Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 111

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Episode 111
What casual Pod the Crack viewers might be curious about.
What kind of group is Rain Kids, exactly?
Rain Kids is a six-year-old five-member girl group that sits in an ambiguous space—neither quite a tier-one act, nor unknown; a girl group with multiple hit songs to their name.
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[Anyone have a tier list of Rain Kids’ best songs for Pod the Crack?]
ㅇㅇ Rain Kids has so many bangers, but year one? Year two? That was their peak streaming era, sad to say
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– Skateboard underscore is decent
└ Too famous, disqualified
– Fadeaway, youthful vibes, real deal
└ They should’ve given more Fadeaway-type tracks
– Their music director picks bangers, so picking a bad Rain Kids song is harder than finding a good one
– Rain Kids’ real problem is they comeback once a year at most <<< that's the main issue lol, don't worry about the rest
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Having debuted from a mid-sized agency with multiple hit girl groups—not mega, but successful—people's expectations at their debut were solid, and the popularity they actually gained was decent too.
But Rain Kids, having built a solid fandom for a girl group, did far more overseas activities from early on than domestic ones.
Meaningful domestic activities gradually dried up, comebacks became a once-a-year luxury, and the company's attention shifted to overseas tours and an upcoming rookie boy group.
With members now averaging over twenty-five years old, the hip-hop tomboy concept Rain Kids had stubbornly maintained wasn't landing anymore, and they seemed locked on a gentle downward trajectory.
That is, until Rain Kids appeared on For the CROWN.
For the CROWN was Rain Kids' chance at a comeback. A chance to tell the public: we're still active, still going strong.
And Rain Kids seized that chance, while the producers milked that narrative for all it was worth.
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Working as a DJ, I've met so many idols…….]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: I really felt like we couldn't fall behind.]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Even when we make a comeback, we hear "Who are they now?" while these young idols just sparkle so bright.]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: So I made a declaration.]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Rain Kids, we can't keep going like this!]
The opening half of Episode One was a prime example, highlighting Rain Kids' drive for improvement centered on their main vocal Hyun-ji, who came forward most earnestly.
[Rain Kids' unnamed member: Wow, but where do we sit?]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Should we just sit in the middle?]
[Rain Kids' Se-na: Huh?]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Gotta assert dominance.]
[Hyun-ji strides confidently toward the center seats]
[But will she…?]
[Rain Kids' Rai: That won't work, unnie.]
[Rain Kids' Rai: The center's too much pressure.]
[Rain Kids' Se-na: Don't ignore the maknae, please…….]
[Rain Kids' Young-eun: I'm also a bit hesitant about center…….]
[Rain Kids' Young-eun: How about we take the sides instead?]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Ah, okay.]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: I get it, just let go of this.]
[Her younger members grab her and hold on]
[The center is OURS!]
[…the moment her dream crumbles]
– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What's the deal with that seat though ㅠ
– Wait, isn't Rai the foreign member?? Her Korean's gotten so good
└ Rai's Korean skills are crazy lately, the unnies just answer whatever she says
└ What's this "성래" thing? Don't tell me she just read the Chinese characters?
└ That's right
└ ㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That's hilarious ㅠ
Of course, there were moments where their eagerness showed through a bit, but those were all transformed into comedy.
[Rain Kids' Se-na: Since we debuted the earliest, everyone after us is a junior, right?]
[Rain Kids' unnamed member: I wonder who'll show up…….]
[Rain Kids' Young-eun: Stop pretending you don't know when you do.]
[Rain Kids' Hyun-ji: Come on, you're supposed to play dumb a little for good TV!]
With years of experience under their belts, they had more than enough seasoning to naturally land their broadcasting sense on cue.
As Rain Kids traded banter, the camera cut to backstage.
[???: What do we do? Where should we sit?]
[???: Right? Maybe we just take the sides?]
[???: That feels awkward…….]
[???: Already?!]
There, loosening up with lively chatter, was Liliiel.
[The group that's taken home trophies from countless award shows: Liliiel]
[They boast multiple hit songs beloved by the public]
– Real talk, Liliiel has so many bangers too
– Why did Liliiel even come? I thought they just finished activities recently?
– Snow White is such a banger, you guys need to listen
└ It's so seasonal, awkward to listen to right now
Liliiel could be called the most successful team at the competition, depending on how you measure girl group success.
Their debut and beyond featured consistent hits with pure and refreshing concept title tracks, so when the lineup dropped, plenty asked "Why Liliiel?" in surprise.
[Q. What made you decide to participate in For the CROWN?]
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: Well…….]
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: As a team, we've been thinking about this for a while:]
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: People don't really know us that well.]
The screen flashed with Liliiel's impressive music broadcast wins—article headlines flying past: multiple #1s on music shows, multiple chart-toppers……. An incredibly glittering résumé.
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: When people hear about Sweetie or I Want You, they're like, oh yeah, I've heard of it…]
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: But the group name 'Liliiel' itself is barely known at all.]
[Liliiel's Yu-ha: Our members have each been realizing that lately.]
[Liliiel's Hina: I saw the comments when we appeared on a competition show]
[Liliiel's Hina: "Liliiel? Who even are these nobodies?" Comments like that.]
[Liliiel's Hina: I was like……. Are we really this unknown?]
[Liliiel's Hina: I've always had pride in this group.]
[Liliiel's Hina: Pride in the group called Liliiel, you know?]
