I Suddenly Became a Monster Singer-Songwriter - Part 1
(Prologue)
‘If it’s not going to happen, accept that it’s not.’
It was an old memory of Jeong Udami getting scolded by his mother after begging her to buy him a toy. She hadn’t said it to break his spirit; he simply had so much to play with already, yet kept pestering her for something new, so she scolded him from time to time.
And as Jeong Udami grew up, whenever he got scolded, he came to think that his mother’s words might be one of life’s truths.
‘Some things just don’t work out.’
Shortly after entering high school, he had started a band out of a need for rebellion outside of studying. It was a half-baked resolve that if his grades truly didn’t improve, he might become a musician instead. But after barely getting into his last-choice university, music was naturally discarded as if playtime had ended.
No, that was as far as it went.
Fortunately, he had realized early on that he had no talent.
But the friend who had handled vocals and bass continued music alone, and now at twenty-seven, had become a star constantly appearing on broadcasts.
‘Those destined to succeed will succeed no matter what.’
How could he not be envious?
He regretted, belatedly, not having tried his hardest too, but even if he had, nothing much would have changed.
Even if it wasn’t too late to start something anew, Jeong Udami refused to become a starving musician clinging to possibilities with no guarantee.
So he could only leave comments for a friend from the past who had become as distant as a star, too far away to even send a congratulatory message to.
[Seo Jian – Winter is gone]
└The song is truly great! I’m always cheering for you!
It would probably be a life of leaving only such comments.
Until the day he reached retirement age on the four-team two-shift system in production at the mid-sized company he worked for.
At this time, Jeong Udami couldn’t even dare to predict.
That he too would end up in the entertainment industry.