Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95.

Ding!

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[StillBlue – Color film ‘Light Steel Blue’]

StillBlue’s first concept film had been released.

‘I think my heart’s about to burst.’

The moment I saw the thumbnail of the concept film on StillBlue’s official account, I felt my breath catch in my throat.
I’d casually stopped by to review Yun Chung’s coin karaoke video, and there it was—the concept film had been uploaded.

‘The title alone is “Light Steel Blue”… This is absolutely going to be a massive hit…’

I couldn’t hold back any longer.
The thumbnail itself looked absolutely insane.
A white snowy field, a dusky evening sky.
Seeing them together at a glance, it truly resembled a pale steel blue.
But what caught my eye most of all was
the five members standing on the snowy field.
Each member holding a large gemstone of a different color, gazing straight ahead.
I clicked on the video as if entranced.
Then, accompanied by cool yet majestic music, Seo Baek-young’s face was zoomed in on.
As it slowly zoomed out, Seo Baek-young’s upper body came into view.
It seemed as though she was in a dark room.
However, forest footage was projected on every wall of the room, creating the sensation of being in the depths of a forest.

[Another you arrives.]

A cursive subtitle passing across the bottom of the screen.
In the midst of a desolate forest with barely any leaves remaining.
In Seo Baek-young’s hand lay a small triangular prism-shaped crystal.
It was divided into five layers, but all the layers seemed misaligned.

[Click.]

Seo Baek-young began rotating the crystal at the lowest level.

[Sometimes I wonder about it.]

As Seo Baek-young’s narration continued, the other members passed by one by one.
With each layer rotated, another scene unfolded.

[Am I not simply a small planet held captive by an enormous star given the name fate?]

Between each scene lay objects whose meaning remained obscure.
Yet one thing was unmistakable.
The keyword threading through these scenes was,

[White]

the color white.
Scattering white petals. White meteorites and a white deer floundering upon the snow.
The transitions between scenes accelerated.

[Surely I’m making progress bit by bit, yet when I come to my senses, I find myself back where I started—something about that feels wrong.]

The screen returned to Seo Baek-young.
With white blindfolds covering her eyes, she ran through footage of an endless forest.
The fact that it was footage rather than an actual forest made the atmosphere all the more uncanny.

[Perhaps I’m merely orbiting. Not advancing at all, but revolving in a predetermined path.]

Behind Seo Baek-young, an enormous white moon followed in her wake.

[If what I believed to be struggle was merely a predetermined—a repetitive orbit all along.]

Then Seo Baek-young stumbled, overwhelmed.

[Does my orbit truly hold any meaning?]

A crystal pillar fell onto the Snowy Field.
Simultaneously, the screen transitioned.

[I cannot read my own orbit, but perhaps to someone observing me through their telescope, I might appear quite plausible.]

Yeon Ju-hong stood alone upon the desert, her entire body wrapped in crimson fabric and jewels.
Somehow, the landscape evoked the image of Mars itself.

[Red]

The keyword was presented once more.
Yeon Ju-hong’s eyes were magnified in close-up, and scenes evoking the color red flashed past.

[But is there truly anyone observing me?]

Around Yeon Ju-hong, glass shards shaped like crimson scorpion claws filled the space.

[And then you came.]

The screen shifted again, revealing Yun Chung lying with her eyes closed upon a rain-soaked sea.

[Blue]

The gray-tinted sky contrasted sharply with the sea, so deeply blue it appeared pitch black.
Yet what had seemed like rain transformed as the screen zoomed closer, its form shifting.

[From very far away.]

Countless tiny letters clustered together, forming the shape of raindrops.
The drops gradually transformed into objects symbolizing Yun Chung, then reverted to water once more, falling upon her.

[I did not see you coming. So I doubted your existence.]

Yun Chung brought a transparent blue glass shaped like a fish tail to her eyes.
The perspective shifted, and the sky viewed through the glass now glowed with a pale blue light, unlike before.

[Whether what approaches from afar is a black hole to swallow me, an asteroid to destroy me, or a comet to pass me by—I cannot know.]

Kim Geum stood upon a desolate wasteland that shimmered with golden light.

[Gold]

Kim Geum pressed the horns of a bull against her head.
Behind Kim Geum, red stars and constellations swept past.

[If only I could have felt it.]

The things that had appeared golden transformed into corroded copper the closer the camera zoomed in on Kim Geum.
That copper bore a peculiar shade of blue.

[Something vast was coming here.]

A violet cosmos, and Ryu Bora sitting alone on the Moon, gazing down at Earth.

[Purple]

A telescope rested in Ryu Bora’s hands.
She brought it to her eyes, observing Earth through its lens.

[You were the first and only existence I dared to look upon through a telescope, when I lacked the courage to face anything else.]

