A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 539

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 539

We had firm faith that this video would not be buried.

Setting aside our trust in Gyeon Hajun’s skills, who had digested his own song more perfectly than usual.

In addition to five phone screens, we even set up lucky totems (written as lucky totems but read as CEO photos) as computer wallpapers, and Kim Dobin with a solemn face placing both hands on Gyeon Hajun’s shoulders.

We used up all the luck we could muster.

Gyeon Hajun must have been quite desperate too, because normally he would have avoided Kim Dobin’s hands with a reluctant face asking if we really had to go this far, but this time he obediently clicked the upload button with Kim Dobin’s hands resting on him.

As if he couldn’t bear to watch, Gyeon Hajun closed the YouTube window immediately after uploading, so I lightly patted his shoulder over Kim Dobin’s hands.

“Even if it doesn’t take off-“

“Don’t.”

Seo Yehyeon cut off my words as if he had been waiting for this moment, widening his eyes and pointing at me. Ignoring him completely, I picked my ear as if to show Seo Yehyeon and continued speaking.

“The original song is such a flop that people don’t know it, so they won’t listen to the cover- just brush it off like that.”

No matter how much I thought about it, that was the only reason this cover song, sung with blood, sweat and tears, might not take off.

“You used to tell me not to even say the word ‘don’t’ in ‘it won’t take off’ because I’m too negative.”

“Making a fuss and encouragement are different.”

When I replied indifferently, Seo Yehyeon huffed and argued back that what he did wasn’t making a fuss but worrying.

“Let’s upload the next cover song after about a 3-day gap. That way people will ask why the next video isn’t up and comment on the recent video, so they’ll click on the cover song and listen to it at least once, and the cover video views will go up too.”

Since our purpose wasn’t to grow the channel but to make the cover video get attention, we accepted Ryu Jaehee’s advice.

Maybe because the original song had such low recognition, it got fewer views than 【Blue Night of the City】, but the comments went in the direction we wanted.

Hambuggygoon • 1 day ago

The song was so good I went to listen to the original and was shocked….😅

Is this really the same song???

👍 765

Namednicname • 20 hours ago

Could you please release this remake version as an official music source? Seriously 16597536 times better than the original

👍 977

Hikey • 1 day ago

Who said legendary cover songs only come from masterpieces?

God Smile J creating something from nothing

👍 807 💬 1

└OneBirdTwoBirdsThreeBirds

Honestly the original had a good melody too, it’s just that the singer sang it terribly

CSC • 2 days ago

Jung Iseo is gonna cry hearing this lolololololololol He got beaten by Kicks too, but if he had sung only this well, what would Kicks be? He probably would’ve surpassed Gyeonhajun’s song too lolololol

👍 533

Dudi77 • 17 hours ago

Can’t tell the original singer to be nervous lol the original was such a disaster… lol

👍 677 💬 89

└LovlySeo

Excuse me, cover songs exist because originals exist, this isn’t respectful to the original

└dudi77

@LovlySeo Did I say something wrong? If you have ears, can’t you feel that the original can’t even touch the cover’s toes?

└LovlySeo

Don’t generalize just because your ears are rotten, damn it

└winter__00

I think @dudi77 is right lol The number of likes on this comment right here proves it, doesn’t it? lololol

Seeing Gyeon Hajun reading comments secretly with a proud smile made me feel proud too.

Though I felt disappointed that the view count was much lower than we hoped, the views were still steadily climbing.

And the 【Selfish】 cover video being compared to the original became a small issue in communities, and favorable winds started blowing from there.

[HOT] Cover song that makes people say ‘the original artist should transfer the song rights’

(Smile J- Selfish cover)

Wondering why such a song didn’t take off, I looked up the original and was shocked

It’s not that singers need to meet good songs, but songs need to meet good singers…

(Jung Iseo- Selfish)

For reference, this is the original

Comments 586

-Honestly can’t believe this is the same song? Isn’t this just recreation?

-Hasan, if you have any conscience, transfer the song

└ Holy shit, I was wondering who Hasan was lmaooooo

-So this is what the song was originally like, what the hell did Jung Iseo do to this masterpiece?

-The magic where ‘original’ refers to the cover song, not the actual original

-I can’t believe I’m seeing my main bias here ㅠㅠㅠㅠ SmileJ is so good, please blow up

-But why is Smile J covering his head with that thing? What concept is that?

-What’s with trashing the original? Without the original there’d be no cover

└Yeah, while the cover video hits 1 million views, the original doesn’t even reverse chart, that’s the answer right there?

└Can this… really be called trashing…?

-I literally only pay for YouTube Premium because of this oneㅠㅠ Please release it as an official track

-The keyboard warriors are so excited they’re posting and spreading it all over communities, it’s so obvious lol

└(Author) Huh? I’m not a KICKS fan though?

└Parachute Pomesurin fan appears and the bullshit starts, starts really big, starts while blowing bullshit fanfare, bullshit festival starts, bullshit club opens, bullshit club discount event starts, Black Bullshit Day event starts, bullshit festival starts, bullshit military band enters, bullshit enrollment, bullshit graduation and re-enrollment, bullshit returning to school, bullshit party starts, curse of bullshit starts, demon of bullshit appears

└Why don’t you call SmileJ short too hahahaha

└These guys were really doing that in the comments of your YouTube videos;;

└ and Jeongbyeong really…

-You commenters here, I hope your main groups get their songs covered too and hear ‘transfer the rights if you have conscience’!

