Idols Around the World 265

Chapter 265 – #40. Final(1)

After the 3rd round stage.
The Amazing Star production team gathered participants to film a simple talk show.
It meant to invite all the dropouts ahead of the 4th round, the final, and enjoy it lightly like a party.

MC Jim skillfully conducted a talk show, and first of all, he conducted a talk to ask about the current status of the dropouts.
The eliminated participants did not miss the recent question asked by MC Jim.
If you say it now, you will be able to see an excellent publicity effect.
This was also a deliberate consideration prepared by the production team of Amazing Star.
After such a simple talk with the dropouts, it was time for a break.

-Are you doing well these days? Are you excited?

However, the stone band came up to us out of the blue and started a fight.

‘Did you just talk, not argue?’

Maybe it’s because my personality is broken and I don’t know how to talk to people outside like that.
From the first time we met, there was a possibility when I saw that he had been constantly arguing with me like that.

-Stone Band. Long time no see.

Stone Band succeeded in advancing to the second round, but was eliminated due to meeting Zumbay in the second round.
They’re just unlucky guys for us, but Stone Band was one of the “Flowers” Of the program and there were many fans who were saddened by their loss.

‘I heard that Zumbay suffered a lot because of the fans of the stone band.’

Zumbay hated the Stone Band from the first time they met, but she hated it even more after receiving various terror attacks from the Stone Band’s fans.
See, even now, as the stone band approaches us, does Zumbay sprint up and block our way?

Arleung-!

-Hey! Why are you screaming again? Won’t it turn off?
– Ugh! Are you a dog following them? What can’t you say?!
-Hey~? I did not know? Originally, it’s national rule that losers don’t say anything!

A so-called Zumbai who cast ‘The loser speaks back?’.
Unsurprisingly, the Stone Band began to be spurred on by her provocation.

-Wow! I can’t really pull this one off.
-Have you not come to your senses yet?
– Where’s the little one!

To be honest, it was really disgraceful to see him fighting with a young kid at his age.
Moreover, it was disgusting that their extreme fans would come out like that because they were harassing Zumbay.

– Stop it. Isn’t it embarrassing to fight with a kid? And bey, you shouldn’t react too sharply like that.
-Those people are really bad!!
-Why are we so ugly!
-Are you asking because you don’t know that? Put your hand on your chest and say it?!

The Stone Band knew that their fans had done Zumbay a near-terror thing to her.
Nevertheless, the Stone Band pretended not to know the actions of the extreme fans and did not stop them.
When Zumbai’s fans, who later learned the truth, started swearing and threatening Stone Band, she stopped her fans by pretending to be naive, saying that she didn’t know until then.

‘It’s impudent to do such rubbish to a child.’

Personality also requires talent.
If you were like me, you wouldn’t be able to do that even if you were embarrassed.
Anyway, because of that background, I understood that Zumbay hated them, but after bumping into her again, she calmed her down because she wanted to hurt her by the extreme fan of the Stone Band.

-Bay, calm down. A lot of people, let’s not do this. You can’t make it big.
-You’re doing this because your older brothers are so nice that you’re afraid you’ll be beaten by them.
– We’re not that stupid. Will you trust me brother?
-Eww… Okay.

I managed to convince the brisk Bay.
She sends her to her other members, and she steps up in front of the Stone Band, who still don’t seem to want to go, she says.

-If you’re talking about a girl with a fight, stop. There’s nothing to bump into each other anyway, is there?

Since the range of activities is different, it will be extremely rare for us to meet with them in the future.
The stone band who heard me shouted as if they were unfair.

-I didn’t come here to get into a fight!!
-?

Didn’t you come to argue with me by talking to me with that attitude?
Surprisingly, the Stone Band didn’t really speak up to argue.
What they brought was, surprisingly, a feature proposal.

-To be honest, we don’t like doing things with you guys either?
-Kuhm! What can I do though? You have to distinguish between public and life.
– You and I are the only male group in Astar. To commemorate that, we’re going to put out a song.
-… Are you serious?

This is an unexpected proposition.
The stone band also made a proposal, but their expression was not good, whether it was because they liked it.

-So, are you serious or joking?
-No way!!!!!!!!

And Zumbay heard the stone band and shouted like a scream.
Bey struggled, as if she wouldn’t let dirt get in her eyes.
I could see that the members were having a hard time trying to soothe them by saying that there would be no such thing.
Zumbay hates it immensely, so I gave her an answer without dragging it further.

– I appreciate the offer, but I will decline it.
-Of course it should!! Get off your brothers right now… Town!
“Hey. He curses again.”
“Oh, baby. You can’t do this here.”
“Brother! Translate!”

Kyeong-tae hurriedly covers Bay’s mouth, which has started to curse.
The other members are also frantic trying to dry Bay.
Since I remember the flashy curses that rapper Zumbae used to spit out in song lyrics, it was necessary to control my mouth.

-Are you refusing because of that kid?

The stone band asked, glancing at Zumbae, who was making a fuss like a seizure.
It looked like he expected our rejection, but it looked like he was being rejected so neatly that his pride was hurt.

– No way. If it wasn’t for Bey, I would have refused.
-Do not lie! He said he refused because that kid was fussing. Shouldn’t private feelings go into public affairs? It’s not like we like it either.
– This offer is rejected regardless of merit or demerit.
-This is why amateurs can’t do it. Tsk tsk!
-If you act like that, you’ll be buried soon, right? Don’t regret it later by believing only in the popularity you gained here.

