Debut or Die

Chapter 498

Episode 498

< Nice to meet you > stage contest scene.

[Weekend Afternoon Fun! The stage of < Nice to meet you >, the collaboration of the century with stars, is about to begin!]

The MC read the standardized script based on many years of experience like flowing water. And from the audience, the audience-like response and applause poured out.

[The theme of this contest is ‘Millennial 2000’! The stage was decorated with the theme of the 2000s.]

[The cast members chose an artist of the genre they wanted to work with, and the collaboration was concluded. Please look forward to what kind of stage it will be.]

And the MC quickly explained the voting rules as well . .

Simple. If you liked the show, please press the button!

It was a clichéd story that is told every recording, but this time there were quite a few audience members who were hearing it for the first time.

‘I come to a place like this.’

‘Thank you, Jaehyun. I try to be filial by taking a backward step.’

They are all people who applied after hearing the news of Cheongryeo’s appearance. In other words, there were many fans of VTIC who were not existing viewers.

And that was also a double-edged sword in this contest.

If Chungryeo couldn’t show a stage worthy of winning first place, but if the audience voted for first place, that alone would cause controversy.

But the fans sitting there had little to worry about.

‘It’s Jaehyun, but what?’

It was a belief that became stronger the longer I spent as a fan.

VTIC, especially Cheong-ryo, never did anything disappointing.

[The special stage now begins.]

Finally, the 3rd theme contest of season 7 has begun.

Waaaah-

With polite cheers, singers and masters came out and performed.

Here, singers are mostly established singers who are highly preferred by middle-aged people.

It means that there was no male idol like VTIC.

‘oh.’

Since the field is so different, Cheongryeo’s fans also viewed it quite favorably without a check mentality.

‘Okay.’

‘Everyone is doing well.’

A pure evaluation is done honestly.

There were also quite a few unconventional stages.

The representative songs of popular musicals of the 2000s sung by vocalists and rappers of yesteryear had a taste that made you feel old and hip.

‘and!’

In particular, it was more relatable to VITC fans who were younger in age.

It was because I didn’t watch this program that much, so I didn’t know the standardized ‘eaten by the audience’ stage composition unique to the program, so it was fresh.

And it is to imagine the stage of Cheongryeo in its own way.

‘Who did Jaehyun do with?’

‘It would have been really cool if I had just done it with an opera singer.’

Occasionally, there were performances with singers due to insufficient casting of masters or because the pair did not match, but no one thought that Cheongryeo was like that.

‘Well, to do better than these people… … .’

There were once or twice a stage where Jaehyun secretly worried that he shouldn’t make a mistake.

And after some time, the 6th stage.

order right before the end.

The MC finally opened the door he had been waiting for.

[The performers of this stage are… He is a global KPOP artist representing Korea. This is Cheongryeo from VTIC!]

Aaaaa!!

wow!

As soon as the word ‘global’ came out, the fans who noticed it were already cheering fervently.

And middle-aged people who are not necessarily fans also responded well. This is because everyone has heard the name of VTIC, whether in the news or on YouTube.

Expectations of famous celebrities!

Those gazes that measure how well you will do.

In the midst of that overflowing adrenaline, the MC continued the process by controlling the tempo.

[And the collaboration partner that Mr. Cheongryeo pointed out… .]

Brief steaming.

And when the curiosity of the audience reached its maximum.

A sound like thunder fell.

[National Idol! This is Testa’s main vocalist Park Moon-dae.]

“… ??”

“… ?!”

yes?

Contrary to the reaction of the middle-aged and middle-aged audience, who were like ‘Young idols do it~’, the young fans in the audience doubted their ears and screamed internally.

Why is Testa here… ?

‘Is it Cheongryeo?’

‘Hey Jaehyun Shin!’

There were fans who screamed that it would be better to be a recorder gifted kindergartener.

[Then let’s meet now! Collaboration start!]

The stage started with the MC shouting without even trying to catch up!

Lights come on on a dark stage.

“… … !”

