Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 145

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Chapter 145.

Literally the most legendary 1st Rank Play performance ever recorded.

All three of them were absolute legends today.
If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it right now.

When the three of them sang the final song together, I literally ascended to paradise.
I didn’t expect much from female idols, but they’re legends… it was truly legendary.
It’s not a female idol issue—they just performed incredibly well.
The 1st Rank Play members poking their maknae is so cute lol.

Whenever an unfamiliar song comes up or a difficult one appears, they poke Yun Chung lol.

But when they poke her again, she nails it every time;; Yun Chung doesn’t seem to have any songs she doesn’t know.
There’s no song she can’t sing.
I thought she was a karaoke machine—press the button and everything comes out.
Yun Chung absolutely never hits the play button first lol.

She only picks up the songs the members don’t sing, yet it’s still so sweet…

Seriously so sweet…
1st Rank Play’s Yun Chung cut just dropped.

All the member-specific cuts are out now lol.
It’s funny that 1st Rank Play is uploading these themselves.
They’re probably planning to milk the views with this.

And rightfully so—the view count is insane right now.
You guys hitting 1 million views in a single day are basically teaching morality…
Is that even the extent of it?
└International reactions are flooding in lol.

That was exactly what happened.
While the special was originally designed to target overseas fans, the actual influx of international viewers had been substantial.
In truth, Top of Idol hadn’t garnered such remarkable reactions domestically.
It merely drew a moderate amount of attention.
But overseas?
It was quietly accumulating an enormous influx of viewers.
Then, 1st Rank Play seized the opportunity by planning an entirely pop song special to make it easily accessible for overseas fans, even adding English subtitles to properly set the stage.
Moreover, there was an unexpected source of rising engagement.
It came from reaction channels within OTube.
The most famous K-POP reaction OTuber had uploaded a reaction video to this 1st Rank Play special.
Initially, the focus was primarily on Max Burning’s Rina.
After all, the OTuber was a fan of Max Burning.
But.
As the video continued.

Who the hell is that in the middle?
She was on Top of Idol too?

The focus began to shift.

Ugh, seriously, I hate how they’re getting overshadowed by overseas popularity
└But you’re fine delegating your own identity to overseas popularity..?
Hahahahahahaha
No but you can tell these three are close with each other, so why are people trying to stir up drama?
I’m a Max Burning fan but we know StillBlue has higher domestic recognition anyway… it’s a win-win for everyone, so why fight?
└Max Burning explodes more domestically and StillBlue explodes more overseas
(Poor Sugar Dream not even getting mentioned in all this)
└Sorry,, let’s say all three are exploding
└└Yeah,,

What began as modest engagement.
Sparked a chain reaction that extended to StillBlue’s other content.
Overseas reaction channels began one by one exploring StillBlue’s other videos.
First came the music video for Blue.

So these were Colors’ idols?
The ones in All Colors and BurnAsh?
Oh, that’s why I got a White Noise vibe from them
What? The song is absolutely incredible?
The concept is amazing, what is this? It’s so cool?

Then next comes the concept film.

What?! How did I not know about them until now?!
The video is so grand and impressive
Colors’ idols always seem to have insane talent

Then came the Top of Idol stages, and

Wow, who’s that in the middle? She’s so beautiful
Purple? Is her actual name Purple?
And the one next to her is named Gold?? Are those not concept names but their real names??
Her name is Gold Gold…?? K-pop really is a harsh industry

Videos from Dear My Diva. And finally, videos from Make a New Color.

Gold Gold raps so well?!
What, Coral is so cute

With content pouring out like waves from a cornucopia, reaction videos gradually began to increase.
It was almost reverse viral level.
Of course, on the whole, it still felt like reactions were coming in modestly.
The stage was set.
All that remained was the next round.

***

“Now that the water’s in, we need to row.”
“That’s right.”

I agreed with Seo Baek-young’s words.
She’s always dependable in moments like these.
She says everything I want to say.
If it contributes to the group’s popularity, ambition is a virtue.
We were in the middle of a meeting discussing which variety shows and OTube content we should appear on.

“Wait, weren’t we supposed to be on hiatus?!”
“Apparently not.”
“Yun Chung, you burst into laughter at everything. What exactly is your problem?”
“I’m sorry.”

I really, truly, absolutely need to stop doing solo activities.
The silver lining was that this video led to an influx of overseas fans.
And that influx didn’t end with interest in me personally—it translated into interest in StillBlue.

