Chapter 53 53 - Let the show begin!

    ??NunuNote: I edited the end of the last chapter to add Charlie''s POV. This was an addition of 500 words, so if you want the full experience, I suggest you go back to the previous chapter and read the end again. There''s a warning where her POV starts. :)

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    Going on stage was an incredible feeling...

    Looking at the largely indifferent audience didn''t affect me at all.

    I knew that I would get this kind of attention because probably nobody here knew me.

    Although I already had a few thousand followers, that number was not only spread all over the country, but there was also a part that came from other countries, so my fame in the US wasn''t that big, since it was even smaller in my state and almost insignificant in my own city.

    If there were a hundred people in the city who knew me, that would be a big number.

    But I wasn''t worried about that. If I started playing shows from now on, my fame in the city would only grow more and more.

    When I took the microphone from the host as I entered the stage, I smiled as I looked out at the audience.

    But even though I had the microphone in my hand, I was still silent for a few seconds as I just stared at the audience, smiling, which made some people feel a little uncomfortable.

    Realizing my mistake, I laughed a little and spoke into the microphone. "I''m sorry I got lost for a few seconds. This is my first time on stage alone and I felt like I wanted to remember this moment forever..."

    Listening to my explanation, even the people who were a little uncomfortable smiled after hearing it.

    "To start the evening, I thought I''d sing my first song, but I thought one of my other songs would be better to liven up the evening, so stick with The Lazy Song!" I said excitedly as I swapped the electric guitar I was holding for an acoustic guitar.

    This was the equipment that Selena had bought with the AJP money.

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    Today I don''t feel like doing anything

    I just wanna lay in my bed

    Don''t feel like picking up my phone

    So leave a message at the tone''

    Cause today, I swear I''m not doing anything

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    When I started playing this song, I noticed that people were already dancing to the upbeat beat.

    Although it was a little different from the style of music I had been playing before, not only was it my most famous song, which was true because I even saw some people who probably didn''t know who I was singing it, but it was also a good song to set the mood for the evening.

    What I found strange was that there was a girl in the front row of the audience just standing there staring at me while humming the lyrics to my song!

    ----- Charlie''s POV ----

    It was really him! It was the real BlackVelvet singing on stage!

    When the host announced that the person who would be on stage was named BlackVelvet, I thought it might just be a coincidence that two artists had the same name, even though the host explained that the BlackVelvet who would be on stage had started his career a month ago and was already in the E Rank, just like the BlackVelvet I knew.

    When I saw the boy my age walking on stage with his hair dyed and wearing black clothes, the first thing I thought of was the 2D BlackVelvet character he used in The Lazy Song and Boyfriend, who looked exactly like this boy.

    Under the pressure of walking in your shoes

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    When he started to sing, his voice changed completely.

    From the cheerful, relaxed voice he used to sing The Lazy Song, his voice now changed to a fuller, sexier voice when he sang Numb...

    This time there was no one to sing his song apart from a child somewhere in the bar because Numb was less known than The Lazy Song, but the audience''s reaction was even greater than when he performed The Lazy Song!

    As soon as he started playing the song, people gathered even closer to the stage to get a better look at him as they started jumping and bobbing their heads!

    Looking back, I could see several people holding cell phones and filming, while others just held their drinks and enjoyed the moment.

    When the song reached the second chorus, people started singing along!

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    I''ve become so numb...

    Can''t feel you there...

    Getting so tired...

    So much more aware...

    I''m becoming this...

    All I want to do...

    Is to be more like me...

    And be less like you...

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    With the people in the audience singing, more and more people got up from the tables they were sitting at and came to enjoy the show, making the place I was in, which was starting to feel cramped before, even more so now.

    But at this point I didn''t care, because I was one of the people who started jumping and singing along.

    Even BlackVelvet on stage was excited as he played and jumped around.

    This show was amazing!

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