People who had failed to get tickets to TeSTAR’s concert were appearing everywhere.
-Looking to buy a ticket transfer for the final concert on the 31st, obviously there won’t be anyㅠ
-Please add more dates I don’t even care if they’re weekdays
-I don’t have a ticket but I came to hang around outside anywayㅎ There are seriously so many people like me, it’s hilariousㅋㅋㅋ
Actually not funny (photo)
There were truly, truly a lot of them.
And if you included people who were interested in the concert as well, the number doubled.
-Ah, TeSTAR’s concert is today?
They weren’t interested enough to seriously fight through ticketing, but they were curious about the performances.
Because TeSTAR’s ticketing video had briefly become a hot topic, the public recognition previously built through Idol Inc. had managed to extend to the concert as well.
Thanks to that, the concert was being broadcast all over various online communities and SNS through audio streams or low-quality phone videos.
-Oh, wires
-Park Moondae is seriously good live
-Was that Seon Ahyeon who just flew overhead? He looked insanely cool but the person streaming shook the camera so I couldn’t see properly.. what a shameㅠ
Of course, it was illegal.
But the quality wasn’t high enough to affect demand for the concert VOD anyway, so the general atmosphere was to quietly let it slide.
Thanks to that, people could chatter to their hearts’ content about a TeSTAR concert they hadn’t even attended.
-Are all the title tracks already over? What are they going to do in the second half
-Tell me when the B-sides are overㅋㅋ
-TeSTAR really dances hard as hell, first concerts really are the best. My idol was like that at their first concert too…ㅎ
-Wow the stage productionㅋㅋㅋ T1 definitely spent some moneyㅋㅋ
Of course, not everyone watching had favorable intentions.
-Ah… TeSTAR’s live singing is worse than I expectedㅠ Everyone makes such a huge deal about their stages so I had high expectations, but it’s kind of clumsy… From now on I should remember how much broadcasts correct things.
└Huh? They’re insanely good though?
└Listening in on a bootleg stream and acting like the Supreme Court over here lmaoooo
└Why are the fans so aggressive? Stop trying to silence people
└Why are you looking for TeSTAR fans here lmaoooo
└They’re all busy losing their minds over the concert, meanwhile you’re dragging them into this all by yourself
└Hey, can we just watch? Evaluating them over something like this is way too much
Attempts at provocation were shut down every time.
Unless they were blatantly, unmistakably terrible, there was only so much anyone could say about skill based on a pirated video that wasn’t even being officially broadcast.
Interestingly enough, however, being extremely good was blatantly obvious.
-What the hell are the cowboysㅋㅋㅋ That was awesome
-The satisfaction when they matched perfectly was insane
-I knew this stage would be fun from the moment I saw the unit teams being made, they’re the dance lineㅇㅇ
-I seriously want to see this one
The flood of praise for the first unit stage naturally led to anticipation for the next unit stage.
But it didn’t last long.
-What are the other units going to do lol
-We don’t know who’s next, right? Chungwoo-Raebin, then Moondae-Ahyeon-Bae Sejin, like that?
└ㅇㅇ One of those two
└Oh, I can’t even picture what kind of stage either one would do
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ for real
└I watched the reality show and I still don’t know, both teams picked some old song or something
Because the remaining combinations consisted of members whose main positions didn’t overlap, no concrete picture came to mind.
So as the following stages continued, anticipation for the next unit stage gradually faded.
-Better Me is on
-Was that Cha Eugene who just rode up on that insanely huge golden flag or whatever? They’re really putting the money to good use
-Wow they’re doing the 127 collab song too, I love this oneㅠㅠ
-I wish they’d release this live-band arrangement digitally
-Does TeSTAR breathe? The group choreo just keeps hammering them nonstop
People were having fun and becoming engrossed in the concert stream as intense full-group performance after intense full-group performance continued following a single ballad.
It was around then that another talk segment began.
Except only two people were holding microphones.
-??
-Where did everyone go
-Is it Cha Eugene and Big Sejin?
Even while breathing roughly, the two smiled brightly and began talking.
[Hi, hello, gasp!]
[Haaap, whew, it hurts in here! But I feel amazing!]
[Eugene says, whew, he’s out of breath, but he’s happy to see everyone!]
[That’s right!]