Fans reflexively held their breath and focused their eyes on the stage.

but… There were no singers.

In the outskirts, there is only one standing mic standing alone in the spotlight.

Woo-woo-woo

-woo, the sound of the wind rang briefly.

In the void, a familiar riff melody played on the piano filled the air.

A familiar accompaniment.

And the chorus in a minor key cuts through the quiet background sound.

-It snows in my winter, and

the cold and cozy warmth that

wraps around my cheeks

and you

.

It was a popular song by an emotional hip-hop group that was popular in the mid-2000s. A song that follows the formula of featuring a famous female soloist in an addictive chorus.

That featuring part is reproduced with a cool male voice.

-Um umm- Um umm-

Um umm-

A lonely hum.

A sensibility that is infinitely close to the original singing while reminiscing about the bittersweet love of love after a breakup.

“… … .”

Singing was not an invitation.

‘Park Moon-dae… is it?’

However, even though it was in a minor key, the audience immediately listened to his clear and refreshing voice.

The soft piano accompaniment and humming softly echoed through the audience.

-Yes

And the moment when the accompaniment turns in a major key and a fast rap should be entered in a brighter atmosphere with the original band sound.

-No

“… !”

The sound fell more heavily.

thud.

The elegant and gloomy piano accompaniment was heavy.

The tempo of the accompaniment falls on top of that heavy monotonous note… it gets slower

It’s laid back and dark enough to feel a bit dangerous.

And In-young who appears.

–

Our burning hearts on a night when the lights are off

“… !!”

Cheongryeo!

A singer wearing a head microphone walked out from the perimeter. The movement seemed to fill the stage with just that.

An ultramarine blue stage shirt went well with black slacks.

‘OMG!’

However, even as suppressed cheers erupted here and there from the audience, some people were puzzled.

‘uh?’

A song sung by Cheongryeo.

The familiar melody was right.

but… It wasn’t the song ‘Winter Love’ that was developed earlier.

– I hear the voice of love

< Summer Night Fever >.

Like the previous song, the song from the 2000s was right.

However, it is a song by a female solo singer famous for its sexy concept.

In addition, unlike the original song, which was a fast-tempo techno dance song, the choreography and song are developed with a heavy accompaniment in a slow tempo.

-A

hot and ecstatic moment on a summer night

was followed by a solid physique with movements that slightly evoked the feeling of modern dance or waacking.

A dancer came out and filled the stage with the same movements, but that only added to the splendor.

Live vocals without shaking in the movement of the lights, each detail is clear, and the strengths and weaknesses are perfect, so you can feel the catharsis of the dance.

With that alone, the stage was completed as if it was tight.

The naturalness unique to a person who has been on stage for a long time draws attention.

-You know, I’ve been waiting for you.

While condensing the splendor and sexiness of the original song, the wild beauty of the much slower, static and heavy tempo added artistic value.

The unique rusticity of old popular songs that might sound frivolous has disappeared without a trace.

‘Crazy.’

‘I could have done it alone!’

‘Park Moon-dae in front of you… ?’

Fans immersed themselves in the stage, thinking in their stream of consciousness.

-The moment

burns the flame of love into eternity

Summer night

In the meantime, the relaxed yet weighty performance gracefully dragged the stage and ended the first verse in the blink of an eye.

And the music stopped for a moment.

Cheong-rye made a shoe noise and walked to the standing microphone outside.

“… … .”

It was the moment when the audience watched with bated breath and waited for the next catharsis.

Suddenly, on the other side, someone else appears under the spotlight.

“… !”

Moondae Park.

The singer, with her soft blonde hair neatly trimmed, grabbed a standing microphone on the other side of the outskirts.

And again the accompaniment flows.

-My love is in winter

Even when spring comes, in my heart

“… ?”

The previous accompaniment used in < Summer Night's Fever > sung by Cheongryeo continued without any sense of incongruity.

And Moondae Park’s melody blended wonderfully and naturally.

‘what… ?’

It was because it connected two songs that used similar compositional grammar from the same era.