[Liliiel's Na-won: Are we…….]
[Liliiel's Na-won: Really that lacking?]
[Liliiel's Na-won: Do we lack star power?]
[Liliiel's Na-won: I think all the members felt that way at once.]
– Oh wow, I get it…,,
– Casual listeners really don't know Liliiel, honestly; they know Call Me Sweetie but don't realize it's a Liliiel song
– Hina's comment is sad, a group at Liliiel's level being called nobodies is a sign the industry itself is broken
– But Liliiel doesn't have that massive of a fandom, their recognition is like tier 2-3, they just rode the wave of great songs
└ Watch your tone
└ We need to see who this guy stans; if he roots for tier 2-3 groups, they're all worse than Liliiel
– But this group has no variety cast members and keeps a low profile, so it's tough to build recognition
Liliiel suffered from weak group recognition. Not song recognition—the brand value of Liliiel as a group simply wasn't high.
That's where Liliiel's reason for participating started.
[Liliiel's Mei: The members said they wanted to go out, said it like that.]
[Liliiel's Mei: If the members want it, that's good for me.]
[Liliiel's Hina: Even if we can't win, we want to make Liliiel as a group known.]
[Liliiel's Na-won: No, we should say we're going to win.]
[Liliiel's Hina: Okay, we're going to win then.]
[Liliiel's Na-won: We're going to win and make our team known, so that's why we're here.]
But despite the members' ambitions, Liliiel didn't get all that much meaningful screen time.
Because they lacked a member skilled at what's called "broadcasting sense."
– Ugh but honestly sorry, I get why they weren't on variety much ㅅㅈㅎ they're just not that entertaining
– Makes Rain Kids stand out even more since they're all fun, rough luck
– Does this group have a lot of foreign members? But Rain Kids had a foreign member too
└ Mei and Yuki, two Japanese members ㅇㅇ Hina's mixed Korean nationality
└ But entertainment sense and foreign members are totally unrelated
– Liliiel is ㅅㅈㅎ stage specialists, not variety people..
Similar reactions continued on air.
Liliiel's members had refined their entertainment sense through idol activities, but when a group's built around a "not entertaining" concept from the start, there's only so much they can do.
And so, after Liliiel's somewhat flat introduction segment passed,
[???: We're definitely taking center.]
[???: Okay, move, you're heavy!]
[???: Hahahaha!]
[???: If we don't get first, the pride of survival show alumni goes straight to the ground.]
[???: You're going that far?]
[The backstage area's already buzzing…]
[Who's this next?]
– Look at the audio peaking lol
– Oh, Daylight, welcome back
– Every time I see Daylight members, why are they always so hyped with each other? Hilarious
– There's so many people and they talk so much
Entertainment sense was unavoidably being compared now.
Daylight had arrived—survival-show alumni, tempered through cutthroat auditions and stages, who'd clawed their way to first-tier status: Dream Girls Project graduates.
V-Net didn't shy away from the phrase "V-Net's daughters." If anything, they leaned into Daylight's origin story, even broadcasting article headlines emphasizing how Daylight came from V-Net.
– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ V-Net's funny, these girls are the real deal
– Honestly, Daylight is a pick by the higher-ups
└ What do you mean
└ It'd be weird if the higher-ups weren't involved from appearance to promotion…,,
└ Brain speculation lol
– When I watch, they deserve to be there, but it's weird that Daylight's in V-Net's survival show
– I've seen variety pushed before, but variety boosted through a survival show is pretty novel
[The group that debuted via Dream Girls Project]
[They've gone past their group activity contract and renewed with everyone staying!]
[Daylight's Han Jeong-yeon: We renewed our contract. Yay!]
[Daylight's Yeo Eun-jae: I think it was possible because all the members had strong will to continue.]
[So why did Daylight choose to appear on For the CROWN?]
[Producer: It's a new survival show.]
[Producer: You're a group that debuted through survival, so what made you decide to enter another survival show?]
[Daylight's Eom Yu-bin: Well…….]
[Daylight's Eom Yu-bin: We're confident in survival shows…]
[Daylight's Eom Yu-bin: But Jeong-yeon would yell at me if I said that.]
[Daylight's Eom Yu-bin: Wait, please cut this……]
– Eom Yu-bin's mysterious charm never fades ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Suddenly feels like Dream Girls Project all over again
└ For real
– Is Jeong-yeon like the team's discipline officer? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Daylight's Han Jeong-yeon: After we renewed, I had a talk with the members.]
[Daylight's Shin Ju-eun: What we need right now is……. A stage.]
[Daylight's Saki: If we can show off what we're good at, that'd be even better!]
[Daylight's Yeo Eun-jae: The fans already know us, but wouldn't it be great if we could tell the general public we're good on stage too?]
[Daylight's Yeo Eun-jae: That's what most of us felt.]
It was true that the survival show's concept started with Daylight. Most of the other members didn't know that.
But they didn't need to know beforehand—Daylight's members figured it out on their own.
[Daylight's Kang Yeon-woo: If we do well, this whole thing becomes ours.]
[Daylight's Han Jeong-yeon: If we can just show overwhelming skill,]
[Daylight's Saki: First place! That's our goal.]
[Daylight's Shin Ju-eun: We could make For the CROWN our own, couldn't we?]
They understood this was the biggest, best stage where they could run wild.
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
Production Date
: June 1, 2026
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