Chapter 42
Chapter 42
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 43
Chapter Title: Hyungnim Class Teacher Goes Viral
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Chae Hayeon posted a notice on her YouTube channel's community tab.
Hyungnim Class Teacher
Community
[Hello!
This is Hyungnim Class Teacher.
Thanks to all your love, I've become a trainee under SSHIN.
SSHIN is the company jointly run by Producer Shin Jiyeong and composer Yuin.
Composer Yuin will be arranging the songs I cover from now on.
Please show us lots of interest!]
-Wow, congrats ^^
-Shin Jiyeong? Yuin? I've heard of them
-Whoa... Isn't Yuin the composer for Hadass's songs? Huge
-Good for you! One step closer to your dream!
-Rooting for you ^^
After the notice, Hyungnim Class Teacher, whose channel had reached 100,000 subscribers, soon uploaded her first cover song.
[Blossom
Ladies
Cover by. Hyungnim Class Teacher
Arranged by. Yuin]
The first cover was none other than Ladies' Blossom—the song that Taein had forcibly scheduled a comeback for to counter Ellis and Hadass, only to get pushed down the ranks by Hadass and end up humiliated.
Blossom had lost the original artist's intent due to Taein's excessive interference, but the song that birthed the Red Fairy was reborn through Yeonwoo's hands.
-Is this... really Ladies' infamous flop Blossom?
-Totally different song now?
-This isn't just rearranging, it's a full recreation, right? ;;;
-Remodeling masters for real
-Wow, insane
-Lmao, but what's up with Yuin lol? Crushed them with a Hadass song and now drops this arrangement? Isn't this straight-up bullying? lol
-Pulling a corpse out of the coffin and beating it again
-Protect Ladies ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-But who's this girl? She sings so well
-That low note has insane charisma
-Looks average, but singing makes her cool somehow
-What a precious voice
-Hilarious that someone like this is a kindergarten teacher lololol
-Some singer once said we have tons of hidden masters who sing our songs well, and it's true
And the response was explosive.
Ladies was still a major girl group with a massive fandom, even if their latest album had flopped.
Just searching for Ladies pulled in the algorithm, and of all songs, it was the notoriously failed Blossom? Arranged by Yuin, the one who humiliated Ladies and Blossom? No one could resist clicking.
Of course, some fans left hate comments mocking the flop, but since the song's failure stemmed from Taein's arrogance and self-sabotage, some fans turned to bashing Taein again.
Some even wished Ladies would perform Yuin's arranged version themselves.
Thanks to that, Hyungnim Class Teacher's channel started gaining subscribers rapidly.
Yeonwoo didn't stop there.
There were plenty of songs with Red Fairies popping out or utterly ordinary ones with barely any Blue Fairies.
The second song was a ballad called Skyward Gaze.
It had been a huge hit sung by a female vocalist boasting a clear voice, but the song itself was controversial.
Countless plagiarism accusations had been leveled against it.
But not a single one was plagiarism. It just used clichéd chord progressions that anyone could grab off the shelf.
The singer escaped the backlash afterward, but the composer got mocked as a copy-paste composer.
The ridicule was literal: a song made by copying and pasting money-making clichés.
But in a way, the song had high mass appeal and completion.
After all, those "common chords everyone uses" had been hits with the public forever.
That made it hard to touch.
-Yuin touched that one too?;;;;
-Taking the most overused money chord and changing it like this?
-Didn't they completely rewrite the chords except the melody?
-Listening, yeah seems right
-Definitely not money chords anymore;
-Wow, but those chords are so fresh
-Funny thing is, it's just as catchy as money chords lololol
-Right?;;;
-No way;;; Who doesn't use canon these days?
-This guy's a real god
-Original artist must feel massive regret hearing this
-Nah, she's too shameless for that? Kept making bland songs and raking in cash after lolol
-Honestly, any composer hearing this cover would feel regret? lol Aren't most composers basically copy-pasters? lolol
-For real lolol
By simply changing the chords under the existing melody to create something like a brand-new song, Yeonwoo resurrected the forgotten original artist to face more backlash. He followed up with third and fourth songs.
The miraculous arrangements that miserably crushed the originals continued, and people dubbed Yuin the "Composer Sniper."
-Lolol next target?
-Upvote if you're a composer scared your song's next
-Lenny coolly admitted it was way better than hers lol
-Ladies Blossom original said thanks for capturing her intent even better lolol
-While shading Taein lolol
-They played the pre-arrangement Taein version too, and yeah Taein deserved the hate lolol
-But who's next for real
-Original composers' reactions are hilarious lololol Skyward Gaze one was trembling on SNS lolol
With even the original artists' reactions pouring in, Hyungnim Class Teacher's channel saw subscribers and views skyrocket.
It had been just weeks since receiving the Silver Button, but now it had 600,000 subscribers, with every video surpassing 1 million views.
At this rate, the Gold Button wasn't far off.
As that happened, more companies and artists in the industry wanted Yuin's songs.
