Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 37

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Episode 37
“…We’re all supposed to do the Dance Break together?”
“Yeah, we’re trying to keep the original as intact as possible. Back then, honestly, everyone’s dancing was so rough that we kept wondering what we could do to save it as a temporary measure.”
A few weeks earlier, after our appearance at Music City in Japan was confirmed.
LBC, the broadcasting company behind Music City, had asked us to prepare a Title Track and one Cover Song.
When they requested that we prepare with a famous song that would likely resonate in Japan, Team Leader, Yoon Ju, and I all thought of “Never Give Up,” and the Cover Song was finalized right away—we jumped straight into practice.
“Other Rookie-level teams have covers too, and they told all teams to basically not arrange the songs and just cover the Original Song as-is. Honestly, I think of it as an opportunity for us.”
Everyone seemed to agree with that assessment.
The fact that LBC was calling in a group whose promotional period had ended for overseas Music City filming, and giving them a Cover Song stage on top of their Title Track—everyone already knew without being told that it was because LBC viewed Evergrit favorably.
“So basically, we preserve the Originality and just cover it as-is. Your dancing has improved a lot, hasn’t it?”
“I have nothing to argue back with, which makes me sad…….”
“Why are you sad? You just practice more.”
“It makes me even sadder that my friend is this cold…….”
With that, Kang Su-a flopped flat on her back on the practice room floor.
She’d given up trying to weasel out of an argument she couldn’t refute.
“But then you have to do it too, the Dance Break!”
“Yeah. So what?”
“Back then, the issue with Ji-on wasn’t the moves themselves—if she just did them slower, she could keep up, right?”
“My friend went and became a dance genius, leaving me behind…….”
“What kind of nonsense is that…….”
And so all six of us ended up practicing the Music City in Japan performance with a structure where we’d all handle the Dance Break of “Never Give Up.”
“Let’s keep the parts as they are. Familiar is better, right?”
“…Should I do the second verse bridge?”
“Yeah. Han-byul did well during evaluation too, and your vocals have improved more lately……. There’s no reason not to, right?”
Of course, with a Hand Microphone live performance.
We pulled off hand mic live performances during our trainee days—we couldn’t possibly fail to do it after debuting?
Nothing’s more embarrassing than that.
***
“Are you going to the studio again?”
“Again today?”
“What choice do I have? You don’t want the Comeback?”
“No, that’s not it…….”
My energy was completely depleted, so the words didn’t come out nicely. I apologize for my irritable tone, members.
Hyun Jae-i, who’d been about to say something back, deflated immediately and retreated.
“But we’re flying out tomorrow anyway. It’s our first overseas schedule—wouldn’t it be better to rest a bit before going?”
“I don’t have time to rest. If I had time, I’d rest too……?”
No matter what I say, the situation right now is that if I don’t work, the Comeback doesn’t happen. I have no choice.
It’s late May now, and the Comeback is in July.
Even being generous with the timeline, I have barely ten days left to finish the song arrangements. I can still hear parts that need to be reworked—I can’t just let them sit.
“…Does all of that really have to be done by you alone?”
“Huh?”
“Well, I was wondering if there’s something we could help with too.”
While the younger members just watched with concern, Go Hyun-seo stepped forward with a rather earnest suggestion, speaking from beside Hyun Jae-i with that crooked posture of hers.
“It just seems weird that you’re always doing this all by yourself because you’re the main producer…….”
“Composers and producers—that’s how it works. I already handed off the sub-track to Yu-jung to finish, so I just need to wrap up the Title.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“I know. But right now, you guys don’t have anything to do.”
I remember mentioning on the Showcase day that I’d have them do Lyric Writing later, but giving them lyric writing right now with such a tight schedule is just not feasible.
I can’t expect quality from them doing it for the first time either. Everyone tends to think Lyric Writing is easy, but it’s actually quite difficult. The reality is that everything ultimately needs to go through my hands before it’s finished.
The point is: my workload just keeps growing. Their sentiment is touching, but there’s no practical way they can help.
I smiled lightly at Go Hyun-seo, who still had a rather sulky expression.
“Do I look like a workaholic who voluntarily extends work hours?”
“Honestly, you kind of seem like you might be.”
“What’s your impression of me?”
“Well, how do I put it…… Someone who doesn’t know how to properly rest, is kind of obsessed with music, overworks without even realizing it, and for whom overworking is just normal? That’s what you seem like based on what I see.”
“…….”
…Me?
I could’ve handled being called a crazed perfectionist, but overworking as my default state……?
Not knowing how to properly rest…… Ah, that one stung a bit. It’s true that because of my personality—not liking to gloss over things—I don’t actually have memories of truly resting.
But this is all stuff from before the regression. How does she even know that? Honestly, since the regression, the only time I’ve thought “I’ve been working too much” is when I’m about to go crazy from the workload, but I’ve never actually sat back and thought about it…….
“Oh my god, hahaha! Wow, Go Hyun-seo’s roast is insane! Hyun-seo, look—you actually left Ji-on completely speechless!”
“Kang Su-a, you really need to stay quiet…….”
“Why? You’re literally caught red-handed right now with nothing to say, aren’t you?”
Interpreting my silence as some kind of admission, Kang Su-a cheerfully interjected into the conversation between me and Go Hyun-seo.
“That’s not it. Watch your language, please?”
“No way. Why should I?”
