A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 167

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Regression Manual for an Idol Who Lost Their Original Intentions Chapter 167

 

 

 

 

 

“Eh, Yehyeon Hyung. You don’t need to push yourself just because of Doby Hyung’s pointless words.”

 

Ryu Jaehee’s words were like hitting both Kim Dobin and Seo Yehyeon at the same time.

 

“Hey, Ryu Jae! Isn’t that too harsh? Pointless words!”

 

“It’s not pushing myself at all and I can definitely do it, Youngest Member?”

 

Kim Dobin and Seo Yehyeon got worked up and confronted Ryu Jaehee, then immediately stood up saying they were going to the practice room.

 

Watching the backs of the two heading to their respective rooms to change clothes, I muttered in admiration.

 

“Wow, I thought since I laid the groundwork saying he didn’t have to do it, he’d immediately answer that he wouldn’t do it.”

 

“Yehyeon Hyung has high pride, so gently touching his pride like this works perfectly.”

 

Ryu Jaehee grinned and shrugged his shoulders.

 

“If you scratch it openly like before, it becomes a fight.”

 

“I don’t know the standard between gently and openly-.”

 

As I muttered while stretching out my words with my hands clasped behind my head, Ryu Jaehee advised.

 

“Just tone down about 90% of what you want to say, Hyung.”

 

Then wouldn’t that just be plain water? I don’t even know if I scratch openly. I just go ‘Oh, I guess so’ because Ryu Jaehee says so.

 

Anyway, when we gathered in the practice room for special final broadcast practice, we were clearly divided into two groups.

 

The enthusiastic group and the indifferent group.

 

The former was of course Kim Dobin and Seo Yehyeon, and the latter was Gyeon Hajun and me.

 

Ryu Jaehee had been indifferent even back at the dormitory, but once we actually arrived at the practice room, he was more actively giving opinions.

 

“Like Eden Hyung said, dividing into two government soldiers and three liberation members-”

 

“No, Doby Hyung. If there are more liberation members than government soldiers, it looks like the government soldiers are being ganged up on pitifully. So the liberation members absolutely have to be fewer in number, you know?”

 

“Whether it’s 3 to 2 or 2 to 3… it only works properly with a large group, but this doesn’t look right no matter what. Dobin, if you want to go with the style you want, we’d have to bring in backup dancers completely. But we didn’t use backup dancers for this promotion.”

 

Seo Yehyeon crossed his arms and coldly analyzed the current situation.

 

“Then how about 4 to 1?”

 

“That overlaps too much with the last promotion.”

 

Even though Ryu Jaehee offered an alternative, it didn’t seem to satisfy Kim Dobin.

 

“Then what do we do?”

 

“Just do 2 liberation members to 3 government soldiers like I said.”

 

As I added while picking my ear, Kim Dobin suddenly stood up as if something else occurred to him.

 

“Or! How about going like the music video content! Jaehee was a government soldier who switched sides! So at first Jaehee wears the uniform, then from the second chorus he wears liberation clothes.”

 

“Are you telling me to change clothes on stage right now…?”

 

Ryu Jaehee looked back at Kim Dobin with a very reluctant face and asked.

 

“The uniform pants and liberation pants are similar anyway. It won’t be noticeable, right? So just wear the uniform top and quickly change just the top. How about it, easy?”

 

“If it’s that easy, you do it, Hyung.”

 

When Ryu Jaehee indifferently passed it off, Kim Dobin insisted they had to follow the music video content exactly and kept pestering Ryu Jaehee.

 

Eventually Ryu Jaehee couldn’t hold out and agreed.

 

Only Ryu Jaehee’s part in the choreography changed drastically, while the other four only had slight modifications from the original choreography, making it very easy to learn.

 

If Seo Yehyeon’s face was blooming with smiles, that said it all. He only made one mistake too. Though Ryu Jaehee looked dead.

 

To be fair, Seo Yehyeon made the decision, but only Ryu Jaehee got the raw deal.

 

After preparing hard for the final broadcast special stage for a day, we finally stood on the Inkigayo stage.

 

The first verse went smoothly as practiced, and Ryu Jaehee’s costume change part in the second verse was gradually approaching.

 

Ryu Jaehee threw off his uniform hat with a swoosh, then tried to take off his uniform top but the buttons seemed to get caught as he kept fumbling uselessly.

 

Meanwhile, the chorus that was Ryu Jaehee’s part was approaching.

 

Eventually Ryu Jaehee boldly ripped off the buttons.

 

Why is the kid getting so aggressive? Who is he taking after, tsk tsk.

 

Anyway, having successfully thrown off his uniform, Ryu Jaehee put on the liberation hoodie with help from me and Seo Yehyeon’s hands and started his part.

 

 

 

[we’re in reverse

 

Turn the world upside down]

 

 

 

With the final verse, I struck the ending pose and wiped the flowing sweat with the back of my hand. Listening to the fans’ cheers, I looked up at the ceiling once.

 

It was truly the end of the promotion that had many incidents.

 

 

 

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And on Monday when a new week began, Ryu Jaehee’s statement was posted on LnL’s individual official account.

 

 

 

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Hello, this is Rev’s Yuje. For this statement only, I’d like to greet you again with the name Ryu Jaehee.

 

Some of you may have heard the story that I was expelled from TK due to assault. The reason I was expelled from there was indeed assault, but I was not the perpetrator of the assault.

 

(…)

 

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Ryu Jaehee’s statement contained a long and detailed account of his trainee days at TK.

 

The problem was that they lorded over other trainees due to their age and training period, creating hierarchies and hazing, but the biggest blow was that they pinned an assault case on the uninvolved third party Ryu Jaehee, who was actually trying to stop their fight, getting him expelled.

