The Reincarnated Idol Hard Carries an Indie Band - Chapter 119

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A Former Idol’s Indie Band Hard Carry
Chapter 119
The day after BAND NIGHT ended.
From the moment the performance finished yesterday until now, the Oktatop community and band community were overflowing with talk about BAND NIGHT.
Some people wrote lengthy reviews of how the performance unfolded.
Others posted reviews about their favorite team from the lineup.
Moreover, since there were no restrictions on filming, some people uploaded photos and videos.
Naturally, the audio and video quality were terrible.
As if to compensate for that.
The performance footage edited by Jo Sung Hoon Band was uploaded to Oktatop’s official YouTube channel today.
The title was simple.
-[OKTOP] BAND NIGHT Live Scene Live Clip Teaser.
It wasn’t the full video.
A one-minute clip teaser.
The video began with text overlays appearing amid crackling effects on a black screen.
-BAND NIGHT
After the text appeared, the instrumental version of “Monster” played as background music.
And a black-and-white screen.
The shoes and back of an unidentifiable person.
The upper half of someone playing guitar in the waiting room.
The side profile of a long-haired woman.
A long line of audience members waiting.
People checking tickets.
Followed by audiences filling the seating area.
And an empty stage.
As lights came up on the stage, color began to fill the black-and-white screen.
As the waiting room door behind the stage opened and a small gap formed, the video cut to black again.
And the sound layered over that black screen.
-Hongdae! Make some noise!
-Waaaaaah!
And with that, the video ended.
The view count skyrocketed immediately after release.
-What is this? A teaser? What are they showing us?
-Looks like they’re releasing the live concert footage
-They really put their all into this, huh?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ This indie band works better than major companies
-They won’t release the full video, right? ㅠㅠ
└If they released the full video, people who paid to attend would complain
└ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-But seriously, the video quality is insane? It’s so cool
-This was done by Jo Sung Hoon Band. You can see their name in the credits in the description. Everyone should know that
-I don’t know what it is but I’m so hyped
It was a teaser that left viewers with great expectations about what and how much would be released.
The high video quality showed just how confident Oktatop and Jo Sung Hoon Band were.
And following that teaser, the full video was released within days.
-[OKTOP] BAND NIGHT Live Scene Live Clip.
The full video had been released.
Twelve minutes long.
The one-minute clip from the earlier teaser was laid identically at the beginning.
What should have ended when the waiting room door opened continued instead, and the screen zoomed into the waiting room.
Oktatop walking out to thunderous cheers.
Their identity was revealed, and the screen switched again.
The first performance was “Riot.”
And the next song was “Cruise!!”
The most intense parts of both performances were released as brief clips, roughly ten seconds each.
Then Cha Seo Ha making a comment, his delivery hard to follow.
And the audience responding with cheers.
Cha Seo Ha smiled and walked toward the back of the stage, and the screen switched again.
-Bad News! This is Destruction!
A scene of Im Hyun Taek placing his foot on a monitor speaker, singing aggressively toward the audience.
The angle was shot from the stage.
The audience in front of Im Hyun Taek were raising their hands and cheering at him like half-crazed people.
The angle then switched to below the stage, and Im Hyun Taek’s face was captured large on screen.
Passion seeming to blaze from his eyes.
The audience screamed and jumped about with fervor.
Distruction’s performance was similarly released, lasting less than ten seconds.
Then the screen switched to show the waiting room.
-Hey, can we start some shit again later?
-Seriously, these old guys…….
-What?
A brief exchange between Kang Min and Im Hyun Taek.
-Hahahaha!
A loud laugh suddenly bursting out.
-Yeah, rip it all up.
Choi Woo Young, wearing sunglasses, made a comment directly at the camera.
The next part of the video transitioned to Odyssey’s performance.
Odyssey’s futuristic psychedelic stage.
That performance was edited the most frenetically.
While it didn’t help with visibility, the directing suited the genre’s unique atmosphere perfectly.
And after the other two teams’ stages looked impressive, Maruru Band was revealed.
In reality, they’d been sitting in a corner of the waiting room, isolated from the other teams.
But through editing and framing, Jo Sung Hoon portrayed them with the solitude unique to true masters.
-We touch the sky!
The chorus of Maruru Band’s first song played next.
The video unfolded with no intro, driving straight into the chorus.
Whether viewers would notice or not, Jo Sung Hoon invested the most effort in directing Maruru Band’s performance.
He inserted the original song directly, creating an overlapping and cross-cutting effect with the live stage performance.
He also clearly showed Min Hyun A wiping away tears, briefly but distinctly.
The visuals were beautiful, and their skill was the best among the guest performers.
And that one spoonful of emotion added through Min Hyun A’s tears.
And carrying that emotional narrative forward, Oktatop’s video followed.
