Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 67

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Chapter 67.

The choreography demanded an absolutely staggering amount of movement.
Fast, difficult to match the rhythm to.
And with so many intricate hand and foot details, it seemed like it would take quite a while just to memorize it all.

“This is going to kill the main vocalist. For real.”
“…Be quiet.”

Kim Geum snickered teasingly.
And for good reason—the second half suddenly launched into a relentless barrage of high notes.
How many screaming parts were there anyway?
Didn’t they know this kind of thing was considered outdated these days?
I wasn’t some high-note specialist.
It felt like I was going to end up doing all of it.
I glanced to the side and saw that Lee Gyeong-a’s expression wasn’t particularly pleased either.
She’d probably end up shuttling those high notes too.

“Now, for the final group song.”

The last song was, as I’d expected, an R&B track. A fan song with a lyrical yet pure sensibility.
There was no choreography for this one, and it didn’t have any particularly difficult sections to sing.

“You’ve heard all the songs now. I’ll distribute the part assignment sheet for the first song, so please take a look. The part distribution by position has already been decided. All you need to do is determine who takes which position.”

As I looked at the part assignment sheet the Production Team had given us, I could feel the trainees stirring with unease.

“Why is the part distribution like this?!”

I barely managed to restrain myself from glaring at Oh PD.
Was he insane?

“…Well, with eleven people, it’s a large group, so… someone inevitably has to get fewer parts.”
“That’s true, but… three people only have one measure each?”
“The other positions don’t have much either. Three of them only have two measures.”

The positions were as follows.
Main Vocal, Lead Vocal, Sub Vocal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Rapper 1, Rapper 2.

“Only the Main Vocal position, Lead Vocal, and Sub Vocal 1 have what you could call a decent amount of lines… and there are two Rapper positions, but one person gets an overwhelmingly large share while the other gets very little?”

It was basically telling us to fight.
The intention was painfully obvious.
Fight over the parts. Make it bloody and entertaining until the very end.

“This is going to make the person with more parts feel bad too, isn’t it?”

Ryu Bora was right.
It was petty and dirty.

“Alright. So here’s how we’re going to divide the positions!”

Oh PD’s eyes, dark with exhaustion, curved into a sinister smile.

“This is a very important point. The positions will be decided by a vote from the Colorists.”
“!”

Damn it.
Only then did I understand Oh PD’s true scheme.

“Right now, as a surprise event, voting will go up on the Official Homepage. We’ll only tally it for exactly 12 hours. We’ll ask the Colorists to vote on who would be best suited for each of the eleven positions. Whoever receives the most votes for each position will get that position.”

We were done for.

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Oh no, there’s a voting post on the Official Homepage
└Wait, didn’t online voting close already?
└└Isn’t it just live voting left?
└└└No no, it’s position voting, not popularity voting
└What??
Ryeo-yu… come on, shake things up a bit and tell me which position you want, yeah? Middle blocker?? Libero??
What part should we give Yeon Ju-hong…? And who should we pick for lead vocal; Make a New Color made it so you can’t just vote for your favorite—you have to distribute parts for all 11 members to vote;
Let’s pick Ryu Pyeong Go-young’s sub 1. We need to unite for this, Goyoung-dan!
Geum has no worries about choosing a part since she’s obviously getting rap 1, which is such a steal lol.
#MakeANewColor #Ryeo-yu #KimRyeo-yuAsLeadVocal #VoteKimRyeo-yuForLeadVocal
※Please vote Ryeo-yu as Lead Vocal, not Lead!! Lead Vocal has plenty of parts too!!※
Lead Vocal doesn’t match Ryeo-yu’s vocal range!!!!
Our kingly Ryeoyu can’t show off her skills if she’s nervous ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Please vote for Libo instead of Mebo!!
※Ryeo-yu doesn’t want Lead either!! S!!U!!B!!-!!V!!O!!C!!A!!L!!※
Our Baek-young, just don’t compete with Kim Ryeo-yu for sub-vocal and just take Sub 1
└But Baek-young would do well even with Lead Vocal, wouldn’t she?
└└Ugh, guys, you gotta shake things up a bit
Honestly, everything else is fine, just avoid Subs 5, 6, 7

Our Colorists^^ Whoever your favorite is, you all need to unite against Subs 5, 6, 7

So who should we avoid for 5, 6, 7?
└5 BSY 6 OJH 7 OCS
“It’s seriously ridiculous lolol… saying they’ll make someone who’s obviously a main vocalist into a sub-vocalist? That’s actually insane… they’re seriously messing up the unity.”
At this time, I hate water-riding bastards the most haha. If you become a lead vocalist, all your skills will be revealed. Haha. What kind of lead vocalist are you? Please understand the theme of the lead vocalist.
I just want to burn all the haters, they’re the worst at spreading rumors

And so.
Division was spreading among the Colorists.
It was pure politics.
The desire to place my favorite in the best possible part.
But since I could end up losing to someone stronger, the rational choice was to secure a moderate position.
For that, sacrifices were needed.
Bang Su-in, who had the lowest popularity ranking, and Yeon Ju-hong and Yun Chung, who were at the center of controversy.
The plan was to push these three into the parts with the fewest lines, and fight safely among themselves.
To secure at least Sub 2, 3, 4.

