Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 22

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Episode 22
Why on earth did the system’s debut member confirmation notification only pop up now?
That night, I spent a long time puzzling over it before I could fall asleep.
The first possibility: the notification came now because tomorrow would be the Music Video shoot for the debut Title Track.
The second possibility: the accident involving the families had become the turning point in the previous world where Go Hyun-seo quit the company.
Thinking back on what I’d heard directly from my previous self, wouldn’t the second possibility be more likely?
In the previous world, Go Hyun-seo quit the company right after the family accident. She said I’d “used it as an excuse,” but remembering how she panicked on the day of the accident itself, there’s a decent chance she suffered a mental breakdown over it, doesn’t there?
I stifled a small sigh and desperately hoped to fall asleep quickly. Apart from physical exhaustion, my mind was too complicated to sleep easily that night.
But then…….
“What time is it right now…?”
“Five-thirty? …No, four-thirty.”
“Mmgh…….”
While caring for the half-asleep Lee Han-byeol, I thought to myself.
Whether sleep came or not, I should have forced myself to rest regardless…….
Sleep time isn’t something an idol with a debut coming up should carelessly waste just because sleep won’t come easily.
After all, there’s the daunting schedule of waking up at 4 AM tomorrow for the Music Video shoot!
Wow…….
I really wish someone would just knock me unconscious.
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“Han-byeol and Hye-rin, come together just a bit more.”
“Like this?”
“Yeah, perfect. This is going up on Trueble?”
“Ah, is her hair even alright?!”
“It’s fine. Cute and cheeky and fresh — smile~”
“Even you seem a bit strange sometimes, you know…….”
“What’s weird about asking the youngest members for cuteness and charm? They’re already pretty as it is, for heaven’s sake.”
When my eyes met Go Hyun-seo’s expression of mild exasperation, I couldn’t help but laugh.
After laughing for a good while, I finally managed to stop laughing once I met Go Hyun-seo’s gaze again — the one that seemed ready to deliver a back-hand strike at any moment.
“See, it’s cute.”
“Wow, really? You’re really good at taking pictures, unnie!”
“When I was in school, there was someone in the Band Club who liked photography, and I learned from her. You know, that video with all the views? That friend took it too?”
Thanks to that, I picked up how to handle a Mirrorless Camera, and after life became more comfortable, I’d occasionally take photos as a hobby.
Not anything as grand as having a homepage or anything, but just a casual hobby of taking mostly sports and landscape photos.
“You should’ve brought the camera. It might be better than phone photos.”
“When I’m leaving at four in the morning, what kind of mind would I have to think of packing things?!”
“Hmm, couldn’t you have packed it the day before?”
“That’s impressive, really…….”
Kang Su-ah, exhausted from just the morning Concept Photo shoot, muttered while sprawled across her desk. In my memories, Su-ah was particularly prone to sleeping late in the mornings, and she was completely out of it with these consecutive early schedules lately.
“After debut, you might have to do pre-recordings in the early morning or go to the styling shop. You’re being weak.”
“I’ll just be a weak person then.”
“You’re twenty-one and going to become weaker than your younger members?”
“Whiiiine…….”
Even acting like that, when it actually comes down to it she’ll push through somehow. While Kang Su-ah may lack maturity, she doesn’t lack responsibility.
See, there she goes — she’s dilly-dallying but gradually pulling herself together.
“Come on, get up. If you wrinkle the outfit, the stylists will have a hard time.”
“Our Ji-on here, who always says the right thing in that cold voice — you’re definitely a T type, aren’t you…….”
“What, MBTI?”
“Yeah. You’re a T?!”
“Yeah, I’m a T. A cold T with no blood or tears, so keep that in mind and get up already.”
Once I casually played along with the joke, Kang Su-ah finally seemed satisfied, laughing brightly and getting up from her spot.
Then she sat on the desk and started chatting with her younger members — that girl’s energy was boundless when joking around…….
Suddenly I thought how unreal and beautiful her bright light-brown hair looked as it caught the midday sunlight. She’d gotten a fresh dye job recently, but the reason it looked this beautiful was probably thanks to Kang Su-ah’s outstanding visuals.
This feels like it’s worth capturing in a photo. I focused my phone camera on Kang Su-ah and pressed the shutter.
“Su-ah.”
“Mm?”
