Chapter 422
The long-awaited new song is coming out today.
Maybe it’s because I had no schedule, but I ended up getting out of bed late for lunch.
Looking out the window, it’s incredibly sunny.
Feeling the heat from the window makes it clear that summer has arrived.
Yawning, I stepped into the living room, where I was greeted by a chaotic scene of items sprawled everywhere.
“What are you doing?”
“What does it look like? I’m doing a deep clean.”
“Oh….”
Well, I suppose it is about time, isn’t it?
It’s the season to pack away long sleeves and bring out summer clothes.
Actually, it seems a bit late for that.
“Come here and help me clean up.”
“Me?”
“Or should Bok-sil help?”
Glancing over, I saw Bok-sil comfortably sprawled on a cushion.
Right, what would that guy know about cleaning?
Still, you know…
I’m a precious child of a noble family, after all.
“I’m a celebrity.”
“Do celebrities not eat?”
“So what should I start with?”
Since it was a holiday and not much needed to be done, maybe I could help out a bit for old time’s sake?
I pretended to roll up my sleeves and approached Mrs. Jang, who pointed to a box.
“Go to your room and put the clothes you no longer wear in here.”
“Oh, okay.”
Now that I think about it, I should sort through my own clothes too.
I headed to my wardrobe and pulled out a pile of clothes.
“Why are your clothes so many?”
“They’re all sponsorships; I can’t throw them away.”
Most of the clothes I got as sponsorships when I became popular were autumn or winter wear, so now in summer, I had quite a few that I needed to pack away.
I had been worried that my closet was getting cramped, but it looks like it’ll clear out nicely.
“That’s for winter clothes, so put the autumn ones over there.”
“Oh, where are my summer clothes?”
“We’ll get those out in a bit.”
Anyway, I helped clean up the house while sorting clothes for the first time in a while.
I felt good having cleaned up after so long, but…
“…How long are we going to be doing this?”
“We’re almost done.”
I ended up working hard since there was quite a lot of clothes to sort.
“I’m back.”
By the time Manager Kim returned home, I was slumped on the floor.
“Why are you like this?”
“I did a bit of cleaning.”
Seeing his grown-up daughter lounging in the living room, Manager Kim looked shocked but nodded after hearing Mrs. Jang’s words.
“You must be wiped out.”
It’s only natural for them to think I’m all worn out from just cleaning.
…Do I really look that weak and unhealthy?
I raised my arm and touched my bicep lightly.
After all, I had been acting and taking part in various external activities, so I hoped there would at least be some muscle.
But…
Soft and squishy.
I’m really just a human made of bone and flesh, huh?
…The first part of Jisoo’s story ends with an action scene.
I wonder if I can pull it off.
When it comes to action scenes, don’t you just roll around, and huh? Beat up prepared stunt actors or something?
Especially considering what’s coming up in part two…
Should I consider hitting the gym?
“Come out and eat!”
Anyway, after that, we shared dinner together for the first time in a while.
These days, it’s been hard for either me or Manager Kim to come home at the same time.
After that…
“Is today the day?”
“Yup, it is.”
With the air conditioning turned on, the whole family gathered in front of the TV.
Even Bok-sil took up a spot.
“What time is it?”
“Soon, soon.”
“Wow, I thought our daughter had flopped since she hadn’t been on TV in a while…”
“Oh, what do you mean?”
We weren’t gathering just to see her on TV, it just happened to be that the timing matched for us to watch together.
Still, I felt a bit nervous watching together.
I wonder how they edited it?
If it comes out just as it was filmed, that would already be half decent…
After a while of waiting in front of the TV.
“Here it comes.”
After the commercial, the awaited variety show finally began.
“Wow, our daughter…”
“Is that really you?”
In front of the TV, our family looked at me with some pride.
“How do I look? Do I look different?”
On the screen was me busking in the rain.
If I were to evaluate the variety show I just saw, I really liked it.
Maybe the PD liked me a lot, because they really did spotlight me.
With the song release and the show nearing its end, the response was something to look forward to.
“But is that guitar okay?”
As I watched the busking content with satisfaction, Mrs. Jang pointed to the guitar and asked.
“Oh, that…?”
Um, uh…
It seems quite splendid.
After a performance, I came home and cleaned it carefully, but it never returned to its prime condition.
The world of instruments is a harsh one.
An instrument that can’t produce its natural sound simply retires.
“I thought I saw that when we were cleaning the warehouse earlier.”
“…I should probably buy a new one.”
Since Miro’s guitar was deemed trash, I needed to pull out number two…
But I still haven’t found a suitable one yet, so since then, I’ve just borrowed guitars on every music program I went on.
