Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 286

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286. Miro is Miro (2)
Before Kairos took the main stage, Lanion had garnered the most positive response across the internet.
– Is this what big corporate money tastes like?
– Rene Entertainment really is a vocal tone paradise
– Cha Min-seok really is the talent Miro missed out on and Rene Entertainment kidnapped
For a rookie two months into their debut, that’s actually doing pretty well, right? lol
└ ? Nobody said anything, so why are you shadow boxing alone…?
└ There was a comment like that earlier but it seems to have been deleted
Lanion came with an INTRO featuring a beat that clearly had money poured into it, followed by their main title track 【Let You Know】 and a sub-track, both rearranged with a wintery atmosphere.
The dance breaks interspersed throughout were impressive, but rather than an ambition to showcase something grand, the intention to establish each member’s individual visuals and image in the public’s mind was crystal clear.
Once Lanion accumulates some vacation days and cycles through a few rounds of haitus, they’ll probably shoot up in growth for real lolol
Though they were still young and hadn’t debuted long, so the awkwardness of a rookie with tight discipline was unavoidable, you could still tell they were a group Rene Entertainment had carefully nurtured over a long time.
Though AR ate up about half of it, you could still tell it was a live performance, and while the main vocalist seemed unstable, compared to other rookie idols, their vocal technique felt solid.
To such an extent that even B-liver, who despite being a re-debut was counted as a rookie but had double the years of experience, received evaluations that Lanion was more stable.
Kairos’s turn came right after Lanion’s stage.
-Kairos gave up their choice of cover song, Yupia removed her overseas schedule and even performed the ending, but if you’re asking us to give up the stage order too…. We’re a bit disappointed, Director. Sphere’s kids haven’t even debuted yet, right? I thought we gave everyone quite a bit of fun with our kids’ Touch High performance this time….
This was the order Ji Su-ho had insisted on holding firm, refusing to back down.
– Ona? Ona???? Ona????????
– I still see those pink-haired girls from More More dancing in front of my eyes
└ Spit it out, that’s Ji-ji
└ Mom, Ji-ji didn’t say it was this delicious…
– I wish they’d do a carol instead, the winter vibe is so refreshing~
└ 22 Since they’re already dressed in that cute way, let’s go with a white carol~
└ 333 Fresh and lively band club Kairos, let’s go~~
However, what awaited the Destiny fans, who had just melted from the pink-haired 【More More】 assault, was something entirely different from their expectations.
– They’re doing it, they’re doing it, they’re doing it
On a darkened stage.
A solemn instrumental began to play.
【Intro+Over the Night (Mad Luv Ver.)】
Between the sacred organ sounds from the music video, the sound effect of a ticking clock mixed in.
Matching that, what appeared on screen was Yu Gun rising on a lift onto the protruding stage, dressed in a perfectly fitted shirt and blazer just like when he first walked the red carpet.
– ? What, where did the pink-haired girl go
└ I guess he buried her
└ This is such a baseless joke, seriously
As Yu Gun slowly lifted his head, a female dancer in a black velvet dress and a mask adorned with gold leaf appeared beside him.
The short organ interlude faded, and an intense tango melody began. Matching that, Yu Gun and the dancer synchronized their movements, showcasing a pair dance.
-Yu Gun, have you ever done ballroom dancing before?
-I did it briefly when I worked as an assistant instructor at a culture center for someone I knew.
-Oh, I see….
-…What’s with that uneasy smile?
Trust only in us? That’s a laugh born of faith.
It was Kang Ha-jin’s masterpiece—a scheme to strip the members bare and construct an ultra-hybrid new foreign-made bus.
– Yu Gun oppa… why are you… you’re not oppa?
– Koreans are supposed to be all about speed, right? So let’s rewind about three weeks—the fact that this bastard isn’t twenty years old is a national disgrace of South Korea.
The brief, intense tango ended with Yu Gun-i’s dancer partner supporting the dancer’s back as she collapsed, eyes closing as if surrendering to death. Simultaneously, as the dancer tore away the outer skirt of her black velvet dress, a crimson underskirt was revealed—as if symbolizing her demise.
