Chapter 91:
Chapter 91
World tour in London.
[Exclusive] ‘Idol Rapper’ PD Kang Byung-in sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison
…As Kang PD and other N-net officials filed an appeal
It was revealed that Kang PD and Kim CP were also involved in the manipulation of ‘Project Idol’, causing the netizens’ anger.
[Exclusive] N-net, launching idol survival with Media agency.
‘Did they manipulate I-One too…?’
[…I guess so.]
Jin said indifferently.
‘They have no shame.’
They were manipulating like it was their daily meal, and they were doing another survival show. Were they insane?
If Ian hadn’t exposed them earlier, they would have rigged two more programs after ‘Idol Rapper’. Ian lowered his head and turned off his phone screen.
“Do we have any fans waiting for us outside?”
“But they’re all foreigners.”
Kim Hyun and Park Jin-hyuk whispered. Looking outside, there were local fans holding slogans of Awi.
“Weren’t the fans foreigners until now? And there are foreigners here too.”
“Oh, right.”
Lee Joo-hyuk pointed at Ian with a grin, and the members looked at Ian.
“Ian, please take good care of us on the European tour.”
“You’re the only one we have.”
“Why don’t you guys learn English from me? We’re having a fan signing event in Paris.”
The other members sighed at Ian’s words.
“I have English nausea.”
“Ah, Jin-hyuk hyung, what are you going to do if you can’t speak English as a rapper?”
“Seo-dam, that’s a prejudice.”
After finishing the Hong Kong Macau concert, Awi arrived in London for the start of their European tour.
“Welcome to London!”
As Awi’s appearance was seen at the departure hall, the fans who were gathered there shouted softly.
The scale was smaller than the Asian tour, but there were still a lot of fans.
‘Wow… quite a lot.’
[Awi was originally a group that would do well overseas.]
Maybe it was because of Ian’s joining, but they were also sweeping up domestic fans unlike their previous life. They were doing well on their own, but why the hell…
‘Hey.’
Ian woke up Jin who was lost in thought.
‘Did you get smaller?’
[What?]
Jin paused in mid-air and then disappeared like smoke.
‘What?’
Ian shrugged his shoulders and waved his hand at the local fans.
***
What was the reason why Awi, who debuted less than two years ago, became explosively popular?
At first, it was because they were the next group following Black Rush, so they had more interest than other small and medium-sized next groups.
-Did you see the face of Black Rush’s next group? So handsome??
-Hyun is finally debuting???
The members who already had recognition before their debut and the drama that Ian appeared as a cameo before their debut became a hit, making their start very good.
-Did you see the attendance, posts, and comments on their fancafe?
Joo-hyuk does it five times a day?? He’s a god
└They’re all high on average? I came back from doing other idol fandoms, but there’s no idol who gives as much bread as them???
└They love their fans so much???
With their excellent skills and their attentive care for their fans, the fans voluntarily posted promotional posts.
Not only domestic fans but also overseas fans were responding.
The influx of overseas fans started with the global success of Media after which there was an increased interest in K-pop as a whole.
Because of that, the interest in other idol groups also increased gradually, and Awi, who was rumored to be a stage gourmet, took the lead in sweeping up the global fans.
-Did you see Awi’s K-pop Town sales?
It’s crazy???? It seems like they haven’t exploded yet???
└Why do they have so many overseas fans?
└└Water Bomber and Side Effect??
└Water Bomber is ?? it’s so hot
└Is Side Effect still on the annual chart?
-Did you see Awi’s Ian Bar pre-order?
9 thousand ???
└Is 9 thousand a lot? Their fans are so popular that they do politics, but they’re not really?
└It’s less than I thought??????
└You idiots, 9 thousand is a lot, okay?
-Ian’s fanart summary for the Olympics
└Wow, it’s more than three lines
└└And the content is different too
└Their fans are lucky
└They are compared to other groups in the same group?
└└Don’t grab other kids’ hair
But popularity inevitably comes with a dark side.
As their popularity increased, so did the attacks from other groups’ fans, the haters who wrote malicious comments for no reason, and the crazy people who were obsessed with bashing them.
And it wasn’t just other groups’ fans. Some of the other members’ toxic individual fandoms also joined in the bashing.
-Binhyun, sue them
-Don’t expect anything, the senior group didn’t sue either ??
-I’m collecting screenshots and sending them to the agency
-At least they cleaned up their online accounts
-Is AWY going to collab this time?
└??Impossible
└If they don’t listen to Side Effect, they’ll flop??
└The crow is back ??
The expectations and criticisms for their next album grew more intense as Juhyuk’s masterpiece ‘Side Effect’ swept the first half of 2019. Of course, the ones who suffered in this process were AWYdom, who had no immunity to these trolls.
‘The Man of Trot’ Taewoo, moving to BHL Entertainment after A network contract ends… “We will fully support his activities” (official)
A special bond made by their affiliated singer… Taewoo, signing an exclusive contract with AWY’s agency BHL Entertainment
As AWY’s popularity grew and they recruited ‘The Man of Trot’ Taewoo, signs of backlash and reverse viral from other agencies also appeared.
***
Their European tour was held in smaller venues than their Asian tour, but the tickets were sold out without any empty seats.
AWY got off the van as they arrived at the London venue, the start of their first European tour.
“What?”
The local fans who spotted AWY from afar waved their handmade slogans and shouted.
