A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 277

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 277

“I think I deleted that song, so is there perhaps any other good method that could break through this situation, Youngest Member?”

Please tell me there is, won’t you?

Being nervous made me naturally speak like Cheolsu from Korean textbooks.

“Why are you doing this to me, Hyung?”

Ryu Jaehee shook his head with a grave expression and delivered the death sentence.

System! Hey, System! Work, work! Does this mean it doesn’t matter if I disgracefully leave DTB right now since it’s not Rev activities?

I hastily used a Random Ticket that hadn’t expired yet.

Right, come to think of it, didn’t I also give you that USB with songs I worked on before regression? This time too, the System will help me in the form of a Random Ticket…

[Item ‘The Standard of Apology Letters’ has appeared.]

Are you giving me this now telling me to give up everything and just write an apology letter? Huh?

I used up all my remaining Random Tickets, but nothing came out that would help in this situation.

The Penalty Exemption Ticket is good, but you should give me something that would help in the current situation.

I never thought the Random Tickets that expired because I was too lazy to use them would be this precious.

[Surprise QUEST★]

[▶Let’s try to recover the audio file you deleted!

-Content: If you delete it by your own choice and then ask the System to give it back, there’s nothing the System can do, right? Let’s recover it at your own discretion.

-Reward: Original Intent 5, Random Ticket

-Deadline: 3 days]

If I could recover an audio file I deleted at least 3 years ago, I would have become a hacker instead of an idol, right?

As expected, let’s just take a photo of the lyrics notebook and ask Yongcheol Hyung for testimony. It won’t be perfectly explained, but this is the only way.

As I gave up everything and turned on my phone memo to write a statement, the Status Window appeared once more before me.

[HINT!: Apologize to Choi Hyeongjin]

Apologize to Choi Hyeongjin?

No, damn it, what the hell does audio file recovery have to do with apologizing to Choi Hyeongjin? Is Choi Hyeongjin perhaps a technician talented in deleted file recovery?

Still, I have my pride. The desire not to apologize when it’s not even my fault for such a reason clashed with the desire to get back solid evidence.

Suppressing my troubled heart, as I proceeded with today’s remaining Search Quest, Daydream’s rant caught my eye.

-Ah those hip-hop nerds are fucking annoying, Eden hasn’t even released a statement yet but they’re already going around saying it’s embarrassing that they supported a plagiarism nerd

-Even just saying don’t call it plagiarism until Eden’s statement comes out clearly gets them calling you a fangirl, damn it, should I take a screenshot and send it to those bitches

If this incident isn’t clearly explained, people who believe in me will keep being treated like this.

I finally made up my mind. After going through connections upon connections, I finally got Choi Hyeongjin’s number and called him.

-Hello?

“Oh, Hyeongjin. It’s me, Yoon Eden.”

-What? Why are you calling me?

Even through the receiver, Choi Hyeongjin’s question seemed noticeably flustered, making me briefly suspect if this bastard was the one who posted that article, but trusting the System, I apologized first.

“Uh… I’m sorry…?”

The call was immediately hung up.

No matter how many times I tried calling again, he hung up on every attempt.

[Choi Hyeongjin- Ah]

[Choi Hyeongjin- Ah fuck] 8:30 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- You know everything and you’re doing this] 8:31 PM

I replied reluctantly to the flood of text messages.

[What do I know?] 8:32 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- Then why the fuck are you suddenly apologizing and acting crazy] 8:33 PM

Since I couldn’t say it’s because the System told me to, I made another excuse.

[Listening to the mixtape I recorded in middle school made me think of the past] 8:33 PM

What wrong did I do to him in the past that would warrant an apology?

Grabbing him by the collar? That was because this bastard grabbed me first, so I grabbed back. Calling him Unsik all the time, changing his rap name? Surely a guy wouldn’t be petty enough to hold onto something like that until now.

After thinking for a while, I brought up the most credible incident.

[Sorry for asking you what confidence you had to rap when you can’t rap for shit] 8:36 PM

Hmm, was that the wrong answer too? As 4 minutes passed without a reply, I was about to give up and open my phone memo to write a statement when.

[Choi Hyeongjin- Fucking bastard] 8:41 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- I was going to keep it to myself that your lyrics were plagiarized so you’d live as a plagiarism nerd forever] 8:42 PM

It seemed to be the right answer.

[It’s not just you who knows, Yongcheol Hyung knows too] 8:42 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- Your Yongcheol Hyung wouldn’t have this though] 8:43 PM

After throwing that truly annoying remark, Choi Hyeongjin went silent for another 5 minutes before returning with an audio file.

[Choi Hyung-jin – real hip hop.mp3] 8:48 PM

Playing it and hearing ‘those’ lyrics at around 1 minute 11 seconds, not a single word different, I realized this file was the one I had been desperately searching for.

So… Choi Hyeongjin wasn’t a recovery technician, he just had the audio file?

[How do you have this?] 8:49 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- What the fuck, I extracted some audio 7 years ago to analyze just how shitty your rap was for you to say that shit to me] 8:51 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- Why, you mad?] 8:52 PM

Is this also a case of my past self helping my present self?

While I was pondering, Choi Hyeongjin sent files one after another.

[Choi Hyeongjin- You weren’t plagiarized just once or twice, idiot] 8:57 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- It would be illegal distribution if I upload them, so you upload them] 8:58 PM

Looking through the files, some were files I had, and some were files I had deleted.