Among them, Jiyeong started full production with Yeonwoo on the album for the group she'd traded her received song for.
[HW Entertainment Partners with Shin Jiyeong/Yuin.]
[What Kind of Team is Boy Group VVX, Featuring Shin Jiyeong/Yuin's Production and Composition?]
-VVX weren't those total flops?
-Our boys finally seeing the light? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Tears ㅠㅠㅠ
-...Comments above show they have some fandom
-Good visuals, but debut song sucked
-Choreo was so cringy lolol
-Weren't these the guys roasted for Japanese host bar concept? lololol
-But who's Shin Jiyeong?
-Daydream producer
-Oh;;; Pretty big-name producer
-Daydream was unexpected too but blew up
-Shin Jiyeong/Yuin combo could make VVX succeed?
VVX, who debuted with dismal results and nearly disbanded right away, had landed a massive opportunity.
Meanwhile, HW Entertainment, facing collapse after pouring everything into an in-house production, had handed full authority to Shin Jiyeong.
Shin Jiyeong headed to HW Entertainment's building with the newly arranged songs from Yeonwoo.
* * *
"Ah— Shin Jiyeong's too much. Going off to work with HW instead of us."
BSK CEO Kim Beomsin sprawled on the sofa in his office, lamenting.
Park Sangcheol, seeing this, replied indifferently.
"Good grief, Shin Jiyeong isn't even on our label. She can work with HW."
"Hey, Sangcheol, are you a T? Not even a little jealous? We could've at least talked it over. Daydream needs a comeback too."
"Daydream comeback plans?"
"Next year?"
"Suck our thumbs till then? And we can just team up next year."
"You're such a T."
Kim Beomsin clicked his tongue and sat up.
"At least if we could get a song from Yuin."
Even to that, Park Sangcheol pushed back.
"Heard people are lining up two laps around the field for Yuin? Not easy to snag a song."
"Who doesn't know? Still, worth asking! You're a CEO too—go sell it!!"
"Heading to work now anyway."
"Oh, to Yuin?"
"Nah, someone's slacking so approval docs are piling up like a mountain. Gotta handle that."
The slacker in question, Kim Beomsin, averted his eyes with nothing to say.
Park Sangcheol smirked at him and turned to leave the office.
Thud.
"Whoa!"
At that perfect timing, someone outside yanked the door open before him.
"Who's this?"
"What's up? Huh? What? You here?"
The man who entered was familiar to both.
His name was Yoo Jaehyeok.
He was one of the former Four Kings of the music scene alongside Kim Beomsin.
At a glance, his short hair, sharp features, and sturdy build made him look like a boxer or athlete.
He silently looked down at the slouched, lucky Kim Beomsin.
"What? If you're barging into someone else's company, at least greet your hyung properly."
Only then did Yoo Jaehyeok bow his head slightly.
"Tch, groveling now. What's up? Weren't you a total hikikomori?"
"……."
Yoo Jaehyeok stared silently before speaking.
"Cold Night."
Hearing his voice, Kim Beomsin and Park Sangcheol's eyes wavered.
It was hoarse and raspy, like a beast growling.
The Yoo Jaehyeok once called the emperor of rock ballads for effortlessly hitting three octaves with his falsetto was gone.
"Why Cold Night?"
"Introduce me to the composer who made it, hyung."
"Yuin? Why Yuin?"
"Maybe they can revive a has-been like me too."
"Th... Reviving you is a job for doctors, not composers... Ah, sorry. Didn't mean to bring it up."
Yoo Jaehyeok loathed hospitals.
A hospital misdiagnosis had ruined his voice beyond repair.
"Sure, easy to tell you. But I've never contacted this Yuin either. Only people who know Yuin know."
"Who?"
"Shin Jiyeong. Composer and producer. Recently started a company with Yuin, got investments from Japan or something."
Hearing that, Yoo Jaehyeok pulled out his smartphone.
"Address."
"Huh? Address? Not the number? Ah, right, you hate calls. But can I share this? I'll ask Shin Jiyeong first."
"……."
"What? Why? I said I'll ask."
"Now. Please."
Kim Beomsin widened his eyes.
"You begging? That's new. Fine, asking now, you punk."
It was rare for the prideful Yoo Jaehyeok to ask anyone for a favor.
He must be that desperate to return.
Unable to refuse his cherished dongsaeng, Beomsin immediately called Shin Jiyeong.
"Yeah? Uh-huh, got it."
Hanging up, Kim Beomsin told Yoo Jaehyeok.
"Hey, Shin Jiyeong says you can't meet Yuin directly—talk to her first?"
Yoo Jaehyeok frowned, then sighed.
Fine. If even Kim Beomsin hadn't met Yuin, meeting Shin Jiyeong was something.
"Text me."
With that, Yoo Jaehyeok turned and left the office.
"Hey, where you going! We meet after ages—have a meal! Hey! And you young punk! Text? Install KakaoTalk!!"
The departed Yoo Jaehyeok said nothing.
Kim Beomsin lingered on the spot he left, full of regret.