A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 13

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 13

“Hey, it just feels refreshing, you know.”

Kim Dobin grinned and chimed in to support me. Seo Yehyeon, who had been taking selcas on his cell phone regardless of whether a fight broke out or not, said indifferently.

“I’m not going to add my two cents.”

“Oh, right. It’s really nice to see you staying neutral, hyung.”

“Your fair approach of picking fights with everyone without taking sides is also really nice to see.”

“I am pretty fair, aren’t I?”

I chuckled seeing Seo Yehyeon finally shut his mouth tight with a fed-up expression.

That’s what you get for being cheeky.

“Honestly, I think Eden hyung’s response was right. If we ignored that without correcting it, we’d be rumored as just another pushover sponsored group in no time.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s words, Gyeon Hajun’s furrowed brow finally relaxed.

Being a former major entertainment agency trainee really adds credibility to his words.

Kim Dobin flinched again at the word “sponsored.”

No matter how I look at it, it really seems like he got a sponsorship offer.

I need to have a serious talk with him, and if it’s true, I’ll turn this damn agency upside down.

“Ugh, really, to avoid seeing this mess, we need to get into the pre-recorded show lineup quickly.”

I muttered while leaning back completely against the sofa with my eyes closed.

Of course, you can only escape this group waiting room after building up some seniority, but even monster rookie groups that debuted with major agency backing and blew up had to use the group waiting room without exception until their first year.

Speaking of major agency monster rookies, my head automatically throbbed thinking of a certain group.

‘Come to think of it, will our promotion period overlap with those bastards again?’

I thought while watching Ryu Jaehee giggling and taking selcas with Kim Dobin.

If we do overlap and face them, the dynamic should be different this time – I don’t want to see our youngest member looking depressed, holed up in his room listening to civil service exam lectures for days.

Kenny or Canadian, who had returned to the waiting room after finishing their stage, seemed completely deflated from the earlier confrontation and didn’t even accidentally glance our way.

See, you need to step on them once. How many years have I been rolling around in the entertainment industry? I’ve experienced everything from failed idol to second tier and came back.

Of course, coming back wasn’t my choice.

“Reve, get ready!”

At the staff’s words, I got up from the sofa.

After waiting backstage, we went up on stage at the signal. As expected, there’s no way the MCs would introduce a song ranked around 100th on the chart.

As I naturally took my position in formation, Seo Yehyeon’s slim fit suit in front of me caught my eye. It feels like yesterday when he was creaking around in that trashy white jumpsuit.

No, this stage itself didn’t exist before my regression.

This was an opportunity I had created entirely on my own. With the song I made before regression and the opportunity I seized after regression.

[One, two, three, don’t be impatient and wait

Opportunities will surely come your way]

The song began with Gyeon Hajun’s whisper-like opening.

‘His vocal tone really is the best.’

That’s why I gave him the part I liked most.

I hummed along to Gyeon Hajun’s part in my head while doing the choreography of rotating my wrist and snapping my fingers.

The underground version lyrics of were like those written by a minor who admired illegal subjects – a gambling addict concept about someone who ruined their life gambling, then got a royal straight flush just when they were about to quit.

But when we tried to include it as a B-side track, it could have made the album 19+ due to censorship issues, so we rewrote it to contain the determination of us five challenging to become idols.

[Grab the chance that came to you, don’t let it slip away, we’ll shine somehow]

After singing lyrics like “stars sparkle, your eyes also sparkle,” Kim Dobin’s eyes sparkled with vitality as he sang the lyrics he wrote – though in reality, I had polished them all.

I chuckled at how he seemed to be flying around on stage.

[At the edge of a cliff where you’d fall with one wrong move, bungee jumping without a rope

No matter how much you rack your brains and worry, the odds won’t change, boy]

I smoothly took over from Seo Yehyeon’s short part, which was closer to speaking lyrics quickly than rapping, and delivered my part.

[The One Chance given to you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Always approach it as if only One Chance remains]

Ryu Jaehee, who handled the chorus, hit the high notes refreshingly. Followed by Gyeon Hajun’s plain pitch without embellishment.

While doing the point choreography to the chorus melody and looking at the camera, I blinked at the things suddenly rushing toward me.

The pouring stage lights, the fans in the fan section who had clearly increased compared to our debut song stage and their cheers, my song playing loudly.

‘Was the stage… this enjoyable?’

My heart pounded pleasantly.

Thinking back, the stages before regression were tedious.

Just tiresome and messy songs that seemed mass-produced following trends, and stages that only focused on performance.

I wanted to do real music that I love like this, not just stages that were extensions of work or fan service.

‘Maybe regression isn’t entirely a bad thing.’

Although everything I had built up disappeared, if I hadn’t regressed, I would have retired without ever creating a stage like this.

It was a shitty, damn system that caused people pain by chipping away at their initial intentions for various reasons, but I’ll be grateful for that one thing.

The corners of my mouth had unknowingly lifted slightly as I rapped into the microphone.

My energy was at its peak right now.

Enough that I could happily overlook even spotting Seo Yehyeon hastily changing his foot direction without frowning once.

