Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 471

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471. A Wedding Song
-A wedding song?
-Yeah. But I have no idea what to write.
Everything feels so clichéd no matter what I put down.
At Ha-jin’s troubled murmur, Ha-won, listening to his brother’s worries through the phone, let out a small hum of contemplation.
-Why not just write it? You’re good at that kind of thing, brother. Those emotionally resonant, beautiful words.
-It turns out there aren’t that many things you can say when congratulating someone else’s wedding. And it’s not like I’m incredibly close with the groom and bride to know their entire history. But I also can’t bring myself to just dash off a few plausible sentences either.
-You really want to write something good for them.
-Of course. These two are genuinely amazing people, you know? Since we’re making something new anyway, I want to create something truly memorable—not something ordinary.
It would be so much easier if I were deliberately trying to write a commercially successful wedding song, but trying to pour sincerity, conscience, blessings, and congratulations into just a few minutes of melody felt far too cramped and tight.
Eventually, unable to break through the creative block, Ha-jin called his younger brother in frustration—Ha-won, who had long served as his personal sounding board, and poured out his tangled thoughts.
-A wedding song… what is a wedding song, really? It’s literally a song celebrating a marriage, right? I want to genuinely bless these two people—their happiness and beauty, yes, but also the reality that life won’t always be joyful, and yet they chose each other anyway. I want to help them remember that initial resolve and become a couple who can understand and forgive each other once more.
-….
-But should I really put lyrics like this in a song? I’ve always wondered why there aren’t more songs focused on blessing someone’s marriage, and now I understand why. Writing the lyrics is incredibly difficult. No matter what I write, it comes across as meddling to the people involved, doesn’t it? Unless I’m really close with them and just write something like ‘Hey, live well~’….
-….
-Ugh, this is really hard. How can I express this sincere blessing for these two people most effectively?
It wasn’t really a question seeking an answer so much as a process of laying out every scattered thought in his head to organize them.
Ha-won knew very well that his brother always worked through his thoughts this way when work wasn’t going smoothly or when he had too much on his mind.
And he also understood that at times like these, his brother—carrying far too many thoughts—needed help letting go of unnecessary worries and desires.
-Brother.
-Yeah.
-The best way to express sincerity is with money.
-….
-Money doesn’t lie.
-….
-If you truly hope these two will live well going forward and want to help them on their path, give them a generous gift of money.
Ha-jin had no response to Ha-won’s advice—practical to the point of being capitalistic.
Whether it was because he thought it was actually right, or because he was taken aback by such a realistic answer and lost for words, was unclear, but Ha-won continued undeterred.
Excess was never better than emptiness.
His brother needed to empty his mind a little so he wouldn’t view everything with such overwhelming expectations.
-But if you really want to write lyrics that will touch the groom and bride’s hearts….
-….
-Just ask them directly. What words would they like to be congratulated with?
-Ask them?
-Sure, there’s joy in unwrapping a gift prepared with someone in mind, but if you already know they’re getting a gift, isn’t it nice to prepare what they actually want?
To be honest, this wasn’t really sincere advice so much as something he was just spouting off the top of his head.
‘I’m preparing a wedding song for you two, and I want to write it with words you’d like to hear, so tell me what kind of congratulations you want.’
…would be strange no matter how you thought about it.
So this was purely nonsense meant to air out his brother’s overstuffed mind a bit.
-…that’s actually good?
—…Huh?
—Oh, that sounds good. Oh, oh? Oh, ooh!
—You think that’s good?
—Yeah, hey, that’s actually a brilliant idea right now. Ha-won, thank you. Sorry, but I need to get back to work right away.
But who would’ve thought sparks would fly at that exact moment.
Listening to his brother cry “Eureka!” over complete nonsense he’d just spouted, Ha-won found himself pausing to wonder if the man was being serious.
‘Surely he’s not actually going to ask the Groom and Bride to write the lyrics?’
Either way, if his brother had found some solution, then Ha-won’s mission was accomplished.
His brother was generally eccentric, but once he found one approach, he had a knack for wrapping everything up in surprisingly clever ways, so he must have something in mind this time too.
—Alright, once you finish, play it for me too.
—Of course. Gotta go, bye! Love you!
The call ended with a cheerful shout.
And a few days later.
Ha-won, who had occasionally wondered what kind of wedding song his brother had composed, couldn’t help but laugh dryly when he read the message his brother sent this morning—the morning of the wedding itself.
【Our Brother: (photo)】
【Our Brother: Like you said】
【Our Brother: I literally just asked the Groom and Bride to write the lyrics!!】
【Our Brother: Very satisfied (thumbs up emoji)】
“Is our brother really not insane…?”
