A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 85

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 85

Even though I found out the nickname the youngest line guys call me behind my back, I couldn’t complain about it anywhere since my initial intentions score would decrease if I mentioned that nickname.

This damn system doesn’t even send messages, but it still deducts my initial intentions score just for typing the word “damn” on my cell phone keyboard.

I considered treating them according to the nickname they used to call me, but then my initial intentions score would get deducted again for causing discord among members, so I’d be the only one losing out.

“But why are you guys bowing your heads in front of me? Anyone who sees this would think I’m the one enforcing strict hierarchy in the team.”

I paused writing the album introduction on my cell phone while sitting on the sofa and asked, and Kim Dobin quickly answered first.

“Atonement.”

Next, Ryu Jaehee gave a long and serious answer.

“Although it was truly just for a moment, this is punishment for myself who dared to attach such a wicked word to our heaven-like leader’s sacred name.”

“Did you hear what Jaehee said, Doby? Even though I have no intention of blaming you, three syllables is still not right, isn’t it?”

At my scolding, Seo Yehyeon, who was getting bottled water from the refrigerator, chimed in.

“That’s right, guys. They say people even talk behind the king’s back when he’s not looking, but still, calling hyung a demon? Really?”

It was strange to see that guy taking my side. The relationship improvement score must have really shot up.

Or maybe as the eldest, he doesn’t like seeing the team hierarchy collapse.

But the team hierarchy should have already collapsed because of me, Rev’s genealogy breaker.

Of course, it’s fine for me to rebel against Seo Yehyeon, but I couldn’t forgive the youngest line guys rebelling against me.

Ryu Jaehee slyly asked.

“Should we call you by a cute nickname from now on? How about Strawberry Milk, hyung?”

“Then if I dye my hair brown, will my nickname change to Chocolate Milk? Huh?”

“Gasp! Sorry…”

Ryu Jaehee lightly kicked Kim Dobin’s leg with his toe for bursting into laughter without reading the mood.

Our Doby should know how much I’m holding back right now.

Then he would feel infinite gratitude and respect toward me and would have already achieved 100% relationship improvement and more.

I threatened them not to call me Strawberry Milk or they’d get caught and it wouldn’t be fun, then made the youngest line guys stand up.

“I’ve really become so-o generous.”

I sighed for the youngest line to hear as they went to their respective rooms, then continued writing the album introduction to send to the agency.

As if I could trust this damn agency.

They’re the type who would write one line of song description like they did with and nod their heads in satisfaction.

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[Album Introduction]

Rev The 2nd Mini Album Repackage [HI-Light]

Last winter, Rev clearly showed their unique musicality with their 2nd mini album [HI-TN], and now they’re set to showcase refreshing boyish charm through their repackage album [HI-Light].

This album is a repackage of their second mini album [HI-TN], with the addition of new title track and B-side track to further enhance the album’s completeness.

The title track is a boy pop song featuring upbeat, fast rock beats and catchy electronic sounds, with lovely lyrics about the excitement of lovers just starting their romance and an addictive chorus.

Like the title track, , written and composed by leader Yoon Eden, is a calm and sentimental modern rock melody song where vocal parts stand out, unlike previous Rev songs that highlighted the rap line. It adds harmony with lyrical lyrics and soft singing rap that matches them.

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On March 28th, Rev made their comeback with the repackage album [HI-Light] of [HI-TN], featuring the new song with a strong high teen vibe as their title track.

The pre-released concept photos further heightened expectations for a proper high teen concept.

Eden with pink hair wearing a black hoodie, holding a basketball under his arm while looking at the camera with a bored expression.

Yehyeon wearing a white t-shirt under a checkered shirt, holding a single rose while smiling shyly.

Yuje wearing an oversized sweatshirt matched with shorts, with a band-aid on his face, hugging a skateboard while laughing playfully.

Doby wearing a backwards snapback, short-sleeved shirt with training pants, a scarf tied around his wrist, holding a large radio in one hand while standing crookedly with a smirk.

Hajun wearing a denim jacket over a white t-shirt with patterns, slightly closing one eye while biting a rainbow-colored lollipop.

-It’s a bit disappointing that the concept overlaps with before, I wanted to see something different

-ㄱㄴㄲ Last time was still good since there were two concepts, but if it’s just high teen one-trick… kinda feels half-hearted…

└You guys… did you forget My Universe?

-It’s not mixed with street like last time but pure refreshing concept, really looking forward to Rev’s refreshing concept

-Rev suits intense concepts like One Chance better, so why do they keep pushing this high teen fresh concept…ㅠ

-The kids are at the perfect innocent age right now, you should see lots of refreshing concepts at this time, later refreshing won’t be refreshing

Fans who were disappointed that the last concept wasn’t completely refreshing welcomed it.

Fans who wanted a different concept after experiencing high teen once expressed their disappointment.

The music video released on the announced date also exuded a refreshing high teen feeling.

Unlike , it didn’t have a detailed story and separate female protagonist.