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Cha Eugene’s cute, he says he feels amazing
-Aww, catch your breath before talkingㅋㅋㅋ
-This reminds me of his speech on Idol Inc.ㅠㅠ
└Can’t we finally let Idol Inc. rest now…
Only after exchanging a few light jokes amid the audience actively sending every sort of positive reaction did the two announce the next performance.
[Next is……]
[Next is!]
[The second unit stage~!]
Leaving the cheering audience with instructions to ‘watch the screen for the details,’ the two grinned and ran down beneath the stage.
A few seconds later, three people appeared on the screen.
[Is the screen on?]
Even those watching through streams could clearly make out the faces on the screen.
-It’s Park Moondae’s unit
-Oooooh
-I’m curious what they’re going to show
-Seon Ahyeon dance, Park Moondae singing, Bae Sejin… acting…?
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└What the hell did they prepare.. Most likely it’ll be a vocal performance centered around Park Moondae
└But with that song choice that would be boring as hellㅠㅠ
Everyone added their own comment while waiting for the second unit’s VCR to end.
[The song we prepared… Miso sunbaenim’s You’re Amazing.]
[We’re starting right now!]
The screen went dark after the three finished waving.
And a moment later—
The streamed video began shaking like crazy.
-???
-What the hell
-Why is the stream doing this
At the same time, voices rapidly went, ‘Huh? Huh?’ before the audio was suddenly filled with deafening cheers and screams.
The shrieks were so loud that the song itself could barely be heard, and the low-quality audio converted them into tremendous amounts of noise.
-Holy shit what
-Is my stream the only one acting weird right now?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at the reaction
-No, what the hell did they do
-Did they come out naked?
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are you insane?!
-I’m seriously so curious I’m losing my mindㅠㅠㅠ
The people peeking at the concert through streams were horrified by the enormous reaction, but began getting excited themselves.
Whatever it was, something incredible had obviously happened.
A few of the video streams even cut out completely.
-Wowㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Where did the stream go
-Think they dropped their phone, the screen went crash-bang and shut offㅋㅠ
-Does anyone know what happened?ㅠㅠ
-The audio stream is just constant screaming lmaoooo
In the middle of all those confused reactions, one post finally appeared containing a clue.
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[Holy shit Park Moondae just now]
The last thing I saw before the stream I was watching died
(photo)
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In the attached photo, Park Moondae was…
Wearing an enormous sparkling pink sequin ribbon headband perfectly on his head!
Inside the Gymnastics Arena where the concert was taking place—
The second unit stage began with spotlights landing on telephone booths.
Zeeeeeng—.
Three telephone booths rose onto the extended stage on lifts, each decorated in subdued pastel colors.
‘I’m filming this! I absolutely am!’
Park Moondae’s fansite master clutched her camera and swallowed hard.
Then she instantly began guessing.
‘Is the concept going to be them singing while leaning against the booths?’
Since it was an emotional song from the eighties, she thought they might have rearranged it more slowly and gone with something like that.
‘I hope Moondae has lots of parts!’
At that moment, the intro began.
The refreshing sound of a xylophone and lively synth brass playfully scattered across the beat.
In time with that upbeat rhythm, the booth doors opened one after another.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
All kinds of gaudy decorations, confetti, and balloons burst from each booth onto the stage.
“……?!”
And through all the glitter, figures leaning against the booths in posed positions came into view.
‘Blond!’
Park Moondae was in the center booth.
…Wearing perfectly fitted jeans, a white T-shirt, and a denim jacket hanging loosely below his shoulders!
‘The outfit!!’
Just as the fansite master was about to raise her camera, Park Moondae began walking out of the booth.
The first line began immediately together with the choreography.
-Ooh! I can hear your heart~
The trembling of a shy heart
Afraid it might reach your ears
Makes my lips press tightly shut
The moment Park Moondae began singing with smiling eyes, he pulled out something he had been hiding behind his back and placed it on top of his blond hair.
A sparkling…
Enormous ribbon.
“Gasp!”
The choreography unfolded with refreshing energy as he moved flexibly through cute, coquettish gestures that seemed impossible to even attempt without enough Charm.
Meanwhile, his pale face filled the gigantic screen.
There were even glitter stickers beneath Park Moondae’s eyes.
‘Holy shit! Park Moondae, holy shit!’
They had interpreted a song by an eighties female solo singer in the most classically idol way possible!
-My heart tickles and keeps me awake
Should I be the one to approach first?
How are you today?
What are you thinking so hard about?
Bae Sejin continued with the next part.
A sky-blue ribbon, the same except for the color, sat on his head too.
