A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 497

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 497

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Rev’s North American tour encore concert and the final performance marking the end of [In Reve] was held at Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome for three days.

First day of the concert.

Miss Kim kept glancing back even while standing at the front of the Standing A section line.

She didn’t want to feel unnecessary anxiety and guilt over the perfectly natural thing of getting absorbed in her boys’ concert stage unfolding right before her eyes, leaving behind the grandfather who appeared to be over eighty in the standing section next to her.

Very fortunately, there were no elderly people in her line or the adjacent line, but just in case, she left a tweet before entering.

Dream♥Daydream @revedream

By any chance, isn’t there a grandfather (+elderly people) in other standing sections at the dream concert?

Just in case because of that inconsiderate granddaughter from the last concert…

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There was no way Miss Kim, who was at the front fence of Standing A section far from the VIP seats, could know that the grandfather was sitting very comfortably in the VIP section with his granddaughter and her friends.

Of course, it wasn’t Yoon Eden who sent concert VIP tickets to his grandfather. Yoon Eden, who had no delicacy in such matters, thought it was quite enough to just show his grandfather the concert once and gain his recognition, so he didn’t even think to send tickets.

As always, he only sent concert tickets to his cousin Yoon Jeonga and even her friends who asked her for them.

It was Ryu Jaehee who sent the concert VIP tickets to Eden’s grandfather.

Along with a pretty and heartfelt handwritten letter saying shouldn’t Eden hyung’s grandfather, who even made it to Billboard, listen to his songs live once since the venue got even bigger than last time, and a red ginseng set.

Somehow, Yoon Eden had even outsourced filial piety to the youngest member.

The music videos that had been continuously playing on screens installed here and there abruptly stopped when performance time arrived. The lights went out one by one, plunging the venue into darkness and signaling the start of the concert.

Along with synthesizer sounds harmonizing with Gyeon Hajun’s vocals, the electronic display lit up and instead of a VCR video, the members’ figures positioned squarely on stage, precisely behind the stage where the musicians should be, appeared on the big screen.

But it was somewhat different from the familiar composition of .

It was Kim Dobin holding drumsticks with a very tense face, and Yoon Eden plucking bass guitar strings with an indifferent expression.

‘Guitar! Bassist Eden!’

Fans who had desperately wanted Yoon Eden’s guitar position in the band concept sent out joyful cheers along with their loud exclamations. Fans who had Kim Dobin as their bias also screamed with supportive emotions at Kim Dobin’s determined expression.

Since the instrument players had changed, the song’s feel also differed from the original.

If the existing song had drum sounds inevitably standing out as professional among amateurs, the current performance had the drum sounds slightly buried while the bass sounds supported the song melody more solidly than before.

Seo Yehyeon’s lip-sync and gesture skills as he pulled the microphone from the stand and roamed the stage alone had grown exponentially through several consecutive concert tours.

When the song ended and the band musicians came on, Kim Dobin handed over his drumsticks, while Ryu Jaehee and Yoon Eden hurriedly took off their guitars and handed them over with bows and greetings, then quickly joined the members who had already gone to the front of the stage.

The gap between their professional stage appearance and the awkward moment they showed now drew laughter from the audience.

“Long time no see!”

Immediately, performances of , a track from their first full album, and 【Rise】 from their second single followed.

The mint-colored light from the light sticks that fans enthusiastically waved created waves that filled the spacious Gocheok Dome.

After finishing four consecutive song performances, the members caught their breath and sent refreshing greetings toward the audience.

“It seems like we’ve shown you in band version after a long time.”

Since they had only done stage versions throughout the tour, it had been truly a long time since Rev members held instruments on stage like this.

“Originally, we wanted to present something fresh when performing at this encore concert. But because of our greed to show you something perfect, we unanimously agreed it would be better to practice a bit more before presenting it.”

Seo Yehyeon grabbed the microphone and smiled sheepishly. Yoon Eden, who had placed his hand on Kim Dobin’s shoulder, naturally continued the comment.

“So today we simply presented a prototype of the band position change we’ll show someday. Dobin has a good sense of rhythm, so he learned drums very quickly.”

As soon as Yoon Eden finished speaking, Kim Dobin’s appearance of confidently making a V-sign and raising it up while smiling with his characteristic mouth shape drew laughter from here and there again.

The short talking time ended and the stage continued again.

At this concert, Gyeon Hajun presented 【Merry-go-round】, the OST from 【Project Blind Date】 and his solo song, for the first time, and Yoon Eden also carried on that atmosphere, performing 【LOST part. 2】 on this wide venue’s stage no less impressively than the DTB final stage.

After those two gentle solo stages ended, two people who had received the mission to grab and pull up the calmly settled concert atmosphere appeared on stage with their shoulders full of strength.

It was time for Kim Dobin and Seo Yehyeon’s duet stage.

“We don’t have solo songs like Eden hyung and Hajun hyung, or duet songs just for us, but Eden hyung’s songs are our songs and our songs are Eden hyung’s songs.”

