A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 325

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 325

“Wow, did we hit the jackpot, or did Hyeongjin hit the jackpot?”

Following the heartwarming story of the car donation, even the behind-the-scenes of the fan meeting visit became known, causing the buzz to surge once again.

Thanks to this, along with the news that Choi Hyeongjin was working on an album, the fact that we had made a comeback was also being promoted simultaneously.

Although 【Cheongryuga 】 had reached 50 million views on its music video just days after release and was firmly holding the number one spot on the music charts, more promotion is always better, isn’t it?

“It was mutual benefit. But DTB’s firepower is really amazing. It’s been almost over a month since it ended, yet even the behind-the-scenes broadcast is becoming such an issue.”

Ryu Jaehee, who had finished his makeup touch-up, plopped down on the waiting room sofa and said. Kim Dobin, who was sitting on the sofa drinking strawberry juice through a straw, lit up his eyes as if he was about to say something ridiculous again.

“In the next season of DTB, Yehyeon Hyung will go on and bring back the firepower again. Yehyeon Hyung is also being recognized as a hidden master who can rap, something even Eden Hyung can’t do.”

That was true.

From Seo Yehyeon’s part that was briefly showcased in the DTB Season 4 behind-the-scenes to promote 【Cheongryuga 】, Yehyeon was now being recognized as a hidden rap master, since I couldn’t capture the feel of the original song.

“Doby, are you doing this because you want to see me create a lifelong dark history that won’t be erased? I’m going to be eliminated in the first preliminary round. And especially since I’m in the same group as Yoon Eden, I won’t even get the split-screen editing like other idol rappers in Season 4, but will probably get a solo screen, right?”

Yehyeon immediately fired back with disgust.

“Eden Hyung can appear as a producer and judge Yehyeon Hyung and let him pass.”

“Why would they call someone without a label as a producer? And you know how next year’s schedule will be.”

“I don’t want to either! I don’t want to be called a parachute! Even if he lets me pass in the judging, I’ll just get mocked for being a parachute!”

“Rather than parachute, you’d be called connection hip-hop. And Season 5 won’t get as much attention as Season 4, so even if you go on, it won’t really be much of a merit, right?”

“Why? Why won’t Season 5 get attention? Hyung, did you hear something from the production crew or producers?”

To Kim Dobin’s question, showing great interest like a true DTB viewer, I shook my head briefly and answered confidently.

“No, it’s because I won’t be in Season 5.”

Even aside from that, originally all things in life peak and then gradually decline. There’s no eternal top. Just looking at the music charts, even if you’re at number one, your ranking drops immediately when a good new song comes out.

“Come on, someone with even greater star quality than Hyung might appear in Season 5.”

“I think that would be a bit difficult, Doby. The existence of another crazy person who surpasses Yoon Eden would violate the law of conservation of crazy people.”

Is he taking my side or dissing me? When I narrowed my eyes and looked back at Yehyeon, he looked at me with a face that said why are you acting like that when he’s taking your side.

As I turned toward our youngest member who would take my side, I suddenly realized something and immediately blurted it out.

“But Youngest Member, aren’t you going to MC?”

“It’s not here. Hyung doesn’t even know which music show the youngest member MCs at?”

“Haaaam, was today Saturday, not Sunday? Hey, Hyung can get confused about the days of the week, is it worth giving Hyung attitude over that? Huh? Of course I know you’re an Inkigayo MC.”

While yawning and habitually trying to mess up Ryu Jaehee’s hair, I remembered that we had a first place candidate interview soon and quietly lowered my hand. I’d get scolded by the stylist noona again if I messed up his styled hair.

As I yawned and scrolled down to refresh the Inbyeol feed, a post that Choi Hyeongjin had uploaded a few hours ago came up to the top.

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It’s awkward to stack them up and even more awkward to throw them away, what should I do with these?

Free distribution to people around me has reached its limit too

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(Pinned comment)g_te DMs are pouring in asking me to give them away for free;; But if I give these away for free, album sales won’t increase;; You guys just pay money and buy them

gangjun_real Even considering album sales, truly the number one fan of dark Yoon Eden

_uo.ou_ Oh my… just don’t claim it…

rlacodus21 The fact that they bought physical albums and stacked them up seems like genuine goodwill without any ulterior motives, so it’s just heartwarming and funny lol

“Wow, this is crazy. He bought this many albums just because I gave him my car? Hey, Jun. Look at this. He bought this much, there’s no way he won’t win the fan meeting lottery.”

I giggled and showed Gyeon Hajun the photo from Choi Hyeongjin’s Inbyeol post. After seeing the photo, Gyeon Hajun let out a short and simple exclamation.

“He bought a ton of albums. He contributed quite a bit to the total sales. But his way of speaking on Inbyeol is really different from how he talks in real life. He didn’t use such casual speech at the fan meeting.”

“Ah, that’s his original way of speaking on Inbyeol. He was probably being polite at the fan meeting because it was his first time meeting you and he felt awkward. And he’s the same age as us and my friend, so why are you speaking so formally to him? Be comfortable, be comfortable.”

I waved my hand at Gyeon Hajun who was unnecessarily speaking formally when mentioning Choi Hyeongjin.

After the DTB finals, and even after becoming aware of the 1% improvement in our deteriorated relationship, nothing had really changed between Gyeon Hajun and me. We were still the closest and most intimate friends in this group.

