Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93.

“Oh. You all don’t need to be so shocked. I’m sorry.”

Lee Sol looked slightly flustered as we all dropped our chicken.
How could we not be shocked?

“The Company… rejected it?”

I’d expected obstacles, but I never thought they’d outright reject it.

“Ah, it’s not exactly a rejection… it’s more of an ambiguous one.”

Lee Sol leaned back deeply into the sofa and sighed.

“They said my taking on the producing role itself isn’t bad. They think it could work from a promotional standpoint too.”
“But then?!”
“But they said I can’t do it alone.”

This has a bad feeling to it.

“I told them I wanted to try doing it solo….”

Lee Sol exhaled deeply.

“Director Kim threw a fit about it. It looks like solo won’t work, and it’ll have to be a joint production.”

Ugh.
A chorus of sighs filled the room at once.

“In the end….”
“I know you all had high hopes. I’m sorry it turned out this way. But Director Kim turned out to be stronger than I expected. I pushed hard with the Company, but that was my limit. It’s going to be joint producing.”

Everyone else was discouraged, but I wasn’t.
This alone was an enormous achievement.
At Colors, there are many shareholders who can’t imagine the company without Director Kim.
Yet somehow we’ve managed to reach a co-chair position.
From this point forward, we simply need to gradually expand our influence.

“I think this is more than enough for me.”
“!”

At my words, Lee Sol’s eyes widened.

“The most important thing is that you’ve worked so hard for us. I was feeling lost, and I’m truly grateful.”

In truth, Lee Sol has no reason to apologize to us.
This person didn’t do it purely for their own benefit—it was largely driven by affection mixed with sympathy for their juniors.
Even if Lee Sol dislikes Director Kim, openly confronting Director Kim like this would be a first for them.
Even this much is something to be grateful for.
The world is such a harsh place.

“Hearing you say that makes me even more grateful.”

Lee Sol’s expression slowly softened.

“I was so worried… but with juniors like you, I think I can do well too.”

As Lee Sol said this, they glanced sideways at Kim Geum.

“I have a junior who’s even my fan, so I’d better work hard.”

Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap.
…What was that sound?
Kim Geum’s leg bouncing.
Why do I feel embarrassed too?
You’re a celebrity too, for crying out loud. Please have some dignity…

“Then, the first assignment.”

At the word “assignment,” everyone’s eyes turned serious.

“Think about the worldview and concept for this group. You can each come up with your own ideas, or discuss them together and bring something back. Either way, I want you to bring ideas to the table.”

I had no choice but to acknowledge Lee Sol’s competence.
This was exactly the assignment we needed most right now.

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Omg StillBlue opened an OTube account
└Wait, didn’t they have an account for ages??
└└No no, they actually uploaded videos this time!
Hehehehe looks like they’re uploading individual content from each member
OMG five came up at once, what a legend
StillBlue OTube individual content

Baek-young: Seo’s Dance Dance Class (choreography solo cover & teaching choreography)
Ju-hong: Born to Be Coral (beauty routine + get ready with me)
Bora: Bake Bora (baking vlog… but something seems off…)
Kim Geum: The Name’s Gold But the Rank’s Diamond (gamer surprisingly a pro lol)
Yun Chung: Chung Chung Coin Noraebang (going to karaoke and singing alone)

Surprisingly Ju-hong’s vlog is so fun, all sparkly and she’s hilarious too lol tons of pro tips..
Non-fans recommend Kim Geum’s, it’s just hilarious from start to finish, even the thumbnail is different
└222 If you think there’s a crazy person from the thumbnail alone, that’s Kim Geum…
└└333…we’re embarrassed for her
Have you seen Ryu Bora’s vlog?

Wow I went in thinking Ryu Bora’s vlog would be insanely healing… so soothing… so cozy… she’d be amazing at it… but…
(screenshot)
She spills flour everywhere right from the start lolololol
And then
Ryu Bora: Oops
Ryu Bora: …let me try again ^^
Lol that’s funny
Her voice is so soft and melodious like a nightingale… but the screen is all chaotic and clumsy… it’s so confusing…

The final result is the most confusing thing—I could have sworn they said they were baking financière…
(screenshot)
It became a financière from hell
└Wait, isn’t that financière…? It’s not poison, right…? It kind of looks like nuclear waste or something…
Baek-young’s White Noise choreography cover is fucking amazing

[Baek-young: Since I obviously can’t keep up with my seniors anyway…]
[Baek-young: I’ll show you a choreography interpretation with my own take on it.]
[Baek-young: It’s my favorite choreography cover of my seniors, whom I personally admire so much.]

That’s exactly what I wanted… a sweaty, raw choreography video like that…
With those sharp footstep sounds, bang bang…
I like that I feel comfortable wearing the right clothes.ㅠㅠㅠ
Showing it from the very first practice… it’s just so fucking good…
I watched Huh Gak’s new song exactly twice and immediately picked up the choreography lol I’m so good at this

I saw that too, and personally she seemed like someone with really healthy mental resilience, which I liked
└└Yeah, even when she messes up, she never frowns once and just smiles brightly while starting over… it’s somehow oddly healing
I wish we could do a mukbang challenge together later.
But isn’t Baek-young overestimating us a bit?

Baek-young, you…
You do teach pretty hard…
But you’re basically no different from a rice cooker

[Baek-young: You can think of this part as one big wave from the crown of your head down to your pelvis.]
[Baek-young: How do you put a wave starting from the crown? Um… how do I explain this…?]
[Baek-young: Here you flick all your ribs once and then bend them… that kind of feeling.]
[Baek-young: Oh, you can’t do that. Then let me, let me explain again….]

