A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 526

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 526

I could see Gyeon Hajun’s ear tips turning bright red, probably embarrassed by his own misunderstanding. Judging by how he hastily turned his head away, his face was probably a similar color.

Gyeon Hajun asked while frantically fanning his face with his hands.

“But why bring up pride all of a sudden?”

“I suddenly realized through someone’s case that excessive pride can sometimes end up eating away at yourself.”

Just look at my past self – didn’t my relationship with the crew hyungs fall apart because I refused to admit my obvious mistakes in our misunderstanding?

Damn, I ruined my mood by bringing up the past. I roughly ran my hands through my hair at the memory that was nothing short of my dark history.

Since I thought of it anyway, I should work on Juseong hyung’s wedding song after finishing work today.

Thanks to Gyeon Hajun’s solo song release becoming an immediate priority, the wedding song inevitably got pushed to the back burner. Still, the wedding was in May, so there was still over a month left.

So I was still pondering the concept. Should I make Juseong hyung cry tears in front of his bride and guests, or should I turn the wedding into an amazing concert?

Either way, my goal was to create a wedding performance that would be remembered for decades to come.

After finishing my wedding song thoughts, I returned to the conversation topic with Gyeon Hajun.

“The song is good enough, so don’t feel too pressured. Are you getting competitive because you’re up against Parachute?”

When I asked playfully, Gyeon Hajun scratched his cheek.

“I feel a bit sorry because it seems like I’m the only one releasing solo songs too often. The last Project Blind Date OST was also my solo song. I’m taking away opportunities from other members, so I should at least win overwhelmingly with the results.”

I couldn’t quite grasp which aspect of Gyeon Hajun’s sheepishly revealed feelings I should empathize with, so I carefully chose my words.

“You release one song twice, while Youngest Member and I release nine to thirteen songs at once – what’s there to be sorry about?”

“But Rev has Doby and Yehyeon hyung besides you and Youngest Member. Actually, solo activity opportunities should go fairly to those two as well.”

Well. When I casually asked about this because it was weighing on my mind, Kim Dobin might be different since he was overflowing with enthusiasm for dance genres, but Seo Yehyeon had no desire for solo activities at all.

He said he wouldn’t do anything less than a duet, telling me not to abandon him alone on a cold stage.

Anyone listening would think solo activities meant abandoning members.

I reassured Gyeon Hajun not to worry about those two and returned to the dormitory in time for the Voice Legacy Round 2 broadcast.

Ryu Jaehee, who had finished his last Inkigayo MC stint last week and passed the MC position to a junior, could now proudly sit in the middle of the sofa and watch the broadcast he appeared in.

[MC: Round 2, vocal range mission.]

Round 2 proceeded as a round of 16 tournament. It was a one-on-one battle where only one person from each pair could advance to Round 3.

The mission rules were simple.

The two opponents would sing the same song. Before performing on stage, both would spin a roulette once each to randomly designate a total of two vocal ranges.

Then during the performance, when the vocal range changed at specific sections, the participant who best handled the song including the given vocal range would win. Of course, the standard was the number of votes from the judging panel.

Teams were decided by drawing balls, and competition songs by drawing numbers. There were eight number boards total, and when each team selected one number, the song behind that number became that team’s competition song.

Ryu Jaehee was paired one-on-one with an indie band vocalist. In the attitude of yielding the competition song number selection to Ryu Jaehee, there was a strangely condescending feeling.

“Why is he acting so cocky?”

It wasn’t just me who felt it – Seo Yehyeon also frowned deeply and pointed out the opponent’s attitude.

-Why is his attitude like that? Does he think he sings better than Jaehee?

-Yeah, it’s obvious he thinks he’s some amazing real music artist and looks down on our youngest member as just an idol lol

-Fucking condescending, I want to smack his head with a dream catcher;;

-He doesn’t want to leave any reason for self-blame when he loses, so he’s yielding the selection opportunity lol lol lol lol

The fans commenting in real-time seemed pretty pissed off too. I wasn’t looking for it myself – it was displayed on Ryu Jaehee’s phone screen, so I was lurking with side glances.

It’s because of bastards like that opponent that the meaning of “real music” becomes a mockery.

