Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 290

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290. A Boy’s Winter (1)
The aftershock from the QBS Music Festival that Kairos ignited lasted quite some time.
Someone kept shoving kindling back into the house that had burned down, pouring oil on the flames.
-So that’s why we turned around immediately the moment we heard that voice.
-That’s seriously incredible, right? To hear our raw vocals cutting through all that noise?
-Wow, this works. We need to find this person and definitely do something with them for our next project….
-So Tae-il and I turned around right then and there, and guess what? It was our own Ha-jin?
-Seriously, I couldn’t control my expression from laughing so hard? He was having way too much fun.
It all started with Nam Da-down from Upia’s Aibus live broadcast.
The recap from that day, delivered vividly with the kind of sharp wit that dominated every talk show, spread rapidly through Idea and Destiny, who couldn’t bear to keep this entertaining story to themselves.
Kairos.zip
@kiroszip
The scene of Kairos’s collective madness
(Kairos swinging their arms around each other’s shoulders and moving wildly left and right at the ending stage.mp4)
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So why did you do that at the Kairos ending? lol
I don’t know much, but are the members usually like that?
Something sounds off but I get what you mean
That’s just how they are lolololololololololololol
– If you check the Kairos logs, this is just daily life
└ What kind of life are they even living…
└ Those kids who do trot and b-boying to win prize money at neighborhood festivals lol
“Ugh, is this seriously crazy?”
People responded quickly to the entertaining story.
Since their main stage performance of “Over the Night (Mad Luv Ver.)” received such a positive response, it helped that Kairos had become a group that guaranteed a certain level of reaction within the community.
The excited Destiny fans began to shine their eyes even brighter.
Rossy Day
@rossy_1017
At the ending, the kids were so excited talking to each other
I was wondering what they were saying…
But with faces like mafia bosses, they’re
fighting? Or could it be? Kairos too?
(Direct cam from Kairos’s ending stage at the time.mp4)
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[HOT! ‖ Rookie male idols who seem to have enjoyed their first year-end stage 2000% since debut .kiros (499)]
is Kairos, the youngest of Miro
(Kairos group photo.JPG)
They’re rookies who debuted last September through the in-house survival program Miro Maze that started in March this year
I think I spent this K-pop festival really well, so I’m writing this post lolololol
(Kairos red carpet entrance screenshot.gif)
It started light—with a suit fit that came in smoothly.
Even though more than half the members were Mi-ja, everyone had such good physiques and proportions that it worked.
The suits looked incredibly good on them…
(Black and white edited shot of Kang Ha-jin touching his watch.gif)
I just threw this in because it’s my taste lolol
Anyway, they did an interview here.
The MC asked Kairos why they chose that song for the cover stage.
(Kairos covered Chungwol Girls’ “More More”—yeah, that “More More” you know)
So what was the answer from the rookie male idol leader in his third month of debut?
Kang Ha-di
@kang_HD
True to form—he’s cute but unapologetic about it, that masculine charm.
(“After all, isn’t cuteness the best thing a man can have?” Ha-jin’s statement.mp4)
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By the way, here’s what they normally look like on stage lololololololol
(Photo of them in uniforms dancing “Kick Off”.jpg)
….
– I really fainted from giggling when Kang Ha-jin started to make cute turns wearing an angora hat.
– The fact that all this happened in one day
(Gif of Eun-chan awkwardly shrugging his shoulders)
Anyone leaving after seeing my baby king’s shoulder shimmy
└ Mom, isn’t that just shoulder padding?
└ Shh, quiet
– How is my idol a fresh-faced cute mountain club ajusshi in disguise who used to be an Orpheus member…
– The most absurd thing is Lee Do-ha watching that ending stage and coming to Aibus saying he’d try making a cool rock ballad for the next album lololol I get it, you’re a composition genius;;;;;
– The three hyungs losing their minds and having fun again is so hilarious lololol Tae-hyun, hang in there
└ Tae-hyun, you got this222
└ Tae-hyun, stay strong…333333
‘This wasn’t exactly the picture I was hoping for….’
No matter which way you go, as long as you find what you’re looking for, right?
It felt like two proverbs were oddly mixed together, but anyway, as long as the meaning got through, that was fine.
With peaceful thoughts, I pulled the warm, cozy blanket over myself and lay down. Lee Do-ha beside me had already passed out from the grueling practice intensity.
“I can hear the sound of stocks rising very smoothly….”
At this rate, I’d seize the image of an unstoppable rookie idol and sweep up all the rookie awards.
In the end, 50% of these awards were made by fans sacrificing blood and sweat, so all we could repay them with was providing endless, ridiculously entertaining content that made their massive money and labor worthwhile.
It would be best if that could happen on the main stage where it’s our real job.
“Ah, damn it. I made eye contact.”
I accidentally opened AiTube and locked eyes with myself in the thumbnail of our cover stage.
Something felt off, so I immediately closed the app and tried to calm my mind.
“….”
