Episode 144 Testa
came down from the stage and sat on the sofa for guests of a talk show.
But with the mic… It was Cha Yoo-jin.
‘Is that okay?’
Even though I knew that Cha Yu-jin was the most proficient in English, I naturally started to worry.
But Cha Yu-jin was good.
[welcome! What is your first impression of my show?]
[Hmm, he’s full of color and cheerful, and he has a really nice impression~ I like your yellow tie. It’s the 127 section mark!]
[Oh, thank you! This is the first official product sold on the 127 section official site on May 11th. It was a difficult purchase, but I put it on for the first time for this special occasion.]
The younger brother chuckled.
“Do you understand?”
Could it be that I’m just casually listening.
The atmosphere was good though.
‘Since Cha Yujin speaks English, the atmosphere is different.’
It felt much more relaxed and mature.
On the screen, a short small talk was ending.
[Yeah, you really do look like a Californian! I understand now. You seem to like surfing, right?]
[Haha, is there anyone in San Diego who doesn’t?]
[Uh… Then, well, you might not be interested in these things. Yep.]
The moderator deliberately shrank and looked around. Laughter erupted from the audience.
[No, no, this is a different and fun experience. And the 127 section was a fun game!]
[You speak generously~ Good. Then, shall we talk about your role in the game?]
Then Park Moon-dae, who was sitting next to him, immediately picked up the microphone.
[Actually, we are singers, and most of us have no acting experience. It was short, but it was fun and new to play a game character in a music video.]
Clean English came out smoothly.
“omg?”
Kim Rae-bin’s personal fan… No, now the college student, who is also a fan of Moondae Park, almost shook the monitor.
“Wow, are you good at English?”
“therefore!!”
Unlike college students who were excited about their unexpected English skills, Park Mun-dae calmly continued the conversation on the screen.
[Ah, so you’re not the one who inspired the creation of those friends?]
[I was inspired by the friends to make the song. Mainly this friend. My name is Rabin Kim. You can call me Ravin.]
[Oh~ …hello rabin? You really look like you’re composing! The eyes of a musician!]
[Hello.]
Kim Rae-bin on the screen awkwardly greeted the moderator.
‘Rabin takes care of it first.’
I didn’t know the detailed context, but it was clear just by listening to the video and words. The college student looked on with delight.
[What part of the characters inspired you? Whoa! No bad words, just a good question! Someone please tell me!]
[Oh, he has a strong impression, right? But if you look into his eyes, you’ll know he has a very soft soul!]
[I’m still scared!]
While Cha Yu-jin approached the moderator, who was obsessed with the Jinda concept, and made excuses for Rae-bin Kim’s eyes, Rae-bin Kim spoke through Ah-hyun Sun. translated out.
[They said their narratives had a lot of influence. …It was a tragedy, but the beauty and intensity of the character’s good will… I tried to save it.]
The French tone was buried.
‘Does it feel different because he also speaks a foreign language?’
Sun Ah-hyun hardly stuttered even while using a foreign language, as in recent public events. Even the slightest hesitation could be interpreted as shyness.
[that’s right! That’s the feeling I felt the whole time watching the trailer after finishing Chapter 1! Oh, now I can see your soul, Rabin!]
[Hahaha!]
Rabin Kim tilted his face with a bemused expression, probably not understanding the situation well.
“Oh cute!!”
“Are you cute? He looks like he’s going to rip you off.”
“shut up.”
The college student focused on the screen, ignoring his younger brother.
[Then, will there be a new OST for Section 127 in the plan?]
Originally, this question was about the ‘plan for the reappearance of fellow characters’, but it was modified due to the previous testa’s answer.
Park Moon-dae gave a calmly prepared answer.
[We had a lot of fun working on our first work, but even if a new OST comes out, it doesn’t seem like it will be our song.]
[Why the hell?!]
Cha Yujin interrupted.
[Because I’m curious about what OST other artists will compose! Doesn’t everyone do that too?]
With that positive encouragement, a reflexive response came back from the audience.
[Yes, yes, of course. It’s a pity though! Because ‘Bonus book’ is a really good song.]
[Thank you.]
[You know what? What do you know bro! I have great taste!]
[Me? Hahaha, that’s right!]
The host smiled at Cha Yoo-jin’s praise, and the game ended like that.
And only then did a few self-introductions and greetings, and then we entered the closing phase.
[The stage you saw earlier was really cool, but did you prepare another stage?]
[Yes. I thought it would be nice to show you a piece of music we usually do.]
[Good, good! Then please. Andrew Band~]
When the band made a preparation sound, the Testa members got up from the sofa laughing.
And I started taking off my shoes.
[Oh~]
“Huh??”
“Hey, didn’t you get shorter?”
A college student couldn’t even afford to hit his bullshit younger brother.
In the meantime, the testa on the screen took off her cardigan and jacket and put them on the sofa. The staff came out and quickly removed the sofa.
Then, the outfit was unified into a barefoot figure wearing jeans and a white short-sleeved T-shirt.
Whiik!
The audience reacted to the unexpected full-scale preparation.
While holding the microphone she was answering, Testa moved quickly and formed a choreography formation.
The lights are off.
Uuuu- Uu- Uuuu-
A slow and melancholic piano rose above the crackling band sound by touching the transmission.
And movements close to modern dance began to unfold. -I
don’t want to escape
the night when I
slowly fall asleep, so
I wear simple clothes, jazz sound foreign language, and modern dance choreography unfolding on the sound of a live band.
Everything gave synergy, and Testa’s stage looked more artistic than conceptual.
It was made to be accepted as ‘high level’ by burying even elements that were unfamiliar or repulsive in this place.
