For now, I asked the company staff to give us some time to talk amongst ourselves.

Then the discussion started.

"What do you think?"

"I want to go to America!"

"Okay. I'll take it that you agree, Yujin. Hyungs will discuss more among us."

"Yeah!"

When Cha Yujin was about to be excluded from the discussion with Ryu Chungwoo's gentle words, Keun Sejin intervened.

"Wait a minute~ Yujin-ah, have you heard of this show?"

"? I haven't!"

That was the name of the show we were asked to appear on. . And Cha Yujin really didn't seem to know about that name.

"M-maybe Yujin doesn't know about it because it came out recently...?"

"That's right. They said it was on the rise, right?"

Each member chattered. I took out my smartphone.

"Moondae-moondae, are you searching it up?"

"Yeah."

"Oh~ Look at that."

Anyone seeing this would think he didn't have a phone in his pocket.

Anyway, as they were probably lazy to search it up themselves, I proceeded with the members taking sneaks at my smartphone screen.

A simple search through a translation program revealed the identity of the show.

"Ah, the page is up."

Although it was obvious, it was not a famous aired American talk show.

However, was it a completely isolated small program? It wasn't that either.

"Oh, fascinating."

"It feels very specific."

It was a broadcast with a pleasant atmosphere in the form of a parody of a famous talk show.

And the content... was so to speak about a subculture. It seemed to mainly focus on games, comics, and superhero movies, and as the company staff said, the number of views on WeTube was quite high.

"Yujin-ah, would you take a look at this? Is it fun?"

"What is it?"

Cha Yujin poked his head into my smartphone screen where a clip of the talk show was playing. Then he took a look at it for a second and let out a small snort.

"...?"

Did this guy catch a problem about this?

"I-is it not fun...?"

"I don't know. I don't watch things like this. So nerdy."

"Uh, huh?"

...It just didn't seem to suit his tastes.

Cha Yujin pouted.

Keun Sejin asked with a mischievous expression.

"But you have to appear here if you want to go to America, though~? You'd have to appear and sing the game song!"

"Appearing is okay. I don't watch it."

That was a very professional attitude.

'The question is whether we should appear there.'

Looking at it, it was moderately talked about and seemed like a good program. However, I wasn't sure if we should do this for our first performance in America.

'I don't want to get involved with games anymore.'

The risk was significant in the long run. This was because TeStar was a K-pop group that would make K-pop albums. Even if we appeared there and did well, we would only be seen with the image of the game character avatars. Then later on when we went abroad with an actual TeStar album, there would be a huge difference in people's first impressions.

There was a good chance that it would come back as ridicule or as a sense of betrayal.

'It would good choice for media recognition if you don't have intentions to expand into western countries...'

After all, it was an American program so it wouldn't be bad for the articles.

'It would help get rid of the image of being only for domestic demand.'

It was as if to put up a smoke screen saying, 'We're also great at advancing into the global market'.

In that case, the public opinion of the game community was not too much of a concern.

Even if talks about it being media play used for the game occurred, it would calm down quickly if we didn't do a new collaboration.

However, the members did not seem to think like this.

They only took it as a career opportunity.

"Should we? It's a rare opportunity."

"...It doesn't matter for me."

"I think it is a challenge worth trying. It would be nice if they can play our song, even if it was a game collaboration song."

It was a very rookie-like mentality for advancement.

Surprisingly, Seon Ahyun brought up a concerning opinion.

"B-but will it be okay? M-moondae said before... that it's not good to do another collaboration... Would this be okay?"

The last question is what I asked myself.

Keun Sejin also intervened here. However, this guy was also in favor of it.

"Eyy~ It's not like we're going to do a new collaboration. Wouldn't it be fine to perform once? We'll leave a good impression by doing it well~"

He wasn't the kind of guy who didn't know the importance of first impressions, but it seemed like his ambition to enter the US overcame the risk.

'So he wants to get the recognition first no matter the means.'

To make matters worse, Seon Ahyun nodded his head with his eyes shining.

"I-is that so? I-it would be nice to have a great performance...!"

I guess he wanted to do it.

And the other guys also joined in, starting to form an enthusiastic atmosphere.

...It couldn't be helped. I nodded my head.

"...Sure. I'm also fine with it."

"Ooh!"

"However, I want the show our group as much as possible."

"O-our group?"

"Yeah."

They must have wondered what I meant, but after my explanation, everyone was convinced.

"Okay!"

"Hmm~ We should prepare well."

"It is a relief that there is some free time in the recent schedule."

The group discussion ended in an excited atmosphere.

And we gave the company staff we met again opinions similar to what I said earlier.

Just slightly more specific.

"First of all... we wish to sing at least one of our title songs, too."

"Ah~ Ah! Of course. We will definitely discuss that!"

"Yes. Thank you. For the performance, is it correct that we can prepare the rest of the performance while the program will only give a request for the song selection?"

"Yes. That's correct. If there's a concept or setting you want to do, we will do our best to match that. As long as time permits it!"

"That's good then."

There shouldn't be problems with time. I smiled.

"We want a live band."

"Ah! Sure!"

