A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 31

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 31

 

 

YouTube algorithm.

It refers to AI recommending videos based on users’ interests and viewing history.

It’s also used as a meme about entering through a video that randomly appeared in YouTube’s recommendation section.

Videos that suddenly surge in views and popularity after receiving YouTube algorithm’s blessing definitely existed, but receiving that blessing was about as likely as Seo Yehyeon finishing a stage without making a single choreography mistake.

That’s definitely how it was.

Seo Yehyeon came down after perfectly finishing this festival stage without a single mistake.

And the video focusing on Reve member Kim Dobin was chosen by YouTube’s algorithm and appeared on many people’s YouTube recommendation feeds.

It was a royal straight flush in an insane probability game.

 

Yxxtube

(video)

Male idol who rehearsed Adora as Yuan’s substitute

3.18 million views

☝16K ☟

 

Spring Summer • 1 day ago

The mysterious YouTube algorithm led me to this place

2.5K likes

 

Libby • 2 days ago

Standing there all alone towering above everything is hilarious lol forced attention-grabbing

4.2K likes

└PP • 2 days ago

Since when was Adora a co-ed group

 

lol • 14 hours ago

Like he swallowed Yuan like Kirby

Even captured all the details of Yuan’s unique expressions and finger angles

1.1K likes

└Titto • 8 hours ago

He even learned all the stage movements, not just choreography

└X0 • 4 hours ago

I’m starting to have reasonable doubts that they’re actually a male fan of Adora lol

 

ggooodd • 2 days ago

1:54 The expression of truly fulfilling his dream of wanting to debut as a girl group instead of a boy group

3.4K likes

 

Park Gaeun • 12 hours ago

The man who took Yuan’s part is Reve’s Doby!

2.9K likes

└Nini • 10 hours ago

Reve festival video link from the same day: https://yxxtu.be/ZSKALc89

 

Yxxtube

(video)

xx1021 REVE FULL ver. “ONE CHANCE” 4K Fancam

1.03 million views

☝10K ☟

 

Yoon Jung • 2 days ago

Is this the same man who was dancing gracefully among Adora throwing hearts? His expression changed 180 degrees

3.5K likes

 

Rayma • 1 day ago

Strange, he definitely looked tall in the Adora rehearsal video, why did he suddenly shrink so much

1.4K likes

└sjlkf • 17 hours ago

It’s not that she got smaller, it’s that the other members got bigger…lol

 

Flower Salt • 10 hours ago

0:35 Can someone tell me who this is I think I just fell in love

508 likes

└Dream Day • 9 hours ago

That’s eldest hyung Yehyeon!☺☺

 

KU • 7 hours ago

Wow they dance intensely even during live performance, I really hope these guys make it big

878 likes

 

‘What events does our group have…?’

Last time it was Seo Yehyeon, this time it’s Kim Dobin.

I don’t know who filmed and uploaded it, but thank you anyway.

I was only worried about bad things happening from being associated with Adora, but this worked out.

Quite a few fans flowed in to watch our stage because of this rehearsal video.

 

◎arin00

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arin00 Introducing☺ Adora’s honorary member #Reve #Doby

Yuan watched the video and asked me to tell you that you danced even better than her~

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An Adora member even posted a group photo with Kim Dobin on Instagram, further increasing Reve’s buzz.

Kim Dobin’s shoulders shot up high when the rehearsal video focusing on him reached 3 million views.

“Wow, One Chance is 88th on TOP100 Music Chart!”

“Ah, I should have composed One Chance myself.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s exclamation while holding up his cell phone, Kim Dobin muttered in a lamenting voice.

“Right, let’s do our next comeback after this one with Doby’s self-composed song. Kim Dobin, you’ll learn composition from me starting tomorrow. Okay?”

“I’m sorry! I was just saying!”

I clicked my tongue at the incredible speed of his attitude change and opened the Weekly Quest status window to check.

 

[☞Check your Weekly Quest!]

[▶Post selcas and messages on official SNS 5+ times per week (2/5)

▶Search fan reactions 6+ times per week (5/6)

▶Give warm greetings to fans on the way to and from work (2/2)

▶Post on Fan Cafe FROM Board 4+ times per week (2/4)

▶Communicate through OA app fan live 2+ times per week (0/2)]

[※If you don’t complete four or more Weekly Quests in one week, a penalty will be imposed!]

 

Huh, wasn’t it originally two? When did it increase to four?

I asked them to ease up on the forbidden words and gaze standards, but this damn system is making life even more suffocating.

‘I would’ve been in big trouble if I hadn’t checked.’

I patted my chest in relief at the raised standards. There were exactly two days left until this week ended.

I’d been slacking off, relying on the easy quests like fan reaction searches and greeting fans on commute routes that didn’t require squeezing out posts, doing only the bare minimum for the rest.

With only two days left, the quest to post selcas and posts on official SNS was currently impossible to complete.

What remained were FROM board posts and OA app live.

I checked my face condition, carefully covered my messy hair with a beanie and hood, then turned on the OA app fan live.

FROM could be posted late at night, but OA fan live couldn’t.

 

[ON AIR] Bored Daydreams Gather

 

As soon as my face appeared on the live screen, likes started pouring in rapidly and the concurrent viewer count steadily increased.

“Hello, Daydream.”