The perspective shifted, and the circular lens of the telescope filled the screen.
The images of the other members flickered across that round lens.
It seemed to rewind all the footage shown thus far.

[At last, you crossed countless orbits to arrive here,]

The light spectrum created by passing through the crystal overlapped again and again, then converged once more into white light.

[You were my shooting star.]

From a distance, that light resembled a single shooting star.

[What color did you see in me?]

Where the shooting star had fallen, Seo Baek-young lay alone on her back, gazing up at the sky.

[Some chase an eternal blue.]

Seo Baek-young rotated the crystal to form a complete triangular prism.
Where her hand touched it, a rainbow spectrum of light was born, radiating outward in all directions.

[Follow this light with me.]

The screen whiteouts in an instant.
Gradually, focus returns, revealing a vast snowy field.
And upon it, five members gathered together.
Despite each wearing different colored clothing with distinct brilliance, there was an oddly unified harmony to them.

[The first color I’ll show you is.]

All the members looked up at the sky simultaneously.
Then a sky emerged, tangled with crimson, azure, white, yellow, and violet.
Yet it was unmistakably sky blue.
All their colors converged, revealing instead a subtly muted shade of blue.

[Even on murky, clouded days, it remains blue.]

The camera turns downward again, and now all the members appeared dressed in the same colored clothing.
Each wore a dreamy grayish-blue ensemble, as if embodying the sky itself.

[I will observe your color.]

The music, which had remained grand and cool, transformed into a faster, tension-filled rhythm.

[Forever]

A keyword subtitle flashed across the screen once more.

[You observe our color for us.]

With the final narration, another keyword appeared.

[We are still here]

Simultaneously, the music that sounded like the highlight of the new song played briefly.
The screen whiteout again.
Finally,

[Light Steel Blue]

Along with a logo that appears to be the album title.

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Colors really committed to this.

How much money did they pour into this?
Thank you, I love you—this is why I can’t let go of Colors.

StillBlue Color Film Analysis

They set the keyword as ‘Color’, but the real keyword is closer to
.
You observe my color, and I observe yours.
At Menukal, they asked the Colorists to paint the members’ colors for them.
But now the colors are already fully painted, and they’re asking us to observe them instead.
If it ended there, it’d be a bit disappointing, but it’s different.
At the end of Ryu Bora’s narration, it says “I will observe your color,” and the keyword subtitle shows [Forever].
I will observe you forever.
But
the next narration is where it really hits…
“You observe our color.”
And this time the keyword isn’t forever—it’s still…
We’re still here, so please keep watching us…
The way they’re feeding the fans is insanely good.
Even after the menu ends, they ask you not to forget about them and keep watching…ㅠㅠㅠ

I actually interpreted the keyword not as just fan service, but as .
In the music video, the members symbolize stars, but they’re also observers.
The fans are stars too, and they observe each other… I love that.
└Wow, that interpretation works too.
It’s great that it doesn’t end with just fan service.

The video quality is so damn good that it’s amazing even without analysis lol.
Sophisticated and ethereal concept… genuinely love it.
If the concept film is this good, the actual album quality will be…
My wallet is ready, Colors members.

Still can’t let my guard down.

Colorists always nail their concept films, but sometimes the title track concept is just… weird, you know?
I speak from experience.

Wait, are you Greysh?
Wait, are you All Colors?
Wait, are you White Noise?
Wait, are you Burnash?
└Why does every group have this problem lol
I was worried the fans would ask about Kim Mo-gyeong

Thankfully, there’s zero Kim Mo-gyeong vibes;;; What’s going on??

Heard Lee Sol handled the producing this time
└Wow, Lee Sol’s talented;
└└This Colors film had the members directing!
└└└Wow, the girls are incredible

The public’s response was excellent, and the fandom loved it too.
Many fans were surprised that Seo Baek-young was the center of the concept film.
Since Yun Chung ranked first, they’d assumed she’d be the focal point.
But with Seo Baek-young as the narrator and the other members’ screen time distributed evenly, everyone was satisfied.
Seo Baek-young was like everyone’s aching finger—that tender, hurting part.
The kind of pain you can’t quite ignore.

I really like how they incorporated us properly into the worldviewㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Our lightstick is a telescope?? Is that right??
└I was thinking of a lightstick with stars on it, but that’s actually so convincing
└If it’s a customizable lightstick, that’d be insane
Ha, please release the title song and the teaser. Hurry up, it’s already Novemberㅠㅠ
You’re dropping a teaser next week, right? Colorists, I believe in you, I’m desperate

And so.
As anticipation for the teaser continued to build.
Something far more powerful arrived.

Wait, the pre-release track music video dropped
└With no warning????????

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