Just give Lead Vocal to whoever

I’d rather have an unknown trainee as main vocal than Yun Chung.

Just make Lee Gyeong-a the main vocal and be done with it
└222222 Whoever your bias is, Lee Gyeong-a should be main vocal lol
└3333
└Wait, let our Baek-young do it instead
└That’s another mess lol
We need to promote the voting to non-fans too

Do whatever you want with the rest, but please make sub-vocal 6 and 7 these two lol
Even if the rest are in alphabetical order, please be considerate with sub-vocal 6 and 7 ^^

If you’re human, vote
└Please, if you’re Korean, vote for sub-vocal 6 and 7

And so the community and SNS were flooded with posts asking people to vote for Yeon Ju-hong and Yun Chung as sub-vocal 6 and 7.
It was a collaborative effort from all the other trainees’ fans, excluding Yun Chung and Yeon Ju-hong.
The position voting was no longer a simple popularity vote.
A popularity vote only requires people to vote for those they like.
But this had transcended that—it was equivalent to voting for people you disliked.
In short, this voting was simultaneously a popularity vote and a hate vote.
Twelve hours later.
The trainees received their assigned positions.

Main Vocal: Lee Gyeong-a
Lead Vocal: Kim Ryeo-yu
Sub Vocal 1: Ryu Bora
Sub Vocal 2: Seo Baek-young
Sub Vocal 3: Lee Ju-seon
Sub Vocal 4: Shin Yu-hyeon
Sub Vocal 5: Bang Su-in
Sub Vocal 6: Yeon Ju-hong
Sub Vocal 7: Yun Chung
Rapper 1: Kim Geum
Rapper 2: Park Ha-eun

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Meanwhile, how must the trainees have felt upon learning that even Yeon Ju-hong and Yun Chung had been pushed down to sub-vocals 6 and 7 by their own fans?
They couldn’t bring themselves to lift their heads.
Even though it wasn’t their fault, and even knowing that the fans had made this mistake without understanding the full circumstances.
The disappointment and apology couldn’t simply disappear.

“…Really, if only personal SNS or statements had been allowed….”

Since Kim Geum and Ryu Bora shared a room with me, their sense of guilt was particularly acute.
Still, because we were roommates, I had harbored some hope that fans might view our relationship favorably.
But high expectations breed great disappointment.
Truthfully, I hadn’t harbored any expectations at all.
You can’t eliminate strategic voting with nothing more than a roommate relationship.
Before the controversy, I had ranked high enough to threaten Kim Geum’s position, so from her fans’ perspective, it was the obvious choice.
We’d competed for first and second place several times, after all.
Even in the MVP of MVP rankings, Kim Geum placed fourth while I took first.
It did sting a little that even Ryu Bora’s fans had abandoned me so coldly.
But it felt odd to say they’d abandoned me when they weren’t even my fans to begin with.
What truly pained me was my own fans.
My fans had tried so hard.

‘Trainee Yun Chung. What a shame. She came in second for the main vocal vote. She lost to trainee Lee Gyeong-a by the narrowest margin and was immediately pushed down to sub-vocal 7.’

That’s what Oh PD had indicated.
My fans had truly given their all.
But overcoming a sheer volume of votes is terribly difficult.
Knowing we would lose, yet having them support me to the very end—I felt both grateful and sorry.
…I was the guilty one.

“Don’t worry. It’s just one song, after all.”
“But still….”

I did my best to comfort the two of them.
But my attention was entirely fixed on the SNS timeline.

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Yun Chung’s fans, we’re so sorry… we just didn’t have enough power…. Ugh, this is so frustrating
#SorryYunChung_WeloveyouYunChung #DontCry_YunChungFans

…What are “Yun Chung’s dogs”?
I did something too, apparently—that’s what they call the fans who look at Yun Chung.
…Why specifically “dogs,” I’m not entirely sure myself…
Faced with fans apologizing to me, I felt even more guilty.
I’m the one who made the mistake, and I’m the one who failed to meet their expectations.
Why would they give their hearts so completely to a trainee who only inflicts wounds?

“I’ll perfect even a single verse and repay them somehow.”

That’s all I could do right now.
Wait, no.

Ding!

Oh PD

Will you do what the Shop Owner wants? lol

But I won’t grant everything, just a little lol

There was one more thing I could do.
Revenge.
And a refreshing glass of satisfaction.

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