The camera panned seamlessly to the opposite stage.
Eun-chan, clutching a red handkerchief that seemed to connect from the dancer’s crimson skirt, performed a solo to the accompaniment of a beautiful harp. Using the handkerchief, he moved with poignant gestures as if yearning for someone departed, and as his dance grew increasingly fervent—
The camera angle shifted once more, and Tae-hyun and Ha-ru unveiled a paired choreography.
Standing face to face, they moved like mirrors of each other, but with Tae-hyun occasionally breaking the rhythm, creating a dance that seemed to diverge and wander.
With brilliant violin notes swelling, the two finally embraced, their intertwined hands clasping together, and then Jeong Si-u—a red handkerchief tucked into his three-piece suit like a pocket square—walked naturally into the camera’s frame.
– Oh, what a shock
– His beauty is excessive
Before anyone could marvel at the sculpted face bearing such a cold expression, Jeong Si-u fearlessly climbed over the massive formation of black-masked dancers positioned like a hill on one side of the stage—
– No, this can’t happen
And fell straight down.
As Jeong Si-u naturally exited the frame with the dancers who caught him, the dancers who had formed the hill dispersed like mist, transitioning to the next formation.
Lee Do-ha walked through the dancers positioned like obstacles blocking the path. As he passed, the dancers lowered their bodies in sequence, creating a wave effect.
– What on earth did they prepare?
– What what what is this ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜ
– Everyone be quiet for a moment, let us appreciate this
– So right now it’s like… Kairos going to find the dead female lead, something like that, right?
└ Seems like it
The figure passing through the black wave had already transformed from Do-ha to Ha-jin.
Ha-jin, billowing a black long coat, moved as if racing toward the Main Stage. In the distance on the Main Stage, a female dancer stretched her hand toward Ha-jin with tender affection.
The instrumental, which had transformed into a grand orchestral arrangement, climbed ever closer to its crescendo. The hands of the dancers forming the black wave that swept down terrifyingly behind Ha-jin created an almost ominous atmosphere.
And finally, just as Ha-jin’s hand was about to touch the dancer’s hand—
– Wow, I can’t meet youㅠㅠㅠ
– I didn’t meet you ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜ?
Ugh, this can’t be happening nooooo
The black wave, approaching even faster, engulfed Ha-jin first, and the focus blurred.
The pre-recorded opening video had ended.
Immediately after, the camera returned to the Main Stage and revealed—
– Wow
– Insane
– What is that
A stage where torn crimson fabric and drapes fluttered, as if suggesting a fierce battle had taken place,
Covered entirely with black-masked dancers who lay collapsed or frozen in place,
And a single radiant chair positioned prominently among those dancers,
With a man sitting diagonally on that chair as if he had collapsed—all captured in a wide Long Shot.
With the prelude of “Over the Night,” infused with a distinctly minor sensibility, the camera now zoomed in on the man seated at the center of the stage.
Where had that neat appearance from earlier gone? His necktie hung half-undone, his hair disheveled, and his eyeshadow was dark and flushed as though he had just wept.
The image of Ha-jin with red wound makeup beneath his eyes and at the corners of his mouth, eyes closed, completed the frame like a single brushstroke painting.
Opening his eyes—
Like the opening lyrics, Ha-jin slowly lifted his gaze, his gray eyes fixed on some distant point. The dancers who had been lying motionless stirred in unison, moving to the majestic melody as though awakening from death itself.
‘If the King of the Underworld existed, perhaps he would look like this?’
It was an image so striking it inspired such thoughts.
Then Ha-jin’s gaze—neither entirely sorrowful nor entirely cold—slowly turned toward the camera.
A voice pitched an octave lower than the original resonated vividly through the microphone.
At last, we meet in this night
Strictly speaking, Ha-jin’s voice belonged to the lower register, yet when singing, he typically handled the mid to high parts.