The stage of “Monster,” which had recently set Korea on fire.
This performance was released considerably longer compared to the previous videos.
There were many scenes intercut with the audience wearing OKTOP Core.
Cha Seo Ha snatching the camera and shooting a selfie was revealed, and even Jo Sung Hoon’s singing was shown.
Cha Seo Ha catching flying clothes and draping them on himself.
And a brief scene of him grabbing male underwear and placing it on Heo Jun Sung’s head while laughing was also released.
The very end of Oktatop’s performance wasn’t released.
The video ended with a group photo of all the performers.
Thus the live concert footage ended, teasing viewers while boasting quite respectable video quality.
-Wow this is crazy, people who went to see this in person must be so jealous ㄹㅇ
-Wow the video is so well shot, is it Jo Sung Hoon’s skill?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ underwear on Heo Jun Sung’s headㅋㅋㅋㅋ I was watching seriously then suddenly burst out laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I was there and every time I think about it I feel so honored ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-I went to BAND NIGHT and to be honest this video captured only 1/100th of the actual concert.
└Why are you saying obvious things… are you trying to fool people who couldn’t go?
└Yes.
└ㅅㅂ…….
-Wow it must have been so fun, besides Oktatop the other teams were pretty good too right?
-Wow the direction where Cha Seo Ha literally takes the camera was insane.
-But they’re releasing videos like this, Oktatop works well
└Usually at times like this don’t people praise the company? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Oktatop has no company
└ㅇㅇ I said that knowing that, the situation is just funny ㅋㅋㅋ
The video was produced to appreciate the overall atmosphere.
There were limitations in fully experiencing each team’s skill.
The purpose of this video was to raise expectations.
Expectations for what?
-OKTOP – Monster live.
-Destruction – Panorama live.
-Odyssey – Universe Says live.
-Maruru Band – Touch The Sky live.
Released simultaneously with the live footage clip, each team’s individual live performance.
Each team’s video view count skyrocketed at terrifying speed immediately upon release.
Existing band scene fans naturally watched all the videos multiple times.
And fans who had only cared about Oktatop watched the live footage clip and discovered there were other brilliant bands.
Naturally, traffic flowed into the live videos.
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Each team’s live video recorded high view counts within 24 hours of release.
Oktatop 1.4 million views.
Distruction 750 thousand views.
Odyssey 550 thousand views.
Maruru Band 1.1 million views.
The fact that a simple live clip could become such a hot topic was thanks to Oktatop’s recent consistent performance.
There were quite a few people recently conquered by Oktatop’s algorithm.
Demolishing audition programs, number one on overseas charts, appearing on international talk shows, number one on domestic charts.
For Oktatop, whether they were an indie band or anything else, these were remarkable achievements.
On top of that, with OKTOP Core becoming a trend, Oktatop was impossible to avoid on the social media of people interested in fashion.
Anyway, people were flowing in through various channels.
And those people encountered the videos on Oktatop’s channel.
People who would normally have just watched Oktatop and become fans.
New fans who came through OKTOP Core.
This time began discovering other bands as well.
The seeds Oktatop sowed made other bands grow.
And the picture Cha Seo Ha had drawn was unfolding on screen exactly as planned.
Oktatop’s live clip naturally received a strong response.
And the next most popular was Maruru Band’s live video.
The most explosive comments were attached.
-I’m just watching because it’s cool but why am I suddenly crying…….
-What’s up with Maruru Band’s visuals? The vocalist is seriously pretty, are they a girl group?
└She’s thirty years old.
└What?
└????Seriously thirty? Not twenty?
-Min Hyun A ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I really wanted to see her ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-The woman playing guitar in the back is also incredibly beautiful
└She’s the bassist!!! Her name is Yun Jung A ㅋㅋㅋ
-Min Hyun A is making her comeback, band scene you better be nervous, don’t want to die here
└But even so, she’s kind of….
└It’s a nickname, fans all call her Min Hyun A ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow this band’s visuals are just as killer as Oktatop….
For starters, praise for their appearance was abundant.
Maruru Band had started similarly to Oktatop, facing ridicule for being a visual band.
It seemed praise for appearance was still the main focus, like back then.
But there was one thing different from before.
-So they’re pretty and handsome and yeah I get it but the music is the real deal with this team
-This video is nothing, they have way better songs
└Please recommend some
└Nok Mal, Desperados, Streetlight to Streetlight, The Neighbor Knocked on the Door, etc. they have tons of masterpieces
└You know Nok Mal!
└Nok Mal is seriously a masterpiece, go listen to it, that’s an order
-Wow their live is so good, visual and vocals are rare
└Bands don’t use the term “vocals”
-I’m discovering a good band here.
More and more people began recognizing Maruru Band’s musicality.
And that news reached the ears of IK Entertainment as well.

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