A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 557

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 557

You bet all 500,000 won in fight money just to diss Yupi with that? Are you crazy, Hyeongjin?

I thought he was going to deliver an amazing diss about Season 4 since he confidently bet all 500,000 won without hesitation, but why are you giving Yupi a proxy diss on my behalf? Are you my spokesperson?

No, thinking about it, that was indeed from Season 4, but there’s plenty of other material to diss Yupi with besides that.

And Yupi seems to have missed the point too, saying that Choi Hyeongjin used me to promote his name is a bit…

The moment he saw my face, he poured out his thoughts about the pre-release song in person as a second round after texting, just like an excited Kim Dobin. That review and expression couldn’t be faked just with the mindset of trying to use someone.

Jiwon hyung, who finally stopped laughing, pushed up his sunglasses to wipe the tears from his eyes and gave his review of the most meaningless diss battle in the world.

“Wow, they got criticized for attacking each other with confessions last season, so now they’re directing confession attacks at the producer.”

Watching that scene suddenly reminded me of someone’s face. Along with memories of my past misdeeds, I swept up my bangs and let out a deep sigh.

“I feel so sorry for MoonK hyung right now. Did MoonK hyung feel like this too?”

That negative example gave me instant mirror therapy. I silently offered a heartfelt apology to the victim of my past confession attacks.

Jiwon hyung, who heard my lament, adjusted his sunglasses and asked.

“Isn’t it better to get hit with confessions than to watch two company guys catfight while leaving me out?”

Hyeongjin and Yupi… cats…?

If Seo Yehyeon had been here, he would have jumped up and down, arguing about who they were comparing to cats.

After the extremely maddening diss battle ended – the first simultaneous confession attack on a producer in DTB history across all seasons.

“We’ll announce the diss battle results!”

G-TE

₩1,000,000

Vs

Yupi

₩0

The audience judges sided with G-TE, who proved his ‘sincerity’ by even quoting lyrics from my recently released pre-release song 【Anthem】 in his diss rap.

Actually, diss battles are more about who can diss their opponent more brilliantly and deal more damage, rather than who raps better.

So, in the judges’ view, Yupi’s diss claiming G-TE used me for fame dealt no damage to G-TE, who was undeniably my biggest fan.

Seeing G-TE jump to first place in fight money with his all-in gamble, it seemed possible that G-TE, who was a team member under group leader Yupi in Season 4, could become a group leader himself in Season 6.

The only way for Yupi to become a group mission leader now was if a participant with over 700,000 won in fight money bet all-in against Yupi in the second diss battle, and Yupi won to take all that fight money at once.

Yeah, now the picture was starting to make sense. It just reminded me once again how crazy last year’s team diss battle was.

Hyeongjin and Yupi, perhaps afraid of getting beaten up after directing their confession attacks at innocent me, kept their distance and started watching other people’s diss battles. Well, Yupi aside, Hyeongjin did have old memories of me grabbing him by the collar.

“What does producer Yoon Eden, the true protagonist of today’s G-TE vs Yupi diss battle, think about who won?”

“Ah, I’m the true protagonist of the G-TE vs Yupi diss battle? As the true protagonist, I think today’s diss battle attacked my sanity rather than each other, so I’m not sure. I think both of them should try living without me, and whoever takes less damage should be declared the winner.”

I got a tricky question during the producer solo interview during break time, but I answered well like a professional evil-edit avoider, dodging the evil-edit angle.

Of course, I also think my true fan Hyeongjin, who took no damage in this diss battle, won.

But if I expressed my opinion that G-TE seemed to win here, it might create an evil edit making it look like I was blatantly favoring just one person. Then I’d obviously get criticized for connection hip-hop.

Even after the diss battle that completed such an absurd picture, more diss battles continued, adding fuel to the burning interest.

SYRA, who had two disadvantages – being from a girl group and being an idol rapper – showed an overwhelming diss battle even against REZZA, a female rapper with considerable recognition in the Korean hip-hop scene.

There had been plenty of drama since the fight money betting auction here too, so there shouldn’t be any concerns about screen time.

Yongcheol hyung next to me heard SYRA’s diss after winning the first attack and let out a short exclamation.

“I thought she’d start with self-diss like you since she got first attack, but she just went straight for the diss.”

“Back then I had to face four people at once, so I did that to shorten the diss battle time. With just one person, it’s enough to suppress them with first-attack momentum. The diss they’ll use is obvious anyway.”

