#as a local exo-l stan i had to use a chen cover

[namube]

lime ent. audition tape; ref. namu's bedroom. namu records his audition tape for lime entertainment, showcasing vocals. he does a cover of iu's/nana's through the night. word count, #1,002.

it's a song that namu already knows, one that sits on one of his playlists; one of the ones that are filled with many ballads, the ones he liked to listen to when he really felt like he needed to relax. it's a song that he's practiced a few times before, but he didn't really full on practice it until he saw the lime entertainment audition get posted online. truth be told, he was incredibly excited by it and knew that it would be one of his chances to do try and get signed; to try to chase his dreams. plus, some of his all-time favorite idol groups are underneath lime entertainment, such as cherish and lightspeed. though, obviously, his all-time favorite is cherish, after all. he used to have an entire forum account dedicated to cherish, where he got to talk about how much he likes their songs and what their songs really meant to him when he was younger. he was almost jittery in a sense with excitement as he thought about the entire possibility. but, he shakes it off, simply because it was time to get serious.

namu had set up in his bedroom, the place where he had always filmed youtube videos for his channel, namu's song forest, whenever he would have the inspiration for covering a song. he gets the camera all set-up, making sure to set up his microphone, and everything of that nature. he tidies up just a bit, though not much really needs to be done, simply due to the fact that namu was always the type to keep his area nice and clean; he could never quite do things in an area that was dirty, so he was simply cleaning pretty often. nonetheless, he grabs everything he needs, makes sure that he's in something nice enough - which kind of just meant one of the many oversized sweaters that are too big for him that looks like they're straight of the 2000s; a style that he seemed to quite like. he fixes himself just a bit, before getting in front of the camera.

he tests the sound for a few moments with the headphones upon his head and when it was all good, namu had reached over to press record on the camera. it felt different from recording for his youtube videos, considering the fact that he was recording an audition instead. he almost felt nervous, but namu was never nervous about auditioning or singing. he mentally shook it off with that usual big smile upon his lips. "hello!" he said, giggling softly before bowing towards the camera. "i'm park namu and i'm nineteen years old, i'll be twenty this december!" he says, his smile growing a bit wider. "in the world of k-pop, i have always looked up to cherish and admired them the most! their music has always meant a lot to me and always could bring me back up after a bad day. i've always really liked their style and i look up to them a lot vocally! i think cherish is really, really cool. i've seen them in concert a lot and they're the reason i want to become a k-pop idol myself! i hope i can follow in cherish-sunbaes footsteps and make them proud in the future as well!" he says, his smile growing a bit more as he giggled softly.

"i've always looked up to nana-sunbae too in her solo career! she's made a lot of really good songs, especially ballads, that i've really loved to sing over my course of being vocally trained since i was young! i've always picked her songs, ever since she came out as a soloist, to learn over time," he says, his smile growing a bit more. "which is why, today i have decided to sing through the night for you!" he says, another soft chuckle leaving his lips. namu had situated the song to sound excellent for himself and to fit the time criteria. which meant he needed to get moving, and so namu did; he starts playing the song itself.

he carries it through beautifully, making sure to hold the notes in that way that he needs to. he sings a lot of the song with his eyes closed, almost adding to the element of the song itself, the emotion that sits behind through the night. a little added high note, just to show off his beastly vocals, his vocal power. but, most of it was... well, to put it simply, beautiful and pretty because namu is really good at emotions. he can do the sad really well and he can do the happy really well, though right now, he was really showcasing the sad type of emotion in some way, the love that's there. he had really wanted to showcase his beautiful voice and he thinks he picked the perfect song for it. plus, it went along with the question of who he looks up to and everything like that - so, it ended up being perfect. he just hopes that those watching at lime entertainment thinks so too. he finishes in the allotted time, chuckling happily when he finished.

"thank you for your time and thank you for your consideration for my audition tape! i look forward to hearing back from you!" he said, before bowing towards the camera again, and turning it off. maybe namu was a little too formal, but it was fine, nonetheless. he opens up his laptop on his bed, plugging in his camera to get the footage, and looking it over. he's happy with it, so he edits the video to start it after he turned the camera on and to end at the end of his bow. the timing was perfect, so he was happy, and he moved to upload it. he really does look forward to hearing back and he wonders if this was going to be his chance to start chasing his dreams.

he's really crossing his fingers here and hoping.