After rejecting Olivia Tree’s offer, is there any reason for us to feature a stone band with lesser recognition than theirs?
I know that there are many cases where Amazing Star contestants feature or collaborate to raise awareness, but at least the target was not a stone band.

– I don’t think that’s just our story?

We were the biggest beneficiaries of Amazing Star, but the Stone Band also gained a lot of fans.
First of all, aren’t these guys good-looking too?
Moreover, we were Asians.

-We’ll sing right away.
– You might lose everything while you’re sorry.

After being dropped from Astar, the Stone Band needed to sing to keep their swollen fans going.
The next activity was more important than ever, and knowing that, they came to offer us a feature.
The person who regrets even one more right now is not us, but the stone band.
Nevertheless, it was their fault that they were so stiff-headed.

-If you’re featuring someone, I don’t think it’s at least you.
-Under! Having reached the finals, the bridge of the nose has risen considerably.
-At least now, I guess it’s definitely popular. To the extent that the stone band, which I hated so much, proposed to feature in it first.
– Ugh!

The Stone Band members’ faces turned red.
They ridiculed that our popularity would not last long, but the fact that we proposed featuring them was in itself an acknowledgment of Airplane’s popularity.
The stone band seemed to not like it from the start of the feature proposal, so it was clear that it was planned by the agency they work with.

-I’ll say it again, but we didn’t like it too much with you guys!!
-It was a proposal because we have matured and clearly distinguish between public and private!
-Are you going to regret turning down our offer? It’s useless if you come back later and ask me to feature you!

The members of the Stone Band were belatedly trying to protect their pride.
I said, letting their words go through one ear.

-Then you can come to a clean conclusion by not doing it. We don’t like each other, but there’s no reason to do it. And I don’t know if it’s because we’re immature, but it’s still difficult to separate the public from the private. In the future, when I do music, I plan to do it while considering the public and the private.

Since we will continue to promote while paying attention to the public and the private life, he told us until the last word, saying that he hoped that we would not put the featuring offer into the agency.
The Stone Band withdrew with their pride hurt, as if they understood the meaning of my words.

– What are you doing behind those bastards? If anything happens, tell me! I’m going to expose that bastard’s personality.
-Yes, yes. Thanks. For helping me

Zumbay was the next opponent.
However, they did not feel the competitive spirit with each other as Padi Pdi wanted.

‘That doesn’t mean I’m giving up on the final, though.’

Round 3 was less impactful than Round 2.
I was able to win without incident, as if the idea I came up with, my own song, reached people better than I thought.
Furthermore, thanks to the Astar effect, we even got the honor of having our self-composed song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Coming up with self-composed songs was an adventure worth taking even at the risk of being eliminated.

‘We sucked some honey in the third round…’

It wasn’t Zumba.
If we got attention in the second round, Zumbay got a lot of attention in the third round.
This is because they succeeded in defeating Stone Band in the second round and Anna, another leading candidate for first place with tremendous singing ability, in the third round.
Fans of Amazing Star went crazy for our stage in the second round, and in the third round, people went crazy for Zumbay and Anna’s performances.

‘Thanks to this, Astar recorded its own highest ratings.’

A confrontation between Airplane, the hot topic in the 2nd round, and Zumbai, the hot topic in the 3rd round.
If you are an Astar fan, it will be the best match that will make your heart pound.

‘I have to win unconditionally.’

Considering Zumbay’s age of 17, it’s clear that he’s a huge genius.
She smiles and talks to us kindly, but on stage, she is a genius rapper who controls the hearts of the audience with her overwhelming charisma.
That’s why I thought I’d do my best on the final stage.
Otherwise, you will be defeated by this girl.

-Don’t feature a guy like that, if you’re going to do it, do it with me. I’m better, and I write better songs!

We responded with daddy smiles to Zumbay’s confident declaration.

-Of course. Let’s do it together later when Astar is over.
-Really? So good!

I gladly accepted the proposal, which I firmly refused to the stone band, and jumped up and down like Zumbae.

♧ ♧ ♧

In the first shoot, we focused on the dropouts, but in this shoot, the 4th round, so questions poured in to Zumbai and us ahead of the finals.

-The self-composed song you showed in the 3rd round entered the Billboard chart this time. How do you feel?

There was nothing wrong with the interview itself.
Zumbay’s cute provocation and a good atmosphere flowed as he responded appropriately to the provocation.
To the contestants who were eliminated last, MC Jim asked a playful question about who would win.
Usually, in this case, it was polite to match the number of votes appropriately.
Even Olivia Tree, who had some trouble with us, adjusted to this atmosphere, but the Stone Band acted unexpectedly.

-Honestly, didn’t the airplane go up to the face?
-Olivia Tree suffered a lot.
-That’s right, Olivia Tree was not a team to be eliminated in the second round like us.

He must have been very upset about being turned down for a feature role, so he openly cursed at us in an interview where everyone else listened to it and even the camera was running.
And that wasn’t all.
These guys spit out more harsh words like an unbridled colt.

-To say it’s the final for a subject cast as a face. I was very disappointed with this Astar.

MC Jim and the other contestants all stiffened in surprise.