“Come on, please.”
“How much will you pay me~”
“Stop messing with me. This is so childish…….”
A sigh escaped before I could help it.
If I could, I’d call the manager waiting downstairs and ask her to wrangle these kids and take them back to the dorm right now.
A producer’s got a Comeback coming up in less than a month and needs to get some work done—why would you actively try to stop that? Isn’t it better to grind through composers to get quality songs?
My head was pounding. The nonsensical Rookie-level mission, the Comeback that absolutely demands quality because of it, the members suddenly telling me to stop working—it all seemed to be a source of my headache.
But I couldn’t get angry at kids who were essentially showing me care, however misguided……. And besides, lashing out at people just because I’m irritable and stretched thin isn’t a good choice anyway.
Just then, Kang Su-a smirked and opened her mouth.
“Oh, right. You got another nosebleed, didn’t you, Ji-on?”
“…How did you know that?”
“There was blood on a towel. I washed last before you came in yesterday, just in case, and sure enough——”
“……Really?”
Did she really pick today of all days?
Kang Su-a’s crooked smirk and Go Hyun-seo’s sharp, gleaming eyes beside her looked like a scene straight out of a horror movie.
“And you still won’t admit it’s overwork?”
“No, a nosebleed doesn’t necessarily mean overwork. It happens to me sometimes anyway.”
“Nope, that doesn’t work. You used that excuse last time too, and you might slide by once, but twice? No.”
“Come on, if I say I’m fine, can’t you just let it go?”
“If you keep this up, I’m telling everyone in Evergrit about this today.”
At Kang Su-a’s final words, I had no choice but to close my mouth. It’s not quite something you’d call an “incident,” but still…….
Usually, I’d just hide something like this (and that’s the right thing to do, to avoid adding to the fans’ worries!), but if it’s Kang Su-a—who just a month into debut earned the nickname “Uverse Lyubu” and has recently been credited with writing a new chapter in the history of idol online Aggro—then it’s more than possible she’d actually do it…….
“You know this unnie always follows through when she says she’ll do something. I won’t say anything about this, so just go home for today…….”
Even Go Hyun-seo, worried that Kang Su-a might actually report the whole thing to Uverse, offered the condition that she wouldn’t say anything and tried to soothe me.
“Fine……. I mean, it’s really not overwork or anything. But I’m scared of what Su-a might tell Uverse.”
“…I can’t agree that it’s not overwork, but I completely agree about being scared of what she’ll tell them.”
“Right, if you’re getting nosebleeds, that’s definitely overwork. …Honestly, today I’m most scared of Su-a’s Aggro threat!”
Let’s go to the dorm! Hyun Jae-i, who’d suddenly regained her energy, gently pushed me out of the practice room with light steps.
In the end, I was nudged by the members straight to the dorm.
Even though my work’s still waiting…….
But I’ve learned that giving in to someone’s worry is sometimes the best way to ease it.
***
Lover @E_L0vr
My Ji-on’s airport fashion today had such Good Vibes honestly lmao
Evergrit pls come back to Korea we’re losing national treasures
(Ji-on’s airport departure photo)
⇄823 ♥2115
That’s what I posted on Twitter…….
But actually, I’m heading to Japan too……!
A certain office worker—a named Evergrit fan on Twitter, a Ji-on Bias—checked the timeline through in-flight WiFi and thought to herself.
Unlike Evergrit, who’d departed in the morning, this office worker had finished all her Friday office work before heading to the airport at night.
Once we arrive in Japan and finish immigration, it’ll probably be after 11 PM!
The only consolation for this office worker was that Music City in Japan was being broadcast live on Sunday.
During the last recording back then, cameras weren’t even allowed inside, and I’d failed to get in as an audience member either. The filming was on a weekday, and that’s when the office worker was half-dead from work…….
– Jjew (status: hype MAX) : seems like itll be insane
– Jjew (status: hype MAX) : arrangement is crazy
– Jjew (status: hype MAX) : ji-ons visuals are out of control
– Jjew (status: hype MAX) : oh wait ji-on played piano
Because of that, the office worker had to content herself with reading her friend’s DM reviews and imagining the performance until the actual broadcast.
‘But weekend schedules are different!’
With money and stamina, even an overseas K-pop schedule across the sea is totally doable. The office worker’s only driving force was love—pure love!
Even if sightseeing and such are limited to Saturday alone and Sunday is just watching the stage and flying straight back to Korea, even if she has to be back at the office at 9 AM on Monday!
This is what a K-pop fan is, and more specifically, what a Home Master fan is…….
With nothing but love and money, this type of person will gladly burn through their stamina to chase schedules.
Just thinking about it—sneaking a camera in at risk of being caught by security for photography fan activity is something you can’t do unless you’re genuinely obsessed.
The office worker, who ran a separate photography account on top of her public fan account, thought to herself. She thought that doing photography fan activity was only possible because she was truly crazy about being a fan…….
She doesn’t think this love will last forever. But idol fan activity, when you’re in that obsessive phase, is genuinely fun and dopamine-filled—so it’s her way of loving within limits she can handle.
Waiting passively for a bias is too passive
(although her bias, Ji-on, posts photos and updates to Uverse almost every single day)
I go to my bias instead
Even if it’s a performance happening in Japan across the sea!
Rewriting the top girl group scenario with my own hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
Publication Date
: January 5, 2026
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