A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 264

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 264

The broadcast ended.

It was an episode where I could understand why Nijeous chose my team.

I never imagined he would have been watching my stage with such sparkling eyes.

But what I focused on in this episode wasn’t Nijeous’s interview, but something else entirely.

“These crazy bastards! Are the DubNet guys out of their minds?”

[Profanity detected.]

[Initial Intentions –2]

Is it wrong to call crazy bastards crazy? Huh?

“Why am I rivals with Hyeongjin! When the hell did I ever become rivals with Hyeongjin! What’s this nonsense about Yehyeon Hyung winning DTB!”

These damn DubNet bastards, instead of giving me Choi Hyeongjin’s jealous breakdown narrative that I expected, they nicely packaged and presented some rival narrative.

They even edited my interview to create a rival dynamic with Choi Hyeongjin.

I clearly made a declaration toward the underground rappers who looked down on me, so why was it edited to look like I was responding to Choi Hyeongjin?

Yeah, sure, Choi Hyeongjin was included in that, but my declaration wasn’t meant for Choi Hyeongjin alone.

I could understand why Yongcheol Hyung, who suffered from interview editing and evil editing last season, was going so crazy.

“Why do I appear in that? I have no intention of going on DTB!”

Seo Yehyeon also got upset and vented his anger along with me, who had become rivals with Hyeongjin.

“Even if Hyung says he’ll go on, I’ll stop you, so forget about it. I can only endure this because I’m at this level.”

I waved my hand at Seo Yehyeon. The DTB production crew would definitely put him in the first preliminary round for broadcast drama, then drop him into a pit of fire in the second preliminary round.

Wasn’t Seo Yehyeon the textbook idol rapper who seemed to have just popped out of rapper stereotypes? A handsome face and rap skills no different from speed-reading a Korean textbook.

Though he’s improved a bit lately, so I can’t say he’s terrible anymore.

“Huh, weren’t G-TE and Hyung really rivals? It was totally like a shounen manga rival dynamic.”

Kim Dobin, who had completely fallen for the narrative the broadcast created, blinked and asked.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Hyung is kind of like someone who was naturally talented and kept advancing ahead, receiving the protagonist’s admiration and slight jealousy, but got complacent with his skills and was eventually surpassed by the hardworking protagonist?”

Kim Dobin winked while pointing at me.

“I never got complacent.”

I’m also a hard worker when it comes to rap, man.

“And why is Hyeongjin the protagonist? Why not me?”

“Honest opinion. Hyung honestly doesn’t have the personality or looks that suit a protagonist. More like a protagonist’s rival or villain, gack.”

I was giving Kim Dobin a technique that’s written as headlock but read as neck massage when suddenly a hand landed on my shoulder with a thud, and when I turned to see who it was, Seo Yehyeon was looking at me with very pitying eyes.

“Right, come to think of it, you should have said something if you wanted to do a cute concept in our activities.”

“No, I never once thought I particularly wanted to do that.”

“No way, that can’t be true. If you really didn’t have even a speck of lingering attachment to cute concepts, with your personality you wouldn’t have created that scene with the rabbit hat making your ears perk up.”

What are you talking about? That was just something I did because I wanted to see Yongcheol Hyung’s disgusted face. It’s the same vein as the 10-type aegyo set video I sent to the Crew Hyungs before.

“I understand. It must have been hard to bring up wanting to do cute concepts because of your appearance.”

“Why are you suddenly showing unnecessary empathy and making a fuss! Show some empathy for my frustrated heart in the recording studio!”

I pounded my frustrated chest with my fists.

“Juni, say something to this guy!”

I whipped around to look at Gyeon Hajun and asked for support, and Gyeon Hajun smiled warmly as if he knew all my inner thoughts and said to me.

“We can go with cute for the next activity.”

“I’m really going crazy.”

So are my open shirt that will appear next episode and my sleeveless crop top that might appear next episode or the episode after that outfits that reveal my inner desire for a sexy concept? Huh?

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-What will Yoon Eden wear next time lololol The producers and audience are probably too curious about that to eliminate him lolol

-Super strong character, skilled idol rapper plus fashion + crazy factor makes him overwhelming for real

-Wasn’t there an attention seeker who wore flashy clothes last season too? Why wasn’t it this much of an issue then?

└He dropped out in the second preliminary round, what issue would there be?

└It’s still the second preliminary round now but he’s hot

└You need skills to back that up, the moment your skills fall short you become a guy who can’t even rap but acts up and shows off

-Were G-TE and Yoon Eden really rivals since their underground days? I’ve never heard of it

└I don’t know about rivals but I heard they really didn’t get along

└Since when did not getting along mean being rivals

└Tsk there was a bit of a forced rival dynamic creation feeling, honestly G-TE’s skills weren’t quite at 7PASS level but since Yoon Eden got all passes, he probably needed about 7PASS to be somewhat comparable?

