A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 377

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 377

KICKS’ statement, posted on their official fan cafe and SNS accounts without going through their agency, was deleted shortly after. The news articles were also quietly taken down.

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jung.in_u Looks like the agency made them delete it, not that they deleted it themselves

hm._.nya Hyeonmin, why aren’t you clarifying the smoking and club rumors?

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However, because of a post left by one KICKS member on their personal SNS, it became known that the KICKS members hadn’t deleted it themselves, and the statement preserved in cell phones began circulating throughout communities and SNS.

In today’s digital world where page archives, screenshots, and saving are routine, New Born’s efforts were bound to be in vain.

[I was a trainee with Jung Iseo at D-Green. That hyung would remember me too, right? We both didn’t make it into the debut group, so it was basically getting kicked out. That hyung and me. Well, I bounced around between PC cafe part-time jobs and convenience store work, and as you can see now, I switched to streaming, but that hyung debuted at New Born right away?]

[But I heard from that hyung back in the day. He said his uncle was a New Born director, so he could get into New Born without even auditioning, but he thought his skills weren’t New Born level, so he auditioned for D-Green instead. That’s why he was there, he said. The parachute controversy is probably true.]

[There are a lot of that hyung’s fans here. No proof so who would believe it? Is that what you think? I told my friend about this before this whole thing blew up, so call my friend for confirmation? I even remember when I told that story. When KICKS debuted. He kept dissing New Born saying he wasn’t New Born level, running his mouth, but in the end he debuted at New Born, which was so freaking funny.]

[“Our Lee Seo isn’t that kind of person. No matter how you look at it, it’s fake” Wow, you believe the broadcast image? That hyung’s personality was no joke. The way he looked down on people was just…]

Taking advantage of the Jung Iseo parachute controversy that erupted, a BJ who claimed to have been a trainee with Jung Iseo at D-Green also spilled past stories on their broadcast.

Jung Iseo was also a perpetrator… KICKS, “There was a trainee who was unfairly pushed out of the debut group”

Jung Iseo’s past re-examined due to parachute controversy, “Debuted at New Born immediately after quitting as D-Green trainee”

KICKS’ statement taken down immediately, is New Born on Jung Iseo’s side?… Parachute controversy heats up

Bullying perpetrators? Loyal friends who kept their loyalty? Two perspectives on KICKS caught up in bullying controversy

-See, I knew this would happen lol There’s a reason for everything lol

-Seeing how they left Jung Iseo’s statement on the official account but only deleted KICKS’ statement, the Jung Iseo parachute story must be true

-I always dissed New Born for doing shitty work, but their consistency is good – even at times like this they do shitty work and directly prove the parachute controversy was real, what class~

-Can’t even shield with “it’s adult circumstances and our Lee Seo doesn’t know anything” lol Your Lee Seo apparently asked to be inserted first lol He even knew that someone would have to leave when he came in lol

-This society that packages bullying perpetrators as loyal friends with just one statement is legendary

-There was no violence or verbal abuse, so is this worth the entire public ganging up to hold a people’s trial on these kids?

└The team’s youngest member is twenty-one but you call them kids lol You beat up 18-year-old girl idols saying they’re all grown up at 18, but coddle male idols over 20 calling them immature kids, look at that double standard lol

└Did I beat up that girl idol, damn?

-If they were in the debut group, the KICKS members would have gone through trainee days together, shared hardships and joys, and had quite a few memories, but when a parachute pushes out an original friend and comes in, of course they wouldn’t look favorably on it, understandable

-He failed D-Green’s debut group and then used his connections to abuse his power over New Born’s debut group, that’s what this is

-Honestly, the power abuse issue seems more serious than the bullying – the latter had that trainee’s future at stake;;

└The bullying also had Lee Seo’s life and mental health at stake though

└If Lee Seo had entered the debut group confidently without being parachuted in, wouldn’t the KICKS members have had no reason to ostracize Lee Seo?

