Chapter 73

Chapter 73

The stage Oktap prepared Jo Hyeonwoo Band’s.

Before stage starts members started tuning.

Oktap members’ hands trembling.

Producers who saw that appearance in the midst of thinking expectation hit.

“Seems tensing too much seeing previous stage.”

“Right, anyway thinking hard to win.”

“Hope not too overwhelming difference.”

Friends who confirmed each other’s trembling same.

Unlike producers members now could know intuitively.

This not fear but excitement.

Oktap who finished tuning sat in seats and gave signal.

Soon standby signal fell from in-ear.

And production team inducing response to audience.

“Waaaa!”

Camera started rolling and together with cheers Heo Junseong’s guitar and speaker facing feedback noise occurred.

Other instruments containing some sound not playing and raising expectation.

Seemed some start’s signal not music born.

And Cha Seoha shouting into the mic.

“What, barely this all you?”

Words to audience.

“If like this why came here? Huh? Why came!!!”

Finger pointing toward audience.

Rebellious tone.

If not on stage would have heard as tone of fighting right away.

“Think well! Why you came here today!”

“Waaaa!!!!”

Cheers one layer bigger.

“Let’s go! Oktap! No Pain! No Fly!!”

As shouted containing rough sound into the mic Kang Min strongly hit crash four times and full-scale music started.

“Let’s go!!!!”

Matching the timing music simultaneously dropping Cha Seoha jumped high in place and landed.

Heo Junseong spreading legs wide and presenting bold headbanging and playing using arm’s operating range widely.

Unnecessary movement.

But the energy pouring out from that unnecessity certain.

Kim Jihu gave usual correct posture or something to dog.

Putting one foot on the footrest brought beside in advance and lowered posture as much as possible.

Rebellious posture.

Playing spreading arms a lot using both ends of keys.

Usual cold image already all melted in passion pouring out from start.

Kang Min playing drums using whole body and containing much more strength than usual energy.

And Lee Doyoung.

Bass realistically hard to emit same energy as guitar.

Also sound’s range not rich.

Because instrument’s weight so heavy to move body largely.

But Lee Doyoung enduring.

Riding rhythm with quite big body movement and also strongly shaking head.

At the moment instruments’ rhythm matching also giving big bounce to whole body.

In an instant the energy sound gathering and making exploded.

And members’ passionate movements.

Intention of capturing audience from introduction abundant.

In audience seats cheers matching the energy Oktap emitting continuously pouring.

Riding that first verse started.

Among same expressions

Breathing stuffy breath No

Boring sermon shut up

I just go my way.

Passing explosive intro instruments a bit organized and Cha Seoha sang almost as if standing spanning the front of stage.

Appearance not caring camera.

Sang looking only at audience maintaining singing method like shouting.

Original of much calmer than this.

Originally song where hopeful youth’s spirit felt.

Oktap reinterpreted the song’s atmosphere to pull out this atmosphere.

Very rebelliously.

Cha Seoha moving seat to stage left and pointing finger toward audience seats and also holding mic with both hands and raising appeal.

At that time.

Lee Doyoung to stage center.

Heo Junseong walked out to stage right.

Same as Cha Seoha playing matching gaze with audience.

Heo Junseong too excited and also shouted into the air.

Lee Doyoung also the same.

Standing spreading legs in stage center raising head and tightly closing eyes and strongly shaking head.

Then dropped head again and riding bounce matching big beat and playing.

Soon the song entered pre-chorus.

Heo Junseong and Lee Doyoung returned to seats again and Cha Seoha dominated stage center.

Briefly the song proceeded in half time.

In rhythm reduced to half all members rode rhythm with same movement.

While giving feel of song ascending formed atmosphere something will burst out soon.

Like that when music reached some high point.

Very fleeting moment all instruments subsided and Kang Min quickly hit snare twice with both hands.

Until breath rises

Accelerating heartbeat

Ready or not, Here I Go

Instruments playing as if pouring out at exactly same timing.

And shouting pulling out refreshingly.

Singing method very well matching Cha Seoha’s vocal originally beauty.

Heo Junseong spinning round and round in place and playing crazily.

Kim Jihu mind of not losing.

Can’t yield to that idiot’s energy.