└G-TE is good too, why are you putting him down by comparing him to Yoon Eden

└At least G-TE has a regular album

└Honestly calling them rivals is putting Yoon Eden down

The issues of DTB Season 4 Episode 2 were Yoon Eden’s fashion, and the rival narrative between Yoon Eden and G-TE that DubNet was pushing.

-I’m not watching this as Hip Hop Survival but as Eden’s fashion show

-Even for a solo survival, Eden is giving maximum fan service like this, so what’s with those kids who are still talking about shortening activities and finding themselves?

└22 Our Eden is killing his ego like this

-There’s no looking down on him for being an idol rapper and I saw them admiring our kid, so it’s not as bad as I prepared for?

-I didn’t want to see the hip-hop fashion so I kept my distance from DTB, but then I missed the chance to see the pink-haired glasses nerd look with bunny hat and perked up ears on the live broadcast ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Starting next week, I’m definitely watching live no matter what

-Our Eden should do everything he wants~ Win DTB too~

– Thanks to this I got to see Eden’s underground days friend? rival? lolol

Daydream’s reaction was also not bad for episode 2 following episode 1. Contrary to the initial public opinion, favorable reactions were now the mainstream.

And the DTB fashion craze, still dubbed Yoon Eden disease, was also ongoing.

[DTB craze that the fashion industry is paying attention to, proven once again with glasses selling out]

-No wonder I haven’t seen horn-rimmed glasses guys lately, it was because of this

-Better than the beret trend

-Hul I was expecting knit vests or rabbit hats as the next DTB item but it was glasses

└Both the knit vest and bunny hat are making me sweat to death this summer ㅠ

Following berets, this trend item was the glasses Yoon Eden wore. Thanks to this, Yoon Eden disease avoided being dubbed a plague.

Jigri @gizzrii

@: No matter how I think about it, the clothes look like you’d die of heat wearing them in summer, so that fashion didn’t develop into Yoon Eden disease and everyone just copied the glasses

If it were fall, I would have seen 521354696 people wearing that knit vest fashion on the street

This is right

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

How far ahead did our Little Black One see

As soon as people started calling Yoon Eden disease = plague because of berets, he immediately came wearing seasonally inappropriate clothes to prevent trends

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Stop Yoon Eden Moeification @AK5ASDF1Z

Reply to @revedream

Yoon Eden is not a kitten. Yoon Eden is a fierce-looking man in his 20s with all limbs intact and over 180cm tall. Please stop the Yoon Eden kitten moeification.

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

Reply to @AK5ASDF1Z

Oh no, I made a mistake

It’s not a prison but a rich farmer baby, sorry

Saemae @sammaaae

The season aside, thanks to the producers’ rabbit hat photos, I can roughly see what kind of mess I’d look like wearing that thing

It only looked cute and unique because a pink-haired idol was wearing it

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NewSen @dlkjf5984

Thank goodness the rabbit hat trend didn’t catch on…

From now on, DTB production team should take responsibility and make the producers wear whatever Yoon Eden comes out wearing too

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Unlike the rocky start of the group music source mission, things progressed surprisingly smoothly until the first recording.

The new lyrics Nijeous wrote became a version where he at least kept his wits about him.

The hook was unanimously decided to be a combination of my version and Nijeous’s version, who surprisingly had talent for hook composition.

For the part order, I was fixed to go last for impact, and then we decided the order through a ladder game, so no fights broke out.

But.

‘This is really screwed up…?’

That was my first thought upon hearing the first recording. I was at a loss for where to even start fixing it. And the inevitable conflicts that would follow.

A few days after the first recording was completed, the group leaders received text messages from the production crew and were called to the filming location.

“A surprise guerrilla mission given only to the group leaders – a solo performance!”

At the mention of a guerrilla mission, I immediately understood why only the group leaders were called, having been an avid viewer of Season 4 before my regression.

This was being introduced for the first time in Season 4, so the other group leaders seemed unaware.

“The group leader who receives the most votes will be given the right to a producer mid-check.”

At the MC’s words, the expressions of the three excluding me and Skoen hardened.

After being briefed on the location, time, and rules, as soon as the MC left, Seven Kick roughly took off his snapback and spat out in an irritated voice.

“This is totally a popularity contest.”

It got criticized for this before my regression too and disappeared starting from Season 5.

“Isn’t it too obvious who’s going to win this?”

Seven Kick sneered while looking back and forth between Skoen and me.

Skoen, who had been receiving attention as a strong championship candidate from episode 1 and already had a solid fanbase in the hip-hop scene, and me, an idol rapper whose mainstream appeal had already far surpassed Skoen’s.

Though they didn’t voice it out loud like Seven Kick, the other two seemed to have the same thoughts.

“We even have to perform only our own songs, and didn’t one person here have their only existing song reach number 1 on the music charts? This is really too unfair, isn’t it?”

At this provocation specifically targeting me, I sighed deeply and opened my mouth.

“Then let’s do it with a completely new song. That works, right? Anyone have objections?”

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