Regardless of those internet wars.
Today, a few days before the live broadcast.
Now I took Arin to visit Kim Chang-hoo’s office.
By the time the arrangement of Kim Chang-hu’s ＜At the End＞, which was to be sung in ＜Legendary Stage＞, was finished.
I contacted Kim Chang-hoo through his agency.
The preparations for the song to be performed on stage are over, so could you take a look at it?
I know Kim Chang-hoo’s number, but I can’t touch his nerves as he is busy preparing for the stage.
The next day, the answer came back that he was happy.
From my point of view, the arrangement of the song was definitely good.
But that’s because of my visible ability, and Arin doesn’t know that.
In order to give Arin confidence in the song, I moved invisibly from behind.
“Welcome. I wonder if I called someone who was busy with preparations for no reason.”
“Oh, no. It’s an honor, senior!”
Arin’s answer continued with Kim Chang-hoo’s welcome.
“Seeing a junior I’m looking forward to after a long time, I couldn’t wait for this. Just in case, my advice might be helpful for this performance.”
Unlike the 7 seniors who declared that they would sing their own songs on ＜The Stage of Legends＞.
It was Arin who declared that he would sing ＜At the End＞ by Kim Chang-hoo in front of him.
Although Kim Chang-hoo’s consent was obtained in advance, it was necessary to show the best appearance as much as singing in front of the original singer.
After the first episode aired, people’s reactions weren’t crazy.
It’s a live broadcast, so if you make a mistake, you can’t even borrow the power of editing.
In other words, it is transmitted in real time.
You have to show the best stage without making a single mistake.
It was full of people waiting with their eyes open to bite them somehow.
“Can I have a listen?”
“yes.”
After taking some time to relax.
Arin stood in front of the microphone.
“Make yourself comfortable.”
He said that, but Kim Chang-hoo’s eyes looking at Arin were sharp.
Kim Chang-hoo, who had a good-natured smile while laughing a little while ago, is no longer there.
Kim Chang-hoo was waiting for Arin’s song with the same appearance that left out the tears of many juniors.
“let’s begin.”
Arin takes a deep breath and doesn’t look very nervous.
Was that appearance surprising?
Kim Chang-hu crossed his arms with an interesting gaze.
After a while.
Arin’s song ended, but Kim Chang-hu did not untie his arms.
He is just looking at Arin with unknown eyes.
“…how should I say this?”
What does it mean?
By the time you wonder about the words, whether it’s a compliment or a negative evaluation of the song you just sang.
“I have grown again from the skills I showed in the stage videos I watched.”
It was a compliment.
That, too, is a compliment close to a rave.
Realizing that Kim Chang-hu’s words were a compliment to herself, Arin smiled broadly.
“thank you. thank you.”
As I bowed my head while saying thank you.
“but.”
You have to listen to what Koreans say to the end.
“There are some parts that I regret a little. Don’t feel bad about it, just bear with it.”
“yes!”
Just take note, but how can you neglect it?
Arin’s ears perked up, waiting for Kim Chang-hu to say something.
That’s how Kim Chang-hoo’s evaluation of Arin’s song continued.
It was such a short moment that even I, who was listening to it from the side, nodded my head, but it was a sharp analysis.
Even though I only listened to one song, I was impressed enough to be amazed.
“The most important thing to remember on this stage is this. That this stage is live.”
In particular, Kim Chang-hoo emphasized that this stage was live, unlike ＜The King of Mask Singer＞.
While Arin repeats Kim Chang-hu’s advice.
I went outside for a while following Kim Chang-hu.
During Kim Chang-hoo’s cigarette time, he was a companion and follower.
“Aren’t you curious why I go so far?”
“Honestly… it’s kind of like that.”
Kim Chang-hoo burst into laughter as if he knew that would happen to my answer.
“Honestly, my daughter likes a friend named Arin, so I watched some recent videos.”
I see.
