Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: Rxel
Chapter 241
As the soft prelude filled the air, New Black changed their formation.
The mbers surrounded the main dancer in a circle.
In between them, Bijoo’s body sank slowly.
Like a seed blown by the wind, falling to the ground.
At the sa ti, the mbers bent their bodies and covered the main dancer like an umbrella, as if the soil was embracing the seed.
When the prelude ended, the mbers moved to the side as if their role was over.
The main dancer, who was sitting alone, got up lightly.
It was a simple movent, but the fans’ eyes were fixed on his graceful gesture.
His hands stretched like branches as he rose, as if he was a real seed sprouting a flower.
“…”
For a mont, they forgot the cheer they had prepared.
As the Soufflés regained their senses and started cheering, Bijoo closed his eyes and grabbed the microphone.
When the wind stopped
That winter also stopped
As the first verse ended, the mbers joined in.
They took turns whispering the lyrics of Windflower softly.
The beginning felt like a cold winter, but as ti passed, it gradually resembled the warm color of spring.
The fans’ lips curved into a smile.
‘It’s beautiful.’
The song gave a feeling of beauty, from the lody to the choreography.
But it wasn’t a song that was too sentintal or boring.
As the song beca familiar to the ears, the sound underneath changed unpredictably, stimulating the ears.
If they heard it by chance in a cafe, they would stop their hands on the laptop and say ‘hmm?’ and listen carefully.
It was a song that was gentle but powerful.
It felt like there was a pulse of life in the song.
‘…It’s really good.’
The story of the song was also easy to relate to.
If Junhyun’s ‘Wind’ was the story of the wind that held the seed in its arms, Windflower was the story of the wildflower that the seed blood.
Woojoo grabbed the microphone.
Where I am
Is your beginning and end
As they watched the performance, the story of the song naturally drew in their minds.
A wildflower blooming in the apartnt garden.
A wildflower that watched soone who walked with a limp in the morning and returned with a drained look at night.
A flower that said it was with you from the beginning and end of your day.
But even if they looked at it, the person didn’t give their eyes to the flower in the garden.
The rap part followed.
What catches your eye
Is a hopeless cell
The cold night sky
Presses you down heavily
Soone who looked at their phone with no contact on their way ho or at the night sky and felt lonely.
There was no answer anywhere.
The wildflower told them that the starry night sky was not a comfort to them.
The night sky was only cold and dark.
It was so vast that it made you smaller and lonelier.
The main vocal grabbed the microphone, and the sub vocal added harmony.
You don’t need to look up
Or turn away
You just need to look
Instead of the cold night sky, if you lower your eyes, you’ll see the wildflower swaying in the garden.
It was a ssage that you were not alone.
As the chorus ca, the scattered mbers gathered again.
Bijoo, who leaned his back against Woojoo, appeared in the front again, and each mber moved like petals in the dance.
The Soufflés who watched them had a warm smile on their lips.
When the stage ended, a louder cheer than ever erupted.
“Woah-!”
As they saw the mbers standing on the stage with flushed faces, the fans had the sa thought in their minds.
This song would be rembered for a long ti.
“How was it, did you like Windflower?”
The answer that ca out at the sa ti made their ears sting. It was supposed to be ‘yes’, but it sounded like ‘nuahak!’.
Woojoo exchanged smiles with his eyes sparkling with his siblings.
‘They must have liked the song.’
‘Did you all like it…?’
Woojoo was secretly nervous.
Their song’s primary listeners are not the public, but the fans. That was why he was tense about their reaction.
Woojoo could see pleasant emotions on the faces of the people waving their light sticks.
They were like this during the first round of Legendary Song Discovery.
That was when he could relax and show a happy smile.
“I’m so relieved. I didn’t know if you would like Windflower or not, so I was really nervous.”
Woojoo added an explanation.
“When we prepare an album, we can’t really tell if the song is good or not.”
-That’s right. We listen to it dozens of tis a day.
From the first draft of the composition to the repeated revisions, they listened to it hundreds of tis.
