Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Heo Junseong entered the community expecting clearly full of criticism about Oktap.

But the reality was different from the guy’s expectation.

No, precisely half different.

-Anyone who saw Killing Band Oktap? Not a joke?

-No these Oktap bastards more real than thought?

-Hate to acknowledge but Cha Seoha vocal seems can’t ignore

└Not that Cha Seoha is important that kid playing piano really fucking well that doesn’t make sense unless major

-Personal opinion. Oktap this Killing Band honestly did well

-Now acknowledge a bit do music well?

-Wow guitar plays fucking tasty

└But seems a bit tendency of showing off

└If guitarist in band doesn’t show off who shows off?

└What on earth a guy saying showing off to guitarist

└That taste idiot why saying showing off

-What is bassist? Skill fucking increased?

└As a bass player adding one word such cautious kids have good potential. Looking carefully the one playing most delicately at some moment skill fucking increases person

-No these Oktap bastards play more fucking awesome than thought? Why ate curses until now?

-Really didn’t know would say such words but among domestic bands seen in video recently the best

People acknowledging us became quite many.

Originally about one among 100 posts but now different.

Of course the backlash due to that was also naturally arising.

-Rather call Maruru Band or Destruction or Hwang Gukhyeon Band what is Oktap Oktap?

-What reason only showing some not opening full version of pre-release songs? The rest quality falls? Why hiding?

-Because of loach band community fucking hot lolololol

-These Dango bastards did the group eat medicine putting up Oktap next to Nabitsmo and Bulryang Onion? Jo Hyeonwoo Band released album ignoring that?

-Roots band two teams next Oktap lololololol

-Will leave gallery in commemoration of band scene fucking ruined ㅅㄱ

-Where gallery did bastards sucking Oktap enter from? Group started public opinion gathering fuck?

-Fuck what are bastards telling to acknowledge Oktap on earth? If agency makes good song naturally looks like doing well not even songs they made what acknowledging

-Playing increased whatever ㅇㅈㄹ agency attaches good trainer and makes practice fucking of course increases why everyone so ignorant?

-Oktap kids’ agency seems doing work fucking hard

-Bastards saying Oktap song good think well pre-release song is some of album so releasing on Killing Band so wouldn’t have brought the one with band color well coming? Then the rest? Fucking retarded songs 100% mixed

No separate battlefield.

Each opinion toward Oktap mixed together and debated.

Even later while fighting among themselves gave wounds with words hard to put in the mouth.

The fact that voices acknowledging Oktap became majority is true but thanks to that became noisier.

Because voices defending us are heard hate was more solidly gathering tightly.

What’s important is that some among the reals are gradually recognizing us.

Now the time to really show has come.

* * *

After Killing Band Oktap episode release the broadcasting world’s movement also became active.

K-Net broadcasting station’s PD Park Yunchan encountered one entertainment bureau PD in the smoking room.

“PD Park. Long time.”

“Ah, PD Lee Jongmyeong. Hard to see face.”

“Have to have work to come out to broadcasting station.”

“Aigoo, while doing well words.”

The two people who saw faces after about half a year shared ordinary broadcasting station employee’s recent status.

Evaluations or impressions about broadcasts gathering popularity these days came and went.

A rookie PD rising up momentum scary or something.

Then kids doing well soon graduating elementary school buying smartphone or not...

The ajeossis’ chatter continued without end.

“By the way PD Park used fun kids on the previous music broadcast?”

“Ah, kids doing band?”

“Yes, recently Killing Band grades also good if floats topical?”

“Oktap kids are amazing. Mask also good and music well but no agency.”

“The rumor indie is real? Seemed like kids who received some training somewhere.”

“Not at all. Really skill built among those kids.”

“Where to recruit those kids?”

PD Lee Jongmyeong with pure curiosity and greed rising.

“Probably won’t be easy.”

“Not easy?”

“Now many PDs trying to eat one shot with those kids’ story but not going as heart.”

“Why?”

“Don’t appear. Recruitment requests enter like a tide but seem no thought of coming out holed up somewhere.”

“Bone-aching kids. How did PD Park recruit such kids?”

PD Park Yunchan after pondering how to answer PD Lee Jongmyeong’s question plainly conveyed the incident of that time.

“That absurd joke really realizing so I was also surprised.”

“Hehe, that friend is a fun guy.”

As said these days places striving to recruit Oktap not one or two.

And that was the same for PD Lee Jongmyeong.

Of course not right now.

Soon...

“The person managing those guys is Jo Hyeonseop right? Who made Uptown Boy in the past.”

“Yes, not official seems watching with intimacy.”

“Intimacy...”

