A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 150
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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 150
After pausing for a moment and taking his time, Ryu Jaehee let out a deep sigh and opened his mouth again.
“You remember that Altair also had their music leaked this time, right?”
Everyone nodded at those words. Altair had also caused quite a stir with their music leak this time. About 20 seconds of their MR had been uploaded to YouTube.
Of course, I didn’t listen to it out of principle, but when I found out it was Rev’s from before my regression, I felt like I’d been hit in the back of the head.
“Even so, it was only 20 seconds, so it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, they turned crisis into opportunity, and while hearing those words, they actually used it as promotion in reverse. Well, whether it was a real leak or noise marketing, only their agency knows the truth.”
Ryu Jaehee shrugged with a sarcastic tone and continued speaking.
“But right now, our entire music track has been uploaded to illegal sharing sites. The problem is, because the timing coincidentally overlaps with Altair’s music leak, we’re being mocked for copying Altair’s noise marketing.”
My teeth ground together involuntarily. If they just used their brains a little, they’d know that the harm far outweighs the benefits and it couldn’t serve as marketing at all.
“What crazy agency would upload an entire song to illegal sites for noise marketing?”
No matter how much LnL is an agency that can’t abandon its small-time mentality of being clueless and half-hearted, they’re not at the level of being completely brainless.
But that’s probably not what matters to them.
“Right now, mass reporting of the illegal site posts has started, but as you know, once this spreads, it’s impossible to recover and redistribution… So there will probably be an inevitable impact on our performance.”
“Fuck!”
I roughly threw the cushion beside me to the floor and spat out a curse.
Why does it have to be when we’re up against of all songs…!
[Profanity detected.]
[Initial Intentions -2]
[Prohibited behavior detected.]
[Initial Intentions –1]
The atmosphere in the dormitory instantly froze with tension. Gyeon Hajun, who let out a short sigh, lightly patted my shoulder to tell me to cool down.
Just then, the bathroom door burst open and Seo Yehyeon came out with a towel around his neck.
Seo Yehyeon, who was shaking his wet hair with a relaxed attitude that didn’t match the atmosphere, looked at me still grumbling with unresolved anger and asked.
“Why is he like that?”
Kim Dobin scurried over and whispered something in Seo Yehyeon’s ear.
After hearing the entire situation, Seo Yehyeon glanced at the thrown cushion and looked back at me.
Seo Yehyeon finished drying his wet hair, hung the towel around his neck again, and spoke to me in a serious voice.
“I totally understand that you’re pissed off, and I fully understand why you’re pissed, but stop throwing things and cursing. Don’t you see the kids are scared? You’re the leader. You’re supposed to be the most composed leader.”
At first I was annoyed thinking it was some pathetic advice from someone who doesn’t understand how I feel, but listening to it, he had a point.
Even though it was a song I wrote the lyrics and composed, I wasn’t the only one suffering losses.
Of course, considering the copyright fees, I’m taking the biggest hit, but the other Rev members and the agency were all victims too.
Besides, this person’s teaser hasn’t even been released yet, but now the teaser’s impact will be dispersed because of the music leak.
I glanced at Ryu Jaehee frozen beside me and Kim Dobin still watching my mood, then obediently apologized.
“I’m sorry.”
The stiff atmosphere loosened a bit with my apology.
I was picking up the thrown cushion when Manager Hyung called saying the car was waiting downstairs, so I tossed the cushion back onto the sofa.
When we arrived at the agency, we could frequently see staff members running around busily, as if quite an emergency had been declared.
“We’ll probably have to move up the music release date. Let’s do an emergency release tomorrow.”
The CEO said with haggard eyes.
The original schedule was to release Seo Yehyeon’s teaser, then the next day release the mini 3rd album [The Other Side] offline, and release the music video and all tracks online and mobile.
The schedule got completely messed up from the start because of the illegal leak.
“Have you found where it was leaked from?”
At my subdued question, the CEO rubbed his forehead and answered.
