A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 584

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 584

Ground Game – G-TE, Nijeous, CHENO, Fraction, REKZ

Among the five groups, the only group with five members. A song that’s nearly 5 minutes long.

The beat was naturally good since I made it, but the demerits were considerable as much as the beat was good.

I was curious how the song had changed, which had embraced those demerits completely during the midterm evaluation, not reducing them but making them even more prominent.

“Oh.”

I let out a short exclamation after listening to the song.

The song that had been like a terrible nightmare during the midterm evaluation had transformed quite well into something that wouldn’t get criticized even if released to the world.

Nijeous’s intro that hit like a hammer was considerably more appealing compared to before, and the completely revamped hook section gave the exact impact I had envisioned, relieving the tedium that came from the song’s length.

By keeping only the impact of the long and boring hook and shortening it, the song length was also reduced to under 5 minutes, lessening the burden on listeners.

This was probably well-adjusted by Choi Hyeongjin, who had experienced a five-member group during Season 4. Back then, the mainstream opinion was that it was boring because it was too long.

But I won’t give him separate praise. He hasn’t even made it to the finals yet, so Choi Hyeongjin shouldn’t get too cocky.

As soon as I finished listening to 【Ground Game】, a text arrived for Jiwon hyung. True to being a DTB producer, he seemed to have listened to all the music released on streaming sites as soon as they came out.

[Jiwon hyung- Did you listen to the music?]

[Jiwon hyung- How was it? Better than the midterm evaluation?] 12:11 AM

[Jiwon hyung- From what I heard, G-TE’s group was pretty good? Almost the top two of this group mission?] 12:12 AM

Although it had transformed to an almost reborn level, there were still some disappointing parts, so I decided to give it about 93 out of 100 points.

Watching the broadcast, the group members were overflowing with personality and self-assertion, so leading such people to achieve this much was praiseworthy.

[Still not as good as Killing Beat though lol]

[Agreed?] 12:13 AM

[Jiwon hyung- Compare things that are actually comparable lol]

[Jiwon hyung- They’re semi-pros and you’re a pro] 12:15 AM

While texting back and forth with Jiwon hyung and joking around, I also listened to the other groups’ music tracks one by one carefully.

BACK 2 BACK- HYEQ, Yupi, O.DEN, Bug Kim

Southpaw – SYRA, REZZA, Tarae, 404JIN

CODE GREY – Crazy No, P.M.R, Baek Eondo, Rak Hyeon

Shotgun – ZAYD, Do Han, Lil Soul, E.LI5

In this group mission, Yupi didn’t take on the group leader role like in Season 4 to avoid damaging his image unnecessarily, and instead joined HYEQ’s team, who was pushing forward with a respect meta.

Of course, he had lost a lot of fight money in the diss battle with Choi Hyeongjin, and although he won the second diss battle, he couldn’t recover enough to be in the top 5 of fight money holders, so he couldn’t take on the group leader role.

And Yupi’s choice to pick HYEQ’s team actually worked in his favor.

Because HYEQ showed such stubborn and hardline attitudes, Yupi, who had ‘made the same mistake in Season 4,’ skillfully mediated opinions in the middle and led the team’s direction instead of group leader HYEQ, and this actually drew more attention to Yupi than to HYEQ.

I could definitely see why Yupi before regression was so popular in Season 4 and won by beating Skoen. This time, he unfortunately met me in Season 4, so Yupi’s first dream and scheme turned to bubbles.

The song was also quite good, with HYEQ’s style that had made a mark in Korean hip-hop history combined with today’s trendiness. The only flaw of this group was that the beat was too ordinary. If only the beat had supported it, the song would have come alive much more.

Southpaw. The mission song of SYRA’s group, which had three female rappers and used a word meaning left-handed boxer, or non-mainstream, as the song title, had good verses but a weak hook, which was somewhat disappointing.

It seemed like they gave the hook to 404JIN, the only mainstream one among the four who didn’t have much to say in the verses, but 404JIN couldn’t bring the hook to life, which seemed to backfire.

The rest were just, well, ordinary without any particularly noteworthy points.

Among the five songs, first place would probably be a battle between 【Ground Game】 and 【BACK 2 BACK】. Now the key was which song would take the lead on the music charts evaluated by the public.

Hmm, even I couldn’t easily judge this one.

* * *

Thanks to that, I also got a curriculum for one-on-one composition lessons with Lee Haewon.

“Did you listen to the DTB group mission music released yesterday?”

“Yes, I listened to all five songs.”

If Choi Hyeongjin’s group had achieved 100%, I would have just briefly mentioned it as a good example saying “they received feedback on what was like this during the midterm evaluation and brought it to life like this,” but thanks to only achieving 93%, it became excellent teaching material.

“【Ground Game】 is a beat I made, you know? Here, this is the beat. So I’ll give you 10 minutes, point out the disappointing parts in 【Ground Game】.”

Lee Haewon accurately pointed out the parts I felt were lacking, and today’s lesson flowed quite smoothly as we worked together to supplement and even modify those points.

After about two hours like that, Kim Dobin burst through the studio door and appeared, ending the lesson.

“Hyung, I’m here!”

“Is it that time already? I lost track of time.”

“Right. Today was really fun.”