As Ha-jin released the tension from his body and delivered the low opening with languid ease, the Destiny fans watching Kairos’s stage from their respective locations felt the presence of something grand and immediately began to cry out.
– Why are they performing a stage worthy of a global awards show on some shabby QBS broadcast…?
They’re pouring their souls into a public broadcast year-end stage that doesn’t even give out awards, you guys….
Of course, it meant they were going crazy with love for it.
* * *
We running,
Running Over the Moonlight―
Thanks to the members’ recent relentless efforts and the effects of psychological counseling, Jeong Si-u’s sleep patterns were gradually returning to normal, and he showcased vocal condition better than ever, effortlessly hitting the high notes.
The Kairos members performed their choreography naturally, sometimes positioning themselves in opposition to the dancers and sometimes forming large formations in perfect synchronization, all while maintaining their live vocals. The ten-minute stage they had practiced for the Upia Concert guest performance proved to be quite helpful.
The 【Over the Night】, arranged more roughly and intensely than usual, was nothing short of a mad love song itself. Above all, the audiovisual impact was severe—the sight of them fully dressed yet singing with such poignant desperation, as though missing a single screw, was overwhelming.
[Miro, these perverts are at it again]
So right now they’re doing the concept of a madman who turned the underworld upside down to get back his dead female lead, yeah? They said it was a mad love version and these bastards are really delivering mad love…
– Miro just being Miro again, that’s all
– Kairos in suits all disheveled is such a huge purchase
[Wait, the arrangement and lyrics are insane right now (warning: excessive immersion)]
Even if darkness comes for a moment, don’t be afraid
It Doesn’t Matter
We will overcome this night no matter what
Wait for me now, I’m coming to you
No matter what obstacles stand in the way
We will overcome this night no matter what
Right now, I think these lyrics are a man’s confession of lost loveㅠㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜ
[HOT! ║ This is insane, look at this interpretation of Kairos’s stage (198)]
Rossy Day
@rossy_1017
Doesn’t their stage concept right now feel like the story of Orpheus?
In the intro, Do-ha never looks back,
but the moment Ha-jin turns around,
he suddenly gets overwhelmed by the dancers…
But now the ending is slightly different…
(QBS Music Festival Kairos Stage Capture.jpg)
(QBS Music Festival Kairos Stage Capture.jpg)
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If you read the thread, the original Orpheus just looked back in the underworld and that was it
But Kairos wasn’t satisfied with that so it’s like he just became the king of the underworld himself lolololololol
– Insane
– Omg I’m obsessed with the Orpheus myth
– Oh wow now that you mention it, when Eun-chan did his solo earlier, the harp performance…
└ Huh?
└ What?????
└ Omg chills
└ Why why? Why the harp? Am I the only one who didn’t know?
└ Orpheus was originally the person who played the lyre, or the harp
└ Crazy
– Seems like there are a lot of metaphors for the members too, but either way it’s definitely a stage that’ll drive the otakus crazy
[Yupia conquered Earth through a coup d’état]
Endaway conquered another world with a fantasy romance concept
And the maknae Kairos just straight up conquered the underworld lololol
Miro family apocalypse worldbuilding actually exists
– Lololololololololololololololololol
– What’s apocalypse worldbuilding lololololololololololololol
– At this point the next group that comes out should at least conquer space
– I’m seriously just waiting for a Miro joint concert I’m dead serious please I’m saving up I’m putting money in my savings account
The storytelling-driven stage that seemed to reveal deeper layers the more you dug into it captivated viewers, including the Destiny fanbase.
The shock from the earlier 【More More】 stage hadn’t even faded yet, so the contrast was striking, and those who vividly remembered the 【More More】 stage could feel even greater awe toward this 【Over the Night】 performance.
[Miro is truly Miro]
Seeing how perfectly they nailed this concept lololol
Miro idols’ exclusive patent lololololololololol
They had already more than accomplished their original objective.
– ??????
But…
– Is that live right now???
– Wow that’s insane
– Kairos really committed to this lololololol
…Yet Kang Ha-jin’s plan was far from over.

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