– Go Won-ssi, countdown begins. 3, 2, 1…!
– Hint, please just one hint.
– Ah, there’s no choice. Then I’ll give you a music video hint.
As if anticipating it would be a difficult problem, a hint was already prepared. Three people appeared on the electronic display.
Go Won’s eyes widened as his gaze fixed on one of them.
– …Hyung? Hanje hyung… released this kind of song?
Baek Hanje, and a mixed gender group composed of one female and one male who weren’t yACE members. Looking closely, the team members were Edelweiss’s Cindy and the young trot singer Kim Hahyeon from the 2nd Division.
Go Won was confused as if looking at K-dum from a parallel universe. In the end, the answer didn’t come from his mouth.
– Ah, what a shame. The correct answer is <Steak>, a track from the 201X K-dum Summer Album.
A special album track made by mixing Baek Hanje and two other people from K-dum.
The hip-hop song about chewing up haters like steak was released under the unit name ‘K-dum Schoolz.’ That’s why it couldn’t be caught by search terms like yACE or Henzel.
Since it was a song he’d never heard in his life, he couldn’t follow the dance just by watching it once.
Go Won’s pupils shook amid fumbling movements. His flustered appearance was quite different from how he’d confidently danced throughout today.
Baby can’t eat steak that’s why
Ah change it to beef baby food ㅡㅡ
Of course, since it was a place where only fans gathered, everyone looked at that sight cutely too, but Go Won shouted with a somewhat wronged face.
– Please give me another chance.
– What?
– If you give me just 1 minute, I’ll get the choreography.
Ooooh-!!!
The fans’ cheers were heard, but Go Won fixed his gaze on the electronic display and desperately captured the movements in the video with his eyes. The moment when his appearance, which had seemed a bit more relaxed, returned to the determination-filled look from <Unlimited>.
The production division didn’t miss the content Go Won created and displayed a timer. From 5 seconds before the end, everyone counted together.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”
– Done.
As soon as the countdown ended, Go Won confidently returned to center stage.
-You’re just a bite-sized Steak
Medium, Well done, or Rare, I’ll cook you my way
Then a perfect cover stage of <Steak> unfolded. Having stumbled once, Go Won danced with even more intense movements.
When this challenge finished, even bigger cheers than for other songs burst out.
When a singer you like displays their genius talent without reserve, if you’re a fan, you couldn’t control the pride and sense of accomplishment.
– But wrong is wrong, so there has to be a penalty, right? Don’t boo. I know fans are waiting for the penalty more than anyone.
Oops got caught sorry Won that’s how it turned out,,
– The penalty is what our One and Only want to see from Go Won-ssi! We’ll proceed with one from the pre-surveyed list.
The MC held out a lottery box that had been hidden behind. When Go Won pulled his hand from the box, not just one note but a whole handful was held.
– No, you should only pick one!
– If it’s what One and Only wants, I want to grant it even if it’s not a penalty…
‘How can he be so admirable?’
How can that be a statement that came from a twenty-year-old’s mouth!
The fan clutched their heart. That thought wasn’t just theirs alone.
“Fuuuck, such a pretty bastard. I won’t leave the fandom until I die, I won’t…”
The gentle-looking fan from the next seat who had exchanged greetings sweetly crushed the head of the Go Won doll with both hands while revealing unrefined impressions. They were startled by the completely different voice from when exchanging snacks, but in a good way, rough words coming out were similar on both sides.
Eventually, at the MC’s dissuasion, Go Won unfolded and revealed only one note.
<Cheating Day Mukbang Live>
That Go Won eats heartily had already been proven to fans.
They didn’t know who submitted this wish, but seeing how it realized the benefit of the majority, they were definitely a saint.
– Understood. I’ll definitely do the cheating day when activities end.
Look at him secretly carefully gathering the remaining notes in his pocket ㅠㅠ
And the man on stage was definitely an angel.
– I’ll wrap up the game corner that proved there’s no more perfect idol than this. MC time is until here. Go Won-ssi, congratulations on your comeback and thank you One and Only! This has been Kim Minseo!
The MC went down below the stage, and Go Won remained alone at center stage. Of the scheduled 60-minute showcase, about 45 minutes had already passed.
– Um.
The tension that had seemed to ease briefly during the game appeared on Go Won’s face again.
– Now, it’s finally time to introduce the new song.
Wild cheers and applause burst out.
– The title track’s name is <DEEP>. There was a Korean subtitle ‘To the Sea,’ but in the final album production process, only the title remained. However, the content ‘To the Sea’ is still contained in the song and lyrics.
At today’s performance, Go Won, befitting a 4-month debut rookie, had his gaze rise and fall to the prompter when stories got long.
But the current story flowed out calmly without taking his eyes off the audience, as if practiced countless times.