[Eden it’s been a while]

[These days you’ve been joining Yuje’s lives, it’s been a while since a solo live]

[Today isn’t a silent broadcast, right? hehe]

“Ah, no. I don’t do silent broadcasts anymore. It’s so unfair, really. I only did that at the very beginning, I hosted well after that.”

When I furrowed my eyebrows into a frown and expressed my grievances to the fullest, the chat window was flooded with “ㅋ”s and words trying to comfort me.

“Um, why I came… I was bored and thought of our Daydream so I came.”

Though it was actually because of the urgent Weekly Quest.

[Let’s change the title lol Daydreamers gather to play with bored Eden]

[As expected our filial idol, please show your face often in the future, that’s the best way to be filial to fans]

[Is comeback still far away?]

“Comeback is still a ways off, but there is a schedule for next week. It’s my solo schedule though. Can I talk about this?”

I scratched my cheek, recalling the contact that came through the agency a few days ago.

It was a proposal asking if I could perform on stage as a featuring artist, and since there was no particular reason to refuse, I readily accepted.

It would be good to show my face like this before comeback.

[Next week? Solo schedule? What is it?]

[Huh next week Seo Raon is appearing on music shows, could it be?]

[Seo Raon featuring?]

[Which ending featuring stage?]

“Don’t get your hopes up too much. I sing for 25 seconds and go in.”

When I subtly confirmed it positively, firework emoticons poured out like crazy.

When I first turned on the OA live, the chat was still at a readable level.

But now with chat flying by at rapid speed, I couldn’t answer every question and could only barely read and respond to what caught my eye.

“How did Doby end up on that rehearsal stage? It’s a long story… To summarize as much as possible, when Adora seniors were doing blocking check, he was dancing below saying he knew the choreography and got cast.”

“My thoughts are… um… amazing? Impressive? Thank you YouTube algorithm? Should I call Doby over? Ah, you already heard Doby’s thoughts for an hour on his live so you’re good?”

“My hair? You say it was black at the festival? Ah, that was spray.”

[So that’s why you’re covering it now]

[I thought it was because your hair was messy lol]

[Then what color is it now?]

“Well, what color do you think it is?”

[Pink! Hot pink!]

[What hot pink;; If you’re going for pink tones it should be rose gold;;;]

[Ash gold? Ash gray?]

[Blonde]

[Silver! Silver! White would be fine too!]

[Red hair would suit you well too]

Knowing it wouldn’t be visible since it was covered by the beanie, I grinned while pretending to take off and put back on the hood.

“Check the answer when Reve makes a comeback.”

[Can you spoil the concept?]

“Concept spoiler? Hmm…”

I pretended to think while stroking my chin with my finger, then gave an appropriate answer.

“To tell you without spoiling too much, it’s a concept that suits two of us the most. Spoiler over.”

[Eden that wasn’t much of a spoiler at all?]

[Shouldn’t you reveal who those two are for it to be a proper spoiler?]

[What are the odds really]

[The number of 2-person combinations from 5 people is 10, so it’s 1 in 10]

[Don’t tell me it’s the youngest line? School uniform concept?]

From my experiments, the time limit for OA app live to count as one Weekly Quest was 10 minutes. Since about 10 minutes had passed, I could wrap up soon.

“Oh, time has already gotten to this point. It’s time for good Daydreams to go to bed now.”

[It’s only nine?]

[Gasp how did you know I’m doing a temple stay right now and bedtime is 9 o’clock]

[Don’t go ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

I opened the Quest window, confirmed that OA app live had changed to (1/2), then waved both hands at the screen without regret.

“I’ll come again next time, bye. Please look forward to next week’s music show too.”

 

-OA live has ended-

 

* * *

 

Miss Kim sat on the sofa next to her family member for the first time in a while, staring at the TV.

The channel was fixed on Music Camp, and the usual remote control battle didn’t happen today.

Her family member was a long-time fan of Seo Raon, and Yoon Eden, who was featuring on Seo Raon’s stage, was Miss Kim’s new favorite.

Since Seo Raon’s stage was near the end of the broadcast, Miss Kim accessed SNS where her fan friends were and posted lamenting that she could only see her baby for a mere 25 seconds while new idols she’d never seen performed.

“Hey, Seo Raon is next.”

Poke.

At her family member’s elbow lightly hitting her side, Miss Kim lifted her head from her cell phone and stared at the TV.

-Then shall we listen to Seo Raon’s ‘Some Ending’ together?

When the MCs finished their comment and the song title ‘Some Ending (Feat. Yoon Eden of Reve)’ appeared on screen, Miss Kim proudly hit her family member sitting next to her.

Her family member, who would normally have retaliated, was quiet, focused on staring at the TV screen.

A standing microphone placed on a small platform stage in the center of a stage decorated with purple lilacs.

Seo Raon stood in front of it with her hair dyed pink.

 

[If there are meetings, there are partings too, those words

I was confident wouldn’t apply to us]

 

The song is definitely good.

Miss Kim thought while humming the familiar melody.

Though she’d listened to the song purely for Yoon Eden’s part, she couldn’t argue with the fact that the song was good.

 

[I should have realized a bit earlier

That it was just my own thinking]

 

The camera that had been capturing Seo Raon’s face gradually pulled away, then showed a full shot of Yoon Eden walking out from the side of stage holding a microphone.

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