-Like that BJ who spilled tea about D-Green trainee days, it’s about time for the trainee who was unfairly pushed out of the debut group because Run Lee Seo was parachuted in to make a personal appearance

└This is really Gyeonhajun

└Really Gyeonhajun?

└Yes

└Really???? Are you sure???

└Sasaengs who followed Success before KICKS knew about it through word of mouth. They were camping out in front of New Born’s company building and also stalked trainees

└Right, come to think of it, when KICKS debuted, there was chatter asking why OOD wasn’t there

-After seeing the kids’ clarification statement, even the videos that were uploaded as evidence of bullying look different now lol They really tried hard in front of cameras to maintain fans’ fantasies even though they were uncomfortable with each other

-Honestly, the compilation videos that drama channels uploaded on YouTube were heavily edited. Looking at the full context, so many of them weren’t bullying at all

-If you’re uncomfortable with someone, does that make it okay to talk behind their back loud enough for them to hear and be sarcastic?

-After blabbing that his skills weren’t New Born level, then getting rejected from D-Green’s debut group but stubbornly pushing others aside to crawl in, and not contributing much to the team with his skills but barely pulling his weight – I think I’d naturally become sarcastic too

-He did well staying quiet lol Run Lee Seo, who stole someone else’s opportunity to get in and then tried to bury the whole group because they didn’t treat him well, seems way more sinister than the other members who ostracized the parachute

-If Gyeonhajun really is that victim, it’s truly pitiful. I looked it up and that agency used to be a shitty company where the office was just one floor of a commercial building and the dormitory was a semi-basement. He probably had to debut there because Jung Iseo ruined his New Born debut

└Thank god Gyeonhyeonkyu did well, but if he had ended up as a failed idol from a shit company, Jung Iseo would have ruined one person’s life

└No, two people. Include OOD who left following Gyeonhajun lol

└That wasn’t just a rumor but real…?

└I asked a friend who’s a Gyeonhyeonkyu fan and they said it’s real. They told them directly

-To those defending the parachute, I hope you get pushed out by nepotism parachutes during college admissions or job hunting!

-It’s not that KICKS did nothing wrong, but there are extenuating circumstances

The KICKS fandom, equipped with the essential skill of “Blurred Vision” that idol fans, especially male idol fans in South Korea, must possess for their fandom activities, regained vitality from that single statement despite all the controversies that had erupted so far.

They fanned the flames of Jung Iseo’s parachute controversy to increase the firepower, trying to turn the tables somehow.

Thanks to this, the narrative had somehow changed to New Born, who parachuted someone into the debut group and abused their power, and Jung Iseo, who entered that way but ungratefully destroyed the team, versus KICKS standing against their agency’s tyranny.

However, Jung Iseo’s individual fans, who were notoriously stubborn, didn’t just sit still either.

-Fucking bastards don’t want to die alone so they’re splashing shit on Lee Seo until the very end, die die die die die die

-Then what about Lee Seo being close with Gyeonhyeonkyu at Sports University

-Logically, if Lee Seo really stole his spot, would they have been so harmoniously together at Sports University? There are tons of preview shots of them constantly being together with Gyeonhyeonkyu

└Exactly, this alone is enough proof that the claims about Lee Seo being a bully are bullshit

-Even if they were uncomfortable with each other, the fact that he was with Gyeonhyeonkyu at Sports University is so heartbreaking… It means Gyeonhyeonkyu was more comfortable than his own group that ostracized him…

-Using other victims to cover up their loyalty (lol) image is so malicious, 5KICKS

-Did Gyeonhajun and OOD who left New Born continue that amazing friendship even after debut? lol I don’t think I’ve ever heard friendship stories between 5KICKS and them lol

-I remember when Gae Yunseong was promoting with OnTop, if anyone said he had good chemistry with OOD, Gae Yunseong fans would go crazy telling them not to ship them lol

-Then let’s frame our rebuttal with this: showing harmonious moments at Sports University + KICKS and Gyeonhajun not really interacting. Make sure to include these two points!

