Genius Composer Who’s a Dedicated Fan

Baek Yerin always ‘contemplates’ before singing.

How to sing this song from now on, what emotions to put into it.

But that is merely singing with her own interpretation.

It can be the right answer, but sometimes it can be wrong.

In that sense, there’s the most certain and easy way to know the right answer.

It’s asking the person who composed the song directly.

That’s why Baek Yerin often asked Ryu Won about how to sing the songs.

And the answer was always the same.

─ Just sing like yourself. That’s the right answer.

Baek Yerin didn’t understand well.

It wasn’t much different from the composer of the song telling the singer to sing as they see fit.

But there was a different meaning hidden in it.

There’s no need to sing perfectly according to the composer’s intention.

Don’t be confined to any mold, just be yourself…

Sing freely.

Because all the songs Ryu Won gave to Baek Yerin were songs for her.

So however she sang, it was entirely Baek Yerin’s heart.

But was a little different.

This song was the one that made Ryu Won famous in his previous life, and in a way, it was the song that made him break out of his shell as a composer.

But contrary to his success, the song was created based on his negative emotions.

The emptiness and futility he felt when he realized that a precious person had disappeared from the world, and that his own dream could not be achieved.

The deep regret and sadness for living a life away from his dream by lying to himself.

Ironically, he prayed for a ray of ‘hope’ amidst such negative emotions.

As if praying to God…

That he wanted to go back.

To give him one more chance.

Wishing for such hope, Ryu Won composed the song , and eventually his hope came true.

Well… it’s still ongoing, but.

Anyway, can’t help but be a special song for Ryu Won.

He’s not sure of the exact reason, but he had this feeling.

Maybe a miracle happened to him because of this song… he thought.

And there was exactly one person who noticed his special feelings.

─You know. I’m curious about this song.

─ What is it?

─ The CEO told me this once. Composers often express their experiences or emotions in the form of songs.

─ That’s not particularly wrong.

─ Is this song like that too?

At Baek Yerin’s question, Ryu Won made a slightly troubled expression. And he slowly nodded in affirmation.

─ Yes. You could say that is a song that refines the regret inside me.

At that moment, Baek Yerin clearly remembers.

Ryu Won’s smile that somehow felt wistful.

And that smile was directed at none other than Baek Yerin.

…She’s not sure of the reason.

What his regret stemmed from, why he showed such a smile to her.

But this much is certain.

The more she sings the song, the more she naturally realizes.

That actually, the person who suits this song best isn’t me, but someone else.

So for this song, she didn’t intend to sing freely.

She was just going to sing following someone.

Like the Ryu Won directly recorded… which she first heard in Kang Beom-joon’s car that day.

Baek Yerin’s voice, as if sobbing, overlaps with the heavy piano accompaniment. They mix harmoniously, creating harmony.

The stage was filled with dry ice smoke, and Baek Yerin, standing at the center, slowly reaches out her hand forward.

– Because I want to face your smile again.

I want to go back.

As that image and song overlapped, people shrunk as if their chests felt tight. They couldn’t help but be drawn into the sorrowful atmosphere she was emitting.

But this is just the end of the first verse.

Ryu Won didn’t want to make just full of sadness and regret.

So.

– This time, I’ll be the first.

To approach you.

Gradually, the song’s performance starts to change.

Very slightly, but the melody became brighter.

If the story filled with regret was the past, now it’s the story of correcting that regret.

Perhaps…

– There’s a story.

That I really want to tell you.

Beyond the song, it might already be happening.

Because a miracle occurred.

And the subject of that miracle captured the figure of Baek Yerin standing on stage from the audience seats.

Ryu Won smiled bitterly.

Just sing like yourself…

He had asked Baek Yerin like this.

But Baek Yerin, who was singing on stage now, didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.

She sang in a completely different style from the digital release.

And Ryu Won knew best whose style that was.

None other than Ryu Won himself.

So it was as if she was whispering:

That you are the right answer.

That singing Rewind like you is correct.

So I’m just singing your story to the world.

If that was the conclusion Baek Yerin reached…

‘It must be the right answer.’

Ryu Won couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Because the moment Baek Yerin sang like that, the owner of the song changed.

The owner of this song now was me.

A song containing the story of me, the composer, and no one else.

And through this song, I wanted to convey some words to her.

– Leaving regrets behind.

I want to move forward together with you.

The song is now rushing towards its end.

Gradually, the stage lights illuminating Baek Yerin started to turn off, and as the music sound became smaller, it seemed like the instruments were whispering. But it wasn’t over yet.

