RAP STAR

Chapter 95 [verse 15, Trend]

The recording studio for producing regular albums has extremely high rental fees. That's why underground musicians often practice their guides thoroughly, synchronize with directors, and then proceed to the actual recording. This helped to minimize the time spent on recording. This process was called recording rehearsal.

As Sanghyun entered the booth and began rapping, the practice room fell silent. Both Kim Woongak and Choi Taeil, as well as Haeyeon, focused intently on Sanghyun's rap.

"It's good."

"Yeah, much better than the guide. At this rate, won't my vocals get completely buried?"

Choi Taeil made a distressed sound. Although said in jest, he meant it. There was something about Sanghyun that attracted people.

The song Sanghyun was featuring on today was titled 'When Today Passes'. 'When Today Passes' was a song based on the actual experiences of vocalist Choi Taeil.

Choi Taeil had a girlfriend since high school. Their feelings remained unchanged during their teenage years and even into their twenties. However, as they entered their thirties, things began to drift apart little by little. Issues like money, stable jobs, marriage, and so on, started emerging as realities.

Although Choi Taeil still loved her, her feelings gradually faded, and eventually, she left completely. And they broke up. The process of parting was not smooth. For lovers who had been together for over ten years, there was a bond that was harder to break than love.

Based on this experience, 'When Today Passes' was about sending away a lover who had left but still remained in the heart, or perhaps due to lingering affection or regret, unable to say goodbye.

And Sanghyun's task was to fill the 16 bars of the second verse.

"It's a story from over four years ago."

A man in a dark room organizing what to say to his lover tomorrow. That was the content Sanghyun would use for his lyrics.

When Choi Taeil first suggested featuring Sanghyun in a rap, he was somewhat anxious. No matter how good one was at rapping or making music, the depth of the lyrics was a different matter.

"Would an 18-year-old high school student understand the feeling of sending away a lover due to realistic pressures?"

However, after listening to the guide Sanghyun sent, Choi Taeil was pleasantly surprised. It perfectly expressed his feelings at the time. It was as if Sanghyun had written the lyrics himself.

No, it was much better than what he could have written.

"A genius indeed."

Choi Taeil looked at Sanghyun, who was focused on the guide, with a strange expression. To be honest, he was quite envious. Not only was Sanghyun talented, but he was also envious of the age when that talent bloomed. Choi Taeil was 33 when he was confident enough to say, "I'm good at music."

Listening to Sanghyun's rap, Choi Taeil quietly thought about the woman who had left him.

"Sorry, I was too hasty.
It's time to stop.
Around February, still cold when I was nineteen,
I fell for you, and that's still valid."

"In your frame,
I wanted to confine you, but I made quite a few mistakes.
It was good, just thinking about you,
Now I'll give up, the conclusion I've reached with difficulty for you and me."

"Of course, I'll say, your faults
Are nonexistent; it's just multiplication by one.
Multiplying zero and one hundred by zero gives the same result: zero.
No matter how much emotion I have, inside you, I'm zero."