Used whole arm hitting keys.

Occasionally also striking with palm or fist.

The pleasure calculated dissonance gives melting into the song and one spoon of indescribable subtlety added to only intense chorus.

And continued last verse of chorus.

Too hot for us to fall!

Cha Seoha stretched left hand high to the sky.

Digesting the relevant verse with super high shouting and at the same time lowering arm and crouching as if throwing whole body to the ground.

Chorus ended and interlude started.

Originally this song’s interlude part without vocal but Cha Seoha no thought of stopping.

“Hey! Still only this? Not jumping more?”

Degree of scolding audience.

Cha Seoha frowning a lot and shouting in fight tone.

“If came to see performance have to play straight right!!!!!”

“Waaaa!!!!”

“Kyaaak!!”

At Cha Seoha’s urging fuss arose in audience seats.

“Hey!”

“Hey!”

“Hey!”

Audience suddenly becoming one and starting to shout slogan matching big rhythm.

Cha Seoha standing crookedly and nodding head matching the relevant beat.

And the expression showing.

Expression as if saying ‘These bastards now a bit understanding words’.

Placed gaze far and smiled playfully.

Right before entering 2nd verse moved seat and lightly jumped toward Kim Jihu.

Cha Seoha matching eyes with Kim Jihu and smiling.

He roughly hit keys with the hand not holding mic and directed dissonance then ran to stage center again.

His expression full of thrill.

The moment audience hotly becoming one passed and the song entered 2nd verse.

2nd verse’s progression similar to previous part and energy more than that.

Audience playing crazily jumping.

On the other hand producer side not enjoying at all.

Performance seeming fun.

Because somehow felt deceived.

“This completely deceived.”

Park Cheolhwan muttered.

“Hyung, didn’t say those kids preparation not well?”

“At rehearsal really only playing and singing. Tension also much lower.”

The weapon Oktap prepared exactly this.

‘Communication’.

The song Oktap brought simple side.

Not that special songwriting used and nothing outstanding genre-wise.

Ordinarily designed song.

But their energy never ordinary.

Kang Min momentum of smashing drums.

Kim Jihu similarly playing as if smashing piano whatever dissatisfied.

Lee Doyoung seeming fully excited and jumping playing.

Heo Junseong momentum of throwing guitar if there is audience not playing right away.

Cha Seoha not stopping scolding audience.

But no one audience holding dissatisfaction in their rebellious and fight tone full stage.

Rather anxious for more.

After proceeding up to second chorus interlude part continued again.

Here instruments subsided more than previous.

Cha Seoha contained ment not song into the mic.

“Hey, hey. We a bit young and young so saying you this a bit envious?”

“Waaaa!!!”

“We from now will run crazily! Succeed to the degree can’t imagine!! Will make you regard coming here today as glory until die! Remember today straight! Got it!!!”

“Waaaa!!!!”

As ment ended last chorus started.

Until breath rises

Accelerating heartbeat

Ready or not, Here I Go

At the timing instruments simultaneously bursting energy became more intense.

As much as last chorus all players did best and Cha Seoha squeezed whole body and abused vocal cords.

Audience following the song or shouting slogan like before.

There were also people just riding rhythm and people jumping in place.

Actions different but result all people not appreciating Oktap’s performance but enjoying with all heart.

In session mission Kang Min said such words to Choi Wooyoung.

More important than ensemble is unity.

And to Im Hyeontaek said do ensemble once more in the time of checking others.

Concentrating on substance not looking at outside and producing music.

Playing that music with one heart.

That the band Kang Min saying.

Cha Seoha knew how to design that.

Oktap knew how to execute that.

Too hot for us to fall!!!

More important than ensemble is unity, that heart fully conveys to those looking at the stage.

Producers too, production team too, audience too and viewers who will see this performance on TV soon.

All will see Oktap’s becoming one and fully contain this energy in arms.

“Waaaa!!!”

“Yaaa!! Oktap!!!”

“Kyaaaak!! Don’t end!!”

Oktap’s stage finished without letting go of intense energy and passion youth emits until the end.

Today Oktap’s stage a very meaningful performance that widened the range of unity from ‘Oktap’ to ‘audience seats’.