However, due to the numerous incidents that erupted and swept through in a short period, they had forgotten.

Why they had fought so fiercely with Daydream before Jung Iseo’s KICKS withdrawal announcement.

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Pome fan @leeseolove__

They bullied someone to the point of panic attacks and now they’re making all kinds of excuses, fucking bastards

He doesn’t even look close to Gyeon Hajun but what an amazing friendship they have. It’s obvious Gyeon Hajun is just using him too, but he’s keeping his mouth shut while watching public opinion. Birds of a feather really

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Waiting for Eden’s solo album @ppap0808

Stop bringing up the Athletics Championships shit, you fucking bastards. Do we look easy because we’re holding back? Someone is thinking about how they carelessly typed in the chat after hearing my baby painfully open up about his past on the live broadcast and wants to die right now fuck fuck

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Dreamgirl @dreamgirl

Our Hajun already openly expressed and said that your clingy Pome made him uncomfortable at Sports University, damn it. Our kid isn’t bad at expression management and isn’t the type to bring up stuff like this, but how fucking annoying must it have been for him to shamelessly cling like that

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Dream100 @dreamone_00

That live stream was even done before Jung Iseo left, before the reason for leaving came out, and before the parachute controversy started. So that bullshit about doing it while watching public opinion XX

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Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

Instead of questioning Hajun to keep his mouth shut, why don’t you fucking ask your Pome why he was clinging to Rev at Sports University when two people already left New Born because of him;;

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Naryeom/naryeom @naryeoming

So you’re saying Gyeon Hajun was pushed out by that parachute from New Born, and Yoon Eden followed him out because he wanted to debut with Gyeon Hajun? This bromance makes me dizzy

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Mach Speed Hippo @minininimini

Applied to lower-tier universities to go to college together, left a major company debut group to debut together and entered a tiny company

Can this really be dismissed with just the word bromance? Even fan fiction gets criticized as problematic if you do it like this, fuck…

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-Seeing how Hajun said it wasn’t even a good memory, it’s 100% about that parachute

-Let’s enter feedback hell 1. Did he know that the person he pushed out by parachuting in was Hajun 1-1. If he knew that, what was his intention in approaching our kids at Sports University 1-1-1. Did he intend to use our kids as shields anticipating the parachute controversy would break 2. While demanding an apology from KICKS, why isn’t he posting an apology for what he did wrong to Hajun 3. Why was he clinging to Eden instead of Hajun, who he hurt the most 3-1. Was Eden easy to approach 3-2. Or did he think Hajun was so easy he didn’t need to deal with him

└Wow just reading this is suffocating

-Using yourself as a victim shield is really vicious. Did you want to become a completely flawless victim who did nothing wrong and deserves total forgiveness? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What would’ve happened if Hajun hadn’t openly said he was uncomfortable during the live stream lol Even though Hajun is clearly the victim, they’re trying to blatantly use him as a shield. Disgusting, seriously

-How bad must it have been for Hajun, not Eden, to say that? The most mature and deep kid, how bad must it have been

-So when One Chance debuted and blew up with “All Right All Night,” the reason why Kibaek and Jeongbyeong got so much hate was because that group’s fans went crazy thinking Eden was originally supposed to debut with KICKS?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Produce member + visual + main rapper + best friend storyline with the leader, all of this went out at once, so from their perspective it’s enough to drive them crazy…ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Of course it’s good that Eden and Hajun left Newborn and came to us at Rev, but why the fuck should we be grateful to Jeongseo who stole Hajun’s opportunity just for that reason, you fucking idiots think everything that comes out of your mouths is worth saying, fuck

-Nothing good will come from getting more involved with that incident, so let’s go silent as soon as those fans grabbing Hajun’s hair dies down

That’s right. Jung Iseo, who tried to turn public opinion around using Rev, was starting to face a proper backlash instead.

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[✆Jung Iseo]

“Oh, a call came in.”

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