The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 281

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“What kind of equipment is this? I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

“Such a huge studio feels so unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.”

“I know what you mean. It’s such a professional studio that I can’t concentrate properly.”

Despite saying that, Han Da-min was beaming with a smile as she curiously touched the equipment.

This is a studio that Day Entertainment prepared for us to work comfortably in the United States, and it’s on a completely different level from the space we usually use.

It’s packed with expensive equipment that hasn’t even made it to Korea yet and whose purpose I can’t even figure out, and there’s even a full-scale recording studio set up on the opposite side.

The studio we usually used was just a small space within the company with only the minimum necessary equipment.

We would create songs there and hand them over to the producer, who would polish and complete them nicely.

“Wow, look at all these buttons. I want to bring this into our studio too. I wonder if there’s enough space?”

“To put this in our studio, we’d have to remove the existing stuff first, right? It’s already packed full as it is.”

“While we’re at it, couldn’t we ask them to move our studio somewhere else? Or maybe we could just get our own studio… Ah, but that might be a bit wasteful? Since we don’t have that much work volume.”

No, there’s a lot. There’s a limit to being modest…

At least Han Da-min spent so much time holed up in the studio that it was hard to believe she was a trending idol who was constantly busy with schedules.

Therefore, I think if she suggested it to the company, they would immediately provide a decent studio with good equipment without thinking it was wasteful.

Da-min and I looked around the equipment as if we were shopping for quite a while before finally sitting down to start working.

“Ji-ye, I added a bit of my own style to the work you passed me last time. Could you listen and tell me what you think?”

Han Da-min connected the USB to the laptop and immediately opened the work program.

We’ve been continuously exchanging songs and collaborating recently.

Usually we work on our own songs separately, but for songs we’re determined to include in Flora’s album, we generally consult with each other and work together – this is actually our third attempt.

We keep submitting our work to the company because we want it included, but nothing has been approved.

Whether the company is being picky because they think the trend of new songs is important, or even with songs we sent, they immediately rejected anything with even slightly disappointing parts.

In the end, we still haven’t succeeded in getting our songs included in Flora’s new album.

Naturally, we couldn’t help but feel extremely motivated. Like, we know the concept and the songs seem good enough to us, so why aren’t they passing?

“How is it? Did I add too many things? Should I remove some?”

“No, no.”

I shook my head at Han Da-min’s worried question and continued listening to the song. She had deliberately added instruments and new melodies to a song that had already been nearly completed through several exchanges.

“Oh…”

But it wasn’t bad.

“What’s gotten into you, unnie? You never used to change song styles so drastically like this.”

When I spoke with a nuance of surprise, Han Da-min nodded repeatedly as if she knew and agreed.

“I know, right. I wasn’t usually like this, but suddenly I want to try changing things here and there. But I changed too much, so you can remove any parts you don’t like. Of course, consult with me when you remove them.”

It seems the pressure from having our previous songs rejected and the joy of passing our song to Cael Arden caused some sudden change of heart.

But for such a sudden change, it was quite good.

“But unnie, it’s really not bad. I actually think this is better than what we were working on before.”

It was surprisingly much better.

The reason Han Da-min usually doesn’t pursue big changes in her music production is because she’s had many experiences with failure.

She said that things she executed thinking change was necessary had never succeeded even once.

So when working on something as Flora, she always only worked in stable and conventional directions, and generally that kind of work succeeded.

Of course, the times she failed were during the Rosetta days when nothing worked, but those failures were a kind of jinx for Han Da-min.

I used to just accept this. Han Da-min said she wasn’t good at taking risks, and she created sufficiently good songs without needing to take risks anyway.

Since she said she couldn’t do bold work, I took on that role. I’m actually good at taking risks and making big changes.

‘If I had known she was this good at it, I would have suggested we try it together much earlier…’

Now I see it was just trauma from repeated failures. Han Da-min was perfectly capable of challenges and adventures too.

The new melody and instrumental sounds Han Da-min created were so good that I silently listened to the song repeatedly, nodding my head and moving to the rhythm.

She seemed happy with my reaction and smiled brightly while waiting for what I would say.

I played the song once more and said,

“I think this song should go this way. Just exciting without thinking about anything else.”

Honestly, it’s quite difficult to be exciting while maintaining Flora’s concept. Let’s go with a song that has a clear purpose even if it doesn’t match Flora’s concept.

If we get rejected again after this, well…

We’ll have to admit our skills and judgment were lacking and work hard on the next album.

With that thought, we started frantically raising the beat and filling out the song.

This song was the same way at first. The songs we made together had a somewhat established genre by now.

Since it’s not something I’m making alone but something we have to create together, we went with a slow yet trendy and modern pop genre that matches both our tastes.

Up until now, as long as the song was good, it would pass. That’s how we made sure to include at least one song on every album we released.

But this time was different. Day Entertainment was staking everything on the next album and was carefully, very meticulously selecting every song to be included on the album.

Even if the songs were created by the members themselves, we rejected them if they didn’t fit the album, had lower quality than songs we’d already received, or if their concept overlapped with tracks that were already confirmed for inclusion.

We’ve already been rejected twice that way, and this is the third time.

Given the timing, this is probably the last chance.

Only after being rejected twice did we decide to change the genre of the song.

Among the songs already confirmed for the album, there’s one that feels similar to what we usually make. Plus, we already have enough calm and slow songs.

Then we have to put out a song that’s 180 degrees different from our usual style.

This song is the result of that contemplation.

“Let’s pack it even fuller with all sorts of stuff so you can turn your brain off and still have dopamine exploding out of you.”

Come to think of it, we didn’t have any “just” fun songs because we focused on elegant and easy pieces to establish Flora’s concept.

Of course, it was also true that they had intentionally tried to include songs from various genres.

Additionally, Flora’s title tracks were also unconditionally set to be dance songs.

However, they were so consumed by the concept that they lacked songs that could create a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere with the audience—what you might call concert atmosphere-building songs.

‘Let’s just let go of everything and make an upbeat song. We have a concert coming up soon, so it’d be nice to have at least one.’

After exchanging such opinions with each other, our schedules got busy so only Han Damin participated in the work for a while, but I never imagined he would completely set aside all his personal preferences and make such changes.

“Can you touch me a little?”

“Oh, of course.”

When I asked, Hadamin gladly stepped aside to give me the seat. I immediately settled in front of the laptop and started adding various instruments to the song Hadamin had been working on.

“I think this song should go like this. Don’t think about anything, just have fun.”

Honestly, it’s pretty difficult to stay excited while maintaining the Flora concept. Even if it doesn’t match Flora’s concept, let’s go with a song that has a clear purpose.

If I get rejected again after this, well….

We acknowledge that our skills and judgment were lacking, and we’ll have to work hard on our next album.

With that mindset, we started frantically cranking up the beats and filling out the songs.

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