[The opportunity left for us is right now, one chance]

After the last part ended, I stared straight at the camera capturing the group shot and smiled broadly.

It’s nice to be back to when there was no damn ending fairy. I was secretly annoyed that they always focused on Seo Yehyeon during every ending.

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Kpop Hunter @kpophunter

One Chance was definitely a song only I knew, but when did it blow up like this…

It kinda feels like my secret restaurant got stolen right now

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

Yoon Eden’s suit fit is no joke, it’s just insane

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

Why is Seo Yehyeon’s waist so thin

I’m busy looking at his face but now I have to look at your waist too…

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

I was watching My Universe stage and then saw One Chance, and just seeing the kids come out in proper clothes made me tear up like crazy ㅅㅂ our kids aren’t sponge experiment subjects

HIT! [The Importance of Idol Hair and Makeup.jpg] [212]

-Oh my… are they the same people…??? What the hell happened between promotions?

-Who said he was perfectly handsome;; That experimental fashion is impossible to pull off even with that face

-Damn he’s so handsome, seems like a rookie, who is he?

└It’s Reve’s Seo Yehyeon~ Please listen to One Chance a lot too!

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Reve – One Chance [Audio]

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H987 • 7 hours ago

Honestly the song is fucking terrible The One Chance given to you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

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Say M • 7 hours ago

What kind of rap goes to extremes like this, chanting Buddhist sutras then suddenly doing real hip hop

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Today, as I habitually searched fan reactions to regain my lost initial intentions, I was flustered by the endless scroll that went on and on.

“Wow, our buzz has increased tremendously?”

Before, I could see all the fan reactions in 3 minutes, but what’s going on now.

At my words, Ryu Jaehee, who was clutching his cell phone and scrolling just like me, replied in a dazed voice that lacked any sense of reality.

“Right. Before, when I searched for Reve, three out of five posts were mine.”

“…What did you say?”

“Hup! What did I just say? Ahaha….”

Watching Ryu Jaehee awkwardly laugh while hurriedly covering his mouth with his hand, the days when I earnestly searched fan reactions to gain initial intentions flashed by.

Had I been earnestly searching for and watching this youngest member’s split personality show?

I knew he was serious about monitoring even before regression, but really.

Seo Yehyeon burst out of his room with a face mask on, shouting in an extremely excited voice.

“Did you see our chart ranking?”

“Wow, you’re just seeing that now?”

“Don’t pour cold water on it, give me some enthusiasm, damn it.”

At my playful question, Seo Yehyeon grumbled in a voice drained of venom while scrunching up his expression.

“Eden hyung, with this much, you’ll receive tons of copyright fees, right? I’m jealous… So how about treating us to celebrate?”

Ryu Jaehee, lying down using my legs as a pillow on the sofa, winked. Instead of answering, I lightly flicked the air above his forehead and quickly pulled away the leg his head was resting on.

I need to use that money to build my studio? Treat us after you get your settlement and pay with your own money.

[49th place- ‘Reve – One Chance’ ♥55,113]

entered the top 50 charts on all three music streaming sites.

Watching this B-side track that I had forgotten even existed blow up like this, it felt like Bitcoin I bought when 2 pizzas cost 10,000 coins had skyrocketed.

REVE_official @LnL_reve

[Eden Dream]

Finally escaped the jumpsuit✌

Did you enjoy watching One Chance’s first broadcast? Always grateful for your support, our Daydream

#Reve #Eden #Daydream #OneChance #MusicCamp

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Even the post uploaded with a selca taken in stage costume after finishing the first music show broadcast schedule had over a thousand shares.

No, I shouldn’t be happy about just a measly thousand. Back in my second tier days, I used to easily hit 7, 8 thousand as standard.

Ding-.

The notification sound rang and the now-welcome status window appeared before my eyes.

[☺10,000 fans achieved!]

[Reward: Initial Intentions +20, Item Selection Ticket]

My initial intentions finally recovered to the 70s…! I was worried I might regress soon!

As soon as I received the reward, I covered my mouth at the overwhelming emotion. I love you, system.

‘What’s an Item Selection Ticket?’

[You can only check the item list when your Initial Intentions reach 80 or higher.]

You’re really an unhelpful system. Why are your standards so strict?

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“Coming to pre-recording is comfortable and nice.”

Another public broadcast music show schedule.

Although we were assigned a partitioned waiting room since we’re rookies, it was quiet, probably because it was pre-recording time.

The fact that more veteran groups than rookies made comebacks during this period also contributed to the empty partitioned waiting rooms. They picked a terrible debut timing.

That peace was soon broken by approaching footsteps and voices.

“Huh? There are people here?”

Seeing the familiar faces that suddenly appeared, I lowered the corners of my mouth that had been rising.

Come to think of it, they were here too.

Wow, how should I deal with them now.

Things worked out with Yongcheol hyung, who had a falling out due to mutual instigation and tangled misunderstandings before regression, and we became like before we split up, but their case was different from Yongcheol hyung’s.

Unfortunately, there were no misunderstandings between us.

Unaware of my complicated feelings, one of them called out to me and Gyeon Hajun in a voice that sounded delighted to see us.

“Oh, Eden hyung! Hajun hyung!”

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