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— rising star 2023

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Rank
00

Pts
27

company

sunrise entertainment

identification number

#s009

occupation

trainee

your talents

guitar, vocals, composing, songwriting

badges collected

003 total

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Description
N. RAHOON
( GUITAR PRODIGY SHAKES INCHEON MUSIC FESTIVAL ) / published aug. '09
 
in the midst of talented citizen of incheon, the twelve-years-old noh rahoon had everyone's attention during said music festival. with a guitar half his size, he drove the crowd wild his performance. his voice showing signs of growing up yet still candy in the audience's ears and guitar skills that showed a hell of dedication to sharpen.
 
while many became curious of who noh rahoon is, his neighbourhood had witnessed him grow to be someone they were proud of at the age of twelve. they saw how his father left; too ambitious for a higher spot in the corporate ladder to leave a bit of time for his family and expect them act on the level of those with riches. he'd rather be clinking ceramic soju glass with higher ups than beside his wife during rahoon's birth.
 
they told his mother she made the right decision to divorce him and fight for the parental rights of rahoon and his older brother, raon. she won. the siblings were eventually raised by a single mother, baek hari. while it wasn't easily to juggle being a working single mother, the people around helped. including the music shop owner and former rock band guitarist, park junghwan, whose store is right beside rahoon's mother's hair salon.
 
he grew up listening to old bands through park junghwan. be it overseas nirvana, the beatles or national ones like boohwal. he held his first guitar at five years old and properly learnt it at age six. rahoon doesn't want to let go ever since. while his mother figured she should enroll rahoon to a guitar class, park junghwan was willing to teach rahoon all he knows for free. he was too attached, too fond of the (boisterous) little child to collect fees—in which rahoon eventually repaid him with being titled as incheon's guitar prodigy.
 
while his older brother, raon, turned heads with his looks, rahoon tugged hearts with his voice and music. he loved the stage he stood on, a wide, wooden bench, while the neighbours, a crowd of all ages, cheered for him and sang along. he loved it even more when he stood on a larger stage in music festivals with larger crowds. just when he thought things weren't going to get better (and more fun) than it already was, a group of older teenagers recruited him to be on their band as he turned 14 years-old.
 
his fate crossed with bang kiwoo (then 17), a keyboardist; lee eunjae (then 17), a bassist; and eunjae's little brother, lee minjae (then 16), a drummer. they gathered to become "peter pan effect", incheon's proud local band.
 
( INCHEON DAILY: MUSIC AND YOUTH, PETER PAN EFFECT INCHEON'S OWN LOCAL INDIE ROCK BAND ) / published sept. '12
 
it took them about a year to establish a signature sound of their own band after a lot of trial and errors and covering songs in their own style. they would busk around incheon, around wolmido, and sometimes outside town. rahoon started to compose and write songs for the band, opening up a soundcloud account, as they grew in popularity—even up to having an unofficial fanclub named wendy. aside from busking around, they'd be given opportunities to open up for events and be an ensemble band for celebrities that visited incheon.
 
rahoon truly had fun then. he even found a way to pocket a bit of money. he grew in terms of skills—vocals, songwriting, composing and even guitar, as if it was possible to be greater than great. he, and his band members, also grew ambitious. at times a question pops up in the back of their head: if they were already recognized around incheon, gained a fanclub, wouldn't people somewhere out there will enjoy their music too?
 
that question was eventually answered as a company reached out to them through rahoon's soundcloud. 
 
( LIGHT HOUSE ENT. SIGNS INDIE ROCK BAND PETER PAN EFFECT ) / published mar '16
 
unfortunately, it appears that the company was only interested in recruiting rahoon instead of the whole band. however, rahoon wouldn't budge by the contract they offered if he wasn't going to sign with the others. the company withdrew their offer only to come back to comply with rahoon's condition. full of trust on s and upholding their friendship, rahoon managed to sign peter pan effect as a whole not knowing what will await for them in the future.
 
not knowing light house entertainment had tricks up their sleeves. 
 
( WATCH DEBUT SHOWCASE: PPE'S SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT ) / published '17
 
they trained for a year before they prepared for debut. they entered the charts with their title. a proud feat, supposedly. only if they didn't rip off what rahoon had written for the album and "mixed ", as rahoon said, into it. he was told he'll have more freedom for the next album. people around him said it was normal. they needed momentum to get their name out and settle on a rank before experimenting.
 
so, rahoon backed off. especially since bang kiwoo, appointed leader of the band and his most respected member, told him to. yet that was just the tip of the iceberg.
 
as promotions rolled in, rahoon had most of his time taken to appear on shows. he was great, really. they loved his appearance. but eventually everything about peter pan effect equals to noh rahoon and vice versa. it was as if the spotlight was always directed on him and never on the rest of the members.
 
and rahoon noticed it all when it was too late.
 
he always came home to the dark dorm, lee minjae bitterly welcomed him and soon made a nickname for him: "light house money maker."
 
