Idols Around the World 453

Chapter 453 – #66. Comeback (3)

“Isn’t it because of the figure?”
“Hey. Are you saying that too?”
“But I also wanted that figure.”
“The quality was great.”

Pre-order album sales hit the jackpot.
Our group, which has a lot of domestic and foreign fans, sold fairly well, but this time the staff said it was unusual, and the amount was surprisingly large.
It is said that there was an uproar among the staff and the factory as they rushed to make more albums.
I was worried about what to do if there was a problem with the album production while trying to get things done quickly.
In addition, the amount of album sales that deviated from the plan was fun and happy, but side effects also erupted frequently.

“Even on the fan cafe, it’s all about figurines made by hyung.”
“I just wanted to do something for Air, but I didn’t have anything to do, so I made it.”
“Because the quality is so good. I thought Airdeul was made by an expert, but I was even more surprised that hyung made it himself. In particular, I think the video recording worked well.”
“I knew he was good with his hands, but the figures really surprised me.”
“Thinking about it again, I should have left one at a time. It was really cute.”
“I think you got the wrong job. I think it would have been a hit if I had gone to a place where I could use my dexterity.”

I didn’t know what to do with the members’ praise, but Ki Woo-yeon spit out an even better compliment.
I hid my embarrassment and answered generously.

“Can you say that even when you see this face?”
“Ugh!”
“Yeah~”
“Irrefutable, this. Fuhaha!”

Woo Yeon-yi raised his arms and surrendered.

“Certainly, dexterity is good, but beauty is more overwhelming. Idol wins!”
“By the way, doesn’t everyone really think that my figure is the reason why album sales soared?”
“The article said it was because of the figure your brother made?”
“That’s right. Did I think so too?”
“Hey, do you guys believe in the article even if you believe that? It’s not the same as believing malicious comments. We’ve been working hard all this time, and this time the song was chosen well. That’s why the album did well, not because of my figure. Can’t you figure it out by just thinking about it a little?”

It made me feel uncomfortable that the value of the album the kids worked hard for was being devalued because I made the figure.
That’s also true, in some comments, there were a lot of bad comments calling us ‘figure sales’ and sarcastic.
Of course, it would be right to ignore such articles, but I couldn’t stay still when the members said that the album was selling well thanks to my figure.

“I don’t want our efforts to be devalued because of the figure. Don’t you guys ever think like that again. Got it?”
“Ah, what are you taking so seriously? Then you can just say that there are things that went well thanks to Hyung’s figure, and that the album did well because we did well.”

At Ki Woo-yeon’s cynical yet clear words, all the members oh~? I looked at Ki Woo-yeon.
After the kidnapping of a sasaeng fan, Woo Yeon-i, who was full of will to recover, showed great improvement as if her efforts were not in vain.
And now that we are getting closer to our comeback, our condition has stabilized to the point where we can go out alone.
However, in the process, I might have gained some enlightenment (?), But my personality has changed a bit…

‘I guess I can say that I’ve started to learn about life.’

Wooyeon’s change seemed to be a process of becoming an adult.
Aren’t people supposed to be interested only after they lose their health?
In fact, Woo-yeon became interested in psychology through this incident and began to dabble in psychology books little by little.
We were positively in favor of learning psychology because such a coincidence change was both unfamiliar and admirable.
It might be a little sad to see Woo-yeon become an adult, but wouldn’t it be possible to play immature pranks while playing haengnim forever?
I’m still in my early twenties, but isn’t it the way to live that I’m in my mid-twenties in the blink of an eye and become in my thirties?
The older you get, the faster you eat, so from the point of view of watching, it makes you wish that you can grow up a little later.
However, the child eats such a wish and covers it with a sniffle.

‘Like our sun.’

Taeyang has become such a wonderful gentleman that mothers try to die pretty when they see Taeyang.
I don’t know what concept they came up with, but they pretend to be gentlemen after learning proper honorifics…

‘Honestly, I’m sleepy.’

It’s not because he’s my child, Taeyang is really cute.
Even such a guy will go through puberty, and when his skeleton grows, his cute appearance will disappear and he will become a wonderful man.
By then, wouldn’t I be one step away from the entertainment industry and spend the rest of my life leisurely?
Anyway, since I’m a father raising a child, there was a tendency for fans to naturally see me as a ‘child’.

“Let’s do a good comeback stage. It seems that the reporters are already waiting with their mouths open for our group to go downhill, but we have no choice but to do our best to feed them.”
“Yeah!!”

From now on, I think it would be better not to make figures.
How could the album do well because of my figure?
I acted for the sake of the fans, but I scratched it and made a boil.

‘What do people say about the stars?’

Even if there are places that criticize our group for the excuse of figures, the fact that the reaction to this album is good has not changed.
In fact, no one said anything to me about the controversy over the figure.
Rather, there were people who praised me for coming up with the extraordinary idea of ​​making figures and giving them to fans, or even called me great.
After pouring out compliments for a while,

“How can I not get a figure? There will be nothing left, right?”

