Chapter 46 - INTERVIEW

Julien greeted Baby Bluez and settled down comfortably beside him. After they started the conversation, Julien was waiting for some interesting questions.

The radio host asked without changing his expression: "Julien, the outside world tends to have misunderstandings of you, the first thing that happened to you was a scandal mainly focused on your omega identity. At such young age, you had to face these things. What it's like to be wrongly lynched by so many people?"

Julien glanced up at him, this host was a daring one, this question was designed to stir the emotions. But Julien had already years of experience so this passive-aggressive speech didn't cause his blood to rush.

Julien's smile was rueful, he looked vaguely disappointed: "That's true that many people criticized me, but there will always be people who dislike and like me. I don't mind compliments from others, I also don't mind their criticisms."

Then he added in a casual tone: "I feel that to be young is to have dreams, to rampage, to be fearless, and also definitely not to be concerned about the opinion of others."

Baby Bluez raises his eyebrows, confused by omega's attitude: "So what is your dream, Julien? To be a musician or maybe to be a celebrity?"

Julien shrugged his shoulders: "I don't feel that I must be a celebrity, I don't like being in a place with a lot of people, there is a sense of pressure. I also don't see myself as purely a musician. If there comes a day when nobody enjoys listening to my music anymore then I would leave, I will find a nice place to grow old. I wish that people will see me as something… transparent."

Baby Bluez looked at him in disbelief: "So why are you a singer in the first place?"

Julien said after some serious thought: "When I first decided to be a singer, I didn't even particularly like to sing, it was just my first idea of how to make a life for myself, nothing more. But then I finally started to like music, that was probably when I was able to write my first song that could truly express the emotions I had inside."

Baby Bluez quickly asked: "What emotions accompanied you then?"

Julien wiggled his fingers, choosing his words very carefully: "Probably because I was very lonely at that time, it made me accumulate a lot of negative energy. I was confused by this world, towards a lot of things that I couldn't understand… Naturally, I faced it with a negative sentiment. I also found it very hard to find a kind of… release. So when I wrote a song for the first time, this song that was able to completely express my inner state of mind, it felt great, very releasing…"

The radio host nodded and said, slightly changing the subject: "In this era, the internet is highly developed, you also became really popular on the web by casually singing a song. Is it easy to become successful?"

Julien was confident: "Even if my stuff is not comforting to the mainstream in other's eyes, but if some people listen to it then there exists a market for it."

Baby Bluez asked about Julien's opinion about the present state of the music circle, current trends in music, and what is Julien looking forward to in this profession. Overall it was a very long conversation, especially since they often seemed to disagree.

At the end of the conversation, Baby Bluez wondered: "What are your plans for the future, of course besides being a singer?"

Julien exclaimed with a smile: "Well, as I get older, I'm more and more towards the so-called love and marriage, I didn't have a strong pursuit for it before, but I thinking of trying it slowly."

The radio host tilted his head in surprise, it was rare for a young person to have this kind of serious plan, especially at the beginning of one's career. But Baby Bluez keep that to himself and simply congratulated Julien with a smile.

After the interview finally ended, the door to the room opened and Leila impatiently walked over: "How was it? Are you tired? It took a long time."

Julien patted her shoulder: "It was really fine, but I have to go to rest now."

Baby Bluez also came to them, he didn't want Julien to misunderstand him and it was better to avoid any conflict. He allowed himself to be honest in private and apologized: "If any questions were uncomfortable, sorry."

Julien guessed: "The main objective of this podcast was to be engaging. I'm sure that the higher-ups asked you to be this thought-provoking every once in a while. I understand how it works, it's okay."

Baby Bluez straightforwardly admitted it: "You are right. However, I hope that you weren't discouraged by that and we will be able to talk again, maybe in the future, sometime."

Baby Bluez extended his hand to Julien but was immediately blocked by a tall man who didn't seem pleased by this action.