A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 317

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Chapter 317

Contrary to expectations that 【Smoke and Mist Song】’s music video would go full historical drama, the members’ screen time was limited to brief appearances during their respective parts.

It was only slightly longer than the glimpses shown in the teaser, not enough to evoke the feeling of watching a drama. Rather, it was closer to a movie trailer than a drama.

But the storyline was clear.

It was the process of a treasonous letter personally written by Gyeon Hajun, who was plotting rebellion, reaching Yoon Eden, the crown prince.

For 【Smoke and Mist Song】, it was essentially a music video brought to life by Gyeon Hajun’s acting skills.

In a dark room, Gyeon Hajun’s cold face dimly illuminated by candlelight from a lamp, writing the two characters for “defying heaven” on paper.

And after looking up at the supreme sky once, he slipped the letter into Kim Dobin’s palanquin and smiled softly while watching the departing palanquin.

With just these two scenes and not a single line of dialogue, he succeeded in imprinting on viewers that Gyeon Hajun was the mastermind behind the scheme.

The timely wind and blue leaves fluttering alongside Gyeon Hajun’s navy blue robe under the blue sky added to the visual beauty.

[The pure white cloth bidding farewell

Gently flutters in this wind]

Gyeon Hajun’s clean tone, without any frills or artifice, was layered over the long shot of the sky.

The screen that had been showing the sky for a while moved down to show a palanquin.

When the palanquin stopped, Kim Dobin lightly stepped down onto the ground without hesitation, lifted the face-covering veil that wrapped around his head, and looked around.

As soon as he confirmed no one was around, Kim Dobin dropped the veil to the ground without hesitation and also untied and threw off the skirt-like cloth around his waist, then entered the alley wearing what looked like servant’s clothing with the letter tucked in his chest.

The screen showed the empty alley once, then changed direction to show a long shot of the departing palanquin and the veil and skirt scattered on the ground.

The scene switched again, showing a small room dimly lit by the flame burning the wick of a suddenly lit lamp.

Yuje unfolded one of two letters and burned it in the lamp flame. There was a long shot of the paper burning. The image of Yuje writing a letter with his chin propped up overlapped with the final verse of the chorus.

[Though I plead for you to come quickly, my beloved does not listen

Endless waiting is all I can do

My love, please return before the sunset fades]

Instead of his usual powerful tone, the high notes that soared effortlessly despite being stripped of power, mixed with sorrowful techniques, gave a fresh feeling.

The scene changed once more, showing Seo Yehyeon dressed in formal robes unfolding a letter, reading the two Chinese characters written inside, and sighing as he looked up at the sky.

The screen that had long shown the sundial with sunset and shadows stretching long suddenly changed to a hallway, showing Seo Yehyeon drawing his bowstring taut.

Seo Yehyeon walked through the blood-soaked hallway and finally reached the sliding door, where he firmly tied the letter to an arrow. Seo Yehyeon slightly lowered his long eyelashes and aimed the arrow at the sliding door.

Seo Yehyeon’s rap, like reciting classical poetry, blended perfectly with the song that used gayageum instead of bass for the beat.

The sliding door opened smoothly and translucent curtains fluttered.

The scene from the teaser appeared exactly as it was, with Yoon Eden appearing in loosely disheveled crown prince robes, expressing debauchery.

Yoon Eden abandoned rap and chose vocals for 【Smoke and Mist Song】. His monotonous mid-low tone resonated like humming.

As Yoon Eden tore through the curtain, the arrow with the treasonous letter tied to it was aimed toward the curtain. Yoon Eden’s long whistle mixed with Gyeon Hajun’s chorus building to the climax.

[My love, please return before the sunset fades]

The screen alternately showed the arrowhead aimed at Yoon Eden beyond the curtain and Yoon Eden’s face visible through the torn gap in the curtain, then turned black to signal the end.

Even though all the scenes where members appeared combined made up barely half of the music video, and even though there wasn’t a single group shot of all five members, there was no particular dissatisfaction about the screen time distribution.

Thanks to each member’s role appearing briefly like still cuts, it created an even more intense image while reducing any cringeworthy feelings.

-Dobin has really grown up so much ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The moment Eden appeared in the music video, he started hitting Eden’s back while bursting into laughter ㅋㅋㅋ He used to be kind of scared of Eden before

Eden was so cool lol I wonder if it feels like watching your own blood relative trying to act cool to Dobin? lol

-The editing was really well done, even when showing unnecessary stuff for a long time, it wasn’t boring

-Doby in women’s clothes… no, can we even call that women’s clothes…?

-All the other members have pretty outfits, so why is our Dobin the only one dressed like a farmhand ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Huh? So is Eden dead or alive? Does he appear in Clear Stream Song?

-Hajun’s impact is really amazing, I keep thinking about Hajun until Eden appears

-Wow I think I like this song better than Clear Stream Song

-This isn’t the title track? Why???

-Is Yehyeon’s part the killing part? I never really thought Yehyeon’s rap was good before, but this time his sijo-like delivery is insane

-Where did Yoon Eden’s rap go?? A rapper singing instead of rapping, he’s lost his original intent

The concerns and harsh words from when teaser #1 was released completely disappeared, and amid favorable reactions, the music video for 【Clear Stream Song】 played next.

As if proving there was an order to watching the music videos, the opening scene was exactly the same as the scene right before the ending of 【Mist and Cloud Song】.

Yoon Eden’s face visible through the torn gap in the translucent veil.

In contrast to the long, continuous whistle sound in the very end of 【Mist and Cloud Song】, the song and video began with short, interrupted whistle sounds.

