Chapter 140

[Me: I’m busy]

[Coral Blue Lira: (File) Fighting!]

[Me: I said I’m busy]

[Me: Okay?]

[Coral Blue Lira: (Crying rabbit emoji)]

[Coral Blue Lira: (Gifticon)]

‘Is she really out of her mind?’

I think this every time, but during this break period, at least for us, Seven, it didn’t apply.

There may not be any university festivals, but there are constant big company events and local festivals.

Video calls and fan signing events with overseas fans.

Ad shoots and collaborative fan signing events with advertising companies.

And on top of that, the individual schedules of the members, including ad shoots.

If I happen to have some time, I’ve also been consistently communicating with fans through the WE app, Bubble, and SNS.

At least today, when no schedules were set, I was planning to rest without rehearsals.

“Guys, the manager said to go to the company. It’s urgent.”

If I hadn’t received an urgent call from the company.

“Ugh, can’t the leader at least cut us a little slack?”

“I admit, if I were the leader, I would’ve cut it right away.”

Recently, it seems like charisma is rising.

The youngest is breaking free.

“Huh?”

“What?”

“Jeon Ha-rang, Do-hee Lee, stop the nonsense and get dressed quickly.”

“Yes.” “Sure.”

When we arrived at the designated place, Director Lee Shin-soo from Shock Entertainment was already there waiting for us.

“Ah, you’re here?”

Director seemed unusually excited.

What’s going on? Are they planning to pull something on us?

“Ah, I feel bad for you busy folks; I should’ve at least given you a vacation. I’m sorry for calling you even on a day like this~”

Of course, it didn’t seem like they were actually going to give us a vacation.

“But the information I need to share with you all today will be brief, so just hang in there for a bit~”

After exchanging formal greetings with the director, as soon as we all sat down, the director jumped straight into the main topic.

“Alright, the reason I called you all here today is to convey an important message.”

What could be that important at this moment?

“Drumroll, please~”

The director whimsically tapped the table.

How did a person like this even become a director?

The director, who had been subtly raising the tension, finally clapped cheerfully and exclaimed.

“I’ve scheduled your solo concert!”

At that moment, all of our gazes, including mine, turned to Director Lee Shin-soo.

“Really!?”

“A concert…!”

Now I understand why they are a director.

‘They were excited about making loads of money.’

*

The first solo concert.

Considering we hadn’t even held a joint concert apart from our year-end stage, this was an extremely exciting word for us.

Moreover, this concert is a world tour starting in Seoul and traveling to various countries like Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Japan.
“How many people can fit in the Olympic gymnastics arena?”

“Max is 15,000 seats, but if we consider convenience and reduce the space, it’ll be around 8,000 to 11,000 seats.”

“First, the Seoul concert is set for about two days.”

“The venue is the Olympic gymnastics arena.”

“So that means almost ten thousand people will be watching only me.”

“A concert is…”

“Honestly, I was disappointed with the domestic piano competition, which turned out to be quieter and smaller than I expected.”

“It wouldn’t be wrong to call it a dream stage.”

“The surroundings dimmed, and the dazzling stage was brightly lit.”

“Countless people, beyond imagination.”

“Of course, I’ve never been to a concert.”

“But for me, standing in the center was what mattered.”

“My heart is already beating fast, and my body is trembling.”

“So I immediately called my mom.”

“Mom! I’m having a concert!”

– “Concert!?”

“Yeah!”

“She’ll be the happiest for me.”

– “Our daughter is gonna make lots of money!”

“…?”

– “I’ve been uncomfortable in bed lately.”

“…So what?”

– “My back hurts a little…”

“…Okay, I’ll buy you something expensive…”

– “Congrats on your first concert, my princess! I’ll definitely go with Dad and Do-ah then!”

“She was happy for me.”

*

“Wow, I can’t believe I’m having a concert.”

Seo-yoon Unni nodded beside me.

“Yeah, I used to be an audience member.”

“I’ve never been to one.”

“Huh…? You’ve never been? What about Pastel Love’s concert?”

“Nope.”

“Should I have gone?”

“Seriously, Do-hee, why are you even becoming an idol?”

“Born to be an idol.”

Days went by, and the members buzzed with concert talk.

“Hey everyone, gather around.”

Amidst the applause, Hana Unni’s voice called us over.

As the members sat down in the living room, Hana Unni presented her tablet in the center.

“Guys, I just got the draft for the setlist!”

“Oh, it’s done?”

“Yep.”

On Hana Unni’s tablet screen was a draft setlist created through meetings with the concert planning team and Shock Entertainment’s performance directing team.

It looked sparse and empty with gaps here and there.

Hana Unni pointed at the screen and started a brief introduction.

“First off, you guys know, but to organize a concert, we need at least 20 songs. The draft has 18 songs as a base. Currently, we have a total of 7 songs, including ‘Fallen for You.'”

“Even though we released our third album, with the tight comeback schedule, everything had to be singles, so naturally, we ended up with fewer songs.”

“That’s also why it’s only now, with almost a year gone by, that we can hold the concert.”

