A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 549

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 549

First, before turning on the live broadcast, as Ryu Jaehee advised me, I shouldn’t directly say that the reviews have exaggerated aspects. That could end up targeting the junior who shared reviews on the live broadcast.

And I also shouldn’t say anything that would spoil what kind of behavior I showed during judging or the broadcast content.

Therefore, the explanations I could give were very limited. But it was better than not doing anything at all.

“I understand what our Daydream is worried about. So I’ll say something that can put Daydream at ease without spoiling anything.”

I winked to tell them to relax and continued speaking.

“Still, this time it won’t develop into a street fashion trend, so don’t worry.”

-Just how extremely bad must the outfit be that it can’t even develop into a street fashion trend

-That makes sense, there are hardly any people who would wear something more intense than hardcore stage outfits in daily life…

-eng plz🙏

-What eng plz to an oppa who should be doing kr plz

-Good, now tell us something reassuring, Eden

“Why are you worrying about that again? I didn’t wear weird clothes. It’s fashion that Daydream has seen a few times before. Are you a bit more reassured now?”

I had worn animal pajamas a few times for events, used the Boeing sunglasses several times including in the 【Reverse】 music video and showed my face to fans, and I had worn the chain necklace when revealing the source of fashion items for the Adidas photoshoot and Gyeon Hajun’s April Fool’s concept photo.

So saying it was fashion that Daydream had seen a few times before wasn’t a lie. I had just presented it in a somewhat fragmented state.

-It’s not bank robber season 2, right?

-I guess it’s hiking gear ㅠ

-Popular bunny nerd look??? No, is this too mild?? Then cleavage shirt??

-Correct! Turtleneck crop top!

-I’m guessing Gung Ye

-The only fashion I can tolerate is a three-piece suit, okay?

“It’s not among the outfits I wore on DTB 4. DTB outfits were only worn once each. This outfit is fashion I’ve worn several times, so it’s somewhat familiar clothing?”

While scratching my cheek and explaining to the flood of DTB Season 4 outfit lists that poured out as if they’d been waiting, I suddenly narrowed my eyes at a thought that occurred to me.

“No, but thinking about it, I never wore weird clothes on DTB 4 either. There were some slightly extreme outfits, but they weren’t at the level of fashion terrorism.”

-Conscience?

-I was relieved when you said it wasn’t DTB4 outfits but now I’m getting anxious again, your standards for weird are weird

-But thinking about it, that’s really true…? It was a bit embarrassing for viewers and would be shocking fashion if street guys wore it separately, but when Eden wore it, it was just bold rather than weird or that shocking

-Wow that’s right, if it had been fashion terrorism level, there wouldn’t have been people copying Son Minsu

-This is all because our baby digests every fashion style so well ㅠㅠㅠ

-You’re all not being serious, right? You’re doing this because you’re in denial of reality, right?

Hmm, the fashion seems to be roughly explained now. Then it was time to address the most important rumor.

I changed my expression to a solemn one and spoke seriously.

“And I did not do crazy things. I only judged. Therefore, I am not a crazy person.”

It was truly a perfect syllogism.

-Everyone’s calling them tigers, just how strict were the judges lol

-The participants must have had weak mentals, our baby Goyeong no matter how harshly he judges, how harsh could it be to get called crazy xx

-Right, he’s not in a position to rap but to listen to rap, how could he do crazy things while judging unless he dissed them to their faces,,,

-Hyung I was at that first preliminary round… Aren’t you afraid of heaven, hyung…?

-Maybe he firmly eliminated them in 3 seconds so the hip-hop wannabes got pissed and spread rumors calling our kid crazy..

-I think that crazy xx comment also came from the fashion

Fortunately, unlike with the fashion explanation, fans smoothly accepted this explanation without much objection.

“As they say, seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times. Rather than worrying after seeing reviews, it’s better to watch the broadcast once. Is the first broadcast date also a spoiler… Anyway, it’ll happen sometime, and there are many events before then, so if you watch the events and forget about it, you’ll be able to see it just right.”

I subtly slipped in spoilers about mine and Ryu Jaehee’s solo activities by calling them events in a roundabout way.

Since I had turned on the live broadcast anyway, I even recreated making a Smile J mask with just a marker, scissors, and a sheet of sketchbook paper.

“It’s simple. Tear off a sheet from the sketchbook, cut the top to trim it into a clean rectangle, and draw two lines. Just draw vertical lines like this. Then draw a smiling mouth curve below, a smile, and it’s complete. Pretty easy, right?”

-This is the first time something is actually easy among Bob Ross comments, other things suddenly evolve so we can’t follow along but this one doesn’t evolve

-Strange… I’m clearly following along with the same marker in the same way, but why doesn’t it have that atmosphere?

“You’re asking if I don’t cut eye holes? I don’t cut them. Then how do you see ahead? When Hajun stood at the right angle in front of the microphone, I just stuck the mask right on his face. So there was no particular need to see ahead, so there was no need to cut eye holes.”

“Mouth hole? I don’t cut it. That’s why the Smile J cover song sounded a bit muffled. How did I fix this to the face… This is confidential but can I say it? You know double-sided tape. I stuck it on the tip of his nose and pressed. If the center of gravity shifted even a little, it would tilt, so Hajun’s nose got a bit overworked trying to find the center of gravity.”

