A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 319

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 319

[Kim Dobin: Right now we’re at the music video filming location for 【Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)】. For 【Yeonhaga (Mist and Cloud Song)】, we only need individual shots, so we’re filming 【Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)】 first since it has group choreography cuts.]

Kim Dobin stuck his face right up to the camera and made a V sign with his fingers.

[Kim Dobin: This time, our roles were specially assigned based on the costumes.]

Kim Dobin dramatically pulled at the chest of the dancheong-patterned hoodie he was wearing and pretended to wipe away tears.

[Kim Dobin: You have no idea how much tearful effort I put in to secure this hoodie that everyone coveted…]

[Yuje: Huh? What effort did you put in, hyung?]

[Kim Dobin: Well, actually everyone else dropped out on their own. The outfits that came as a set with this hoodie were women’s clothing and servant clothes.]

[Yuje: I really wanted this hoodie too, but I dropped out immediately after seeing the Yeonhaga costume.]

[Kim Dobin: Eden hyung coveted this hoodie until the very end, but he gave up when he heard that wearing this in Cheongryuga meant he’d have to wear servant clothes in Yeonhaga. Our Eden hyung who lives and dies by his image and pride somehow endured the gache skirt, but servant clothes were absolutely unacceptable to him.]

Kim Dobin smiled with an extremely proud expression and fluttered his dancheong-patterned hoodie once more like he was showing it off.

[Kim Dobin: But I was willing to gladly endure servant clothes for the sake of this hoodie, so I was able to claim it.]

Yoon Eden approached casually with his hands in his flight jacket pockets, staring down at Kim Dobin, or more precisely at the hoodie Kim Dobin was wearing, while stroking his chin.

[Yoon Eden: Ah, I really want that. No matter how I look at it, that seems cooler than my outfit.]

When Yoon Eden smacked his lips, Kim Dobin crossed his arms in an X shape to cover his chest and shook his head.

[Kim Dobin: Yes, I think so too. But this outfit is mine now. You can’t covet it.]

[Yoon Eden: Can’t we switch when we wear the stage costumes? Don’t you want to try on the dragon robe flight jacket?]

[Kim Dobin: Being too persistent makes you look pathetic, hyung.]

[Yoon Eden: What do you mean pathetic to your hyung, pathetic.]

Yoon Eden grabbed Kim Dobin’s hood and yanked it upward, shaking it mercilessly while scolding him. Thanks to that, Kim Dobin’s body swayed like a sack wherever he shook it.

The scene looked more like an uncle playing with his nephew rather than a leader bullying the fourth member, so it wasn’t particularly uncomfortable to watch.

[Kim Dobin: So, what lesson can we learn from this story?]

[Yuje: There’s even a lesson from something like this?]

[Kim Dobin: Of course there is. To claim what you want, you have to be able to put aside your pride.]

With the MR of 【Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)】 and Kim Dobin’s solemn voice as background audio, Yoon Eden’s individual music video cut filming scene began to appear.

A close-up showed Yoon Eden’s profile as he looked up at the blue sky with his hands in his outer clothing pockets and his chin raised.

[Individual cut of the leader who could give up everything else but couldn’t give up his pride]

While getting his makeup touched up, Yoon Eden briefly demonstrated whistling in front of the camera to match the melody of Cheongryuga.

[Yoon Eden: The whistling sound inserted in the music source is also my whistling. I’m really good at whistling. When I was young, adults told me not to go around whistling because snakes would come out, but even when I whistled because I wanted to see snakes, none came out.]

[Director: (Laughing) Didn’t they just tell you not to whistle because it was noisy?]

[Yoon Eden: Young and innocent me didn’t understand such deep meanings.]

With Yoon Eden’s giggling face as the last shot, the scene transitioned to Kim Dobin just before filming his individual cut wearing a wig.

[Kim Dobin: This wig isn’t secured properly, so if I tilt my head like this, it slides right down.]

Kim Dobin, who had been seriously looking at his reflection in the car door, put on a mask and asked.

[Kim Dobin: But don’t I look kind of like a rock star like this?]

Kim Dobin’s individual cut filming scene briefly passed by as he got out of the car and took off his wig and mask.

