Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 17

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Episode 17
[Wait, Music Prove are actually idols???]
Go Hyun-seo went to Music Prove so I said it was BS, but they just revealed the female trainees today wtf
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– Where is Music Prove anyway?
└ It’s called Music Prove, an indie and band specialist label
└ oh I see got it
– I went and checked, and Hyun Jae-yi from PN Youth is here too, I figured she’d obviously be PN’s next center but wow
└ PN’s next center keeps getting announced then falls through, supposedly most of the Youth kids left so I get it
– Wtf Go Hyun-seo from Dream Girls Project???? So that’s why she didn’t make a debut group
[Prove Rookies visuals check out at least]
www.twibble……
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Prove Rookies @PRookies_official
Group Profile Photo …… (See More)
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Went to check after hearing Dream Girls’ Go Hyun-seo was there and honestly they picked the lineup really well lol
She’s pretty but doesn’t feel out of place, the group colors work well together, visuals approved
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– For a mid-size agency they really did pick solid members
– Wtf so Hyun Jae-yi from PN Youth left PN… PN hardly has any Youth members left now
[Prove’s Su-a, could she be this person?]
www.etube……
【[202X Regular Admission Seojeong Art University, Donghwa Broadcasting Art University Double Champion Practical Music Vocal Major Final Acceptance] ENLY – ‘Hanging Around’ (Cover by Kang Su-a)】
Looked familiar so I thought about it and realized it was a Seojeong student who sang ‘Hanging Around’ really well
Looking at the name and all it seems to match
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– Why would a Seojeong student bother becoming an idol
└ I thought the same thing but the more I look at her, her face is so similar lololol you’re telling me there are that many people who look like that
– I keep thinking the same thing, was trying to remember where I’d seen her before and it hit me, blessing of the algorithm lololol
– Pretty sure it’s the same person, faces are way too similar lol, the names match too so I’m pretty confident
[Ngl figure skating fan here and I was shook seeing Hye-rin there like why is she there]
Ju Hye-rin got seriously injured so there’s been no news since after last season’s national championships
Then suddenly she’s got idol vibes, like what even is this
Not that I dislike it, just super confused, no tea has even circulated
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– You too? Me too lololololololol I’ve been staring at Prove Rookies for two hours wondering what’s going on, Hye-rin……
└ I don’t dislike it at all but… something feels really weird…… I had dreams of going to the Olympics with Hye-rin……
– Is Prove’s Hye-rin a former figure skater??
└ She was on the national team too, legit prospect, she was good but after the injury she just disappeared, so I wondered what happened and turns out she just quit
– Wow so she was an athlete
[Why does Music Prove have so many recognizable members lololololol
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Dream Girls’ Go Hyun-seo
PN Youth’s Hyun Jae-yi
Figure Skating National Team’s Ju Hye-rin
These three are on the same team lololol whoever the casting director is deserves a raise
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– PN Youth’s Hyun Jae-yi left PN???
└ Came out as a Public Trainee at Music Prove today
– Different topic but when is PN’s next girl group coming out, I never imagined they’d wait until Greensia’s contract ends lol… Youth kids are bailing so now they’re stuck
└ When PN Youth first debuted I thought they’d debut this year for sure, but they all scattered and got abandoned like this……
– Hyun-seo’s debuting, I thought she’d given up since there was no news… shame she left Dream Girls but I hope she does well 🙁
[I don’t know much about girl groups but I’m picking up that Prove has a lot of famous members]
Just that they’re famous…
The girls are pretty……
And I’m just staring blankly at the screen
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– But I prefer the non-trainees, Han Byul’s cute
– I mean, even excluding the national team member, saying Dream Girls and PN Youth are *that* famous seems a stretch
└ Even among ’22 fans of other groups think that way, but the upscaling is intense
└ No Dream Girls is legit famous, Daylight the debut team’s initial sales were 150k lolol
└ But that’s all international stock, they’re not even known domestically right?
└ You throw actual numbers at them and they still complain, girl group’s 150k initial sales doesn’t look good to you??
└ Why the sudden aggression;
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‘The reaction isn’t bad.’
I nodded to myself and closed the internet community web browser.
It’s rare for a mid-size agency’s Public Trainees to get mentioned across the board right from the start, but it seems Go Hyun-seo, Hyun Jae-yi, and Ju Hye-rin’s recognition is hard-carrying the team’s buzz.
