Otaku friends’ mentions began rushing up. At this rate, it seemed they could put Go Won’s name on real-time trends even without a mass streaming effort.
They really, properly sharpened their teeth.
Not just the artist himself, but the 5th Division, and even Baek Hanje who created the song.
“If I can’t go to the platinum blonde Go Won in-person fan sign, I’ll just die. I’ll pull in even the eighth cousin’s underwear…”
The sweet and affectionate fan next to them left another famous saying.
And below the stage, the reporters covering the showcase exchanged glances with each other.
This is bigger than <Unlimited> and <DRIFT> from the debut album.
When the music video is released and music show activities begin in earnest, it will soar even more. At this moment, no rookie came to mind who could catch up to the capability and desperate will Go Won showed on stage.
“Go Won’s Rookie Award is stamped and sealed.”
No one had any objection to those words.
***
Go Won finished the new song stage and waved his hand while breathing heavily. The face conveying thanks several times was only full of satisfaction about the stage. He forgot the album promotion comment completely and just smiled with his sweat-soaked face.
But that appearance seemed to bolster the fans’ hearts even more. Especially those who knew the adversity that continued from <Debut Chart>.
Go Won, who kept bowing and waving his hand even knowing it was now time to exit, obsessively gazed at that spot where he’d stood in the center of the stage before finally heading backstage.
But he could picture the guy standing in a position not visible from the audience, continuing to look at the stage.
‘Because it seemed like he shaved bone and flesh for this one stage…’
The harsh practice amount and schedule enough to barely close his eyes for two to three hours a day.
A diet tightened to the limit, even controlling water intake from the day before.
Moreover, the result of dancing for an entire hour with no time to sit while extremely tense.
Go Won
Stamina 5%
Go Won’s stamina had hit rock bottom.
Go Won
Current Status: I’m suffocating from happiness.
That’s a dangerous state, so quickly get an oxygen respirator or something, you fool.
‘Still, if you’re happy, that’s enough.’
I, who was sitting in the invited seat, also exhaled a long breath.
There’s no way I wouldn’t know the adrenaline flowing ready to burst inside Go Won’s body right now.
A flawless stage, a singer who threw everything of himself.
The exhilaration when gathering long efforts and exploding them all at once, pleasure intense enough to make your head go white.
Getting entangled in all sorts of incidents and accidents while living in the entertainment industry is inevitable. Getting bitten countless times by people who regard celebrities as soulless scapegoats.
Nevertheless, what willingly returns singers to the stage several times is precisely that overwhelming exhilaration of that moment.
“Ah, this is serious.”
When watching Go Won’s first debut, I just found the growing process cute.
All stat upper level limits are adjusted due to HBN’s awakening.
Current MAX LEVEL: 120 → 150
Go Won
Dance Lv. 147 (▲27)
Vocals Lv. 125 (▲5)
The guy who exploded in one moment the stage he’d silently prepared for a long time achieved growth that instantly shattered the existing limits.
It felt like Go Won’s sensation was transmitted and even my fingertips tingled.
That’s why it was serious.
The emotion I felt this time was envy.
‘I really want to perform on stage…’
It was fine even to painfully tear my hair out in front of the monitor, even to practice dance until my limbs felt like they’d fall off.
An album filled with perfect b-side tracks that suit yACE.
Choreography practiced to death to match.
A stage Spades cheer for.
Normally, it would be seniority past their prime, but yACE still sat firmly on the throne.
The last album we released rewrote the history of domestic and international first-week sales, and that record still hasn’t been broken.
After finishing the splendid world tour that circled the earth eight times, none of the members brought up working on a new album.
Of course, there would also be consideration for the one who left for overseas because entertainment life was too much.
However, even I, who used to beg the hyungs to be active, thought that if we’d been doing idol life safely for about 12 years, wouldn’t it be good to wrap things up at the most splendid time…
Because they praise us calling us legends and whatnot, we might disappoint them someday.