There were many cases where I ended up coveting the figure I made.

“I decided to give everything I made to the fans.”

Others sometimes said even more absurd things.

“Do you not accept custom orders?”
“Haha, sorry. Since it’s a comeback soon, they’re busy preparing…”

I’m not even a figure maker, so asking me to make a figure of my own.
It was an odd sound.
I’m not even sure how much I should pay for the figure, and why should I spend time making figures for someone other than a member?
It was advantageous to make at least one more figure of the members during that time.
Or practicing choreography.

“Oh, it’s a camera.”
“Did we talk about it yesterday? A documentary camera is coming.”
“Yes~”
“I won’t be filming for a long time. It’s a deal to take a short picture of you guys practicing in preparation for your comeback. I do interviews while sweating.”

Even if I shoot all day, when it airs on TV, it is edited, and then edited again, so it might be 2 hours or not.

“Then how are we practicing today?”
“I told you to practice beforehand. Rather, it fits the shooting concept. I worked hard and got the reputation I have now! What a feeling Do you know roughly?”
“Ah~ Then, since it’s the content of the filming anyway, you just have to practice as usual.”
“I came here with my hair done because I was filming…”

He didn’t put on makeup because he knew he was filming a practice session, but Nam-gyu, who came in after paying attention to his hair and came back, sighed deeply as if he had collapsed.
Dress up nicely and change clothes.
The training clothes I was used to wearing in the practice room.
There was still a lot of time left for the filming team to come, so the atmosphere in the practice room, which had been a bit floating, calmed down again as usual.
Our comeback was really close, so our choreography was already complete.
It was not about learning the choreography anymore, it was a process of getting used to it and engraving it in my memory so that I could dance it in any situation without any problems.

Kiki-kike!

The choreography that fit perfectly without any gaps proved how hard we practiced.
I was concentrating on practicing so that my whole body was bathed in sweat.
The shooting team arrived at the practice room as the time passed by so fast that I didn’t know when it had passed.

“Hello.”
“Uh?! Has it already been this time?”
“Welcome!”
“Hey, open the window. Window.”

All of the staff were women, and the smell of our sweat lingered in the practice room.
Our noses went numb from being here all this time, but the film crew that just came in didn’t.

“No! It’s okay. Haha!”
“It is fragrant!”
“Hey, that’s a bit pervert!”
“Hope! By the way, I heard you were practicing, but you were really working hard. Do you usually practice like this?”
“Yes. Let’s do this.”
“Hey, that’s really great. Can we start filming right away?”
“Uh… Would it be okay if I wash my face for a while? Our condition is so haggard…”
“No no no! I would like you to do that. It’s really nice to see it now because it’s really unadorned.”

Do you like seeing this now?
We checked each other’s haggard looks and shook our heads.
It was difficult for anyone to see us as normal.

“Shouldn’t I go out without seeing people?”
“Well, then I think it would be okay to just wash your face and come back. Would it be all right if I interviewed each person right away?”
“Yes.”

The members went into the bathroom in turn, washed their faces, and cleaned up their messy faces.

“Are we a little crazy? I regret not practicing in moderation.”
“Therefore. When I saw the camera, I felt sorry for myself.”
“How is my face?”
“Somehow, her hair is wet, messy, and red.”
“Ah! In debt!”

It seems that a lot of time is needed to recover the face to be captured on camera.
I was willing to make sacrifices for the members.

“I will be interviewing first. I’ll try to drag it out as much as possible, so try to organize it until then.”
“Your brother?”
“Omg! Thank you very much.”
“Thank you, brother!”
“Thanks. Haesol.”

In fact, my current face condition wasn’t that good either.
But my monstrous face sublimated even a bad state into a new charm, so it was okay to be captured on camera.
At least the situation is better than the other members.
I washed my face, wiped off my sweat, changed my clothes, and sat down in the interview seat.

“Oh, you look even better after washing up.”
“Haha. Thank you.”

The shooting team had a brief conversation with me and discussed how the interview would be conducted.

“Then, is it okay if we start the interview now?”
“Yes.”

A red light went into the camera.

“As you became a Hallyu star, you traveled around various countries. What are the characteristics of each country’s fans? Are there any fans of memorable countries?”
“Well, the most memorable fan may be a bit unexpected, but it was a male fan.”
“Are you a male fan? It is definitely unique.”
“Our group has a lot of male fans. Jekyn and Kyungtae hyung are very charismatic. That’s why I’m used to male fans…”

Even the anecdote that I thought was interesting was deliberately told in more detail and took the time.
Thanks to such a delay, the members were able to recover enough to be captured on camera and start the interview.
After all of our interviews were taken, the filming team took pictures of us practicing.
And, as predicted, I was able to step back neatly and feel relieved.
It seemed that it was almost the first time that the station staff fell so neatly.