School either.”
The mbers laughed at Baek Yi-hyun's words, who was the lead vocal.
“That's right. Yi-hyun hyung was our senior by one year, so he graduated the year after Seo-jun had his graduation performance.”
“He did that in Yeoul Arts Middle School and Mirinae Arts High School. He should have been born a year later.”
They laughed again at Baek Yi-hyun's sincere words.
Choi Jae-won, who was laughing, opened the door of the conference room.
There was an employee preparing for the eting in the conference room.
He was from Cocoa Entertainnt's Singer Team 1, who was in charge of Brown Black and Blue Moon. He was familiar to Blue Moon.
“Hello!”
The employee who was putting materials on each table greeted Blue Moon with a smile.
“You're already here? They’ll be here soon. Wait a minute.”
“Yes!”
The Blue Moon mbers sat down on one side of the conference room.
They didn't even discuss who would sit where, but they looked very familiar as they sat in their seats like they were assigned.
When the employee finished preparing and went outside, they started to open their mouths one by one.
“It's amazing that we’re getting used to this conference room, isn't it?”
Park Ee-deun looked around the familiar conference room and said. The other mbers felt the sa way.
“It's rare for an agency to ask for opinions from singers before their debut.”
Kim Si-hoon nodded at Choi Jae-won's words. He had been in another agency before coming to Cocoa Entertainnt.
“I couldn't even open my mouth until I was a few years old at my old agency.”
“I guess it's because it's a place that Brown Black seniors and President Seo made together?”
“And Seo-jun too.”
The relationship between Brown Black and Seo-jun, which started with a YouTube parenting show, was a famous story in the entertainnt industry.
“I wonder if the president who embezzled money knew that Brown Black seniors would beco so great and make the company big.”
“He probably didn't know.”
Baek Yi-hyun said and Jung Eun-sung shook his head.
The story of how Brown Black's manager beca the president of Cocoa Entertainnt after President Seo's embezzlent was also famous in this business.
Starting as an ordinary manager and becoming the president of an agency with superstars who are unique in Korea, it was like a dream for managers.
Of course, the superstar was his nephew by blood.
***
“Okay, let's start the eting.”
When everyone took their seats at the big table, the team leader of Singer Team 1, who was sitting at the head of the table, opened his mouth.
He had been working with Brown Black since President Seo beca the president of Cocoa Entertainnt.
“Are we going with the sa the as we planned?”
The team leader asked and the employee nodded and opened his mouth.
“Yes. Since the debut album focused more on the public appeal than Blue Moon's color, we decided to go with a song that introduces Blue Moon, like a self-introduction, for this single album.”
That's why Singer Team 1 decided to release Blue Moon's next album as a single album rather than a full-length album with a lot of volu.
“It's not too risky because it's a single album, and the fans are increasing too. It would be nice to make a song that shows the mbers’ personalities, like ‘This is what I have.’”
“It would be even better if it had public appeal too…”
But it was not easy to find a song that fit perfectly.
The team leader nodded his head.
“Do you have any good songs?”
The A&R team, who had been listening to songs all day since the day after Blue Moon's album production schedule was set, shook their heads vigorously.
“There are so decent songs, but none that say this is it.”
“Really? Are there more songs coming in?”
“There are a lot of songs coming in.”
It was almost certain that Blue Moon would succeed, as they were gaining popularity from the start like Brown Black, white, and Red Crown.
If they were chosen as Blue Moon's song, they would get royalties and more requests for composing in the future.
And Cocoa Entertainnt was famous for being a good partner for new composers, so songs were constantly coming in.
“But they're just diocre.”
The A&R team, who had led Cocoa Entertainnt idols to success, was trustworthy.
The team leader frowned for a mont and looked at Blue Moon sitting on one side.
“What about you guys? Do you have any songs you like?”
Blue Moon mbers, who were looking at each other with a puzzled expression, nodded their heads.
They felt puzzled by the A&R team's words that said there were no good songs.
“Really? What kind of song is it?”
The team leader and other employees sparkled their eyes.
The A&R team mbers also leaned forward with interest, as they were opposite to Blue Moon's reaction that said there were good songs.
“It's number 37. I liked it and the mbers said they liked it too.”
“37? There were no good songs below 50.”
The song numbers were random, aning to listen without prejudice.
It took a lot of ti to listen and judge from the first song to the last song, but they could also find a song that they almost missed.
And they also believed that listening and evaluating any song frequently would improve their skills.
The A&R team quickly found song number 37 on the laptop connected to the conference room. When they played it, music flowed out of the speakers installed in the conference room.
The team leader, A&R team, and other employees tilted their heads at the song that seed exciting but strangely blocked.
Blue Moon also tilted their heads to one side.
“No, you can't react like that!”
At the A&R team mber's words, Jung Eun-sung scratched his cheek.