“And for our survival, we were suggested to have unit stages with about two of the four theme evaluation songs from the third round, but we’ll decide later who will do those…”
“It seems like it would be good to pick about two out of the four theme evaluation songs for the third round and do a unit stage, but we’ll decide who will do it a bit later…”

“Oh, are we going to see the cute and charming unit stage from the youngest, Do-hee~? The fans will love it, right~?”

“Shut up.”

“Let’s listen to Seo-yoon first before we talk.”

Hana Unni spoke while tapping her tablet with a pen.

“Finally, for the encore stage, we will repeat two title songs… we have seven songs left. We’re supposed to come up with a unit or solo cover stage. Have you all thought about what you want to do?”

Honestly, since the concert was confirmed, everyone has talked endlessly about the setlist while juggling schedules. Each person must have something they really want to perform.

So, after much contemplation, my wish is…

“I definitely want to do a boy group song.”

It’s time to show the hidden power!

“Oh, and I want Do-hee to have a stage where she sings or just plays the piano.”

Damn it.

“Then let’s assume Do-hee is doing a solo piano stage.”

I want to be a girl crush too…

“We have six left. Let’s each say what songs we want to do now!”

As Hana Unni concluded, the members began to argue energetically.

“Me! I want Ye-eun’s chic song…”

“Forget that. She just dyed her hair black again.”

“Really…? Aww…”

“Me! A hip-hop song! I really want to do a rap song!”

“That sounds good. You and Chae-rin can do a unit.”

“I’d like that too.”

“I want to do a piano stage with Do-hee…!”

“Hey, Sara, can you play the piano?”

“I’ll learn…”

“You think you can keep up with her just by learning?”

“Then I’ll do the vocals… and Do-hee can play the piano…”

“The planning document says to make it a solo stage for Do-hee.”

“…Then I want to do a pop song.”

“But it would be nice to have a boy group cover, right? For performance, boy group songs are the best.”

“Oh… then can I do it too?”

“You need to do a cute stage and piano. What are you talking about?”

“Ugh…”

“But I feel like we should do one group cover too, right?”

“Then let’s do that as a boy group…? A group performance would be cool and really great…”

“Seo-yoon’s condition has been bad lately, so she can’t do that~”

“Should I make it worse?”

“Tsk, you have no filter when it comes to talking back to Unni, do you?”

“Sigh…”

“But Chae-rin, don’t you want to see those two fight properly at least once?”

“Ha-rang Unni, please be quiet.”

“No, I just said one thing.”

The seven songs that were finally selected after a fierce debate with no one backing down were reported to the company staff.

Like the rookie’s arbitrary cover stage, the company rejected it multiple times.
After being rejected.

It wasn’t until I reordered a few things and added a song that I could finally get a confirmation.

*

A while later, news of Seven’s first concert was revealed through an article.

[Seven confirms first solo concert… Tour to seven cities starting from Seoul to Bangkok]

[Official: Seven will showcase their first concert after debut… First solo concert at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in September]

[Seven’s first Asia tour attracts local attention… Major Philippine media interested]

-Wow, it’s insane that Seven is having a concert in less than a year ㄷㄷ

-Finally doing it ㅠㅠㅠ but September…? How do I wait for 2 months…?

-Wow, starting with the gymnastics arena for the first concert? Truly Seven, huh?

└Is that many? Boy groups fill up Gocheok every time, isn’t Gocheok 20,000?

└Boy groups fill Gocheok fast, but girl groups consider filling the gymnastics arena a top group… Even Cobble filled it.

└Yeah, girl groups have never performed in a venue bigger than gymnastics arenas.

└Oh really? I didn’t know that.

-Skipping Jamsil and going to the gymnastics arena?? Can we really fill it all up?

└It’s a bit ambiguous, but since it’s two days, I think they can fill it.

-But are they going overseas too? Is Seven popular abroad?

└If they do well in Korea, they gain popularity overseas these days.

-Isn’t Seven still a rookie? I think it’d be better to perform at Jamsil Indoor Gym. Their agency is clearly being greedy.

└Lol, if the agency was greedy, they would’ve done it at Jamsil and raised ticket prices for more profit.

└Seriously, some people just don’t know anything ㅋㅋ

-But am I the only one who thinks I can’t get tickets?

Naturally, Seven’s first concert became a hot topic in itself.

But what became even more newsworthy was that their first concert would be held right at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena.

In fact, even Seven’s own fans weren’t confident they could fill the venue.

That’s understandable considering that even Coral Blue, which had started with a massive splash, managed to fill that venue only in its third year.

So, there was a little bit of anxiety lingering.

On the other hand…

[Me: Senior, is this song being arranged with a geomungo?]

[Coral Blue Lira: Yes]

[Me: I think it sounds good. It goes well with the 808]

[Coral Blue Lira: (Thumbs up bunny emoji)]

[Coral Blue Lira: (Gifticon)]

[Me: You don’t have to give me that though. But can I ask you something, senior?]

[Coral Blue Lira: Of course]

[Me: Where did you hold your domestic concert?]

[Coral Blue Lira: We had it at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena~]

[Me: Ah, so we’re the same ㅋㅋ]

[Me: Got it!]

[Coral Blue Lira: ???]

Do-hee was simply satisfied.

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