– The lyrics and composition were handled by the senior I respect most. And during the work, I got the opportunity to fill in a few verses. When I clumsily wrote what I wanted to say and showed it, they refined it so wonderfully. That’s how <DEEP> became a song that couldn’t be more perfect for me. When preparing the stage too, I practiced hard with the thought of sending this song out into the world perfectly.
Go Won stood up from his seat.
– Then, <DEEP>. I’ll show you.
After a brief blackout, light came onto the stage.
Go Won took off the black jacket he was wearing.
Then a white dress shirt calmly revealed itself. Inside the suit, fluttering sleeves had been hidden.
Bright hair that also looked silver under the lighting, a dress shirt that airily revealed his body line, shoes that matched like one color with black pants.
The modern image instantly traveled back through time and transformed into a Western antique appearance.
The song started with a pose of two snow-white hands choking his own neck.
-Don’t give me breath
Just take my hands
He sang a melody where the low bass felt a bit sad. Then the hand reaching forward grasped at the air. Go Won began stepping.
-Before the traces engraved in white are erased
I’ll definitely find you
Blue waves passed across the electronic display. Movements fit precisely into the dance that continued like swimming.
Instead of the beat being as fast as previous songs, the difficulty of the floor choreography was considerable. The body that had been lying on the floor was raised using only upper and lower body core strength without touching hands once.
He immediately performed group choreography with the dancers without even showing signs of difficulty.
Listening to the dreamlike melody and lyrics, a cool sensation rushed in despite the hot summer.
‘Won, you danced in leather jackets or pitch-black techwear in winter. After beating people down with hip-hop, if you roll a delicate frail beauty image… I’m so grateful!’
The fan thought of all the affectionate chatter to post on SNS when the showcase ended. Of course, right now they couldn’t access it because one hand was waving support tools and the other was filming video.
Even aside from that, they couldn’t take their eyes off the stage at all. As if entranced, their gaze swam following Go Won’s movements.
Then, at the moment they thought it was entering the highlight, the lighting changed to blue and struck down toward the protagonist on stage.
-Beyond distant consciousness
Go Won made a pale, faint smile.
-Into your world
Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep Down
Go Won performing the point choreography had an expression as if gladly falling into an endless abyss.
Finally, when the lyrics repeated twice and the dance ended. Go Won touched his in-ear and closed his eyes.
-Even if this way of loving
Suffocates me
I’m not afraid, ecstatically submerged I-
Hearing the outcry that burst out, the fan forgot even waving the fan light for a moment at the realization that suddenly came.
‘This, could this be…’
The dreamlike lyrics, the subtitle ‘To the Sea,’ and Go Won’s outfit.
Lastly, combining even the music video in the electronic display and Go Won sinking into deep water, the concept could be guessed!
The one on stage.
Was the prince from the most famous tragic fairy tale, <The Little Mermaid>.
The lyrics and dance were words conveyed to the little mermaid trying to sacrifice herself for the prince she loved.
-Into your world
Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep Down
Don’t sacrifice anymore. I’ll go to your world. Abandoning everything I have.
Just as you did, if only you’re there, I’m not afraid.
That message was conveyed mixed with Baek Hanje’s characteristically addictive chorus melody.
‘This is it. I wanted this dark refreshing atmosphere…!’
Finally, the song rushed to its climax and strings sharply intertwined, heightening the atmosphere.
-Painful trick given by fate
Your words whispered in soundless speech
Go Won stopped at center stage.
He looked forward desperately, fist clenched as if tearing his chest.
-“I’m sorry.”
That must mean I love you
The high note poured out continued long even after the MR faded out.
Chills flowed through the fan’s whole body. Unable to close their gaping mouth, they looked at the stage then soon sighed.
‘Oh my, our kid has fallen in love with a non-human…!’
An impossible, doomed love!
But the appearance of throwing his body toward where the other person is without any hesitation resembled the debut appearance that showed strange obsession.
At the end of intense movements, his expression became regretful as if he’d lost what he’d been holding to the current.
When the last chorus was reached, the fan could only exhale breath carefully.
-Into your world Deep, Deep, Deep….
Unable to finish the chorus phrase, Go Won kneels on the floor.
The stage ended. But for a while, nothing could come out from the audience.
It felt like all the body hair stood on end. What barely escaped from the lingering impression of the stage that seemed it wouldn’t end was when Go Won, who had collapsed weakly, safely raised his head.
A face soaked with sweat was reflected on the large electronic display. The sweat pooling and flowing around his eyes caused another illusion.
– Thank you.
Go Won, who touched his in-ear, stood up and bowed.
Waaaah!
In that moment, all of One and Only screamed together with one heart.
!6/14 showcase! Cute sexy dark black you do it all @go1wayyyy
The fact that I majored in doom during college
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The fact that Won even studied abroad in doom
Ordinary Won-P A @asdfgjkll
Otaku dies here (~2X. 06. 14)
