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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 38
Chapter Title: Chapter 38
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“Hello everyone~ This is Colors’ practice room! We’ve rented it out for the day.”
We gathered back in the practice room.
Lee Gyeong-a said she’d be a little late because of a vocal lesson.
She said she’d join in an hour, so no one had any complaints.
PD O Baek-gyeong had given us a camera beforehand, telling us to film our daily practice room life like a vlog.
Of course, there were cameras hidden all over the practice room already.
So, right now, Jo Hui-on was holding the camera, filming a self-cam.
“Today, we’re going to practice our song together again. Bora and I haven’t finished recording yet, so we have to go back. We’re trying to get our rhythm right as practice.”
It was a fairly accurate explanation.
I was completely preoccupied with memorizing the lyrics.
These damn lyrics are too hard.
It’s a good thing I’d heard this song a few times in my previous life; otherwise, I think I would’ve struggled quite a bit.
“But, Cheong-a.”
At that moment, Jo Hui-on turned the camera to me.
“How did you manage to interpret the song so perfectly right from the start?”
Hmm.
That’s an awkward question.
“Oh, no. Not perfectly. I just interpreted it my own way. I’m just glad you saw it favorably, that’s all.”
I chuckled and brushed it off.
“Even Danha Sunbaenim was surprised. He didn’t say anything, but I think he felt you completely grasped the core of it.”
Well, of course.
The truth is, I already knew that song from my previous life.
Make a New Color was quite a buzz-generating program even in my previous life.
was one of the popular songs from Make a New Color.
However, it wasn’t to the extent that I looked up what the song’s interpretation was.
The reason I knew the song’s interpretation was because—
“Exactly. Please share your secret.”
Thanks to this one.
…I feel a little guilty, like I’ve slightly stolen this interpretation from its original owner.
Actually, I got a hint from Ryu Bo-ra.
From Ryu Bo-ra in my previous life, of course.
[Make a New Color’s , The Secret to Its Unprecedented Hit - ★Star Interview ]
A while ago, I got this notification on my phone.
At the time, I wondered why Ryu Bo-ra’s interview was suddenly sent to me, but after reading the whole interview, I understood why.
In fact, was a performance made possible by Ryu Bo-ra’s interpretation.
However, there was one difference from my previous life—
- Bora | This song is optimized for the dance position. Actually, I was really torn between applying for the vocal position or the dance position. Then, when I saw Seo Baek-yeong Unnie go for the dance position, I just followed her without thinking.
- Editor | Why did you make that choice?
- Bora | I think I was most interested in Seo Baek-yeong Unnie at the time. She was cool, too. Now that I think about it, it’s a ridiculous reason. If I had followed the wrong path, my popularity ranking could have dropped. I couldn’t even end up on the same team, even if it was the same position. Well, I didn’t end up debuting, so I guess it was the wrong path after all. Haha.
It was Ryu Bo-ra’s position.
In her previous life, Ryu Bo-ra had applied for the dance position.
For the reason that she was curious about Seo Baek-yeong.
But this time, she applied for the vocal position.
What on earth caused Ryu Bo-ra to change her choice?
I couldn’t figure it out.
I glanced at Ryu Bo-ra, who was sitting on the practice room floor, drinking water.
She’s such a strong debut candidate even now, so why didn’t she debut?
I vaguely waited, assuming the Cotton Lump would tell me soon enough.
But the Cotton Lump wasn’t telling me what I wanted to know, only things like this.
The Cotton Lump sent notifications much more frequently than I expected.
Even after starting dormitory life, the notifications kept ringing.
But I felt self-conscious checking my phone in front of others, so I could only do it in the bathroom.
Because of that, it was difficult to check right away.
And more than anything, the Cotton Lump truly sent notifications whenever it pleased.
[Kim Ryeo-yu, ‘I put some effort into it today.’]
[Hong Yeon-seo, Returning to Colors? Breaks Long Hiatus, Makes Meaningful Mention on SNS]
[, Yun Cheong. Last Place in Live Voting Two Times in a Row... Why?]
[Kim Ryeo-yu, 1st Place by a Large Margin Even from 2nd Place in ‘Make a New Color’. The Secret to Maintaining Her Unstoppable 1st Place is...]
I couldn’t understand the Cotton Lump’s intentions.
It felt like it kept giving hints, but there were no clear hints.
That made sense.
All these articles were from my previous life.
However, many things were changing in this life.
For starters, I wasn’t in last place in either of the two live votes.
Kim Ryeo-yu also didn’t take first place by a large margin.
Although it was due to the benefit, she only managed to get 3rd place.
“You said you’d help.”
“Huh?”
Ryu Bo-ra kept looking at me blankly, her eyes strange.
But perhaps because of the camera, she immediately composed herself.
“…I tried to do it by myself, but I think it might be a little difficult.”
“Do what?”
“The song interpretation… Unnie, you’re not interested in me, are you?”