Somehow, it made me wonder that Kim Chang-hoo knew even if Yu & Na had won first place recently.
After idol songs took over the charts, there were many middle-aged singers who didn’t know who was number one.
“And when I heard that I was going to appear in the same program, I looked for the stage at the time of my debut.”
Kim Chang-hoo, who paused for a moment, spoke again as if he had found a treasure.
“He’s a completely different person from when he debuted and a few months later.”
“you’re right. At one point, I grew up so fast that even I was surprised.”
“Do you know what we call people like Arin?”
is it a quiz?
But I can’t come up with an exact answer.
Kim Chang-hoo says as if he knew that.
“genius.”
Called.
I couldn’t bring myself to say that in front of Kim Chang-hoo, so I left it out.
More surprising than that is the fact that Kim Chang-hoo said that Arin was a genius.
“And it’s embarrassing to say, but I was like that when I was younger.”
It is Kim Chang-hoo who literally swept broadcasters by appearing like a star in the rock ballad world.
It wouldn’t be strange if he said that he was a genius with his own mouth.
To that extent, until he disappeared from the broadcasting industry, Kim Chang-hoo was not short of being called a genius.
“Through that, I think of myself at the time. So when I contacted them, I readily accepted them. It might be a hasty meddling in something that hasn’t even happened yet.”
I want to make sure you don’t have the same regrets as me… The bitter words you say are crushed like cigarette butts being crushed.
*
The story that Kim Chang-hoo said about his old self that he saw in Arin.
The day of ＜The Stage of Legends＞ is bright.
I could hear it when the 8 legends got back together for an interview.
“Can I hear a word of your determination to go up on stage this time?”
The first MC to hand over the microphone was Kim Chang-hoo.
He was the one that a lot of people were paying attention to right now.
“I’m a little nervous to stand in front of you after a long time.”
“A lot of people are wondering why you haven’t been active for a while.”
Maybe it’s because we’re finally on the verge of our first stage.
The main MC asked the most curious question from viewers.
Upon receiving the question, Kim Chang-hoo said with a bitter smile.
“I was too young. Everything was easy back then. 1 on music shows, amazement around them, and sold out concerts. The initial humility disappeared at some point, and only the thought that I was the best was left.”
it could be.
Even music critics at the time did not hesitate to rate Kim Chang-hoo as the best.
“At one point, I became arrogant without realizing it. Of course, it doesn’t happen overnight. After about a year, even I didn’t realize I had changed.”
Kim Chang-hoo lets out a bitter, self-deprecating laugh.
It’s like regretting why I did that in those days.
“A lot of people left because they were disappointed with how I had changed. Still, I didn’t even care at the time. why? because i’m the best Their vacant positions were quickly filled by others.”
Recollections of those days?
no.
Right now, Kim Chang-hoo shows only one emotion.
It was a regret.
“A friend who said I would do music for the rest of my life told me that. we can’t be together anymore The you I knew is no more They said that the music we promised couldn’t be done with you now.”
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Like Park Ki-beom and Ringo, Kim Chang-hoo also said that he had a close friend with whom he had musical exchanges since elementary school.
From Kim Chang-hoo’s debut until the end, all music was made with that friend.
I heard that at some point, he cleaned everything up and left overseas.
“Honestly, I didn’t know until then. But when the friend left, I knew. That music is no longer enjoyable.”
The moment when a friend with whom he had been making music for over 15 years, from his debut to the end, became disappointed in himself and disappeared abroad.
Kim Chang-hoo said that music was no longer enjoyable.
So, he suddenly disappeared from TV.
“It was from then. Aside from concert activities, I interacted with my juniors and waited for that friend to come back.”
He didn’t come back after all… but I could hear him say something vaguely.
“So I’m going to sing on stage today with those regretful feelings. To that friend, not her.”
Called.
Why did Kim Chang-hoo bother to let A-rin enter ＜The Stage of Legends＞?
