The Genius Composer Starts Again - Chapter 76

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– “Whale day”, Haiyon’s 3rd full album’s hidden gem… Fans praise ‘title-track level quality’

Idol group Haiyon’s recently released 3rd full album’s B-side track ‘Whale day’ is quietly gaining popularity.

Despite not being the title track, it has climbed to the upper ranks of music charts, with fans continuously praising it as ‘as good as a title track’.

‘Whale day’ is a song that member Ian participated in composing, featuring poetic lyrics about whales swimming through the night sky and an impressive dreamy sound.

The chorus represented by ‘Dive, dive, into the starlight’ leaves a lasting impression combined with the members’ soft yet deep vocal tones.

Among industry insiders, the existence of rookie composer YULE who co-created ‘Whale day’ is quietly becoming a hot topic.

One music industry insider evaluated, “Usually B-side tracks tend to be just experimental attempts, but Whale day has very delicate emotional expression, and the song’s texture is close to the sensibility of a fully-formed producer.”

The music performance is also hot. As of the second week after release, it reached 18th place on the Elon real-time chart, entered the top 10 on Gin, and surpassed 2.5 million views on YouTube within 5 days of release. This is an exceptional achievement for a B-side track.

Agency A&S Entertainment stated, “We are grateful for the fans’ continuous love”…

@HighOnSaRangHae

This B-side track is insane

What are we supposed to do if our sweet apple mochi rice cake hamster is good at composing too??

@IanAhJalHaJa

Is Ian a blessing from water? A blessing from rice cake?

Or is he the happiness and blessing that came into my life?

@High:ON_Line:On

It’s been a while since I said the B-side is better than the title track

As expected, A&S picks songs with amazing quality

This is really Haiyon’s life song. I honestly listened to it casually because a member participated, but I immediately sat up straight lol

@FLYHIGHON

The composer YULE who collaborated on this is the same person who worked on Lee Ha-in’s title track before!!!!!

The agency is finally getting their act together and doing their jobㅠㅠㅠㅠ

I’m so happyㅠㅠㅠ Actually no, I’m not happy – you should have done well from the start, damn it

[Haiyon’s latest full album is getting good reactions]

The B-side tracks are decent too and the title track has clear point choreography that’s good for challenges lol

It’s an easy listening concept that even muggles find comfortable to listen to, so they seem to have come out grinding their teeth to capture public appeal this time

Personally, I think Whale day among the B-side tracks is better than the title track

→The initial sales numbers weren’t ordinary

→It seems like it’ll have a long run on the charts, the seasonal feel is perfect too lol

→When I listen to whale day, it really feels like I can smell the ocean, it was fascinating

[Someone please help me find a song!!!!]

I heard it playing from a cafe while passing by, but when I tried using a song identification app, it couldn’t recognize it properly because it was too noisy around me ㅠㅠ

But the moment I heard it, I stopped and turned around because it was completely my taste

It was sung by a man and I couldn’t hear the lyrics properly, but it went something like FLY? DIVE?

The melody went like da-da da-ra-ra-ra da-rat da-da, does anyone know what it is??

Please help me ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

→da-da da-ra-ra da-rat da-da lololol

→How are we supposed to know that

→Sounds like Haiyon’s Whale Day?

→→Gasp I’m the original poster and I think this is right, thank you!!!!

→→→They actually found it;

[First time I’ve looked up a composer’s name]

I looked it up because I heard the person who made Lee Ha-in’s last title track and the person who made Whale day are the same person,,

This person YULE is apparently a rookie composer but already has an amazing career lol

They have a distinctive style and it’s extremely extremely extremely my taste

→Wow I really loved both songs but they were by the same composer??

→Both are in my playlist but I just found out now

→Personally it’s not my style but I think the song quality itself is good

→Ah so that’s the person Lee Ha-in respected in that interview lololol

“Unnie!”

Han So-yeon looked up in surprise. Lee Hyun-ji was standing there tilting her head.

“What are you looking at so intently?”

“Oh, nothing. It’s nothing important.”

Han So-yeon hurriedly turned off her phone screen. Then Yu Da-yeon, who was doing assignments beside her, chuckled and answered.