When they start preparing for the performance, they listened to the title song hundreds of tis a day for a month, and their senses disappear.
They were used to it and liked it, but they didn’t know how it sounded to other people’s ears.
So Woojoo was anxious about what kind of reaction would co, but he was glad to get a sincere reaction.
The younger ones looked relieved.
Especially Bijoo, who cried while worrying about the album, had sparkling eyes.
Woojoo grabbed the microphone.
“Wasn’t the choreography beautiful?”
There was no need to say anything else, the answer was good.
“I’m revealing a behind-the-scenes story, but the person who made this choreography is Bijoo.”
“Oh, no. No.” Bijoo waved his hands and said, “I didn’t make it all, Choreographer Clay…”
“Yes. Choreographer Clay refined the overall choreography, but the start was Bijoo’s choreography.”
The dance he showed in the living room of Director Jo’s house in early January was the basis of the choreography for ‘Windflower’.
Woojoo calmly explained how much Bijoo contributed to making this title.
“No, really. He said he wanted to talk to about composing, so he studied composition theory every break ti.”
Woojoo bragged about his younger brother for five minutes, and Bijoo pulled his clothes.
“Hyung, stop it. I’m so embarrassed.”
“Of course. Our kid is humble and amazing, right? Bijoo, you know what bolmae ans, right?”
“Bolmae…?”
Everyone laughed at the timid logic that went from ‘bolmae… bol… bolmakeup… boltouch?’
“It ans attractive the more you see.”
“Ah. I see. I’ll rember.”
“Bijoo is soone who suits the word bolmae. , . Last ti…”
Woojoo was excited and bragged about how diligent and good he was, but sohow everyone laughed.
Why were they like that?
Rihyuk grabbed the microphone and said, “You’re like an octopus.”
“…No, an octopus. I’m just cherishing my younger brother…”
“Praise us too. Us too. You always love Bijoo the most. We’re not your favorites, are we?”
“What are you talking about? My favorite is Kim Deoksoon.”
Jiho and Woojoo bickered, and Rihyuk shook his head.
“…Well, the age difference is five years, but when you look at them, they’re at the sa level.”
“Hey, everyone. Don’t fight because of .”
On the other hand, the voices of envy and jealousy exploded over the praise of Bijoo.
Junghyun, who glanced at Woojoo, grabbed the microphone and uttered a low-pitched ‘humph’, and the hall was covered with laughter.
Even their staff who were backstage collapsed, laughing and leaning on the wall.
Rihyuk grabbed the microphone again.
“And it’s been beautifully packaged since a while ago, but I’m one of the victims of this album.”
“A victim, Rihyuk? You’ve never been a victim.”
“That’s right! That’s right!”
“No, these people…”
Rihyuk grabbed the microphone and said, “I’ll tell you here. When I heard the concept of Windflower, the brothers said, ‘Rihyuk, this song is vocal-centric.’ I was looking forward to it. Oh, this ti it’s a song.”
The main vocal had a look of tears in his eyes.
“But Bijoo ca with a ‘ta-da’ and brought the choreography. You know that kind smile, right? ‘Rihyuk. This is our choreography.’ He said…”
Laughter erupted everywhere. The choreography of Windflower was not easy to look at.
“I was surprised and said, ‘Hyung, is this the choreography of a vocal song? This difficulty…?’ He looked at like he didn’t understand and said, ‘Huh? Is this hard?’”
“There.” Bijoo said in a soft voice, “Rihyuk.”
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry…”
They all clapped and laughed at Bijoo’s apology. Rihyuk also chuckled and accepted his apology.
Woojoo revealed the behind-the-scenes stories of their title song.
Woojoo wanted to shout, ‘Everyone! Our kids are the best in the world!’ but he restrained himself.
He didn’t want to sound like he was bragging to the fans.
Besides, he couldn’t reveal everything.
Woojoo left out the ‘Dark Matter’ story for Rihyuk’s human rights and the fans’ ntal health.
Bijoo kept saying he wanted to tell them that Woojoo composed the song after watching his choreography, but he stopped him with a look.
