The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 298

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The screen switched again to match Han Da-min’s voice.

The abandoned factory choreography scene where we danced almost all day long.

Since it was filmed when we were at our most exhausted without any buffs, we couldn’t properly monitor it at the time and I was secretly worried about how it would turn out, but when I actually saw it, I was amazed.

‘Oh, it came out really well?’

The members were watching so intently that I couldn’t say it out loud, but it seemed like the dark yet solemn feeling that Jang Jak-so was pursuing came out well.

To be honest, after dancing it several times in a row, it was more like we naturally became solemn with the thought of ‘please let us dance properly so we can finish quickly.’

The desperation to finish quickly and rest transformed into solemnity, sharpness, and somehow confident presence, creating quite a good choreography scene.

And it was definitely different.

The elegance that Flora had shown so far was reduced, and you could feel the powerful vibe and the feeling of ‘we’re temporarily putting aside our mass appeal to try something idol-like~’ expressed through our whole bodies.

The choreography that pushed the difficulty to the limit that Flora could dance, which Min Ha-young had so desperately wanted, and the members’ low voices that matched perfectly with it.

Flora, who had pursued easy listening, broke out of that mold. Yet they still maintained Flora’s unique classical atmosphere and elegance.

The fact that this was properly captured in the music video made me happy.

During filming, it was really exhausting to death, but when Jang Jak-so mercilessly made us do the choreography continuously and seemed satisfied as the members’ expressions hardened with difficulty, I was genuinely angry at him.

‘With results like this, I was wrong to be angry.’

It was also good that the proportion of choreography footage was larger compared to Flora’s previous music videos.

As everyone was quietly but satisfyingly watching the choreography scene, the screen switched.

“The choreography really came out well. We were so busy during filming that we couldn’t monitor it properly.”

“As a choreographer who participated in the choreography, how do you feel?”

“Very satisfied. Good good.”

Min Ha-young smiled and clapped.

Only after the choreography ended did the members start making various comments.

Scenes of members running and running again, the familiar girl’s shadow chasing after them appeared continuously, with choreography and lip sync close-up scenes repeated in between.

‘Looking at it this way, there’s not really much of a story.’

Since all we did for story cuts was run and hide, it’s embarrassing to say there’s a story other than being chased by shadows.

All those empty parts were filled with choreography and lip sync.

“But why doesn’t Ra-eun unnie appear?”

“Right. Did Ra-eun appear?”

Just as I was concluding there was no story, the members looked at Seo Ra-eun and asked. Come to think of it, Seo Ra-eun wasn’t among the running members.

Her filming was done separately too.

Seo Ra-eun just smiled quietly without saying anything, continuing to focus on the screen. Around that time, as the song entered the bridge, the screen suddenly went completely black.

And someone’s feet slowly began to appear.

Anyone could see it was hesitant, wavering steps.

And in front of those footsteps were someone else’s feet.

Everyone was wearing different clothes and shoes, but one person alone seemed trapped in past time, wearing a school uniform.

The screen slowly moved up, showing the faces of the two people.

“Ah, this is it? The thing they filmed separately.”

The two people on screen were Seo Ra-eun and Choi Song-i.

Naturally, the one wearing the school uniform was Choi Song-i.

She was holding a book in her hands, and Seo Ra-eun looked back and forth between the book and Choi Song-i, stepping backward with a trembling body.

The screen turned black and white text appeared.

[Status Quo]

Choi Song-i in the screen opened the book and showed it to Seo Ra-eun.

Then it changed to a black screen again and white text appeared.

[Our Memories Are Forever]

When the screen changed again, thud-. The book fell to the floor.

And the only person remaining in that space was Choi Song-i.

“…What is this.”

“Whoa.”

The members had no idea there was such a story, so they looked at Seo Ra-eun and Choi Song-i with surprised faces.

Meanwhile, Choi Song-i on screen picked up the book that had fallen to the ground with an expressionless face.

And then she started walking somewhere again.

The song had reached the highlight.

The members except Seo Ra-eun were still running, chased by shadows, and the difficulty of the choreography shown intermittently kept increasing.

Now we know.

Who that shadow’s identity is.

Neat straight hair and a one-piece dress, a silhouette of clothing that now appeared to be a school uniform.

Choi Song-i was chasing the members.

They had given hints through text earlier. Since they connected it with three whole music videos, we could now properly understand what the content was about.

But since such interpretation should be left to the fans, what we had to do was.

“What is this, it’s really scary!”

Pretend we didn’t notice anything and enthusiastically make a fuss with reactions.

And the members disappeared one by one due to the shadow, and the place where we had been became an empty space.

That’s how the music video ended.

“Wowwww…”

I don’t know if I should say this, but the atmosphere that left a dark and long lingering feeling until the end was a perfect match with this title song.

Everyone quietly stared at the already stopped screen as if feeling the lingering emotion, then Han Da-min was the first to speak.

“The music video has ended, how did everyone find it?”

At her question, the members began pouring out their impressions one by one.

“I felt it was more chilling than previous music videos… But didn’t it match the song very well?”

“Right. And it was really good that the choreography was clearly visible. The points we wanted to show came out just right.”

“There are many parts about the choreography we want to show more and explain, but we’ll save that for later, after we show you the stage performance, our Ha-young will turn on a live broadcast to talk about it!”

“It came out much better than we thought, so we want to quickly show it to our fans and see them enjoying it.”

Of course, since this isn’t the style we’ve been pursuing so far, there might be mixed reactions among fans.

But we put our heart and soul into it and we’re confident that this song will definitely succeed.

“Then we hope our Garden members will also enjoy watching it. Shall we say goodbye here?”

“Sounds good.”

“Ah! I want to make a comeback quickly!”

“Me too. Haha, then until now!”

“This was Flora!”

“Bye bye!”

The music video reaction filming ended.

We naturally moved closer to the laptop to watch the music video a few more times, and only after the manager gave us a warning did we resume practice.

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Practice continued day after day.

During this time, my condition recovered completely, and naturally there were frequent days when practice continued until dawn.

Although it was before the comeback, we also handled quite a few filming schedules.

Pre-recording for music show comebacks and variety show appearances for promotion, etc.

Now, step by step, busy but leisurely comeback preparations proceeded.

‘No, there wasn’t really any leisure…’

Anyway, spending each day without problems doing the given daily routine, before we knew it, comeback day had arrived.

Just because it was comeback day didn’t mean a special morning began.

Although many members woke up earlier than usual due to nervousness, it was a quiet morning like any other.

We finished breakfast with our diet meal and headed to the practice room to start practicing.

Comeback days always started ordinarily like this. This was just the leisure before the music video was released and the music was officially released.

“Ugh! Wait a minute.”

Min Ha-young, who had been continuing practice, suddenly stopped dancing and panted.

“Did I not stretch enough today? Why am I already so tired? Is my body tense.”

“That’s arrhythmia. It’s because you couldn’t sleep due to comeback stress.”

“If Ha-young keeps acting like that, practice is ruined. Everyone can’t concentrate, so how about we just take a break?”

Comeback day.

Today seemed to flow peacefully and leisurely, but in reality, no one was in their right mind.

In the end, the choreographer teacher declared a break until the music source was released.

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