A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 563

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 563

The day of using the producer’s mid-evaluation privilege chance.

“Hello!”

As soon as I entered the G-TE team’s studio where cameras were installed, a booming greeting could be heard. The G-TE team had a total of five members.

Choi Hyeongjin had been unlucky enough to be assigned to the most extremely difficult five-member team twice this season. Judging by how haggard Choi Hyeongjin’s eyes looked, he seemed to have suffered quite a bit.

So he must have asked me to really drill his team members hard. If the team members had been obedient and well-behaved, would he have outsourced the drilling to a producer?

I nodded while looking at the G-TE team members who were extremely tense and disciplined.

Hmm, I didn’t even use fashion to intimidate them today, so I wondered why they were so nervous.

By the way, today’s fashion was a mechanic concept to match the ‘inspection’ theme.

Of course, the jumpsuit wasn’t like the SXji Experiment Man outfit from 【Come to My Universe】. There’s no need to trigger our Daydream’s PTSD.

I wore a white short-sleeved t-shirt as an inner layer, casually pulled out one sleeve of the black jumpsuit and tied it around my waist, and rolled up the other sleeve a couple times to expose my wrist.

If the 【Come to My Universe】 stage costume had been like this, it wouldn’t have reached the level of being unspeakable.

I exchanged light handshakes with the team members and plopped down on the chair that Nijeous tactfully pulled out for me.

“How far along is the work?”

“We just finished the first recording. We planned to complete the final recording after receiving the mid-evaluation.”

Still, since it was in front of cameras, Hyeongjin politely answered my question.

“Then let’s listen first and give feedback.”

At my gesture, G-TE team’s first recording flowed through the speakers along with a familiar beat.

I had expectations, but after receiving Hyeongjin’s text yesterday, I was somewhat prepared. However, this result was enough to shatter both expectations and preparations. In a bad way, that is.

Ha-

As soon as the song ended, a hollow laugh burst out involuntarily. It was a very sincere hollow laugh that came from deep within my chest.

“What are you trying to do?”

The atmosphere instantly froze at my muttered words mixed with hollow laughter. Ignoring it, I swept my gaze over the five members and asked quietly.

“What do you five want to do right now?”

The five team members were busy watching each other’s reactions. Seeing particularly harsh glares directed at one member who wasn’t even the leader, he seemed to be either the loudest or most stubborn, one of the two.

Anyway, he was probably the troublemaker who disrupted the song’s balance, like Toohyeok before he received love-actually therapy from me.

“This is a mid-evaluation, isn’t it? Did you think you could just get a casual check because you got the mid-evaluation privilege without even competing? If it’s a mid-evaluation, you should bring something that’s halfway complete, not some practice work that should be thrown away.”

As I let out an irritated sigh and rubbed my brow, the participants’ bodies flinched with every breath I took.

“I can’t even give feedback on this to fix it up. It needs to be completely overhauled from start to finish. The only thing salvageable is the hook. Oh, don’t misunderstand. I don’t mean the hook is good, just that it’s ‘relatively’ the best part.”

Under the pouring harsh criticism, the five members’ faces turned deathly pale. But that wasn’t my concern. Hyeongjin’s request had long since flown out of my head.

“You can only utilize this beat to this extent?”

I didn’t expect 100%, but I thought they’d at least bring it up to 70%. Instead, they were barely exceeding 30%, so how could I not be flabbergasted?

“The energy drops from the first verse, so who’s going to listen to a song that’s almost 5 minutes long? Why did you arrange the order like this?”

To my question aimed at nitpicking, Nijeous quickly tattled like an informant.

“He insisted he had to do it.”

The participant who had received particularly harsh glares from other team members glanced at Nijeous once and cautiously raised his hand.

“Why did you insist on the intro? You know well that your rapping style isn’t suited for handling the intro with this beat. Why, did you think if you took the intro, you’d make an impression on the judges so you wouldn’t get eliminated?”

The participant who looked stung hung his head and bit his lips tightly before answering.

“No.”

“Good, I’m glad it’s not that. At least you know this is teamwork.”

As the arrow turned toward the participant who handled the first verse, I didn’t forget to throw warnings and harsh words at the other team members who were breathing sighs of relief.

“The intro isn’t the only problem, so don’t be so openly relieved, everyone else. The song is overflowing with personality overall. And overflowing with superficial style too.”

Clap- Clap-

As I clapped cynically, the other team members’ expressions turned deathly again.

“Personality is good, personality is great. It sounds nice to call it personality, but you didn’t create a competition song – it seems like you’re competing with each other, thinking ‘I won’t be the one eliminated from this team.’ It seems like you’ve already decided that this team will be last place and one of you will be eliminated.”

Under the pouring harsh words, the studio became almost like a funeral home atmosphere. Even Nijeous, who loved to act cheeky, kept his mouth shut with his head hung low and a serious expression.

