Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: Rxel
Chapter 231
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Hello, everyone.
(Hello!) (Hi!) (Hey, Wang Jiho, lower your voice. You’re hurting my ears.) (Ebebebe… Aaah!) (Guys, let Woojoo Hyung talk…) (Do you want some jelly, Bijoo? This is from America.)
Guys, how many words do you need to say hello?
(How many words did we say, Rihyuk Hyung?) (About twenty-three. I’m not sure.) (Wow, we talk a lot.) (I agree. We should have been Soodaz instead of New Black.) (Murmur murmur.)
Who’s murmur murmur? Junghyun, do you want to leave the practice room? (Yes.)
No. (Yes.)Geez, this is chaotic.
Let’s look at some comments. Do you love New Black? You expressed your love with a question mark. We love you! With three exclamation marks!
(That means we give you two hearts~!) (Ta-da!) (Let’s make a giant heart! Mega heart!) (Like this?) (…It’s been a long time since I felt sorry for that old man.)
Guys! Let me talk-! (Kyahaha!)
Phew. Are you frowning? No, I’m not. I have an eye twitch because I’m low on magnesium.
There are a lot of comments.
It feels nostalgic that we did our first live broadcast on this SNS… (Hyung, you’re going to say something cheesy again.) (Leave him alone. It’s his dark past.) (That was when you did the school uniform prank, Bijoo.) (Shut up. Enjoy your jelly.) (Thanks.) (Yeah. Oops… Hyung, I won’t say anything more.)
…
(Is Woojoo Hyung upset?) (I saw a survey that said someone gets more upset if you say they’re upset. So are you upset?) (Are you angry?) (Why is Woojoo Hyung upset?)
I’m hap…
Ahem.
Excuse me. Minki Hyung, how do I end this…
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Hello, Soufflé!
Why did I end the broadcast just now? Um. No way. This is our first live broadcast today. There was no live broadcast just now. Right? (No.) (Nuh.) (Yes, Hyung.) (Yesss…)
What happened in five minutes? Nothing happened. Who’s Woojoo grandpa’s droopy pants. (Correct! Correct!) Is there no ban function?
Why are the younger ones so polite?
They’re always nice and polite. They’re good kids. (Heh) (Haha) Ignore the breathing sounds you hear. Where are you look… Hm? Jiho is showing some words with a smartphone billboard app?
If you don’t listen, you’ll go to the studio… Jiho, put that down. Hurry.
Ahem.
Anyway, we came to see our Soufflés because we missed you. Our third album release is coming up, right? We thought you might be bored waiting for us, so we came!
(…)
Cheer up. Guys.
(Wow!) (Can we talk now?)
Stay still. (Yes…)
Let’s see. ‘You guys work hard to take care of them. I feel you.’ You said. You’re a Soufflé who’s raising a child. That’s really hard… What? You’ve only raised a Tamagotchi? (Hahaha!)
Ahem.
Anyway, let’s get to the point.
We’re practicing our choreography right now. Today, we invited a special guest to show you our third album choreography.
He’s a world-class dancer who has choreographed Logan Smith’s ‘Control’ and many other pop stars, as well as advised on countless musical movies… He came from LA, USA, and his disciple.
Clay Taylor and Joy Taylor!
(Wow!)
Please understand. Clay and Joy are tired because they haven’t adjusted to the time difference yet. It’s not because of us. (That’s right.)
Well, then, Clay. Please say hello.
He says he’s glad to meet you.
By the way, Clay. Our Soufflés have some questions for you. I’ll ask you in English.
After you went on the broadcast, this meme went viral. It’s a facial expression analyzer… It said you had a 100 percent happy expression after coaching our choreography.
Oh, sad face, you say you were sad.
The misunderstanding is cleared! (Wow!)
How about now? Are you happy? (Are you happy?) (Yes…) Wow. He says he’s happy. (He says he’s happy!) (Music! Music!)
-New Black, world-class choreographer ‘Clay Taylor’ with SNS live broadcast
-New Black previews third album with live broadcast… Who is the choreographer ‘Clay Taylor’?
-New Black SNS live, choreographer Clay Taylor “Working with New Black, I’m so happy I could go crazy.”
There’s one more question. How do you rate New Black’s overall dance, Clay?
Yes. The overall dance line is very beautiful and pretty. If the lead dancer Woojoo holds the center axis, the main dancer B will upgrade the team’s dance to the next level…
Yes. Bijoo…
And also Bijoo.
(Are you praising Bijoo for the fifth minute now?)
Yes. Bijoo’s…
I’ll skip Bijoo when I interpret. Everyone.
(You’ve passed 10 minutes.)
Yes.
Yes.
Yes…
(It’s been 15 minutes. 15 minutes.)
Clay, let’s stop here for time’s sake. (Seon, please. let me finish my…)
Do you have anything to say, Joy? (Yeah.)
Is it praise for Bijoo? (Yes.)
Please do it in 3 minutes… Yes, I’ll give you time to summarize.
