__sen98 🔥 ㅡ ”Thank you for being born. You said you hate getting gifts so I will leave something for the fans. Happy birthday.” - posted by Sen’s Manager
DECEMBER SCHEDULE ㅡ in which Chorong seemingly pesters the producer of Dandelion’s next comeback.
Han Chorong entering the recording studio early brought an odd sensation to her stomach. It was not one of disdain or blatant rejection of the concept. In fact, she was admittedly ignorant to the inner workings of the process of making the music itself, but she found it an inherently beautiful thing that couldn’t be overlooked so easily. The closest she achieved in the way of creating her own songs was playing around with random successions of notes on one of the practice room’s keyboards. None of the messy melodies were coherent enough to be considered proper songs.
So, her stomach tied itself in knots from nerves.
She intended to observe as closely as she could ㅡ before the other Dandelion members could leave the dorm. ( The amount of begging directed toward her manager helped a fair deal to get her there. )
She sucked in a breath as she entered the room, peeking around the corner to see if any others arrived yet. Instead, a man with a familiar, intimidating aura stands in the middle of the studio. He checked his watch on occasion as if counting down to the seconds his next clients might be late to their recording session.
More than ever, Chorong had the privilege of seeing and speaking to her seniors more than thought she ever would. It was difficult enough keeping her composure in the same room as them. How was it, that she was supposed to sit still in a situation like this?
The door squeaking uncomfortably loud as she made her way inside, adding on a meek greeting as she did so. “Hello…” She lowered her head, making sure to bow as low as possible to show her respect for him. ( She should show her teachers at school as much courtesy, but with what she already gave them, it slipped her mind to provide anything more. Even if the studio currently felt like a classroom, it was far from a schoolroom setting. For that, she was thankful. )
In spite of Chorong’s disconnect with music creation, she had a profound respect for groups able to eventually produce and release their own music. It allowed them to go beyond the image of an idol rolled off the presses of some factory. Phoenix was among one of the groups she looked up quite a bit to in that aspect.
“Come on in, have a seat.” He gestured to one of the chairs along the wall. The cushions looked recently reupholstered with some sort of faux leather ㅡ a completely new vibe for their new building. Surprisingly, it made no noticeable sound as she sank into it. The producer glanced at his watch once more. “We’re just waiting for more of your members to show up and then we’ll be able to get started.”
With hands tucked in front of her, Chorong slowly made her way into a comfortable posture that wouldn’t show how anxious she truly was. Though, the incredibly awkward silence between the only two people in the room was enough to make it worse. She bared her teeth in an awkward, forced smile that inadvertently forced her eyes open rather wide.
After a few more minutes of silence, the young idol finally found the courage to speak up and ask a question. Perhaps it would ease the tension hanging in the air and put her in good graces with one of the many experienced producers working for the company. “SO.” She cleared her throat to lower her own volume, catching herself in a notably bad habit of hers when she got nervous. ( That and clenching her jaw until it painfully ached. ) “So, um, do you usually make the lyrics before you do the background music or the other way around? I heard the tune for the title track and it’s really nice!”
Before the producer could spit out an answer, the door opened hastily, nearly hitting Chorong who was a little too close than she should have been. The rest of Dandelion poured in, apologizing in unison for being a minute away from the time they were set to be there.
And throughout, Chorong still wore her intrigued smile.
summary: rehearsing the christmas ballad version of holiday and yurim takes it as an opportunity to look back at her year
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it felt a little odd to turn a up-tempo dance song into a ballad version. yurim is assuming that yuseong chose holiday specifically because it’s, well, titled holiday so it’s a good fit for the end of the year. however, she was a little skeptical when she first heard of the plan. it seemed a little forceful, and she thinks the smarter idea would have been to just have them perform the original song with holiday inspired clothing or something. surely, bonbons would have enjoyed seeing them dressed up in red, white and green.
the end of the year for idols meant little sleep and lots of remixes of the same songs. yurim can’t say that she dislikes the end of the year events because it is indeed a nice recap of how the music industry moved throughout the year. however, she will admit that she gets tired around this time of the year. it’s inevitable with the amount of schedules that get packed onto their board during this time. she tries to see the best of it all: etoile wouldn’t be so busy if they weren’t desired.
she takes a seat as she waits for her other members and staff members to all arrive. she also takes this moment to look back at what kind of year it’s been for herself as well as the group. there’s no denying that etoile’s had a pretty good year. the comebacks they’ve had have all been well received, and she thinks that the shift in sound wasn’t too severe but enough so that their songs didn’t sound too repetitive.
as for yurim herself, she’s gotten a chance to do things on her own this year. not a whole lot because it’s not like that’s what she wants but just enough to keep her fans satisfied with yuseong’s work. a portal single and then a brand deal that was top-notch in her opinion and then the word of a solo debut. while it’d be short, the music was all catering to her taste and image.
time flies, and etoile’s already reached year four as a group. she knows that idol groups don’t have the longest careers in this industry, but she’s glad to know that the group isn’t wavering just yet. despite what people try to judge of her, she enjoys singing and performing, and she’d like to do more of it.