Kang Su-ah tilted her head slightly and looked at me.
I didn’t miss that moment and pressed the phone shutter again.
“Okay, done. All set.”
“What? You know that’s one of the ways to make people angry, right?!”
“What do you mean?”
“There are two ways to make people angry. The first is to leave a sentence unfinished!”
“…And?”
“Hehe.”
“Ah……, I’ve heard of that.”
“So? Are you even a little angry?”
“Not particularly?”
“Truly a woman with 99.999% pure T energy…….”
Kang Su-ah complained a bit from the side, but anyway, the photo turned out pretty, so that was enough. I’d put this up later as a Behind-the-scenes photo for the activity.
“Oh, and take some selfies of you guys. The manager mentioned it earlier and I almost forgot to pass it on……. She said she’d use them later for Photo Cards.”
“I already knew it, so I took a hundred selfies with the youngest members when we were shooting the members’ Concept Photos earlier. Didn’t I do well?”
Hyun Jae-yi said this with a proud expression.
Well, well. Looking at how confidently she’s asking for praise, you’d think she’d ordered praise in advance?
A laugh leaked out at her brazen attitude. If she hadn’t already been styled for the Music Video shoot, I would’ve ruffled her hair a bit, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible since the styling was already complete.
Hyun Jae-yi, who shone with brilliant visuals even in plain styling, became the very picture of a perfect idol once the professionals worked their magic on her.
To honor the school uniform concept, most members had changed their hair color to natural tones that didn’t stand out, and Hyun Jae-yi had dyed hers a grayish-brown before letting her bangs down.
Her long hair, which she’d grown out for quite a while, was curled in thick waves down to around her shoulder blades, and even looking at it as someone who knows nothing about hairstyles, I thought it really suited her.
“Could you take a photo of me too?”
“You took a hundred selfies, didn’t you?”
“But still! Taking your own photos and having someone else take them are different!”
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to? I’ll find the right moment later.”
“Yes!”
Hyun Jae-yi, who had watched me take photos of Kang Su-ah just moments before, immediately started pestering me to take her photo.
It’s not hard to take a photo, so I said I would…….
But thinking about it, in a space where cameras are everywhere, is there really a need for an amateur like me to take photos? What I take is just for casual Behind-the-scenes content.
“When cameras are everywhere, you’re happy with photos I take?”
“Completely! The photos of Su-ah unnie turn out great, and the youngest members too — your photo preferences seem to match mine perfectly.”
“What part exactly……. Hmm, wait a second.”
While talking with Hyun Jae-yi, Go Hyun-seo returned from makeup touch-ups and entered my field of vision.
Go Hyun-seo, who had quite long hair about two weeks ago when we were filming the Performance Video, had changed to a short bob cut that didn’t quite reach her shoulders.
I think the high ponytail with hair fully swept back with hair gel — like before — suits her quite well too, but personally my taste leans toward the bob cut. There’s something about it that brings out how handsome she is, you know?
During winter break, we borrowed an Arts High School and made arrangements to finish shooting within the school as much as possible, and the lighting here really is excellent.
Once we pulled back all the curtains, as noon approached, natural light came beautifully through the classroom windows, and the photographer handling the Concept Photo even relocated the shooting location on the spot.
Remembering how the photographer clapped after the shoot and said “Ji-on, you’re all set!” — with my turn finishing quickly — the final product seems to have turned out quite well, right?
The moment Go Hyun-seo stepped through the classroom door, I switched my phone camera to burst mode and pressed the shutter.
Go Hyun-seo, wearing an Ivory Cardigan over her school uniform shirt, squinted slightly as if the sunlight was too bright — but that somehow looked even more natural and good. You could say I got a satisfying result.
“Wow……. Your photos really match my taste, unnie?”
“Yeah. I was just curious, and besides, I’m going to take candid shots of you later so they come out naturally. Come on, let’s go get ready for the Choreography cuts.”
Team Leader Lee Su-bin said the Music Video director deliberately chose this school as the Music Video location.
I was so incredibly busy that I barely participated in the Music Video planning, just checked on it……, but now I definitely understand why the director picked this place.
“Shall we start filming the Dance scenes now? In about ten minutes it’ll be perfect.”
The Music Video director said this in a cheerful, booming voice.
Maybe because the location is small, even this one verbal announcement got everything ready…….
