A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 66

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 66

 

 

M Company’s Music Big Match held on the evening of December 31st.

 

[Music Big Match SPECIAL STAGE]

[MUSIC MATCH!]

 

A short VCR showing each group drawing their match opponents played, and the special stage began immediately.

The rule was to choose one of the opponent’s songs and perform one verse each.

Of course, it was only called a match – no actual results were announced.

The groups in rounds 1 and 2 finished their stages safely, receiving reviews that they were decent.

Since they weren’t particularly rivals and were matched simply because they had similar years of experience or similar comeback dates, their fandoms didn’t get too heated either.

And finally, the long-awaited final special stage, round 3, began.

 

[ROUND 3- KICKS VS Reve]

 

As KICKS and Reve walked out from both sides and stood side by side on stage, cheers much louder than rounds 1 and 2 could be heard.

 

-Hahahaha Rev wins hands down just from height alone

-No need to watch more, KICKS will win

-I’ll turn off the TV after the front stage, it’s a waste of electricity to watch till the end

-Haaaam already boring, kids ping me when Reve’s stage starts

 

Of course, in the internet world, an intense battle of wills between fandoms was underway.

As all the lights went out, the stage became dark.

Like a highlight, the lighting where KICKS stood suddenly turned on.

The Reve song KICKS chose was .

Since they couldn’t choose the song the opponent would perform at Music Big Match, there was really only this song they could pick.

The stage costume of white shirts with harnesses and fingerless gloves suited the song much better than Reve’s formal suit stage costumes as the original artists.

 

-Wow did they not arrange it?

-They completely redid the choreography

-Ah yes this is it, this song suits this kind of powerful knife-sharp choreography

-I’m not a fan of either group but it definitely catches the eye more than the stage Reve did

 

KICKS incorporated acrobatic choreography into the existing dance and created a performance-focused stage that highlighted their strength and characteristic knife-sharp choreography.

 

[The One Chance given to you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Always approach it as if only One Chance remains]

 

-It catches the eye but not the ear

-How much did they lower the height…lol

-Ah that’s not how you do rap

└ㄴㅁㅇ The signature push-and-pull tension of Wonchance’s rap parts is all gone…

-Looks like all you guys have to show off is rap parts haha so pathetic, Twice Dream

└No, your Yuje vocals couldn’t save anything either

-The vocals aren’t refreshing, there’s no feeling of being completely blown away

 

The vocals and rap received harsh reviews, but the reworked choreography, especially the chorus part, received quite favorable reviews.

 

-The angles matching perfectly is insane

-I’m another group’s fan but honestly KICKS seems to win on performance

-They must have practiced a lot, you can tell just by looking, I want to give them a vote

-So cool

-Isn’t Reve watching that stage right next to them getting discouraged?

-I came after watching the Reve version and the choreography is definitely bland

 

When the first verse ended, the lights above KICKS went out and the lights above Reve turned on.

The KICKS Members who quietly moved to one side turned off their microphones and whispered.

“Wow, honestly they tore up the stage.”

“I wonder what song they brought.”

“At least it won’t be . It’s our song but honestly it’s kind of crappy.”

At the familiar intro, the KICKS Members stopped talking and all turned to look to the side.

“Crazy bastard… what the hell is he thinking…?”

Leaving aside a well-made debut song, they deliberately brought a crappy song?

The KICKS Leader muttered unconsciously.

The KICKS song Reve chose was .

The title track from KICKS’ Mini Album 2, it was the song that received the lowest rating among KICKS’ three activities this year.

The stage costume brought street fashion similar to KICKS’.

 

[Okay player entrance

The outlaws of this area are coming out

Those who interfere with our path ahead

Kick them aside and set them aside]

 

Letting the short intro flow by, Eden opened the song’s introduction with rap, gripping the upper part of the handheld microphone with his hand.

 

-Wasn’t this originally not a rap part?

-Seems like they wrote new lyrics? These lyrics weren’t there before

-Isn’t 걷어차 = KICKS? lol

-Wow crazy they tore it up from the start

-Fuck, truly the top of Korean hip-hop

 

[Want me to tell you one fact?

You guys are no match for us]

 

With a finger point toward KICKS and spitting out the last lyrics, Eden turned his back and joined the choreography formation.

As Eden, standing at the very front of the V formation, stomped his feet to the beat, the members in the 2nd and 3rd rows followed the movements in sequence.

 

-Oh… not bad…

-You can tell it’s a group dance… lol

-Why does it seem so half-hearted? Loose?

└KICKS choreography is like that too, check it out yourself

 

[three two one zero

countdown over

No particular meaning, just counted some numbers]

 

Doby naturally took over Hajun’s part, folding his fingers to match the numbers toward the camera while making a cocky gesture.

 

-But was the song always this good;;?

-It feels like they scratched all the itchy parts from the original song

-The arrangement seems well done, they kept the original feel appropriately

-I can’t listen to the original anymore,, Reve better take responsibility and bring an arranged version up to the second verse,,

-When KICKS sang it, it felt like they were just trying to look cool and it was kinda lame, but when these guys sing it, it’s actually intimidating like they’re seriously giving a warning

└It’s just Yoon Eden being a one-man army, the other members aren’t scary

 

[Engrave it clearly in those ears

This is my final warning]

 

Another reaction exploded at Yuje’s high note that he belted out refreshingly in a higher key.

 

-Wow they made that part a high note

-Crazy crazy crazy they killed it again

-That’s right~! I was disappointed the original didn’t have a high note there!

