Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 45

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Episode 45
While Ju Hyelin was deep into her Solo Performance, the rest of us entered the Main Stage.
From the wings, I could only think that giving her this introduction had been the right call.
This Solo Performance—capturing the feeling of diving into a fantasy within a library on a rainy summer day—had been conceived with faith in Ju Hyelin alone.
There was a time when Ju Hyelin complained about why it had to be her, and why the arrangement had to be done this way (though she didn’t truly dislike it; she was just scared and saying whatever came to mind), and it was genuinely difficult to answer. Because from the start, it was a performance conceived with trust in Ju Hyelin alone.
This ability to pull a narrative along in one breath through movement—it’s something only Ju Hyelin can do within our team. The seamless acting, the continuous flow—she who spent her whole life in figure skating before pivoting to the idol profession must be intimately familiar with it.
The key is acting through movement. Not dancing, but acting through movement.
And the one most proficient in that aspect is Ju Hyelin, who gave up figure skating to become an idol.
As the performance neared its end, I shifted my gaze to gauge the audience’s reaction.
It was a gamble of sorts, but Ju Hyelin had proven worth the faith. Even spectators holding light sticks for other groups—fans unfamiliar with us—had their eyes locked on Ju Hyelin.
When Ju Hyelin flashed a smile at the camera, cheers erupted throughout Gocheok Dome.
With a face that could draw applause from a mere close-up, it was only natural that the crowd roared after watching her deliver such an immersive performance before breaking into that bright, innocent smile.
I had to admit—Ju Hyelin had done her part flawlessly.
Watching her dash toward us, flushed with excitement, I let out a small smile.
I couldn’t shatter the immersion she’d brought to the stage.
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– When the whole front was just high-energy back-to-back, Everglitch’s calm intro was such a relief
– Was Ju Hyelin always this pretty;;; shocked af
– Evg Hyelin’s face today looked like rolling a six on the dice, visual was insane
– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the intro’s story didn’t really register but her face had such conviction lol
– Is Hyelin the one who did figure skating??
└ yeah
– now i get why they gave Hyelin the solo performance lmaooo there’s lots of figure skating moves in the choreography and it’s so pretty and good
A worker scrolling quickly through the live feed found it blazing with discourse about Hyelin’s intro.
– evg visual today was insane
– sailor uniform style schoolgirl outfit??? super pretty
– honestly evg’s styling today is my #1 among all the Gayo Daesang outfits i’ve seen
– evg’s visuals today as a group were seriously ㄹㅈㄷ
When the camera panned to show the Everglitch members waiting for Hyelin, the live feed erupted once more.
‘What is this with the group’s visuals today…? This isn’t even fair?!’
Of course they were always beautiful, but today felt different somehow.
From the navy sailor-style schoolgirl uniforms to the makeup, it was as if the styling team had made a deliberate decision that they had to be beautiful today.
But that thought barely lasted a moment before the grand music stopped and a bright, high piano note flooded the dome. The stage resumed!
Hyelin walked slowly toward Han Byeol and took her hand.
Following the rearranged opening of “Do It Now,” the younger members moved rhythmically while holding hands, executed a short Pair Choreography, and returned to the original formation.
And the moment all members except Kang Sua turned around and the intro ended.
Shh.
Do it now, run!
Kang Sua brought her finger to her lips, then smiled with an innocence unlike anything else in the world.
At the same moment, Kang Sua’s fresh voice rang through Gocheok Dome, and the Group Dance that filled the stage without backup dancers, along with tropical house’s crisp electronic sound, chased after her voice.
Why wasn’t Kang Sua a summer baby? She’s literally summer incarnate!
The worker occasionally experienced a slight cognitive dissonance whenever she thought about the fact that Kang Sua’s birthday was in spring.
Ever since taking center for “Do It Now,” Kang Sua seemed to have become summer itself even more so.
It was obvious on music show stages, but especially on special stages like this—it was as if she’d become the sun itself, and even her dancing, which usually lacked confidence, now seemed filled with it!
When warm sunlight pours through the window
Drowsiness creeps in on a summer day
‘Today’s styling really went crazy… Seo Jion’s hair band is insane.’
Just before the worker was about to pour out praise for Kang Sua’s beauty on Twitter, her favorite, Seo Jion, came in with the song’s first verse.
