Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 238

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Episode 30.

Wait, StillBlue’s self-produced content this time

It feels like something we haven’t done before

Wow, seriously
It seems related to StillBlue’s album concept this time
StillBlue’s album name is Un:muted

This self-produced content is M:ute
I’m curious what concept they’ll go with lol

Ding!
Kim Deputy, who had been working late at the Company, turned on her phone at the sudden OTube notification.
She checked OTube thinking the girls had released another music video, but something caught her off guard.

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[M:ute- The Blue world]

‘Huh?’

A concept self-produced content out of nowhere?
Because of the recent comeback preparations, most of their self-produced content had been individual member cover performances, so this was the first time they’d come out with such a polished, concept-driven piece.
Especially since StillBlue’s self-produced content had mostly focused on natural vlogs or emotionally atmospheric videos rather than deliberate concept shoots.

‘Is this somehow related to the comeback concept?’

Let me just play it first.
Kim Deputy glanced around the office. She was the only one left in the Company.

‘…Really, what a ruthless place to work….’

Kim Deputy had stayed behind alone, handling her superior’s leftover work.

‘No, actually, let me think of it as a good thing. I get to watch StillBlue content leisurely at the office all by myself—talk about lucky~!’

A soft exhale.
Kim Deputy inserted her earbuds and quietly started playing the video.

[From some point on, the world became strange]

True to its title, the video conveyed its story entirely through subtitles, with no sound whatsoever.
Desolate footage of a city continued to flow across the screen. StillBlue was nowhere to be seen.

[It all began that day]
[The day we came down from the Stage]
[The moment the lights went out and the song ended, just like always.]
[We felt something was wrong]

The screen shifted, showing StillBlue descending from the Stage.
But the members’ faces weren’t their usual bright and joyful expressions—they looked confused and unsettled.

[But we didn’t say anything]
[Or rather, we couldn’t]
[As if ‘speech’ had never existed in this world from the beginning]

The members held each other’s hands as they walked, yet they didn’t meet each other’s eyes, their expressions only growing more strained.
The video continued to show this silent world. No words exchanged, no sounds made.
The screen captured each member’s gaze in turn. StillBlue standing awkwardly on the Stage, unsure of what to do, while the audience looked up at them without any reaction.
People passing by each other without conversation or sound, StillBlue in the same Dormitory but with communication completely severed, turning away from one another.

[The first person to feel this world was strange]

The screen transitioned, and a solo shot of Kim Geum began.

[was me]

Kim Geum watched the TV screen, which displayed only meaningless footage without sound, then furrowed her brow and looked around her surroundings.

[This is strange]
[Were we always like this?]

Kim Geum stared at the members sitting motionlessly without any expression, her own face filled with bewilderment.
In that moment.

[Did we… really live all this time without making a single sound?]

Along with the subtitle, I heard sound for the first time. It was Kim Geum’s voice.

‘Gasp. Geum…!’

As Kim Deputy, whose favorite was Kim Geum, there was something deeply moving about StillBlue’s first voice belonging to Kim Geum.
Kim Geum on screen hesitated for a moment, then gathered courage and gently tapped each member one by one.
The members only looked up at Kim Geum without showing any particular reaction.
There wasn’t even a common response like ‘Why are you calling?’
Kim Geum also sensed that the silent world was strange, but not knowing how to produce sound herself, she simply stared at the members with a bewildered expression.
Her face showed she didn’t know what to do next.
Then.

You are the first person to realize that sound has disappeared from this world
Only by bringing sound to this world can this world regain its sound

A message window appeared before Kim Geum’s confused eyes.

[I… have to bring sound?]

Along with Kim Geum’s narration, a new message window appeared.

Return the lost sound to your members
To do so, you must discover what each member’s lost ‘sound’ is
Do you accept?

