Peninsula: The Deepest Affection in Jiangnan

Chapter 12 Seoul's Deeply Affectionate Persona

"Speaking of which, doesn't this look familiar?" Choi Yi-hyun took a sip of her water and tried to find some snacks in the music room. In the end, she actually found an unopened box of chocolate pies.

"What looks familiar?" Xu Youqing listened to Shen Yu's audition and instantly recalled something from the past.

Shen Yu used to spend a lot of time in the music room every day, composing without rest or sleep, but with little success.

just now……

"Of course I'm talking about Shen Yu. Don't you think his look is familiar?"

"Isn't it just Jeon Jungkook?" Xu Youqing thought that Cui Yixian needed her to praise her for her good makeup imitation.

"No, that's not it, wait a minute."

With a chocolate pie in his mouth, he had to put it aside because it was inconvenient. He picked up his phone with both hands and started searching, eventually finding a video.

"Look at this!"

"Um?"

In the video, a man who looks seven or eight parts like Shen Yu and has the exact same appearance is singing on stage.

"Fan song?"

"Yes, it's called 'Blue Rain.' It was released a while ago, and fans even made data for the song's charts. I've also listened to it through the recommendation."

Choi Yi-hyun is a busy woman who doesn't have time to follow celebrities and isn't very interested in music.

"Oh, it sounds like..."

"That's all there is to it."

It's not that Jungkook sang badly; it's just that sometimes, just because a song is released doesn't mean it's good.

Even the artists and their companies thought it sounded bad.

Xu Youqing glanced at it and felt uneasy.

Shen Yu is a very hardworking person, and the songs he writes are many times more artistic than this one.

But what about the data? What about the streaming?

Forget it, who cares about art these days?

"OK, I'll sing it first and see. Listen to me, Nuna."

"OK."

Xu Youqing didn't take it seriously, assuming that Shen Yu was going to sing "Blue Rain" from the video earlier.

Cui Yixian, standing to the side, stared at Shen Yu with great interest. It was her first time in a recording studio, as a hairstylist.

However, to Xu Youqing's surprise, Shen Yu actually brought his own accompaniment, and most importantly, the song was a new song that she had never heard before.

"Oh, the lyrics are very interesting. Just listening to the lyrics gives me the feeling of a fan song."

Choi Yi-hyun may not understand musicality, but even ordinary people know whether a song is catchy or not.

Even a catchy pop song isn't something just anyone can write.

"Still With You?" Xu Youqing noticed the folder Shen Yu had left in the room, which he had just taken out of his backpack.

In the recording studio, Shen Yu found his rhythm and easily passed the second take.

Of course, whether or not it goes through is ultimately up to him in this room.

After finishing the recording, Shen Yu picked up the sparkling water on the table and took a sip.

"Eh."

"Hmm?" Shen Yu glanced at Cui Yixian, who was staring at him with wide eyes.

"What, you want some water? Get it yourself."

"..."

Choi Yi-hyun couldn't directly say that she was the one who took the water, or even that she was the one who drank it.

"This song is definitely your style, a City Pop song with a Jazz base. To be honest, City Pop has been making a comeback in the last two years, and the R&B melody is really catchy. Don't you really want to go back to being yourself?"

Why bother being yourself? Shen Yu found it amusing; even if Citypop revived, the original owner's ways were irrelevant to him.

I am Shen Yu, how can I pretend to be someone else?

An overemphasis on artistry, a haughty attitude, and an inability to let go of one's status are all signs of an unknown person. It's one thing if someone is a famous artist, but a low-level artist with no status shouldn't have the same problems as an established artist.

"Wait a minute, I'm planning to record another version. Could you please keep an eye on it outside?"

"All right."

Realizing that Shen Yu hadn't answered her, Xu Youqing also felt that the boy in front of her needed some time to calm down...

When she started the second take, she realized something was wrong.

The first listen featured a delicate piano piece paired with the background sound of rain, creating a languid and psychedelic jazz sound that was incredibly pleasant to listen to, perfectly suited to this vintage-style recording studio.

But on the second listen, this guy actually turned on Speed ​​Up, making the breathy sounds in the song even sharper.

If it had been a lazy afternoon, a gloomy and rainy day, and I was in my bedroom with the air conditioning on...

Right now, it's like a shrill violin playing in the wind, creating a mess in the living room.

"OK, OK, I'm very satisfied!"

When Shen Yu came out of the recording studio again, he felt that although the song could still be improved, there was no need to.

as well as.

After that, I should come here a few more times when I have free time, record more songs, and then put them all in the music library of the Music Copyright Society. Maybe I will get unexpected benefits.

"Um, Shen Yu."

Xu Youqing looked at Shen Yu with some confusion, "If you're planning to release the first song with that particular arrangement style, I still think there's a chance, but the second one..."

"Yi-hyun-no-na".

"Huh?"

She opened another bag of chocolate pies and even drank the sparkling water in one gulp, then paused for a moment.

"Let's change into our second outfit. Oh, and the practice room next to the recording studio can be used as a dressing room."

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Choi Yi-hyun picked up her makeup bag and was about to start working.

"Wait a minute, Yi-hyun noona, it's like this, I want to have a normal look this time."

"Huh? What do you mean by 'normal'?"

She's done quite a few Shen Yu-inspired makeup looks recently, and now she's almost back to her old self with ease.

Do you read Korean comics?

"……I see."

Recently, a strange trend has emerged in Seoul: not only is the hair styled wet, but it's also styled to resemble a cow's licked head, as if it were naturally born.

Okay, let's just call it "cow licking head".

With this strange hairstyle, it looks as if the neck and head are connected.

Choi Yi-hyun couldn't understand what Korean men were thinking either, maybe because she was a Korean woman?

But since Shen Yu is planning to do this, then let's do it for him.

"Oh, is it a full-head perm? Let me find the pressure plate first."

Xu Youqing, who was standing to the side, thought that Shen Yu was planning to do something funny, but she didn't expect that even his hairstyle was a bit off now.

For a period of time...

"Yes, yes, yes, we can have some more of that hair wax."

"..." This time, Cui Yixian's silence dried up, and she felt that she didn't want to take male hairdressing customers for a while.

Today, Shen Yu added the unique feature of a cow licking its head to her basic makeup look, resulting in a greasy and heavily made-up face that looks rather strange no matter how you look at it.

To be honest, it doesn't seem that different from Jungkook's "Blue Rain".

Shen Yu looked at himself in the mirror with satisfaction. Xu Youqing was already thinking about how to run away quickly so as not to get beaten up when they left later.

If Jungkook's fans saw this look, he could sing Trouble Maker's "No Tomorrow" with Shen Yu.

Okay, whatever the case, this look should generate a lot of buzz.

Yes, Xu Youqing is now blindly trusting Shen Yu's videos.

This is because Shen Yu's TikTok followers, which were originally in the hundreds, have increased to over 100,000 and are still rising.

The video I posted yesterday has already received over a million likes.

Two and a half years of hard work are not as good as a casual snapshot of a roadside street.

"Hey! The practice room is over there!"

"No, I watched the music video for 'Blue Rain' and found that it was filmed on the street."

"ha!"