The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 348

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted
Chapter 348
“A Horizon concept?”
“Right now?”
Everyone tilted their heads in confusion.
Wasn’t a youthful concept typical for teenage idols usually done right after debut?
Especially for our group—aside from Song-i, we were all adults, and for rookies, our average age was actually quite high, so it was a concept we’d been avoiding.
But now, out of nowhere?
Yet the employee remained serious. She had her own sound reasoning.
“Personally, I believe now is the absolute last window we have to pull off this concept.”
Year two. Too established to be called rookies, yet too early to be considered veterans.
Regardless of how old we were to convincingly portray teenagers, our group still retained that fresh charm of having just debuted.
“Since Song-i is racing toward the end of her teenage years, I think it would be good to showcase this concept one last time before we undergo an image transformation. What do you think?”
Her words sparked divided opinions.
“It’s a concept that would suit FLORA well, so trying it out this time wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
“But in my opinion, it feels a bit late to be singing about youthful teenage years. We’ve already established an elegant concept, and fans might find this sudden shift jarring.”
“But the stage fans love most and want to see frequently is Horizon. There’s definitely demand for it.”
“Going full teenage youth would be pushing it since they’re not rookies anymore. But if we blend it well with our existing concept, it might work.”
“The thing is, youthful concepts do well domestically, but they’re a bit ambiguous overseas.”
Our opinions were split in opposite directions.
One faction believed now was the perfect time for a youthful concept.
The other faction argued that FLORA’s recognition was growing overseas, so pursuing a concept that would only appeal domestically seemed misguided.
Personally, I leaned toward the latter.
We’d need to hear the song to know for certain, but I thought we should aim for a concept that targeted both domestic and overseas audiences simultaneously while preserving the image we’d already built.
‘That’s what the United States expedition was for….’
The moment our album promotion ended, we headed to the United States and juggled countless schedules.
As a result, our overseas fan influx increased significantly, so wouldn’t the primary goal of our next comeback be retaining those newly acquired fans?
A youthful teenage concept would certainly become difficult to attempt once this window closed, making now the perfect timing, but considering FLORA’s current momentum, it felt ambiguous.
With opinions so divided, silence fell instead.
Just as everyone fell into contemplation, Han Da-min spoke.
“But does the concept being youthful necessarily mean the song itself has to be?”
“Huh? …Could you explain that a bit more?”
“The song should match to some degree, but what if we conveyed the youthful vibe through the Music Video and overall visuals rather than the song itself?”
“Keep the song trendy, but make the atmosphere and visuals youthful?”
“Yes, exactly. Since we’re getting responses from overseas with our current concept, it seems risky to suddenly change direction and experiment.”
I listened quietly to their conversation before speaking.
“But if we only maintain our existing concept, it might get boring. Since we’re doing the teenage concept anyway, I think it would be nice to go with a slightly cute song. Oh, not the cutesy, bubbly kind—more of a lovely, charming vibe.”
Cutesy doesn’t suit us at all.
Adding loveliness and charm to what we normally do seemed like it could be a worthwhile new attempt.
“Then let’s wrap up the album concept discussion here. We’ll discuss the rest among the staff. Next is…. Solo songs for the Members?”
“Yes, of course.”
This conversation had come up during the team dinner after the concert.
I’d thought the process would unfold slowly, but it seemed Han Da-min had submitted the proposal to the Company right after the dinner.
“Honestly, including solo tracks in this album seems impossible. We need time to source the songs, and besides, we’re already planning to include the unit tracks we showcased at the concert and Song-i’s solo track, so there’s simply no room.”
“Ah… yes, that’s true.”
We’d already anticipated this during the dinner, but it was only natural.
The next album already had far too many tracks scheduled.
“Instead, what if we released them one by one after the album drops?”
“Oh, that sounds great! Like the Special Clips we did before?”
The Employee nodded at Han Da-min’s question.
It certainly seemed like a better proposal than forcing solo tracks into the album.
Plus, with Special Clips, we’d have plenty of time to select the songs, and we could even add choreography to release full performances alongside them.
That might actually be even better.
“The previous Special Clips got good responses, so let’s allocate solid resources and prepare these properly. And we’ll include them in the album after next.”
“Sounds good.”
“So we’ll proceed with the solo tracks that way, and also… I listened to the track you worked on with Jeon Ye-jin.”
Both I and Han Da-min straightened up immediately.
The song we’d created over several days with Jeon Ye-jin, the former Crunch member.
It seemed solid enough to us, so we’d sent it to the A&R Team for feedback.
Jeon Ye-jin had been so nervous, saying “what if it’s not good,” but then confidently insisted it would definitely pass—and here we were.
The moment it was mentioned, I found myself tensing up.
Without thinking, I was biting my lip and staring at the Employee when she suddenly gave me a thumbs up.
“Wow, it was really good? You three made that together? The quality was seriously impressive. It’ll need some polishing, though.”
“Really?”
“C-could it be included on the album?”
Han Da-min asked excitedly, her words even stumbling slightly.
“It looks like it could be included, but we’ll need to adjust it a bit to match the concept better.”
“Ah…”
Oops.
Of course album tracks wouldn’t pass that easily.
We smiled awkwardly and nodded.
“How should we approach it roughly?”
“Right now there’s too much kick. Since it’s an album track, not the title, make it flow more loosely, like water.”
“Mm! I get what you mean roughly!”
I had no idea what she meant, but Han Da-min apparently understood.
Well, as long as one person understood, that was enough.
I nodded as if I’d understood too.
“Then we’ll revise that track and send it back. Let’s wrap up today’s meeting here.”
“Thank you for your hard work!”
The meeting was over.
Everyone gathered their meeting materials in their arms and began leaving the conference room, while the Members also stretched their stiff bodies and stood up.
“We’re heading to practice, right?”
Min Ha-young’s question received varied responses from the Members.
“Yeah. Let’s go.”
Seo Ra-eun nodded immediately, while Song-i spoke with a reluctant expression.
“We don’t have anything to practice right now, though.”
The Album Promotion had ended, the Concert was over, and the next Album’s Songs hadn’t even been decided yet—what was there to practice?
At Song-i’s words, Min Ha-young suddenly grabbed her hand and dragged her along.
“There’s plenty to practice! You’re just going back to the Dormitory to play mobile games anyway, right? If that’s the case, then practice.”
“…Sorry, but does FLORA break out in spines if we rest for a bit?”
“Break out in spines? My whole body was itching.”
Min Ha-young said that and forcibly dragged Song-i away.
Naturally, I and Han Da-min headed toward the Studio.
“Jeon Ye-jin is on her way now.”
“Did you relay what the Staff said? What did they say?”
“She seemed really happy? She said we can revise as much as we want.”
At Han Da-min’s words, I laughed and shook my head.
Right now she’d say she’d do anything with excitement, but once she experiences Day Entertainment’s endless revisions, she’ll probably shudder.
Anyway, once we arrived at the Studio, we immediately opened the program and fell into contemplation.
“They said there are too many kicks, right? We thought having many kicks was good.”
“How many do we need to remove?”
“The Company seems to want a Song that flows like Water with no Highlight at all.”
“So they want us to make Easy Listening.”
It was daunting, but at least now that the Concept was decided, we could get some direction and make revisions.

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