The Coma Patient Was a Musical Genius

Coma Patient Was a Music Genius
Episode 003

“Explain it quickly.”

Even after arriving home, my uncle’s questions continued.

‘I really don’t know what you want me to explain.’

There is only one clear answer here.

I remembered while in a coma that my past life was that of Franz Liszt.

But I don’t want to be treated like a weirdo. So I answered with a joke.

“Well, I guess my past life was Franz Liszt.”

“……what?”

My uncle looked bewildered and then started to hurriedly take out his cell phone.

“Wait a minute, this is not it.”

A dazzling display of tapping on the screen.

“… This person also woke up from a coma and suddenly started using a foreign language he had never used before and became a math genius. Could this be your case too?”

It’s going well on its own.

I shrugged my shoulders without saying anything.

“Let’s upload it quickly before it gets too late. I asked people not to steal my views, but since there were so many of them, there might have been people who didn’t hear it.”

Since it was a performance video, there was no need to edit it separately. This meant that it could be uploaded right away without any special processing.

And the account that was to upload the video was the ‘Myeong Piano’ promotional account, and he said that he had received the password from his mother and linked it.

“We need to monetize right away. This is a performance that is too valuable to waste even one view for free.”

Well, that’s what they say.

Fortunately, by barely reaching 1,000 subscribers, I was able to meet the monetization requirements.

“Oh no. What should I title this?”

What is this, the uncle began to think seriously.

“Ah, I don’t have time right now….”

“Then just upload it as is.”

“how?”

“Performing pieces composed by Franz Liszt, the greatest pianist, composer and conductor in history….”

“You really have no sense. Who made up such a long title?”

I got upset.

“And in Korea, people like Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach are more well-known, so what if you say they are the greatest in history and then get criticized for it?”

I was seriously pissed.

But I hid it.

If you lose your temper here, you lose.

“Oh, I don’t know. I don’t have time to think about it right now, so I’ll just upload it intuitively.”

That was when.

Squeak-

Mother, Bae Myeong-seon carefully opened the door.

The face that was sticking its head out was filled with questions.

“Oh, I forgot to ask this. How was Hyesung’s performance today? I’m not expecting much, but I’m still curious.”

Well, I guess it’s okay to look forward to it.

I hope you’re not too surprised.

“This is it, sis.”

My uncle smiled meaningfully.

“I can’t explain it in words.”

“Huh? Why?”

He said as he pressed the upload button.

“Just, see for yourself?”

Just then, a notification came on my phone saying that the upload was complete.

[Yoo Hye-seong’s Nodeul Island Street Performance (Mazepa + Snow Clearing) (14:33)]

“… … Are you lying? You said you played Liszt’s music?”

Well, my mother was already so surprised.

It’s been a day since I uploaded a video to my bright tone piano account.

“Wow, sir.”

Bae Hyeon-seo, who checked the number of views, expressed his admiration.

[Views 6,480]

“Six thousand four hundred?”

The number of views far exceeded the number of subscribers in just one day.

You might say, what’s the big deal? But… .

Bae Hyeon-seo thumbed down the list of famous piano videos.

All of them are three-digit views.

It didn’t even come out as many as the number of subscribers.

In such a situation, it was not surprising that a title with no aggro at all garnered an unparalleled number of views.

YouTube has always been a picky company, and it doesn’t give its algorithms to accounts that don’t get many views.

Bae Hyeon-seo looked at the comments.

There were already dozens of them piled up.

At first, before I saw my nephew play, I was worried that there might be some bad comments.

Strangely, I wasn’t nervous right now.

Rather, I was confident.

-This is fucking crazy

As you can see.

It’s a refreshing start.

I started reading the rest of the comments as well.

-This is street performance. I’ve never heard performance like this even in a recital…

– Even active pianists find the list of songs burdensome, but you play it perfectly.

-They look like they are in middle or high school, but I have high hopes for their future. I really hope they become famous and make Korea known.

-The comment at the end about clearing the snow was creepy. He’s young but has such a clever sense. It’s a treat for the ears^^

-Teacher Myeongseon! Who is that guy?

└I’m curious tooㅠ

└Could this be the son the teacher was talking about before!?

