A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 572

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 572

“Listen carefully, youngest.”

I barely calmed down the panicking Ryu Jaehee and began my explanation.

“First, this is for our Daydream.”

“Right. The aggressive suppression of concept fanatics with tiger pajamas and madman’s heavenly robes was also for Daydream. But would Daydream want to see modified hanbok even at hyung’s last solo stage?”

I was about to smack the head of Ryu Jaehee, who was looking at me with arms crossed as if daring me to refute him, but instead I sighed and spoke seriously.

“Even without that, I completely ruined the perception of modified hanbok with the madman’s heavenly robes and Line 1 look. Even if someone criticized me for that, I’d have nothing to say. If someone bashes me for that, Daydream would be stressed too. So I have to fix it somehow.”

There’s no way I’d wear the modified hanbok that caused chaos all Saturday as stage costume just to mess with fans at the final broadcast.

All my actions had their own rational reasons.

It’s just that the output always turned out extremely higher than I expected.

“But can you really change that modified hanbok perception? You’ve already been consumed by the modified hanbok image and become a Line 1 madman.”

Seo Yehyeon clicked his tongue while showing me my modified hanbok photo composited with subway interior scenery.

Unfortunately, they extracted the photo of me sitting comfortably leaning against the producer seat sofa from DTB episode 2 and perfectly composited it onto a subway seat, making it look exactly like a real Line 1 madman.

Wondering what context this was posted in, I snatched the phone from Seo Yehyeon’s hand and looked at the post title and content.

Title: “Now when I see Yoon Eden, I think of Line 1”

Content: Why did he panic, he should have just brazenly pushed through

If he hadn’t corrected himself saying it was “Confrost,” everyone wouldn’t have known it was a lyric mistake

-There’s zero sense of incongruity lololololol

-The flute is really the finishing touch, Yoon Eden’s prop selection ability is insane

It would be harder to find a photo like that. Even though there were perfectly normal photos, Seo Yehyeon deliberately went out of his way to find this one, I bet his rap skills on it.

“Where did you even find this?”

“I searched ‘DTB 6 episode 2 Yoon Eden modified hanbok’ and this came up first. I didn’t know it was such high-quality composite photo either.”

So he says. There went Seo Yehyeon’s rap skills. They were improving lately too, what a shame.

It’s probably just my imagination that Seo Yehyeon’s rap skills cross the River of Three Crossings particularly often.

“It’s possible though?”

Gyeon Hajun answered Seo Yehyeon’s question instead of me.

“Hajun, no matter how firm your faith in Yoon Eden is, this is a very important matter of whether our group becomes a Line 1 group or not. How about lessening that faith a bit?”

“I’d definitely say no if it wasn’t possible. But I saw Eden’s sketch yesterday. It looked fine so I didn’t bother stopping him. Manager Ilyeong noona okayed it too.”

When the name of LnL’s stylist Kim Ilyeong, who lives and dies by aesthetics, came up, everyone seemed even more suspicious and started arguing instead of understanding.

“Ilyeong noona okayed that? Didn’t she scold hyung for sneaking those kinds of clothes to DTB twice in a row?”

“That noona who dry-heaved looking at our Inner Universe era styling photos okayed modified hanbok stage costume? The noona who believes styling that doesn’t meet everyone’s expectations is trash?”

To these faithless lambs, I showed the styling sketch I drew yesterday and the messages I exchanged with Manager Ilyeong as evidence.

“Wow, this is really the same outfit from DTB?”

“If hyung had worn it like this, I wouldn’t have mistaken hyung for the old man next door in the elevator. That’s quite regrettable.”

“But this is just a drawing, right? The actual wearing might be different…”

Ryu Jaehee, who was trailing off, suddenly lit up.

“Tomorrow we absolutely all have to follow Eden hyung.”

“Why?”

“If it’s weird, we have to somehow dissuade Eden hyung before he goes on stage. For that, I think we need at least four people. At least four people need to peck at him simultaneously from the side so Eden hyung can’t ignore us.”

This is why quick-witted youngests are troublesome. But I was confident that even Ryu Jaehee would applaud when he directly saw the ‘hip version modified hanbok for changing perception’ stage costume I planned, so I just let it be.

No wait, when they’re coming to cheer for the final broadcast, do I need to stop them?

“That’s the only way we, who failed to stop Eden hyung’s extraordinary fashion, can atone to Daydream who suffered two consecutive hits of tiger pajamas and Line 1 madman.”

Just listening to this, you’d think we went on broadcasts wearing pre-regression mini 2nd album outfits and space war concept costumes. You guys can’t remember, but before regression we performed on stage in even worse tacky outfits, you punks.

The reason I have no hesitation or embarrassment wearing these outfits is also thanks to being unknowingly trained by all sorts of tacky stage costumes before regression.