Moreover, the strength of the K-pop genre, which polished the fun of watching and listening to the limit, was clear. Especially for a group that can handle it well.
And Testa was such a group. -Thanks to
the midnight
I met you
, and
thanks to Daum, the moment the lights came on after the stage was over, the audience seats were filled with applause that corresponds to ‘good viewing’.
The host also jumped out applauding.
[There is no such thing as art! It was ‘Midnight and next’ from Testa’s album 〈Time to go〉. Everyone~ See you in the next corner!]
Their appearance, which started with ‘Section 127’, ended with ‘Testa’.
The screen turned into an advertisement, but the impression of the stage did not disappear easily.
‘It was torn.’
The college student hit the desk with his left hand and lifted it up.
And this reaction became public opinion.
* * *
Since I came to the US, I have a lot of schedules that I can do here. After finishing a few things roughly, it was after the < Nerdy Andy Show > we appeared on aired.
I lay down on a hotel bed and checked public opinion in Korea.
First of all, there were several clichéd articles like ‘successful appearance hot reaction’, and hmm… ….
Testa appeared in a video on a popular YouTube channel that reviews overseas reactions.
[(Overseas response) Testa showed the taste of K-pop to the Yangdeoks! Reaction collection Korean subtitles]
‘I guess the reaction wasn’t bad.’
Seeing that there are a lot of videos like that, it seems that I was not blindly laughed at in the field.
I found the stage video uploaded on < Nerdy Andy Show >.
‘The number of views is quite high.’
Even the non-127 section had similar views. It was something I didn’t expect.
Both videos were lined with English comments, but it was not too much to see the atmosphere roughly.
This is because I studied English in my spare time during this activity.
‘It’s a trait I’ve had, but I can’t waste it.’
I was conscious of this.
[Characteristic: International student (A)]
-I understand what you mean.
: Foreign language learning ability +200%
proficiency speed, so the faster you learned it, the easier it was to change when the next talent came out.
Of course, because I didn’t have enough time, it wasn’t a big deal, but I just learned enough to make it not awkward.
‘Still, it was faster than I imagined.’
If I had something like this when I was still a college student, I would have been stuck in the library for half a year.
Anyway, I just read through the comments.
-I’m interested in their solid musical identity.
-K-pop? *Mind blown*
-They are really great singers. The live performance was impressive!
-I think I’ve fallen for them, so the WiTube algorithm keeps bringing me new videos
-Popular opinion: Testa was undervalued in the K-pop world, and no one knew that it was nerds who finally discovered them
. It was an atmosphere.
However, what I did not expect was that ‘midnight and the next’ was eaten by viewers of this program.
‘I thought you’d hate me for being gay.’
Isn’t that a phrase that comes up often when watching K-pop in that neighborhood? I know.
But it seems to have benefited from the genre of the song.
There were many programmers among the viewers of this show, and it is said that this kind of lo-fi jazz was popular in the neighborhood.
-Added to my coding playlist
-They looked like real musicians! I wish they would do a fall-in OST as well (laughing while crying)
-It’s good music to calm down. I’ll have to listen when I’ve been coding all night and haven’t come up with any bugs. (horror emoticon)
Overall anyway…It was a great success.
Just in case, I also checked the domestic game community, and it has completely softened up.
On the contrary, a few people came out who remembered the atmosphere of the early game.
‘It was useful to draw a line.’
I don’t think I’m going to have a brain related to the ost or character, and it seems that I’ve been able to take a look at the collaboration song well.
Testa fans, who were on the verge of setting an edge against the 127-section game community, also completely subsided.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
“Internet.”
“Our stage?? It’s good~”
Sejin, after washing himself, lay down on the bed next to him.
This is because this guy was caught while randomly changing hotel roommates for Witube upload.
‘It’s surprisingly not annoying.’
It’s a bit annoying and noisy, but our life patterns were similar.
Sejin asked in a cheerful voice.
“How do you think our next album will do better?”
“well. You have to do it to know.”
“Hey, they say everything will be fine at times like this~”
Keun Sejin smiled coolly and started looking at his smartphone.
‘There’s a high chance it will work out.’
As the video of < Nerdy Andy Show > received favorable reviews, it was noticeable that overseas K-pop fans were rapidly interested in Testa.
It’s probably because it’s recognized in a field that isn’t familiar with K-pop.
‘Originally, that’s how people feel.’
At this pace, I thought it would be okay to look forward to the music video view of the next album.
I shrugged my shoulders and said to Sejin.
“I sleep.”
“Oh, you can turn off the lights~”
I turned off the lights and checked my smartphone again as I laid down on the bed.
Since the monitoring was over, it was to check how the current domestic public opinion is going overall.
And I knew.
When Testa slowly began eating K-pop overseas pie, there was a stir in Korea as well.
The debut song of a rookie male idol hit the jackpot in the music industry.
It was the Gold 1 group that finally made their debut.
‘oh.’
After a quick check, it wasn’t testa level at the time of debut, but it was doing very well on the music charts.
The general consensus was that the song was so good.
‘As long as I keep my momentum, I’ll succeed.’
Gold 1 is a very good guy, so it was a good thing.
And when I thought about that, my thoughts went crazy on the other side as well.
It was my condition.
If Chungryeo is right, the 4th status ailment I received this time was my last mission.
And, judging by the flow so far, it will certainly require an even higher baseline.
‘…So, is it better to receive status ailments now?’
Seeing the reaction from overseas and the latecomers coming up from home, I thought that.
I think the next year or so could be a career high.
Of course, it could continue to do better with endless growth like VTIC did. But in such an uncertain industry environment, I wasn’t so sure.
Still, I’m almost certain it’ll go well this year.
‘hmm.’
Once I called the status window popup.