The choreography coaching was carried out for 4 days as contracted.
It was a short time, but it was enough for them to learn from the other’s know-how.
In fact, there was nothing special to criticize about the choreography, and their skills had improved a lot.
The questions also decreased.
“Tell me honestly. Do you have a factory hidden somewhere that makes questions?”
“Their questions are so diverse and endless. Dad.”
They looked more comfortable thanks to the better environment they provided them last time.
“It’s too hard.”
“I want to go back to LA.”
It was a beneficial time for both of them.
They also accepted the feedback from the choreographers and modified the choreography of the title and the follow-up songs more naturally.
And they also had something to gain.
“B, can I take your practice video if you have one?”
“My practice video?”
“I want to use it as a teaching material. Sometimes there are students who think that they can’t improve anymore when they reach a certain level.”
Bijoo gladly agreed.
“Of course.”
“Oh.”
“But I’ll ask you a few more questions.”
“…”
The faces of the Tyler father and daughter wilted like boiled cabbage.
Instead, Bijoo filmed the solo videos of the two choreographies they wanted.
As the camera was set up, and Bijoo moved his body gracefully in the center of the practice room, the two dancers smiled with satisfaction.
After all, Woojoo didn’t know much about dance, but he felt like it was so nice to watch.
How would the experts feel?
They also praised their main dancer a lot during the live broadcast.
And their reaction to them was…
“Good…”
“Oh, did you see Clay twitch his nose when Bijoo gestured?”
“Look at Joy clasping his hands.”
“That’s why foreigners watch reaction videos. It’s interesting.”
Woojoo was happy.
Woojoo thought he knew why foreign pros who praised Korea on TV were popular. He was not the one being praised, but he felt so good.
Every time Bijoo was praised, their shoulders became Hallasan and Baekdusan.
As Woojoo watched Bijoo dancing solo, Rihyuk stuck out his tongue.
“But when did he get like that? He didn’t have much personal practice time either.”
“That’s right. Just when I thought I was catching up a little bit, he’s already one step ahead.”
Bijoo was showing off his dance skills that had gone further ahead.
Did he practice so much after Masquerade that Woojoo can’t even dare to follow that dance line?
Woojoo could follow the movements exactly, but he wondered if he could reproduce that expression that he felt from his face to his whole body.
If the shadow looked nice, was it his mood?
When he tilted his head slightly to the rhythm, he felt like his hair was dancing too.
“He’s amazing. That Hyung too.”
Rihyuk smiled bitterly.
“If I could dance like that, I would keep a decent level. He practiced like that because he wanted to do better.”
“Hmm?”
Junghyun tilted his head.
“It’s strange.”
“Why?”
“He increased his practice time because he saw you practicing the song from the hit song group. He’s already good at it, but he works harder. His specialty is dancing, but he wants to do well at that too.”
“Are you talking about that guy?”
“Yeah. I also practiced my facial expressions more for the stage after seeing him practice.”
Come to think of it, Woojoo also had the same thought when he saw Jiho practicing his cameo. The youngest one was working so hard, was he being too relaxed as the oldest one?
So he increased his workload.
While Bijoo was filming the choreography video, they looked at each other and said, ‘You too?’ and chatted.
Jiho laughed.
“That’s us. You know, from the folk tale, the brothers who became the sun and the moon…? They threw more rice cakes at each other and killed the tiger.”
“Don’t you mean the loving brothers? The other ones had a sad ending.”
“Oh, right. The loving five brothers.”
They smiled at each other.
Woojoo felt a bit relieved from the worry he had recently, ‘Am I the only one slacking off while the others are working hard?’
It was when they were huddled together like a group of penguins and cheered each other up.
“Hmm? What are you guys doing?”
It was their second one, who was dabbing his face with a towel after finishing the video.
“We’re just having a friendly chat for a moment.”
“Yeah. Bijoo, come on in.”
“Okay.”
He seemed to like being with them, so he joined them quickly.
Soon after, they all said, ‘Wow, we’re living hard, aren’t we?’ and Woojoo also said with a smile, “Then I’ll work harder and do more song production…”
Woojoo got some harsh reactions.
“Please. Don’t do anything.”
“What are you going to do more there? Seriously…”
“No way.”
“Take a break. Hyung. Please.”
They were saying that they would die if Woojoo increased the song production more when they were already exhausted.
Did Woojoo do that much?
“Uh, Hyung, if you’re worried, I’ll just reduce my dance practice.”
Bijoo was so anxious that he even stuttered.
Everyone laughed.
Rihyuk smirked and said, “Think about who made our practice load like this in the first place.”
“Thanks to your letter?”
“Hey!”
They said goodbye to the two dancers after dinner.
“Hahaha! Joy!”
“Dad, hehehe!”
Was it because the marinated ribs were delicious? Or was it because they were freed from them?
It was half and half, but the father and daughter laughed and joked throughout the meal.
So they joked along.
“See you again for the fourth album.”
