Chapter 125
Tears Shed Because of You
The path created like that, Milky Way
The questions that had been raised little by little became certain as Cha Yul’s next part came out.
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Are you serious? Kim Ryeo-yu’s lip-syncing doesn’t even match.
How much AR did they addㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
They loaded so much live AR
Look at Cha Yul’s vocal power breaking through the AR
If Kim Ryeo-yu sang alone, I might have been unsure because of the post-editing, but Cha Yul confirmed it right away
If they layer this much live AR, this is basically lip-syncing. Meanwhile, Cha Yul’s voice is so powerful that she devoured the ARㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
AR is a track where both the singer’s voice and the accompaniment are recorded.
And live AR is a pre-recorded track made to sound like a ‘live’ performance.
Including breath sounds to make it realistic.
But in reality, this was not just simple live AR.
Guys, this isn’t live AR.
※ Not shielding Kim Ryeo-yu ※
This is LMR.
When I only listened to Kim Ryeo-yu’s part, I thought it was live AR, but after hearing Cha Yul’s part, I realized it.
It’s LMR.
LMR stands for Live MR.
‘Some’ parts are sung live by the singer, and ‘some’ parts are left as AR.
If you put the whole thing in AR, it’s too obvious and not fun, so they leave the parts they can sing appropriately.
It looks like Kim Ryeo-yu’s part wasn’t left empty, but Cha Yul’s part was.
Usually, when this goes through post-broadcast editing, you can’t really tell, but since Kim Ryeo-yu’s lip-syncing was off, it got exposed right away.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ… It’s funny but not funny.
Actually, LMR and LAR are really common. There’s hardly any idols who don’t use it.
└ 222 There are many cases where it’s used not because of skill but because of sound issues… If the live broadcast isn’t stable enough.
└└ But this situation is really stable. Isn’t this a pre-recorded studio performance? It’s not even a music show, it’s a variety show recording, so time shouldn’t have been that tight.
└└└ That’s true.
Actually, for outdoor stages or regional event stages, LMR or LAR is often used. The broadcast is sent out as LAR, and the stage itself is done live…
└ But this isn’t one of those cases. It’s a studio stageㅋㅋㅋㅋ Stop making weird excuses.
└└ Desperately shielding~
└└└ No, so even on studio stages.. There are many idols who use it due to various situations, regardless of skillㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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No, even if it’s a studio recording, how do you know what the situation was; because of budget issues, the sound support might have been terrible, so they could have used LMR. What do you know?
Our soft tofu Ryeo-yu, there’s no way she decided this alone, pushing aside her seniorsㅠ They must have discussed it with the seniors and made the best choice..
└ ㅁㅈ SBN might have ordered it..
And maybe her voice wasn’t in good condition on the recording day;
Now, the problem was the other team members.
Sae-ah and Yoon Cheong.
Would these two people also use LMR?
Or, like Cha Yul, would they sing directly?
Actually.
There was one person for whom this wasn’t the issue.
***
‘Hmm. This seems to be a big problem.’
That person was me.
I realized it as I was warming up my voice just before going on stage.
This was a big problem.
‘My voice is completely shot.’
But today, of all days, I absolutely couldn’t afford to be off.
Why?
“Okay, I understand the situation. But. It’s too much to use this much LMR.”
“…”
Because Cha Yul and Sae-ah were completely furious.
This was the waiting room.
We only found out just before going on stage that the MR we had originally prepared had been swapped.
So, we decided to have an emergency meeting without the cameras, with just the PD and the four team members.
“Ryeo-yu. If you overlay this much on just your part, it will be obvious. I’m telling you this for your sake.”
“…I know.”
Kim Ryeo-yu said, her face stubborn and irritating.
Feigning obedience but actually not obedient at all.
“Then why? And if you were going to do this, shouldn’t you have at least consulted with us?”
That was it.
Kim Ryeo-yu had recorded her part live and overlaid it on the original MR without telling us.
“Do you think we made you the main vocal and center for this?”
“…I’m sorry.”
“Sorry doesn’t solve anything. If you weren’t confident in your skills, you should have told us so we could have adjusted the parts!”
Sae-ah was truly terrifying when angry.
Especially when someone gets angry for a justified reason; it becomes even scarier.
“I wanted to tell you.”
“Then why didn’t you?”
“It wasn’t the right atmosphere to say anything.”
“?”
The atmosphere turned to one of complete confusion at Kim Ryeo-yu’s answer.
“What do you mean it wasn’t the right atmosphere? Did we ever hit you while teaching you?”
“…You didn’t hit me, but you did pressure me while teaching. And I tried my best…. I did everything the seniors asked of me.”
“Oh, so you acknowledge that we taught you from A to Z?”
Cha Yul, who had been suppressing her anger, also joined in.
“How many times did I ask you? ‘If you can’t be the main vocal, how about we change the parts again?’ How many times did I say that?”
“…Then you should have taken the main vocal part from the beginning.”
“What? Do you really think I gave you the main vocal part because I wasn’t confident? Is that what you think?”
Cha Yul looked straight at Kim Ryeo-yu with a very low voice.
“I already reached my position, so I gave you, the rookie, a chance. To show your talent. To show the public who you are. But when it turned out that you didn’t have much talent to show, I asked again. I suggested that the seniors take the main roles for this performance because it seemed you couldn’t handle it yet.”
“….”
“But what did you say to that? ‘No. I can handle it, and I don’t see any reason why I can’t.’ That’s what you said.”
