Chapter 133
Chapter 133
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 134
Chapter Title: Star
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“Olivia Snow, sorry for ignoring you.”
Yeonwoo belatedly apologized to Olivia Snow, who was standing off in the distance.
When he thought about it, even Orion, whose musical depth was on a higher level, had a clone that fell short by Yeonwoo’s standards right now. So he couldn’t afford to underestimate Olivia Snow, who possessed a clone of undeniable caliber.
Of course, her musical talent still fell below Yeonwoo’s benchmark, but she had an ability that even he hadn’t anticipated.
It was a kind of stage presence.
She had an innate talent for dominating the stage and captivating the audience.
How should he put it?
“……A star.”
Yes, she was a star.
By Yeonwoo’s measure, she only had mass appeal, but he should have studied long ago why she’d conquered not just America but the entire world.
And he should have figured out why she had more yellow fairies than even the Blue Fairy.
Anyway, the moment she stepped onto the stage, the ability of her clone came into full play.
Olivia Snow’s fairy on stage shed its blue light like it was finally in its element, emitting a new glow—green light.
Yeonwoo was able to exude an extraordinary aura on stage by following Olivia Snow’s clone and its green fairy.
Yeonwoo himself was like, What is this?, but even days after the performance ended, photos and videos of him on stage kept popping up across all sorts of media, drawing in crowds.
As a result, his YouTube subscribers had skyrocketed, and his fans had multiplied at an alarming rate.
Especially in Japan, the official fan club count alone was 300,000, and estimates put the number of active members in Yeonwoo-related communities and threads at nearly a million.
Of course, that million didn’t mean deeply devoted fans on the level of official club members. There might be some overlap, or it could even be more than a million, but either way, it was an enormous number.
These days, the Japanese press was even calling him Japan’s most beloved 8-year-old—the Prince of a Million.
In Korea, too, he’d amassed 200,000 fans, becoming a star with a fandom that most idols couldn’t even dream of touching.
Of course, Yeonwoo wasn’t really feeling it firsthand.
He just thought, Oh, a ton more people like me now, and his attention was fully on Olivia Snow’s clone.
Before diving into album work, Yeonwoo scoured YouTube videos to examine that green light and those green fairies.
“Starting with Teacher Chae Hayeon…….”
Chae Hayeon was the first one he checked. She produced plenty of blue and yellow fairies, but fewer green ones than the other two colors.
He could tell her stage presence was relatively weak.
She lacked that star quality.
“Teacher Chae Hayeon will have to win with an album.”
And it made sense for her to do more small-scale shows than massive dome concerts. (Having rolled around in this industry for a few years now, Yeonwoo could even calculate stuff like that.)
Next, he looked at Invincible, led by Yoo Jaehyuk.
Yoo Jaehyuk was the one and only who emitted four different colors.
His distinctive voice produced red fairies, while his unique vocal style—high octaves crafted through his music and voice—created blue and yellow fairies.
And his stage charisma, with its somehow dignified air, spawned green fairies.
Yeonwoo tilted his head a bit at that.
By his reckoning, Yoo Jaehyuk didn’t have star power on Olivia Snow’s level.
Yet he had a ton of green fairies.
“Ah.”
But there was something else.
Compared to the blue and green, he had fewer yellow fairies. In a way, it was the opposite of Olivia Snow, who had tons of yellow and green but fewer blue.
It meant his performances on stage were incredible, but with fewer yellow fairies, his star quality was lacking.
Yeonwoo realized he couldn’t judge based on just one fairy color—he had to look at all four.
Next up was Kim Beomsin.
He was almost identical to Yoo Jaehyuk, minus the lack of red fairies and slightly more blue ones.
Then Hadass.
They had the most yellow and green fairies of anyone he’d seen so far.
“Idols…… yeah, that makes sense.”
Idols weren’t just about the music—they had to shine in their performances on stage, too.
They were no different from stars.
It made perfect sense that they had the highest number of green and yellow fairies.
Finally, Yuri and Annosuke showed the most balanced fairies.
Moderately strong in music, commercially, and with star power.
After reviewing them all, Yeonwoo figured out what he could do with the fairies.
By checking the ratios of the diverse fairy colors, he could gauge a song’s tendencies and pick the singer best suited to it.
Yeonwoo examined five tracks from his best folder—the ones he thought he’d crafted the finest.
Among the people he’d worked with, who would be the perfect owner for these songs…….
“Only one fits.”
Out of the five, just one had found its ideal match.
And it was someone Yeonwoo hadn’t even considered at first—Hadass, of all people.
It made sense.
The song was written purely with idols in mind.
“But won’t it be a bit too much for them?”
He was a little worried about the difficulty level. Could they handle such a challenging track with their vocals?
“No…….”
On second thought, weren’t these the girls who’d nailed a dance track in the Complete Challenge?
Live on stage might be tough, but with studio recording and practice, they’d manage.
Yeonwoo added Hadass’s name to that file, tentatively titled “Idol.”
He turned to the remaining four tracks.
Even listening now, they only needed minor tweaks—peak songs in his eyes.
“Ah, this one would be perfect for that noona.”