“…”
If there was a scale for pupil dilation, what Woojoo was seeing now would be about 8.0.
Their brains seemed to be sending out signals like ‘It’s an earthquake! Evacuate!’ over and over.
They said with a smile, “Just kidding.”
The father and daughter who had their eyes wide open burst into laughter.
“Hahaha! Joy!”
“Dad, hehehe!”
It depended on the results of the third album, but if the budget allowed, they wanted to call them again for the fourth album.
Not just because they had a reputation as world-class choreographers, but because they really hit the nail on the head.
They were like a crab tutor who picked out and filled in the parts they needed.
But their opinion was different.
“It’s possible because you have that much ability.”
No matter how passionate they were to teach them something, there was a time limit.
They said they were able to fill in the remaining 1 in a short period of time because they had raised the completion level to 99.
“Not only B, but all of you have improved.”
“Yeah. I agree with dad.”
“So next time, you won’t need us.”
“Dad is making sense today.”
Joy Tyler agreed with him, hitting the beat.
Woojoo thought he should invite them again next time. He made money from the royalties, so why not spend some on them?
Would that make them his slaves?
“Call me when you come to America. Let’s have a meal at a nice restaurant.”
With those words, Clay gave each of them a gift.
He said it was a return for the cookies they gave him last time.
By their standards, they were expensive gifts, but judging by their reactions, they had more wealth than that.
Only their youngest was impressed and said, “Oh, you prepared something modest.”
“Wow…”
It was a pair of shoes from a famous American sports brand. He said it was a limited edition that he got through his connections.
Junghyun’s eyes widened and he asked, “Is this what I think it is?” It seemed like a very valuable item.
The members were happy as they unwrapped their gifts.
“And this is for you, Seon. I considered your taste.”
“Oh…”
Woojoo was momentarily dazzled by the limited edition floral tracksuit that even famous pop stars wore.
There were hundreds of roses embroidered all over it.
While he was moved, the others froze as if they had found a bomb.
“We’re doomed. What do we do?”
“This is crazy. We can’t even take it away from him since it’s a gift…”
“I think I can hear the stylists coming this way.”
Woojoo thanked him with a happy face, regardless of their murmurs.
He was glad when Woojoo said he would wear it for the rest of his life.
“Wow, I really love it…”
It was the best gift he had received recently.
If it was possible to buy it, he would get another one and wear it as a couple with his grandmother. She would love it if he showed it to her.
Woojoo would also buy a cat outfit.
And make it floral with butterflies…
And there was a floral accessory that he could put on the cat’s head. He would take a picture with that too.
Even after he said goodbye to Clay, he kept imagining things.
“Woojoo.”
Until the next day, when Woojoo faced Kim, the head stylist.
“Are you really going to wear that?”
“Isn’t it pretty? I heard a Hollywood star wore this.”
“…Hold on. I need some sugar.”
He opened a grape candy and popped it in his mouth.
He took a deep breath and calmed his chest while wiping his sweaty forehead with both hands.
Then he came to a conclusion.
“Just wear it in the dorm.”
“Yes…”
Woojoo agreed to wear it only in the dorm or the studio.
It was a shame.
Woojoo wanted to wear it for the music video shooting.
“If you wear that, we’ll lose all the sponsorships we have. Hyung.”
“…”
In the end, Woojoo wore the clothes that the members picked for him and went to shoot the music video.
The location for their third album’s music video was Suncheon.
It was a flat land where yellow reeds swayed in the wind.
It seemed like a popular tourist spot, as there were people who came to take pictures in the reed fields.
They recognized them too.
Pop! A college student who knew them from History Discovery was amazed to see them.
“Wow, are you shooting a music video? You look like singers!”
“We are singers.”
“…?”
“…?”
He said he thought they were actors.
He said he had no interest in the entertainment news and didn’t know.
He thought the name New Black was a concept like ‘F4’ in History Discovery.
“Wow. You’re singers, huh? I thought you were in a drama or something.”
“Well, we’re in a drama too.”
“…?”
They also promoted ‘Slip’, the drama they cameoed in.
Meanwhile, as they shot the music video outdoors in Suncheon and in the studio, their youngest was twice as busy.
His cameo role as a ‘police officer’ in Slip had increased in importance, so he had a few more scenes to shoot.
The actual amount was not long, but the drama was such a time-consuming work that half a day would pass by when he came back from shooting.
At first, he was happy to act, but when his album practice time was reduced, he was upset.
“When I come back, you guys are better. And I’m the only one who’s lacking…”
He kept whining to them, “I don’t know! I’m not going back to the dorm today! I have to practice!” and tried to practice the choreography while sobbing. Woojoo had to calm him down.
Woojoo even bought him some tteokbokki behind the managers’ backs.
He only let him have one bite, though, since they were preparing for their comeback.
After filming the music video, they continued to juggle their broadcast activities and album rehearsals. And then, the day they had been eagerly waiting for arrived.
It was the first episode of GTV’s ‘Slip’, where New Black made a cameo appearance.