A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 15

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 15

“They’re the hot idol group right now. The rookie group Reve who seized their chance with One Chance! We’ve invited them as our second segment guests.”

“One, two, Dream of me! Hello, we’re Reve!”

As the radio DJ’s opening comment ended, we shouted our greeting loudly in sync with my signal.

Today’s scheduled radio show had a pretty decent time slot, so it was a radio program with some listenership ratings.

Whenever idols appear as guests like today, they also do visual radio broadcasts.

“First, could each of you introduce yourselves?”

“Hello, I’m Eden from Reve, serving as leader and main rapper.”

I smiled brightly at the camera, waved my hand, and checked the listener texts and message board.

During , there was barely any activity, but now posts and text chats were coming up at a decent pace.

Still slow though. Before regression, they really used to fly by. Ah, I miss those 8th-year days when we had decent popularity and junior groups lined up below us.

“Reve’s visual eldest, Yehyeon.”

He seems embarrassed to mention being a sub vocalist and sub rapper.

Well, even though that guy got famous through fancams, Seo Yehyeon’s singing parts didn’t increase.

The song was already shit, and I desperately opposed the agency’s request to increase his parts to prevent it from becoming even shittier.

Thanks to that, I got constantly roasted and beaten up by Seo Yehyeon’s individual fans, as our search-expert youngest member told me before regression. Of course, I wasn’t affected since I had no interest in monitoring back then.

Now if I search and step on insults about me, it might hurt a little…?

“Hello, I’m Hajun from Reve.”

“Youngest line main dancer Doby.”

“Reve’s cute and lovely youngest member Yuje!”

The introductions ended with Ryu Jaehee’s bright greeting as he made a V sign.

For me, remembering how that youngest member rapidly grew before regression, those modifiers just gave me goosebumps.

It’s horrifying that the hamster-like writing worked on fans, really.

After introductions ended, I nodded and opened my mouth to the DJ’s comment that mentioned the lyrics that became an issue as equipment enhancement and motivational songs circulating in communities, leading to an introduction of .

” was originally my solo mixtape. But when we put it on our debut album track, we remade it as a song containing our aspirations and determination as the group Reve making our debut. The song title was also one chance, which was the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity we faced.”

“We wrote the lyrics too! Each of us wrote our own parts.”

“Yes, though I did quite a bit of polishing and editing to fit the melody.”

“Huh, you edited the lyrics?”

“Didn’t you notice while singing? Your part barely had any of the original left.”

I exchanged light banter with Ryu Jaehee and laughed.

Unlike during when I mechanically recited memorized introduction scripts, doing a ‘real song introduction’ felt strange.

It was an experience I hadn’t had even before regression.

I appropriately embellished the story about how we came to do follow-up song activities with in response to the following question.

I couldn’t say it was an opportunity I barely obtained through a power struggle with the agency that had no sense in public.

Though I had appeared on this radio show a few times before regression, the DJ back then wasn’t this DJ, so I was a bit nervous. Fortunately, this DJ was much better than the radio DJ we had during activities.

I could feel the consideration in the light jokes to help us relax, the smooth hosting skills, and not asking mean questions to rookies.

Thanks to that, the members soon relaxed and continued the radio broadcast in a harmonious atmosphere.

The DJ read a question posted on the radio message board.

“Someone asked if there were any impressive points or anecdotes about each other before debut.”

Gyeon Hajun, Ryu Jaehee, and I unanimously chose Seo Yehyeon’s first impression. Even though we had been trainees at medium-large and large agencies, that kind of appearance was rare.

From my perspective, 7 years had passed, but the conversation I had with Gyeon Hajun on the day Seo Yehyeon entered LnL and greeted us was still vivid.

We looked at each other wondering why someone with that appearance came to such a shitty small company, just floating question marks at each other. Of course, that question was immediately thrown in the trash as soon as we witnessed his dancing and singing.

I think he said he was lured by the CEO’s promise to definitely debut him within 6 months.

I remember grabbing Gyeon Hajun and cursing the CEO out, asking if the CEO was crazy and whether that was the skill level to debut in 6 months.

“Ah, Yehyeon’s appearance is definitely impressive. I was surprised by how handsome he was when he first entered the radio booth.”

The DJ burst into hearty laughter and pointed to Seo Yehyeon next.

“Then, for Yehyeon, who has been unanimously chosen as the most impressive member, what’s the most memorable member anecdote?”

“For me, Eden-“

I reflexively tensed at my name coming from Seo Yehyeon’s mouth.

No matter how much of a communication member I was, Seo Yehyeon was Reve’s gateway to fandom, so it would be troublesome to be marked as unlikeable for opposing Seo Yehyeon from debut.

And we could easily get caught up in internal discord rumors right after debut.

Seo Yehyeon glanced at me and continued with an awkward smile.

“He said he had also failed auditions because of dancing, so I thought he was the same type as me, but he danced much better than me, so I remember feeling betrayed alone.”

-Was the betrayal feeling that strong? lol

-Yeah… I love his face but Yehyeon’s dancing is… can’t defend it…

-Wow our Yunri’s dance lines were pretty, the agency that rejected him has no eye

My relief at the safe answer was brief.