What happens when you ask the Groom and Bride to write the wedding song lyrics?
Even as he laughed, curiosity got the better of Ha-won, and he clicked on the photo to slowly read through the lyrics, when several more messages from Ha-jin arrived.
【Our Brother: And this song turned out so damn good that I’m planning to release it as a track】
【Our Brother: (Of course with the Groom and Bride’s permission)】
【Our Brother: I’m planning to put the Groom and Bride’s names in the songwriting credits too】
【Our Brother: If the song does well, royalties will come in】
【Our Brother: So it’s the perfect combination of congratulations and money】
“…Wait, what.”
Turning a wedding gift into royalties…?
Wasn’t the scale of congratulations way too grand?
Ha-won, realizing that his brother’s scale for planning these kinds of events and moving people’s hearts had become increasingly uncontrollable since he started making money, found himself frozen in place without meaning to.
“I should never get married….”
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t fathom what kind of spectacle this unpredictable brother would create at his own wedding, and he was already feeling overwhelmed.
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The setting returned to the beautiful Wedding Hall overflowing with joy and happiness.
The Groom and Bride, still wearing expressions of astonishment as they alternated their gazes between each other and Kairos, couldn’t stop smiling.
The first lyric of the wedding song that Ha-jin had arranged based on the letter the two had written was this:
I always hated autumn
It was Jeong Si-u who picked up the microphone for the first time, accompanied by the beautifully arranged instrumental that Lee Do-ha had carefully composed.
The moment the Bride heard the first verse, she instinctively recognized it as her own letter, and tears of emotion finally burst forth.
When the fallen leaves scatter, my life scatters too
That lonely, desolate
autumn scent—I hated it.
Abandoning my usual rough vocal technique, I shifted to the soft, understated delivery I’d favored before.
Jeong Si-u treasured each word, singing them with deliberate care.
—Ha-jin.
—Yes?
—Who are you singing this with?
—Um… probably me and Do-ha… and Haruna and Tae-hyun? It hasn’t been decided yet.
When autumn arrives
I sink into the sea of thoughts every dawn
unable to fall asleep
but now autumn no longer feels lonely
—Really? Then can I do it?
—You, hyung?
—Yeah. I love the lyrics.
When the sound of your heartbeat reaches my ears
large and warm, patting me gently
I feel that nothing in this world can frighten me
I sang the bride’s letter—the one that had moved me to volunteer as a wedding singer—pouring my heart into every word.
Jeong Si-u’s calm, lyrical voice, heard for the first time in ages, flowed through the Wedding Hall’s microphone, each syllable resonating clearly across the venue.
Only
only by your existence
The lyrics, with emotion pressed carefully into each character and word, moved even the groom holding the bride’s hand to tears.
On the Wedding Hall’s screen, photos from a letter and lyrics that Ha-jin had prepared in advance were displayed. As the guests watched the bride’s handwritten letter transform into gentle melody, their eyes glistened with affection and love for the newlyweds.
that alone is an overwhelming dawn
This was also Ha-jin’s favorite lyric.
Though the groom had lost one arm, his heartbeat warmed the bride’s back more tenderly than any hand could—and somehow, that sentiment felt like a lesson in what love truly is.
Ha-jin gazed intently at the groom, Kang Ha-jin, whom he’d met by pure chance.
He still hadn’t found the answer to what kind of songs he wanted to create, what kind of songs he wanted to write…
“….”
But as a musician, there was nothing more fulfilling or proud than discovering people wearing such happiness because of his music.
With that vague thought, Ha-jin slowly lifted the microphone.
On screen, the groom’s letter photo appeared.
My beloved heart
Unlike Si-u, who’d started in a lower register with falsetto, Ha-jin’s powerful mid-bass voice cut through the elaborate instrumental arrangement.
The order was arranged with a wedding march-like progression, gradually swelling and building in intensity.
You are my dream
By then, the bride and groom were already streaming with tears.
Even Ha-jin, singing the song, barely managed to suppress the lump rising in his throat.
Still, as a professional idol now approaching his third year, Ha-jin cleared his throat subtly and continued the song.
We have more days ahead of us
where we’ll walk in harmony
than all the days we’ve lived before
Someday, when I
grow weary of life and try to wake from you
I will remember this song
As the piano melody cascaded down like falling stars, Ha-jin breathed out the lyrics that were also the title of this song.
I’m borrowing someone’s voice
to deliver my promise to you
“A Wedding Song: My Promise to You,” composed by Lee Do-ha with lyrics written by the Groom and Bride, arranged by Kang Ha-jin, and featuring Jeong Si-u on vocals, was successfully unveiled to the world—moving everyone in the hall to tears.

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