Baek Yerin raised her head and looked somewhere in the audience seats. Feeling as if she naturally made eye contact with him, she takes her final breath.

And so…

– This time, I will.

Become your light.

The stage ended.

* * *

Baek Yerin’s stage ended.

Now it was time for all the teams participating in today’s Music Save to come up on stage, and announce the first place.

But they couldn’t.

It was a truly extraordinary sight.

No noise could be heard. The scene of Music Save was literally quiet as a mouse.

They looked towards the empty stage, immersed in the afterglow.

With expressions as if they couldn’t understand what they had just seen and heard.

And amidst such an atmosphere…

‘Overwhelming.’

Kang Beom-joon smiled faintly alone.

She nailed it.

That’s probably the most fitting word for Baek Yerin’s stage he just saw.

is a song hoping for hope at the end of regret.

It’s an excellent song to decorate the last stage.

Moreover, Baek Yerin proved with this live performance.

Why she was chosen by the composer named Haon.

It was that perfect and lingering stage. Much more than the festival stage last year.

…Then.

Now it was time to check his reaction.

The self-proclaimed fan who loves Baek Yerin as a singer more than anyone.

Kang Beom-joon turned his head.

And saw Ryu Won smiling very satisfactorily.

To this, Kang Beom-joon said with a slightly disappointed expression:

“Hmm. The reaction is quite boring.”

“Huh? Should I have shed tears or something?”

“I really thought you would!”

“CEO… I’m not a crybaby.”

“But you really cried in the car back then.”

Kang Beom-joon smirked.

Seeing that, Ryu Won let out a deep sigh.

Feeling like some strange frame was put on him.

“But I was really moved. In a way, it’s the moment my dream came true.”

Ryu Won recalled his dream.

It was for Baek Yerin to sing my songs. Furthermore, to directly see her singing my songs on stage.

It was his long-held dream that was absolutely not modest.

And at this moment, now, it came true.

But.

“But it seems like a person’s dream doesn’t end so easily.”

“Hm? What do you mean by that?”

“It means the end of a dream is the beginning of a new dream.”

Kang Beom-joon still wore an expression of not understanding well.

Ryu Won grinned and continued:

“I want to hear Yerin’s singing on a much bigger stage than this.”

“Like… for example?”

“Jamsil Olympic Stadium. Let’s aim for the biggest place in Korea first?”

With those words, Ryu Won held out his fist towards Kang Beom-joon. It was to mean let’s do well together in the future too.

Kang Beom-joon bumped fists with Ryu Won without much thought and grinned the same way. And he said this to the boy who had found a new dream:

“Alright. That’s the most decent thing you’ve said so far.”

* * *

The first place on Music Save was, of course, taken by Baek Yerin’s with overwhelming numbers.

After Baek Yerin’s acceptance speech and encore stage safely ended like that, exactly one hour later.

“Well, to celebrate Yerin’s first music show win, it’s on me today!”

RT Entertainment held a historic company dinner.

Since it was a free meal, there was no reason to refuse, so I attended too, and very naturally, I ended up sitting next to Baek Yerin.

First of all, Baek Yerin looked a bit tired.

She had attended the music show filming since morning, and apparently got scolded a lot by her manager Lee Hari on the way to the dinner venue…

But this was natural.

After all, she kept not answering her manager’s calls and ran away from the scene.

Still, it ended safely, and Baek Yerin personally promised with her own mouth that she would never do it again, so the atmosphere was to let it pass as a light happening.

Well… okay.

Up to here, there was no problem.

“How was it? My stage today.”

“It was so perfect I thought we might need to re-record Rewind.”

“Really? That’s a relief…”

Baek Yerin smiled faintly, seeming relieved at my answer.

Actually, up to here too, there really was no problem.

“Eat this too.”

“Hehe. It’s nice to see you eating well.”

“Should I wrap some for you?”

Until Baek Yerin started taking care of me with utmost sincerity at some point.

…What’s this?

I naturally put the wrap Baek Yerin made for me into my mouth and thought deeply.

Originally, Baek Yerin treated me well.

Since she’s such a kind person by nature, maybe that’s just naturally rubbed off on her.

But you know.

This time, something was a little different.

When I glanced to the side, there was Baek Yerin staring at me intently with a fond smile.

It was a look that should be described as… honey dripping from her eyes.

And feeling a gaze from the front, I turned my head that way this time.

There, I saw the figures of RT Entertainment people, including Kang Beom-joon, pretending to enjoy the company dinner while spying on us.

…?

Really, what’s going on?