[Yuje: I’ll choose number 8.]

Ryu Jaehee on screen steadfastly maintained his smile and selected the competition song number.

“I’m actually grateful. He’s building up my narrative.”

As everyone was getting worked up over the opponent’s excessive remarks, Ryu Jaehee calmed us down and winked.

[MC: Number 8 song is ‘Love & Friendship’!]

[Hanna: That song is difficult. The pitch already goes up and down, and if you add vocal range adjustments on top of that, oh my…]

All eight teams’ competition songs were decided, and the first batter was Ryu Jaehee’s team.

[MC: Please spin the roulette, both of you.]

Ryu Jaehee and the indie band vocalist took turns spinning the roulette.

[Vocal range 3 keys up]

[Vocal range 3 keys down]

-Damn it Yuje, I’ve been telling you since last week to take the lucky totem Nodam photocard

-Please let the up hit during the low parts at the beginning and down hit during the high parts…

-If that hits during the chorus it’s hell, I just tried it and the original notes are already high so raising the vocal range by two keys or more is fucking difficult

-It’ll be hard for our kid too but that guy also looks fucked so it’s satisfying

[MC: Yes, quite extreme results came out. Let’s see on stage how both of you will handle these vocal ranges well!]

The indie band vocalist’s stage was first.

[Starting from the third verse, the vocal range Change light comes on!]

[No Gangyeol: The vocal range down hits right on the low notes.]

The opponent handled the low notes fairly well. The vocal range up that appeared before the second chorus also connected well with the soaring chorus since the original part’s vocal range wasn’t that high, and he completed the song.

Ryu Jaehee’s surprised face watching the stage from the side was briefly captured on screen.

-He’s annoying but he is good

-I’m anxious because I think I’ll get bonus points for handling the low notes without wavering… I wish Yuje would just come out with a lower vocal range from the start ㅠ

-Please please please Jaehee crush him Jaehee crush him

The indie band vocalist exited to the side where Ryu Jaehee was amid applause, and Ryu Jaehee took the microphone and stood on stage.

Since they were competing with the same song, the key was showing the singer’s own individuality so the listeners wouldn’t get tired of the song.

Low intro and high chorus. This was the characteristic of this song.

The song continued without vocal range changes until the first verse. This was different from the previous indie band vocalist’s stage, which had vocal range variations once in the first verse and once in the second verse.

When everyone was getting anxious because the mission hadn’t dropped until the second verse.

Vocal range down appeared in the chorus right after the second verse. When Ryu Jaehee on screen calmly lowered three vocal ranges and sang three verses without panic, vocal range up immediately lit up.

[Right after the vocal range down ends, a vocal range up mission immediately follows!]

-What the fuck?

-Why are they doing this to our kid

The vocal range up hit right during the chorus that required high notes, so everyone clenched their fists anxiously and just watched the TV screen.

After showing the vocal range up light, the surprised participants’ faces, and the judging panel’s faces one by one, it returned to the part where the low notes had just ended, then showed him perfectly raising the vocal range by three keys and singing.

The sight of him stably handling the high notes that shot up from the low notes without any strain further maximized Ryu Jaehee’s outwardly visible vocal ability.

“Hey, Youngest Member is crazy!”

“He’s doing it! How did he immediately hit that note three vocal ranges higher?”

Kim Dobin and I, sitting on either side of Ryu Jaehee, went wild ruffling his hair and hitting his back.

Ryu Jaehee’s stage had high mission difficulty but also maximized his skills – high risk, high return, so to speak.

-Neighborhood people!!! This is Rev’s main vocalist!!!!!

-Crazy, the main vocalist high is almost at lethal levels right now

-When the youngest hit those high notes I almost cried for realㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Sorry for cursing, but I’m not really sorry. Our youngest member handled it brilliantly, but honestly it was fucking difficult

[MC: The winner of the first stage chosen by 100 judges is… Yuje!]

Ryu Jaehee won by an overwhelming margin of 86 to 14.

[Yuje: My heart is still pounding. I was thinking ‘Did I miss the mission?’ until I sang the second verse.]

