Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91.

“Oh. It’s starting.”

Prism’s mom turned on the television for the first time in a while.
Truthfully, there was hardly any reason to watch television these days.
It was convenient to just rewatch things on streaming services.
But the reason she turned on the television today was,

[StillBlue: Hello, Forever Blue, we’re StillBlue!]

Today was the broadcast premiere of StillBlue’s reality show 【StillBlue’s Coloring Book】.
The first episode was just so-so.
The girls were working hard, but the concept… was really lacking.
But for fans, an idol reality show was like a blessing from heaven.
A reality show of my girls’ trainee days?
Who knows when that will come around again.
Whether it’s boring or not, as long as I can see my babies’ faces on the big screen, that’s all that matters.

[Yun Chung: Today, we’re going to try something that fits the program’s purpose… like that!]

The program’s purpose?
Prism’s mom thought back to the previous episode.
Since the program was called 【StillBlue’s Coloring Book】, learning about StillBlue’s idol life was the program’s purpose.

[Baek-young: We actually trained for a long time, but… we never really learned what it truly means to be an idol, or what an idol’s responsibilities are.]
[Geum: That’s right. Fans, please understand this. The company told us we just needed to dance and sing well, right? But that wasn’t it.]
[Ju-hong: Really! Once we actually debuted, there was so much we didn’t know that it was confusing!]

Production Team: For example?

[Geum: Payday.]

Production Team: Ah.
Caption: That’s definitely the most important thing…

“That’s true. What could be more important to an employee than payday.”

Prism let out a soft chuckle.

[Ju-hong: And I want to try opening Pubble! The company says they’ll let me do things like that once I’m more mature!]

“Are you kidding me? These Colors executives are unbelievable.”

My girl wants to open Pubble on her own initiative, and they’re telling her she can’t?
Pubble was an app where idols and fans could exchange messages one-on-one.
The idol’s messages were visible to all fans subscribed to that idol, but the fan’s messages could only be seen by the idol—that was the structure.
Even if the idol didn’t reply to my specific message, just knowing I could receive a response from my bias was an incredible merit in itself.
Of course, it was a paid service.
All of Colors’ idols were using this app.
So StillBlue’s fans were constantly begging for them to open it for our girls too.
Prism immediately turned on her phone and scrolled through the timeline.

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If Ju-hong opens Pubble she’d be such a filial daughter why won’t they open it
Why can’t those bastards just take the fucking money when it’s being offered?
Open Pubble right now you crazy bastards
Just imagining it… Ryu Bora’s selfies.. open it right now

[Yun Chung: Geum and I have been working on songs for the debut album lately.]
[Geum: We’re basically making them fifty-fifty.]
[Bora: The songs are really good. Fans can look forward to them, seriously.]
[Ju-hong: Yun Chung composed songs even during vacation? We barely had a week off and she brought back three songs.]

Caption: She’s relentless…

[Yun Chung: I need to work faster. Debut faster. And meet the fans faster.]
[Yun Chung: Everyone else should work faster too.]

Caption: Ambition overflowing…

[Geum: Look. This woman’s eyes are slightly crazed.]

Seriously
Hey, are you composing already? Oh, it’s crazyㅠㅠㅠ It hasn’t even been long since the Wagis’ menu ended ㅠㅠㅠ They’re really hot.,,
Oh I’m dying to see the debut album but I’m worried the kids are overworking themselves but I’m also dying to see it

[Yun Chung: Anyway, that’s why the seniors have so much more experience than us.]
[Baek-young: We decided to raid Colors Entertainment to learn from the seniors’ experience.]
[Bora: A raid? Not a visit?]
[Geum: The first strike wins. Let’s launch a surprise attack.]
[Bora: So why are we even fighting…]
[Ju-hong: I’ll lead the charge!]
[Yun Chung: Go, Ju-hong-mon.]
[Ju-hong: Coral coral!]

Caption: ※This broadcast is “StillBlue’s Coloring Book”※
Caption: ※Not a creature-catching game※
Caption: And so the StillBlue members raided (?) Colors Entertainment….
Caption: What kind of idols are at Colors?!

