A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 315

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 315

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With the titles of Billboard debut group and the group with a DTB 4 winner, Rev’s comeback teaser was finally released amidst attention that had multiplied several times over.

[Reve(Rev) – ‘Yeonhaga ‘ Official Teaser #1]

“Number 1? Are they planning to release individual teasers for each member like they did with 【Reverse】?”

Miss Kim leaned back fully in her chair as she watched the video with Gyeon Hajun’s face as the thumbnail, his refined features standing out prominently with his eyelashes slightly lowered.

Judging by the song title and seeing Gyeon Hajun wearing hanbok in the thumbnail, this new song seemed to have an oriental style.

And given the characteristics of oriental style, there was a high probability that both the song and music video would have a calm and lyrical atmosphere.

Since this was a song coming right after the overseas attention from 【Ride or Die】 and the rise in recognition from DTB 4, it needed to make a big impact, but if this promotional song had the atmosphere she expected, it would be difficult to leave a strong impression.

And if it was traditional Korean music style, it was uncertain whether it could attract overseas audiences like 【Ride or Die】 did.

‘We can’t have the same initial reaction as 【Ride or Die】…’

Yoon Eden’s shortened activities due to health problems, and the slump he had personally revealed. She couldn’t let such tragedy repeat itself for her ultimate bias.

Miss Kim picked up her cell phone with an anxious expression.

It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Yoon Eden’s abilities, but she felt she needed to check the teaser reactions first to be able to watch with peace of mind.

-Please let Hajun be center this timeㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Isn’t the song too calm… It’s good that they brought out the lyrical feeling but it seems a bit weak

-Historical drama style!!! Traditional Korean music!!!

-This doesn’t feel like a teaser but more like a historical drama trailer lol Everyone looks so good in hanbok haha

-Yoon Eden at the end was insane

-Crazy what is Yoon Eden

-All the other members look pure and elegant but why is Eden alone in a different genre

She skimmed through the general reactions while avoiding comments that explained the teaser content or analyzed clues, as she didn’t want spoilers.

After confirming there were no complaints about the video or costume quality, she let out a sigh of relief. The trauma from 【Come to My Universe】 still existed in a corner of every early Daydream’s heart.

The teaser reactions were split. As Miss Kim had worried, there were concerns (or complaints) that it was too calm, and reactions welcoming the traditional Korean music and oriental style.

Whether Yoon Eden’s individual fanbase had definitely grown, or his appearance scenes in the teaser were that impressive, there was quite a lot of mention of Yoon Eden.

-Now that the yepdeuls have quieted down, it’s not even a relay anymore and the deunpdeuls are going crazy. Let’s do a fucking ilmong session once.

-Ah so why did 2E crawl out to individual survival shows;;; Don’t you remember the fandom going crazy during part distribution ranking

-If it was just a personal server whatever, but why did it have to be a hip-hop server bringing in all these hip-hop fanboys, fucking hell. Male fans aren’t welcome at all, and do you think they’re gonna read the room and keep their mouths shut while watching the fandom? Hell no, they’ll be calling 2E “hyung hyung” for winning and trash-talking other members, pushing for team disbandment and solo rapper solo album label shit, constantly nagging about Lev’s musicality and all that crap

Just imagining the reactions that would come if they couldn’t control the fandom disruption from malicious individuals already gave her a headache. She had to somehow establish an all-fan approach in the fandom.

Regretting for the hundredth time that she should have cracked down hard in the early days – the same regret Miss Kim had during the part distribution ranking chaos – she played the teaser for 【Yeonhaga 】.

The teaser began with the hem of a deep navy blue robe fluttering in the wind.

Slow and calm gayageum and flute sounds played as background music. The camera gradually moved up along the clothes, capturing Gyeon Hajun’s refined yet somehow sharp-looking face.

Gyeon Hajun slightly lifted his hat, looked up at the blue sky once, then smoothly slipped a letter into a palanquin passing by his side.

Kim Dobin getting out of the palanquin, looking around to confirm no one was there, then dropping his ssugae-chima and leaving was briefly shown.

The screen briefly showed the ssugae-chima and hanbok skirt lying scattered on the ground.

The screen switched again to a pitch-black room without a single light.

A candle in an oil lamp was lit, illuminating the room. Ryu Jaehee, dressed in a hanbok with a short jeogori and pants, burned a letter with the flame of the oil lamp, then spread out paper and picked up a brush.

[Endless waiting is all I can do]

Ryu Jaehee’s sorrowful voice pierced through the ears along with the melody.

Seo Yehyeon, wearing a cheollik, aimed an arrow at someone. The bowstring was drawn taut, and after a scene of an arrow cutting through the air flashed by, magnificent and antique sliding doors appeared.

The screen showed beyond the sliding doors that opened smoothly by themselves without anyone touching them.

A semi-transparent curtain split in the middle fluttered softly once. In front of a folding screen, a silhouette sitting diagonally leaning almost lying down on a throne-like chair revealed itself for just that brief moment.

The curtain that fluttered a second time showed what was beyond it a little longer than the first time.

Yoon Eden, wearing a navy silk gonryongpo loosely opened to show the white hanbok worn underneath, tilted the ceramic wine cup he was holding.

Yoon Eden slightly turned his head, smiled languidly, and stared straight at the screen.