“This is why you do the underdog thing. It’s fun to crush people who looked down on you with your skills.”

Ryu Jaehee was the one who spoke, but everyone looked at me with silent reproach.

Did I teach him that? He learned it himself, didn’t he? I felt wronged.

After the broadcast ended, Ryu Jaehee turned on an OA live stream to show Daydream that crazy stage once more in a live version.

“Why don’t we do Voice Legacy Round 2 Rev version? I’m scared it might be seen as mocking the program due to the skill gap with the original broadcast…”

“Nah, it wouldn’t be misunderstood as mockery, but as a misunderstanding about the average level of idol vocals.”

“But honestly, Yehyeon hyung doesn’t really sing that badly below average anymore. It’s just that he doesn’t catch Eden hyung’s eye because of the monster vocalists Ryu Jaehee and Gyeon Hajun.”

“Why are you only picking on me! I was talking about all three of you!”

“I’m a main rapper, not a vocalist though.”

“By that logic, I’m a sub rapper too, you know?”

“Yes, since Tom and Jerry are starting again, let’s leave them to fight and I’ll take song requests. Please also mention your requested vocal range and I’ll randomly select from them.”

In front of us having a serious discussion, Ryu Jaehee smoothly took the phone with the OA live camera rolling and began taking song requests and vocal range requests in earnest.

* * *

Finally, the reply I’d been waiting for from Cha Yeonho arrived. He was discharged ages ago but ignored my texts until now?

[Cha Yeonho- Just looking at the texts you sent gives me a headache so I couldn’t read them]

[Cha Yeonho- That’s why I couldn’t reply] 10:10 PM

[Cha Yeonho- You’ll understand, right?^^] 10:11 PM

Really? Then I should send it again with better readability. As I keep saying, you have to repay what you receive. And considering what I went through because Cha Yeonho passed the danger system to me, even this was nowhere near enough.

[1. Why didn’t you try to avoid the traffic accident and instead took the hit with your body.

2. Why did you try to pass the danger system to me while taking that hit.

2-1. Was your intention the positive one of trying to eliminate the system together

2-2. Or were you planning to pass it to me and then die.

3. Were you confident that you wouldn’t die.

3-1. Did you plan to completely pass the system to me, making me live with a dual system setup while you lived happily in a world without systems.

3-1-1. Has the danger system returned to you now.

3-1-1-1. If it returned, when did it return.

3-1-1-1-1. When you regained consciousness? Or while unconscious?

3-1-1-1-1-1. When did you regain consciousness? When it hit the news? Or before that?

4. If it was the positive intention of trying to eliminate the system together, why didn’t you discuss it with me beforehand.

4-1. You’re not planning to read item 4 and make the ridiculous excuse that it was positive intention but you couldn’t contact me in time, thinking I’m an idiot, are you.

4-2. Did you specifically target me to pass the system to, or did you just pass it without specifying and it came to me.

5. What purpose did you achieve by tossing the system to me.

6. Can you regain complete memories that weren’t manipulated or cut when you escape from the system.

6-1. If you did regain them, were your previous memories of being manipulated memories that the system arbitrarily created, or were they memories you actually experienced but mysteriously cut and randomly inserted with events from other cycles.] 10:20 PM

Just when I thought this bastard was ignoring my texts again, a reply arrived.

[Cha Yeonho- Why does it seem longer than before?] 10:30 PM

Well, when I sent it casually before, I just wrote stream-of-consciousness style, and as I organized it, naturally more things I wanted to ask came up, didn’t they?

From the moment he asked me to reorganize and resend it, Cha Yeonho dug his own grave with his own hands.

[Cha Yeonho- 1. Because that accident was necessary, specifically the coma state from that accident

2. Because only then could I enter unconsciousness without the system

3. Half and half

3-1-1. Yeah

3-1-1-1-1. While unconscious

3-1-1-1-1-1. The day before

4. Can’t eliminate it

4-2. I didn’t specify, just passed it this time

6. Yeah

6-1. The latter] 11:30 PM

I expected him to answer maybe one or two items, but surprisingly a fairly sincere reply came back.

I guess Cha Yeonho was also moved and impressed by my sincerity in organizing it with good readability.

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