“You're naked in the cyclorama”

— Kai Angel & 9mice. Ice + Alabaster

After every concert, Karina walks off the stage, smiles at the cameras, and disappears downstairs. Nobody on her staff asks where she goes. Her tour rider has exactly one unusual line beside water and healthy meals: you, waiting for her in a white cyclorama. She told her company to accept it or lose her, and they chose to keep their star quiet. The two of you met long before her debut, and what you had then was never labeled. When she became an idol, it vanished. Tonight she pushes open the door, still in her stage outfit to see you once again.

HMC 19/88