 

[Watch out

Watch out

If you’re not confident you can handle it

Back away when I give you warning]

 

The song had reached the chorus before we knew it.

The knife-sharp choreography naturally flowed, perfectly matching the fairly high-difficulty moves.

 

-What? Did they just bring KICKS’ choreography without changing it????

-Holy shit our kids did group dance our kids did knife-sharp choreography holy shit

-Yehyeoooon!!!! I knew you could do it@@!!!!!

-See!!! Reve can do performances too!!!!!

 

Since Reve, who had always done free-spirited and relatively easy choreography that was far from proper group dance, performed knife-sharp choreography with matching angles, an explosive reaction was the natural course.

The stage concluded with Reve’s ending shot, each member striking poses to look as rebellious as possible, standing or sitting crookedly.

 

-Come out, whoever said our kids would be discouraged!

-KICKS are probably the ones whose spirits died lol

-Ah this is crazy, they completely won in vocals, rap, and choreography

-They’re definitely good

-Wow I can’t even remember the previous stage;;;

 

There was no separate voting, but the results seemed clear.

 

* * *

 

YouTube

(video)

KICKS Special Stage ‘One Chance (Original: Reve REVE)’│ 20XX MOO Music Big Match

2.13M views

☝100K ☟

 

Mercury • 2 days ago

Everything’s fine but first do something about the rap and high note parts

1.5K likes

 

sakf242 • 1 day ago

The stage is cool but listening to the song while watching kinda kills the mood

809 likes

└Jjeongjjeong • 17 hours ago

Instead of doing the original as is, they should’ve arranged it…

 

Yu Gallery • 1 day ago

KICKS completely won in performance

37 likes

└pot • 8 hours ago

Honestly it wasn’t a complete win, Reve did well in performance too

 

YouTube

(video)

Reve Special Stage ‘Watch Out (Original: KICKS)’│ 20XX MOO Music Big Match

4.79M views

☝190K ☟

 

Turning Point • 2 days ago

‘They killed it’

2.4K likes

 

3522 • 1 day ago

I listened to the original and came back here again, isn’t there a way to get an arranged version up to the second verse

1.8K likes

└Kim Seohyeon • 18 hours ago

Seriously can’t listen to the original version, it’s too lame and boring

└adskl • 15 hours ago

Agreed, this feeling doesn’t come alive

└key White • 7 hours ago

Isn’t this comment too rude to the KICKS members? Without the original, this stage wouldn’t exist either

└3522 • 5 hours ago

key White so I’m saying I’ll choose to listen to the better version, why are you picking a fight

 

Mayday • 11 hours ago

A stage that showed Reve’s group dance potential

912 likes

└Dream Day • 11 hours ago

A stage that showed Yehyeon’s dance skill growth potential

└Hyeoni Honey • 10 hours ago

How much did Yehyeon practice to perform this high-difficulty choreography without a single mistakeㅜㅜㅜ

 

I stretched out on the dormitory sofa with a satisfied smile at the view count more than double theirs and the comments I wanted to see on those KICKS guys’ video.

It felt like I was being completely compensated for months of hellish work on arrangement and choreography practice.

It was worth deliberately choosing a crappy song to arrange.

“I expected the arrangement, but I didn’t know the performance would get this much praise.”

“Showing someone who’s bad doing well gets a better reaction than showing someone who’s already good doing well.”

“Does that mean we’re the ones who can’t do it?”

“Let’s put our hands on our hearts and think about it. I really hate those KICKS guys, but honestly, aside from the spite, One Chance’s choreography was better than our original choreography.”

“How could you say something like that, Eden Hyung of all people…!”

I flicked Kim Dobin’s forehead as he looked up at me with a shocked face as if he’d been betrayed, and replied.

“Does wishful thinking put food on the table?”

If you just engage in wishful thinking, there’s nothing you can gain.

It’s better to humbly accept your shortcomings and supplement them to grow.

Seo Yehyeon, who would normally be grumbling and showing his victim complex asking if I was indirectly criticizing him, was unusually quiet.

His thoughtful expression made it impossible to predict whether he had realized something or was preparing to throw a fit. I hoped it was the former.

Reve giving up on intense performances was 80% because of that guy.

Still, the fact that he followed along quite well without making mistakes on this stage was praiseworthy.

It seems like his abilities really improve when competing with KICKS on the main stage. I wonder if I should keep scheduling our activities at the same time as KICKS to push that guy’s skills to the limit.

After seriously considering it, I gave up because I felt like my blood pressure would rise before Seo Yehyeon’s skills improved if we kept facing those KICKS guys.

“Hey, it’s two days late, but Happy New Year. Me? I was standing on stage counting down at that time. What are you talking about, you wouldn’t have watched it anyway. I know you, don’t I? I’m going on vacation soon anyway, so let’s meet then. Yeah, okay.”

While taking New Year’s greeting calls from friends, I counted the days on my fingers.

After finishing the Naon Chart Music Awards on January 27th, there would be a break period before preparing for the next album.

Of course, I’d have to get enough reality show footage before then, but I didn’t want to carry cameras around during vacation.

The dormitory door opened and Gyeon Hajun came in with shopping bags filling both hands.

Manager Hyung followed behind him carrying several stacked boxes.

After getting a call and going out, Gyeon Hajun came back with an armful of gifts, so I asked him.

“Huh? What’s all that, Jun?”

“Ah… birthday gifts that fans sent.”

At the mention of birthday gifts, I froze and quickly checked the date.

January 3rd.

Today was Gyeon Hajun’s birthday.

Damn, the Quest penalty countdown had started again.

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