Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64
“It’s simple overwork. You must have been under considerable stress?”
“Hmm……, it wasn’t that stressful, but my body felt pretty worn out.”
“That’s possible. Get a Nutrient IV Drip and just rest for a few days.”
I nodded at the doctor’s words.
Based on my previous experience, I’d come to the hospital before worrying anyone else.
Park Joo-young had started nagging me the moment we left—asking why I didn’t rest properly—which kept my mind buzzing, but it wasn’t entirely unpleasant.
“Still, you came to the hospital first. And as a rookie, we can’t just skip Music Show Broadcasts.”
“You really do have an answer for everything, don’t you…….”
“Haha, I hear that a lot.”
“Ugh…….”
On the way back to the company, Park Joo-young sighed repeatedly. Someone who’d looked perfectly fine until yesterday had suddenly said their condition had worsened and needed to see a doctor—she seemed quite shocked.
My body, weakened overall by the HP Decrease, was beyond help. Go Hyun-seo had even declared she was quitting her workouts midway, saying it might be worse for my health to push myself. That’s how serious it was.
At least the Penalty didn’t come with immediate, severe physical backlash like before. Other than when I’d looped back to this point, things had generally gone smoothly.
If I had to compare it, my entire body’s durability had just dropped. It felt like I was becoming the kind of person who’d crumple at a single push, just like Hyun-seo said…….
But I couldn’t afford to rest right now, not at this point.
“Manager. You said we had a schedule coming in, right? The one you mentioned earlier—is it ?”
“Oh, yeah. Who told you? I just got word from the team lead myself.”
“Kang Su-ah. I just got a message from her.”
Kang Su-ah had indeed sent me a text.
– Kang Su-ah : apparently our team got asked to do that song
– Kang Su-ah : the schedule’s pretty urgent apparently
– Kang Su-ah : just know about it for now!!!
– Kang Su-ah : we’re gonna talk about it when you get here!! health first!!!!
– Kang Su-ah : (emoji of a rabbit hopping)
About five minutes ago.
I could practically hear her loud voice ringing in my ears.
“I wanted to let you know I’m in favor. I’ll handle convincing the other members myself.”
“The doctor told you to rest. Are you sure you’re okay?”
“If I’m not okay about something, I don’t do it. I’m okay about this. And……, I want to do it anyway.”
The last run had gotten off to a rough start.
I’d suddenly collapsed and been half-carried out, and because of that, the offer we’d gotten as a substitute was rejected by the company.
And because of that, after the activity period, the momentum just dried up. For a group trying to build a fandom, it had been……. really difficult.
The reason we pushed forward with another physical album release in November was partly because of the schedule cancellation. It had been a schedule I really couldn’t afford to miss.
This time, I absolutely cannot let it slip away.
It was time to execute the plans I’d been thinking about since before I came back.
***
Lim Gyeong-taek, the representative of Music Proof—generally incompetent and a conservative—surprisingly has a few redeeming qualities.
First: he doesn’t try to meddle in Idol planning.
He looks down on Idols too, but after our debut, he seems to have learned—listening to Lee Su-bin’s reports—that there’s a separate ecosystem at play.
Though honestly, that’s mostly because Lim Gyeong-taek runs things on a laissez-faire basis. He’s the type to leave his company’s artists alone under the guise of freedom.
Even before I joined this group, he never meddled in Idol planning.
He’s not possessed by some grudge-bearing demon obsessed with profit—artists can attempt experimental projects if they’re willing—but there’s a massive downside: he barely invests or promotes anything.
That’s why we need a dedicated team within the company. The PR team barely works, so without a dedicated team, there’s no publicity at all.
Second: as a former singer from way back, he has connections with the main producers of Terrestrial Broadcasting music variety shows.
Over time, we’d gotten considerable attention from those PDs and writers specifically because we were from Lim Gyeong-taek’s company. And that’s not something Lim Gyeong-taek would personally ask for.
basically came about through those connections too.
The idol they’d worked hard to get had suddenly said they couldn’t appear, so the responsible PD got annoyed and demanded they quickly bring any decent kids, and because of the main writer’s existing interest in us, Evergreat got the offer……. Something like that.
Of course, we’re grateful. The side that delivered the cancellation notice is a conglomerate, so they’ll handle things carefully on their own.
Third: ……is there one?
I think I’ve explained enough. Lim Gyeong-taek is the type of person with far more drawbacks than advantages, and his so-called strengths are so undermined by his obnoxious habits that they add up to zero.
” is definitely the most popular music variety show right now. But going in on such short notice…….”
“Are you worried?”
“Yes. More about you than me. You just came back from the hospital today.”
I nodded readily at Go Hyun-seo’s words. Well, the hospital visit was a fact.
“So.”
“…Won’t pushing forward with bad condition just create a negative image?”
“There’s still about three weeks until filming, and even accounting for generously long Arrangement time, we’ve got two weeks of practice left.”
“Do you want to do it?”
“Yeah, of course. For rookies like us, it’s not easy to get Terrestrial Broadcasting variety show opportunities.”
Even if Terrestrial Broadcasting isn’t what it used to be, it’s still Terrestrial Broadcasting. When it comes to capturing mainstream appeal, it’s absolutely supreme.
Especially —it’s already a ‘quality’ Terrestrial Broadcasting music variety show that the public recognizes. Even though there’s some resistance to Idol cast members, if you nail the stage, you get acknowledged.
“Besides, I actually like . I’ve been watching it consistently since the relaunch.”