[Yuje: How do you light a lighter? I’ve never lit one before… Oh, so this is how you do it.]

Ryu Jaehee took over the baton.

In the studio decorated as an office, he was fiddling with a lighter and nodded at the staff’s demonstration.

[Yuje: Since it’s a scene involving fire, we even have a fire extinguisher prepared. I really hope we can finish this safely without any accidents.]

Ryu Jaehee’s determined expression as he gripped the lighter tightly in one hand was interspersed with music video filming scenes.

Now we moved into the group choreography filming scene with all five members gathered together.

[Group choreography cut filming]

The hems of their hanbok-style outer garments fluttered richly with the members’ movements. Among all the hands angled upward in unison, one hand pointing downward alone was captured in close-up.

[Kim Dobin: Oh, Eden hyung got the choreography wrong!]

[Seo Yehyeon: Hey, even I didn’t mess up, how did you mess up? Puhaha!]

[Leader ganging up that started as soon as they caught one mistake]

Among the members who pounced on him eagerly, Seo Yehyeon was particularly delighted.

[Yoon Eden: You have to take circumstances into consideration, honestly! Do you think the absorption rate is the same for practicing during the day versus practicing late at night? Common sense!]

[Seo Yehyeon: What’s different about it? You practiced so hard, so why are you creating new choreography?]

[Yoon Eden: Why are you so happy about this, hyung! Your face is completely covered in smiles! Are you that happy that I made a mistake? Huh?]

[Seo Yehyeon: Why would I be happy about something like that?]

Even as he shrugged his shoulders, the smile still wouldn’t leave Seo Yehyeon’s face.

[Yuje: Even days like this come around.]

Ryu Jaehee shook his head and chuckled softly.

[Individual cut filming of the face genius eldest hyung]

[Seo Yehyeon: I’m torn. Should I smile leisurely, or would it be better to go with a serious approach?]

[-Monitoring-]

[Seo Yehyeon: I think going serious would be better here. When I smile, I look a bit like a thug. That’s not the image I was going for. Acting is so difficult.]

Seo Yehyeon lamented while hooking his finger through the trigger guard of the prop gun and spinning it around.

After showing a bit of Seo Yehyeon’s filming scene where he aimed the gun barrel with a serious expression again, Gyeon Hajun and Yoon Eden appeared sitting side by side.

[Same age duo waiting during Yehyeon’s individual cut filming]

[Gyeon Hajun: Barley tea on the rocks.]

[Yoon Eden: But the way you’re holding it, it looks quite like liquor, doesn’t it? Lift your pinky finger, Jun. Yeah, like that. Whoa, that’s cool. Hey hey, let’s go with this during filming too.]

[Gyeon Hajun: Like this?]

[Yoon Eden: That’s too much like a tea ceremony.]

When Gyeon Hajun held the glass cup containing barley tea neatly, supporting the bottom with his palm, Yoon Eden burst out laughing and patted Gyeon Hajun’s back while laughing.

[Before we knew it, the final cut of the 【Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)】 MV]

[Director: Come on, you two, get a little closer together.]

[Yoon Eden: Even closer than this…?]

Yoon Eden and Seo Yehyeon, who were holding one gun together and glancing at each other, very hesitantly closed the distance.

[Director: Mm, good! Now, Eden, put one arm on Yehyeon’s shoulder! Okay, like that!]

As the final scene ended, the sound of “Cut!” echoed through the filming location. The two who had been close together immediately separated from each other and bowed deeply to the staff.

[Gyeon Hajun: Thank you for your hard work.]

[Rev Members greeting the staff]

[Gyeon Hajun: With this, we’ve finished filming the Cheongryuga music video, and tomorrow we have the Yeonhaga music video shoot. The Yeonhaga continuity script was really simple, but I’m not sure how the filming will turn out.]

The screen blacked out with the final shot of Gyeon Hajun clapping his hands like striking a slate in front of the camera, then showed the blue sky again.

[Day 2, Yeonhaga M/V Filming Location]

Along with the subtitle, the camera slowly descended to show Kim Dobin dressed as a servant tightly gripping a head covering skirt in one hand, and Yoon Eden wearing a loosely draped navy blue gonryongpo.

