A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 458

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 458

1001 Mong @thousandonemong

Congratulations on Gyeon Hajun’s first drama debut

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Rave @REeeve

Seeing Rev’s mom become an arrogant cynical chaebol son makes me want to die (positive)

And then he’ll go back to the dormitory with that mama smile and cook for the kids…

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I want to be the fourth button on Gyeon Hajun’s shirt @ggak0103

My sister who hates when idols try acting and knows nothing about idols – I made her watch Project Matchmaking to find idols, and she immediately pointed out Jun saying “that guy on your room wall”…ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Still, she acknowledged that he acts pretty well for an idol. That’s the highest praise my sister can give to an idol trying acting

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I want to be the fourth button on Gyeon Hajun’s shirt @ggak0103

She was struggling saying it’s trashy but couldn’t take her eyes off it, seems like she found it quite interesting. I found it interesting too

Risu @leesu

Like a merry-go-round carousel, continuously replaying the song, it’s so fucking good

Round and round, we’re always in the same place-

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Jun Jun Jun @dfajop6923776

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Can’t reach, wandering in endless dreams, slowly turning in stopped time, believing in the destiny we’ll meet someday, slowly turning on the merry-go-round, waiting for you

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Risu @leesu

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You’re singing the whole thing by yourself;;

Dream Heart Daydream @revedream

Ttago friendship still ongoing

Not missing the chance for their first solo song either lolol

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Is it right to give the parachute role to someone who suffered from parachuting? Even if he was cast before KICKS disbanded, he was such an issue as a Pomesurin parachute victim, shouldn’t the drama side have modified the setting on their own?

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Unlike before regression when 【Project Blind Date】 gained word of mouth from episode 2, this time it was gaining word of mouth, albeit modestly, from episode 1. I was curious whether Gyeon Hajun’s influence was there or not.

Some people were angry about the parachute issue, but since the person involved, Gyeon Hajun, didn’t care at all about the parachute character setting, please don’t worry.

Since the drama’s first broadcast passed safely without any problems, it was time to focus on preparing the repackage album.

For music video shooting, since there wouldn’t be direct instrument sounds, shooting while being inexperienced with instruments wasn’t a big problem, but on stage, mistakes would clash with the sound, which was problematic. I can’t tolerate hand sync on stage.

“You learned all the guitar chords while learning acoustic guitar. The sound comes out well too. Right?”

As I turned on the guitar amp and asked Ryu Jaehee for confirmation, Ryu Jaehee holding the electric guitar nodded.

“Tell me if there were any problematic parts while practicing alone. I’ll help you with them.”

“The sound was ringing too sharply, is electric guitar originally like this?”

Ryu Jaehee, who asked the question, grabbed the opening chord of and demonstrated the first part.

“It’s because you’re hitting it too hard. You can’t just hit electric like acoustic guitar. This one makes sound however you hit it. So control your strength, relax your hands, delicately.”

I took the electric guitar from Ryu Jaehee and demonstrated. I suddenly remembered my high school band club friend who used to make a fuss saying the soul of a rock star awakens when you hold an electric guitar.

Seeing that no soul awakens even when I hold electric, I guess I’m naturally more hip-hop soul than rock.

Though it was the same guitar, a completely different sound flowed out from the sharp sound that just came from Ryu Jaehee’s fingertips. Ryu Jaehee clapped in admiration, saying it was definitely different.

“Okay, try again.”

Ryu Jaehee, who picked up the guitar again, attempted strokes with a very unconfident face. It was much better than before, but this time the sound lacked punch, probably because he relaxed too much.

“Doesn’t it seem too droopy when I relax the strength?”

“You relaxed too much. Again.”

“It sounds fresh hearing it from outside the recording studio.”

“There’s a lot that will be fresh.”

When I looked back at Ryu Jaehee with a sour face, Ryu Jaehee shrugged his shoulders with quite a shameless face.

“Move your wrist a bit more flexibly. Your wrist movement is too stiff right now.”

“Am I not moving flexibly enough right now?”

No, not at all. I shook my head looking at Ryu Jaehee’s extremely stiff wrist movement.

Eventually, I directly held Ryu Jaehee’s wrist and let him feel the movement. Ryu Jaehee repeated several times following the movement I guided, then put down the pick, rotated his wrist and asked.

“Hyung, is drums harder to learn or electric guitar harder to learn?”

“Why, if I say drums are easier to learn, will you pass electric to me and do drums?”

“I think that’s not a bad idea either. Guitar sound stands out more than drums.”

“It’s not difficult if you have rhythm sense, but this song probably isn’t at a level you can do after learning for a few weeks. I adjusted it to my level.”

“Then I guess I have to keep practicing electric guitar diligently. It’s not easy. Playing electric guitar coolly was kind of a dream of mine, but the barrier between dreams and reality is high.”

“You should have learned it earlier.”

When I ruffled Ryu Jaehee’s hair and replied indifferently, Ryu Jaehee smiled bitterly and muttered.