Park Kang-seok said we could just buy the same one again, but… if I’m buying a new one, it wouldn’t feel right to get the same one, right?
So now, I’m on the lookout for a different top-tier guitar.
Well, enough about the guitar…
“So, is the song coming out now?”
“Right, it just got announced.”
Now I need to think about the new song that will be registered on the music site.
I leaned back on the sofa, watching the end of the variety show leisurely.
The results should be good, right?
The busking variety show I just watched has a pretty good viewer rating.
Since I managed to create a scene that my parents could be impressed with, I’d say it surpasses expectations.
After finishing the show, I headed into my room.
I saw my phone was buzzing with messages from everywhere.
A positive message from the composer saying the start is good, responses from the PD of the variety show saying the feedback is great, and even from agency and friends.
My phone felt like it was going to explode from all the notifications about the just-released song.
But…
“Hm.”
I sent a quick reply and put my phone aside for a moment.
With my new song out, things are bound to get busier from now on, but for today, I plan to just relax as a full holiday.
So, I left my phone behind and stepped into the soundproof booth.
On a holiday, I need to do a broadcast, don’t I?
Since I haven’t done it much lately, I’ve been looking forward to doing it today.
With a variety show and a new song released, the community must be buzzing with excitement, right?
If I go live now, the chat will be hopping for sure.
I sat down in front of the computer and quickly set up the broadcast.
I made a rough title, and I just needed to hit the start button…
“Hmm….”
Suddenly, my new song came to mind.
Since I want it to do well, should I give it a little push?
But how much should I push it…
It’s better than doing nothing at all, right?
Before going live, I logged into the music site and played the song.
Copyright… well, what does that even matter?
– ???
– Hello hello
– Is being rained on okay??
– What’s this song??? lol
– This b**** finally shows up
And just like that, when I started the broadcast, viewers flooded in.
Seeing them come in much faster than usual means they were probably waiting for it.
“Uh? Oh, I heard this when I was watching TV today; it was nice.”
Saying that, I casually opened the music site to show the track.
It hadn’t been up long enough for rankings to come out yet, but comments were continuously flooding in.
– Ohh
– I see
– Ah~ that’s the setting?
“Isn’t the song nice?”
– It’s nice, yeah.
– If you say it’s bad, do you get banned??
– Pretty shameless, huh?
“Anyway, it’s been a while, so I’m glad to see you all.”
– Please go live more often, damn it.
– Why is the song on repeat?
– But the song is nice lol
– Is this a signal to start streaming?
“Eh, it’s another artist’s song; what’s streaming? I wouldn’t mind if you did, though…”
– hahaha
– The usual WWE~
– This guy just turned on the broadcast to promote, huh?
– Share some busking stories!
“So what should we do today?”
Now that the broadcast has started, I need to do something…
But I’m a little uncertain about what to do.
To be honest, I really haven’t been able to stream much lately.
I’ve been that busy.
Is that why?
Normally, I would easily start something, but now I find myself hesitating.
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Spoiler) They’ll pretend to think and then jump into Civilization!
“Oh, really?”
Well, it’s a relief that one of my wonderful viewers quickly suggested something good.
Yeah, it’s time to dive back into old games.
“I was planning to find a new game, but that made it easier for me.”
– ??
– ?
– You damn
– Downward spiral
– What kind of nonsense is that?
And yet, why was Civilization such a turn-off?
The chat quickly filled with question marks and comments about the downward spiral.
“What do you want?!”
In any case.
I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to do that.
It’s a downward spiral. It’s a nuisance.
Our precious viewers, they sure have plenty of demands.
– How about League?
– Share some variety show stories!
– How about a horror game?
But the suggestions aren’t exactly fresh or exciting.
It’s the same League, horror game, etc.
Should I consider giving it a go?
“Want to try League?”
To be honest, it’s not that I haven’t streamed it before.
I put in a lot of effort until reaching level 30, right?
So it won’t be a big deal to play it again.
– Let’s go!
– Finally doing it!
– Wow haha
– Are we checking ranked games?
“Ranked… um, I need to get used to it first.”
Three years of absence from the game is a significant gap.
Even though I was just on the doorstep of Master back when I quit at Diamond 4, regaining my footing won’t be easy.
I need to do some meta practicing through normal games first.
“So, how about we do a participant game to get accustomed?”
– Really?
– No way, right?
– Wow, damn!
– But how long is that song going to loop?
– Wow haha!
And with that.
To the rhythm of my new song played on repeat,
I started my long-awaited League participant stream after quite a while.