novellhall Chapter 71 sequel
Chapter 71 sequel
After the press conference, the media outlets were the first to take action.
The production launch of "IRIS" was never short of headlines.
With a production cost of 20 billion won, Lee Byung-hun returns to the television screen after many years. This is KBS's most important Wednesday-Thursday drama in the second half of the year, and any aspect of it is enough to fill the entertainment news the next day.
Normally, the reporting should have focused on IRIS itself.
What truly prompted reporters to revise their reports was the theme song revealed at the end of the press conference.
Don't forget.
Lyrics and music by Li Zhixing.
Kim Tae-yeon performed live.
Piano accompaniment by Li Zhixing.
More importantly, all of these keywords are associated with "IRIS".
One is the leader of Girls' Generation, who is currently embroiled in the controversy surrounding "Snow Flower".
One is a newcomer actor who has almost never appeared in the music field before.
The fact that these two people are linked together by a theme song means that, for the media, it's no longer just a simple OST release.
Everyone could see that this was more of a positive response.
Reporters at the press conference heard the concert, but the general public did not.
What they saw were only the headlines and a few photos from the scene that the media released immediately.
Soon, news headlines began to focus on "Don't Forget".
Kim Tae-yeon's first public performance after the controversy
The theme song for IRIS has been released, and its lyricist and composer, Li Zhixing, has attracted attention.
As soon as the title was posted, the comment sections of several large forums and portal websites quickly became lively.
But what came first was not applause, but doubt.
"The situation regarding 'Snow Flower' hasn't been clarified yet, and you're already singing the OST?"
"The media is showering us with praise, but what about the live video footage?"
"Is 'IRIS' trying to use Taeyeon's controversy for publicity?"
The doubts quickly spread from Taeyeon herself to IRIS.
The more important the project, the more likely problems are to be magnified at this point in time.
At the same time, Li Zhixing's name was also brought up.
Compared to the heated debate surrounding Taeyeon, the public's reaction to him was more one of confusion.
"Li Zhixing can write songs?"
"When actors write OSTs, it sounds so unreal."
"Is he just a figurehead?"
In the end, all the arguments came down to the same question.
What was the press conference like?
Did Taeyeon sing well? And was Lee Ji-hyeong's piano accompaniment just a gimmick or a display of talent?
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The public was not kept waiting for long.
At 8 PM, the official website of IRIS released the live version of "Don't Forget" from the press conference.
Shortly after the video was uploaded, the official website started to lag noticeably.
People who were originally waiting for news in the comment sections of forums and portal websites quickly turned to the KBS official website.
Some people refreshed the page several times before it opened, while others experienced continuous buffering after clicking on the video. As a result, there were more and more replies in the forum asking for screenshots and requests for video distribution.
This, in turn, made more people realize that there were probably more people waiting to see this live performance than they had imagined.
The first person to watch the video quickly returned to the forum and started posting.
"Daaa, Taeyeon's performance was truly amazing."
"Don't Forget" is unexpectedly good!
"I just wanted to see a live performance, but the songs and stage presence were better than I expected."
If only the media wrote it this way, many people might not believe it.
But when these words come from ordinary netizens, the effect is completely different.
Soon after, several screenshots from the scene and a few unclear video clips were also circulated online.
The footage in the video is very simple.
Accompanied by a piano prelude, Taeyeon quickly began to sing.
"We love each other so much, yet now we have to face separation..."
This one sentence alone silenced many people who were waiting to point out the flaws.
She didn't deliberately show off her skills, nor did she rush to raise her voice. When she opened her mouth, her pronunciation was very clear, but there was a hint of crying in the end of her voice.
She sang the verses with great restraint, with almost no unnecessary embellishment in the first half. She relied solely on the tremor in her voice to slowly convey the grievance and reluctance of parting.
When the chorus says "Don't forget," the emotions that had been suppressed earlier are finally released.
Once they got here, many people weren't waiting for her to sing wrong anymore; they were listening to the song attentively.
The prevailing sentiment in the forum is also changing.
"This is Kim Tae-yeon's true talent."
"In retrospect, the 'Snow Flower' incident seemed more like a matter of being in a certain state of mind."
"She's still best suited for this kind of OST; her voice immediately evokes vivid images."
"The chorus is really captivating."
"Those who say she can't sing live, watch this first before you speak."
At the same time, the song "Don't Forget" itself is also gaining more attention.
Before the video was released, many people were still doubting whether Li Zhixing could actually write songs.
But once the song really became popular, the doubts and criticisms decreased significantly.
"Li Zhixing can actually write such beautiful songs?"
"The melody suits Taeyeon perfectly; it's like it was written specifically for her voice."
"The intro was really catchy, and the live version was much better than I expected."
"First he was the action choreographer, then the actors, and now he can even write songs?"
At first, many people clicked on the video just to see if Taeyeon would make another mistake.
After watching the live version of "Don't Forget", more and more people in the post asked the same question: When will this song be officially released?
Around 9 p.m., the real-time search terms on the portal websites began to change.
The topics of "IRIS" production press conference, Lee Byung-hun's return, and the 20 billion won production cost are still at the top of the list, but the fastest-rising topics have become those related to this video.
Taeyeon, don't forget!
[Lee Ji-hyun & Taeyeon]
【IRIS OST】
Several keywords took turns climbing the search bar, which further boosted the discussion surrounding "IRIS".
However, this video did not completely end the controversy.
Soon, another version of the story emerged.
"What does that prove? Just because she sang well today doesn't mean there were no problems with the live performance of 'Snow Flower' that day."
"You've practiced your own OST very well, but you made mistakes when singing a duet with senior Park Hyo-shin. Isn't that even stranger?"
"If you could sing like that, why did you sing like that that day?"
"Ultimately, it's because we didn't respect the stage our seniors were on."
"Could there really be some kind of conflict between him and Park Hyo-shin?"
Praise and criticism were mixed together, and the discussion became even more lively than before the video was released.
This time, however, Taeyeon was no longer the one being criticized.
The performance of "Don't Forget" at least proved one thing.
She can sing live.
Those who continued to question her shifted their focus from "poor singing skills" to whether her attitude was the issue on the day of "Snow Flower".
For Lee Ji-hyeong, Jung Tae-won, and SM Entertainment, this is already the first step they wanted to see.
They never expected to quell all the doubts with just a press conference video.
What we really have to face is the mistake itself in "Snow Flower".
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