Expanding beyond just his past collaborators, Yeonwoo found a match for one of the four.
“But will she do it?”
Yeonwoo pondered for a moment, then glanced at his phone.
[hey, you doing well?]
[why no reply?]
[busy?]
[do you even know how to read my messages?]
[you know english.]
[hey]
[you blocked me!!!]
These had piled up while he was in Japan using an eSIM and had his regular SIM turned off, so he hadn’t seen them.
Back in Korea, he’d switched eSIMs and seen the flood of messages all at once. He’d debated replying but got distracted by the album and green fairies, forgetting entirely.
The sender of those unintentionally ignored messages was……
[Hi, Snow Noona.]
[In Japan, didn’t see your messages.]
None other than Olivia Snow.
“Ah, time difference.”
After sending his reply, Yeonwoo realized the time zones meant she was probably fast asleep. Not waiting for a response, he laid it all out.
[I’m making an album under my name]
[Need a guest vocalist]
[Wanna do it, Noona?]
He wasn’t sure about the spelling, but the intent should get across.
While he was at it, should he check with BSK too?
Who to contact?
Pondering, Yeonwoo Kakao’d Ellis, who’d raised Hadass.
[Ellis Noona, I’m putting out an album and want Hadass Noonas as guest vocals on one track. Cool?]
Ellis didn’t read the message right away, let alone reply.
Makes sense—she was the type whose days and nights were flipped.
Or maybe working.
She’d reply eventually.
Yeonwoo thought positively.
“Hadass Noonas and Olivia Snow Noona should be good, right?”
If anyone heard him, they’d call it ungrateful whining, but he kept eyeing his tracks.
The remaining three.
Come to think of it, their styles differed from the two that had owners.
Yeonwoo had to rethink.
Should he just throw in his absolute best tracks regardless of genre or concept?
Or stick to ones with some overlapping vibe?
After mulling it over, Yeonwoo decided.
“This album’s title will be Star.”
Yeah, since things had turned out this way, let’s make a concept album that fully leverages these newly embraced green fairies.
Hadn’t his journey even started with a track for Hadass?
Thinking back on his music history, this concept fit perfectly.
For the tracklist…… two songs would feel too light.
“Let’s add two more and make it a mini album.”
Yeah, debuting(?) with a mini before a full album wasn’t bad.
With that settled, Yeonwoo headed home with Jaehoon.
“Hyung, thanks for everything!!”
“What’d I do? Rest up, see you tomorrow?”
“Yeah!”
After bidding farewell to Jaehoon, who’d driven him, Yeonwoo went inside, greeted Grandma and Dad, then rummaged around the house.
“No Aunt.”
She must still be at headquarters.
Yeonwoo pulled out his phone to call her.
“Huh?”
A text from Olivia Snow.
[Your album? Guest vocal?]
Yeonwoo immediately confirmed yes. Then she called.
“[Yes, Yeonwoo speaking.]”
-[What’s this about guest vocals? An album? What are you talking about?]
“[I’ve got songs I cherish. Don’t wanna give ’em to anyone else. So I’m releasing under my name. Album!]”
-[So I’m just singing, but you own the album?]
“[Yep.]”
-[Fine…… If that’s what you really want, I’ll do it as a favor.]
“[Nah, this isn’t a wish. Skip if you don’t want.]
-[Who said I don’t?! But if you like how I sing it, you chat music with me!]
“[Music talk’s fine?]”
-[Give me advice or whatever.]
“[Deal.]”
She’d gifted him the green fairy, so helping her out a bit seemed fair.
Olivia Snow pressed when Yeonwoo agreed readily.
-[So when do I come?]
“[I’ll send the track. Lyrics are yours.]
-[Even better. Got it—I’ll write ’em and head to Korea!]
Perfect.
Having smoothly closed the deal(?) with Olivia Snow, Yeonwoo felt a surge of grown-up pride.
Just then, a Kakao from Ellis popped up.
[Yuin, what do you……mean?]
[I’m dropping an album. Want Hadass Noonas on one track.]
[You cleared it with the company?]
“Ah.”
Had he needed to run it by the company first?
Guess he did.
[I’ll talk to them now.]
[Prior approval candidate? As expected of Yuin! Respect.]
[Thanks.]
Yeonwoo thanked her, but Ellis felt a tad overwhelming.
She treated him like some big shot, even though he was way younger.
Nanase was similar, but hers felt purely business. Ellis was…… different.
Like she was intimidated by him or something.
He’d asked her countless times to drop the formalities……
[Noona, talk casually from now on.]
[How could I possibly;;;;;]
Always like that.
Yeonwoo half-gave up and went to call his aunt……
“Huh? Oh, Aunt! Was just about to call you!”
-Yeonwoo, what the heck are you up to?
“Huh? Why?”
-Why’s Olivia Snow’s company emailing that she’s coming to Korea?
“Huh? I asked Snow Noona to sing on my album?”
-Oh my god……
“What? No good?”
-Not that, but…… Kid, next time something like this comes up, tell me first, okay?
“Yeah!”
Yeonwoo nodded casually, having pulled off what most Korean agencies wouldn’t dare dream of with just a text.
As always, he figured that was just how it went.