[Baek-young: Oh, there are people inside.]

A floor where the studios are gathered.

[Geum: This place is like a second home for Yun Chung and me.]
[Yun Chung: These days it feels like the dormitory. I sleep here every day.]
[Geum: There’s even a bed inside…]
[Yun Chung: Once we make money, our dream is to put a small refrigerator in here.]
[Geum: I’ve wanted it so badly that I’ve memorized the price. 293,000 won.]

They work these kids to death but won’t even give them a single refrigerator?
Did they ask for a luxury penthouse apartment? Just give them one refrigerator.
Do I need to install a refrigerator as support? ㅠㅠ A small refrigerator is recommended.

[Baek-young: Let’s knock.]
[Yun Chung: Knock three times first.]
[Geum: Knock gently.]
[Ju-hong: You all knock then!]

StillBlue had boldly declared it a raid, yet they knocked timidly on the studio door.
Prism’s leader had been watching StillBlue with an amused grin for some time now.

[???: Come in.]
[Ju-hong: Hehehehehehehehe.]
[Geum: Gasp—that voice… that’s my senior’s voice. I can’t go in. I can’t go in.]
[Bora: Haha, Geum. What are you talking about? Come on, let’s go in. It’s rude to keep our senior waiting like this. Haha.]

As voices echoed from inside, StillBlue opened the door with considerable tension.

[StillBlue: Hello, senior!]

Caption: The person waiting in the studio was…!

[Lee Sol: Oh. The babies.]

Caption: Colors’ 12-year veteran senior, Greysh’s main rapper Lee Sol!
Caption: Colors’ greatest artist—flawless at composition, lyrics, and rap!

[Lee Sol: Is this our first time meeting?]
[Yun Chung: Ah, I think you may have seen Geum before.]
[Lee Sol: That’s right. I saw Geum on Unpretty Money last time. I was so impressed by how well she performed. And since she’s from our company, it made me even happier. I thought maybe our connection could continue.]

Caption: Two people who met as judge and contestant!

[Lee Sol: Since I only appeared as a one-time guest back then, I didn’t get to greet you properly. How have you been?]

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Lee Sol is seriously still so cool
That class is unmatched,,
Kim Geum looks like she’s about to faint
└Why??

[Bora: Geum. The senior is calling you.]
[Geum: …]
[Yun Chung: Geum??]
[Baek-young: Geum, are you okay?]
[Ju-hong: Did she just faint with her eyes open?]
[Geum: …]

Caption: Kim Geum, frozen and unable to speak
Caption: Come to your senses…

Kim Geum is so damn funny
Can someone explain why Kim Geum is acting like that?
└She started rapping after seeing Lee Sol do it lol
└└└hahahaha
My ultimate bias that I’ve been a fan of for 12 years saw me just once, but she remembered me and called my name—imagine her saying she felt grateful that our connection could continue with everyone like this
└I get it completely.
└└How did Double Gold not have a heart attack and survive?
└└└If it were me I’d be carried out on a stretcher

[Lee Sol: Is this girl okay??]
[Baek-young: She just loves her senior so much… I’m sorry….]
[Lee Sol: Oh, is that what it was? Thanks for that. We should grab a drink together sometime.]
[Kim Geum: !!!!]
[Kim Geum: (nodding frantically)]

Caption: Unable to speak, just nodding vigorously
Caption: Geum, you’re a minor…
Caption: Let’s save the drinking for 1 year and 4 months from now…

[Lee Sol: Anyway, what brings you to see me today?]

Caption: The StillBlue members explaining earnestly.

The explanation section was skipped with fast-forwarding.
But the redness in all five of their necks revealed just how intently they were explaining.

