I BECAME AN IDOL TO PAY OFF MY DEBT

CHAPTER 74

Alright, let’s start the Second Team’s stage now-!”

Finally, the Second Team’s stage began, and my teammates and I watched the monitor in the waiting room with tense eyes.

Up until recently, the Second Team had been making crunchy dissonant sounds, but… knowing the members, we couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Just as I swallowed a dry gulp in the midst of my tension, the intro of the Second Team’s song started playing.

♪♬♪♬-!

“…Hmm.”

As soon as I heard the intro, I didn’t have any specific thoughts.

It wasn’t much different from what we heard during the mid-term evaluation.

‘Did they just decide to go with the original without major changes…?’

Unlike us, who completely changed the song’s concept and genre right after the mid-term evaluation, it seemed the Second Team had decided to stick with the original version.

However… their stage had been a total mess at that time.

‘I wonder how much they’ve improved.’

I focused intently on the stage, trying to spot where the Second Team had changed.

And as soon as I saw Seo Yoo-jin’s part in the introduction, I understood the thought process behind their preparation.

-One day, we will soar into the sky

-And cross over the lake

“What the…”

“The dance is different. Did they create this?”

The Second Team’s song, “Black Swan” by the Twenty-Second Night, was an old track from the late 2000s, but it’s still regarded as a classic.

This was because every member had outstanding vocal ability and rap skills, flawlessly delivering the song.

Thanks to that, the song was incredibly challenging, but…

Back in their heyday, the Twenty-Second Night could sing this live without any issues every time they hit the stage.

Most people assumed it was due to their overwhelming vocal talents, which is true, but there’s another factor.

It’s the change in the dance difficulty.

In the past, idols could easily sing challenging songs live, but the dance complexity wasn’t as intense as it is now.

However, nowadays, idols are valued more for their flashy dance moves rather than their vocal abilities.

The increase in dance difficulty is also a big reason why today’s idols struggle to sing live.

And “Black Swan” is undeniably a song from the old-school idol era.

While it demands exceptional vocal skills, the choreography difficulty wasn’t that great.

But….

-People disregard us

-Spreading black wings

-To the sky

“Wow…, that’s insane…”

“They’ve danced like that without missing a note…”

Now, the Second Team maintained the song’s difficulty while creating and adding their own choreography.

They aimed to grasp both the old idols’ fancy techniques and the new idols’ dazzling dances.