It’s only been a day since the reveal and we’re already getting more mentions than expected. There’s a decent amount of posts showing up in keyword searches.
‘That much doesn’t even qualify as keyboard battle level, and there’s no Dispute directed at the team either… mostly positive mentions so far. Though there’s a lot of talk about PN, which is a bit concerning.’
Since PN is a major agency, I suppose there’s no helping it.
I decided not to overthink it. Right now, regardless of pros and cons, we need to increase absolute mention volume.
And what I actually need to focus on right now.
“Hi, Ji-on. Are you managing school okay?”
“Hello, senior. I think it’s going well so far.”
“When I was twenty I used to whine about school being so hard, my mom almost kicked me out, so you seem mature…. Composition must have even more assignments than vocal performance.”
“Ha ha ha…..”
“That’s just because you were lazy…..”
“Aw come on, didn’t you get Korea University admission on full ride with those grades? Don’t talk to me about laziness.”
“Seriously, how long are you gonna milk that story from like ten years ago?”
“Well anyway, we’re in our thirties now. Feels like we’re getting old.”
“Please spare me from that, seniors. I’m still in my twenties, youthful and vibrant.”
“Hey now, you’re almost thirty, youngest one here. In this context you’re old too. You think you can tell a twenty-something you’re young while being twenty-nine?”
“Senior, that fact hits pretty hard…. If my bones break from this I’ll disappear and Neoul will be down a drummer?!”
These crazy popular school seniors—four members of the band Neoul including vocal senior Jung Woo-in.
Wow, already feeling my energy drain.
How am I supposed to film this…
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The so-called “Is that her?” strategy wasn’t just about Ju Hye-rin alone.
Go Hyun-seo, the center of the “Bad Problem” stage that received the most attention in Dream Girls Project, Hyun Jae-yi, who debuted as the maknae in “PN Youth,” the public trainee project of major agency PN Ent. about three years ago, and so on.
Taking the recognition they’d already gained and drawing connections between those people and the current members of “Prove Rookies”—uploading that content under the name “” to a YouTube channel.
One long-form horizontal video shot per minute, and one short-form vertical video compressed to just the highlights.
The easy-to-watch short-form video draws mass interest, while the carefully shot long-form video caters to the needs of core fans (or future core fans).
Recreating their past performances that the public had interest in.
A simple but effective way to capture many people’s attention. Because growth of already-known figures is interesting, and new information is even more so.
For example, in the case of Ju Hye-rin’s that was released today, the day right after member reveal.
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【[RE:Prove] Skate with Hye-rin😘 ‘The Nutcracker’】
– National team training shows, no way this is someone who took a year off ㄷㄷ
– I went all the way to Japan to see Hye-rin compete last season and I’m so happy seeing her skate again like this, I have to be happy……
– Don’t know much about figure skating but Hye-rin’s movements(?) are so pretty I can tell, so pretty♥♥♥
– Wait that figure skater who did the Nutcracker pad-whatever was Hye-rin!!!! Just found out, crazy
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The reaction is decent.
Given that it’s been about six hours since the content dropped, the view count is really solid for a trainee from a mid-size agency.
I’m glad we handed the phone over to Ju Hye-rin’s friend for filming.
After practice ended, Hye-rin’s friend—who got cast on the spot—really did their best filming while skating, and thanks to that we got a video far prettier than the fixed camera angle I’d anticipated. I should definitely buy them coffee.
‘This is… kind of a waste to release now. Maybe I’ll save it for later when we have more attention?’
And I have another video shot separately on my phone.
“Wow! That’s crazy, noona look at this! Can she still do Double Axels?!”
“Oh oh oh, national team representative Ju Hye-rin still alive!”
“Hey, I was only on the national team for one season, don’t tease me about it! You’re currently active nationally…..”
“You know, noona, the coach told us before that even if Hye-rin took a few years off she could probably still land Double Axels and Triple Salchows, and I think she really could. Come on Hye-rin! Just try one Salchow!”
“Triple? Can I…?!”
…A video of Ju Hye-rin still able to land Double Axels.
That jump is what separates an athlete from a hobbyist, or so Hye-rin’s friend told me.