[Yoon Eden: Hey, it suits you well. It really suits you well.]

[Kim Dobin: Hyung suits it well too. You’re exactly like a debauched crown prince who needs to be brought down.]

[Yoon Eden: …Is that an insult or a compliment?]

Behind Yoon Eden, who turned to look at Kim Dobin with a displeased expression, Seo Yehyeon appeared dressed in a cheollik.

[Kim Dobin: Wow, it suits you much better than when Eden hyung wore it for the New Year’s greeting.]

[Yoon Eden: Then what about this? The crown prince outfit? Do I suit this better?]

[Kim Dobin: To be honest, Yehyeon hyung suited that better too.]

[Yoon Eden: Look at this loyal retainer who only speaks the blunt truth. You’re going into exile, man.]

[Seo Yehyeon: Yes, everyone. This is why Hajun plots treason. There’s this kind of behind-the-scenes story to the treason in the Yeonhaga music video.]

Seo Yehyeon shook his head while pointing at Yoon Eden, who was lightly putting Kim Dobin in a headlock.

[Filming Start!]

Individual cut filming scenes appeared in order, starting with Gyeon Hajun.

Scenes of leaves fluttering in the wind and settling on Gyeon Hajun’s head, and him monitoring while wearing hanbok, passed by in sequence.

[Gyeon Hajun: Thanks to the wind blowing at just the right timing, we got a cool shot.]

Gyeon Hajun’s satisfied smiling face alternated with Kim Dobin’s completely flustered face.

[Kim Dobin: Uh, uh! The skirt won’t come off! Why are these snaps acting like this!]

[NG!]

Only after trying once more did the snaps finally come undone and the skirt smoothly fell to the floor.

[Yuje: Doesn’t he write calligraphy well?]

[The Youngest Member’s message to Daydream]

Ryu Jaehee wrote “I love Daydream” in calligraphy on paper and waved it cheerfully in front of the camera with a bright smile.

[Seo Yehyeon: I used to make a name for myself with archery at Sports University back in the day.]

The scene alternated between Seo Yehyeon confidently laughing while showing off his bow and him drawing the bowstring with a serious expression.

[Yoon Eden: It’s cold!]

Yoon Eden, who was sitting diagonally on the throne, rubbed his sleeves. A large fan was continuously running to keep the translucent curtains fluttering.

[Yoon Eden: How long is this going to keep fluttering?]

With Yoon Eden reaching out to tear the curtain as the final scene, the music video filming for 【Yeonhaga (Mist and Cloud Song)】 came to an end.

[Director: Cut!]

[Yoon Eden: The filming is finally all finished. I’m a bit worried since the shooting time was really short, but I really hope the final result turns out well.]

[Kim Dobin: But we really tried to match even the angles to be as similar as possible to when we filmed Cheongryuga. It’ll definitely turn out well.]

[Yuje: Then see you on the 22nd, Daydream!]

The screen gradually darkened, and along with Rev’s logo, this album’s title smoothly appeared.

[Reve 3rd single

Mongyu Byeolgok (Dream Journey Song)]

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“What place are we at right now? Do I need to mentally prepare myself to evenly distribute burden and disappointment to our beloved members?”

As I lay sprawled on the sofa and asked Ryu Jaehee, Jaehee personally held up a screen showing the music source chart right in front of my eyes.

[1st place-new ‘Reve – Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)’ ♥99,999+]

[23rd place-new ‘Reve – Yeonhaga (Mist and Cloud Song)’ ♥68,902]

“Oh, it’s not like we hit first place once and dropped down, but we’ve been continuously at first place? The trend looks good?”

“It feels like it’s been really long since we got first place. Even 【Ride or Die】 had a reverse run but couldn’t reach first place.”

While doing DTB, I had sent songs with my name on them to chart first place several times, but having a song with Rev’s name occupy first place on the chart felt different.

As I was smiling contentedly thinking it felt good, a loud scolding voice came from the kitchen.

“Hey, Yoon Eden! Youngest Member! How can you two be playing around when you came up with the idea yourselves!”

“Hyung, just leave them be. Those two are helping by doing that. I’ll have something for them to do later.”

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