[Thank you] 9:00 PM

A reply arrived immediately to my heartfelt thanks.

[Choi Hyung-jin- ㅗ] 9:00 PM

Now that there’s evidence too, shall I give a proper explanation?

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After the plagiarism allegations were raised, Yoon Eden’s continued silence on the matter made the plagiarism suspicions almost accepted as fact.

The broadcasting station’s website was flooded with demands for Yoon Eden’s removal, and his most recent SNS post was filled with comments demanding a statement, supportive comments, and comments telling him to voluntarily withdraw, all fighting each other.

And one day before DTB Episode 5 aired, on Thursday.

Finally, a post appeared on Yoon Eden’s SNS, who had kept his mouth shut until now.

◎yoon_eden☑

[Hello, this is Yoon Eden.

I would like to address the current controversy regarding lyrical plagiarism in the DROP THE BEAT 4 cypher mission.

It is true that I used the lyrics as they were because I was preparing for both the revival round and cypher around the same time, and there is no excuse for this. I apologize for disappointing the many people who believed in and supported me.

Taking to heart the sharp criticism and advice directed at me, I will approach lyric writing with pure creation without referencing other works from now on.

I would also like to take this opportunity to offer my deepest apologies to ED (real name Yoon Eden), who is the victim of lyrical plagiarism.

I will reach a prompt agreement with ED, the party involved, after internal dialogue.

Thank you.]

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Full text of apology regarding DTB lyrical plagiarism

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dyadmear There’s no way our Eden would plagiarize

tuoim So right now.. are you claiming that you plagiarized your own work..?

psjkd777 Wasn’t the victim Obey? Why is ED suddenly mentioned?

The public couldn’t help but be puzzled by the apology sent to ED out of nowhere, not Obey, while admitting to plagiarism.

The unexpected apology posted on SNS spread as quickly as the original plagiarism allegation, and how Yoon Eden would prove what he wrote in his apology became a hot topic.

An hour later, another video was uploaded to SNS. It was a monitor recording.

When I placed the cursor over the audio file titled “” and right-clicked to open the file properties, I could see the creation date and modification date.

It was exactly 7 years ago from now.

When the file properties window was closed and the song was played, a voice that had passed puberty but still carried some youthful innocence flowed out.

After fast-forwarding through the beginning and adjusting back to normal speed, at 1 minute 11 seconds, the exact lyrics that caused the plagiarism controversy were contained there. Even the profanity was intact.

The plagiarism-controversial was from Obey’s first album released 4 years ago, while this work was from 7 years ago.

It was perfect evidence supporting his apology statement.

Yoon Eden opened the computer’s memo app and typed to complete one sentence.

[This is a song I uploaded to Music Cloud and deleted 6 years ago.]

Unless Obey could prove the creation date of his identical work, it would be impossible to reverse this suddenly overturned situation again.

-So to summarize, Yoon Eden used lyrics from his old work in the cypher, and in doing so, caught the guy who plagiarized his old work lyrics like accidentally catching a mouse while backing up a cow?

-At least they didn’t lie in their apology lol

-So even Yoon Eden had times like this hahahaha Your rap skills have improved a lot, Eden hahahaha

└ For real lol I bet the song didn’t get a single heart lol The lyrics must have looked really tempting to just grab and use

└Still, you can see the potential, the basics are solid

-The lyrics were good even back then, though there’s that typical teenage bravado

-So OBEY plagiarized amateur middle schooler mixtape lyrics from Muckle and released it as an official track? ㄷㄷ

Just uploading an explanation video would have been enough to create buzz while clearing things up, but by first posting an apology admitting to plagiarism and then uploading the explanation video, the issue’s focus was maximized.

The apology also spread with titles like [The Standard of Apologies.jpg] and [DTB Participant Who Apologized to Himself for Plagiarizing His Own 7-Year-Old Work], effectively serving to correct the fact that Yoon Eden had plagiarized Yoon Eden’s lyrics.

◎yoon_eden☑

(Music_Cloud_Channel_Creation_Photo.jpg)

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I have re-uploaded the mixtapes that I posted under the name ED on Music Cloud and deleted 6 years ago.

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As the finishing touch, Yoon Eden’s carefully selected best works along with the plagiarized works were uploaded to Music Cloud.

At the same time, Obey’s other B-side tracks from his first album and songs from his second album were thoroughly examined.

-Why is G-TE so excited alone, finding all the plagiarized lyrics by himself

-Hey, those saying this is Yoon Eden’s setup, could you expose your own dark history like that just to create a setup?

-Being branded as a plagiarist vs revealing your own amateur period works

-This DTB episode is seriously entertaining both on and off screen lolololol

-No wonder that Obey guy or whatever never showed up himself until the end

└All the music got taken down lol

└I bet that bastard is cursing out the guy who first posted about the plagiarism right now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Good thing I stayed neutral

-Now we can watch DTB Episode 5 tomorrow without any worries!

With the controversy safely resolved, the curtain rose on DTB Season 4 Episode 5.

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[DROP THE BEAT SEASON 4 Ep.5- Fight Money Battle Diss Battle]

1001 Mong @thousandonemong

Oh yeah, watching live after a long time~

What kind of outfit will appear today I wonder

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