And then, two days passed.

[Views 100,720]

“Poem, a hundred thousand?”

I have to write a personal statement, but I can’t concentrate at all.

The real-time view count graph was also skyrocketing.

It has already achieved the highest number of views for ‘Bright Tone Master Piano’.

This is, without a doubt, the algorithm’s choice.

That may be why the quality of comments has also become polluted.

It was definitely clean on the first day.

A comment left by a self-proclaimed music student opened the floodgates.

-I’m currently a piano student at Berklee College of Music, and I’m good enough to win a prize in a youth competition.

 Berklee doesn’t have a classical piano department?

Did you get caught joking? Hahahahahaha

After that, a line of raw language reminiscent of a community followed.

-Wow, I saw the shitty algorithm and it’s crazy.

-Arrested on the scene of the unauthorized resurrection of the list of Noddle Island

Unauthorized resurrection of Doratbbang

-When Jammin says, “I have to take care of my eyes,” and smiles cutely, it’s so impressive. He has natural talent.

Okay lol

Why are you so handsome?

-I went to Nodeul Island that day too, but why didn’t I see it?

-It’s snowing during the performance.

I honestly thought it was intentional when I first saw it…

Are you improvising a snow shoveling song while watching the snow fall?

Hey, don’t be so annoying… Since when did Liszt’s songs become songs you can improvise?

-What are you doing? Did you come to Korea after working abroad?

-I’m a beginner who’s just starting to learn piano. Will I be able to do that if I practice hard for three months?

That crazy guy lol

Three months is fucking bullshit

And three days, four days, five days… .

Finally, after a week had passed.

[Views 620,108]

“I’m speechless… … .”

600 thousand.

With this, this one video has surpassed the total number of views for ‘Bright Tone Master Piano’.

However, there was something disappointing about Bae Hyeon-seo.

‘Ah, if only the thumbnail and title had been properly chosen, it could have reached 1 million…’

Of course, if the current trend continues, it is likely that it will reach 1 million views in the near future.

Bae Hyeon-seo couldn’t shake the feeling that he had uploaded it too hastily.

That is, this may not be the best outcome.

If I had known it would become this big.

I should have chosen the title a little more carefully.

At least they should have worked on the thumbnail.

‘If I modify it now, the algorithm might get messed up…’

Even so, since my older sister runs a YouTube channel, I had some knowledge of my own.

So I also found out this.

YouTube has a system called ‘exposure click-through rate’.

When an algorithm recommends a video to people, what percentage of them end up clicking on it?

Accordingly, the algorithm pushed further in a biased way.

However, this video, despite being so impressive, had a low ‘no-knock rate’.

The thumbnail was also a back view, and at first glance it didn’t look any different from an ordinary street performance.

If only they had made a big picture of my little brother’s face, I would have clicked on it just by looking at his appearance.

In the end, Bae Hyeon-seo made a promise.

If I ever shoot video again, I definitely will.

‘For the best results.’

With that thought in mind, I clenched my fists.

And, on the other hand.

[Recent subscriber trend: +3,802]

[Subscribers: 4,811]

Bae Myung-sun, the owner of the ‘Famous Piano’ channel, was dumbfounded by the current situation.

“… … .”

It wasn’t just the number of subscribers that increased.

In fact, there was something bigger than that.

The fundamental reason for creating this account.

[Hello! I’m contacting you after seeing your YouTube video. Do you have any adult classes?]

[I would like to inquire about registration. My child recently became interested in the piano after watching an outdoor piano video. Is the video by any chance your son?]

[I would like to inquire about registering a famous piano. I would like to visit you sometime. Is it okay if I call you?]

Countless piled up letters.

And missed calls.

Bae Myeong-seon played the video again, leaving them behind.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it in a week.

The more I looked at it, the better the performance seemed.

The more I looked, the more I couldn’t believe it.

‘It wasn’t like this in the past either? And it wasn’t just any other song, it was a list song like this… .’

Soon the screen went black.

The 14-minute video ended in an instant.

As expected, a strong aftertaste lingered.

‘Is that really the case?’

Bae Myeong-seon thought back on the article he had received from Bae Hyeon-seo a while ago.