As the wine cup and letter he was holding fell to the floor with a thud, the curtain descended again, concealing Yoon Eden.

[My lord, please return before the sunset fades]

Gyeon Hajun’s gentle tone gently tickled the ears.

Whiiiii-

A long whistling sound mixed into the antique melody.

The silhouette rising from the chair and reaching toward the curtain was visible in shadow form.

Kwak, the hand that grabbed the curtain mercilessly tore it away. Through the gap of the helplessly torn curtain, Yoon Eden’s face with a crooked smile was revealed.

The lighting flickered once and switched to a black screen.

[10.22.SAT PM 6:00]

Only then did Miss Kim resume her stopped breathing and reach for her cell phone again to continue checking the reactions.

-So historical drama style and sexy could be compatible words

-Seo Yehyeon in a cheollik ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Now I can die without regrets ㅠㅠㅠ I really wanted to see Yehyeon in a cheollik during New Year’s greetings ㅠㅠ

-Just hearing one line of vocals and it’s seriously insane, but would rap suit this traditional music style?

-Ah so cringey, instead of filming some lame historical drama in the music video, just shoot a video pictorial like Raolda

-When were you bashing it for having no content and no plot hooks, and now you’re chanting the Raon praise like a mantra ㅋ

-Graffiti-Masterpiece too, seems like they got obsessed with implementing easter eggs they planted from way back lol

└Could you tell me where this teaser’s Easter egg came from?

└Lev’s New Year’s greeting video this year! ㅋㅋ But in that one, Eden wore a cheollik and Yehyeon wore a crown prince’s gonryongpo

Though there were occasional reactions saying it was cringey, the reviews were generally decent. Moreover, since the outfits the Rev members wore during the New Year’s greeting roughly matched the outfits each wore in this teaser, that also became a topic of discussion.

However, it wasn’t the explosive and passionate reaction they had hoped for from this comeback.

“But if this was it, why did they bother dividing it into numbers? Is there more teaser content coming from here?”

All five members had been shown once each, and the ending was perfect for inducing anticipation and curiosity.

Since the teaser ending had ended so intensely, if they continued with more teasers from here, there was a strong possibility that anticipation for the actual music video would cool down instead.

Miss Kim desperately hoped that LnL wouldn’t just stumble around.

[Reve(Rev) – ‘Cheongryuga ‘ Official Teaser #2]

As if betraying her earnest prayer, the teaser that dropped the next day had Gyeon Hajun occupying the thumbnail just like yesterday’s teaser.

The same expression, the same enlarged upper body.

However, the background and outfit were different. A night view instead of blue sky, and a three-piece formal suit instead of yesterday’s hanbok.

But the outer garment draped over his shoulders was definitely closer to a durumagi than a coat, and the necktie was embroidered with traditional patterns.

Most importantly…

“The song title is different?”

Yesterday it was definitely Yeonhaga , but today’s teaser title was Cheongryuga .

‘Two songs? Could it be a double title track?’

Just focus on one thing. LnL again. Making a groaning sound, Miss Kim played the teaser #2 video.

The video began with Yoon Eden’s face showing through the gap in the torn curtain. It was the last scene from teaser #1.

Before Miss Kim could even question it, Yoon Eden’s hand roughly tore the rest of the curtain.

A beat was laid over the cheerful gayageum and flute sounds that had completely stripped away the lyrical and calm feeling. Though it was clearly the same notes as 【Yeonhaga 】, the tempo had also become much faster.

A short, clipped whistle sound briefly mixed into the melody.

Yoon Eden, wearing a white tee under a dark navy flight jacket, stepped boldly outside. The round silver dragon embroidered on the flight jacket was enough to remind one of the gonryongpo he wore in teaser #1.

After sending a message to someone on his cell phone, Yoon Eden smoothly slipped the phone through the window of a parked car.

The car door opened and Kim Dobin came out with his hood up and face covered by a mask. After looking around, Kim Dobin took off his wig and mask and walked with big strides. The dancheong pattern on the hood Kim Dobin was wearing was magnified.

The scene changed, and Ryu Jaehee appeared with a lighter lit under the dim light of a stand lamp. After cleanly burning paper with the lighter, Ryu Jaehee turned on his computer and began composing an email.

[Because endless waiting is all I can do]

Lyrics that were similar yet subtly different. Ryu Jaehee’s cheerful tone rang out.

Seo Yehyeon, aiming a gun somewhere, was wearing a black outer garment with a string tied around the waist over a black turtleneck. The hem of the outer garment was pleated like a cheollik.

The elegant modern door that Seo Yehyeon was aiming his gun at smoothly opened. After the night view beyond the floor-to-ceiling window was briefly shown, the screen focused on Gyeon Hajun sitting comfortably with his back against a plush, large chair.

In Gyeon Hajun’s hand, wearing a dark blue durumagi coat over his three-piece formal suit, was a glass containing what appeared to be whiskey.

Gyeon Hajun dropped both the glass and his cell phone onto the floor with a thud.

[Please return before the sunset fades]

Gyeon Hajun’s beautiful voice brushed past their ears and the teaser concluded with the room’s lights going out.

[10.22.SAT PM 6:00]

‘This is the title track.’

Certainty flashed through her mind.

【Yeonhaga 】 was a supporting song that would make 【Cheongryuga 】 shine even brighter.

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