“What else. She was probably looking up reactions to YULE’s new song again.”

“Hey!”

“YULE? Oh, that person right? The composer So-yeon unnie really likes. Did that person release a new song?”

“I don’t like them or anything.”

Han So-yeon answered sulkily, but Yu Da-yeon interrupted again.

“Yeah. They released a Haiyon B-side track. She’s listening to that B-side track to death right now.”

“Wow~. Isn’t Haiyon a pretty famous boy group? That’s amazing.”

Lee Hyun-ji clapped her hands brightly and smiled widely. Unable to spit at that face, Han So-yeon just turned her head away sharply.

In reality, Haiyon’s Whale day was flowing from the earphone she had in one ear.

“I want to listen to it too!”

At Lee Hyun-ji’s words, Han So-yeon quietly handed over her earphone. Lee Hyun-ji listened to the song through the earphone and soon opened her mouth wide with a “Wow~”.

“I’ve heard this before! So this was a Haiyon song. This song plays often when you go to cafes these days.”

“The song’s good, right?”

At Yu Da-yeon’s question, Lee Hyun-ji nodded.

Lee Hyun-ji focused on the melody coming through the earphone.

The gently layered synths and wave-like rhythm stimulated her ears. The vocals placed on top were clear and pure.

Not only was it simply pleasant to listen to, but following the emotional line that gradually builds up layer by layer, it suddenly explodes at some point.

There was definitely a mysterious power that manipulated human emotions.

“Yeah. I thought it was good even when I heard it in passing… It’s really good listening to it like this.”

When she answered absentmindedly, Han So-yeon made a somewhat proud face.

Seeing that, Yu Da-yeon laughed briefly and playfully added.

“I think it’s probably an older man.”

“What?”

“YULE, I mean. They’re mysterious so no one knows their true identity.”

“Why specifically an older man?”

“Someone who makes songs like this must have a lot of experience! YULE is probably a newly created composer name, right? That’s why they can immediately contract with prominent people from Lee Ha-in to Haiyon.”

Yu Da-yeon spoke teasingly, but it was somewhat convincing. Even Lee Hyun-ji nodded thinking ‘Well, that makes sense’.

Han So-yeon frowned deeply and objected.

“Someone who writes such delicate songs?”

“What does that have to do with anything.”

“I think it’s probably a woman.”

“Isn’t that just what you want to believe?”

At Yu Da-yeon’s words mixed with laughter, Han So-yeon glared. Yu Da-yeon giggled and raised both hands in surrender.

“There’s a warm and loving feeling. It must be someone motherly and comforting like that.”

Han So-yeon muttered quietly.

“Someone who wants to be free from the world’s gaze. Detached, not swayed by material things…”

It was a tone that painted a dreamlike ideal. Yu Da-yeon shook her head disapprovingly.

Though she firmly denied it herself, anyone could see she had become a fan of composer YULE.

***

I checked the flickering monitor. Haiyon’s 3rd full album. Not to mention the title track, ‘Whale day’ was already a hot topic on various SNS platforms and communities.

I slowly scrolled the mouse wheel.

While checking people’s reactions, I felt something creeping up from deep within my chest.

The numbers and reactions on the monitor

felt like they were proving my existence.

It was also evidence that the world needed me as a composer.

“…I just can’t get used to this.”

My quiet murmur scattered into the air.

Even though I had experienced this once before, every time the public recognized my song and reacted to it, a thrilling sensation swept through me.

“Oh right. Come to think of it, it’s about time…”

Before I could finish speaking, my phone rang.

Buzz-.

The name on the screen was as expected.

[ Shin Ha-yeon ]

“Hello?”

-S-Seol! Is it okay to talk for a moment?

“Yeah. Of course.”

-Well… I think there might be an error in the payment amount…!

Shin Ha-yeon spoke frantically in a flustered manner.

-I think they accidentally added three, no, four extra zeros at the end, so I think we need to check?

“Really? I don’t think we need to check. The copyright fees haven’t been settled yet, and what came in now is an advance payment.”

-Huh?

Hearing Shin Ha-yeon’s bewildered voice, I grinned.

“That payment is correct.”

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