“‘Then why didn’t you just use a box and sing?’… Oh? Should I try making an upgraded version with a box object? I should ask Smile J first, right?”

After completing two masks, I called Gyeon Hajun.

“Now that the masks are complete, I’ll bring in Smile J as a special guest. Jun!”

-Seems like the definition of ‘bringing in’ is different

-He says he’s bringing him in but he’s calling with a booming patriarchal shout

-Ugh, it’s so fucking ridiculous that I’m just laughing helplessly lololololololol

Gyeon Hajun, who sat next to me, shared small behind-the-scenes stories he couldn’t reveal in the Q&A video and his thoughts after 【AND YOU】 activities.

“Since the identity behind the mask has been revealed now, I have to be more careful about song selection. I don’t know if there are fans waiting for Smile J activities here, but I’m currently working on a list of cover songs to gradually upload as Smile J.”

While Gyeon Hajun spoke in a gentle voice, I checked the chat comments on his phone.

“Everyone’s raising their hands with emoticons? It seems like there are many people here waiting too, hey.”

“Speaking of solo activity behind-the-scenes… Since all the members came together, it wasn’t boring even though it was solo activities. Still, after doing things with five people and then standing on stage alone, the stage felt really empty.”

“What can you do? You’ll have to do Rev for life, Jun.”

“What’s there to worry about? I can just do it for life.”

Come to think of it, before the regression, the one who left for the 7th anniversary wasn’t Gyeon Hajun but me. I didn’t need to ask Hajun what to do; I just needed to do well myself.

Didn’t they say the four of them even did a 10th anniversary concert without me? Then the guy who wasn’t at that 10th anniversary concert should come to his senses and be careful.

The end of today’s live was finished with a surprise quiz show as planned while making the two masks.

I called the youngest line and Seo Yehyeon to kill time, and went out wearing smile masks while dressed in similar sports jerseys, though not identical.

“Daydream, the hyungs want you to guess who the real Smile J is.”

-Right side

-Right

-Obviously the right side

-Both left and right are trying their best to wave cutely, but the left side’s roughness can’t be hidden, so right side

-The one on the right is Hajun lol

Even though the sketchbook was so big it completely covered our heads, fans immediately and accurately identified Smile J.

Even after ending the live broadcast, my questions weren’t resolved and I muttered with a sour expression.

“We even switched seats, wore the same clothes, even wore gloves, but how did they figure it out so precisely? Is the aura different?”

“Who knows? The attitude that comes through in movements?”

Gyeon Hajun shrugged and replied. If it had been another guy, I would have given him a scalp massage telling him not to talk nonsense, but since it was Gyeon Hajun I couldn’t even do that, really…

But thinking about it twice, it seemed like he was right. The attitudes ingrained in my and Gyeon Hajun’s bodies are different. This side is so well-behaved.

* * *

Certainly, appearing on DTB as a participant versus appearing as a team producer had different levels of pressure. Maybe it’s because the main competition where I have to create beats and songs and be responsible for team members hasn’t come yet.

Of course, the first preliminary judging was definitely tough, but since the remaining preliminaries just required judging, the only thing to prepare was the judging look for that day.

Since the first episode was broadcast to match the group mission broadcast schedule where results are split between music chart rankings and live voting, the preliminary filming schedule was extremely fast and tight.

So the second preliminary schedule was assigned with a very short gap after the first preliminary.

Looking at Season 5, the second preliminary round was also a point where quite a few concept freaks appeared. It seems that performing a solo stage for one minute awakens their hidden desire to unleash their concepts.

And you need to make a deep impression in the second preliminary round to have an advantage in the third preliminary round where judges choose one person.

If skills are roughly similar, there’s a tendency to promote people who leave a strong image, both for broadcasting purposes and otherwise.

But in Season 5, the guys trying to stand out in the second preliminary round were so excessive that they got criticized again. So for this Season 6, we planned to control things so that wouldn’t happen.

If someone acts like a concept freak in front of me, I’ll acknowledge that much.

“Hyung, are you really going to judge like that? Would it be okay if you appeared on broadcast like that?”

“Now no one except Youngest Member even thinks about stopping Eden.”

“Speaking from my experience, people wearing those clothes have lived with a high probability of not listening to others. And Hajun, do you think that person will listen to you or to Youngest Member?”

“Eden Hyung, you need to save face! Think about your image!”

“Face comes from attitude.”

I solemnly delivered that wise saying and left the dormitory. I even matched the fit when I put it on, so why are they reacting like that.

When I entered the DTB Producer Waiting Room, all eyes focused on me at once. After a moment of silence, words poured out like bursting balloons.

“Is it better than last time? No, is that weirder? No, than last time, no, still that’s everyday clothes…? Can you call that everyday clothes? It was modified to be worn in daily life though…”

“Our high school Chinese classics teacher used to walk around exactly like that, and he really wasn’t right in the head. I guess it wasn’t the person that was the problem but the clothes. Wearing that really makes you look not right in the head.”

“Whoa, at our school the history teacher was like that. Even carrying around a danso just the same.”

“…Will the participants get PTSD and still be able to rap?”

I scratched around the brim of my snapback pushed back with the danso I was holding instead of answering.

If you can’t even handle a modified hanbok, you should go home. Homework inspection begins, you brats.

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