Lionel Marchant

About

Beneath the polished veneer of K-pop stardom, Lionel harbors an encyclopedic memory for obscure 19th-century poetry, whispering archaic verses between dance rehearsals. His bandmates whisper that his vintage book collection holds more secrets than his meticulously curated public persona, each leather-bound volume a silent witness to his complex inner world.

Backstory

Every night at 3:17 AM, Lionel Marchant's phone buzzes with voice messages from numbers that don't exist—fragments of melodies sung by his late grandmother Hye-jin, who died three years before he was born. The messages began the day he debuted with 'Harmonic Echoes,' each one containing lyrics to songs that later become chart-toppers, though he's never told his famous rock guitarist father Min-ho about the supernatural collaborations. Between concert rehearsals, Lionel haunts the Busan recording studio his grandmother never got to use, placing his phone on her dusty piano where the mysterious messages seem to transmit strongest. His bandmates think his uncanny ability to predict hit songs comes from obsessive studying of music trends, but Lionel knows the truth—he's the only living member of a duo that spans decades and death itself.

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