PD Lee Jongmyeong briefly started spinning the head tightly.

In a moment, silence arose and a little later scattered in the air together with cigarette smoke.

“Anyway thank you. To recruit those kids will be a bit headache.”

PD Lee Jongmyeong narrowed eyes and took a big drag of the cigarette.

Then thought.

The time to raise his fame again imminent.

Using Oktap.

* * *

“What car this blocked?”

“Not late?”

Kang Min’s former colleague Choi Wooyoung recently entered one band.

After being kicked out of Skydiver and wandering for a long time he also thought of quitting music but couldn’t.

Riding the bus with same band member heading somewhere he was puzzled at traffic blocked as much as weekday commute time even on weekend evening.

Meanwhile some conversation was heard from the back seat.

“These days here only weekend becomes blocked.”

“Why?”

“That Oktap exists. Those guys every weekend perform for free at the park near the next station.”

“Wow really? Why does celebrity perform for free every weekend?”

“Yeah, thinking about it right? Did quite long what on earth why?”

“Curious, want to go see?”

“Skipping appointment?”

“Ambiguous?”

“Is ambiguous.”

“A bit regrettable.”

The place Choi Wooyoung is heading was Banwol Park.

In his head Oktap was a fake band.

Hated TM Enter who stole Kang Min and debuted as idol.

And hated Oktap too.

Kang Min who went over to such a place more hated.

Meanwhile saw Killing Band that those fakes appeared in.

After watching the video his impression was simple.

Oktap is tremendous.

Reached a level oneself couldn’t dare covet.

Of course also thanks to agency caring well but even considering that Oktap was amazing.

So wanted to confirm directly.

What Oktap’s actual performance would be like.

How much Kang Min grew again.

Wanted to go to a place called Banwol Park and confirm directly.

“Oh, all came. Let’s get off.”

At the colleague’s words pressed the stop bell and got off the bus.

Let’s see how well.

Choi Wooyoung and his colleague who got off the bus.

Really many people.

In the past went to see an overseas band’s Korea concert once but atmosphere similar to then.

The crowd connected from the stop to the park was tremendous.

“No, this many people?”

“Right more tremendous than thought...”

Heard the performance held at Banwol Park is busking format.

No matter Oktap famous these days is this a thing?

Not even arrived at the park yet voice heard from far.

“Hello!”

“Kyaaaaaak!”

“Waaaaaaaa!”

Seems performance started.

“Hey, let’s run. Will be late.”

Started running cutting the crowd together with the colleague.

The first song was Cruise.

Even listening from far the ensemble was excellent.

Vocal also outstanding as much as heard on Killing Band.

Arrived at Banwol Park listening to Cruise flowing from far but couldn’t properly see Oktap.

“What...”

People packed tight.

Seems about 300 people.

When doing Skydiver activities no matter how famous we were people coming to see not many.

If 50 come that had to be called miracle.

Because no such day.

Skydiver at the time rumor the best skill in Hongdae but that was only story circulating inside the scene.

But Oktap...

Even receiving exclusion in the band scene and eating curses like that in the end receiving the biggest love.

Then what meaning receiving hate in the scene.

The appearance of those guys performing with sincerity seemed to convey words of not minding the world’s noise or something.

Because we are doing well among ourselves.

They seemed as if creating a new band scene themselves.

Having such ability...

“Waaaa!”

The audience’s cheer sound made my spirit numb.

The performance of Oktap looked from far was truly outstanding.

All members were elite.

That kid doing vocal seemed like seeing a celebrity.

The guitarist’s passion emitting excellent.

Anyway people look most at vocal but guitarist who keeps making turn gaze with that passion.

So-called guitarist who knows how to show off.

Excellent.

Moreover bassist covered with youth’s freshness.

A guy who knows how to play containing delicacy and seriousness instead of method of showing off presence.

As expected bassist has to be like that.

The guy playing keys despite much younger than me exceeding my skill much.

On earth where does such precision come from...

A realm to the degree no need to explain more.

And Kang Min together with those excellent members.

Hateful.

TM Enter too hateful.

Oktap also hateful.

Kang Min needless to say.

Because traitor.

“Damn...”

Kang Min, you do everything earlier than me.

Until now was deliberately ignoring the source of that emotion of hating Oktap.

Envy.

Too envious of Oktap and Kang Min.

Someone rolling several years rotten as can be can’t do...

Choi Wooyoung who suddenly felt himself evaluating whether Oktap real or not shabby.

Oktap’s flashy music filling Banwol Park and the audience’s cheers following behind.

Oneself buried between that.

Couldn’t approach and nothing could do except looking from far.

A picture cruel to the extreme.