The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 292

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It was truly fortunate that I got the opportunity to mention Han Da-min’s song in the most important interview.

‘This was something I really wanted to say.’

If even the tiniest bit of influence was given to me, I wanted to appeal to people who don’t know our Flora that Flora’s members have this much talent and skill.

I don’t know how much that got through though.

The interview after that mostly consisted of album talk between Cael Arden and the host.

There wasn’t much conversation for me to jump into, and my English skills weren’t good enough to jump in anyway.

As we proceeded with talk that was much more comfortable, enjoyable, and participatory than other interviews, it was soon time to prepare for the live performance.

“This is the first time you’re showing the live performance, right?”

“That’s right. I’m truly honored to be able to let you hear it for the first time on this show.”

“We’re the ones who should be grateful. It’s like we were chosen. Then please move to the live performance area.”

At the host’s words, Cael Arden and I got up from our seats and headed to the live performance set on the opposite side of the set studio.

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

Since we had to cross through the audience seats to get there, naturally the fans’ cheers and hands reached out toward Cael Arden and me.

I lightly gave high-fives or handshakes to the hands that blocked my path as I headed to the live performance set.

Unlike the talk set that was full of various modern furniture and props, this place was a space with only chairs and stand microphones adjusted to the right height.

I thought this was also very different from Korea’s music shows.

Korea’s music shows where I could show off myself to my heart’s content on stages decorated with lighting so strong it covered all the makeup and flashy sets.

This place is a bit more static.

The song we’re singing has enough rhythm that it wouldn’t be strange to stand up and dance right away.

But it’s set up so you can focus only on the song and the person singing it.

‘Honestly, my preference is more toward Korean music shows though.’

But there probably isn’t a better setting than this for showing singing skills. It would be good for capturing emotions too.

I sat in the chair, lightly regulated my breathing, and got into the right emotional state.

And I briefly made eye contact with Cael Arden.

This was the first time on an official broadcast, but I’d sung this song with him several times before, so I wasn’t very nervous.

The band sound that could be heard shortly after.

Another characteristic of this show is that the show’s band directly plays the songs the singers will perform.

‘Interesting.’

A brief moment of silence to prepare for the song. And then the band’s performance began.

My seated body naturally moved to the rhythm of the fast drum beat, and following me, Cael Arden also began moving to the rhythm.

Surprisingly, Cael Arden, who was said to have such prejudice against K-pop, collaborated with a K-pop singer on his album’s title track and even made the album’s sound K-pop-like.

It was ironic, but it was a song created by mixing K-pop and existing pop quite appropriately. A melody that was very fresh yet evoked a strange nostalgia.

And shortly after, Cael Arden’s singing began.

Wears the same old jeans she’s always been in

Doesn’t care about the crowd or noise

She’s not loud, but she’s got a voice

A story about a girl from a completely different group who can be seen in the same class but rarely has any connection.

A modest girl with no interest in romance and a guy who falls for her. It’s a story that could appear in the teen movies we saw a lot when we were young.

Of course, I, who am singing with Cael Arden, have a glamorous appearance that’s completely different from modesty.

The female protagonist in this song’s music video that we filmed recently was a protagonist with the image of always wearing similar t-shirts and jeans and heading straight home after class, just like the lyrics describe.

She reads books under the bleachers

And laughs at jokes from old science teachers

She looked up once and caught my stare

I swear my heart wasn’t prepared

Yes, I admit it.

No matter how many times I think about it, Cael Arden’s personality is really terrible, and his actions that he calls consideration are rather rude to me, and he’s probably someone I think is so incompatible that I’ll never see him again after this activity ends.

But his singing ability is definitely being underestimated.

He debuted as a singer but became famous as an actor first, so many people don’t even know he’s a singer, and his songs aren’t well known either. His vocal ability is so good that it’s really regrettable.

And my vocals, which he personally pointed out that he wanted to collaborate with, surprisingly went quite well with this song and Cael Arden’s voice.

After Cael Arden’s part ended, I lifted the microphone next.

You walked in with your messy hair and that dumb varsity jacket

Like, seriously, who even looks good in that?

I was pretending not to care

But I was dying inside, swear.

Lyrics about a model student who seems to have no interest in romance at all, especially not in the male narrator, but actually wasn’t like that.

I also had feelings for you.

But these are the lyrics of a proud woman who can’t even think of approaching because you’re too different from me.

I dropped my pen, you picked it up

Our fingers touched and that was enough

You smiled like it was nothing big

Well, to me, it was everything

For the guy, every moment was flirting and actions to look good to the girl, but the girl doesn’t know.

Because he’s always been popular. Because he’s someone who easily becomes friends with the opposite sex, the girl thinks actions like picking up a pen or smiling have no meaning.

But her true feelings of actually liking the guy so much that she’d be lost in thoughts about him all day from just one point of contact with him.

It’s literally the kind of innocent and excited emotions you’d see in teen movies.

As I and Cael Arden alternated singing like that, we finally reached the part we sing together.

Cael Arden and I simultaneously pulled out our microphones, stood up, and moved forward.

Maybe I’ll stay just a face in the frame

I won’t hold her hand, or make her mine

But that doesn’t make this less divine

It’s still real, it’s not fake

Even if she never knew enough—

While we sang together, the band’s performance sound also became more intense.

Matching that, we bounced around while singing. Even if our voices shook a little, I thought that wasn’t bad in its own way.

Because I thought it was the charm of live performance and actually went well with this overwhelming, innocent, and foolish song.

As we had fun singing the chorus together like that, we reached the end of the song before we knew it.

We actually kept our distance from each other and sang while facing each other.

It’s still real, it’s not fake

Maybe feeling this

was already enough.

They don’t ask each other to love them.

The song ended with lyrics saying that just liking this moment’s emotions, getting excited by that alone and eventually cooling off would be enough.

After the song ended, Cael Arden and I looked at each other and smiled without words for the first time.

I think this was probably the first time I smiled at Cael Arden without pretense.

That’s how much I genuinely liked this live performance.

And that wasn’t just my thought.

Because reactions really quickly started pouring out right after the broadcast.

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