At least on the surface, regardless of what we each thought inside.

The solution Seo Yehyeon had proposed was for us to have a big fight to the point of going at each other’s throats, but I wasn’t mentally prepared for that yet, and there wasn’t really anything worth fighting about to that extent.

And here’s a question that comes to mind. Would Gyeon Hajun even raise his voice to a similar decibel level as me, let alone grab collars and throw punches?

That was something I had never seen before or after my regression.

Even when we found out that KICKS had been talking behind our backs, it was me who raised my voice in anger and grabbed those guys by the collar, while Gyeon Hajun just let out a cynical laugh and turned off his interest as if he wasn’t even a victim of the gossip.

I became curious whether Gyeon Hajun could maintain his composure like that time even if I threw the first punch, or if he would get angry and punch back.

But I couldn’t just suddenly throw a punch for no reason. If I did that, the timing of our falling out could be moved up by 4 years compared to before my regression.

But if it were a justified punch, Gyeon Hajun would probably just take it obediently. He’d take the hit first, but would he be immediately out for using violence?

“…close?”

“Huh?”

While repeatedly contemplating methods of fighting with Gyeon Hajun involving mutual noise and violence, I was mindlessly scrolling through the Inbyeol feed when I heard Gyeon Hajun’s faint voice from beside me, snapping me out of my thoughts as I turned my head.

“Until the DTB diss battle, you only seemed to think of him as just an acquaintance from your underground days, but suddenly you seem to have gotten really close. I was wondering when you became that close.”

“Do we look close?”

If even Gyeon Hajun sees it that way, it seems Hyeongjin’s rival coin has hit the jackpot. I scratched the back of my head and asked, and Gyeon Hajun nodded with a somewhat strange expression.

“At the fan meeting and on the behind-the-scenes broadcast too, definitely. Should I say it’s similar to how you used to treat Kwon Yunseong back in New Born?”

“Oh wow, that much? Still, Hyeongjin isn’t quite at the level of Kwon Yunseong back then. We met when we were younger too, and we spent a longer period growling at each other and fighting.”

Can’t you tell just from the fact that I don’t call him Jin?

I chuckled and casually put my arm around Gyeon Hajun’s shoulder.

“Hey hey, don’t worry. You’re my closest friend. How could I ever consider Hyeongjin closer than you?”

However, Choi Hyeongjin was someone I had already grabbed by the collar and exchanged punches with once, so I was confident that our relationship wouldn’t grow distant again over something like that, but Gyeon Hajun was different – that was the difference between them.

And another difference was that while there was a bit of a size difference with Choi Hyeongjin, there wasn’t one with Gyeon Hajun. Should I say the outcome couldn’t be easily predicted?

“I don’t get jealous over stuff like that. I’m not some kid.”

Gyeon Hajun lightly laughed and scolded me.

There was a knock, and a junior idol serving as MC entered the waiting room with cameras for a first place candidate interview. I quickly fixed my hair and clothes and got up from the sofa.

“Yes! Today’s first place candidate interview! We’ll be meeting Rev, who got two songs nominated for first place! Hello!”

“One, two! Dream of me! Hello, we’re Rev!”

We all shouted our greeting and bowed toward the camera.

“Both 【Clear Stream Song】 and 【Mist and Cloud Song】 are nominated for first place – how do you feel about this?”

“Since both songs are ones we’re very attached to, it’s an honor just to have them nominated for first place together, and we’d be happy regardless of which song takes first place.”

Today’s first place candidates included both 【Clear Stream Song】 and 【Mist and Cloud Song】 side by side.

【Mist and Cloud Song】 was a ballad with a deeply lyrical atmosphere, so I thought its competitiveness would be weak, but thanks to Ryu Jaehee’s challenging high notes and vocal ability, and Gyeon Hajun’s clean vocals contributing greatly to the cover song craze, its ranking gradually climbed until it reached 3rd place on the music charts.

Being able to produce three different versions seemed to add even more fuel to the cover song craze. Ryu Jaehee’s high-difficulty powerful vocal cover, Gyeon Hajun’s light and clean vocal cover, and a cover that implemented both.

Not only YouTubers and music show BJs but also several singers uploaded cover songs, but the original was still in a league of its own. It was a song tailored for us from the beginning, so how could anyone perform it better than us.

First place would go to “Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)” but it wouldn’t matter if “Yeonhaga (Mist and Cloud Song)” won either. It was our song anyway, and I only had to handle a short vocal part during the encore.

“Ah, it would be disappointing if this was left out. Do you have any first place promises in mind?”

“Should we do that thing again after a long time? Random part change during the encore stage?”

“Deal! Sounds good! Anyone who sings their own part or can’t finish singing gets a penalty of uploading an aegyo triple set video on the official SNS account!”

“Yes, somehow we’ve gone from a promise to setting up penalties too. If you’re curious about Rev’s random part change and who the star of the penalty will be, please text vote #0011 to either 1 or 2.”

Everyone was waving their fingers on both hands, making the number 1 for “Cheongryuga (Clear Stream Song)” and the number for “Yeonhaga (Mist and Cloud Song).”

“If you want to see Rev’s promise, stay tuned to the Music Center channel!”

Okay, I’m definitely going to mess up only Ryu Jaehee’s part.

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