Sigh… You guys find tiger pajamas and Line 1 madman bitter? To me, this level is sweet enough.

While Seo Yehyeon and Kim Dobin nodded with sympathetic faces, only Gyeon Hajun with his indifferent expression was representing my feelings.

“Atonement is a bit much…”

“Exactly. No matter what, isn’t modified hanbok less shocking than hip-hop warrior Gyeon Hajun?”

When I nodded and added, Gyeon Hajun looked back at me with a face asking what nonsense I was talking.

Don’t tell me you also thought you were better than me.

I also thought whatever I wore looked better than your hip-hop warrior fashion and confidently went out wearing it.

But since objectively I was indeed better, Gyeon Hajun’s delusion was quite regrettable.

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“Senior, hello! We’re TopStage, making a comeback with the song you composed for us!”

“Oh, I listened to this song well. Lucky that our promotion periods overlapped by a day.”

I warmly welcomed the junior group who came to my waiting room with their album to greet me, making their comeback on 【Popular Music】 today.

Since it was a group that made a comeback with my song, I couldn’t help but be happy even without any particular connection.

“Thank you so much for the great song. We’re at our highest chart position ever right now.”

“Oh, really?”

[Forbidden word detected.]

[Original Intent -1]

Ouch-

A long-absent original intent pain hit me. I just need to not say forbidden words in front of fans, but “oh really” being detected as a forbidden word means there’s a fan of mine among this junior group’s members.

Now I can’t carelessly say “oh really” even in front of juniors. Damn it.

While exchanging formal thanks and well-wishes with a smile, the member who seemed to be the youngest asked cautiously with sparkling eyes.

“Senior, about the clothes you’re wearing right now. Is it the same outfit you wore on DTB? The color seems the same but I’m not quite sure…”

Oh, right. Seeing that you noticed even that, you’re the fan.

“What are you unsure about?”

“The image is completely different. Before I thought ‘oh… it’s daily hanbok-‘ but now it looks really trendy.”

As soon as the junior finished speaking, I grinned at Ryu Jaehee as if to say ‘see?’

After hearing the truth, the junior group finished their greetings and left the waiting room. As soon as the door closed, I got up and strode to Ryu Jaehee, grabbed the modified hanbok jacket with the loosened front ties, and lightly shook it in front of Ryu Jaehee’s eyes.

“See, what did I tell you? I said it doesn’t look cool because of rose-colored glasses. Hey, even Yehyeon hyung acknowledged it. Have you ever seen that hyung give lip service to make me feel good?”

While all the other members honestly admitted ‘this is genuinely cool,’ only Ryu Jaehee kept doubting his own aesthetic sense, wondering if this fashion looked cool because of his copycat tendency to want to imitate everything about me.

He used to say it might become trendy if worn stylishly, but now that it’s worn stylishly, he suspects it’s rose-colored glasses.

Ryu Jaehee even received jeers and protests by saying “Eden hyung would look good if he just kept his mouth shut, so the other members who’ve been watching that for nearly 6 years might unknowingly have rose-colored glasses too.”

Only after hearing an evaluation made from the very objective perspective of a third party who wasn’t a member did Ryu Jaehee finally relax and give up on pecking at me.

While heading back to the sofa, the heavy norigae hanging from the belt at my waist swayed with my movement.

Kim Dobin, who had been expressing his wish to also sell songs and receive thanks, suddenly asked me a question out of curiosity.

“But hyung, what’s your criteria for giving songs?”

“I only look at two things. 1st, physiognomy. 2nd, manners and loyalty.”

For reference, to explain number 1: groups with no members who cause trouble until the future I remember.

To explain number 2: groups who showed their faces at my funeral.

That’s it.

That junior group just now was a group whose name I put on the ‘admirable friends list’ I wrote after seeing the mourners at my funeral.

So I did put some care into composing for them, but when I heard the result that didn’t go through my producing, the arrangement was a bit off, which was disappointing.

Still, thanks to that, 【Double or Nothing】’s ranking remained solid.

“Let’s take some photos to post after the broadcast. Someone other than Doby take them. Preferably so they come out well.”

After taking about 20 full-body shots like that, before starting the pre-recording, I greeted the fans and casually asked.

“Daydream, how’s today’s stage costume?”

With positive responses coming from all directions, I could finally feel at ease.

And the result of my efforts to somewhat fix things was…

DTB strikes again… Modified Hanbok craze

▏ Popularization of Modified Hanbok meeting Hip Hop

“I definitely planned for 10. But why has it become 100 again?”

“Hyung, at this point, aren’t you cursed with misfortune arrows? You should get an exorcism ritual done.”

“Oh, sure. Good idea.”

So, I had no idea this would become such a huge trend. I just wanted to change perceptions moderately.

Seriously, why is this happening again? What was the problem this time?

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