“…Well, if you put it that way, I don’t really have much to say.”
“You want to do something and I say yes—so shouldn’t it be strange for you to try to stop me?”
“I guess that’s true…….”
Of course it’s a lie. I’ve only seen the occasional video that went viral on video sites, a regular viewer? Not at all.
This isn’t the real reason……. Go Hyun-seo shook her head, clearly frustrated.
Haha. I’ll gratefully accept your concern. Just the feeling, though.
“So, the real reason you barged into the studio like this.”
“You told Manager Park you’d handle the members yourself and to just say yes for now.”
“Huh? Yeah, okay, that’s fair. So?”
“Given your personality, I didn’t think you’d just use words to convince people, so I asked Manager Park what the song concept was. And something told me you’d probably already start working on the Arrangement.”
“Huh.”
Bingo.
When did you get so sharp, Hyun-seo? Weren’t you getting baited by Univers drama back then, starting fanwars and getting scolded by Jae-yi?
I awkwardly positioned my body to block the monitor I’d been working on. I couldn’t just turn it off without even saving the unsaved file.
“I can see…….”
“Haha.”
She seems oblivious at times, but she’s actually quick-witted. I’ll just breeze past this.
Hyun-seo’s the type with no tact, so half-measures rarely work on her.
“You’ve brought completed songs before too. I’m not against doing it if you want to, but jumping straight into Arrangement…….”
“Straight into?”
“Worries me. If you have to revise it or take it in a completely different direction, you’re just forcing yourself through unnecessary work.”
“Ah. You thought I was actually going to accept feedback?”
“……What?”
I smiled slightly and moved the mouse cursor to play the basic-structure arrangement.
There probably wasn’t anything else to revise. I was working from my memory of the final, complete version that had already incorporated all the feedback from the previous timeline.
I’d only managed to work on the first few dozen seconds due to time constraints.
“Here’s where we got to.”
Only then did Go Hyun-seo blink and snap to attention.
“Hyun-seo. That song I brought to you all without any discussion—what was it called?”
“…Awesome.”
“Did that get any feedback?”
“……No.”
“Right. Same here. I never intended to take feedback this time either.”
I nodded lightly and continued.
“This is Woo Min-jung’s . You like Swing Jazz?”
“Well……, honestly, unless it’s from a musical, I haven’t heard much of it, so I’m not sure.”
“Ah, that. It’s musical-style. You can tell the concept has an eighties vibe, right? To keep that eighties feel without killing the energy but also making sure it doesn’t feel dated, I think a musical production approach would work best. Choreography, vocal—flashy and intense. Lighting and staging like a musical too.”
“I…… think I understand. I can kind of picture what you mean.”
“Right?”
Go Hyun-seo was starting to picture the stage as well. Honestly, since I was just explaining by refining parts that felt slightly off from what we’d already done, of course the image came together.
“I had a clear idea the moment I heard the concept. I wasn’t really planning to give you all options.”
“Isn’t this basically a dictatorship?”
“Haha. If you wanted to make that kind of objection, you should’ve been the Leader. But I’m both the Leader and the Producer, so whose complaints am I supposed to listen to?”
“…That’s actually a fair point.”
“See, you’re too soft.”
“What?”
I simply laughed instead of answering Go Hyun-seo’s question.
She’s meek and pliant, see. Partly because the work sample she just heard appealed to her, but mostly because she just falls in line with my ridiculous dictatorial logic.
So despite Go Hyun-seo’s effort in coming all the way to the studio, we ultimately locked in as our appearance.
It went without saying that the Arrangement, Concept, and production direction would all be decided entirely in my hands.
***
A few days later.
What could possibly be the core that runs through a Swing Jazz musical Concept?
I think it’s the fast rhythm, brass, and flashy, dynamic Choreography. Of course, powerful vocal delivery goes without saying.
“If I add Choreography that breaks up the rhythm more in the intro here—would that be too much for you all? Something like this.”
“Are you maybe testing the limits of the dance line’s stamina right now?”
“Hmm, I wasn’t thinking that, but sure, let’s see.”
“Wow……. Please stop this tyranny, Producer.”
“Alright, I won’t. I just thought it might look pretty, so I was just asking.”
Hyun Jae-yi, who’d been answering with exaggerated tone, flopped flat on the floor. Since the rhythm was fast and the song itself was dynamic, the Choreography naturally consisted of stamina-draining movements, so they must be running out of energy.
“But the visual would definitely look good though. Go Hyun-seo, what do you think?”
“…It does seem like it would look pretty.”
Meanwhile, the two dance-line members couldn’t let go of the more visually appealing option and showed themselves subtly tempted by my suggestion.
“But we didn’t break up the vocal any further, right? Isn’t it better to keep the intensity within what you do well?”
“Wow, that actually makes sense. Seo Ji-on is seriously scary…….”
“I just made a suggestion. It’s you guys who keep making the Choreography more intense.”
“That’s exactly the problem! You keep setting traps and we keep falling into them! I know we’re doing it because we want to, but still!”
“It’s getting way too hard…….”
Is she maybe a black mage? She could be, honestly.
I let Hyun Jae-yi and Go Hyun-seo’s complaints go in one ear and out the other, watching Lee Han-byul, still wrestling with the lyrics sheet.
Taking what you do well and doing it better.
That’s fundamentally the Concept we’re running with for this competition.
As for Lee Han-byul…….
She’d become that remarkable talent in Jazz Vocal that had made even Kang Su-ah slightly despair before.
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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