Act 1 | Year 2021: Debut Stage

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September 2021,

Debut.

Based from google, it means 'a person's first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role.' Today marks our history to debut under the name BABYLON GARDEN. 5 September 2021 became an important to all of us members.

Days before 5 September, we all were sent to various music shows to make our debut stage. From Music Bank, M Countdown, Show Champion etc.. It was recorded before being published to the public.

Me: Fly, 

Everyone: (Hi)gh! We are Babylon Garden!

We did our official greeting along our hand sign

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We did our official greeting along our hand sign. It represents the wings for us and our fans. The idea was pitched in by Muchen when I represent the name for our group.

Staff: We'll start in three minutes! Babylon, get in position!

Soon, everyone rushed to their positions. Readying themselves to start. I can see that my members were nervous. Some were shaking, yet I calmed them down by rubbing their backs.

Jaewoo: Thank you hyung.

Me: You're our maknae, it's normal to feel intimidated. 

Jaewoo: I'll do better. I promise.

I nodded before the music started to play. Yet, I danced flawlessly to the beat. The others were good as well. For people, they won't expect this kind of performance by a rookie group.

Truthfully speaking, Blood Sweat and Tears is not an easy song to dance. It requires dancing precision and right flow. Yet, all of us treated it like our last dance.

My eyes lingered around my members and yet confidence were all they had.

AJ: Ahh, I can remember everything in detail. Which part I had less power in, not really syncing with the other members. 

Staff: Actually, for your first stage. You guys did phenomenal. It's been a while since I've seen a debuting group this good. Especially you Killian. You danced like you're familiar with the stage.

Tobio: Hyung wasn't even fazed. When we were getting ready in the room, everyone was nervous except for him. He was just chilling reading a book like nothing.

After the first song ended, all of us were called to review our footage. Based from a normal POV, it looks better than some veteran groups nowadays. Yet, I was able to sense the little things that was not caught by the normal human eye.

Me: I don't understand why people need to get nervous. I guess it's because they feel like they gotta do MORE than what they can. Everybody does stuff like eat, sleep and go to the bathroom, and nobody gets nervous over it. It's the same for dancing. You just do the same stuff you've done every day in practice. Why get nervous?

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