Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 49

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Episode 49
KingBestSuah💖
Evergreen we’re going to the festival!!!!!!
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KingBestSuah💖
omg the lineups haven’t dropped at a lot of schools so don’t spoil
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KingBestSuah💖
can’t help it!! we see each other so much 😘
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Jae-i, Jae-i!
Su-ah, you owe a spoiler penalty ㅡㅡ
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KingBestSuah💖
wow that counts as a spoiler too ㅠㅠㅠ
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“Kang Su-ah, spoiler fine: 100,000 won added to account.”
“Ugh, seriously, this is too much! Why do my fines keep going up…….”
“Because you keep posting spoilers on the Universe, that’s why.”
“But I don’t spoil the really important stuff!”
“Rules are rules, though.”
“Ji-on is so cold to me…….”
“You know I’m saying this because pretty much only you go around spoiling things, right?”
“I don’t know!”
At my words, Su-ah dramatically flopped backward onto the practice room floor, turning her back to me.
It’s her way of showing she’s a little sulky, I suppose……. If I just leave her alone, she’ll get over it quick. The way she’s flopping around joking with the younger members means she’s not genuinely upset.
“Hyun-seo doesn’t even post spoilers these days.”
“…Can you please not lump me in with that unnie?”
“Wow, that’s even worse. I use the Universe better than Ko Hyun-seo!”
“That’s fair, actually. Deliberate aggro versus accidental aggro—deliberate’s cleaner.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re really good at unintentional aggro, you know. Not so much lately, though…….”
“So if I don’t do it now, it’s fine, isn’t it?!”
“Sure, but the fact that you got chewed out by Jae-i back at debut doesn’t just disappear.”
“Sigh…….”
This time it was Ko Hyun-seo who suddenly plopped down on the floor.
Ha, yeah, no wonder she gets scraped raw back at debut.
Things have definitely improved lately, but back then Hyun-seo would get baited by provocative posts left and right, reacting to every single one—so much so that Hyun Jae-i was worried and said she shouldn’t even do solo live performances. That says it all.
Well, this one’s been slowly adapting and now she can gradually tell the difference between simple attention-seeking aggro and genuine fan posts, so at this point she’s doing all right.
“Hehehehe. That’s why I’m telling you! Unnie, you need to actually think about whether this is real Evergreen or not before you write something!”
“…But it’s the Universe. Of course you assume it’s all Evergreen, right?”
“Tsk tsk. Such a pure soul……. These days the aggressors deliberately sign up for the Universe just to start trouble, I’m telling you. Unnie, you really need to use the internet more.”
“Ugh, I hate it. There are way too many weird people on the internet…….”
“Which is exactly why you have a job dealing with weird people—so why are you refusing to monitor anything?!”
“As long as I sing well and dance well, that’s enough! And I’m good with the Evergreen anyway, so why do I need to understand how aggressors think?!”
“Because! You need to know something to ignore it or respond to it! The problem is you don’t know anything about aggro so you just quietly take the bait!”
Pretty much every time Hyun Jae-i and Hyun-seo argue, it’s a whole thing.
Emotionally, I’m actually on Hyun-seo’s side……. But if I have to pick a side as an idol,
“Jae-i said something right, though. You don’t need to understand it deeply, but it’d be better to know how twisted people keep pulling aggro and leaving malicious comments, yeah? That way you can respond easier.”
“Wow, I actually trusted you on this one…….”
“If I weren’t an idol, I’d agree with you. But we’re idols who have to filter internet aggressors in real time, so what can you do.”
“Wow, that’s a total K.O. for Hyun-seo.”
Stuck on Jae-i’s side whether I like it or not.
Ko Hyun-seo—shaking her head as if she’s run out of things to say—and Kang Su-ah, who’s been watching this whole conversation unfold with interest from behind, both came into my view.
Maybe one reason Hyun-seo wanted to quit being an idol was that it just didn’t fit her personality.
Every time I see her stumble in areas outside the stage, I occasionally feel a wave of sorry inside me.
Somehow I’m thinking a lot lately. Was it the right choice for me to hold onto you?
What’s already happened can’t be undone, but…….
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– High School Sibling : Unnie please send a video
– High School Sibling : i’m seriously so jealous X
– High School Sibling : ㅜㅜㅜ
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The university student left just that one message and closed the KakaoTalk window altogether.
The university student, a junior at Mun Sung-dae University studying economics, has a slightly annoying high school senior sibling.
In spring, despite being in high school, the sibling insisted on going to a fan sign at some officetel, borrowing the university student’s rental room every weekend, and now that the university student’s favorite idol group’s name has appeared on the Mun Sung-dae festival lineup, the sibling is pestering them for videos.
Well, the university student likes idols too, so the annoyance is somewhat understandable, but it’s still obnoxious to have the sibling cling like this even to a festival the student’s supposed to enjoy!
“Shout out Mun Sung-dae!”
“Ahhh~”
A recently famous male idol group was performing right in front of her, but it wasn’t all that fun.
‘If you’re gonna do a live like this at a festival, that’s kind of a drag…….’
Her older brothers were second-generation idols, and their time touring university festivals was long, long past.
But having grown accustomed to crisp live vocals, the university student noticed the thin live performance first, before she even noticed the visibly healthy joints and dance moves.
“That’s all we had for Rublet! Thank you!!”
[Rublet’s live was better than i expected]
[i thought they were pure dancers but actually they’re well-rounded=rublet]
[people who say rublet can’t do live should check out the comeback showcase ㅋㅋㅋ]
The university student sighed after searching for the idol group currently performing on internet forums. I really don’t like modern K-pop!
