A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 426

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 426

My hair was split half and half.

It would have been better if it was split top and bottom, but it was split left and right. The right side was ash gray, the left side was black hair.

What kind of mess was this supposed to be?

The other members’ hair colors were the most flattering they’d ever had during all our activities, so why was I the only one with this ridiculous half-and-half hair?

After looking at my hair for about 10 minutes, Gyeon Hajun suddenly said he wanted to eat jjamjjamyeon out of nowhere, making me wonder if my hair reminded him of jjamjjamyeon and making me even more depressed.

Of course, this hair didn’t look bad on me. We’d gone through visual meetings with the stylist team, and it wasn’t like they were trying to mess with me or make me look ridiculous for our activities.

It was hair that suited me fairly well and matched the concept fairly well. It just had nothing to do with my personal aesthetics.

Kim Dobin, who had been staring intently at my hair finally revealed under the hood, opened his mouth.

“You know, there’s that Disney animation 101 Dalmatians.”

“Are you saying my hair looks like dalmatian spots?”

“No? You look like the villain from that. That villain also had half-and-half hair as a characteristic.”

I could only think of dalmatians and was contemplating what he was trying to say when Gyeon Hajun beat me to it.

“Oh, I remember. The one who tried to skin dalmatians to make fur coats?”

“You crazy bastard! What kind of psycho does that! Do I look like that kind of fucking asshole to you?”

[Profanity detected.]

[Original Intent -2]

My Original Intent decreased for saying “fucking asshole,” but I had no regrets. A scumbag who tries to make fur coats out of puppies deserved worse than just being called a fucking asshole.

I reflexively grabbed my head with both hands, then hesitated thinking about how that would look. Damn, should I grab the front and back instead of the sides for a while? No, would that look even more ridiculous?

This hair was annoying because there were too many things to worry about. Like how only one side might get frizzy.

Of course, I knew well that I couldn’t live doing only what I wanted, and that compromises were necessary for the best results even if it went against my preferences.

But even so, wasn’t it a bit much for people to think of jjamjjamyeon and a villain who tries to make fur coats out of puppies when they look at my hair?

Of course, Gyeon Hajun didn’t directly admit to the jjamjjamyeon thing, but there’s such a thing as context, you know?

Seo Yehyeon had somehow rolled over to where his phone was, searched for the 101 Dalmatians villain on his phone, then rolled back to show me the photo on his phone screen while giggling.

“Oh, look look. You really do look alike.”

When I looked at Seo Yehyeon with unfocused eyes, he panicked and added an explanation.

“The hair color looks alike, the hair color! You don’t think I meant your face looks alike, do you!”

“I can feel your true intentions perfectly from omitting the subject. Who do you take me for, some blockhead who can’t read that much?”

Seo Yehyeon’s hair color shining brilliantly under the practice room lighting from below looked fucking amazing, which pissed me off even more. I don’t think that color came out like that when I had it. Does hair dye discriminate based on faces too?

While Ryu Jaehee’s impression became much more intense with the dyeing, there were also members whose impression changed dramatically with their hair color change.

Kim Dobin wasn’t one of them. Kim Dobin just went from looking dumb to looking slightly less dumb.

So that left Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun, so there was no need to beat around the bush like this. Anyway, it was interesting how hair color could influence impressions this much since they had such different vibes than usual.

“But Jun, is that hair okay for your drama filming…?”

“I’ll have to dye it with hair spray for filming for a while. I feel bad that we’re filming the music video and concept photos domestically because of me.”

Gyeon Hajun said in a slightly dejected voice while touching his dyed hair.

I’d heard along with the storyboard that the music video filming would proceed domestically since overseas filming that would tie us down for several weeks was impossible due to Gyeon Hajun’s drama filming schedule.

Since there were many scenes filmed in studios with lighting, it seemed like the quality wouldn’t be greatly affected even if it wasn’t overseas.

“How is it your fault? Our agency probably doesn’t have the budget to film three music videos overseas anyway. Think of it as filming three videos domestically instead of one overseas.”

“That’s right, Hajun hyung. Since when was overseas filming a given for us? We’re much more comfortable and happy domestically too. Doby hyung and I have regular schedules anyway.”

When I lightly patted Gyeon Hajun’s shoulder with comforting words, Ryu Jaehee copied me like a copycat.

“Hajun hyung, you’re overthinking things right now and digging yourself into a hole over nothing. Now, let’s resume practice to clear Hajun hyung’s head!”

Clap clap!

Kim Dobin clapped and got us all up. As I was getting up sluggishly, I blinked at a sudden thought.

“Why is he saying the lines I should be saying?”

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“Ugh… When I first heard about three music videos, I was just happy, but now that we’re in filming marathon mode, it’s brutal.”

“We do have to finish within schedule. The staff must be having a hard time too.”

Gyeon Hajun responded to Ryu Jaehee’s lament while fiddling with his mask.

As the center of this comeback and the lead in all three music videos, Ryu Jaehee had good reason to be tired. Among us, he was the one running around the most, rolling around, going into water – basically suffering the most.

