Genius Composer Who’s a Dedicated Fan

KBB’s Music Save is held in the public hall of the new building.

For audience members, entry is possible from 5 PM, but there are a few things to note.

Of course, photo and video recording are restricted, and contact with performers and idols is prohibited to comply with safety regulations.

And the most important thing is no tardiness. If you’re not there early, entry is impossible.

Originally, I too would have been unable to enter because I arrived late, beyond tardiness, to the point of misunderstanding the time completely.

“It’s really nice to have an acquaintance who’s a CEO of an entertainment company.”

“Still just the CEO of a new company though.”

“I think the days of being called that won’t last much longer.”

“Haha. Thanks to some special middle school students.”

Kang Beom-joon, sitting next to me in the very back row of the audience seats, smirked and continued:

“You thought you wouldn’t be able to sit in the audience seats without my help, right?”

“Isn’t that obvious? What power do I have?”

“But you saw the future instead. Didn’t you already anticipate this situation would happen and ask me to go to Music Save together?”

……

Shit. How did he know?

I couldn’t help but make a bewildered expression at Kang Beom-joon’s question.

The truth is, I had anticipated to some extent that things would turn out like this today. That’s why I suggested to Kang Beom-joon that we go watch Music Save together.

Because the same incident happened in my previous life too.

Baek Yerin, who instantly became an SNS star through her festival stage video. Naturally, entertainment companies pouring in with casting offers were like a downpour.

Among them, Baek Yerin chose an agency that matched her intentions, and successfully debuted at the age of 16.

Unlike now, from the start, under the attention of countless people.

Just two days after debuting like that, on the day she was to take the stage for the first time on KBB’s Music Save, just like now.

For some reason, she didn’t appear on stage that day.

Years later, she explained directly on a TV program…

─ I think it was because I felt a lot of pressure. Because you gave me so much love and attention even before my debut. Naturally, I developed an obsession to do well, and eventually that burst that day.

─ I heard you were sitting on a bench in a park near KBB until evening… And you were found by people’s reports?

─ That’s right. I heard everyone was in an uproar because of me. I got scolded a lot when I returned to the agency.

Baek Yerin smiled somewhat bitterly as she explained the situation of that day.

It’s certainly not a good memory for her.

The process of overcoming that pressure alone too.

But now, I’m by Baek Yerin’s side.

So there’s no need to overcome it alone.

“If I just thought about the pressure Yerin would feel, today’s incident was bound to happen. Especially since people’s attention and love would have doubled because of me. So I have a duty to relieve that.”

“So what did you say to relieve that pressure?”

“Well… Yerin asked me this.”

What if she doesn’t want to stand on stage in the future because of the pressure… If she says she can’t sing my songs in the end because of that, what would I do?

I immediately answered that question like this:

“I said I would sincerely quit being a composer.”

“Wh-Whaaaat?!”

“Wow… Your reaction is exactly the same as Yerin’s. But is it really that surprising?”

“How can you say that!”

As Kang Beom-joon shouted in shock, my head naturally tilted.

That’s because it was an obvious thing for me.

I as a composer was born because of Baek Yerin.

Even if I have talent that could surprise the world, even if other people want my songs…

If she says she can’t sing my songs, it’s right for me to disappear from this world.

“Haha. Anyway, isn’t it fortunate that such a thing hasn’t happened yet? Let’s think as positively as possible!”

“…I don’t usually say this kind of thing, but Ryu Won, you really are crazy.”

Kang Beom-joon said with an enlightened expression.

I roughly ignored him and turned my gaze towards the stage.

Before the last performance, no one was up there.

Probably right now, a pre-recorded video of a team is being broadcast on the live show.

Pre-recording has the advantage of being able to create a more impressive stage with a lot of money from the agency, and the advantage of being able to compensate for weaknesses that could be exposed in a live broadcast.

It means that even if live skills are lacking, it’s possible to cover it up sufficiently by creating the best scenes through multiple recordings.

That’s why we deliberately refused pre-recording.

The reason was simple.

Because the singer Baek Yerin actually has more strengths in live performances.

We… no, I wanted to show that strength to people.

While I was thinking that, Kang Beom-joon asked me as if something had occurred to him:

“Come to think of it, Ryu Won. Did you hear?”

“Hear what?”

“It seems Yerin has found some new goal. I thought you might know about it.”