Because the choreography focused on soft, pretty lines, even Bae Sejin, who lacked a little power, could make it look quite stylish.
And his expressions were so good that everyone’s gaze was naturally drawn straight to his face.
-Then, ta-da, you appeared
I was so startled I couldn’t say a word
Inside your arms holding me tight
It’s so warm my heart starts racing
Then Seon Ahyeon came out and sang the pre-chorus in his clear, delicate voice.
A purple ribbon bobbed above his head.
‘That insane face……’
The combination of denim jacket and white T-shirt looked as though it had been invented specifically for Seon Ahyeon.
Then all three entered the chorus together.
Following the choreography, their denim jackets slid onto their shoulders, then back down beneath their elbows.
The white T-shirts were short-sleeved.
-Oooooh, amazing!
Everything about you
Makes my heart race every day!
I can’t fall asleep again tonight
Outfits, hair, staging, choreography, arrangement—
Every aspect radiated a determination to show off an idol’s absurdly charming antics.
And that determination worked perfectly.
It was thanks to their faces and Charm, which allowed them to pull off elements that could easily have become too much if they had been even slightly mishandled.
As a result, the audience watching the stage was simply at the absolute peak of fond delight and emotional immersion.
‘Haa……’
The fansite master, who had fixed the camera angle without even being able to check her fancam and was simply staring at the stage, suddenly realized that the area around her was filled with tremendous screams and groans.
She had been so busy watching Park Moondae in two-hundred-percent full-charm mode that she hadn’t even noticed how noisy it was.
‘…I probably screamed too, didn’t I?’
Her own shriek had probably been captured perfectly clearly in the fancam.
‘But if there’s a fan who can look at that and hold back a scream, then isn’t! That person! The weird one?!’
She desperately suppressed her screams and kept her eyes glued to the stage throughout the second verse.
The three idols even tore balloons free from the telephone booths and used the balloon strings in several visually pleasing choreography sequences before finishing the stage spectacularly.
“Haaaaa……”
The fansite master slumped against her seatback.
Only then did she realize that the unit had also just absolutely nailed the live performance in the original key of a female vocalist.
It was a side effect of the talent-show spectacle.
Read only on MUGEX
“Th-The fans liked it!”
The instant they came down from the stage, Seon Ahyeon exclaimed with an excited expression.
Unusually, he was filled with absolute certainty.
‘Well, it would be hard not to feel certain after hearing that.’
The cheers had been so overwhelming they penetrated our in-ears.
To give an idea of how bad it was, I had almost come in half a beat late at the second chorus.
Even Bae Sejin, who had suffered through intense self-consciousness during the early rehearsals, calmly admitted it while ripping off his headband.
“The concept… really was a good idea.”
“R-Right…!”
Seon Ahyeon agreed vigorously.
Anyone watching would think the idea had been his.
‘Well, those two chose the song… so I suppose it was partly Ahyeon’s idea.’
I had only started giving my opinion after the song was already chosen and proposed this concept afterward.
‘Because this seemed like it would fit the concert best.’
And this choice…
Was also related to a problem with the structure of the concert as a whole.
‘There isn’t a song that loosens up the atmosphere.’
Hi-five was about the only straightforwardly exciting song.
The rest of the lineup was a little too heavily conceptual.
In other words, somewhere around the middle we needed at least one song like this that people could simply laugh and enjoy.
I had thought it would feel fresh in context and get a good reaction, but…
Hmm.
The response had been even better than I expected, which was a little surprising.
‘……And it was fun too.’
But there was no time to sink further into thought.
We had to change outfits immediately and get our makeup touched up before the VCR ended.
Actually, we were already moving around and doing exactly that while talking.
“Wow~ Those ribbons looked great!”
“It was exciting!”
As we ran to make the next cue, the other members who had already been waiting tossed comments at us one after another.
I responded appropriately while taking my position.
The members checked one another’s outfits and snickered.
“I’m looking forward to this song.”
“Me too.”
Everyone knew there was no time, so the conversation ended there.
Wooooong—.
The stage mechanism in front of us opened, revealing the audience.
Glittering lights swayed throughout the enormous space.
The sight looked like something out of a science-fiction film, and adrenaline surged through me.
Amid the renewed cheers, I began the first line.
-My waiting is long
And it’s always joyful
The third team battle of Idol Inc.
Moon Rabbit Team’s ‘I Like Waiting’ rang through the Gymnastics Arena.