“Back in my TK trainee days, I wanted to learn so I looked into music academies, but my parents said they couldn’t pay for academy fees and money to buy instruments.”

Oh… I stopped ruffling Ryu Jaehee’s hair.

“I wasn’t that close with the trainee hyungs who could play guitar either. Those hyungs happened to be close with those bastards. You know the type who suck up to people who bully others. Exactly that type. So I gave up on guitar like that.”

Why are you making me feel so solemn? As I stopped awkwardly, unable to continue ruffling his hair or lower my hand, Ryu Jaehee looked back at me and smiled brightly.

“But in the end, hyung taught me. You’re teaching me electric too. I’ve kind of fulfilled my wish.”

With a sense of mission rising from deep in my heart, I rolled up my sleeves and vigorously patted Ryu Jaehee’s back.

“Right, I’ll fulfill your dream of playing electric guitar coolly too. Let’s go Spartan for a while. Pick up the guitar again. I’ll make you able to at least pretend to be a fucking rock star.”

[Profanity detected.]

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It’s not like I said fucking idol music. Wasn’t fucking rock star just a common expression?

Ryu Jaehee, who was struggling while rubbing his back, said to me with tears welling up in his eyes.

“Can’t you go easy?”

“On what? Patting your back? Or practice?”

“Both.”

How can you overcome the high barrier between dreams and reality by going easy? The best way to learn the feel and control the strength of sound and hand power is consistent practice, unless you have tremendous talent for guitar.

And from what I saw, Ryu Jaehee wasn’t particularly talented with guitar. Then what can you do? You have to practice like hell.

After finishing two hours of Spartan electric guitar practice like that, we lay down in the practice room for rest time. Ryu Jaehee, who was looking at his phone with a tired face, delivered some welcome news to me.

“Altair is also making a comeback in July. July would overlap perfectly with our repackage activities.”

“Oh, simultaneous release would be interesting.”

I threw the guitar pick and caught it in mid-air while grinning. With a face that couldn’t relate at all, Ryu Jaehee added to my words.

“It’s not KICKS, it’s Altair?”

KICKS from when? Those guys already became nothing in this fierce competitive market.

Speaking of KICKS, I suddenly remembered and contacted Kwon Yunseong saying let’s see each other’s faces, but got a rather unexpected reply that he’s traveling the world alone so it’s difficult right now.

Thanks to our old friendship and Kwon Yunseong’s kind heart in the end, I just threw him some insider advice to film good videos and upload them to YouTube later.

Later, when travel YouTube takes off, there should be a path to make a comeback as a YouTuber.

Choi Hyeonmin says he’s challenging the restaurant business, and seeing his grand ambition of charging 32,000 won for a bowl of pasta, this guy still seems to not have come to his senses. Maybe he needs to fail once to wake up.

And Pomesurin, damn it, I’ve seen it so much it’s stuck in my mouth. I feel sorry for our Podo. Anyway, seeing Jung Iseo’s fans this time was no joke either – it’d be fortunate if the restaurant doesn’t get terrorized with raw eggs.

I clicked my tongue once toward KICKS, who have to navigate this harsh world with the stigma of being unlikable, and returned to my conversation with Ryu Jaehee.

“We’re not in a weight class where we need to worry about getting crushed by going up against Altair anymore, right? We need to clash head-on at least once and crush them to be able to say with certainty that we’ve surpassed Altair.”

Now I was confident we could face Altair with everything we had, not just music. The past Rev that prayed to avoid tie-breaking was dead.

“It’s embarrassing to be called a small agency miracle without being able to surpass a major entertainment company idol even once. That’s not a miracle, it’s just maintaining a small agency’s position.”

“Hyung, you’re so confident sometimes it’s like you came from the future. It’s like you know everything when you say things like that. Sometimes it’s amazing. How can you speak with such certainty?”

Ryu Jaehee chuckled and muttered, but I wasn’t bothered at all. Because I don’t know this kind of future either since I haven’t experienced it.

If you have conviction and work your ass off, everything gets achieved. Of course, it’s meaningless if I work myself to death alone – the surrounding environment and timing need to support it too.

But this time both are supporting me, right? So I should achieve it with this opportunity.

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Hearing that the drama filming was entering its latter half, we planned to send a coffee truck to the filming location to boost Gyeon Hajun’s morale.

Actually, I hadn’t even thought of it, but the youngest member suggested it first. Yeah, I admit I’m less considerate than Ryu Jaehee.

But since I handled all the coordination with the agency regarding schedule and budget, it should be okay for me to take some credit, right?

“Is it okay to send a coffee truck to this filming?”

“Yeah, that got an okay. But the PD over there asked if Rev could do a group cameo appearance in this filming just once.”

“What? A cameo appearance?”

While trying to send a coffee truck to the drama filming location, we were offered a group cameo appearance in Gyeon Hajun’s drama.

“What context is this role even coming from…?”

As expected, an unpredictable makjang drama.

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