It was about Rev members competing among themselves to see who best fits the role of a high teen movie male protagonist, showing off their male lead qualities and scoring each other while bickering.

Eden scored a basket, turned around with a smirk and made a V sign, immediately receiving 10 male lead points from each Rev member, but then failed at dunking and fell on the court, getting -10 male lead points back.

Hajun leaned against a bike and swept his hair up, receiving 10 male lead points from Eden, 8 from Yehyeon, and 9 from Doby and Yuje.

Doby showed off cool breaking with a radio beside him, but received only 3 male lead points from everyone.

When Doby protested asking why only 3 points, Eden personally tapped the words “male lead quality” written on the whiteboard to show him.

Yuje got on a skateboard and lightly jumped to change the skateboard’s direction in front of sparsely placed cups, receiving 8 male lead points from Yehyeon, Hajun, and Eden, and 7 from Doby.

But he showed clumsy moves, hitting and knocking over all the cups instead of avoiding them, getting back -8 and -7 male lead points.

Finally, Yehyeon showed a real-time transformation from nerd to prom king.

He came out wearing a checkered shirt and thick horn-rimmed glasses, starting with -10 male lead points from the beginning, but then took off the checkered shirt and glasses and slightly lifted his t-shirt to expose his abs, receiving unanimous 10 male lead points from everyone.

The members’ underwater shots in the swimming pool and scenes of them coming out of the water looking cool flowed by, and a scene of the youngest line attempting a princess carry in the pool passed by like a service shot. Doby was the one being carried.

After a scene of all five sitting by the pool eating popsicles with their feet in the water, splashing around.

Finally, the last scene was a group shot of Rev lying tangled together on the gymnasium floor with basketballs rolling around everywhere, fitting the high teen theme.

-Is this a different universe from All Right or Night

└This time everyone seems to have found their roles well

└22 Last time except for Hajun, everyone was a series of ironies

-So who’s the real male lead among these five?

└My pick is the pink-haired guy who plays basketball haha

└First of all, Hajun is totally the bad boy style, starting with his brown hair

└How can you beat the scene where Yehyeon transforms from nerd to prom king by taking off his glasses and checkered shirt

└Dobin seems more like he’d play the role of those guys who are off to the side playing music and dancing by themselves while the female lead is talking with her friends in a teen movie, rather than being the male lead…ㅋㅋ

-Yuje seems like a younger male friend, not a younger boyfriend but a younger male friend who comes to me for dating advice

-They could do this, so why was My Universe like that?

└We don’t have songs like that

-The song’s addictiveness is totally amazing?

-Song commute playlist reservation to start the day cheerfully lol

Thanks to choosing a clearly different direction from despite being the same high teen concept, public opinion about it being tiresome or overlapping with previous activities largely subsided.

Instead, as Rev intended, interest focused on rating Rev members’ high teen male lead qualities.

HIT! [Choose the Standard High Teen Male Protagonist.jpg] [534]

Anonymous 1 Definitely number 1. High teen male lead = sports club ace is the rule

Anonymous 2 It’s number 2, I can already see 38142 scenes of him wrapping his arm around a waist and riding a bike on a wide open coastal road

Anonymous 3 Number 5, face is plot itself, there’s no way that face wouldn’t be the male lead

Anonymous 4 Number 4 is cute, I like that younger guy style male lead

Voting posts with music video captures and GIFs were uploaded to various communities, and Rev’s music video views gradually increased.

Miss Kim, who had been diligently creating voting posts, smiled proudly seeing the posts become hotter than expected.

“Let’s achieve a triple crown this time, our Rev!”

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[27th-new ‘Reve – Love You’ ♥42,425]

, which was made targeting easy listening rather than conceptual music, achieved the remarkable feat of entering the charts within the top 30.

Actually, since I had done conceptual music to death with that damn universe concept, and worldbuilding wasn’t particularly important right now, I was trying out everything I wanted to do.

Looking at the results of , a song that didn’t exist before regression, I confirmed once again that my skills hadn’t gotten rusty.

[58th-new ‘Reve – Highlight Film’ ♥17,029]

The B-side track also charted at a fairly high position.

Seo Yehyeon, who was lying still on his bed watching choreography videos on his cell phone, asked me while I was busy doing Search Quests.

“I suddenly got curious, but why do you think we made it big? Luck? Or your skills?”

After pondering for a while, I blurted out.

“Before, it was 100% luck.”

“One Chance?”

I didn’t respond to that. The 100% luck I mentioned was Seo Yehyeon’s fancam from before regression.

Success achieved with someone else’s song and someone else’s face, with none of my skills involved.

“Now… 20% luck, 50% my skills, 30% Reve’s skills.”

Since the system was also something I possessed, I decided to count finding the chart gap period and restoring pre-regression songs as all part of my skills.

“Still, you’re giving the group’s skills a whole 30%.”

Seo Yehyeon said with a deflated laugh. I wondered why he was acting like that when his share of that 30% was only 1. Well, if I include looks along with skills, I’d give him about 8.

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