Lee Haewon, who brightly smiled and agreed with my words, bowed politely saying he’d be going now and left my studio.

As soon as the studio door closed, Kim Dobin let out a short nasal sound, “Hmm-“

“That guy seems to have lost some tension? He looks much more comfortable than before. When I met him last time, he was so withdrawn that I wondered how much you must have scolded him to make him like that.”

“Why do you only look for the cause in me? Don’t you think he might have weak mentality?”

“From breaking into a locked practice room and crying in that ghost-like dark place, his mentality isn’t ordinary.”

“Geez, crying itself shows weak mentality.”

“That’s because you have inhuman-level mentality, hyung.”

“Whatever, you did all your homework, right?”

Whether it was because of my threat that it wouldn’t be fun if he didn’t finish by today, Kim Dobin finally completed the homework (disguised bug generation project) he had been putting off and off.

“Hand them over one by one.”

“But why do you always stand and receive them one by one when you get these?”

“There’s a reason for everything, man. Don’t ask.”

Of course it’s because the bug probably won’t appear if I receive them in a bundle. No matter how much Kim Dobin before regression had turned dark, it didn’t seem like he would have given me twenty sheet music scores like this.

I received all the sheet music up to the last one, but no bug occurred.

I felt a bit empty when nothing happened.

What’s the problem? Back then before regression, I had swept up all the songs I composed and made Kim Dobin draw the sheet music for them.

Now there’s only one method left.

Understanding that situation from Kim Dobin’s perspective, not mine.

“Alright, Doby. Let’s assume you went back to our debut days.”

That doesn’t mean I need to become Kim Dobin, I just need to make Kim Dobin understand the situation and get an answer from him.

But as soon as I uttered the first phrase, Kim Dobin shook his head in horror.

“What? Right now when we’ve received the grand prize and succeeded, you want me to suddenly go back to debut days with that semi-basement dorm where mold grew all over the wallpaper and the bathroom, room, and living room were all so cramped I thought I’d die, and My Universe’s shitty outfits, and you when you were possessed by evil spirits, and LnL’s networking business 3rd floor office, and our group’s brutal early atmosphere?”

I’ve experienced it several times, man!

I held onto the glass-hearted Kim Dobin who was horrified just by imagination and continued to brainwash him that this was the current situation.

Finally, when Kim Dobin put down his 6th-year idol self and established himself as a freshly debuted 1st-year idol, I briefly explained the situation that Kim Dobin, who would have had memories from one of the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th rounds, would have faced back then.

“But we’re in a situation where My Universe came out as our debut song, and we can’t push 【One Chance】 as a follow-up. So what should you do?”

“I have all the future knowledge, right?”

When I nodded, Kim Dobin answered without a moment’s hesitation or doubt.

“Then of course I’d diligently draw sheet music for Rev’s biggest hit song and present it to you, hyung. Let’s go with this for the next song. And I’d gradually release other Rev songs I remember and get called ‘Rev’s savior’ by the hyungs and Jaehee!”

It’s my song, so why would you get called the savior, man? This is a funny guy. That’s theft. I was really glad Kim Dobin wasn’t the regressor of this group.

I almost did all the hard work of making songs while Kim Dobin took all the credit.

“What if that biggest hit song was composed by another composer, not me?”

At my question, Kim Dobin scratched the back of his head sheepishly and answered.

“Couldn’t we change it to hyung’s style…? I think hyung would also want Rev’s biggest hit song to be a song he worked on… And anyway, if it’s our biggest hit song, the future is guaranteed that we’ll succeed with that song.”

Before regression, 1st round, anyway, Rev’s biggest hit song back then was-

‘【Temptation】…’

Why did I think Kim Dobin would definitely bring my song?

Kim Dobin, who was so indifferent even at my funeral, wouldn’t have considered and cared for me when we met again, and Kim Dobin, who wasn’t as delicate as Seo Yehyeon, couldn’t have noticed the lingering attachment I had embedded in 【All Right or Night】.

Of course, it’s not 100% certain that the sheet music Kim Dobin brought back then was 【Temptation】, but it was still worth trying once.

This is the last attempt. I don’t have any more songs to make him write sheet music for. Kim Dobin before regression wouldn’t know about my practice compositions.

The problem is, I had deleted the pre-regression version I made with my last lingering attachment when Altair made a comeback with 【Temptation】 before, so I need to compose it again.

Damn it. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have deleted it back then.

Still, since I remembered it relatively clearly, it wasn’t difficult to recreate 【Temptation】 in its pre-Rev regression version.

After finishing the work in a day, I delivered the audio file to Kim Dobin along with the now-familiar homework assignment to draw up the sheet music.

“Huh? This is Altair’s 【Temptation】. But this version, isn’t this the one Hyung played for me once before? Is it okay to use someone else’s song that was changed so crudely like this for learning purposes?”

“By tomorrow.”

“Can’t you give me a little more time? One day is too short.”

“You don’t need to draw it perfectly. Just roughly sketch it out.”

And another day later.

Trying hard to calm my trembling hands and heart, I received the sheet music that Kim Dobin handed over.

Along with my vision turning red, ironically, a small sense of relief washed over me.

[⚠️ Bug occurrence!]

[However, at that time, the term ‘forbidden love (third party)🚫forbidden love’ was taboo.]

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