“We’re looking into it now. It was either extracted from the choreography video we sent to the broadcasting station, or it’s an inside job…”
What is this, Schrödinger’s spy? You can’t tell if it’s external or internal until you investigate? How very like a small agency that they still haven’t figured this out?
Ryu Jaehee pulled up the leaked music on his phone and waved it as he replied.
“I don’t think it was extracted. The sound quality is too clear and clean. This is the original file uploaded.”
“Then it’s internal.”
When I casually threw out those words while resting my chin on my hand, the CEO slammed the desk and shot up from his seat.
“Hasty suspicions are dangerous! I’ll find the leaker somehow, so don’t worry and just focus on preparing for this comeback, got it?”
Facing his trustworthy smile, I let out a deep sigh inwardly.
Wow, I really can’t trust this.
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Although the music was leaked, Yehyeon’s teaser was released as scheduled the next day.
[Reve – ‘Reverse’ Official Teaser #YEHYEON ver.]
The thumbnail showed Yehyeon taking off his helmet.
When the video played, it showed someone wearing a black helmet and racing jacket riding through the night roads. Dynamic drum beats played as background music.
The bike that had been racing freely down the road soon screeched to a stop.
As he leaned against the bike and removed his helmet, platinum blonde hair cascaded down messily, revealing Yehyeon’s bare face.
Yehyeon lightly shouldered the bag from behind his bike and entered a building, then came back out through the exit. The bag he had taken was gone.
He put his helmet back on and was racing down the road when he pressed a remote control button.
Boom-! The building exploded with a thunderous roar, spreading across the background behind him.
The screen turned black and showed the changed time and date.
[REVE – Reverse]
[05.10.TUE PM 6:00]
-No lie, when he took off the helmet and revealed his face, I unconsciously held my breath
-Why did the bomb clearly explode in the building but it feels like my head exploded
-Preserve Seo Yehyeon’s platinum hair forever
Simultaneously with the last teaser release, the official music was released through music streaming sites.
[78th place-new ‘Reve – Reverse’ ♥48,102]
Perhaps due to the major impact of the full track leak, the title song entered at 78th place right after release.
Considering that the full album entered at 20th place and the previous song entered at 31st place, this was quite a serious result.
[69th place-new ‘Reve – The Other Side of the Moon’ ♥27,245]
Rather, the B-side track was ranking higher than the title song .
At least the early fans who had experienced the era, which was like a dark age, had enough composure to make black jokes, saying it reminded them of the old days and that it was still better than when we used to chart out completely.
But fans who became fans after Rev had somewhat established themselves and were encountering such results for the first time were shocked.
In that situation, an incident occurred that poured oil on the fire.
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I held back and held back, but after seeing this song too, it seems like ^that person who does the producing^ has no intention of improving, so I’m writing this^^
Part distribution and duration
1st place Yuje 48.7 seconds
2nd place Eden 46.2 seconds
3rd place Hajun 45.9 seconds
4th place Dobin 29.5 seconds
5th place Yehyeon 19.7 seconds
1. This is including shared parts, but if you count only individual parts, Yehyeon’s portion is like a salt field
2. Even if he’s the main rapper, does it make sense for him alone to compete with the main vocal’s portion? Since when was Eden the only rapper in the team?
3. It’s so obvious they’re trying to make up for the lack of parts by giving Yehyeon the killing part lol
Don’t say it’s just this comeback lol Yehyun’s part was less than 15 seconds before
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It was a post from Seo Yehyeon’s individual fan complaining about the part distribution.
Lef @revedaydream0
Is this the Communist Party? They fucking love socialism
Do we really need to apply a quota system now, dividing song parts down to the exact second?
