Chapter 444
Noeul had been stunned twice that day—first, when she unexpectedly won a ticket in the Song Camp finale audience draw, and second, when she arrived at the venue only to find that no one was even checking IDs.
Pushed and pulled by the crowd, she stumbled along until she somehow ended up around the tenth row.
She couldn’t shake the feeling that all the luck in her life had been spent just getting here. Still, even if that were true, she thought she could die without regrets as she straightened the rain-soaked poncho clinging to her body.
【...3, 2, 1—!】
【Voting is now closed—!】
【The die has been cast! Now, let’s reveal the owners of each song!】
She focused only when The Dawn appeared on the VCR and skipped past the rest of the contestants’ tearful stories, hesitating over which song to pick. After much internal struggle, she finally chose “In May”—and right at that moment, voting closed.
She bit her nails to the quick, instantly regretting her choice. “In May” had no rap, and unlike Kang Ichae’s previous works, it was a lyrical rock ballad steeped in 1980s nostalgia.
It had moved her heart, yes—but it wasn’t going to put food on her table.
‘Damn it... why am I such a tone-deaf idiot?’
That damn blind voting.
The audience went wild as the show kicked off with Kang Woorin’s “Paper Doll.” When K.Voka stormed the stage with “Street Punk,” the entire crowd howled “That’s hip-hop!” like they’d lost their minds.