K-Pop is a Dream

"With the rise of K-pop globally, more and more people are looking for aspiring students that can break the Kpop entertainment industry! Korean entertainment companies do a great job of recruiting all around the world to find the next top talent. Many of these auditions are open to all nationalities as K-pop entertainment companies know it is smart to have at least one member in the group be a non-Korean which will help them expand into that particular market." Xiongli said as he explained further.

Many have seen the huge success of PINKBLACK and especially Lasa who has a huge fan base in not only Thighland but all across Southeast Asia. In fact, Lasa is one of the most popular K-pop stars at the moment. For most Kpop groups that are coming out, you will find at least one non-Korean member. This is a trend that is not going away anytime soon as the global market continues to embrace Kpop. Therefore expect Kpop entertainment companies to continue to look outside of South Korea to find new talent in countries such as the Phlipings, Asiaindo, and Outdia in the future." Xiongli said as he pointed to the audience.

"NOW SPLIT INTO GROUPS OF FOUR! HAVE AT LEAST ONE OTHER NATIONALITY THAT IS NOT KOREAN IN YOUR GROUP! DO THIS UNDER 5 MINUTES AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO VOICE CHECKS!" Xiongli yelled as the students rushed to find other classmates.

'Umm, how do I do this...' Astrid thought as he rushed to each and every group, but they were either full, or they didn't accept retards. When the time was up, everyone was in a group accept Astrid.

"You! Sing "Dream", a song by my group! In front of the class, NOW!" Xiongli yelled as he pointed at Astrid.

"Umm... I've never heard of that song..." Astrid replied.

"..." Xiongli's face turned as white as snow, he moved Astrid to the center of the stage, turned the monitor on, and displayed the text.

"Now sing..." Xiongli was truly depressed, funny enough, he was from a big band like PINKBLACK or BST, even though he was retired, he thought he would still be well known, but Astrid smacked him in the face, making him realise that his fame has longed waned over.

'Angel, could you guide me?' Astrid sincerely asked.

=Sure, the lyrics isn't bad, I can guide you with the voice, but you will eventually have to do your own voice training...=

[DING]

[(Voice Training) has been added to your Daily Quests! 1 stat point has been added to your Daily Quest reward.]

=Well that's that...=

'I see this as a gain!'

[That's the spirit!]

=So what I will do is passively guide your voice, I will basically be your autotune, the more you do this, the more your vocal chords will adapt, the more better you will sing. Let's get started.=

'Yessir!'

"Start the music!" Astrid yelled to Xiongli with confidence.

[Spirit possession activated: Angel]

Everyone expected nervousness or stuttering, but what Astrid did next shocked everyone! Astrid sang with such a beautiful voice! Those who looked down on him started to become wary of him.

[Verse 1]

Running, Running

Life's long so take it slow

Look down the narrow path

Now its my turn to do a show

[Pre-Chorus]

But the real world is

Different from what's promised

I have to do what is says

If you shoot a flare

You don't have a destination

The sceneries are not there

Until your breath comes up to your chin

You need to you need to...

[Chorus]

It's alright to stop

There's no need to run without even knowing the reason

It's alright to drop

If you have moments where you feel happiness for a while

It's alright to swap

Now we don't run without knowing the destination

It's alright to not have a dream

All the breaths you breathe are already in the dream you want

'This is going too far, he is so good, needs some fine tuning, but he has potential...' Xiongli though as he said, "Stop, stop, that was good! You will still do dance practice, but with me!"

"Ok!" Astrid said happily, he couldn't believe he could sing that good!

=Huff, Huff, you were terrible! Do you understand! I worked so hard so that you didn't voice crack!= Angel said gasping for breath.

'I was that bad, I guess I have to work harder! If I have to depend on you all the time, it would be a sin to be called a K-pop star!' Astrid said while still admiring himself, or Angel.

"OK! Now we will dance to the song! Now look at the dance video and practice with each other, we will do a two person, decide who to dance with and lets get started!"

Once everything was settled, the video of the song played again and everyone started to dance.

=Even if I see the dance and try to replicate it, I will need multiple hours to even comprehend the first steps to memory. I'm sorry your on your own.=

'I understand, I will try my best!' Astrid thought as he was ready to replicate the dance.

"Ok, now that you have seen the video, replicate the moves, Astrid, let's start!" Xiongli said with excitement, it was the first time he saw an aspiring K-pop student!

The music played, although the song was about dreams, creating such a song must have been hell, and now he had to replicate it, how much would it hurt?

-10 minutes later-

'QUIT, QUIT, QUIT!' that was all Astrid was thinking as he was slumping to his next period.

=What would you expect! K-pop is hard!=

[You can quit, but Angel would be useless to you, plus you have to still sing in your daily quests, and no refunds, you will not get another spirit!]

'Fine, but it still hurt badly! How will I get through this!'

{I noticed that your ass was hurting! Should I help massage it?}

'Nope' Astrid thought as he was infront of the gaming room, Arcane Online, here we come!