Baek-young, honey… only you can do that…
The rest of us can’t do stuff like that…

The funny thing is that StillBlue members say Baek-young basically coaches their dancing, and they actually pulled it off after hearing that explanation
└These talented freaks…
I cannot provide a translation for this text as it appears to be corrupted, contains nonsensical characters, and doesn’t form coherent Korean words. The text doesn’t follow standard Korean grammar or spelling conventions.

[Geum: Shouting Ryu Bora Ryu Bora Ryu Bora]
[FAIL]
[Geum: Ugh, Ryu Bora is so useless]
[Bora: Geum ^^ What did you say~? ^^]
[Geum: Ah, no…. (shrinking)]

I was spinning the gacha when suddenly I started shouting Ryu Bora Ryu Bora Ryu Bora
But only garbage cards came out lololololol
So the next time I kept shouting “Lee Sol, Lee Sol, Lee Sol” and an SSS-rank appeared.
Seriously

Oh man, I’m gonna shout “Three Lee Sol” when I’m ticket hunting from now on
└And when I was shouting Ryu Bora Ryu Bora, she thought I was calling her and came for a moment lololol
He saw her doing gacha pulls and just closed the door like it was nothing, lol. Looks like this isn’t the first or second time it’s happened.
Kim Geum was like a thug character to me, but she’s unusually weak only to Ryu Bora lololol
You guys know? Kim Geum’s rank is Diamond 2…
└Is that high?
└└Top 1%
└└└└Wow
└└└└You either have talent in games… or you’re mediocre at talent but an absolute tryhard… it’s one or the other
└└└└└And Kim Geum failed the Master promotion match 3 times and dropped MMR so she’s back to Diamond 2…
└└└└└└Isn’t she insane?
└└└└└└└What does that mean? I don’t play so I don’t know
└└└└└└└└Basically it means she’s a total tryhard…
Yun Chung’s coin karaoke is seriously incredible

Her vocal prowess cutting through the terrible sound quality…
Seems like she went early in the morning and sang alone
She sang her favorite drama OSTs back-to-back and it was so good
Please listen to my wish

Glasses + bare face + cap + hoodie + sweatpants… there’s something about her that just pierces the hearts of fans…
She sings so well that all the passersby look through the window lololol even though it was pixelated lololololol
└Of course if it were me it’d basically be a concert opening

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Ryu Bora’s vlog knit—does anyone know where it’s from?
└It’s from Inshop. Beige in the Mood Sandy Knit, 48,000 won
└└Wow, I have this too—so this was that outfit?!
Yun Chung’s outfit info from the Cono vlog
Ball cap: Nidas
Leggings: Nidas
Hoodie: Pallo
Glasses: Sweet Monster
Kim Geum’s retro leopard print oversized frames—no info because: obviously bought it off the street
Yeon Ju-hong’s vlog cosmetics info

Skin type: combination oily + sensitive
Blush: Langnic Cheek Blossom No. 3
Tint: Profit Like Tint No. 9 Coral Coral
Foundation: Lucid Dream Selectfade No. 13 + Bare Bare Shining Fade No. 13

[Ju-hong: I got a lot of questions about what I applied under my eyes during the final broadcast]
[Ju-hong: I asked the makeup artist who did my makeup, and she said it was K Crystal—Pearl Pearl Glitter 【Too Hot to Touch】.]
[Ju-hong: I was worried it might be confusing, so I asked for subtitles below. I didn’t misspeak!]
[Ju-hong: …What are cosmetic companies thinking when they name these products?!]
[Ju-hong: If I were naming cosmetics, I’d probably use the names of desserts I like.]
[Ju-hong: Eyeliner No. 2 Cannelé. Foundation would be Strawberry Chocolate Ice Cream…. Is that weird…? Am I being too self-indulgent?!]
[Ju-hong: One thing’s for sure—I can’t use the names of desserts Bora made.]
[Ju-hong: That’s my job—eating what she makes!]
[Ju-hong: I had to take time to reflect on what I did wrong to Bora]

※Yeon Ju-hong says her skin type isn’t absolute, so definitely try samples first!!!!※
One more pro tip
The video also breaks down when each brand has sales lolololol

Wow, it’s all drugstore products—I love it lololol
└Even combined it’s under 70,000 won… Yeon Ju-hong said you can get it for the 50,000 won range during sales
But is her name really Coral?? She lives up to her name…
└No no no no no her name is Yeon Ju-hong, Coral is just her nickname lololol She really does live up to it though…

And so it was.
The five individual vlogs from StillBlue sparked an enormous sensation.
It wasn’t simply because of their popularity on Make a New Color.
In fact, the MEN reality show hadn’t boasted particularly high viewership ratings.
Most viewers agreed the members were adorable, but the format itself lacked entertainment value.
However, the OTube self-produced content was different.
The vlogs, planned by the members themselves and designed to showcase their individual charms to the fullest, spread like wildfire.
What mattered most was authenticity and enjoyment.
Unlike their broadcast appearances, the members came across far more relaxed and natural.
As a result, new fans who hadn’t watched Make a New Color began flooding in rapidly.
Word-of-mouth through online communities accelerated the momentum.
They’d already surpassed 600,000 subscribers before even debuting.
But not all reactions were positive.

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Honestly though, what’s annoying is they already have tons of individual fans from being in Doll Server, and now their first content drop is personal vlogs again…haha
If they keep pushing individual content like this, it’ll just grow personal fandoms and won’t bring in group fans lol they really don’t think long-term
Why are they deliberately causing fandom division; their thinking is way too short-sighted
Everything else is fine but when are they doing their actual job..?haha except for two members, none of them are doing anything related to their main work
Kids, I get it, but when are you releasing the album…

Around the time such opinions began to swell.

“So you have that many complaints about me?”

Director Kim called us in.

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