It was the moment when it became clear why they were so helpful even in a situation like today before the stage.
And Kim Chang-hoo said he would show that promise through this stage.
*
＜Stage of Legends＞
The protagonist of the first stage was Kim Chang-hoo.
It was the result of a lottery by taking out balls with numbers written in the box fairly.
What kind of music will you show?
The audience at the scene, and even the viewers watching the stage in real time, all waited with bated breath.
The stage of Kim Chang-hoo, a rock ballad legend of the past.
The lights on the stage dimmed in an instant.
And a man walks slowly towards the place where the standing microphone is.
A man who shows his overwhelming presence just by walking.
he’s right
The legendary singer everyone has been waiting for.
It was Kim Chang-hoo.
The moment that Kim Chang-hoo arrives in front of the microphone and puts his hand on it.
[Doo-dung!]
A strong drum beat hits the ears.
[ridge! Doo!]
When the heart-rending drum beat sounded for the second time.
[right-]
Could this be the cry of a lone wolf?
Kim Chang-hoo’s heavy bass resonates on the silent stage where even the sound of drums has stopped.
[I want you-]
There is not a single sound of that common instrument.
It was a song that started with just one voice.
For those who are looking at this stage and listening with their own two ears, that sound fills them.
[If I hadn’t missed it until the end.]
The voices of the chorus prepared behind Kim Chang-hoo replace the accompaniment.
It’s definitely a stage where only voices resonate without the sound of instruments.
How can I give you this feeling?
The climax was when all emotions reached the climax.
[On behalf of her, me-! me-! me—!]
It was literally a scream.
A man begs to take him instead of her who is losing warmth in his arms, no, a pleading cry.
The audience caught on camera was caught wiping away tears with a handkerchief in that desperate emotion.
Kim Chang-hoo’s shocking stage is over.
overwhelming presence.
A song that makes your heart cry and shed tears beyond goosebumps with just one voice.
It was a stage that clearly showed why so many people missed Kim Chang-hoo.
And watching such a stage, Arin, who chose the last turn of this contest, was right in front of her eyes.
Arin expressed his impression of seeing Kim Chang-hoo’s stage in just one word.
“and.”
No other words were needed.
It was enough to express my feelings after seeing Kim Chang-hoo’s stage with just that one word.
“Arin. Wake. Don’t be overwhelmed. You have to show more than that.”
Did my words come back to me?
Arin’s deeper eyes turned to me.
“Don’t worry, CEO. It wasn’t overwhelming, it was admiration.”
“Admiration?”
At my words, Arin smiled.
As if not to worry.
“yes. The stage I should be aiming for is over there. Such an admiration. And I get it.”
which one
I didn’t ask any questions.
Because Arin’s words weren’t over yet.
“It may not be as far away as you think.”
Arin finished speaking and looked at the screen.
Watching Park Chan preparing for the next stage.
What did Arin just say?
And in turn, six more singers finished the stage.
There is only one singer left now.
“CEO. I’ll be back.”
Arin left the waiting room.
＜ Episode 73 ＞ End
＜ Episode 74 ＞
The other day, when Arin picked the number 8, which means the last order.
Arin made an expression as if he had heard the news that the world would collapse tomorrow.
Because of the pressure of having to finish the last stage after the stage of the great seniors.
Of course, multiple votes are possible, but I wouldn’t have thought of that in that situation.
He must have only thought that if he did not get votes among those great seniors, he would be eliminated.
Looking at Arin’s expression, I came up with an idea.
I didn’t think that the current Arin was inferior to the other seven legendary singers in terms of singing ability.
If that was the case, I would have rejected the recruitment request that came in in the first place.
Then, what is Arin lacking compared to the other seven singers?
straight age.
It is not the tempo that pushes everything hard, but the sense of being able to lift and release the hearts of the audience through the control of the dynamics.
It was a part that no matter how genius Arin was, he could not follow them right now.