“But this is not the song we heard, right?”
Everyone tilted their heads at Blue Moon's constant nodding.
Then where did this song co from?
“Did you bring the song?”
“Yes. Here it is.”
Choi Jae-won handed over his phone, and the employee quickly connected it to the laptop and played the song number 37 that Blue Moon ntioned.
Ding.
“Oh.”
The first lody caught their ears. Everyone in the conference room listened carefully.
So of them nodded their heads and followed the rhythm.
They understood why Blue Moon chose this song.
“Let's listen to it again.”
At the team leader's words, the song was played again.
“Is this the first part?”
“Yes. It seems like it.”
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
There were four parts with distinct features, followed by a new lody that seed to combine all four parts.
“The first four parts are a bit rough, but the last part is good.”
“It's not bad until the fourth part. It's just that the last part is too good.”
The team leader, A&R team, and other employees nodded at the A&R team's words.
“It would be nice if each person took one part.”
“That's right. If we arrange it and add one more part, we just need to modify the last part a bit, right?”
To match the number of Blue Moon mbers, five parts with distinctive features and a sixth part that harmonized all the parts.
The A&R team frowned a little.
“But the last part is so good that it won't be easy to modify.”
“Plus, if we add another individual part, we’ll have to make the last part completely new.”
They had a lively discussion because they found a good song. Blue Moon also shared their thoughts on song number 37.
“What if we split the longest part?”
“If we divide the sa lody, it might not show our individuality well.”
But there was no other way than to touch the last part that they wanted to keep intact.
“Was there no na of the composer?”
“No. There was none.”
At Choi Jae-won's words, the A&R team regretted and nodded.
“I don't know where it ca from, but I want to get more songs from them because it's a good song…”
“Maybe you can find it if you look at the company's computers.”
“Um…”
When Choi Jae-won opened his mouth, everyone looked at him.
“This is just our guess, but… It reminds us of Brown Black seniors’ old songs. Maybe it ca from them.”
…!
Everyone in the conference room widened their eyes.
“…You're right? This is like Brown Black's old style.”
Old style didn't an bad or boring.
Brown Black's song style was divided into two types: in the early songs, the four mbers blended together like an orchestra, and in the later songs, they showed their individuality.
They had more individual activities lately, but sotis they released songs that showed Brown Black's fierce competition among the four mbers, yet they harmonized into one song and made them admire.
“A Brown Black song slipped in.”
“That's right. There are exactly four parts.”
“Do you still have a list of composers who submitted Brown Black songs?”
At the team leader's question, the A&R team mber smiled awkwardly and said.
“It was a long ti ago… I don't know if I have it.”
“It would be hard to find them one by one even if you have it.”
“Why don't we ask Brown Black mbers? They might rember because it's a good song. And we might find out why they didn't use it.”
It was a good idea.
If they didn't use this good song at that ti, there might have been sothing that even the team leader didn't know.
The team leader picked up his phone and contacted Park Seo-jin, the leader of Brown Black. He switched to speakerphone mode.
“Blue Moon kids found a good song that sounds similar to your style. I wondered if you heard it before.”
“A good song?”
When song number 37 was played, Park Seo-jin's humming followed along. At first he was catching up with the lody, but at so point he sang along with it.
‘He knows this song!’
Blue Moon and employees sparkled their eyes.
“Ah, this song.”
“You know this?”
“Ye-jun composed this song.”
‘Hwang Ye-jun?’
Blue Moon and employees thought of Brown Black mber who always made them laugh on variety shows. He had talent in composing and was currently working with various singers.
The team leader realized his mistake.
He beca Brown Black's manager shortly after President Seo took over Cocoa Entertainnt.
Hwang Ye-jun started composing songs slowly from then on, but Brown Black's songs at that ti were not this style, so he didn't think of it.
***
“We originally planned to use it for our next album, but our style changed in the middle.”
‘That was probably at the fan eting.’
Park Seo-jin leaned back on the sofa as he watched [Shadowman 2].
Ah. It was around this ti.
It was a fan eting to comfort the worried fans before starting their official activities after President Seo took over Cocoa Entertainnt, which was on the verge of collapse due to the previous president's embezzlent.
They moved freely as if they had escaped from the restrictions they had been holding back.
Their style changed from then on and continued until now.
“That song was still there. You can ask Ye-jun, hyung.”
He heard the team leader's voice saying he got it and hung up.
Park Seo-jin pressed the remote control and played [Shadowman 2] again.
The innocent Jin Nara was holding Shadowman Mac's hand and heading to the morial hall in Central Park.
“I should call everyone and go eat with Seo-jun.”
He smiled brightly as he thought of Seo-jun, who was still laughing like a baby even though he was about to beco an adult.
He rembered him as a baby first.
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