A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 530

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 530

Wait… it wasn’t an April Fool’s prank but an actual concept?

Hip-hop warrior Gyeon Hajun, whom fans had been desperately praying would end as just an April Fool’s joke, had finally invaded the music video. The fans watching felt their hearts drop.

A mismatched concept becomes a lifetime source of mockery.

Just thinking about GIFs of Hajun swinging a bat and smashing up the set being used as mocking memes to shut fans up or funny images in community comments made their hearts sink already.

In the minds of some fans who firmly believed Rev would reach their 20th and 30th anniversaries, they could already picture late-30s Gyeon Hajun facing hip-hop warrior photos on a talk show, suppressing his bewildered emotions and forcing an awkward smile.

If it really was just an April Fool’s prank, they could at least give him the title of ‘my kid who’s this serious about solo activities’ for sacrificing himself to promote his solo song, and beat up anyone who mocked him with those photos.

But if he actually promoted with this concept, there would be no answer.

Following the intense beat that started flowing from the music video, the fans’ hearts also pounded loudly.

Just as fans who came to watch the music video were debating whether to close the window immediately or watch it to the end out of loyalty since it was still their kid’s work.

At perfect timing, the beat cut off abruptly and Hajun in the screen took off his mismatched snapback and chain necklace, smoothly lifting up a sketchbook.

Only one sentence was written on the sketchbook.

[April Fool’s prank over!]

Rev really knew how to toy with people’s hearts in all sorts of ways with a sketchbook.

Gyeon Hajun, who wasn’t good at winking, tried to attempt a wink by slightly closing both eyes then opening them, and brought the sketchbook close to the camera, completely covering the screen.

When the sketchbook was removed again, the scene showed Gyeon Hajun wearing an ivory knit sweater and headset, standing in front of a recording microphone.

Finally seeing the proper scene, fans breathed a sigh of relief and began comfortably enjoying the music video and song.

[From autumn to winter, more suited to breakups than confessions

After passing through those two somewhat difficult seasons

Now I’m slightly feeling it, our relationship has become ambiguous]

The main focus was recording scenes in the studio, but it wasn’t just recording scenes throughout – intermittent first-person dating sim perspective scenes of a romantic date under cherry blossoms that hadn’t fully bloomed yet were mixed in, leaving no time to feel bored.

The shaky camera and occasionally out-of-focus shots added to the sense of realism.

Yoon Eden also appeared briefly as a cameo, nodding his head with a satisfied expression beyond the recording booth, then discovering the camera pointed at him and smiling sheepishly while pulling his cap down low to cover his eyes.

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(Video)

Gyeon Hajun – ‘AND YOU’ Official M/V

Views 950K ☝10K ☟

Comments 4,853

April1stisAprilFoolsAprilFools • 1 day ago

Ilmong-ies whose hearts sank the moment they heard “wassup” in Hajun’s voice, raise your hands

Likes 2.3K

NineVarieties • 17 hours ago

Who plays an April Fool’s prank even in a music video ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I really thought they were making a comeback with a hip-hop concept and my heart almost dropped ㅠㅠㅠ

Likes 998

FilialPietyIdol • 10 hours ago

I haven’t gone cherry blossom viewing this year yet, but what’s this memory of holding hands with Hajun and running under cherry blossom trees?

I didn’t see Gyeon Hajun that way, but he’s manipulating my memories

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user-165412352 • 7 hours ago

Gyeon Hajun should walk the path of knits, coats, suits, and shirts for life

Hoodies banned, chain necklaces banned, rings on all ten fingers banned, anyway all bold accessories completely banned

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Thanks to everyone coming to see the April Fool’s prank that fooled them brilliantly until the last moment, the view count rose to nearly 1 million in just one day.

Gyeon Hajun’s new R&B/urban genre song 【AND YOU】 with its calm but addictive melody entered the music charts at 11th place right after release and quickly climbed to 5th place.

Real concept photos with spring vibes enhanced by April’s late cold snap were also released.

Seeing Gyeon Hajun in a trench coat and shirt under cherry blossom trees with flower buds modestly formed since they hadn’t reached blooming season yet, fans were finally able to escape the nightmare of the overly intense metal bat hip-hop warrior.

Photos of the hip-hop warrior and the perfect spring date look circulated side by side as comparison charts with titles like ‘The Importance of Stylists.jpg’.

The released digital single album [AND YOU] contained two tracks.

It wasn’t different songs, but one song recorded in two versions.

[track 1. AND YOU (title)]

[track 2. AND YOU(Feat. Yoon Eden of Rev)]

The title track was the original version without rap parts, the B-side was the featuring version with Yoon Eden’s rap.

Since the original version was the title track, both versions received good reviews thanks to Yoon Eden putting his heart into ensuring the parts without rap didn’t sound boring in comparison.

Of course, being the title track, the original version ranked higher on the charts, but the featuring version also firmly held its position just two spots below.

Maybe it was because they were pranked too hard on April Fool’s Day.