The remaining year-end stages ahead number roughly ten or so, including two public broadcast networks.
We need to stand out overwhelmingly among other rookie idols including Lanion across every single stage, and we need to win every award we’re eligible for. It wasn’t an official mission, but achieving that level makes it much easier to take the next steps I’m planning.
– Ah, but I’m a bit worried the members’ images are being consumed too heavily;
– Why go this far on a public broadcasting stage? I’d rather save that and do it somewhere bigger like Goldie or Lemu ㅠㅜㅜㅜㅠ
– We hit such a home run on the first swing, I’m getting anxious we won’t land consecutive hits at the next at-bat. Year-end is really crucial
Among the comments, I occasionally spotted people already worrying about our group’s remaining year-end stages. Worrying about Kairos’s performances—it seemed like unnecessary concern, but I understood the sentiment.
Ultimately, it just meant the QBS stage had been that successful, so without hesitation, I pushed my phone aside and lay flat on the bed. After thinking for a moment, I picked my phone back up, accessed Kairos’s official SNS, and left a brief post.
Kairos
@Daily_KIRUS
[Ha-jin] Hey Destiny 🙂
Did you watch the QBS Music Festival?
We still have so many stages left to show you
So spend this year-end with us~
(Selfie taken in More More outfit.jpg)
(Group photo taken in More More outfit.jpg)
(Selfie taken in Over the Night outfit.jpg)
(Group photo taken in Over the Night outfit.jpg)
I’m glad I carved out time to take plenty of photos.
Satisfied with the photos that looked good even to my eye, I was about to finally close my phone and sleep with a subtle smile, when it lit up again.
“…?”
【Number One: (Screenshot of Ha-jin’s Bluebird mention.jpg)】
【Number One: Ugh】
“…Ah, this bastard really.”
【You keep observing your hyung’s business stuff like this, it makes hyung struggle and unable to earn money】
【Number One: Is it really business?】
【Number One: (Kairos Music Festival direct cam AiTube link)】
【Number One: You seemed like you were really enjoying it】
【Your hyung always enjoys his work】
【That’s what I’d call the pinnacle of my professionalism】
【Number One: Dad changed his profile picture again】
【Number One: I know】
…Geez, really.
I’m trying to do this idol thing with some seriousness, but somehow the people helping me are pretty unreliable.
With a small sigh, I soon fell into a deep sleep.
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Kairos’s year-end stages were nothing short of a runaway locomotive.
Ha-jin poured everything he’d seen and heard from his past life—every stage, every idea he’d wanted to plan—into contributing to this year-end for Kairos.
Though budget and time constraints meant he couldn’t prepare every stage with the same intensity as the QBS performance, Ha-jin was someone who understood well that stage impact didn’t come solely from spectacular performances or large-scale production with numerous dancers.
He was someone who knew when to hold back and did so decisively, but when he held back, he gave his all to what that restraint could accomplish.
Sunset University
@SS_university
XX1208 Lemon Music Awards
The kids handed out hand warmers and hot cocoa
because the outdoor stage was so cold♥
It’s brutally freezing, but the photos came out so beautifully that I’m in a great mood
(Kairos reverse support verification photo)
(Ha-jin in high definition, breathing visible in the bitter cold, gazing directly at the camera.jpg)
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Kang Dae-jang
@strongjin
XX1216 SBC Music Festival
This Isn’t a Carol (BAD SANTA VER.)
The whole time the kids were singing, they weren’t even looking at the camera
I sing while looking at the fan seats… these lovers ㅠ
(This Isn’t a Carol stage arranged in an intense rock version.mp4)
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Reason Gun
@2uuu_gunn2
The kickoff in racing suits is insane, seriously;
Kairos, come back to Korea right now;;;;;
(Kairos stage cut performing the kickoff in race car outfit.mp4)
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The simpler the song selection, the more attention we paid to stage presence and special events; the grander the scale and more intense the performance, the more diverse we made the costumes and styling.
With so many award shows proliferating these days, I knew better than anyone that viewers experience both fatigue and boredom having to hear the same songs repeatedly, no matter how good they are.
I knew that Kairos’s songs weren’t the kind of generic music that gets old easily, but that didn’t change the fact that it was our responsibility to make those songs even more visually and sonically appealing.
‘We’re not easy-listening songs aimed at repeat streaming like Lanion in the first place, so we have to be even more careful.’
Since we didn’t have many B-side tracks yet, we had no choice but to recycle and reuse songs.
The more we did so, the harder I worked to inject diverse arrangements and varied storytelling so that people would want to seek out the original version of the song at least once more. Choosing the lighter “This Isn’t a Carol” as Christmas drew closer was for a similar reason.
– Kairos really prepared incredibly hard for year-end
The more comments like this came in, the brighter and more radiant my eyes became.
I was confident.
Confident that the stages we’d prepared would captivate people.
“Now then, let me announce the recipient of this year’s Rookie Award.”
And it didn’t take long for that confidence to transform into certainty.

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