He acted like, ‘Why, they need to know this’, but composing after seeing the choreography was a bit too much, even for him.
As the fans went ‘Wow’ at Woojoo’s explanation, his younger siblings who participated in this album production smiled proudly.
Woojoo felt good seeing them.
This was what he wanted to show them.
When the fans liked the song they made themselves, he wanted to share this good feeling he had been having.
“Thank you for waiting for us to finally show you this album that we’ve been preparing for a long ti. We’re really happy to share it with you.”
Woojoo swallowed the words, ‘We’ll co back sooner next ti’, but he thought they got the ssage.
Woojoo made eye contact with the fans in the heated concert hall.
“Well, this is the last song.”
They received a cheer full of regret and perford their last stage.
The performance of ‘Flower Dance’, which was scheduled as the follow-up song.
They sat on the stage covered with petals that exploded from the stage effects and took a photo with the fans to end the fan showcase.
And at the sa ti.
Their title song ‘Windflower’ was still at number one.
Idol fans who attended offline events usually felt two kinds of emotions. Sotis they felt a strange emptiness after waiting for a long ti but ending up with a short event.
And sotis they felt a sense of fulfillnt and went ho.
On a late night.
The mood of those who ca out of the concert hall was mostly the latter.
“Did you see Bijoo’s eyelashes fluttering earlier? That was aweso!”
“Look at this. They’re so pretty.”
“The song is really good. It’s going to stay at number one like this, right? The Muggles are picking it online, too.”
So were chatting with people they befriended on SNS, making a fuss. So were walking quietly to the subway station, looking at their phones.
They all looked different, but they were happy.
-New Black ‘Windflower’ hits it, ‘all-kill’ on 7 music charts
-From trendy to top? ‘New Black’ debut 10-month idol’s power
-New Black’s montum is not normal… Will they be the main character of the ‘April’ music chart?
The entertainnt dia was buzzing with the Windflower that didn’t seem to co down from the number one spot on the music chart.
The idol community was also buzzing.
-These days, it’s hard for any male idol to enter at number one… Crazy
-The song is really goodㅋㅋ
-It feels good to listen to it on the way ho from work
-It’s not just the entry, but the feeling is big. It’s amazing that the Muggles around are asking if New Black’s song ca out
-Weren’t they rookies? When did this happen???
-They got their faces known with the combo of Legendary Song Discovery Team History Discovery Team
–ㅋㅋwhere did the people who said the public only knows their na and their fandom is a handful go?
There was a lot of interest in New Black, who achieved a performance that neither they nor their fans had imagined.
An undeniable success.
The atmosphere was different from usual, with articles analyzing the reasons for this album’s success already coming up.
The fans instinctively felt that the success New Black had achieved would put their idols in a different position from now on.
Things would change from today.
When they thought that, so of the fans who had been watching New Black since their debut felt a subtle feeling.
The feeling of a small star in their arms shining brightly and quickly moving away.
When they thought that, the smartphones of the fans scattered around started to vibrate.
【TheNewBlack.Official has started a live broadcast. Watch it now!】
It was a notification from the SNS app.
When they pressed watch, the faces of the New Black mbers appeared on the screen.
-We’re bored, so we ca back!
They laughed and chatted among themselves.
They said they were bored, but anyone could tell why they ca.
They had been preparing for the press showcase and the fan showcase all day, and they had to get up early the next morning.
There was no way they would co just because they were bored in their exhausted state.
-Let’s see~ Are we looking good?
Woojoo checked the angle to make sure all five mbers were in the fra, humming a tune and smiling brightly.
-How are you, Soufflés all over the country? What are you doing right now?
-Why are you asking them that? Of course they are watching this right now.
-Oh, Rihyuk~ You have a point…
‘Yes!’ They all shouted and laughed together, making Ryeok’s cheeks tremble.
Woojoo scrolled through the comnts and said.
-There are a lot of comnts saying they want to grow up quickly. But that’s impossible, you know.
-That’s right. We’ll be here until you can rest at ho.