The white hair band contrasting against her black hair paired beautifully with today’s schoolgirl outfit!
Beneath the scorching sun and summer heat
Shall we go anywhere we want?
Following Seo Jion’s clean voice, Han Byeol tackled the next verse with her pretty tone.
‘Hyelin’s got natural hair today but Han Byeol’s got the bun hairstyle! So cute…!’
Han Byeol, dyed in ashpink for this comeback, had split her hair into two sections and tied them up in bun shapes. Such maknae charm!
Since they both had parts, there was a brief Pair Choreography between Han Byeol and Seo Jion, and the worker loved this choreography.
The reason was simple: the maknae is cute, and her favorite is amazing!
Now that I thought about it, Seo Jion and Han Byeol were surprisingly similar in height. Based on age and appearance alone, Han Byeol should’ve been much shorter, but somehow they seemed close.
Will our Han Byeol grow taller than Seo Jion when she becomes an adult…? No, wait. There’s no way. Our adorable maknae!
The worker shook off the tangent and refocused on the Gayo Daesang stage.
Do it now! Come crashing down for me
Do it now, you’ll end up loving it
Jae Yi with her high ponytail, Hyun Seo with her hair now reaching her shoulders, tied in a low bun with colorful bobby pins—no matter how she thought about it, today’s visuals and styling for Everglitch members were the best the worker had ever seen.
Today’s stage was insane. Seriously in the best way.
Everything else was wild too, but the wildest thing was definitely the members’ visuals!
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DoItToYou @l1117uck
· 17 minutes ago
Their faces are killing it
All 6 members attacking visually, Everglitch really is the best girl group keeping the culture alive (ending group shot cap)
⇄2168 ♥4107
“Hey, hey. Look at this! Seems like we were really pretty today.”
“The response is insane? This doesn’t feel like it’s just circulating within the fandom.”
Honestly, I was surprised. The response relative to the time frame…
Even if our fandom did explode during this comeback, the fact that we’re getting over a thousand shares in less than twenty minutes means our core fandom isn’t exactly rock-solid. At least not by my understanding of things.
Hyun Jae Yi, who’d finished changing outfits and restyling her hair far faster than me, soon made the rounds among the other stylists showing them the Twitter posts about how well today’s styling was received.
Anyway, that girl really does love the stage and the response to it.
When good reactions come in, she shows it with her whole body—’I’m having fun!’—without holding back. That quiet consideration she showed me in the waiting room earlier felt like a distant memory.
“Everyone, let’s move!”
“Yes!”
That chaos was instantly organized by a single word from Manager Park Ju Young.
The three of us who had to run straight from the Main Stage to the Collaboration Stage performance kept sprinting.
We rushed to the waiting room, immediately changed outfits, fixed our makeup, and restyled our hair…
Though they’d styled us with minimal touch-ups needed, the process of restyling for the uniform-style collaboration outfit was more exhausting than expected.
Why did QBS schedule the collaboration stage like this? If they’re putting the collaboration in the Part 2 opening, they should’ve placed us near the end of Part 1 and Ashcode right after Part 2’s opening instead.
From what I gathered during practice, they’re apparently in the same bind too. Noah mentioned they won’t have time for proper farewells because they’ll need to sprint for costume changes right after the collaboration ends. With only about ten minutes between, they have to move immediately.
God, I don’t want to run anymore.
I feel like my already pathetic stamina, which has taken a Debuff hit, is screaming for mercy.
Even with that in mind, my legs keep moving. But yeah, even without heels, boots are definitely less comfortable for movement than sneakers.
After reaching the backstage area, I leaned against a pillar and caught my breath. I’m exhausted and my head’s starting to ache.
I knew my condition wasn’t great, but rushing straight into another performance after the previous one made it worse.
At least the collaboration song doesn’t require forced smiling. In this state, I don’t think I could sing properly anyway, so going with lip-sync was definitely the right call.
The fact that all these scattered thoughts are running through my head means my condition must be genuinely bad. I’m losing it.
“Hey, look at this.”
“…What is it?”
While I was catching my breath, Hyun Jae Yi thrust something in front of my face.
“It’s an Oxygen Can that the senior members use for concerts. I asked Ju Young yesterday and she said she’d prepare one.”
“Why would you…?”
“No, I’m saying you should use it. You’ll be able to breathe so much easier. I asked her to prepare it because of situations like this.”