While everyone was happy and excited about the solo song that turned out much better than expected, something happened that would add fuel to that fire.

Former KICKS member Jung Iseo challenges going solo? …Declares April solo activities

-Huh? Fuck, is he crazy? He has no sense at all;;

-I really don’t want to see him do better than parachute Hajun, so I’ll stream the hell out of it

-Come to the April charts, you bastard. Those fans keep saying Pomesurin debuted in KICKS because they could push Hajun out, so let’s have a fair solo vs solo battle

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Jung Iseo came running to argue with me again as soon as Gyeon Hajun’s solo song was released. But now his crimes had grown bigger, so I responded half-heartedly.

There was no need to pay attention to someone I wouldn’t have to see forever in just a few weeks.

[The photo that was uploaded then was really just an April Fool’s prank, you know?]

[Did I say anything wrong?] 3:10 PM

[And do you think you’re the boss, so you’re pouring out your irritation on me like this?] 3:11 PM

[Get a grip, you’re not the boss] 3:12 PM

However, I was a bit annoyed, so I properly made Parachute face reality.

Since I really hadn’t said anything wrong, Parachute couldn’t argue further. The fact that he was being cautious in case I might spread the recording if I got upset also seemed to play a part.

It wouldn’t be easy to postpone after already announcing the comeback schedule.

The May comeback lineup is pretty competitive too. If he postpones now, it’ll keep getting delayed and eventually fizzle out without receiving any attention.

Gyeon Hajun was doing a live stream talking about the behind-the-scenes of his solo album.

“April Fool’s… actually, at first I was going to upload a dance video. It’s originally R&B and urban genre, but I was going to trick people into thinking it was dance genre.”

That’s right. What Gyeon Hajun originally planned to do for April Fool’s promotion was dance choreography. He asked me to work on just 15 seconds of a dance song for the April Fool’s prank, and I just kindly provided guidelines.

“But Eden said this. He said if we did that, there would be people who really believed it was dance genre and would be disappointed when the actual song was released. So he suggested we trick them with a genre that wouldn’t disappoint anyone. That was hip-hop.”

Hearing it again, it was really thoughtful. It definitely wasn’t because I wanted to see Gyeon Hajun’s intense hip-hop outfit.

“Actually, almost no one expects my rap, right? So rather than disappointing people who were expecting dance genre, I thought it would be better for me to just look a bit foolish.”

I found myself nodding. Honestly, knowing Hajun’s rap skills, I couldn’t argue with that.

Of course, Gyeon Hajun didn’t readily agree from the start. But when I seriously asked if he wanted to lose to Parachute in terms of buzz, he immediately said okay.

With such deep resentment, I wondered how Hajun must have felt when I gave songs to Parachute before the regression.

Still, Hajun said the comment about being like a model student who wants to rebel but doesn’t know how was a bit hurtful, and he slightly drooped his eyes somewhat irritatingly toward the camera during the live stream filming.

“I borrowed the accessories from Eden.”

At Gyeon Hajun’s gesture mentioning me, I casually sat down next to him, shouldering a metal baseball bat in addition to the props I had lent to Gyeon Hajun.

-What? It’s exactly the same as that hip-hop warrior April Fool’s meme?

-No, it wasn’t that vibe though. Hajun really felt like he was spitting with his whole body

-I was about to say why do you have that stuff, throw it away right now! But why does it suit him???

-The accessories weren’t the problem, Hajun’s face was the problem… I can tell now that there’s a comparison group next to him

-Still, ten finger rings is too much

-Fact: Eden wears rings on three fingers of one hand

-That was considered too much???

-It seems like whether your features can handle the accessories is key. Eden has strong features so he needs to wear that much to look somewhat dressed up

The shocked chat messages flew up at such a fast speed that they were hard to follow with the eyes.

Gyeon Hajun, who had freely vented about the April Fool’s promotion story like a grudge resolution, was now talking about the music video.

“You know the cherry blossom date part in the music video? The other parts were filmed by Eden, but the first-person running while holding hands part was filmed by Doby. For realistic first-person VR?, I even held hands with Doby who was holding the phone while filming.”

“Hyung, it’s not VR, it’s a dating sim.”

Kim Dobin corrected him, but Gyeon Hajun stubbornly kept calling it VR until the end.

Since I was monitoring on my phone, I don’t know if they were fans or trolls, but questions kept coming up asking how it felt to have solo activities overlapping with Jung Iseo.

“I want to do my best since I received a good song and a good opportunity.”

Although he didn’t say which question he was answering, Gyeon Hajun’s words filled with firm determination were also an answer to that question that kept persistently coming up.

And honestly, Gyeon Hajun is probably looking forward to it right now. How much he must be anticipating seeing Parachute passionately singing without knowing that lyricist CB had produced absolutely amazing lyrics.

One day before Parachute’s solo song release, this time KICKS dropped a bomb.

Countdown posted on the Newborn homepage …KICKS comeback countdown?

It was the prelude to a full-scale war.

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