[Lee Sol: Ah~ So you’re curious about tips on how to survive as an idol… I see.]
[Lee Sol: Well, I know that pretty well. You came to the right place.]
[Lee Sol: First of all.]
[Lee Sol: Don’t trust your company ^^]

lololololol
Starting off spicy…
Who dumped Tabasco sauce on this?
Lee Sol has the right to say things like that… Think about what Colors did to Lee Sol…ㅠㅠㅋ
└What happened?
└└She had songs she made as solo tracks forcibly given to her juniors… and back then when Colors was a new company, Greysh was supporting Colors
└└└Lee Sol is the original source of the Colors composition machine lineage
└└└└Ah… suddenly everything makes sense

[Yun Chung: So… what should we do then?!]
[Lee Sol: You don’t need to listen to the company’s words unconditionally. If you feel like you absolutely must do something, just do it.]
[Lee Sol: Just make sure you don’t do anything your fans would hate, right?]

Caption: Advice that becomes bone and flesh

[Yun Chung: Actually, we’re… composing songs right now.]
[Lee Sol: Oh, already? Then your debut will come soon.]
[Baek-young: But the company doesn’t quite… like our songs.]
[Lee Sol: Why? They don’t like them?]
[Yun Chung: The company says it doesn’t match the concept they had in mind….]
[Lee Sol: What kind of concept?]
[Yun Chung: The song we want is a bit

kind of song.]

Caption: To prevent spoilers, this section has been muted.

[Lee Sol: Will you play it for me?]

Yun Chung handed over a USB drive to Lee Sol as if she’d anticipated this.
Lee Sol connected the USB to the computer she’d been working on and played the song.
The broadcast intentionally muted the sound so it wasn’t clear, but—

‘This song is incredible…?’

Even though it was just a short fifteen-second snippet, I could feel it.
This song smells like a massive hit.

What is this; the song is so good
“My eardrums are melting, and did Geum compose this?”
This is a hit, seriously

[Lee Sol: …the company rejected a song like this?]
[Yun Chung: Yes….]
[Lee Sol: Are they out of their minds?]
[Kim Geum: The company… wants a different direction than this kind of song.]

“Seriously?”

Prism’s manager grabbed the back of her neck in exasperation.

What on earth is the concept that Colors wants?
I mean, the opportunity falls right into their lap, and they’re just kicking it away.
It’s so obvious—that whole “no mass appeal” thing… the Colors style, haha.
Another one of those forced concepts? Ugh…
Colors’ debut tracks are always these weird, cringey middle-school-syndrome songs.

[Sol: There they go again.]
[Sol: They told me to do a

concept for my debut track.]
[Ju-hong: Gasp.]
[Sol:

concept isn’t something I hate, you know? But that was genuinely a weird concept. I really didn’t like it. They kept pushing songs that didn’t fit the times, so I told them if they kept coming at me like that, I just wouldn’t debut at all.]

Caption: We’re fast-forwarding this section to protect Colors.

Wait, is this actually edited? Haha.
Lee Sol really went through it… T_T
Colors was actually pretty against putting the girls in revealing outfits.
The fact that Lee Sol refused and it was still that bad is even more shocking—she was already four years into her solo career when she debuted with Greysh.
└Yeah, they suddenly threw a successful solo artist into a group, haha.
└└Technically she’s been in the industry for 16 years… just within Colors, haha.

[Baek-young: We’re really struggling with this too… What should we do?]

Lee Sol paused at Baek-young’s question.

[Sol: Who’s your producer right now? That’s what matters—who the producer is.]
[Yun Chung: It’s Director Kim Mo-gyeong.]

Wow.
After all that chaos, they’re sticking Kim Mo-gyeong on this too?
Didn’t they learn anything from the Kim Ryeo-yu situation? Haha. God, this company is so stuck in its ways.

[Sol: Ah… Director Kim…]

Lee Sol knows everything too? lol
└How could she not? That weird sexy concept was Kim Mo-gyeong’s idea. She said on the live stream it was some concept about coaxing the guys to buy her a drink. She hated it
└└Ah, no wonder
└└└Just hearing about it makes my ears hurt

[Sol: This is a big problem. The producer is the most important. You need to find a producer who’s a good fit so that the artists’ individuality can truly shine.]
[Sol: Oh!]

Caption: Sol gets a brilliant idea.

[Sol: What if I tried producing?]

That’s it
That’s it wow
That’s it!!!!!!!!11

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