A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 235

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 235

“I’m really nervous. Our first concert.”

“Wow, did you see the stage? It’s incomparably bigger than music show stages.”

Concert D-1, run-through rehearsal.

Two days ago, we finished numbering with the dancers and matching the group choreography, and today we arrived at the concert hall for the run-through rehearsal, which was our dress rehearsal.

After greeting the band in charge of the performance, we stood on the concert hall stage where the stage and lighting were perfectly installed and looked around the space where performances would take place for three days.

“This is unbelievable. All these seats will be filled?”

Standing in the middle of the stage and blankly looking up at the empty seats, Seo Yehyeon muttered to himself.

Unlike the members who seemed greatly overwhelmed by their first concert, I had no particular feelings since I had stood on even bigger stages and had quite a lot of concert experience with overseas tours and domestic concerts.

Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee were already excitedly running to the extended stage.

“Hey, if you guys sprain your ankles doing that, it’ll affect tomorrow’s concert.”

I scolded the youngest line and approached Gyeon Hajun, who was tuning the grand piano.

Gyeon Hajun’s face, as he carefully pressed the keys, showed an unusual tension.

“Are you nervous?”

When I asked, putting my arm on Gyeon Hajun’s shoulder, Hajun chuckled and nodded slightly before replying.

“Eden, you don’t seem nervous at all. Anyone would think you’re experienced.”

I froze at his words that had no hint of joking. Could it be… did he say that knowing something? As I blinked, Gyeon Hajun called a staff member to request tuning.

So I couldn’t ask and had no choice but to go next to Seo Yehyeon.

We thoroughly checked everything from the opening to the main stage checklist with the staff and started rehearsal.

“Let’s match the blocking, blocking!”

“I think we could spread out a bit more?”

“On one, two, three, we spread out, then gather again when the second verse starts.”

Looking at the members’ faces full of tension and anticipation for tomorrow’s concert, I ended up chuckling too.

It seemed like I would be the only one not crying on tomorrow’s concert stage.

* * *

On the day of the concert, even though there was still plenty of time before the concert started, the area in front of the concert hall was bustling with crowds.

Wreaths with donation records made in the members’ names by each fan page and photos with cheering messages put up by fan pages were lined up in front of the concert hall.

Scenes of sharing were also frequently visible.

Miss Kim, who barely managed to buy merchandise after standing in a long line, felt deep reality shock at her empty wallet and the merchandise quality that was inversely proportional to the amount spent.

‘Damn, fucking LnL being fucking LnL again.’

She had quite high expectations since the season’s greetings turned out well, but the concert merchandise quality that couldn’t even be called good as a lie made Miss Kim feel the urge to tear off a window from LnL’s new company building today too.

The merchandise of the idols she had stanned until now couldn’t be said to have good quality either, but wasn’t a towel with just the Rev logo slapped on it a bit too much?

The only things she managed to salvage were the renewed Rev official light stick and the feather parts with LED effects.

Miss Kim’s number was A Section 30.

Arriving at the standing waiting line, she slipped in among those standing in a long line in front of the sign that read ‘1~100’.

“Excuse me, what number are you by any chance?”

“I’m number 31.”

Miss Kim, who found her place by asking around, blinked when she discovered some grandfather standing in front of her.

What kind of crazy person, I don’t know if it’s a crazy girl or guy, made their grandfather stand in the standing waiting line?

Thinking it might be the doing of a young fan who mistook the standing waiting line for first-come-first-served, Miss Kim carefully spoke to the grandfather in front of her.

“Um, Grandfather. Where is your granddaughter by any chance?”

“My granddaughter said she has a seat so the entrance is different, and she guided me here and left. Isn’t this the right place?”

The ticket the grandfather showed was indeed A Section 29. Rather than relief, it was even more shocking.

She got herself a seat and got Grandfather a standing ticket? What kind of new concept unfilial behavior is this?

Miss Kim, who immediately opened Twitter and was ready to write a tweet, asked the grandfather with a voice full of determination.

“Should I try to get you exchanged with a seat ticket even now? Since Grandfather’s number is quite early, if you’re lucky, it might get exchanged right away.”

The grandfather shook his head briefly even at those words.

“It’s fine. I insisted on this because they said this is where you can see the stage closest.”

That’s true. If you can handle being pushed like crazy from behind. Miss Kim couldn’t overcome her rising curiosity and asked carefully.

“How did you end up coming to the concert?”

“I thought if I see it once, I might be able to understand my granddaughter…”

The grandfather let out a deep sigh and trailed off slightly.

My goodness, he’s even experiencing a concert himself to try to understand his granddaughter’s fangirling. He was quite an open-minded elder.

Miss Kim, who had inevitably heard nagging from adults this New Year too asking if she was still chasing idols at that age, was moved.

“Standing A Section, please enter!”

Following the staff’s guidance, they entered the concert hall, waited for standing entrance for a while, and finally started entering by concert sections.

“Don’t run!”

Despite the staff’s warnings, the footsteps in thick-soled shoes inevitably quickened.

