When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar

Chapter 151

# 152

Counterattack (2)

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The atmosphere in the album production team meeting room was very hot. This was because heated meetings were taking place over the concept of KK’s next album.

KK’s debut album was created after a long period of careful planning with the participation of not only the album production team members and team leader Shim Jun, but also the rookie development team and production director Kwon Heung-jo.

Brave Only Child came on as a producer and Do-wook also expressed his opinion on the title song, improving its level of completion, but the most basic elements could be said to be the company’s plans.

However, as the KK members’ experience accumulated, albums were no longer created solely through the company’s plans. Members increasingly participated in the album’s early planning and production stages.

As Dowook became a producer, other members also became more active in their participation.

Since it was his album, the desire to do better, the desire to help Dowook, and the desire not to fall behind all played a role.

Thanks to this, members were now giving more opinions and raising their voices at concept meetings than employees.

The staff played a role in actively accepting the members’ opinions, conveying objective reactions from the outside, and pushing the album in a realistic direction.

“Well, the songs with strong vocals as the title track did well, but... Anyway, there is no disagreement that the title of this album should be dance.”

Everyone nodded at Team Leader Sim Jun’s words. Leader Jeong Yoon-gi said.

“I think I definitely get a good response when I show my powerful side through dancing on stage.”

“It’s good to be powerful, but when it comes to dancing, I think you should go for the ‘blue sky’ vibe. “We are continuing to maintain the image of ‘passionate youth’ that KK has promoted.”

When one of the members of the album production team mentioned ‘blue sky’, he said:

Originally, at Hit Entertainment, in the case of a singer who has established a certain image after debut, songs that fit that singer’s image will be released, so when they receive the song, they say, ‘This is it!’ I chose the method of choosing the best song I wanted as the title.

Once the title was decided, a strategy to promote the album was developed from various angles, and the detailed concept of the album was supposed to follow.

However, for this KK album, we decided to select a title with a more detailed concept.

This was possible because Do-wook is an all-round producer and composer who excels at any genre, and it was also something that Do-wook suggested first.

The latter method was good for building the desired image, and Do-wook had recently realized that working with a clear concept suited his style rather than working on a song blindly.

“I think there were a lot of fans who were happy to play with me during ‘Blue Sky’.”

Hearing his teammate’s words, Ahn Hyeong-seo nodded, thinking of the exciting stages he had played.

When singing ‘Blue Sky’ at a concert, it couldn’t be more exciting and enjoyable when the fans sing along as one and the singing voices fill the concert hall.

There was a time when I couldn’t control my excitement while singing, so I hit an extremely high-pitched ad-lib and my voice went out of tune during the concert.

“I like singing because it’s exciting.”

“And then you also have a sound deviation?”

When Jeong Yoon-gi added a word to Ahn Hyeong-seo’s words, Ahn Hyeong-seo frowned and answered without giving up.

“brother. “Is it because you were excited that you chewed on the lyrics last time?”

Jeong Yoon-gi closed his mouth at those words.

The hot potato of the current conference was genre. There was no disagreement about the dance genre itself, but opinions diverged in two directions.

One was to use a powerful electronic song as the title, such as ‘Very Sorry’ or ‘Howl’, with more emphasis on individual performances.

The other was to focus on pop dance with a popular melody that is easy to sing along to, such as ‘Blue Sky’.

“The best response so far is ‘Blue Sky.’”

A team member added:

Statistically, it was true that ‘Blue Sky’ received the best response. Not only did the album sell well, but it was still ranked in the top 100 on the music charts.

However, Team Leader Sim Jun’s thoughts were a little different.

“But then it seems like it’s going too easy. no?”

KK has consistently put a hip-hop color on electronic sounds and performed strong performances like group dances.

That was what KK did best than anyone else.

No group in Korea had both rappers and vocalists as talented as KK, and there were few groups in the world that were able to perform live and deliver as powerful a performance as KK.

It was a neat conclusion.

‘A stage where you can’t take your eyes off and can’t help but listen! ‘We compete on stage!’

Both employees and members felt like an overall picture was being drawn. Immediately, Jeong Yoon-gi opened his mouth.

“I hope it feels stronger than Howl...”

“Break the beats even more!”

Kim Won joined Jung Yoon-gi’s words. Employees of the album production team also added:

“If the bass feels grand, I think it will be a bigger stage.”

“It feels like KK is completely releasing the youthful energy she has been carrying on! “I think the lyrics should go in that direction as well.”

Taehyung Park, who was quiet, also stammered out his opinion.

“Uh... it’s an interlude... if it’s a song that can include acrobatics or group dances that we’ve done in the past...”

Do-wook met Park Tae-hyung’s eyes and said, I nodded. It was true that they were definitely drawing the same picture.

‘Ah... I hope a good song comes out. ‘I can’t wait to stand on stage with the members!’

Dowook clenched his fists in anticipation.

Team leader Sim Jun smiled and gave a thumbs up.

“Good good. There is a song that Yoongi originally brought to be included in the OK album. Would you like to develop it and include it in this album? “I think it fits well with the concept.”

“Really?”

Jeong Yoongi asked, looking a little surprised. He never thought that his song could be included in KK’s album.

“Really.”

“Then, among the songs I received, I will select and upload songs that are worthy of being included in this album. manager.”

A team member in charge of guessing external songs said.

It was the album name of the next KK album.

***

“So I guess I made a scouting offer to team leader Lee Dae-hyung to come back. And he subtly asked me about Seojun.”

“Seojun?....”

Inside the dorm. Director Oh Baek-ho and Do-wook were talking separately at the dining table.

After finishing a long meeting, the members sat down on the sofa and floor in the living room and watched a rerun of the music show that aired this evening.

Director Oh Baek-ho had come to talk with team leader Lee Dae-hyung while the members were in a meeting.

“It looks like he offered not only an annual salary but also future promotions... In any case, he said that his judgment that he thought there was more he could do here was unwavering. “He said that the reason he was called was not because of the team leader’s abilities, but because he had the feeling that he was targeting KK or you.”

Director Oh Baek-ho frowned and continued.

“They asked if there was anything involved. “For now, I said there wasn’t any.”

Do-wook’s mind became complicated as he did not know everything about Director Seo Jung-won’s intentions.

“Team leader Lee Dae-hyung and I are going to talk about it...”

At that time, the sound of first place being announced was heard from the television the members were watching.

“First place for the second week...! man to man! It’s man to man! congratulations!”

The cheers of Man-to-Man fans seemed to pour out of the television.