“For me, it’s also Eden hyung.”

I went back to tension mode as Kim Dobin pointed to me.

I lightly kicked him under the table where the camera couldn’t see, meaning to answer well, and Kim Dobin avoided my gaze.

“After joining the agency, when Eden hyung first saw my face in the practice room, he immediately asked ‘Can you dance?’ I thought it was hazing and was honestly a bit scared. Eden hyung’s impression is also a bit sharp.”

I sighed at the anecdote Kim Dobin was telling. That was Kim Dobin’s regular go-to story, so I remembered well what response I needed to give.

I waved my hands exaggeratedly to explain while the DJ added seasoning with comments like “I didn’t see Eden that way…” while smiling brightly.

“It wasn’t hazing, just a pure question. If another trainee with skills like Yehyeon hyung came in, I needed to prepare myself mentally… We were about to debut at the time.”

“That’s what he says, Dobin. Did you know this?”

“Yes, as soon as I danced in front of him, Eden hyung warmly welcomed me, so the misunderstanding was cleared right away.”

-Yehyeon must have really been bad at dancing before lol

-Eden looks scary but he’s a kind hyung who doesn’t do hazing lol

-It’s okay Yehyeon, noona is happy just looking at your face instead of dancing

As expected, the real-time text chats and posts mentioned Seo Yehyeon the most.

From the continuing Q&A and comments, I could tell what concepts the members were aiming for. I didn’t notice initially, but now I could see they were trying to establish concepts.

Seo Yehyeon was going for the quietly hardworking, reliable eldest hyung concept, Gyeon Hajun for the caring team mom concept, Kim Dobin as the team’s comic relief and variety character, and Ryu Jaehee as the beloved, aegyo-filled, friendly youngest concept.

All those concepts except Gyeon Hajun’s get flipped later anyway, so good luck with that struggle.

Of course, I didn’t bother with concepts and always showed my true self, so it didn’t matter to me.

[Surprise QUEST★]

[▶Let’s establish a concept!

-Content: Instead of your true self, try creating an image to show fans! How about using Search to find out what image fans want from you, and creating a concept accordingly to bring joy to fans?

-Reward: Initial Intentions 10, Random Ticket

-Deadline: Until next activities

※Penalties exist if you fail to create an appropriate concept!]

…What’s this now?

I blinked in surprise at the Quest that suddenly appeared. You want me to put on an act now? This doesn’t even have a quest refusal button.

Now I can’t even think freely, damn it.

[Dead fish eyes detected.]

[Initial Intentions -1]

The stinging sensation brought life back to my blank stare.

When I unconsciously turned my gaze to Ryu Jaehee, who was earnestly acting cute into the microphone after receiving an aegyo request, I somehow wanted to go back to dead fish eyes.

Soon it was time for the broadcast to end. We warmly exchanged thanks with the DJ, saying thank you for having us and promising to come again.

“Now, we’ll end the second segment listening to Reve’s live performance of .”

Listening to the DJ’s closing comment, I stood in front of the standing microphone and lightly cleared my throat.

Listening to the MR filling the booth, I thought that coming back wasn’t entirely bad.

Of course, I really miss the Cheongdam-dong new house, Ferrari, and copyright fees.

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REVE_official @LnL_reve

[Yuje Dream]

Thank you for supporting us Ilmongs until our final broadcast♥

Thanks to our Ilmongs, this promotion was really happy ㅎ You always know that I love you, right?

Let’s meet with an even cooler image in our next activities!

(Hamster emoji)

#Reve #Reve #Yuje #Daydream #Daydream #OneChance #OneChance #FinalBroadcast

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As soon as the last schedule ended, I skimmed through Ryu Jaehee’s SNS post that was uploaded with a group photo taken on the music show broadcasting station stairs and his selca, and roughly referenced it to write my own post.

Ryu Jaehee’s posts were always a very good reference material for me, who never posted more than one cool line.

“Hyung, why are you posting so diligently these days? Don’t tell me you’re eyeing my communication member position?”

I just shrugged at Ryu Jaehee’s grumbling and wariness.

Well, I need to complete the Weekly Quest so my initial intentions level reaches 80 or higher to use the Item Selection Ticket.

“You and I are already both communication members, you know? If you want a rare position, find another path.”

“Ah, then what if hyung teaches me producing so hyung can be the communication member and pass the producer member position to me…?”

“Stop fooling around.”

I lightly ruffled the youngest member’s hair as he spouted nonsense and checked the chart.

[38th place- ‘Reve – One Chance’ ♥77,137]

‘s final results weren’t bad. No, to be honest, it was quite good for a rookie from a small-medium agency’s start.

It was truly fortunate that this was a time in the past when it was easier for boy group songs to enter the charts.

But the condition to end the regression is first-tier. I can’t be satisfied here.

So with the next album, I’ll get chart and music show first place to definitely make it big, then put everything on the line for the album after that to dominate the chart rankings…

“…What? The CEO contacted that composer again? This is driving me crazy, seriously!”

Why does this damn agency always have problems! Damn it!

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