She remembered what a friend had said recently: ‘I don’t think you’ll ever be able to stan modern idols.’ Saying she’d never adapt to recent idol vocal techniques…….
Actually, the university student does understand that modern singing styles have simply changed.
She understands how trends shifted from an era where relatively shabby sound systems meant you had to break through bad audio with raw volume, to a generation capable of delivering subtle emotions with refined technique.
But!
‘Isn’t K-pop’s foundation about insane vocal power? The song is boring!’
Trendy vocal techniques that showcase tone just aren’t her taste! Only the clear, ringing live vocals that make an outdoor venue roar! Only that kind of live could satisfy her ears!
…This was pretty much the fundamental reason she’d stopped keeping up with recent idols. It’s one of those things she realizes every festival for the past three years.
“…Hey! Ugh, I’m not late, am I?”
“Ugh, you’ve got a gift for startling people. Rublet just finished.”
“Wow, Clover. Thank God for that…….”
“You’re not religious?”
“On occasions like this you thank God, Buddha, and Allah all at once.”
The university student naturally pushed aside her things and greeted her friend. With that K-pop expert friend beside her—the one who’d said she’d never be able to stan modern idols—the university student aired all her grievances about the recent idols’ live performances.
“No, seriously. Think about it. Isn’t K-pop’s foundation really about that? The main vocalist’s insanely crisp, ringing live?!”
“I guess so.”
“Come on. Say something else.”
“That’s exactly why you can’t like modern idols.”
“Well, I don’t either, so don’t say that—say something else.”
“What about Evergreen? Might be different?”
“Evergreen?”
“They’re coming up in a bit. Actually they’re coming on now. I’m curious about their live too.”
They’re famous for being good.
Her friend finished that thought and held up her phone, starting to record the female idols taking the stage.
Ah, where have I heard that before—wasn’t that the group her sibling likes? A name buried in the corner of her memory surfaced again.
Well……. Her sibling likes that group because they’re good at live and good at stage performances, but the sibling only started liking idols recently anyway.
Just taking the sibling’s word for it, the university student had moderate expectations—but recent idols’ live performances were a bit bland.
Mid-September, and though not quite summer heat, the time of day when the sun was just starting to set was still warm.
By the time six members wearing outfits that looked like reformed versions of Mun Sung-dae’s athletic department uniform stepped onto the stage with microphones, the university student wasn’t expecting much.
Even when a fairly familiar short intro began playing, she only nodded—’Oh, so this is their song?’—without much reaction.
But as the intro ended and the camera found one member,
“Mun Sung-dae, are you ready?!”
“Yesss!”
“Let’s go!!”
When that member practically hurled the first line of the intro to draw the crowd in, the university student felt it.
This team is different.
And as the song continued, the university student’s sense became certainty.
Trusting my heart to the cool breeze
It will come to me in the end
The member singing the final lines of the Bridge pulled up the pitch with excess vocal range and breath, stretching it long.
It was the raw live of a K-pop foundation—a main vocalist hitting the high note in the Bridge—that the university student had been wanting to hear!
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“We’d like to introduce ourselves! Two, three!”
“Hello, we’re Evergreen!”
Yesss!
The crowd response is enormous, even though it’s their first time on a university festival stage.
It could be because of the hit song “Right Now” to start with, or it could be because of the huge response to Kang Su-ah’s ad-lib in the live just now.
For the record, that crowd engagement was completely unplanned.
I shot her a look during the group dance that followed, but she just grinned. I guess I should be glad the response was good…….
Well, forget it. I also improvised the pitch on the Bridge ad-lib a bit higher, so somehow I feel like I’m wrapped up in this too…….
“Wow! The energy really seems incredible! Actually, today is our first university festival!”
“Thank you so much for the response!”
Hyun Jae-i, conducting with a bright smile, and Ju Hye-rin, catching her MC talk, both looked pretty excited.
Good, let them be excited. I smiled and had the members introduce themselves, then continued with the necessary MC.
“As Jae-i just said, today is the first time we’ve been to a university festival—Mun Sung-dae University. We’re really grateful for this incredible welcome!”
“Really! Mun Sung-dae is the best!”
Kang Su-ah, naturally draping her arm around my shoulder and drawing the crowd in, ran the event with practiced ease.
Is that what they call star quality or charm? Honestly, I’m the type to think things through ahead of time before speaking.
After that we performed “Awesome” and the cover “Never Give Up,” and ended with our debut song “Lucky Days.”
Honestly, I didn’t have high hopes for Lucky Days either, but by the third chorus I noticed the whole crowd was singing along.
I’ll make it
La la Lucky days
When we were making it, I thought it would be so nice if there was a fan chorus. We deliberately made it catchy, so that’s accurate.
Experiencing it on stage directly felt really surreal. It felt like I was implementing the design myself.
“Ji-on, unnie seems really happy today.”
“Really?”
“Oh, I thought so too……. How do I put it, she looks the happiest she’s been in the past month?!”
“Wow, I agree! Unnie, it’s been so long since we’ve seen you genuinely happy like this!”
“That much……?”
I was a bit surprised by how noticeably good my expression was…….
On the way back to the dormitory, after I heard Lee Han-byul’s words, and Ju Hye-rin and Hyun Jae-i each added their own bits, I was a little startled. I figured I’d looked normal…….
“That’s because unnie’s been frowning constantly lately!”
“Frowning?”
“Oh, I mean, not like I’m saying unnie is scary!”
“I wasn’t saying you look scary. Why, does that hit a nerve, Jae-i?”
“……No!!!”
Ha, I didn’t bother holding back the laugh that escaped, turning my head from the backseat view forward again.
I guess my expression has gotten a little harsh lately due to debut debut situation problems. Going forward, I need to relax my face a bit.
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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