It is said that after waking up from a coma, an unbelievable change occurred.

Unable to find a proper answer, I called Yoo Hye-seong to the famous piano academy.

Whatever it was, I felt like I had to see it performed in person to at least believe it.

Although she had seen it countless times on video, it was her first time hearing it in person.

“We’re here, sis.”

“There it is. I remembered.”

However, since Yoo Hye-seong couldn’t remember the location of the piano academy, Bae Hyeon-seo was also there with him.

Click-

The private lesson room is closed.

Bae Myeong-seon called her son softly.

“Comet.”

“yes.”

“The number of inquiries about registering for the academy has increased significantly.”

“Oh, that’s good.”

“Do you know why?”

Yoo Hye-seong poked his chest with his thumb.

Whose son was he? He was so cheeky.

The feeling of satisfaction was short-lived.

“Mom, I’m so grateful to Hyeseong….”

“sure.”

“… ? Oh. So, by the way. Can I try playing that piece here myself?”

Yoo Hye-seong smiled faintly.

“Can I play the same song?”

“… Huh? Huh? Okay.”

It was as if he had seen right through her mind.

I called you because I wanted to see it with my own eyes.

On the keyboard, I lightly loosened my hands with the scales.

From then on, Bae Myeong-seon was already looking on with half a mind.

Soon, Mazepa’s journey will unfold vividly at his son’s fingertips.

“… … .”

I couldn’t close my gaping jaw for a long time.

It was a performance that could not be compared to what I saw on video.

That evening, after Yoo Hye-seong finished performing at the famous piano academy.

“…Are you ready?”

Yoo Hye-seong nodded to Bae Hyeon-seo’s question.

“Huh, press it?”

“If that makes things better.”

“Yeah, definitely.”

Bae Hyeon-seo swallowed hard.

“We can handle this, right?”

“It’s not us, it’s your uncle?”

“… No, we’re in the same boat now.”

“Let’s do that.”

“okay.”

Feeling confident about that, Bae Hyeon-seo immediately pressed the upload button.

And then, exactly 10 minutes later,

“Yaaaaaaah―!”

Bae Myeong-seon’s loud voice began to be heard in the living room.

That was expected.

Bae Hyeon-seo said as she jumped up on the bed.

“Hey, you hurry up and pretend to be asleep too!”

“There’s my bed.”

“Then you come over too!”

Rattling-!

The door opened roughly.

Bae Myung-sun’s high-pitched voice pierced through the blanket covering her.

“Whoever did this, turn yourself in quickly!”

KBC Broadcasting Station, conference room.

“Hmm… .”

PD Kim Ki-sik, who is in charge of classical music programs, was busy with special planning.

The special feature is Franz Liszt.

This is because, recently, a Korean won first place in the ‘Liszt International Piano Competition’.

Ji Jae-won, pianist.

While it was becoming a hot topic, a classical music program also planned a special feature to match it… .

“PD! PD!”

The writer suddenly opened the door and visited.

“Would you like to see this? No, wow… .”

“What is it?”

“No, I was watching YouTube on my way to work today….”

“Just the main point.”

PD Kim Ki-sik indifferently turned his ear.

The author cleared his throat calmly.

“Yes, so by chance, a video popped up where they were playing Liszt’s songs, and it’s a hot topic right now, having reached a million views.”

Of course, the excitement still hasn’t subsided.

A sentence that is not well organized.

This was especially true because the special feature we were planning this time was about ‘Franz Liszt.’

The writer suddenly showed a video.

“This is, what’s more, it reached 1 million views in just 3 days? In just 3 days! How many people must have clicked on it for me to see it too?”

“What, really?”

The PD raised his eyebrows as if he was annoyed.

I quickly turned my gaze towards the thumbnail displayed on the tablet.

[A mother’s genuine reaction to seeing her piano genius son play right in front of her eyes. I could almost see a fly in my mouth]

[Views 1,020,459]

The PD picked it and laughed.

“This is really ending the aggro….”

The woman in the thumbnail had her mouth wide open.

The point was that a picture of a fly was drawn on the open mouth.

“Is it a hidden camera or something?”

If that’s the case, then not really.

PD Kim Ki-sik pressed the play button absentmindedly.