Since REZZA made the mistake of dissing SYRA for being an idol, if she couldn’t surpass SYRA, she’d become a rapper who lost even to an idol, so junior SYRA didn’t need to start with self-diss like me.

Besides, if she did self-diss, people would say she copied me without knowing there was an original, so avoiding unnecessary controversy was the wise choice.

SYRA

₩900,000

Vs

REZZA

₩100,000

“Oh, she’ll definitely make it to the finals, right? Isn’t this the best record among idol rappers excluding you?”

“That’s right. No one except me has made it to the finals before.”

I joked around with BQ9 while internally celebrating my junior’s victory. Yeah, DTB history should have at least one real idol rapper, not just an idol rapper with underground experience like me.

HYEQ, who made even the producers nervous just by appearing in the second preliminaries, unexpectedly received quite a few selections in the diss battle opponent designation.

Was it because there were many aggressive participants this time, or because HYEQ was from an older generation than Skoen so many participants didn’t know him?

“HYEQ is, well, he raps well but lacks star quality so he won’t make it. In my opinion, that guy is more in Flodic’s line than Skoen’s.”

It would be nice if DTB was a place recognized only for skill, but this was a hip-hop ‘survival variety show.’

Rappers like HYEQ, who had good skills and long careers but lacked star quality, were perfect to be used as evil-edit sources to add stimulating flavor to the broadcast, like Flodic.

And such people lived lives far from broadcasting and had somewhat rigid aspects typical of those who dug one well, so they couldn’t notice or prevent evil-edit angles, making it impossible to avoid all evil-edit points like me.

“Still, this year is much better than Season 5. Maybe it’s because the kids who drew attention in Season 4 came back. Season 5 was too much of a dark age. Even I was worried while filming.”

“Star quality really… Season 4 was the ultimate in many ways. Season 3 and that time were DTB’s golden age.”

Gongchul glanced at me, clicked his tongue, and responded to Moltic’s words. Moltic said with a relieved expression.

“I thought this time would only make issues with producer fashion, but now that we’re doing preliminaries, it’s shaping up well.”

“Ah, surely not my fashion? I do dress well enough to be an issue.”

Everyone looked at me like I was talking nonsense, but today’s fashion was flawless, perfect high-end street fashion, so they couldn’t even refute it.

Nijeous, who had called out Seven Kick last time and lost his fight money, confidently called out an opponent much older than him again this time, only to get completely destroyed on the diss battle fight stage.

It was actually fortunate. A team with Nijeous as leader had a very high probability of becoming like Season 4’s Seven Kick team, nicknamed the team from hell.

By the way, Nijeous’s diss battle opponent was HYEQ.

Should I pity Nijeous, who got destroyed despite being acknowledged for better star quality, or should I pity HYEQ, who got harsh criticism for lacking star quality despite destroying his opponent?

After the first diss battle ended, while making beats for the group mission in the studio, I suddenly remembered and texted MoonK at his saved number.

[MoonK hyung, are you doing well?] 8:32 PM

[Did you also feel like crap when you faced my confession attack?] 8:33 PM

[If so, I’m very sorry] 8:34 PM

[Please beat up the me from 2 years ago] 8:35 PM

25 minutes later, a reply full of bewilderment arrived.

[MoonK- Suddenly…?] 9:00 PM

If you’re curious why I’m acting like this, just watch DTB Season 6 Episode 1, which airs on Friday, June 30th.

I contributed to the ratings again.

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One week after Yoon Eden’s first full solo album pre-release song 【Anthem】 was released.

[α-betⅠ]

track 1. Anthem

track 2. Blackout

track 3. Countdown

track 4. Double or Nothing (title)

track 5. Explicit (title)

track 6. Fair Play

track 7. Gamble

track 8. Happy End?

track 9. Invincible

track 10. Just Like That

track 11. King’s Gambit

track 12. LOST(remix)

track 13. Metaphor

Simultaneously with the release of the album title and track list, teasers for the double title tracks 【Double or Nothing】 and 【Explicit】 were uploaded to YouTube.

The 【Double or Nothing】 teaser, with a beat that screamed ‘this will 100% hit with the public,’ was surprisingly a pictorial video of Yoon Eden in formal suits and shirts, close to a sexy concept…

The 【Explicit】 teaser, which had been continuously spoiled at DTB Concert and WAMA, showed such an completely unexpected side that people were flipping out asking ‘what is this?’

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