“Unnie, you promised us you wouldn’t overwork yourself. I’m already worried about you appearing on Dear My Diva. Are you going to keep pushing yourself like this?”
“No. I’m really done now.”
“Really?”
“Really, truly.”

Honestly, I didn’t expect the response to be this positive.
I only ended up on 1st Rank Play because Max Burning and Sugar Dream earnestly requested it.
I went on with reservations.
I was in a period of wondering what would help the team, but the inherent risks of the format made it difficult to decide easily.
While it would certainly generate buzz, I thought it was perfect content for attracting backlash.
So I deliberately never volunteered to sing first, only singing songs that other cast members passed on.
Of course, thanks to handling things appropriately, I still got my screen time.

“So we’re confirmed for these two appearances, right?!”
“Okay. Sounds good.”
“When should we upload the title track candidates for our next album?”

Kim Geum raised her hand with the question.
Ah.
It’s about time.

“We’ll finalize the candidates by the end of this week, pick five among ourselves, then the company will narrow it down to two. After that, we make the final choice again.”
“Okay. Yun Chung. How many candidates will you submit?”
“Two.”
“Huh? You’ve already finished composing?”
“Yeah.”
“When do you even rest, Yun Chung?”
“When I sleep….”
“….”

I’m sorry. I already completed a decade’s worth of compositions in my previous life….
What’s the problem with me using some of my own songs?
Normally, rookies don’t get this much creative control.
But Colors loves the concept of ‘self-producing idols.’
And we’re committed to living up to that.
It’s one of Colors’ few advantages.
Of course, this advantage is only guaranteed after Director Kim leaves….

“Everyone should know we’re releasing two albums this year. A single in March, a mini or full album in July.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.
The album we’re releasing this time is a single with about two weeks of promotional activity.
Truth be told, the album we’ll be pouring everything into is the one coming out in July or August….
But that doesn’t mean the March single isn’t important.

“This album will be the foundation for our rookie award push. Let’s give it our all.”
“Let’s do this.”

With this album, I need to lay a solid foundation, and with the next one, I have to stamp my rookie award seal loud and clear.
Everyone was moving frantically under a single objective.
Seo Baek-young was learning dance in advance to choreograph the routines.
From what I heard, she’s inviting dancers from every genre imaginable to learn from them.
If I think of it as breaking through seals… would that be strange?
Dance master Seo Baek-young… it actually suits her quite well.
Ryu Bora has been commuting to the Studio every day lately, writing lyrics together with Kim Geum.
Yeon Ju-hong was determined not to lose this album on vocal ability, so she was receiving intensive vocal training.
I caught snippets of her singing in the Dormitory, and she’s improved a lot.
Oh, and she became a Louis Vinel ambassador not too long ago.
Despite being busy being dragged to all sorts of events because of that, she’s practicing singing so hard—it’s admirable, really.
Hong President was diligently working to recover his control within the Company.
Of course, from what the secretary complains about, it seems he occasionally disappears without a word…
I’ve reminded the secretary multiple times.
If that man bolts, catch him and bring him back.
If he disappears, we might end up with a second Director Kim.
This is a critical time when Hong President’s role is especially important.

***

“So… Moment tried to do a project with another company through Director Kim, but it fell through. Is that what you’re saying?”

Hong President nodded.

“That’s right. I wondered why they were so desperate to hold onto us. But when Director Kim flew away, the project went with him. He seems to have harbored some resentment about it. From what I’ve heard, the money he poured into Director Kim wasn’t a small sum.”

Hmm.
So there was that kind of backstory.
Business matters involve too many people, and it’s annoying how even the slightest touch causes unexpected problems to pop up.
Who told them to spend dirty money like that in the first place?
Why are they blaming us for money they lost doing their own shady dealings?

“But it’s not a big deal. Whether they harbor resentment or not, as long as we do well on our end, there’s no problem. But why are you asking about them?”
“I was curious why they’re being so aggressive, even trying to poach our personnel.”

I let out a sigh.
I do feel sorry for Da-hwin, but my limits in helping are clear.
It’s difficult for me to take down Moment, but even if I did, it would be a problem.
Because Enliven, which is part of them, would go down together.

“Shop Owner, but… there’s something else I’m concerned about.”
“…It seems we’re worrying about the same thing.”

We both nodded in agreement.

“Information leakage.”

Someone was funneling our information to Moment.

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