( PPE'S RAHOON TO APPEAR ON HYENA ON THE BEAT ) / published august '18
 
rahoon's annoyance at his company reached its peak after the release of their second mini album. he hated how they changed the band's style to fit a more mainstream band music. they kept a constant stance in saying his composed songs needed more fixes for it to be more acceptable to the public. they told him that and they then threw him to be a fixed composer and songwriter on a music reality show that shows his process in making his music. for 's sake.
 
he'd complained to their leader but there were never response from the company. rahoon, not taking anymore , barged in the ceo's room to have a heart to heart talk. he did, only to be warned by his leader to not cause any trouble. things were already tensed enough with the members--between minjae and rahoon, himself in particular. there wasn't any need to cause more trouble. what made a blow on him was what kiwoo coldly said: "you're the one who brought us here in the first place. don't ruin what we have. stop being stubborn and just listen to what we're told."
 
he thought kiwoo was the one person who'd understand why he's trying to get his thoughts across to the company; to give equal spotlight that the others deserve and obviously, fixing the mistake of bringing the whole team to the ty company. apparently not. if he didn't see just how messed up their teamwork was after they (okay maybe just rahoon) gained fame, it was clear as day now.
 
( PPE'S GUITARIST, NOH RAHOON, TO HALT ACTIVITIES DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS  ) / published  '19
 
health problems? bull.
 
rahoon went on strike, after running havoc around the company and finally had a fist fight with minjae. he ran around asking old classmates that dabbles in law about breaking a contract. complicated, but nothing rahoon wouldn't go through if he sets his mind on it. but the members of peter pan effect remain unmoved. they'd sigh (minjae cursed) at his offer to find better company: "can you guarantee things wouldn't be the same?"
 
while they had a point, rahoon came to another conclusion that the problem lies with him. a step too late to realize only he was the one highlighted in the spotlight, too obsessed with making his own music, too obsessed with saving a friendship that doesn't want to be saved.
 
"suit yourself. i'm leaving."
 
( PPE'S NOH RAHOON TO EXIT BAND AND LEAVE COMPANY ) / published late '19
 
the company let him go easily. noh rahoon was talented but it didn't mean he was irreplaceable. although, of course, the public and fans remain on the dark what happened behind the scenes. the company managed to hide the band's cracked friendship, despite it was obvious how rahoon was favoured to be the one attending shows. most would simply believe rahoon left because of his health. 
 
while light house entertainment let him go easily, they made sure to throw rocks on rahoon's path if he ever wanted to start over in a new company. as if it was his consequence on not willing to be their money bank anymore. rumours spread like wildfire throughout the industry about his behaviour (eg. uneducated, they touched his history of not having a father a bit too), his work ethics (eg. monopolizing the band's income, taking place of another member's guest role for a show), the credibility of his songs to which rahoon flipped the bird on all.
 
( PPE'S ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NEW GUITARIST ) / published late '19
 
it was as if they were anticipating his leave, quickly replacing him with a trainee that's probably equal in talent, yoo changki ( then 22 ), whom he wasn't fond of. through minjae's loose mouth, rahoon came to know how kiwoo proposed a renewed contract if rahoon ever leaves. surprise! surprise! his most trusted member turned out to be quite a sly fox.
 
( GUITAR PRODIGY NOH RAHOON REPORTEDLY SIGNS WITH SUNRISE ) / published '22
 
he thought the only way to save (himself) his love of music was to exit the industry entirely. old park junghwan (his guitar mentor) commended him for leaving his fame. rahoon came back to being a university student, a musician that keeps his originality and busk around town. yet he missed the large stage and the large crowd.
 
jealousy tainted him as peter pan effect became more loved. the songs he made (even if ripped apart and mixed with ) sung by another person. the whispers of him being a has been prodigy made him tick. he wanted so much to enter the industry and prove his real worth.
 
sunrise came at the right timing, offering rahoon a place and a chance to stand on the stage he loves so much, be treated as a musician should and soon kicking up dust in the name of his personal vendetta towards his former band and company.
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