"And we don't need costumes."

"...? What?"

They had an expression as if asking what the hell we were talking about. From now, it seemed to be time for another explanation.

* * *

The news of TeStar's appearance on an American program made it to the main page of entertainment news about once.

If the responses weren't good after the appearance, it would be difficult to control the media play, so as soon as the casting came, the agency took the chance.

The fans, who were enjoying TeStar's fan cams from a May college festival and Seon Ahyun's surprise birthday party video, quickly received the news.

Rather than worrying about the neglect of domestic activities due to overseas tours, the atmosphere of 'the world needs to know about our great idols' was overwhelming.

It was because TeStar had a lot of fans in Korea.

However, things cooled down slightly after the exact content of the program and the casting process were revealed.

The last one was written by Kim Raebin's personal fan on her private account word by word, with anger.

'These bastards really piss me off!!'

She slammed the keyboard.

It was because she got reminded of a fight with a malicious gamer who was talking bullshit.

'When it first launched they were hyping it and calling them GodStar, but now that the game is thriving they're cutting TeStar off.'

The fact that the situation had changed and the user base had changed a lot since then did not mean much to the angry Kim Raebin's fan.

'I wish it would just fizzle out. Hah!!'

She just wanted the game to be ended so badly!

Truth be told, TeStar's success overseas was far from her benefit.

'If this opportunity goes well, they won't be able to appear on music shows because of tours. Either way, it's not good for me!'

...However, on the day of TeStar's appearance on , she was still waiting to view it in real-time.

She even actually sat in front of the desktop because the screen of her smartphone was too small and there were frequent errors.

'Phew...'

Her shoulders were hit by a light reality check.

It couldn't be helped. Kim Raebin and Park Moondae were being held hostage by this trivial program...

"Wow, are you watching them again?"

"Yeah. Get lost."

"No, you."

"If I have to say it one more time, I'm gonna come after you. Seriously."

She hurled abuse at her brother with her hands and then ignored him. But her younger brother looked at her computer screen with a smile.

"Is it that? The ones singing a game song in America? Are they going to cosplay?"

"Hey, I said get lost."

"The nwejeols are coming~ Uack! Agh!"

//TN: Literally don't know how to translate nwejeol but to summarise, it's a meme slang word that describes someone who keeps doing something exaggerated or unnecessary and doesn't know how to stop.

Her younger brother ran back to the sofa only after being mercilessly slapped on the back.

Since did so well, her younger brother had also played that game in depth, so he knew of the news from there.

'There's already mentions of nwejeol? This pisses me off more.'

Kim Raebin's personal fan gritted her teeth and glared at the computer screen.

Fortunately, the program began shortly after.

"What are they saying."

Very American B-rate feeling CG and captions flew around.

And for a while, English poured out of the speaker. There were intermediate commercials that went in every few minutes as an extra.

In short, it wasn't fun.

Only a few superhero movie characters were recognizable.

'Just what are they doing...'

Kim Raebin's personal fan deeply regretted it, saying that she should have just finished her assignment and watched the edited version later.

Still, she watched it because it was a waste since she already played it, but fortunately, a notice of TeStar appeared.

To be precise... it was a preview of the OST performance.

'Fuck...!'

Weren't they just promoting the game?

Feeling bitter, she kicked her foot. As the little brother ignored the whining King Kong bullshit, the commercial ended.

And the stage was illuminated.

"...!"

The area where TeStar would come out... was full of bands.

'Looks like they're going to do a live band.'

She focused on the screen for now.

Soon after, TeStar came up on the stage.

However, they... were dressed in casual clothes.

"Oh...?"

No, It was neat enough to be just casual wear. However, it was not conceptual like their usual idol stage outfits.

"Oh? They're not cosplaying?"

As her younger brother said, they didn't even have the game character's outfits or hairstyles. TeStar members were just natural. They looked like they would appear in a reality show.

Cha Yujin smiled and grabbed the standing microphone.

And with the band playing live, the performance of the trailer song began.

Park Moondae entered the high-pitched intro very refreshingly. TeStar members sang while holding each of their own standing microphones.

"...!"

It was better to listen to than the song.

"They can kind of sing?"

TeStar had always been good at live singing. However, it was the first time that they had a performance where people could just listen to the song without any other elements.

In fact, most of the fans watching this program right now assumed that TeStar would somehow direct or choreograph this performance.

However, there was nothing like that.

It was just a clean and cool performance where you could enjoy the song.

They used their facial expressions well and the gestures weren't awkward, so they led the performance all the way with just that.

Their confidence could be felt.

TeStar performed the game collaboration song with the image of a classic singer and not as a character performer.

The two siblings also opened their mouths in line with the sound of applause and cheers from the screen.

"Whoah~"

"Oh~ I approve."

Instead of replying 'Who the hell are you to approve or disapprove', she banged on her desk with boiling excitement.

'Anyway, the performance is really good!'

The line was perfectly drawn.

They were saying that 'we are not part of the game but the singers who made the OST for this game!'

And because their talent as singers was sufficient, drawing the line was natural and worked well.

This composition was also revealed in the small talk after the first performance.