The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 280

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My body instinctively starts moving from the very first part, it’s so familiar.

Even though it’s still just a guide track and I can’t properly hear the lyrics, it feels like the lyrics are naturally flowing through my mind.

‘This song is…’

It’s a Choux Cream song… And one composed by a Choux Cream member at that.

So by my estimation, the person who composed this song is…

“Who’s the composer for this, by any chance?”

“Oh, asking right away. Yoon Jae-hee. You know her, right? We met her once on Countdown.”

Of course I know her. That’s right. I’ve already met Jae-hee on Countdown before. When we appeared on Countdown, Jae-hee was there as a host, and when we went to film a challenge, I recalled how her first impression really wasn’t good.

Yoon Jae-hee.

Choux Cream’s youngest member.

When I was Hong Yeo-eun, she was the member who most strongly argued that we should appear on Start Plan, and right before disbandment, she had friction with the other members.

Currently, she’s continuing her entertainment activities without a group, working as a rapper and in variety shows, and is at least more active and successful than during her Choux Cream days.

During Choux Cream, Jae-hee was the member who had the strongest will for activities alongside me, and when the company wouldn’t give us songs, she was also the member who tried to release an album somehow by writing and composing directly with me.

A precious yet very annoying member.

And this song is one of the dozens of songs she made for Choux Cream that actually made it to release.

‘Of course, we couldn’t even promote it properly and it flopped immediately.’

Nevertheless, among all of Choux Cream’s failed activities that ended in ruins, this was the only song that got even a small reaction.

The song was that good. So, so good.

We pinned all our hopes on this song, thinking “I knew it” at the slightest reaction, and when even this failed, we who had been persistently holding on finally admitted that we were finished and anticipated Choux Cream’s disbandment.

This song was still good even listening to it now.

Despite countless songs coming in for Flora, listening to various genres to create Flora’s songs, and learning composition and lyrics professionally with the company’s support, it was still good when I heard it again.

It didn’t sound clumsy or lacking. Of course, since we now have much more resources and connections than back then, if this song becomes the title track, additional work will go into making it sound richer and fit Flora’s concept.

But it was still good.

‘The reason this song didn’t hit back then was indeed because we didn’t make it big.’

Originally a song made for Choux Cream. Since Choux Cream no longer exists, it seems Jae-hee made it separately and sent it to Flora.

I sneakily checked the members’ reactions. True to being members with similar tastes to mine, they were all showing good reactions and listening to the song seriously.

Even though it’s not my song, why am I so nervous? Feeling awkward and embarrassed for no reason, I couldn’t even say whether it was good or not, just waiting for the members to speak first.

Since the song was so good and the members listening carefully to the end also meant it was good as title track material, I was quite looking forward to what they would say.

And shortly after, when the song ended completely, Han Da-min smiled brightly and pointed at the laptop screen with her hand.

“This song is good, isn’t it? It’s totally title track material! I can’t say this with complete certainty, but I think this song isn’t bad either.”

“I like it too. Are the lyrics not decided yet?”

“The arrangement will probably need quite a bit of work. It’s a bit slow for dancing and doesn’t match the trends?”

It wouldn’t match. It’s a song that was made at least 4 years ago. Plus, it wasn’t originally made to follow trends anyway.

It’s a song made without anyone’s help, without know-how for making well-selling songs, just by researching hard and studying together among ourselves.

When we made this song, we already knew.

That no matter what we did, no matter how well we made it, it would be difficult for a group that had already failed and whose agency refused to save them to miraculously reverse course and succeed.

Back then, Jae-hee and we made songs just hoping that a few more people would listen to and enjoy the style of music we liked.

Since it was a song full of our personal taste, it didn’t match the trends even back then, 4 years ago.

However, it gained some word-of-mouth through its unique song progression, and people who discovered it through that said it could have made a comeback if only Choux Cream had been a bit more famous.

From their perspective, it was a comment left out of regret for a song and group that couldn’t become more popular, but even that became a wound for us.

‘And yet…’

Who would have thought that song filled with resentment would come back to Flora.

“What do you think, Ji-ye?”

While I was lost in thought, the members asked for my opinion.

“You’ve been quiet since earlier. Don’t you like it?”

How could I not like it? I was keeping my mouth shut because it felt awkward to comment on a song with such deep connections from my Choux Cream days, but they must have thought I was thinking something else.

I shook my head and said.

“No, I really like it? Like the members said, we’d need to do some arrangement though.”

It does feel a bit monotonous to go with it as is.

The situation is different now from back then, and there are many professionals who can make good songs even better, and of course we need to arrange it to match Flora members’ strengths and individuality, not Choux Cream’s.

“But better songs might come in, so let’s wait a bit more.”

Naturally, just because it’s a familiar song with deep memories and affection doesn’t mean I’m planning to quickly choose it as Flora’s title track.

It’s not like I have a desire to definitely take this song. Of course, if there’s a better song, we’ll go with that. Even if it’s a bit disappointing.

Honestly, I’m not confident. Especially because I’ve already failed with this song before. I’m being cautious. However.

“If this becomes the title track, who would you have write the lyrics?”

“That hasn’t been discussed yet. If it’s confirmed as the title track, we’ll have to talk about it separately.”

“If it’s confirmed as the title track, can I do it?”

“…You? Write lyrics? Do you know how?”

I nodded. Since becoming Flora, I’ve focused more on composition and arrangement than lyrics, so they probably didn’t know I also write lyrics.

But surprisingly, I actually started with lyrics before composition.

I was also in charge of lyrics for this song during the Choux Cream days. Of course, back then it wasn’t because I wanted to, but because we had no money and no place to commission lyrics and no one else to do it.

This time, I just want to do it because I want to.

Not the clumsy lyrics I wrote desperately, as if being chased, with tears in my eyes. I want to rewrite it with different lyrics from the Choux Cream days.

It was just that kind of thought, but did it look too serious?

“Ooh, you must really like this song? Seeing that you want to write the lyrics too. So this song is Ji-ye and Da-min’s pick.”

“Me too.”

“Right, Song-i too.”

They must think I passionately want this song. That’s not really it. I was really planning to choose another song if a better one came along.

But it was also true that I found this song particularly good, so I didn’t deny it and nodded.

Manager Seong Ji-soo sent our opinions to the staff through the messenger on her laptop and then played other candidate songs in order.

The other songs were also all top-quality tracks that immediately caught your ear upon listening.

Among them, Min Ha-young picked a song with a fast beat that would allow for high-difficulty choreography, and Seo Ra-eun picked a song that followed the same atmosphere as “Masterpiece” and “Blooming”.

Besides Jae-hee’s song, I gave additional input that Ra-eun’s pick should also be put up as a title track candidate.

No matter how I thought about it, I wasn’t confident whether choosing Jae-hee’s song was an objective judgment. Following Flora’s concept this time, I also quite liked the song Ra-eun chose and thought it suited us best.

“I’ve conveyed it to the company for now, and what to do for the title track will be decided after the staff discuss it separately, taking your opinions into account.”

“Yes.”

After that, we received all the details about our schedule in the United States, and the meeting ended. After eating together, Da-min and I left the hotel and headed to the studio that had been reserved for us.

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