Even though I was too out of it to respond properly and just asked dumbly, Hyun Jae Yi held out the Oxygen Can without changing her expression.
“Just breathe properly first. We can’t back out now, and it’s not going to go wrong, and since you told Everglitch you were fine, you probably don’t want it to show. So just pretend to be okay for five minutes.”
“…”
“You hate showing when something’s wrong anyway.”
“…Yeah, that’s true. Thanks for helping.”
“Then we’re good. We should go to the hospital after this, right? Ju Young’s really worried right now. Oh, and Hyun Seo too…”
If it wasn’t right before the live broadcast, that girl Seo Jion probably would’ve told her to skip the stage. Hyun Jae Yi nodded as she spoke.
The thought that Hyun Seo really might do that gave me chills.
The Oxygen Can was genuinely effective. Within a few minutes, my condition had recovered enough that it wouldn’t show on stage. So maybe I really wasn’t breathing properly.
Well, it’s not just idols—all social life is like that.
Everyone just endures the world through sheer willpower and stubbornness, so there’s no reason for me to be uniquely complaining about pain.
Especially knowing that this is all from the system’s stamina Debuff.
“Collaboration female team, you’re going on now!”
At a staff member’s call, we took the stage.
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“The gap between the Main Stage and Collaboration Stage is really short though? The kids are gonna have a rough time. There’s only ten minutes until Part 2’s intermission anyway.”
“Ashcode’s dealing with it too right? If you’re gonna do a collaboration, at least make the Cue Sheet reasonable, QBS is seriously crazy.”
“It’s not like they’re just telling rookies to tough it out…”
“Oh, that might actually be it?”
“Shit Cue Sheet.”
“When hasn’t it been like that? The broadcast station always holds all the power.”
“But at least today’s Cue Sheet wasn’t too demanding, so that’s something to be thankful for?”
“True.”
During a brief rest after the end of Gayo Daesang Part 1, the three in the so-called ‘Yeong-ri-bi’ group chat chattered excitedly about the upcoming collaboration.
Though the Gayo Daesang officially banned filming, the camera checkpoint wasn’t that strict, and the Cue Sheet didn’t actively push for cameras either.
Thanks to that, the three were able to eagerly capture their respective favorite members on camera.
And on top of that, Ju Hyelin—who, allegedly, was the only one among their three favorites not part of the collaboration—had executed the Main Stage Solo Performance beautifully!
Park Ji Yeon offered the assessment: “Honestly, the collaboration would’ve felt a bit lacking without Hyelin, but the solo performance makes up for it.”
“I’m just incredibly hyped about the collaboration song being ‘New World’ alone.”
“Right, and the collaboration members’ energy too.”
“Will Jae Yi pull off the cold concept well? Seo Jion and Hyun Seo seem like they’ll nail it.”
“Completely. Back during PNUs when Jae Yi was like fifteen or sixteen… she did great even back then.”
“Please let the outfit be a uniform…”
“It’s ‘New World’—there’s no way it’s not a uniform.”
“Oh, hey, it’s starting!”
The three fans, lounging and discussing the upcoming collaboration, suddenly turned their attention to the stage.
The collaboration VCR erupted loudly on the screen, and simultaneously, six silhouettes walked onto the protruding stage as the lights were still off.
‘Insane… all-black uniform!’
Watching Seo Jion walk onto the stage with an expressionless face, adjusting her in-ear monitor, Im Ji Su nearly gasped.
A black uniform coat with gold embroidery and buttons for accents extending down to the hips, fitted black pants topped with black boots that climbed to the shin.
While there were flashy accessories like chains and tassels to add flair, what caught Im Ji Su’s eye first was—
‘Wow… really power cool tone cold beauty visuals, so damn good…’
Seo Jion’s visuals—wearing a darker, almost monochromatic lip, and not smiling at all—struck her hard.
Because Everglitch leaned toward a bright, playful, and energetic public-friendly concept rather than a powerful one, opportunities to see styling like this were extremely rare!
For Im Ji Su, who was experiencing this stark styling for the first time since entering the fandom, her impression could be summed up as follows:
This stage alone would destroy people based on visuals.
If it doesn’t, then K-pop has failed.
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario With My Own Hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
Production Date
: January 5, 2026
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: Acesmedia
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