Then I thought wouldn’t it be courtesy to remain as an eternally beautiful memory to Spades.
‘…Right. That might be correct, but I’m not that kind of person.’
Watching Go Won’s stage today, I felt the complicated calculations become meaningless.
Come to think of it, that was how all past album preparation processes were. Even if full of worry at first, the moment we stood on stage with the name yACE, just that alone made it good.
‘Ah, I want to show on stage the movements I pulled off desperately after being worked to death in the practice room…’
While exiting through the staff entrance, I moved my finger to a number stored in contacts.
– Cannot answer the phone right now…
As always, automatic voicemail was heard. Today I listened to that stiff mechanical sound to the end and left a voice message.
“You bastard hyung, it’s me. …I want to perform on yACE’s stage.”
I don’t know if you’ll listen or not anyway.
“Making your younger brother make this pathetic phone call.”
It’s even more pitiful after spitting it out. After deliberately muttering as if for them to hear, I added one last thing.
“I miss you. Please contact me.”
That’s how the voice message more desperate than a clingy ex-boyfriend in the early morning hours ended.
Geez, I watched the performance well, so now it’s time to go back.
I passed straight through the staff passage toward the waiting room. Inside when I opened the door, there were quite a few people.
“Hm?”
But there was a person inside who immediately caught my eye.
A female student sitting politely wearing a t-shirt and jeans that were plain to the point of monotonous, along with sneakers.
How should I put it. If you shrank Go Won’s build, grew out the hair and put him in women’s clothes… it seemed like this appearance would result.
It meant a beauty with a cool impression and height much taller than the female average.
“……”
Feeling my gaze, the other person only nodded awkwardly in greeting. Even the expression warily guarding against people was exactly like Go Won.
Soon I could draw a very reasonable inference.
“Go Won’s younger sister?”
“…Ah, yes.”
Even summoning the memory of being an ‘Ah, yes’ robot when I first met Go Won.
Can’t pretend anywhere that you’re not blood relatives. Just as Go Won is quite a beauty, the younger sister who resembles him also naturally drew the surrounding gazes.
“Ha, I could die from waste. Henzel-ssi, I tried to scout our Go Sua-yang as a trainee but got immediately cut by Won.”
“Mm? Why?”
“She’s first in her whole school.”
“Ah, then why scout her?”
Study hard, graduate from a good university and become management. That side is way better.
Go Won’s younger sister, Go Sua, seemed to have no particular impression about the conversation about her, but seemed conflicted about whether she should react somehow since they were her oppa’s company people.
The Talent Development Team Leader looked at even that sight with eyes dripping with lingering attachment, then clenched her fist again with determination.
“Phew, I still have one more chance left. I heard Won also has a younger brother. I’m going to bet on that now. We need to fill the male trainee pool anyway.”
At her words, Sua responded in a small voice.
“That kid… is still in 3rd grade of elementary school.”
“Mm, I have no plans to resign even 10 years from now. Also, the person in front of Sua-yang debuted at fourteen?”
“……”
The reaction of widening eyes with raised eye corners in surprise was also a complete copy-paste of Go Won.
Well, if talent guaranteed with visuals like the Go Won siblings, it’s good to scout them early even if elementary school students. Go Won also showed his face on <Debut Chart> at age 18 in winter.
Bang.
As the waiting room door opened, Go Won who should have originally been here entered belatedly. Manager Park was together beside him.
“What, where did you go?”
“Oh, did Hanje come. Our baby got lost so I looked around a bit.”
What?
I looked at Go Won with a dumbfounded expression.
“You still get lost backstage?”
“What?”
“…? Hey, no matter how young Won is! Would I really call him baby?!”
Manager Park jumped up and was shocked. Well, Go Won was about 10cm taller than the manager.
“……”
In Go Won’s hand with reddened ears was held a small child’s hand that could truly be called a ‘baby.’
An age that looked around ten years old.
Since he came in with Go Won and his grandmother and grandfather were together, it seemed to be his younger sibling.