 

 

 

-How much our Youngest Member must have suffered inside, unable to speak every time he saw those provocative stories ㅠㅠㅠ

 

-Looking at those provocative bastards, they all had TK trainee profile pics, so are you satisfied now?

 

-I’ve been seeing all those attention-seeking bastards using TK entertainment idols as their profile pics, so does this make you feel better now?

 

 

 

Daydream was most angry upon learning the full story of the ‘TK expulsion due to assault’ that kept popping up for provocation.

 

Even people who weren’t particularly interested in the entertainment industry added comments like ‘Young ones already learned only bad things’ and ‘Those with poor character don’t deserve to be public figures.’

 

 

 

HOT! [SMI Kim Jiwoon’s trashy moments compilation.avi] [999]

 

HOT! [SMI Lee Jeyoung now that I look, he habitually raised his hand] [471]

 

HOT! [SMI Kim Jiwoon’s dogmatic attitudes hidden behind leadership compilation.jpg] [999]

 

HOT! [SMI trainees seemed to know the full story of Yuje’s expulsion] [712]

 

HOT! [Moments when kids seemed to particularly watch Kim Jiwoon & Lee Jeyoung’s reactions] [654]

 

 

 

They dissected down to nano units, capturing or collecting the two trainees’ trashy moments and competing to post articles.

 

After all, articles on this topic were guaranteed views and comments.

 

Screenshots of TK trainees’ congratulatory messages on Ryu Jaehee’s Facebook comments on Rev’s debut day also played a part.

 

Of course, TK Ent and fans of Kim Jiwoon and Lee Jeyoung denied it first. It was a ‘sue me’ attitude since there was no evidence.

 

So we released even the recording of those guys apologizing at the broadcasting station for their audacity.

 

Since they admitted it with their own mouths, TK could no longer play dumb.

 

And our agency quickly posted a notice about suing for malicious comments and defamation.

 

Thanks to this, the malicious comments and defamation directed at Ryu Jaehee disappeared in an instant.

 

Lee Jeyoung (Brown Hair), who had relatively low rankings, was almost certainly eliminated, and Kim Jiwoon (red hair) was barely hanging on with his solid fanbase despite the controversy.

 

While struggling like that, the final blow flew toward him.

 

 

 

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[Entertainment Talk] SMI self-composed battle song seems like plagiarism?

 

[Entertainment Chat] SMI’s self-composed battle song seems like plagiarism?

 

Views 692,471 ❘ Recommendations 714

 

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Is it just me or does Team B’s self-composed song sound exactly like the chorus? I checked and there’s no sampling notation either?

 

1:01~1:30

 

Comments 671

 

-This is so obviously identical that even fans can’t defend it

 

└???What are you talking about?? They’re not the same at all???

 

└Do you not have ears? If you grabbed a hundred random people on the street and asked them, all hundred would say they’re identical

 

└Jiwon fans came running in a hurry lolololol

 

-and 80s German songs,,, these are so hard to find… feels a bit gloomy though… haha

 

└What’s shady is your Jiwoon plagiarizing an 80s German song for no good reason

 

└Plagiarism apologist vs whistleblower, which one’s shadier here?

 

-Who was the composer for Team B?

 

└Kim Jiwoon

 

└He really needs to be eliminated. Every time we dig deeper, more stuff comes out

 

└Drop out before you get eliminated, Jiwoon~

 

-Wow, after KJW fans posted that statement and only went after LJH, insisting our kid was the victim who got beaten up and was actually the same kind of victim as LJH, we finally don’t have to see that pathetic sight anymore

 

-If they won with a plagiarized song, shouldn’t this battle be declared invalid? Did Team A and Team C just not know how to plagiarize;;;

 

-The level of Jiwoon fans calling him a composition genius with a plagiarized song speaks for itself, doesn’t it?

 

-I got so pissed every time Jiwoon fans called him the second KJ, and seeing this makes me even angrier. Our KJ never plagiarized, okay? Don’t you dare compare them

 

-Wow, please stop comparing him to our Eden just because they’re both Produce members. Our Eden never plagiarized and never bullied Jaehee

 

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There seems to be one trap regarding KJ in the middle, but since I’m in a good mood today, I’ll generously let it slide.

 

“Wow, I was worried it might get buried, but the reaction is incredible?”

 

“See, hyung? I told you this would be enough. If you write the analysis too detailed, it’s obvious you’re someone in the industry.”

 

Ryu Jaehee made a V sign and grinned smugly.

 

It was Ryu Jaehee who had simplified my detailed plagiarism exposé post, which included overlapping chords, beats, and timing between the two songs, down to just two lines.

 

So if I hadn’t posted it myself before regression and had left it to Ryu Jaehee, how much more screwed would KJ have been?

 

And a week later, the article Ryu Jaehee had been wanting most finally appeared.

 

 

 

[Entertainment NEWS] [‘Select My Idol’ Controversial Members Lee Jeyoung and Kim Jiwoon Eliminated]

 

 

 

The article photo showed Lee Jeyoung and Kim Jiwoon with their heads down, crying their eyes out.

 

As I clicked my tongue asking what they had to cry about after what they did, Ryu Jaehee let out a tearful laugh.

 

“Hyung, you sound like a total old fogey.”

 

His eyes were already welling up with tears, so I couldn’t press down on his crown, and just roughly ruffled his hair as I asked.

 

“Do you feel better now?”

 

“Yes, completely.”

 

Ryu Jaehee, who had finally shaken off his past, smiled brightly with tears in his eyes. It seemed like we’d reduced one more reason for the youngest member to cry in secret, which was a relief.

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