A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 524

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 524

Ryu Jaehee, who had been standing in front of the TV for a while enjoying the members’ praise, finally sat down triumphantly in the middle of the sofa just as Group 4’s song was ending.

“So that was the reason for his belated adolescence.”

Gyeon Hajun chuckled and gently patted Ryu Jaehee’s back.

Although Ryu Jaehee had been grilling all the members relentlessly until the day before the competition, among them, Gyeon Hajun and I were the top two who suffered the most from Ryu Jaehee.

Gyeon Hajun and I were for detailed feedback on the competition song, while Seo Yehyeon and Kim Dobin were for previewing audience reactions.

No matter how much we pestered him, Ryu Jaehee wouldn’t tell us about the mission or competitors, only revealing his own competition song for Round 1.

Even while watching on TV, I felt it, but I had never been so desperate for pre-regression memories. If I had known that, I wouldn’t have been dying of curiosity.

Recalling that I knew DTB all the way through mid-Season 8, it became a moment for me to reflect for one second that I hadn’t been interested in the youngest member.

Anyway, Ryu Jaehee thoroughly hid what kind of mission it was and just practiced the competition song like crazy while managing his voice, so if the same group lineup was like that, he had good reason to be anxious.

“I was incredibly stressed after the group assignments. Anyone could see that I was the person who would be eliminated from Group 3.”

Well, if you think about it, that group combination was like Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Bach, and Yoon Eden level. Of course, it would be less extreme than this, but still.

“Ryu Jae, but why didn’t you say anything and just suffered in silence? Don’t tell me you didn’t trust us?”

Kim Dobin asked while covering his mouth. He seemed to want to create a shocked expression in his own way, but his acting skills were lacking, so he just became someone covering their mouth while yawning.

“If I talked about my group members and got comfort from you hyungs, I felt like I’d really think I deserved to be eliminated and wouldn’t be able to do my best.”

Ryu Jaehee answered with a serious face.

“If I got eliminated here, I’d think ‘well, I deserved to lose,’ and with this group composition, getting eliminated in Round 1 wouldn’t be embarrassing – I hated that version of myself too. Eden hyung said before that there’s no such thing as ‘deserved to lose.'”

“There is though. There are moments when the loser shines brighter than the winner.”

I lightly tapped Ryu Jaehee’s crown while recalling the DTB days.

“So don’t get too absorbed in what I said and control your mindset well, dude.”

Before we knew it, the TV screen was showing the 16 survivors of Round 1 and broadcasting next week’s preview.

[MC: Round 2 is the vocal range challenge.]

I had watched Round 2 before regression. Since I can’t remember the next round’s mission, I guess I didn’t watch Round 3.

“Vocal range challenge? Do they spin a roulette to change the song’s vocal range or something?”

I spoiled the Round 2 mission while pretending not to know.

“I’m confident with high notes, but I’m a bit worried about low notes.”

At Ryu Jaehee’s words, Seo Yehyeon shook his head and muttered.

“Wow, that’s interesting. Low notes are much easier for me than high notes.”

“That’s because you’re not singing in low notes, you’re reading lyrics in low notes and mistaking it for singing because you think you’re adding melody to it.”

After having a long argument with Seo Yehyeon about whether he was good at low notes or not, I finally concluded unilaterally that he “can’t do it” and lightly ruffled Ryu Jaehee’s hair.

“You’re good at low note parts too. Why are you so uncharacteristically nervous?”

“I looked up Senior No Gangyeol’s performance videos and naturally became humble.”

Ryu Jaehee, who let out a deep sigh, looked at me with sparkling eyes and said.

“Suddenly I have so much respect for you, hyung. How could you prepare for competitions under this kind of pressure while overcoming a slump and preparing for group activities all at the same time?”

I asked back with a crooked smile on my face.

“Suddenly? Not originally?”

“….”

I gave him a headlock while thinking. This brat, he should always have respect for this hyung equipped like a blade. Is respect some kind of sticker that you can peel off and stick on? Huh?

