โน เฃช ห โ K-Idol!Horangi โ เฃช ห
Note: Soโฆ as some of you guys may or may not have known, Horangi got into debt with a local crime boss when he was a compulsive gambler and had to flee his home and join the local military before his arc started as the โHorangiโ we know now (taken from the official wiki fandom page). Now here, Iโd like to expand and dive deeper on his double life as both a military contractor and an underground indie artist within the timeframe of his life.
๐งง Heโd be a soloist. A rapper to be specific.
๐งง Picture the vibes of BewhY, Big Matthew from KARD, Felix from Stray Kids, Agust D, and so forth.
๐งง He gives off those ruggish downtown boy vibes thatโs usually known and could be told apart for the visuals, music style/aesthetic, and unique range.
๐งง His fondness of implementing cultural elements whether lyric or beat-wise with modern music is quite conspicuous. He finds adding sounds of traditional Korean instrumentals in his beats and to add references of his hometown in his lyrics to be endearing and an integral part of who he is.
๐งง Heโs quite a small artist and a private one at that. Only wishing for his listeners to see him for his art and not as who he really is outside of that.
๐งง (Iโm still kinda unsure what his stage name should be. Should it be โHorangiโ too? Or should he want to use another name instead?)
๐งง His music journey started when he wanted to make some money while being caught in the deep end.
๐งง When he had first started out, he found it overwhelming and impossible to put his voice out there within the voices of many groups and soloists already making it big.
๐งง Horangi being Horangi, he pushed through the waters anyway and dared to publish his first practice beats on SoundCloud, not expecting much anyway.
๐งง A first then became a second. A second merged into a third. It took the fellow a good while to finally include vocals into some of his songs as well as gaining a few listeners along the way.
๐งง All this he did as a side hustle while planning to enlist in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces to flee from his home, his family, and the anticipating creditors.
๐งง Timeskip to when he finally found himself and his lifeโs purpose as the current Horangi.
๐งง Not long after, he joined KorTac as a contractor. That is when he met Kรถnig.
๐งง The two couldnโt really interact much. Or rather, wouldnโt. With Kรถnig already having social anxiety and Horangi determined to succeed on his job, they could merely greet and uplift one another like ordinary teammates would.
๐งง Such was the norm until one dayโฆ
๐งง โMan, todayโs been a blast! A blast yet exhausting day. An exhaustingly blasting day? Anyway, Kรถnig, what do you usually do to wind down, big guy?โ
๐งง โHmโฆ I usually listen to some music.โ
๐งง โOh really? What kind?โ
๐งง โUhโฆ metal and rock I supposeโฆ?โ
๐งง โAh, I see I seeโฆโ
๐งง *Gets flashbacks to his early days when he first started on his music journey*
๐งง โYou know, funnily enough, I just remembered that I used to make music before enlisting in the military.โ
๐งง โYeah. It was nothing much. Just umโฆ a side hustle, if you would call it. I wasnโt like a big artist or anything, just a small one. An indie artist if you will.โ
๐งง Horangi then endeavored to log into his old SoundCloud accountโฆ only to discover that he had around hundreds of monthly listeners and each of his few songs getting hundreds and if lucky, then a thousand plays.
๐งง Not completely a 180ยฐ to when he first started his journey, but it was more than he had expected since the beginning of his career.
๐งง He then endeavored to get back to making music during his time off, doing market research to find out what the listeners wanted, exploring alternative music genres, mashing up beats, expanding his vocal range, you name it, he was genuine and actively getting into it.
๐งง Eventually, he became more confident in putting himself out there, and started posting his music on other platforms, building up his portfolio.
๐งง And thatโs when he began gaining recognition. He remembers the time he got his first comment leading up to his first fan mail.
๐งง Then thereโs Kรถnig.
๐งง Horangi endeavored to bring it up again one day, โYo man, remember that one time I mentioned that I was an indie artist?โ
๐งง โUhโฆ kind of? Why?โ
๐งง โSo you seeโฆ Iโve kind of gotten a little group of fans but, no labels have offered me to sign with them yet but could you imagine mate? Iโve got uhโฆ what do they call it again? A โfandomโ, so to speak?โ
๐งง โUh-huh? And where are you going with this?โ
๐งง โAll Iโm saying is that Iโm kind of famous now,โ he grinned behind his mask. โYou could um, probably give it a listen sometime, yeah? If you want, no pressure of course man.โ
๐งง โNo guarantees though.โ
๐งง Yet he found himself going through pages dedicated by Horangiโs fans during his time off, his interest won over the fandom he had stumbled upon calling themselves FIERCE.
๐งง He may had also given his music a chance. Perhaps once. Perhaps even twice. Perhaps he had lost count. Perhaps in his personal life outside the military grounds. Perhaps he had found himself unconsciously playing his music in the background while getting lost in his hobbies.
๐งง Maybe, just maybeโฆ Horangi may have reached an integral part of somebodyโs life through his voice.
