A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 28

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 28

“I thought filming the party scenes where we’re having fun would be easy. But it turned out to be the hardest.”

“Tell me about it. Having the camera right in front of me made me self-conscious and my body went stiff. I think I had the most NGs.”

“No, hyung. The NGs were… um.”

After filming ended, Ryu Jaehee, who had been excitedly chatting with Kim Dobin about the shoot, glanced at Seo Yehyeon and trailed off his words.

Fortunately, Seo Yehyeon didn’t see that look.

Having finished filming all the house party scenes at the villa, we gathered to check the final footage.

One member who already stood out the most did come across a bit stiff, but it wasn’t glaringly obvious.

The video turned out decent enough that comparing it to the music video felt like a sin.

It’ll probably look more natural once editing is done.

Now all that’s left is the Dance Practice Video and recording one more music source.

On the way back to the dormitory, I counted the remaining schedule before comeback.

The Dance Practice Video is a short shoot at a rented dance studio, so it won’t take long if Seo Yehyeon just makes fewer mistakes.

The audio recording won’t take too much time either if Seo Yehyeon just gets his act together.

Damn, it’s all about Seo Yehyeon being the problem, isn’t it?

When Seo Yehyeon feels like the team’s hopeless weak link, when I get heated and want to pick a fight with him, I’ve found a coping method.

I just search for ‘Reve fan conversion’.

Then posts about becoming a Reve fan appear along with Seo Yehyeon’s photos.

Reading those posts, I can see that this hyung is also contributing greatly to Reve, and my mind calms down.

It protects my initial intentions, maintains my mental health, prevents team discord, and completes the weekly Quest search – killing four birds with one stone.

Having regained my peace of mind through that method today, I slumped against the living room sofa in our dormitory and closed my eyes.

“Eden, go wash up and sleep in your room.”

“I’m not sleeping yet…”

As I drowsily responded to Gyeon Hajun’s words, a loud shout from beside me jolted me awake.

“Holy shit, it’s out!”

As expected of our main vocalist, his voice is damn loud.

Before I could frown and tell him to lower his throat volume, Ryu Jaehee beat me to it and shouted at full volume.

“Seo Raon’s 10th anniversary commemorative new song is out!”

Ah, was it today?

Blinking my dry eyes, I accessed the music chart and checked the number 1 spot.

[1st place-new ‘Seo Raon-Some Ending (Feat. Yoon Eden of Reve)’ ♥71,234]

“Wow, how does she hit number 1 right after releasing the music source? I’m so jealous I could die.”

“Heh, this is the true power of Seo. Ra. On.”

Seo Yehyeon’s scolding poured down on the youngest member who was acting all proud with his nose in the air.

“Is this our song? Why are you acting proud?”

“Well, I’m a Joyful after all.”

For reference, Joyful is Seo Raon’s fan club name.

“And you hyungs should be proud too. Our group name is plastered right there on a music source that hit number 1 as soon as it was released.”

“It’s not even a group project, just Yoon Eden participating as a feature. What’s there to be proud of?”

“You both have the surname Seo.”

“Same surname my ass. You’re a Joyful but don’t even know that Seo Raon’s real name is On Seora?”

“I know, I was just saying…”

Patting the deflated youngest member’s head, I responded to Seo Yehyeon’s words with indifference.

“Hey, it’s true that our beloved members didn’t contribute since I participated alone as a feature, but our group name is there, you bastard. Why do you live looking at the world so cynically?”

“Can’t you drop that damn ‘beloved’? Don’t you see I’m getting goosebumps?”

“Nope, can’t do it. And I don’t particularly want to see your goosebumps.”

“Damn bastard.”

By now, this level of conversation was very affectionate and friendly banter that didn’t even chip away at my initial intentions as discord-inducing.

No matter how sweetly we speak on broadcasts, if this kind of everyday conversation were ever leaked, Reve would definitely be embroiled in discord rumors, so Gyeon Hajun emphasized dozens of times that we should speak more nicely to each other normally, but unfortunately, this was our best.

If we were any more affectionate than this, we’d throw up while talking.

Thanks to Ryu Jaehee playing the song without even putting in earphones, the familiar melody filled the space.

Before regression, and Seo Raon’s soft pitch that I’d heard well over dozens of times while recording the featuring part, and.

[One secret I couldn’t tell you

I confess in this place without you]

My voice that I was hearing for the first time, at least in this song.

For some reason it didn’t feel real, so I checked the name after the music source title and the affiliated group once more.

My three-character name at the very top made my stomach flutter. Following the One Chance reverse run, it was another achievement made through the butterfly effect.

As soon as my featuring part ended, Ryu Jaehee stammered out choppy exclamations.

“Wow, hyung, wow… The featuring is really perfect. Amazing, just. Wow…”

“Speak like a human being.”

Even while scolding him, the pleased smile wouldn’t leave my face.

“It blends well with the vocals. The featuring part isn’t awkward at all and sounds clean.”

“Oh, that’s exactly what I wanted to hear.”

Grinning at Gyeon Hajun’s words that perfectly delivered the evaluation I wanted to hear, I comfortably leaned my head against the sofa.

As expected, he knows me too well.

“Usually, sincere admiration like mine sounds better than that kind of cold analysis, doesn’t it?”

“No, not at all.”

“You’re a science major, aren’t you, hyung?”

“Oh, correct. But what does this have to do with being a science major?”

Responding casually, I captured a screenshot of the chart number 1 screen and sent a message to Lee Jiwon.