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(Locked) New Choreography Creator @yhnnnn
But honestly, isn’t that true…? It’s really disgusting how he produced it and stuffed it full of only his own parts
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(Locked) SYH Rem @bambbii
Eden, fuck, I don’t want to hear your rap either. If you’re going to give Yehyeon parts like that, cut your rap parts first
It’s fucking annoying every time I have to sing your rap parts at karaoke
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[Entertainment Chat] My honest opinion on Rev’s part distribution issue
Anonymous ❘ 20xx.05.12 09:10
Views 421,541 ❘ Recommendations 514
I personally think SYH’s parts are most appropriate right now
Has a presence on stage that doesn’t get overshadowed, while being just the right level for listening without being jarring ㅇㅇ
It seems like YYD, the produce member, tried to be considerate. Before, the killing parts were all concentrated on GHJ, but this time the killing part was given to SYH
They keep comparing with YYD’s parts saying to reduce YYD’s parts and give them away, but even on YouTube’s One Chance audio video, the comment about going from chanting sutras to real hip hop has over 4,000 likes
So how can they transfer YYD’s rap parts to SYH?
And honestly, even if SYH’s parts increase, only SYH’s individual fans would be happy. All-fans and other members’ individual fans wouldn’t welcome it because the musicality would drop
Rev is a group that pushes forward with musicality + live performance skills image. Everyone honestly agrees they’re lacking to be called a performance group
Rev fans obviously know SYH struggles with choreography, so don’t they think about live performances?
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-I feel sorry for Yoon Eden’s nephew. Honestly, considering Yoon Eden’s personality and musical pride, it was impressive he gave Seo Yehyeon even that much of a part. He’s getting all the hate as a producer because of an untalented member
-He gets the killing part, they don’t raise the choreography difficulty much considering him, how much more consideration do his fans need to be satisfied?
-The funniest thing is people saying Yoon Eden or Rev should stop stirring up trouble and leave the group ㅋㅋㅋ Yoon Eden Team without Yoon Eden ㅋㅋㅋ If Yoon Eden actually left and Seo Yehyun’s rap part became 1 minute long, I’m genuinely curious how many people would actually listen to the music ㅋㅋ
-Did we ask for several minutes of parts? Or did we ask to steal the main rapper and main vocal’s parts? Is it so hard to just extend our kid’s parts by a few more seconds?
└And why do you leave out that Yehyeon’s dance skills are improving? Yehyeon isn’t at a level to be criticized for that anymore
└Compared to when she debuted, our Yehyeon’s dancing and singing skills have improved so much, but it’s so upsetting that whenever something like this happens, she gets dragged into it and gets beaten up over her skills ㅠ
└ㄴㅁㅇ It’s just that the other members’ skills are on another level, but Yehyeon isn’t annoying anymore and is doing decent now
└Look how they cleverly avoid mentioning rap lol
-I don’t know why fans are stepping up to eat together. If the parts are small, Seo Yehyeon’s skills should improve!
-Wow, look at all the downvotes ㄷㄷ Looks like all the haters came flooding in
└ Seriously, even the moms were stepping up to curse out ㅇㅇㄷ in the official community, what’s up with that
-But they’re subtly dissing Rev’s performance? lol I mean, maybe before, but there are still people saying that stuff even after seeing the stage~
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Earlymin @earlymin
I’m sick of YFs’ whining whining whining, aren’t you tired of it since debut?
If you don’t want to be stored away, please improve your skills and peck at your bias, why are you grabbing the innocent produce member and going crazy
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Hajju @HAJJJUN
I fucking don’t understand? Why the fuck are you YFs eating together?
My kid who’s the lead vocal but always gets pushed back because he’s not main dancer/main vocal/main rapper/visual is watching with blazing eyes?
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Hajju @HAJJJUN
Having Yehyeon stand in our kid’s part #explain
This is what storage means
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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream
Now all these toxic bastards are crawling out like cockroaches. This is exactly why I said we needed to crack down hard on these assholes from the very beginning, fuck
Instead of coming together for a streaming push, they’re comparing part distributions in times like these and going at each other’s throats, fucking hell
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Just as Daydream, which had a particularly high ratio of individual fans compared to other fandoms, was on the verge of splitting like a puzzle dropped on the floor.
At perfect timing, an incident occurred that would unite them as one.
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