“A goal?”

Baek Yerin’s goal?

There was something I could guess to some extent.

This too was because Baek Yerin had mentioned it directly in my previous life.

“Maybe it’s that she wants to keep singing for the fans who love her?”

“Hmm… I have a feeling it’s definitely not something like that. You and Yerin have some strange similarities.”

“Strange similarities?”

“Yeah. That’s why I’m so scared. One of you is already too much to handle, but if Yerin causes trouble together like today… Ow, it’s terrifying just thinking about it.”

Kang Beom-joon started shaking with an expression of being unable to handle it at all.

Could it be that “similar” meant similar in craziness?

I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

Well… okay.

[Now we’re left with only the last performance!]

[It’s the overwhelming first place candidate, right? Then shall we meet the person who will decorate today’s last stage?]

I can just ask Baek Yerin about this later.

Right now…

At this moment, there was something I needed to focus on, putting aside all other thoughts.

That is:

“Baek Yerin! Fighting!!!”

Cheering with all my might.

Although my voice probably won’t reach her due to the numerous noises in the hall, it doesn’t matter.

Originally, fans are beings who give unconditional love and support to the person they like.

* * *

Meanwhile.

Click-

As she walked towards the center of the stage, Baek Yerin smiled bitterly for some reason.

It was because of something Ryu Won had said just before.

─ Don’t mind people’s expectations or attention, just sing as comfortably as possible. As if you’re singing only for me in the whole world. We’ve experienced it a lot when recording just the two of us, right?

Hearing those words, Baek Yerin thought to herself:

That’s the most difficult request for me.

Do you know?

Why I felt so much pressure.

The overwhelmingly large attention and expectations of people?

While that had some influence, the biggest part was none other than Ryu Won’s existence.

Honestly, when I heard he was coming to watch the Music Save stage today, my heart literally sank.

Baek Yerin knows.

How much the composer Ryu Won considers her special.

So if he were to be disappointed by her stage today…

She felt like she really couldn’t bear it then.

But.

─ Your singing is like a bright star. Before I knew it, I was completely immersed following that light.

Baek Yerin decided to believe.

She wanted to believe the words of the person who loves her singing more than anyone.

She had no choice but to.

Baek Yerin had been watching his figure constantly without taking her eyes off him since the moment she first met him.

His somewhat nervous expression while playing the songs he composed in Kang Beom-joon’s car.

The warm smile he gave after the first recording was finished.

And today, his reliable back as he suddenly appeared like magic and led her forward without hesitation…

When she faced that face smiling purely like a child while praising the reasons why my singing is good…

Click-

Before she knew it, Baek Yerin was standing at the center of the stage.

And at that moment.

“Baek Yerin! Fighting!!!”

From far away.

Amidst the numerous noises, she clearly heard a familiar voice cheering for her with all its might.

The moment she heard that voice, Baek Yerin realized that the pressure that had been sitting inside her had completely disappeared.

Rather…

She’s excited.

The fact that only I in this world can move the heart of such a great composer like you.

So, you know.

Even at this moment now,

And continuously in the future.

‘I want to sing only for you.’

If you’re just satisfied hearing my singing…

If you smile brightly, I think that would make me really happy.

With such thoughts, Baek Yerin slowly raised the microphone she was holding in her hand.

To achieve,

Her newly blossomed goal.

* * *

A moment after Baek Yerin took the stage alone, the melody of a certain song began to fill the hall.

The sound of a piano that somehow sounds sorrowful and a violin with a hazy feeling.

– How nice would it have been if it were a dream.

Your face is still clear.

Eventually, Baek Yerin began to sing along with the melody. As the song started, the expressions of the audience changed instantly with just the first line.

Admiration, or expectation.

They too know.

What song Baek Yerin is singing now.

Rewind.

The title track of her first album and the song currently proudly occupying first place on the music charts.

But Ryu Won thought this.

The more you listen to the song…

– The fact that I can no longer see your light now.

Makes even that smile appear faint.

The expressions of the expectant audience would change completely.

The first verse of is an infinitely bitter song.

The emptiness, sadness, and regret over the death of a precious person.

Ryu Won put that into the song without embellishment,

And none other than Baek Yerin herself sings it on stage.

Perhaps…

A result beyond the digital release might unfold before our eyes.