The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 256

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“But I’m telling you in advance. I might not be able to react much.”

At her friend’s words, Yu-jin glanced at her. Her friend shrugged and said.

“Fantasy isn’t my taste. Songs that go too much into fantasy don’t personally resonate with me.”

In other words, she wouldn’t be getting excited together with her.

Even though she said that, Yu-jin didn’t care at all and turned her gaze back to the screen.

“…Alright, watch hard.”

Yu-jin’s friend Ye-in clicked her tongue and looked at the screen.

When did she say she’d never stan idols again, yet whenever she sees Flora, she loses her mind and falls completely for them.

Occasionally, thanks to Yu-jin’s fangirling, she often watched Flora’s videos and had seen them in person once, but honestly, from Ye-in’s perspective, who had lost interest in idols as she got older, it was just so-so.

Of course, even Ye-in could see that Flora was an incredibly skilled and likeable idol group.

Since their name appeared everywhere so often, she felt familiar with them like most of the general public.

And certainly, when watching their stage performances, they had such captivating charm that you couldn’t look away and had to pay attention.

However, Flora hadn’t yet shaken Ye-in’s heart enough for her to understand Yu-jin’s behavior.

Ye-in hadn’t found any Flora songs worthy of being added to her playlist either.

Ye-in pouted her lips and leaned back slightly while waiting for Flora’s stage.

Then Yu-jin muttered.

“But it’s not fantasy style. It might be your taste?”

“Huh.”

But judging from the concept Yu-jin had roughly shown her, this VCR, and even the stage intro that just started, it was full of dark fantasy, wasn’t it?

“Ah, okay okay.”

While answering without much expectation, the long intro finally ended and Flora’s stage began.

“Oh.”

The members wore lighter outfits than expected.

Unlike the expectation of wearing dark-toned outfits, they coordinated in white, creating a bright and cheerful atmosphere.

When she unconsciously let out a small gasp at the unexpected appearance, the prelude of 【GISS】 began flowing with Choi Song-i’s close-up.

“Oh my?”

At Ye-in’s short exclamation, Yu-jin glanced at her and smiled an annoyingly smug smile.

Then she said in an arrogant tone.

“I told you it would be a song you’d like. Haha.”

“Ugh, look how annoyingly you’re talking.”

Even as Ye-in said that, she didn’t deny Yu-jin’s words.

Certainly.

Contrary to thinking it would be filled with more fantasy elements than their last album’s title track 【Blooming】, she was surprised that it flowed with quite a trendy beat from the prelude.

And the song’s atmosphere was much brighter than expected.

Flora’s characteristic grandeur and classic splendor were reduced, making it closer to a non-stop running band sound.

“This song is actually pretty good.”

“Hey! The songs were always good!”

“That’s not what I mean, I’m saying it might be my taste.”

If I keep listening, it might actually make it into my playlist.

“Right. It’s completely different from 【Blooming】 but this song is also really good. This time it feels like they brought it to capture mainstream appeal?”

Yu-jin said excitedly.

Although 【Blooming】 was also an easy-listening song that received much love from the public, this time it felt like they walked a fine line between idol-specific individuality targeting core fandom and trendy mainstream appeal.

Moreover, since they clearly showcased Flora’s identity of luxurious elegance and visuals, as a fan, even if it was a different atmosphere from expectations, she had to love it.

After a while, Flora’s stage ended. Yu-jin sneakily checked Ye-in’s expression.

Then she grinned foolishly.

Indeed, nothing beats a song that matches their taste when it comes to converting listeners.

Ye-in, who had shown no interest or expectation until just now, had the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

It meant it matched her taste.

“The B-sides are good too. Listen to them once when you go home. This time it seems like they tried various things overall.”

“Okay. I’ll look them up once.”

This time, Ye-in genuinely planned to look them up, not just empty words.

Thinking about it, there weren’t many idol songs that matched her taste this well.

And this wasn’t just Ye-in and Yu-jin’s thoughts, but also the thoughts of other listeners who heard this song.

Right after the first Countdown broadcast, the public’s interest in Flora and chart trends clearly changed.

Although 【Blooming】 also drew significant attention, the difference this time was that it didn’t stop at interest in the song, but positive interest in the group Flora greatly increased.

Since they had just made a comeback, many results hadn’t shown yet, but immediate visible changes included Flora’s YouTube subscriber count noticeably increasing.

And the view counts of Flora’s existing videos also began rapidly increasing overall.

And everywhere, people began posting reviews and evaluations of Flora’s new album.

It was truly a successful comeback show.

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All graphs showing upward trends.

Could there be a more successful comeback than this? Yes, let’s not be modest and say it.

Our new album was a complete success.

Though we still ‘don’t know’ about overseas reactions.

At least with this album, we seemed able to firmly imprint Flora’s name, or at least our songs, on domestic and international K-pop fans and the domestic general public.

It was truly the perfect time to release the various content we had worked so hard to film, reducing our sleep time before the comeback.

…Of course, we didn’t even have time to enjoy such success as we spent busy days without a moment to breathe, digesting our packed schedule.

“It feels exactly twice as busy as when we debuted.”

“Right. Exactly twice.”

Seo Ra-eun and Min Ha-young said while leaning against each other on the waiting room sofa.

I asked the two who looked quite exhausted.

“Are you tired? Do you think you need to rest?”

“Hmm…”

At my words, the two seemed to think for a moment before shaking their heads.

“Rest? We need to work hard. People would say we’re being ungrateful.”

Ah, if they said they were tired, I was going to contact the CEO to adjust the schedule and send the kids to the hospital.

Then Song-i, who was listening nearby while tapping her phone, said.

“That’s what Da-min unnie said earlier before leaving.”

“Sob sob, right.”

Min Ha-young instantly looked tearful.

“I whined to Da-min unnie and only got scolded for being ungrateful. Princess, I’m sleepy!”

Then she hugged me tightly and started whining. Well, judging by her hugging strength, she can still manage.

As I chuckled and patted Min Ha-young, the manager, who was on the phone with someone looking more tired than us, said.

“If you need to go to the hospital or lack sleep or anything like that, tell me right away. Remember what our CEO said before the comeback? Your condition is the top priority.”

Then Min Ha-young immediately let go of me and waved her hands.

“Actually, I am a bit short on sleep. But it’s not that serious.”

Right, isn’t our team’s specialty rowing when the tide comes in?

This level of schedule is nothing compared to when we threw away sleep for a whole week during Start Plan and just practiced.

Then the manager looked at us pitifully and said.

“Let’s endure for just 2 more weeks. You’re doing well, you know?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, and they said the self-content will be uploaded soon. I’ll let you know when it goes up.”

“Oh, already?”

“You mean the one we filmed during the music video shoot last time?”

The manager nodded.

“We’ll post the announcement first, but we need to start releasing them one by one now. It seems like it’ll go up at perfect timing, so that’s fortunate.”

“That’s right. The timing is really good. YouTube view counts are increasing significantly overall these days.”

“Right. The CEO was so happy saying the scale has changed.”

Han Da-min, who was in the middle of fixing her makeup, said.

Even the content that Yu-hwa and I filmed, which was released recently, hit a million views in an instant and the view count has been rising rapidly ever since.

The self-produced content that will be released this time.

Even during filming, I thought it would turn out really entertaining, so I was very excited to see how the fans would react to it.

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