“Wow, look at the people…”
The members instinctively waved their hands towards them and headed inside the venue.
“Did you hear that scream?”
“Awesome.”
The wall of the stairs leading to the venue was made of glass windows, so they could see the fans waiting outside.
They looked up at AWY and waved their hands whether AWY saw them or not.
“It’s amazing…”
Seodam stuck to the glass window and looked at the fans.
“Guys, we have to go straight to the show after rehearsal, so don’t sweat too much. It’s hard to fix your hair.”
“Yes.”
The members who entered the backstage stuffed their in-ears and mic packs into their back pockets and went up to the stage for rehearsal.
“The stage and the standing area are very close.”
“The stage seems a bit small, right? We have to narrow our movements too.”
“I can see the faces of the fans on the second floor. Nice.”
The members’ eyes changed as soon as they got on stage.
They swept the floor with their feet.
“Oh, the floor is kind of like K company’s material.”
“It’s good for dancing.”
The music played, and the members danced lightly and sang.
“Seodam’s mic seems small.”
“*Please turn up the volume on this side mic.”
Of course, Ian was in charge of interpreting.
The local sound director raised his hand and gave an okay sign after hearing Ian’s words.
“Anything else? I don’t think I have anything.”
“Ian’s English is so cool. He lowers his voice and snaps.”
“You can be cool too if you learn from Ian School.”
“I’m tempted.”
The manager, Park Dongsoo, smiled happily as he watched them.
It was very convenient not to have to hire a translator separately since they had a native member.
‘I guess I’ll be a translation shuttle during this tour…’
Ian calmly turned his mic and prepared for the next song rehearsal.
All of AWY members were excited because it was their first concert in Western countries.
In the end, the members who sweated in rehearsal had to endure the sharp gaze of the hair team leader.
As the members changed into their stage outfits, the fans started entering.
The fans sang along to AWY’s songs that were playing softly in the venue while waiting for the show to start.
“Fans are the same wherever you go.”
Juhyuk closed his eyes and listened to the fans’ voices. He reached out his hand.
“Let’s rock this stage today. We are who we are?”
“AWY!”
They shouted their group slogan and went up on stage. The inside of the stage was filled with cheers.
“Are you ready?”
The song that got the most reaction from the fans was ‘Phoenix’, arranged in a rock version. As the intro of Phoenix started, the fans raised one hand to the sky and jumped lightly.
“Phoenix is flying, phoe-phoenix is flying~”
They did not stop singing along, even though the lyrics were in Korean.
They also followed the Korean cheering method and boosted the mood of the concert hall.
The members were so excited by the cheers that they ran around the narrow stage.
Their faces were soaked with sweat in no time.
“*Please give it to me.”
Ian picked up the phone of a fan who was holding it out in front of the standing area.
He switched to selfie mode and took a picture with the owner of the phone.
He returned the phone and the fan screamed with joy.
“*Did you all have a good time? Before we do our last song, let’s take a picture together, shall we?”
There was a group photo time before the last song. In the last concert, they took a picture with the surprise event slogans that the fans had prepared. But in Europe, there was a different event.
“*Oh, what is this?”
A fan from the second floor threw a British flag made of cloth onto the stage.
“What is this?”
“It’s huge. Can you hold the end for me, hyung?”
Ian and Joo Hyuk spread out the flag and looked at the audience with wide eyes.
“Did you write this yourself?”
When Ian translated Joo Hyuk’s words, the fans shouted affirmatively.
The flag had a large message saying ‘Global Awidom’ under which there were many messages from the fans.
The fans voluntarily set up a temporary booth in front of the concert hall a few days before the concert.
There they gave out free slogans that they had made themselves, and also wrote messages of support for Awi on the flag.
“Awesome.”
“Let’s hang this in our dorm.”
The members sat in the center of the stage with their backs to the fans.
Kim Joo Young and Park Seo Dam, who sat in the middle, held up the flag to their chests.
Manager Park Dong Soo came up on stage and took a group photo of Awi and their fans.
“Wow, that was hard.”
“We really went all out.”
Ian and Jo Tae Woong, who became roommates, lay down on their beds at the same time. They were so sharp in their movements that it seemed like they were doing a world tour booster.
“Hey Jo Tae Woong, what are you going to do tomorrow during your free time?”
“I want to go see a soccer stadium.”
“Oh, that sounds good.”
“Someday we’ll perform at a soccer stadium too, right?”
“…Right.”
Ian and Jo Tae Woong closed their eyes and smiled happily as they were immersed in the aftermath of the concert.
“Let’s see what’s nearby before we go to bed.”
“Okay.”
Ian and Jo Tae Woong took out their phones at the same time and opened an internet window.
Joo Hyuk’s name was at the top of the real-time search terms.
‘What is this?’
Ian frowned as soon as he checked the article. Jo Tae Woong, who was lying on the bed next to him, also got up with a start.
“…What is this?”
***
“Is Director Seo here?”
“Yes, what’s wrong? You don’t look good.”
A BHL Entertainment employee turned on an entertainment news page and turned his monitor towards Seo Soo Ryeon.
“Director Seo, I think you should see this.”
“What is it?”
[Exclusive] Awi Joo Hyuk’s mother involved in ‘debt gambling’ scandal… “She didn’t pay back the money she borrowed last year”
Awi Joo Hyuk’s popularity hit by ‘mother’s debt gambling’ controversy
The situation that Jin had warned about had arrived.
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