Yoon Eden, who was listening to Kim Dobin’s comment from backstage, grumbled that this is why he loves Navy, see, these guys have no gratitude for the songs, but let’s skip over this.

“So the stage that Yehyeon hyung and I will present today is… Give us the beat!”

The beat of 【Killing Beat】, one of DTB Season 4’s most popular songs, filled the venue.

Especially since the hook part that Yoon Eden handled required a considerable level of rap skills, this song’s stage could have become solemn if done wrong.

However, 【Killing Beat】, reborn as a customized song for Seo Yehyeon and Kim Dobin through Yoon Eden’s slight arrangement tailored to the two, lyric rewrites, guide recording for guidance, and AR unavoidably inserted slightly in the hook part, successfully heated up the venue’s atmosphere.

Seo Yehyeon’s eyes as he sang verse lyrics while crossing the center aisle stage were full of confidence toward this stage.

Early debut days. Seo Yehyeon who earned derogatory nicknames like mistake machine and creator of new choreography, and whose very short rap parts were harshly criticized as flaws in Rev’s songs.

Seo Yehyeon whose face was superior to anyone but was pushed back by other members’ charisma and talent on stage.

Therefore, Seo Yehyeon had always only shown his best efforts on stage, so his current appearance of enjoying this stage leisurely and confidently truly looked radiant.

Kim Dobin, who was bouncing around energetically to various parts of the stage with inexhaustible energy, was the same.

The weakest in music releases, the atmosphere that the recording studio ‘again’ brothers had grabbed and pulled up was baton-passed to the youngest member, Ryu Jaehee.

Ryu Jaehee’s stage of singing that song – an animation OST called a high note battle, made famous by a winner on a variety show where people compete in singing skills while wearing masks – with techniques no less than a competition song, fully demonstrated Rev’s main vocalist’s potential.

After the solo stage ended, group stages continued in a whirlwind starting with 【Cheongryuga 】.

“Thank you!”

Five people’s resounding final greeting, lights going out. And immediately following, fans’ group singing of 【Ride or Die】’s chorus.

Was it the fifth repetition?

“Then shall we run until midnight again, Daydream?”

Rev appeared on stage again with 【Midnight】’s intro. It was the start of the encore stage.

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“See, Hyeongjin really didn’t come. Hand over 500,000 won each, quickly.”

“Bank transfer is fine, right?”

Choi Hyeongjin’s absence, even though I gave him first concert tickets, was enough to please me since I had bet 500,000 won with the members on ‘won’t come.’

“He really didn’t come? That’s impossible! That fanboy friend who even came to fan meetings really didn’t come?”

“What exactly did Choi Hyeongjin say about me at DTB finals that this hyung always mentions Choi Hyeongjin as my fanboy?”

“It was impressive though. There were two KICKS members there too, but they were honestly a bit overshadowed because of G-TE hyung.”

Seo Yehyeon couldn’t easily accept the result, but was K.O’d by the replies ‘Yeah’ and ‘Busy’ that came to my confirmation text asking if he really didn’t come.

No matter how much Hyeongjin is my stan, he wouldn’t come to a concert when he’s busy with regular album work.

Regret? There was none!

How could there be regret when I gained 750,000 won at once?

Gyeon Hajun also bet on ‘won’t come’ with me, so we nicely split the 1.5 million won we extorted from the other three members.

“But Juni, why did you bet on ‘won’t come’? Following me?”

“That’s part of it, but G-TE wasn’t recognized by you as a fan but for his music. So I thought you wouldn’t have approved of someone who abandons music for fandom during an important time.”

“Oh, that’s reasonable. I’ll ask Hyeongjin if this interpretation is right when I meet him later.”

“No, don’t ask. Even if you ask, don’t specifically say it’s my interpretation.”

Gyeon Hajun shook his head urgently. He was so urgent he was waving his hands too. Tsk, but I’m curious.

[What happened to the ticket? Did you sell it?] 11:39 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- Gave it to a junior I know]

[Choi Hyeongjin- Said they’re your fan] 11:55 PM

Not creating a resale economy with VIP tickets and even filling the audience count, truly befitting someone who bought albums worth a car and came to fan meetings.

The second day of the concert also passed safely without any particular issues, and we were finally facing the true final concert of the [In REVE] tour.

The final concert happened to coincide exactly with Seo Yehyeon’s birthday.

“Yehyeon hyung, do you know what day tomorrow is?”

“The last day of the concert.”

“And?”

“Finally a day I can catch my breath!”

Perhaps because he’d been living such breathless days, Seo Yehyeon had completely forgotten his own birthday. His appearance of laughing and clapping saying he could finally rest looked like a foolish hyung and somehow evoked even bittersweet emotions.

I almost found out on the day itself, but thanks to the ‘Final concert Seo Yehyeon birthday event’ post I saw during a search quest a week ago and Ryu Jaehee who knows all the members’ birthdays, I avoided a discord rumor disaster.

Anyway, what does it mean that the birthday person has completely forgotten their own birthday?

It means it’s perfect for presenting a very surprising birthday event.

Of course, no one said it was touching.

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