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[Hot Board🔥] Ilmong-ies ready to run real-time for Voice Legacy

-It’s been so long since the youngest was really nervous like this lol

-Even though he’s a 5-year veteran idol, with Yuje over there he really looks like the youngest by far lol

-No, what’s with Group 3’s composition, why are they doing this to our youngest member

-What’s with our hamster’s lottery luck!!!! Bring Dobin!!!!

-Please, I didn’t want to see one-sided memes here, I didn’t want to see Choi Eunjeong, No Gangyeol, and Yuje looking so formidable

-Wow, Suyeon unnie looks exactly the same as before, like she hasn’t aged

-During DTB, Eden’s position as an idol rapper didn’t feel particularly precarious, so why does Jaehee’s position as an idol vocalist feel so unstable in this competition show nowㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’m worried people will look at him with prejudice thinking that since he’s an idol, his singing skills are inferior to other singers, and they’ll start by deducting points…ㅠㅠ

-For real.. If I were in that situation, even if it wasn’t Yuje but some other idol main vocalist, no matter how good they were as a main vocalist, I would’ve probably dismissed them first, asking how they could even compete against the veteran singers of that era..

-They said it was a blind test but are they literally doing it from behind a door? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Still, since it’s a real blind test, I feel a bit more at ease

-“We covered your faces, so judge only by the singing”

-DTB masked robber ptsd is coming

-Door 4

-4

-Door 4 is Yuje

-Number 4 is obviously Jaehee to anyone who listens hahahaha

-My sister says she doesn’t know, but are you all recognizing him through fan power? But actually, I got it right before one verse even ended

-I think it’s the same as me not being able to tell apart Choi Eun-jung and Eom Su-yeon’s voices lol

-But really all five of them are good

-My dad says #2 is the worst and my mom says #3 is the worst, please I hope the judges are thinking the same wayㅠㅠㅠ

-Oh I heard Jaehee singing so I rushed out to the living room but there are only five door panels here

-The positioning was completely wrong too… why next to No Gangyeol of all people…

-It’s okay, our main vocalist didn’t get buried, he’s doing well

-What do I do, voting is starting

-I can’t watch the voting results, I’ll change channels for a bit, beep me when the results come out

-Jaehee did well, whatever the results are, he did his best so it’s okay

-Next time, can we get a lottery proxy… the same member’s lottery luck is just amazing

-Yuje survived!!!!!!!

-Wow, a competition program where Kang Taewool gets eliminated in Round 1, it’s really tough

-Our youngest member, let’s go straight to the finals!

-Look at the cold sweat flowing ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Even I was breaking out in cold sweat just looking at that lineup, so Jaehee must have felt even more pressure having to sing with elimination on the line in the middle of all that ㅠㅠㅠ

Look at Eunjeong unnie and Suyeon unnie with those mom smiles on their faces ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Our hamster is pretty cute, right? ㅋㅋㅋ

-Our youngest member got a solo interview

-Came to Rev OA live but the kids are doing their own round 1 right now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What the heckㅋㅋㅋ This is crazyㅋㅋㅋ Is this some kind of “boost the youngest’s pride” project?ㅋㅋㅋ

Those who had been running on the hot board until 【Voice Legacy】 Episode 1 ended rushed to the OA app as soon as they received the OA app live broadcast notification.

[On Air] Voice Legacy: Reve ver.

The live broadcast was streaming Rev’s practice room. On the screen, there was a long clothesline with a total of five blankets hanging on it.

Even the exact same song as 【Voice Legacy】 Round 1 Group 3’s competition song was playing.

[Please vote after it’s over!]

During the interlude, the person behind blanket number 5 quickly made an announcement, and they started singing one verse each from behind the blankets, shining their phone flashlights on themselves just like 【Voice Legacy】.