YES

NO

Kim Geum alternated her gaze between the message window and the members, who sat like dolls merely breathing, their sound stolen away.
Without hesitation, she pressed the 【YES】 button.
In that moment, the backing track of 【In to the Silence】 ended, light flooded across the screen, and the video came to an end.

‘…!’

Wait, what is this…?
Kim Deputy broke into a broad smile at StillBlue’s content, which had suddenly expanded in scale.

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Today is the intro, and parts 1 through 5 are all dropping

One episode releases every day apparently
So it seems like the songs are being released bit by bit like teasers, just like today

Today was Kim Geum’s episode it looks like
It looks like one episode unlocks per member. The video dropping tomorrow is apparently Kim Geum’s too (according to live stream spoilers).
Part 2 dropped

Is today Ryu Bora’s? Since it’s from Bora’s perspective, the screen aesthetic is totally different lolol. That old camcorder she’s always carrying is the vibe
Part 3 is probably Baek-young’s

When only part 1 dropped, I thought the worldbuilding was Kim Geum going around rescuing the other members, but it wasn’t
Each member was trapped in a different world and all received the same mission
Find the voices of the other members except me
If you look closely, the worldbuilding is subtly different for each one

Kim Geum: A cyberpunk-style end-of-century city
Ryu Bora: A mysteriously purple-tinted emotional natural landscape with a nighttime mood
Seo Baek-young: An overgrown Earth completely covered in grass, devoid of people, long since abandoned
Yun Chung: A company
Yeon Ju-hong: An incredibly cute amusement park that looks like something straight out of a child’s dream

Yun Chung being trapped in a company is the funniest thing lmao or actually it’s not funny at all
The other worlds capture each member’s usual aesthetic, but why is our Yun Chung trapped in a company…? Color Entertainment, how much are you working this girl…
It’s interesting how each member solves their situation differently

Kim Geum: Creates songs one by one for the members. Wakes them up by playing the songs for them
Ryu Bora: Finds past videos of the members one by one and shows them to wake them up. The cinematography is insanely aesthetic lol
Seo Baek-young: Our complete Baek-young crosses mountains and oceans and everything to rescue the members from their slumber. A full-fledged action movie with insanely impressive physical feats~!
Yun Chung: Rescues the members trapped in the company one by one from Ju-hong monsters… this is really so Yun Chung-like… or should I say…
The funniest part is that Ju-hong approved this lmao Ju-hong, you do realize you’re the monster here right????????
Yeon Yeon-hong: He does all kinds of shows by making the members make noise. Tickling the members’ noses… making funny faces and bursting out laughing… It’s a baby bird… It’s the most sloppy, but it’s the cutest…

Baby StillBlue rescued everyone without even crying
I watched Kim Geum’s part 1 and was like, hmm, classic aesthetic self-produced content, but every time another member’s content drops I’m just ????????????like this
Ju-hong at this point

Isn’t that practically sabotage?
Did you confirm this? That you are the company’s villain???ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Ah, so she knew everything all along..
Yeon Ju-hong really is

What would we do if she wasn’t born as the maknae?
She’s just so… the youngest through and through..

The baby sparrow saving the unnies (X) The baby sparrow tormenting the unnies (O)
At this point, isn’t it like the guys woke themselves up on their own because they didn’t want to be humiliated? lol
Why does Seo Baek-young’s music video have so many views????

Seriously
The other members’ videos have high views too, but why is Seo Baek-young alone getting 10 times more??????

Apparently international reactions are insane
Well, she’s cool… (nods)
Wait, what?

Kim Geum has sudden sensorineural hearing loss??????????
What??????? Geum’s in the news????????

No wait, the hearing loss happened a while ago?????????????? And she’s been hiding it this whole time and performing on stage anyway?????
Live broadcast with Kim Geum (hearing loss related)

(video)

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[Kim Geum: Hello, EVEL! I’m Kim Geum…]
[Kim Geum: Today I… wanted to share some rather difficult news with you.]

On screen, Kim Geum wore the brightest smile of anyone in the world as she delivered the dark news.

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