By the way, as Kim Dobin predicted, the first music video had no performance parts.

“I can’t believe today is the first day of filming for the second music video. Even if we finish filming tomorrow, we still have one more to film…”

“But at least you won’t be running today, right? And no water getting poured over your head.”

I shook my head thinking of yesterday’s filming, which was truly ‘extreme hardship experience, life’s reality.’

“Just thinking about yesterday when I got doused with that black water several times…”

I was grumbling when I suddenly felt a chill and stopped.

Wait, yesterday? I feel like I forgot something very important that happened yesterday…

“Damn it! I can’t believe I forgot about this!”

Finally remembering that ‘very important thing,’ I grabbed my head and let out a sigh.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“Yesterday was Yongcheol hyung’s second full album release date. This was his first full album since he made it big, so I was going to post on Inbyeol right after release to promote it, but I completely forgot.”

My plan got messed up like this. As soon as I realized it, tremendous stress hit me.

If I post album release screenshots on Inbyeol now, won’t it be obvious I forgot and posted late? That would be too embarrassing.

“That’s understandable. We all collapsed from exhaustion as soon as we got back to the dorm after yesterday’s music video filming.”

Gyeon Hajun comforted me from the side, but I couldn’t hear him right now.

“No wonder the group chat was so backed up. Ah, hyungs! Couldn’t at least one of you have messaged me privately!”

How could not a single person point out my mistake?

I was about to roughly mess up my hair when I realized we were in the middle of music video filming and smoothly lowered my hand. The break would end soon and filming would resume, so I couldn’t mess up the styled hair.

“Damn, Yongcheol hyung isn’t sulking because I didn’t congratulate him or mention him in the group chat, is he?”

Looking at the chat room where there were no separate messages even from Yongcheol hyung, let alone the other hyungs, I got anxious for no reason.

“No, he’s not the type to sulk over something like this. When I eliminated his entire team from DTB and asked for a featuring, he just settled it with one punch to the head.”

Too embarrassed to say I forgot, I couldn’t even send a message and was muttering almost like self-hypnosis, while Ryu Jaehee was already checking the charts next to me.

“Hip-hop really is the trend. It came out yesterday and it’s already 5th on the music charts.”

[5th-new ‘D.I – WAVE’ ♥21,953]

[21st place – new ‘D.I – Flight (Feat. Yoon Eden of Reve)’ ♥38,001]

Ryu Jaehee, who had been scrolling down the chart, paused.

“Oh, when did you do a featuring? I don’t think you met with D.I rapper or anything.”

“Just call him D.I hyung comfortably. What’s with this ‘rapper-nim’ stuff? That hyung is surprisingly emotional, so if he knew my close friend like you was calling him that, he’d probably tear up saying it feels too distant.”

I glanced at the chart rankings Ryu Jaehee was showing me.

“He told me not to feel pressured since it was just a B-side track, so I just recorded the featuring part and sent it to him. Why is the ranking so high?”

It seemed high for a B-side track with a good song plus my presence buff. If the song had been mediocre, I wouldn’t have agreed to the featuring even for Yongcheol hyung.

B-side track featuring was a privilege I only gave to Yongcheol hyung. If someone other than Yongcheol hyung requested featuring for a B-side track, not even a title track? Not a chance.

“Okay, we’re going to start filming again with Eden’s part!”

At the voice calling me, I got up while thinking about how to fix this mistake.

I kept repeating the cycle of clearing my mind during my filming turn and thinking again during other members’ turns, and eventually came up with a good idea that could not only fix my mistake but also promote Yongcheol hyung’s song.

Filming alone or amateurishly with the members wasn’t bad, but with a professional right in front of me, shouldn’t I at least try asking?

As soon as today’s music video filming ended, I carefully approached the director with a request.

“Director, would it be possible to film a 30-second one-take song cover video in this studio?”

Starting with 【Reverse】, then 【Ride or Die】, and the music videos for 【Song of Clear Waters】 and 【Song of Mist and Clouds】, this director had been working with us consistently and had become quite close to us, so we felt we could at least try asking for a favor.

Fortunately, the director readily agreed, saying that much was nothing.

While the director listened to Yongcheol hyung’s new song and the sound director found the MR, I changed into the hoodie I’d worn here.

I put on the mic and stood in the center of the studio. The lights went out and hologram footage covered the studio walls. Fortunately, today’s music video set used hologram backgrounds, so there was no risk of spoiling the filming location.

I recited the most impressive verse in my style to the MR of Yongcheol hyung’s second full album title track.

Since the song cover video was one-take, it finished in one go.

“Thank you! Great work everyone!”

“See you again tomorrow!”

When I received the edited version in the evening and played it, I hadn’t even thought about celebrating, but admiration naturally flowed out.

“Wow, this is honestly quality that would totally make up for being upset about uploading two days late.”

Will Yongcheol hyung contact me right after seeing this or not? If this promotes well, I’ll have to brag about it big time. Humming a tune, I uploaded the cover song to Inbyeol.

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