Cha Yul laughed softly.
“And this is the result?”
“…Aren’t you all being too harsh?”
At that moment, Kim Ryeo-yu lifted her head sharply.
“…What?”
“Where do you get off saying LMR is so rare? Everyone uses it. It’s so common that it can’t even be identified. Why are you all picking on me?”
Now that there were no cameras, her true colors were showing.
I sighed inwardly.
“Honestly, if we get chosen as the worst team for this performance, it’s obvious who among us will be picked as the worst member.”
Kim Ryeo-yu glared at me with eyes full of tears.
…Is she crying?
And looking at me while doing it?
“Cha Yul sunbae-nim favors Yoon Cheong to the point where it’s talked about online. Sae-ah sunbae-nim just scolds me no matter what I do. How can I feel secure? And she too…!”
Kim Ryeo-yu pointed at me, then dropped her hand and crossed her arms as if she had remembered something.
She turned her head sharply.
Did Kim Mokyung tell her not to clash with me?
“I didn’t want us to be picked as the worst performance. I was desperate. Is that such a big crime?”
“Yes. It is a big crime.”
Sae-ah said firmly.
“Maybe you don’t understand because you haven’t lived in a group before. It’s a big crime to harm others because of your selfishness. At the very least, you should have discussed it with us.”
She was making all the right points.
Sae-ah was really someone who spoke clearly.
“Okay, everyone calm down.”
The PD, who had been quietly observing, stepped in.
“Ryeo-yu, you’re going to sing with the LMR, right? You are, right?”
“…I will sing.”
Reluctantly, Kim Ryeo-yu responded to the PD’s question.
“You will~ sing~?”
This was bad.
Cha Yul was on the verge of losing it.
“Is that something a singer should say-”
“Whoa, whoa.”
I immediately hugged Cha Yul from behind and dragged her out.
I took her to an empty waiting room.
As I handed her the chocolate I had prepared in advance for such situations, she accepted it despite her anger.
“There are too many eyes watching. If you say something like that, it will be a big problem, sunbae-nim.”
“Hey, she-”
“I know, I know. But everyone already knows the truth, so you don’t have to worry about explaining it. Don’t worry.”
“But still-”
“You have every right to be angry. But if the LMR gets exposed, she’s the one who will suffer the consequences. So, don’t worry too much. How about you drop a hint during the interview later?”
“But still!”
“I know, I know.”
Cha Yul began to calm down, though it seemed difficult for her to fully swallow her anger.
“If she overlays it on just her part, it’ll stand out even more.”
“Then should we overlay it on your part too, sunbae?”
“Absolutely not.”
And yet.
“No matter what we say, she’s not going to listen. We just need to focus on doing our best for our performance.”
Cha Yul reluctantly nodded.
But then she suddenly looked up at me.
“Wait a minute. What’s wrong with your voice?”
Uh-oh.
“Haha.”
“Haha? Haha? Are you laughing right now?”
Cha Yul grabbed my shoulders, more furious than before.
This person… Is this really the same person who shyly asked me to eat together just a while ago?
This is Cha Yul.
Outside of music, she is naive and clueless.
But when it comes to music or someone she has a grudge against?
She goes a bit crazy….
“This won’t do. You need to use LMR too-”
“No, no. I’m not using it.”
Why would I risk getting scolded alongside Kim Ryeo-yu?
If my voice gives out on stage, at least I might get some sympathy votes.
But using LMR with Kim Ryeo-yu?
It would be the perfect setup for the phrases ‘birds of a feather’ and ‘two of a kind’.
“But if you go on like this, your voice will be completely ruined. Do you not realize how serious that is for a singer? Maybe because you’re a rookie, you don’t know, but it’s not something to take lightly. It’s hard to recover from. It will affect your reputation and your voice.”
I knew that well.
But it was a situation where I couldn’t back down.
Above all….
-Don’t worry. Even if your vocal cords get damaged… I will make sure you can perform on stage!
“No. How?”
-You’ll find out when the time comes.
My little cotton ball promised me I’d be able to perform on stage.
Moreover, she said she would come back in a few days and completely heal my voice.
So she’ll take care of it.
Even if it doesn’t work out… with Kim Ryeo-yu’s huge blunder next to me, I could avoid the worst-case scenario.
But….
If my little cotton ball betrays me again, I might not want to follow her words anymore.
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And so, we stood on stage.
None of us had good expressions because of our individual worries.
Cha Yul and Sae-ah were worried about getting blamed along with Kim Ryeo-yu.
Kim Ryeo-yu was worried about getting caught using LMR alone.
I was worried my voice would completely give out.
Despite standing there with such anxieties – the moment the intro started.
Everyone wiped away their expressions and put on smiles as if nothing had happened.
The stage had begun.
I steeled my heart.
First was Kim Ryeo-yu’s part.
Then Cha Yul’s part.
Oh no.
In this situation, Cha Yul added an ad-lib, perhaps to emphasize that she wasn’t using LMR.
Next was Sae-ah’s part.
Sae-ah subtly hinted at it too, though not as much as Cha Yul.
Then it was my turn.
The moment I sang the first line,
“It’s time…”
I felt it right away.
The next line… wasn’t going to come out.
But at that moment.
Ding!
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“You fill my heart
Tonight too, Full Moon”
I was astonished.
“…!”
Yoon Cheong’s voice… sounded so much like mine.
You resembled me much more than I thought.
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