Though Hyeongjin’s lips did seem to be twitching.

“G-TE, as the leader, you need to firmly establish the center and coordinate. How can you be dragged around by your team members? This is exactly a typical result of ‘too many cooks spoiling the broth.’ You should think about winning first place so you all advance together, not about eliminating each other here.”

So I didn’t forget to drill the leader too.

The good thing about this place was that even drilling them like this wouldn’t cause issues about promoting discord or lower original intent levels.

Our glass-hearted Rev members would have their original intent levels completely shaved off and regress to debut days if I scolded them like this.

I’ll definitely have to watch this episode with the members when it airs later. Our members need to see how gently I treat them.

“The public doesn’t listen to music tracks divided by who sings which part. They just listen to the whole song overall. Keep that in mind and overhaul it. Make the hook impact more prominent too.”

I gave my final sincere advice while patting Hyeongjin’s shoulder with my palm.

“This isn’t your best effort. Right?”

Say yes, you bastards. Say that utilizing my beat like that wasn’t your best effort.

Only Hyeongjin, not even knowing he was genuinely pissed off, saw me off with a bright face.

Thanks to Hyeongjin’s usual image, it would probably be perceived as fanboy devotion that doesn’t break even when hearing harsh words face-to-face, rather than suspicions of under-the-table dealings between us.

After finishing the mid-evaluation, I sent a text to Jiwon hyung.

[I finally understand you from the mid-evaluation two years ago, hyung] 7:30 PM

[Jiwon hyung- I knew you’d do that hahahahahahahahaha] 7:31 PM

Now I could deeply understand Jiwon hyung from back then. At that time, I was hurt thinking he was genuinely harsh to me, not acting. People really need to experience things to understand.

So when Hyeongjin’s text came in the evening, I couldn’t just giggle and brush it off because it reminded me of my past self who firmly believed that hyung and I had put on an amazing performance.

[Choi Hyeongjin- Hey Yoon Eden, thanks] 8:11 PM

[Choi Hyeongjin- Thanks to you, the kids got a proper sense of crisis and discipline] 8:12 PM

[Thanks for what]

[I was talking about you too]

[First time I’ve seen someone thank me for getting scolded] 8:28 PM

[And if you don’t want to hear that you advanced through producer favoritism, don’t text me until DTB ends] 8:29 PM

With Hyeongjin’s skill level, there wouldn’t be talk about advancing through producer (my) connections, but there was no need to create unnecessary trouble.

Come to think of it, the old Hyeongjin was also among the poor rappers. Though he was better than Seo Yehyeon.

I should ask Hyeongjin later how he improved his rap skills. I can use that method to work Seo Yehyeon to death.

“Yehyeon hyung, I found a way. I’ll somehow get you on that solo stage with confidence.”

“If I said my sudden depression completely disappeared, would you cancel that plan?”

“As if.”

Seo Yehyeon is the most tenacious and tough person I know, so he can definitely do as well as Hyeongjin.

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DROP THE BEAT Season 6 [DTB6 Preview First Release]

[It’s back again this year without fail!]

[DROP THE BEAT’s flame still burns bright!]

The screen showing the crowded first preliminary waiting area and briefly featuring a very few celebrities who participated in the first preliminary moved into the gymnasium where the first preliminary took place.

[??: Uh, whoa…]

[??: This is no joke from the first round.]

A large orange mosaic blob judging and murmuring voices around it passed by.

[??: I’ve really appeared many times… but this season seems the hardest.]

[??: I can’t accept this. They’re evaluating me?]

[??: This is crazy. He’s betting all of that?]

[??: Ah, now it finally feels like Hip-Hop Survival.]

The typical trailer scene of masked rappers engaging in psychological warfare passed by.

[Rap battles return with even more intense rules!]

[Who will emerge as the ultimate winner!]

Countless scenes flashed by at a speed too fast for the eyes to properly capture.

[Yoon Eden: A song or two on the way out wouldn’t hurt, right?]

A subtitle with the name Yoon Eden appeared beneath a navy blue mosaic blob. A sorrowful danso arirang played as background music.

The screen turned black and DTB’s signature pass necklace slammed onto the screen with a bang!

[First broadcast Friday, June 16th at 11 PM]

-What??? Why is Yoon Eden all mosaicked like that???

-What did I just watch

-Lmaooo they censored him like that lololol

-Are they announcing that this will be a show that focuses more on the producers than the actual participants…?

-Why the hell is arirang coming out in Hip-Hop Survival

-Eden what did you do this time!!!!!!

“This is insane! Why did they censor me like that! It makes it look even weirder!”

Yoon Eden threw a fit after seeing the Season 6 trailer where he was heavily mosaicked, but let’s move on since it’s not a big deal.

Three days later.

Finally, DTB Season 6 Episode 1, which had stirred public curiosity with abundant reviews, was broadcast.

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