I prepared the Choreography for the Title Track while feeling the dazzling sunlight pouring through the windows.
I’m so grateful the weather turned out nice today.
The main lighting for this Dance scene would be the sunlight streaming through the windows.
***
“Cut~ Can you make it look more natural? Everything else is fine, but the motion keeps catching. Jae-yi, do you think you can do it?”
“Yes! Let me try one more time!”
I let out a small sigh. She probably finds it difficult since she’s never played it before…….
After finishing all the other scene shots, we finally started filming the brief musical performance cuts that would go into the Music Video.
By the way, this is the kick of our band club concept Music Video! Since the filming location is an Arts High School, there’s a separately soundproofed classroom that we set up to look like a Band Club room for shooting.
Of course, I didn’t set it up — Team Leader Lee Su-bin and Yoon Joo did all the work…….
I picked up the Electric Guitar, Kang Su-ah, who can play Keyboard, took the Keyboard, and Go Hyun-seo and Hyun Jae-yi, who don’t know any instruments, took Bass and Drums respectively. The youngest members are playing new members, so they don’t appear in this cut.
While we’d predetermined positions, the shooting schedule was so tight that Hyun Jae-yi was facing Drums for the first time on the actual shoot day, and she was having a bit of trouble with the director’s perfectionism.
In group shots you can kind of get by, but individual shots……, even if it’s just “pretending,” it’s hard for someone inexperienced to create the natural ease of a skilled person.
“Ji-on unnie! Can’t you play Drums?!”
“Nope. I really don’t know Drums.”
“Whiiiine…….”
No joke. Unlike Piano, which I’ve played since childhood, Guitar, which started as a hobby but became serious, and Bass, which I picked up while in college, I had no idea how to play Drums.
“But I do know how to make it look convincing.”
“Really? That sounds like exactly what I need!”
“Come here. …Oh, is it okay if we fall a bit behind on shooting?”
“As long as it’s not eating up hours, a little delay is fine. Go ahead.”
Once the director gave the cool okay, I quickly approached the drum set prepared for filming and picked up the Drum Sticks.
“Basically, you need to have a feel for matching the basic four-beat rhythm, one, two, three, four. But since you dance, you already know that much, right?”
“I totally know.”
“Don’t touch too many other things — just use these two. Here… this is called the Hi-Hat, right? With your right hand, hit the Hi-Hat in a four-beat rhythm. One, two, three, four. Once you get used to hitting it like this, split it in half and try hitting it in an eight-beat rhythm. While doing it like this, tap the rhythm with your body.”
I gently tapped the Hi-Hat with the Drum Sticks, counting slowly, then increased the speed. It wasn’t a pretty sound by any means, but this was literally a “way to make it look convincing,” so the actual sound didn’t really matter!
“Right below your left hand, this is called the Snare Drum — when you hit the Hi-Hat four times, hit this with your left hand on the third beat. Don’t worry about the sound, just sync both hands fast enough. Then……, doesn’t it look super convincing?”
“Wow, really!”
The members watching from the front widened their eyes in amazement. Especially Hyun Jae-yi, who hadn’t been able to get the feel for it even after shooting it five or six times, looked the most surprised.
Let me say it again: this is just a way to make it “look” convincing. The timing and sound are all rough, and if people get amazed at something like that, I get a bit embarrassed…….
“Hit this for about four measures and just match the beat — boom boom boom bang, just like that. From here, you can hit other things too. Ham it up as much as possible, even just pretending to keep the beat.”
This is a hack I learned when we were making the Band Club promotional video and the drummer couldn’t match the shooting schedule on the day, so they had me fill in — and now I’m using it like this again.
We deliberately filmed it from an angle that didn’t show my face, but fans seem to know somehow that it was me. How did they figure that out……?
Since moving the body and keeping the beat are among my strengths, after Hyun Jae-yi saw my “making it look convincing” demonstration, she messed around with the Drums for a few minutes, and then we only shot two more times before her individual cut was done.
“Oh, that actually looks good?”
“You said Drums are cool, unnie. So I just tried to make it as cool as I could. Didn’t I do well?”
I feel like I’m seeing that confident puppy-like expression twice today.
At nineteen, it’s definitely the age when praise feels the best…….
I Rewrite Top Girl Group Scenarios with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: January 5, 2026
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