-Number 1 Yuje, Number 2 Yehyeon, Number 3 Hajun, Number 4 Eden, Number 5 Dobin

-Ha, the elimination battle is too fierce

-Is multiple voting possible? I want to designate Numbers 2, 4, and 5 as eliminated

-How about just changing the rule to voting for survivors

-Is this serious? You’re telling us to laugh, right? This isn’t serious, right? I can laugh, right?

After finishing the Round 1 Group 3 negative ver. competition, the members encouraged voting while still not coming out from behind the blankets.

[Alright, now please vote for the 1st place and last place numbers.]

-1/2

-1, 5

-1, 4

-3/2

…

In the rapidly scrolling chat, it was clear at a glance that number 1 was overwhelmingly popular for first place. Occasionally number 3 appeared too. Numbers 2, 4, and 5 never showed up at all.

And finally, the members revealed themselves from behind the blankets. It was exactly the order the fans had predicted.

[Wow, everyone’s saying number 1 for first place.]

[How about it, Youngest Member? Doesn’t your confidence just come alive?]

[Wait, we need to decide last place. Excluding numbers 1 and 3, it’s coming out pretty evenly right now. 4444. Who sent this with such emphasis? That hurts people’s feelings. I’ll consider this as four thousand four hundred forty-four and treat it as an invalid vote.]

[No way! You should count it as four votes for number 4! Are you ignoring the sincerity of our Daydream fans who took time to vote?]

[Someone please send 222222 for number 2 in tens like this. Oh, it just came. Thank you. Okay, 10 votes for hyung.]

-Honestly I think we should acknowledge a joint last place

-If one of those three had left, it wouldn’t even be a decent loss… Very fortunate to have power main vocalist Yuje…

-Really feeling the importance of song selection. I remember those three weren’t this bad in the old self-content where they used to sing

[Yes, with that, Rev Boysy Legacy Round 1 comes to a close with Yuje in 1st place and Yehyeon hyung in last place.]

[Hey! Why am I in last place! I didn’t get that many votes!]

[You’re in denial of reality. Anyway, that’s how it turned out, and we’ll see you next week for Round 2.]

[I’m not in last place! I was trying to boost Jaehee’s confidence, so why are you cutting down mine!]

[You had… confidence…?]

[The OA Live has ended.]

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March was not only the month when Ryu Jaehee went on a competition variety show alone, but also the month when Nitens, our direct junior girl group, debuted.

I was curious whether the CEO had applied his lingering attachment to the cosmic worldview concept he couldn’t use on us to the junior group, so I looked up their music video. But I could only feel that it was really well-made – there was no trace of any cosmic worldview to be found.

It emphasized a sportier and hipper sensibility rather than girl crush, which was much better than the pre-regression concept that had gone wrong from the early days by pushing too hard with only girl crush.

Could these girls also be…? I wondered, but the member composition was completely different from before regression. All different except for one member. And the member who was the same before and after regression wasn’t such a sharp leader either.

Damn it, am I starting to get influenced by Kim Dobin too? With LnL changing like this and the junior girl group’s member composition changing drastically, the debut concept could change too. Even the song that was originally set as their debut song was different.

[98th-new ‘Nĭtens – ON IT’ ♥765]

Entering the TOP 100 from the start was a pretty good trend. Remembering that our debut song couldn’t even chart and was completely banned left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Damn, if they were going to let me regress, they should have at least sent me back to before the debut song came out. Then I could have debuted with my own song, prevented the tragedy of my debut song becoming a banned song – how great would that have been.

“I’m jealous they charted from their debut song! We barely made it to the edge of the Top 100 with 【One Chance】!”

“Exactly. But when 【One Chance】 entered the charts, was it 95th place?”

“Wasn’t it 100th place? It was completely on the edge.”

“Wasn’t it 95th? I have a screenshot of the chart saved.”

“I also have a screenshot from when it was 100th place.”

I held my forehead watching the members whose stories didn’t match up.

Damn it, is this overwriting incomplete too?

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