After that, Ju Hye-rin tried the Triple Salchow a few times and managed to nail it too. Even her actively-competing national team friend went “That crazy talent…” which says it all.
She waved her hand laughing that triple jumps were the limit, so both Hye-rin’s friend and I were like “You already did everything there is to do, what do you mean you can’t,” which was honestly hilarious.
Anyway, so why am I bringing this up.
“Setup’s done~ Ji-on, Yun-ju. We’re ready on our end.”
“Camera’s all set! Just do a microphone sound check when you’re ready, Ji-on, then we’ll start right away!”
“Oh, got it. Let’s go.”
I tossed my phone aside into a corner and stepped up to the microphone stand.
The content—I have to do it too…
Yun-ju said “the original video already has over 3 million views so by the numbers you’re next after Hyun-seo” so I couldn’t back out.
“Ah, okay. Microphone test, one two three. Could we run through the intro with the sound check?”
The moment my words end, after the drummer’s count, the song’s intro starts.
“—Stop right there, thank you. Yun-ju, could you bring the microphone gain up a bit!”
“Is this better?”
“Ah yes, ah. Yeah, that sounds just about right.”
By the way, all of this is being filmed by cameras set up around the rehearsal room.
This video won’t be used in the content, it’s for behind-the-scenes later.
“Ji-on, you’re totally pro.”
“Guess I got used to it from ensemble classes at school. Thanks for the compliment.”
“Ha ha! Do you still have a lot of ensemble assignments? Back in our day we were dying, literally couldn’t sleep.”
“Ah seniors, no more latte talk.”
“What, I’m just trying to chat with my cute junior, why are you interrupting?”
After that came a string of banter from the Neoul members, and I just… laughed awkwardly.
The reason this happened is because my content is band footage.
When Yun-ju was racking her brains trying to figure out how to recreate it, senior Jung Woo-in overheard and came by saying “Should we handle the session? We’d like one favor in exchange though,” apparently.
When I heard the story and asked the reason, Neoul explained they don’t have a hit song known to the public yet, and they want to use this chance to gain more public awareness.
“Indie bands aren’t easy to access, you know? The company doesn’t really push us so we promote ourselves, we do busking, but the weather’s getting colder now, and in mid-November when we have a Comeback it’ll be even colder, so busking would be out. Then I heard our company’s idol team was doing their reveal even earlier.”
After saying that, Jung Woo-in stared at me for a moment. I wondered if I’d done something wrong, but that wasn’t it.
“The content idea—I heard it was your suggestion when I was pestering the team manager about it. If I say I’m coveting talented people here, won’t I get roasted by team manager Su-bin? Not that this is the main point though, anyway.”
…It seemed he just wanted to put me to use somehow.
“Team manager Su-bin and Yun-ju have been worried about how to do sessions lately, supposedly.”
“Ah…, I mean, why would you offer to help with our content first, senior…. Not that I’m complaining. I’m just genuinely curious….”
“Hmm~ you don’t trust help without a reason? Your idol team’s got way better public appeal than us. It’s not free session work—the condition is you record our new song and upload it to the team channel.”
To clarify, he said he brought up sessions because he wanted to put me to use.
“But senior, honestly we probably won’t give you much promotional benefit. We’re rookies who haven’t even debuted yet, and I’m not sure how much team promotion will even help….”
“Yeah, I know. I don’t expect a cover to do much promotion. But later if you do well, the video will circulate a lot, and even if you don’t, it’s a bet with no downside for us so I want to take the chance.”
Whether it works or not, there’s nothing to lose, so he wants to take the bet. Roughly that’s what he meant.
In other words… he saw potential in our team’s future.
“And honestly, we’re kinda bored.”
“…Sorry?”
“We’re bored. We finished the album…. No real schedule, no gigs, and the comeback timeline’s weirdly sparse, and then suddenly the company’s looking for a session, so what else.”
“Oh.”
“You know, we’re the type of people who play music when we’re working and play music when we’re goofing off. Honestly we just want to have fun.”
…Though I suspect the first reason really is just that they’re bored.
Four super extroverted people in the band Neoul for sure…
Right after the signal to start actual filming, the drummer’s count rings out.
And soon, the band sound fills the rehearsal room.
Focus.
This time I need to sing better than I did in high school!
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario in My Own Hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
Production Date
: January 5, 2026
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