After briefly contemplating between the passage stage leading to the still empty extended stage and the fence in front of the main stage that was quite filled with people, Miss Kim safely grabbed the fence in front of the main stage and was relieved to confirm that the grandfather with the number before hers also safely grabbed the fence next to her.

At least he should grab the fence to endure for several hours. Standing without grabbing the fence was like experiencing a wave pool without water.

Looking back at the seats that were starting to fill up, the grandfather muttered.

“All those people came to see this?”

“Not just today, but tomorrow and the day after are all sold out too.”

Miss Kim chimed in from the side with a voice full of pride.

Rev’s music videos were playing on the main stage and the screen next to the stage until the concert started.

When Eden with pink hair appeared in the music video that Miss Kim personally liked most, the grandfather clicked his tongue.

“Tsk, what kind of mess is that guy’s hair?”

Right, it might look that way to older people’s eyes.

Miss Kim calmly calmed her momentarily upset feelings.

An announcement signaling the start of the concert rang out. The screen that had been playing music videos went dark with a click.

Gripping her light stick and the fence tightly, Miss Kim stared at the stage with her pounding heart.

The concert hall’s lighting dimmed and the main stage screen shone brightly.

The concert opening VCR video unfolded. It showed the members one by one walking the streets of New York like New Yorkers, holding takeout cups, newspapers, and paper bags with bread, then close-upped on Yuje’s face as he stopped in place.

Starting with that, it slowly showed the close-upped members’ faces as if rewinding, then zoomed out from Eden’s face, who appeared first, to a scene of him looking back, leading to a back view of all five Rev members running freely through the streets together.

The screen turned black with the sunset settling and the sky gradually darkening as the finale.

[Let’s fly to the sky]

Yuje’s piercing high note opened the song’s introduction.

The opening song that opened the concert was .

With cheers, the stage screen split in half and Rev members holding microphones walked forward.

At the same time, the war in standing to see Rev even a little closer began.

Miss Kim, who spotted the grandfather next to her clinging to the fence with a dying expression, shouted.

“Don’t push! There’s a grandfather in front!”

Perhaps the Dreamgirls hadn’t completely abandoned Confucianism, as the pushing force from behind was considerably reduced afterward, though they didn’t stop pushing entirely.

After ended and started immediately, followed by , the concert hall’s heat showed no signs of cooling.

“Dream of me! Hello, we are Rev!”

Daydream answered the energetic group greeting chant with a resounding cheer.

Leader Yoon Eden grabbed the microphone first and spoke.

“Hello, Daydream.”

“Hey, Hyung! Not such a boring greeting, you should give them your signature greeting.”

“Ah, what signature is signature.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s sudden urging, Yoon Eden waved his hand with an embarrassed face, but smiled as if he had no choice due to the expectant cheers and delivered his signature greeting.

“Daydream, have you been having pleasant days and strong nights?”

Yes!!

Yoon Eden grinned at the group shout that responded to him and continued his greeting.

“This is Eden. I hope everyone can enjoy Rev’s first concert together today.”

The other members took turns greeting the audience, followed by simple talk segments.

While the other members showed signs of nervousness at times, only Yoon Eden proceeded with the talk skillfully with a completely relaxed expression.

Anyone watching would think he was a 10-year veteran idol who had done concerts about ten times.

“This next stage has great meaning for Rev after , but it’s also a song with great personal meaning for me.”

“That’s right. The very song that gave Eden Hyung the nickname ‘Lecture Idol.'”

“No, that wasn’t what I meant?”

At Kim Dobin’s added comment, laughter erupted both on stage and in the audience. Yoon Eden lightly ruffled Kim Dobin’s hair and gave him a gentle push on the back, sending him to center stage.

The majestic prelude of , arranged in an orchestral version, resounded.

* * *

After finishing the stage and returning to the waiting room to change costumes, I immediately turned to Ryu Jaehee with a pale face and asked.

“I, I, I didn’t see that wrong, did I?”

Ryu Jaehee’s expression looked no different from mine, making me realize I hadn’t been seeing things.

“I definitely sent VIP seat invitations for the final concert, but why, why is Eden Hyung’s grandfather in the standing area? He’s even holding onto the barrier!”

“What? That grandfather in front of the main stage was Eden Hyung’s grandfather?”

Kim Dobin, who had apparently also spotted the grandfather in the standing area, gaped in shock.

Seo Yehyeon, who had met my own grandfather thanks to the eightieth birthday celebration and New Year’s video call I had brought him to, held his forehead and muttered.

“No wonder he looked familiar…”

At Gyeon Hajun’s silent questioning look about why he was in the standing area, I frantically shook my head to indicate it wasn’t my doing.

“Do you think Eden Hyung’s grandfather likes our fan service…?”

“Just do it! Do everything! Just do it! We have to somehow offset this act of filial impiety that Yoon Eden committed…!”

“Right, it’s better than being labeled as idols who don’t do fan service even once for a member’s grandfather in the standing area.”

I couldn’t bring myself to lift my head in front of the members.

Could this be his revenge for the Hyoryun Diss Rap?

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