[(Photo)]

[Thank you, thanks to you I got to put my name on chart number 1 for the first time]

[Even though it’s just a feature] 7:01 PM

[G1 Hyung-nim- Features get royalties too]

[G1 Hyung-nim- You can be happy calling it your song] 7:03 PM

[G1 Hyung-nim- Just don’t go around actually saying it’s your song] 7:04 PM

[I know my place;;] 7:04 PM

[G1 bro- I’m just kidding too lol you’re not the type to act like that] 7:05 PM

‘When did this hyung see me enough to make such assertions?’

Well, it wasn’t bad to be seen that way.

[G1 Hyung-nim- Oh right, Seora noona asked me to tell you she really liked the featuring]

[G1 Hyung-nim- She also said Seo Yehyeon? That guy is the most handsome in your group] 7:07 PM

[What about me?] 7:08 PM

[G1 Hyung-nim- I’ve seen your group’s group shots too, but I can’t bring myself to say you’re the most handsome]

[G1 Hyung-nim- I’ll say you’re about second place] 7:10 PM

[I am the second most handsome on the team, honestly, right?] 7:11 PM

[G1 hyung- This guy’s hilarious lololol] 7:12 PM

Though it stung that my most serious comment was taken as a joke, I dutifully delivered the message.

“Hyung, Seo Raon senior asked me to tell you that you’re the most handsome in our group.”

“Eden hyung, what about me? Did Seo Raon mention me at all? Like I sing the best, or I’m cute, or I don’t even hope for things like that…! Or maybe that I’m the shortest!”

I looked down at Ryu Jaehee desperately clinging on with pitying eyes and said one thing.

“Not happening, dude.”

Since I feel bad for him, this hyung will make sure to get an autograph for you.

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-I thought some ending featuring rapper was actually an idol ㄷㄷ

-Why is the featuring part so good? Really playing the perfect supporting role

-Ah that’s the One Chance guy, almost didn’t recognize him because his rap style changed

-The song is good, the featuring part doesn’t feel intrusive and fits well too

“The public reaction isn’t bad.”

I breathed a sigh of relief just from the fact that reactions saying the featuring was annoying weren’t the majority.

Of course, a version with the featuring removed was uploaded to YouTube, but we have to respect minority tastes too.

It was magnanimity displayed because that damn video had significantly lower views and likes.

Naturally, the public was more interested in Seo Raon’s vocals than a 25-second featuring part by a rookie idol rapper.

-I heard Eden appeared in some ending music video so I watched it 20 times because I was afraid I missed him, but turns out he just wasn’t in it at allㅠ

-Please go on music shows together with Seoraon ㅜㅜㅜ

-Favorite singer’s song + favorite singer’s featuring = heavenly combination

-Not just because he’s my singer but objectively the rap part is fucking good, even my friend who’s a Seo Raon fan agrees

-Seeing our Yoonrida getting recognized for his skills makes me so proud and I hope our Reve does even better and becomes famous enough that everyone knows them just by name

-Fuck, they’re shitting on him just because he’s an idol lol They won’t acknowledge him until he leaves the idol scene, what bullshit. Even without your recognition, our Eden is the top of Korean hip hop ㅗㅗㅗ

The fans seemed to have somewhat complex feelings rather than just being purely happy, but they were still glad that something came out.

“Thanks to Eden hyung, our is climbing the charts again too. It’s in the TOP100 right now. 98th place though.”

“How long has it been since your promotions ended and you’re at 98th place.”

Gyeon Hajun said with a chuckle.

But hasn’t it only been a month since our promotions ended? Some people stay at #1 for 3 weeks and don’t leave the top 30 even after that.

“Manager Hyung, aren’t we getting any variety show offers? I want to try experiencing variety shows even if it’s third-rate ones, tsk.”

I clicked my tongue irritably at Kim Dobin’s naive words.

What a privileged thing to say. Do you know how miserable it is to go on third-rate variety shows and get ignored and edited out as failed idols?

Now the CEO is well-off enough to cut those third-rate variety shows, so you guys probably won’t ever know.

But before regression, we who were failed idols had no choice but to appear, got ignored, and barely swallowed our tears while biting our lips in misery.

Of course, this too was now a past that only I remembered and a future that would disappear.

“Guys, we’ve arrived.”

At Manager Hyung’s words, everyone unbuckled their seatbelts and sluggishly got up, opened the car door and got out.

‘Ah, shit…’

I looked up at the annoyingly clear sky and let out a deep sigh.

The air was cool, as if letting us know that winter was gradually approaching.

When I messed with my temporarily black hair from the hair color spray, the stylist who was following behind nagged me not to mess up the hair she had set.

Since the bangs would grow back anyway, I had them cut appropriately and styled, so my hair ended up looking like a permed two-block cut.

Today’s schedule was a last-minute booking to fill in for another idol group that flaked on a provincial event.

It wasn’t a festival that only invited unknown failed idols that pre-regression Reve used to run around for, but an event with a pretty decent lineup.

“Whoa, it’s Adora!”

I let out another sigh watching Kim Dobin cover his mouth in surprise as if he was just finding out Adora was in the lineup, even though he had been excited all day yesterday about Adora coming to this event we were filling in for someone else’s cancellation.

“If you cause a scene trying to get her number when we get there, you die and I die, Dobin. And don’t you add ‘Senior’ at the end? Want to get swept up in a character controversy?”

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