└I’m such a happy guy~ No matter how bad my main group’s songs are, they’ll never be as bad as Jung Iseo’s solo songs!

└Wouldn’t it be fine if Jung Iseo digested songs as well as Smile J does?

└Not my problem!

-Wondered why comments were maxed out, turns out Jung Iseo fans weren’t satisfied with YouTube comments and came here to cause trouble

Show more comments…

Due to the nature of communities and SNS platforms where one post spreads quickly when it becomes an issue, posts appeared on various communities and SNS, and the ‘Smile J’ channel started getting attention.

The professional-level skills (though he really is a pro) and the appearance of covering his face tightly with a childish mask was enough to arouse curiosity.

Meanwhile, a cyber predator YouTuber took the bait.

The truth about Smile J that only you don’t know⁉

[The currently trending YouTuber ‘Smile J’]

[A cover song YouTuber whose identity is a mask with crudely drawn straight eyes and smiling mouth on square paper]

[Got attention by uploading Yuje’s arrangement ‘Blue Night of the City’ cover as his first video, which remained as a legendary stage in ‘Voice Legacy’]

[Since then, he’s shown a wide musical spectrum by covering songs of various genres including OST, ballad, R&B, and urban]

[(SmileJ_selfish_video.avi)]

[Recently, he became an issue once again with a cover song that surpassed the original]

[However!]

[Some have raised suspicions that Smile J is a professional singer]

[(SmileJ_What_you_want_cover_video.avi)]

[First, his vocal technique is highly polished]

[There’s absolutely no instability or sloppiness that you’d commonly hear from amateur singers]

[(SmileJ_video_background&_idol_content_G1_recording_booth_comparison_shot.jpg)]

[The recording booth where Smile J filmed his video is identical to producer G1’s recording booth]

[Well, he could have borrowed it because he’s friends with G1]

[(SmileJ_Blue_Night_of_the_City_mp3.)]

[High-quality mixing and mastering that would be difficult for an amateur to access]

[Let’s say this was also G1’s help]

[However, he got caught red-handed for intentionally manipulating his vocal tone]

[(One_tone_lowered_SmileJ_Blue_Night_of_the_City_mp3.)]

[So I lowered the cover song video by one note]

[How about it? Does any singer come to mind?]

[That’s all for today’s video!]

-Damn, calling it the truth when it’s just speculation that he seems like a pro singer

-But honestly, if he has that level of skill, it’s weirder that he’s not debuting and just doing cover YouTube videos, especially with G1 as a connection

-I thought there was some problematic YouTuber behind the mask

-Wow, I really can’t tell? Is there anyone among male soloists with that kind of voice?

-It kind of sounds like Hajun…

└You mean Yoo Hajun from indie band OPAL?

└You mean Gyeon Hajun from Rev…

└Hmm, since when are idols professional singers lol

-Instead of making speculation videos in your room corner, at least show some sincerity by going directly to G1 and asking

-What’s that cover song that surpassed the original that was inserted in the middle? Even though I heard it briefly, I can’t stop thinking about it

└It’s “selfish.” I recommend not looking up the original

-Marking this as a future holy site in advance lol

They made a drama video about the ‘Smile J’ professional singer suspicion.

Most people watched the video trying to guess which professional singer it might be, but in the process, the cover song that surpassed the original, which had been a minor issue, suddenly shot to prominence.

This is a cover? A legend that destroyed the original has appeared

People saying they can’t listen to the original after hearing this are pouring in

Chaos as cover song devours the original

Thanks to the provocative titles designed to make you click at least once, the cover video’s view count shot up rapidly.

Meanwhile, Jung Iseo’s song showed barely any movement on the charts.

Since the cover song became an issue, Jung Iseo finally got questions about the cover song on a talk show variety program he barely managed to appear on.

[Seonghan: Come to think of it, Lee Seo, have you seen the cover video of your song?]

[Lee Seo: Ah, that? Yes, of course I saw it. They sang it really well. Even I, as the original artist, got goosebumps.]

[Lee Geum: How did you feel watching your song’s cover become such a hit?]

[Lee Seo: As the original artist, I was proud.]

Jung Iseo repeatedly emphasized that he was the original artist, but he didn’t seem to realize that made him look even more ridiculous.

Due to that response, community posts and YouTube video titles were upgraded to be even more provocative.

Legendary cover song that gave the original singer goosebumps

Legend-level cover acknowledged by the original singer… you really have to listen to this

Epic cover that even made original fans turn away appears

-We didn’t turn away, damn it. The noise marketing is really something

-Ah shit, why do the MCs ask such questions

-Jung Iseo’s original artist pride was intense lol If it were me, I’d be too embarrassed to even say I was the original artist after getting owned by a YouTuber lol

-Acknowledgment? Does Smile J look like he needs acknowledgment from a parachute nobody?

“I guess the lucky totem and lucky energy worked properly?”

Seeing the video that had reached 7 million views, I thought those things must have been effective.

Gyeon Hajun, who was smiling, looked the most relieved I’d ever seen him.

“Now it’s time to wrap things up.”

“Exactly. Originally we were going to wait a bit longer, but since the drama channels are biting and creating rumors, it seems better to reveal it quickly.”

And finally, the video that would decorate the finale of his revenge was uploaded to the ‘Smile J’ channel.

Smile J Q&A + Identity Reveal!

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