The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 282

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Once we got the direction, the song was completed quickly.

A completely new style of song we had never attempted before.

Excitedly saying “let’s add this too, let’s add that too,” we added various instruments to an excessive degree and included many chord variations.

Yet when we finished working, quite an exciting song had been completed.

Even while working, I worried it might be too confusing since we had changed it so arbitrarily, but it was unfounded concern.

Since we originally liked simple things, no matter how deliberately complex we tried to make it, it didn’t stray infinitely far from our original taste.

“Good. It really turned out better than expected. And it’s exciting.”

“Right.”

Agreeing with Han Da-min’s words, I played the song once more. My shoulders naturally swayed to the exciting beat that started from the beginning.

The song turned out really well in such a short time, but the problem was whether the company would accept it.

“This is the final version, right? Nothing more to work on? Should I send it? I’m sending it?”

Han Da-min paused while transferring the completed song to email and asked. Though her tone sounded mature as if asking for confirmation, her pupils were trembling with inner anxiety.

Neither she nor I had confidence.

Album tracks that were being selected so pickily that even well-made works we sent got rejected.

The reasons for rejection were varied too. Not matching the concept, or having a similar mood to songs already confirmed for inclusion.

Even the songs we made with the most confidence were treated that way, so would the company really accept this song that we’d never tried before and was far from the album’s concept?

But I didn’t want to force a song that wouldn’t work just because “Flora members made it.”

‘If this gets rejected too, I’ll have to give up on this album.’

This song was practically our last chance. Like Han Da-min, I nodded with a resolute expression.

“Let’s send it.”

“…Okay!”

Han Da-min attached the compressed song file to the email. Then with careful fingers, she pressed the send button and immediately started pulling at her hair.

“Ahhh! I sent it!”

“Unnie, you were just like Min Ha-young right now. Why are you getting nervous again? You’re making me nervous too.”

“If this one doesn’t work either, I’m not coming to the studio for a while. I think I need a refresh.”

“That’s actually a really good idea? You definitely need a refresh, unnie. You’ve only been working.”

This time Han Da-min didn’t say no and quietly nodded. She finally admitted that she had been pushing herself too hard.

Well, making three songs in a row and having two of them rejected, yet stubbornly continuing to work must have been really tough.

Moreover, knowing Han Da-min’s personality, she was probably doing separate personal work besides the collaborative work we did together.

“I’m worried you might get burned out, unnie.”

“That’s true. My brain wasn’t working properly. I felt like I was being drained, so I thought it was dangerous.”

Han Da-min stretched her hands up, extended fully, and leaned back against the chair backrest.

“Whether this song gets rejected or not, I need to rest for a while. I’m afraid I might start feeling burdened about making songs.”

“You always say that.”

And then if I let her rest quietly at the dormitory, she’ll get restless and secretly disappear to the studio again.

At my pointed look, Han Da-min didn’t bother saying no and smiled with relief.

“Let’s go eat. We’re done working anyway.”

“Okay.”

Right, we’re already finished, so what’s the point of lingering in the studio?

This is the United States. Since we came all this way, shouldn’t we enjoy the travel mood a little?

We immediately tidied up and left the studio. I heard there’s a really famous flagship burger restaurant near the studio.

We were planning to check it out.

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Some time passed.

We returned to the hotel carrying takeout hamburgers for the members from the hamburger restaurant.

Originally we planned to eat there, but we couldn’t.

Whether word had spread in the meantime, suddenly more people started recognizing us or taking photos, and before we knew it, we were causing trouble for the restaurant.

The staff were obviously hoping we’d take our order to go, so we had no choice but to leave immediately.

I wanted to people-watch and look around the nearby downtown area. It seems like this trip will have to be spent entirely at the hotel.

It’s disappointing, but the manager promised to arrange time for sightseeing with proper accompaniment.

We didn’t come here to play anyway…

Just as I was feeling a bit frustrated about having to stay inside the hotel the whole time, contact quickly came from Day Entertainment employees in Korea to manager Seong Ji-soo.

“They said the song Da-min and Ji-ye made seems good enough to include in the album.”

“Really?”

This actually worked?

Even though we made it, the song and album concept didn’t match at all, so I hadn’t expected much.

The good news didn’t end there.

“They said it might be good to release it as a pre-release track.”

“Pre-release? Huh?”

Han Da-min shook her head vigorously. A pre-release track? That was absolutely ridiculous.

“Why would they make this a pre-release? I’m against that. It doesn’t match the concept at all.”

She was firm. A pre-release track should be a song that shows the album’s beginning and direction.

But honestly, the song we made wasn’t one that considered the album’s concept.

The songs we worked hard on were rejected twice, and this was made with a “whatever happens, happens” mindset, making this opinion even more burdensome.

This song was made with concerts in mind rather than this album.

A song made not with the thought of playing an important role in the album or creating a masterpiece that would mark a milestone in Flora’s album history, but with the thought of everyone jumping around together at the upcoming concert.

For a pre-release track, it’s a bit… The role becomes too heavy compared to the purpose it was made for?

‘No, there are better songs.’

Beautiful songs of good quality that could make fans excited are coming in daily, so why specifically this one?

“You don’t need to treat our song too specially…”

After thinking for a long time, Han Da-min seemed to conclude that it was receiving special treatment because members made it.

At her words, manager Seong Ji-soo shook her head and shrugged as if she didn’t know either.

“I just received word that such an opinion exists, so I don’t know what came up in the staff meeting. Should I ask why they want to make it the pre-release track?”

“Yes, please ask once. Wouldn’t a song that connects with the album concept or title track be better for the pre-release?”

“I don’t think it’s bad though.”

At stubborn Han Da-min’s words, Ji-soo muttered while nodding. Then she sent a messenger to the staff on her mobile phone and soon said:

“They’re saying this song actually matches the overall concept well?”

“What do you mean it matches the concept well?”

“But it’s quite far from the concept?”

What concept could there be in a song we made without even thinking about concepts? The previous two songs that were rejected by Day Entertainment would match the concept much better.

At our puzzled questions, Ji-soo shook her head and said:

“They mean it matches the concept well in terms of being a new attempt, and I think the same way. Plus it’s a good song for drawing attention, so it could stimulate curiosity, right? People will listen and think ‘Whoa, Flora does this kind of song too? What kind of concept is this album exactly?’ and get curious.”

“Ah.”

Han Da-min, who had stubbornly said the pre-release track wouldn’t work and was too lacking for that, closed her mouth with a short sigh.

The company that had been obsessively searching for songs matching the album concept suddenly wanted this song as the pre-release for some reason…

Apparently Day Entertainment wanted to use this song for marketing purposes, that is, as an aggro song for the comeback.

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