KT ENTERTAINMENT PRIVATE AUDITION
NE-YO - LET ME LOVE YOU (ACOUSTIC VERS.)
junhee walks into kt entertainment as if he fears that the building alone might try to eat him alive; he knows it’s impossible, but a part of him is still blown away by the very thought that the wealthiest company in the country scouted him. it’s a polar opposite to his prior experiences, and really rather ironic if he thinks hard about it. park junhee, ex-idol whose company went bankrupt, scouted by the one company that, realistically, wouldn’t ever.
it’s a foot in the door and maybe if it goes well, a continuing dream come true, but breaking the news about being streetcast to his friends at dinner that night had been... better than it could have been. part of him is still disappointed that somehow his best friend wasn’t cast, but knowing wooyoung’s history with trc, it couldn’t have been fully expected either. after a rough few days, jun finally gathers his thoughts and schedules an audition.
what he’ll do however, is another story.
he’s rusty in terms of being a triple threat, which is definitely why he came nowhere close to winning that competition, but he is capable- the question is what is he capable in most? after pursuing a career in musical theatre, his singing is arguably what’s stayed conditioned most, but back in moonlight, he was used more as a dancer. after a few hours of debating, he settles on playing to his strengths.
he’s not sure what exactly inspires his song choice, except that he hadn’t heard it in a very long time and it had recently resurfaced in his head, to the point that he was humming what he could remember and trying to google the lyrics to figure out what it was.
when he enters he bows and greets the casting agent and the other staff respectfully, rattling off his name and what he’ll be displaying and thanking them for the opportunity. he sits, and old habits take over, bolstering his performance of a basic song and showing that he certainly didn’t lack vocal training. it’s just an audition, he reminds himself, but even still he finds himself falling into the performance fully, as if it were something more and he were re-enacting a memory from performances long ago rather than a new, mildly terrifying experience for him. his timbre is steady, having picked a song easily within his range and own skill, and though melisma is something he hasn’t practiced actively in a long time, he owes his thanks to theatre and its demanding nature to further refinement of his vocal capability.
the lyrics make him think of eunji, who has been there for him without fail ever since they became friends, how her experiences have coloured her outlook on life and how jun has always tried to encourage her to look past it, to overcome it like she continues to do every day. it’s a bit of a love song, and maybe if he ever had the courage (liquid or genuine) to sing the same song in front of her one day, she might understand his heart a little more than she did already. it’s part of what helps him pull this one off though, singing with true feeling instead of pretend- and it makes him realize that he still has to thank her for pushing him to enter the competition; he was only standing in kt entertainment right now because of her, and he needed to let her know how thankful he was for her.
when he finishes and the room falls silent again, he thanks the agent for the opportunity to audition and bows lowly, already waiting anxiously to see what fight might have in store for him.