However, the atmosphere and lyrics are completely opposite.

Thanks to this, a very strange atmosphere was formed.

A narrative point was created.

The short love of a summer night and the eternal farewell of winter.

-The snowdrifts do not melt,

the warmth of an eternal winter

Woo-

The lonely voice gained clear and firm strength and rose with the accompaniment.

The vocal ad-lib reached a pleasant climax without any technique. –

The cold and cozy warmth that

enveloped my cheeks

because of the snow

in my winter .

-Yes you

And there, the note and the lyrics continue.

-You and me

in summer night,

Cheongryeo’s song that came in.

The two continued to sing the songs they sang alternately, as if they were singing parts of the same song.

-Don’t miss the opportunity

And at the end of the rising note, two huge spotlights come in the center of the stage.

And two people on the stage moved.

“… !”

The two who came to the center moved to the accompaniment of the build-up.

mirror choreography.

-Summer night

hot and ecstatic

(voices are heard)

Movements mix, lyrics mix with each other.

-My love is in winter

(in summer night)

Before we knew it, the two of us changed the song and sang it again naturally.

– Moments into eternity

(Eternal warmth of winter)

and the last verse.

-and you.

The performer looked at them and stopped the choreography.

And it brings the song up in harmony.

-Yes you!

You you u- uu umm umumm

The strings rang out loud.

And the choreography also reached the climax.

-Um umumm Um umumm um Umm…

The humming of the melodies of the two songs creates an exquisite harmony and falls.

And the two movements match like a mirror, creating a complex pair choreography.

A performance in which the legs are crossed, the upper bodies are bent, and each other’s shoulders are held together, like an acrobatics without an inch of error.

All those movements that seemed soft at first glance could only look elegant if you had the power to perfectly control your limbs.

In other words, it was an almost unrealistic sight to digest ‘humming’ live with a perfect pitch, not even making a high note while doing this movement.

‘and.’

“… … .”

The gaze is fixed as if being sucked in.

A composition that can only be performed by a performer with an extremely high level of understanding and proficiency in the dance stage, that is, the KPOP stage.

‘ah… … .’

So a few fans understood why Chung Ryeo chose Park Moon Dae.

‘I see.’

‘If I wanted to do something like this, I would have chosen an idol.’

However, there were misunderstandings.

In fact, it was impossible for Park Moon-dae to implement the choreography of this climax part alone with his current abilities.

However, with the amount of practice, I covered the short choreography of about 30 seconds so that I could copy and dance ‘just like the other person’.

Even more so, if the person who has been developing a method for effectively imprinting choreography on the members for several decades has put in one movement at a time.

For a moment, it is possible to reproduce nonsense.

And at the end of that ‘nonsense’ synchro rate, a short and sure high-pitched chord rises above the splendidly built-up accompaniment. -I

waited for

a hot and ecstatic moment, you know

catharsis!

-Wh-whewhewhe!

The stage that started in winter, with back to back facing the audience seats to the brass accompaniment, ends with a summer night.

thud!

“… … .”

So the stage was over.

A composition that poured artistry suitable for this program into an idol-like stage frame.

that atmosphere!

And choreography like exquisite arrangements and live stunts.

It was the essence of the performance.

‘It was torn.’

‘crazy.’

Wow!!

Shouting cheers filled the audience.

It wasn’t a cheer from fans, it was a reaction to the stage.

[It was a really great stage!]

Even the MC’s comment was heard with sincerity.

Soon, the two people on the stage smiled and politely greeted the audience a few times before returning to their seats.

It was for voting, but in fact, the result was as if it had come out.

Fans already knew.

‘I can film this unconditionally.’

Even if it is aired, I will never criticize Cheongryeo for winning first place.

That confidence made the fans in the seat feel overwhelmed.

However, confusion and question marks remained in the minds of most of the fans who attended.

‘How did you do it with Moondae Park??’

‘What is that crazy selection?’

And those questions were soon to be satisfied.

This is because the process of forming a team between the two received a portion in the main broadcast on the weekend.