Junghyun read so of the comnts.
-There’s soone who says they’re working overnight at a company. They’re going to sleep in the dormitory. Oh, they ca to the showcase but their ho is in Gwangju…
-From California LA… Oh, they want to live there?
-There’s soone who lives in Hawaii?
Soon, the joke of ‘Bo-gok Hawaii’ made Woojoo clap and laugh. The puzzled looks of the other mbers.
-What’s Bo-gok Hawaii, Hyung?
-Huh? You don’t know?
Nod.
-…Well, it’s a thing.
-Soone says they’re the sa age as you. Who are you? …How did you know that?
As soon as he heard the familiar keyword, the Hyung line was happy.
-I’ve tried the blow pen too! I drew a rabbit with it.
-I drank it upside down.
-You can’t do that, Junghyun.
-I did.
-…?
-…?
They laughed at each other for a while.
After chatting for a while, they clapped their hands and smiled at the phone.
-Actually, we wanted to say thank you again, so we ca here live. Thank you so much.
-Thank you!
-We always say thank you, but I don’t know how much it ans to you. So I try to say it whenever I have ti. Everyone. Thank you very much. I love you.
As if writing with a pen, they carefully said each word with a gentle voice. The image of them looking at the screen was engraved in their eyes.
The other mbers also thanked them carefully.
The Soufflés scattered in many places looked at them quietly.
As they were about to say goodbye, they cleared their throats.
-How about we sing a song before we go? Our songs are amazing to listen to at night.
-They’re the best.
Soon, the gentle voices sang ‘Windflower’ softly.
In the house or sowhere else.
Or the people who were going ho after the showcase had the gentle lody of ‘Windflower’ in their earphones.
And, a quiet smile appeared on the lips of those who looked at the screen.
Woojoo was sure he went to sleep happily, saying that he was a hot singer and that he should laugh ‘hot hot hot!’ now.
“Ugh…”
When he woke up at 3 a.m. the next day, he was a zombie.
Zombies who went to the music site as soon as they woke up in the morning.
People who wore baseball caps and smiled shyly as they got in the car with swollen eyes in the morning.
The hair stylists also congratulated them as soon as they t.
“Congratulations on being number one.”
“Thank you… Ugh, ugh, ugh.”
Woojoo answered with a hoarse voice and they just laughed and told him to sleep.
Woojoo almost burned himself with a curling iron, fell asleep with a glass of water in his hand, and went to the music site every ti he nodded off.
“Ugh…”
“Ugh…”
Dowon Hyung looked at them with a worried expression.
“Are you guys okay?”
They nodded off, woke up and groaned, and nodded off again.
“We’re here, guys.”
The huge building of K-net in Sangam-dong ca into view.
The cool dawn.
The recording schedule was early today, so the standby was fast. As they saw the dark broadcast station, they felt like they had co back.
K-net.
This was the first place that idols usually appeared when they debuted or ca back on Thursday’s music show.
Maybe it was a program that was obsessed with the first public title.
They had a lot of bad blood with the agencies that didn't debut on their show, and they would retaliate by blocking their appearances. They even had a huge fight with TJ not long ago.
Woojoo heard they didn't get along with Lemon Entertainnt either, but he didn't know the exact reason.
That was why they mostly did reality and idol-related shows with their rival, HBS MTV.
"It's amazing that we get to do two coback stages here."
Everyone nodded at Bijoo's whisper.
They must have made a na for themselves, because today they were doing two coback stages, unlike the Masquerade where they were cut off after a few seconds.
Windflower and Flower Dance.
They weren't expecting much from this show, but they were surprised to get so special treatnt.
Ah, this was why they had to do well…
"Hey, Hyung!"
They scread as they entered the broadcasting station.
"Uh! Uh!"
"Hey. It's Bang!"
"Is it Bang?"
"It's Bang!"
Oh my god.
They all looked at the na on the waiting room door with wide eyes.
『 New Black 』
Everyone's mouth let out a sigh.
"Bang…"
"Bang…"
Their waiting room was Bang.
Bang!
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