“Huh?!”
“We’ve only been talking about song interpretation! Please pay attention to me, Unnie.”
This kid.
She’s even acting cute in front of the camera.
Oh, look, now she’s even linking arms.
At the dorm, she’s practically ice itself!
And when Yeon Ju-hong acts cute, she quietly avoids her!
“Alright. Then, Hui-on, do you want to listen too?”
I asked Jo Hui-on, who was posing prettily in front of the practice room mirror.
“I’ve already interpreted the song, so I’m fine! Could you just check my pitch later?”
…From where I stand, I don’t think you’ve fully interpreted the song.
I saw the single line of interpretation written on Jo Hui-on’s lyric sheet.
‘Sing it as sadly as possible.’
This isn’t… song interpretation, kid.
It’s dizzying, dizzying, trying to figure out where to even begin correcting her.
Anyway, I straightened my posture.
To tell Ryu Bo-ra the interpretation that Ryu Bo-ra had told me.
- Bora | I worked incredibly hard to find the origin of that song. I felt like I absolutely had to know what novel it was from.
- Editor | Did you always have that much competitive spirit?
- Bora | No. I’m not that kind of person at all. But that song just had something that made me angry. At first, I completely messed up the interpretation and got properly scolded. It was fine at first, but then I started feeling frustrated and angry with myself.
- Editor | So what did you do?
- Bora | I’ll probably get some flak for this interview, but I’m retiring from the entertainment industry soon anyway, so it doesn’t matter, right? (laughs)
- Bora | I just went straight to Han Jae-yi Sunbaenim’s studio. Danha Sunbaenim would never tell me, so I went to Han Jae-yi Sunbaenim. And I just demanded it. I told him I’d sing it better than anyone. So I just asked him to tell me what that novel was.
- Editor | Did Jae-yi tell you what it was?
- Bora | No. He ran away.
- Editor | *Gasp*.
- Bora | But that Sunbaenim running away was a choice made without knowing me at all.
- Editor | Why?
- Bora | Because back then, I had enough madness to peek at the paper on the table.
- Editor | Wow.
- Bora | The moment I saw that paper, I knew. That Han Jae-yi Sunbaenim had actually left it there on purpose. There it was. Danha Sunbaenim’s one-line interpretation: ‘Two people who, in an oppressed world, were bound by fate but achieved something beyond the word ‘lovers’.’ The moment I saw that, my head just went blank.
The moment I read that interview, a certain classic Korean novel came to my mind.
I didn’t know if it was correct or not, but for now, my mind was set on it.
And I interpreted it exactly that way.
“‘Two people who, in an oppressed world, were bound by fate but achieved something beyond the word ‘lovers’.’”
I returned to Ryu Bo-ra the interpretation that Ryu Bo-ra had told me.
Of course, it was a thought I had borrowed from Danha.
“…!”
“Did it help a little?”
“....”
Ryu Bo-ra thought for a long time, then fiddled with the lyric sheet.
…It, it didn’t help?
That would be a big problem.
Why is it the same words, but when I say them, they don’t help?
Just as I was starting to feel anxious, Ryu Bo-ra spoke.
“Yes. It… helped a lot. Thank you, Unnie.”
“What’s there to be thankful for?”
I’m much more thankful.
Thanks for saving me from having to go to Han Jae-yi’s studio.
“I’m going to go practice by myself for a bit.”
“Alright, then.”
Ryu Bo-ra left the practice room almost as if she was bolting out.
She must be going to the vocal room.
“Huh?! Where did Bora go?”
“She said she’s going to the vocal room to practice by herself for a bit.”
“Ah.”
Jo Hui-on seemed completely engrossed in the self-cam, ignoring everything else.
She’s a bit of a narcissist, that one.
“But, Cheong-a.”
“Yeah?”
At that moment, Jo Hui-on called out to me.
“Are we, are we going to add choreography to this?”
Finally, that question came up.
Somehow, even though I’m not the leader of this team or anything, I’ve ended up in a leader-like position.
It’s probably because I chose this song.
“Well, it’s not really up to me to decide, but… I was thinking, what if we added some?”
“Really? But then, wouldn’t that make it hard to focus on the vocal position?”
“I think it would be fine if we just added a moderate level of choreography, not anything too difficult or tiring… but let’s discuss that when all the other team members are here.”
In a team mission like this, it was never good to appear unilateral.
I would only try to persuade them when everyone was present.
“Alright, then.”
Just when I thought it was over, Jo Hui-on suddenly turned off the self-cam.
“Ryeo-yu was really sad about losing this song.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. She said you stole this song.”
Wasn’t she Kim Ryeo-yu’s friend?
“She might think that way, from Ryeo-yu’s perspective.”
“But, you.”
What now?
I was starting to feel uncomfortable.
Just because she turned off the self-camera didn’t mean the other cameras were off too.
“Your personality, it’s changed a lot? Like you’re a different person?”
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