The difference from the ending of 【Mist and Cloud Song】 was that the arrow aimed at him had completely disappeared. The shoes of Yoon Eden stepping boldly through the torn curtain were high-top sneakers.

Starting from the sneakers, the camera swept up through ripped light blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a navy blue bomber jacket in fusion hanbok style reminiscent of a dragon robe.

Drum beats gradually mixed into the whistle sound.

Yoon Eden, casually putting on sunglasses, whistled while typing the word ‘bok’ on his cell phone keyboard.

Passing the character (fortune), he touched (return) and unhesitatingly pressed the message send button. The camera capturing the completed message screen next showed the crooked smile on his lips.

The scene of Yoon Eden’s profile as he tapped the keyboard again, captured together with the wall of a modern hallway, soon changed to show the city and parked cars.

After glancing up at the blue sky once, Yoon Eden knocked on the car door and slipped his cell phone through the slightly open window gap.

[The pure white cloth bidding farewell

Will flutter gently in this wind]

Gyeon Hajun’s voice, with all the wistfulness removed to give a different feeling to the same lyrics, overlapped with the cheerful melody of hip-hop layered over traditional music and Yoon Eden’s face grinning as he watched the departing car with his hands in his pockets.

The car door swung open and Kim Dobin got out. The bright yellow hoodie he wore had dancheong patterns embedded in it, giving quite a unique feeling.

Thanks to the long hair hanging under the pulled-up hood and the mask covering his face, Kim Dobin’s face was perfectly hidden.

Kim Dobin grabbed both his own cell phone and the one Yoon Eden had given him in one hand, then forcefully pulled at the hair under his head. The wig smoothly flowed down following his grip.

Kim Dobin, who had also thrown off his mask, took off his hood and smiled mischievously.

The dancheong pattern on Kim Dobin’s hoodie as he entered the alley was magnified, and the location changed to a dark office.

At a desk with partitions, Yuje lit a lighter, relying on the dim desk lamp and monitor light, and set paper on fire while holding a lollipop in his mouth.

His outfit was a fusion hanbok in the form of a short jeogori worn over a white turtleneck.

Yuje blew away the ash that had settled on his hand and composed an email on his computer to send to someone.

The swaying canvas shoes were magnified, and as soon as the chorus began, it switched to a group choreography cut.

Unlike 【Mist and Cloud Song】 which showed specific scenes at length whenever members’ individual cuts ended, 【Clear Stream Song】 had scenes connecting immediately and even included group choreography cuts.

The group outfits had only the outer garments close to fusion hanbok, but they maximized the Korean feel with fans they held, norigae hanging from their waistbands, and white strings of inner garments peeking out from under their pants.

The choreography also emphasized the feeling of sharp knife-sharp choreography rather than a soft feeling.

[Even if you urge me to come to you quickly, you don’t listen

Endless waiting is all I can do

Please, I hope you return before the sunset fades]

Yuje’s light yet powerful tone was added to the melody where gayageum, flute, and drum beats harmonized.

Gyeon Hajun, who was in the center, put his hands behind his back and covered the screen with a folded fan with a sharp motion, and at the same time the screen switched to show Seo Yehyeon wearing a modern reinterpretation of cheollik clothing.

Seo Yehyeon, who had just checked a message that arrived on his cell phone, let out a deep sigh and looked up at the sky.

The screen that showed the sunset and the wristwatch on Seo Yehyeon’s wrist one by one had changed to a hallway, showing Seo Yehyeon pointing a gun at the security guards.

Seo Yehyeon’s rap wasn’t much different from 【Yeonhaga 】 which gave the feeling of reciting sijo, but thanks to the combination of gayageum and beat that became a bit more exciting, and the faster melody, it gave a unique feeling that harmonized well with the song.

And immediately following was Yoon Eden’s rap. It contrasted with the feeling of Seo Yehyeon’s part right before it, yet was completely opposite, so neither side was jarring.

It was Yoon Eden’s rap part, but what was shown was Gyeon Hajun’s appearance from teaser #2.

Before the glass cup and cell phone that Gyeon Hajun intentionally dropped could even touch the floor, the group choreography cut appeared once again.

As the song reached its climax, Yoon Eden leisurely approached with his hands in his flight jacket pockets and pressed down on Seo Yehyeon’s finger that was still pointing the gun at Gyeon Hajun, and at the same time the screen turned black and flickered.

[Please, I hope you return before the sunset fades]

The 【Cheongryuga 】 music video ended by capturing the faces of the Rev members gathered together in their individual still cut outfits all at once, then fading out.

-Now I understand why they told us to watch Yeonhaga first. Honestly I don’t get the Cheongryuga story but it’s really fun to see how the Yeonhaga scenes were modernized

-The filming time really probably didn’t take that much like Hajun said

-Fuck, the kids said don’t think about the story in Cheongryoo’s music video lol just focus on the visuals lol

-The visuals and outfits were killer though

-It’s not just everyday hanbok but modern fusion hanbok that’s closer to modern clothing, which is driving the fans crazy

-I want Doby’s hood the most, it’s so pretty

-So Eden who died from treason was reincarnated and got revenge on Hajun…?

-Hajun is the center right????

-Wow I thought it was crazy when I only heard it briefly in the teaser but hearing the full version it’s really insane

-The fact that it’s a song our kids all worked on together is meaningful, but it’s also good so I’m so happy…

-Yehyeon raps really well? Yehyeon, let’s go on DTB 5 next year

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