Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86
The Baseball Stadium episode from the travel content was released, and the response that followed was quite successful.
Actually, the entire Unplanned Travel Series itself received positive reactions from both fans and casual viewers alike.
From the start, they were given money with zero planning, and the members handled all the bookings and arrangements themselves; the starkly contrasting reactions between me and Kang Su-ah, and so on……. The first episode got positive responses right away, and this was bolstered in part by the Gwangalli busking buff.
Just as the busking recording content at Kang Su-ah’s house had drawn decent engagement in the previous timeline, busking was definitely an impulsive and unexpected but solid asset.
We were steadily building recognition among the public as the Gwangalli Busking Idols.
The pre-released full video of the Gwangalli busking ranked first in views, and the next highest-viewed video was the third episode—the Baseball Stadium.
The biggest reason for such high view counts was undoubtedly how Hyun Jae-yi’s eloquent remarks and reactions captured the hearts of established baseball fans.
[Hye-rin: Bases loaded…? So if one more person goes up, we score?]
[Jae-yi: Hye-rin, did you know something?]
[Hye-rin: …?]
[Jae-yi: Bases loaded means……, all the batters have already gone up, that’s why it’s loaded…!]
[Hye-rin: …!]
[Jae-yi: I have no choice but to beg…! God, Buddha, every deity in this world, please just give us one clutch hit with the bases loaded…….]
[The gaze of other baseball fans, quite different]
– Hyun Jae-yi is insane lolololololololol she’s literally the embodiment of a baseball fan,,,
– Bases loaded means all the batters have gone up, that’s why it’s loaded — a legendary quote from Professor Hyun Jae-yi
Starting with her logically explaining why no runs scored with the bases loaded (in the scene Jae-yi actually spoke, Lotte ended the inning with 1 out and bases loaded but no runs),
[Jae-yi: Ugh……, the game isn’t fun, is it……?]
[Su-ah: It’s fine though, why? We’re having so much fun right now…?]
[Jae-yi: No, it’s just, we should be scoring some runs, but no runs are coming in, and I was the one who wanted to come, but it’s turning out way less fun than I thought…….]
[Su-ah: But it’s fun though?!]
[Like a typical baseball fan who brought a non-fan friend to the stadium]
– The way Jae-yi’s fidgeting because the game isn’t fun is so relatable, like when I take a friend who doesn’t care about baseball ㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– When your team’s game is boring and you bring a friend along, you feel so awkward,,, I understand Jae-yi’s feelings a hundred times over ㅠㅠ
Since the game flow was frustrating, nobody said anything, but she was the first to notice their moods.
(Most of the members didn’t understand baseball, so they focused on eating and singing along with the cheering chants. They simply enjoyed the referee calls and the baseball stadium’s cheering culture…….)
[Lotte’s come-from-behind opportunity arrives in the bottom of the 9th]
[Jae-yi: Please, please a walk-off home run…!]
[Hyun-seo: If someone hits a home run here, the game ends? Lotte wins?]
[Jae-yi: Yeah!! There are other ways to win besides that, but having this player hit a home run here is the fastest and simplest way……!]
[Ji-on: You gave up earlier though?]
[Jae-yi: I maaaay give up early! But the players can’t give up!! That’s what makes it a sport — not giving up and making a comeback!!!]
[Hyun Jae-yi wisdom time on]
– ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Right, even if the fans give up, the players never do
– This is a real Hyun Jae-yi quote
– I’m curious what Hye-rin was thinking lolololololol
└ I genuinely don’t know much, but why Hye-rin ㅠㅠㅠ??
└ lololol Oh, Hye-rin was a former national athlete
With a former national athlete sitting right next to her, her impromptu sports wisdom gained traction, and the image of Jae-yi as a baseball fan advocate—capturing laughs, empathy, and ultimately a come-from-behind victory ending—took hold.
The shorts posted on the official account rode the algorithm well and racked up terrifying view counts, and idol shorts creators also clipped the video and posted their own versions with high view counts.
Baseball has a large and broad fanbase, and by showing the full spectrum of a baseball fan’s emotions—anger, joy, sorrow—without any harsh language, positive reviews came naturally.
From there, it naturally snowballed into discussions about extending a Ceremonial First Pitch invitation.
“Jae-yi.”
“Why, do I look like a successful fan going to throw the first pitch for the team I’ve cheered for since I was little, for like ten years?!”
“No, your hairstyle got messed up. Go touch it up again.”
“Oh.”
After coordination between Lotte and our company, it was finalized that Jae-yi would throw the first pitch during the last week of September, two weeks before the comeback.
Evergreat took a brief vacation and is now preparing for the comeback.
Single Album comeback in the second week of October.
This is the final stage of the Rookie Award All-Kill Plan I’ve set up.
In the previous timeline, the rushed fall comeback was a Digital Single, which was essentially a move destined to fail. The shortfall was in physical album sales, and a Digital Single doesn’t generate physical album revenue.
Honestly, I didn’t have high expectations for success…….
However, there was definitely a need to verify whether the music I planned for the next timeline would resonate with the market.
A dance track that was both poppy and kitschy and flashy.
Keeping Evergreat’s image as upbeat, mischievous girls while showcasing a slightly stronger performance than the tracks released so far would be ideal.
Additionally, maintaining the impact of the Band Sound while making the Hip-hop Dance Base performance shine.
I wasted so much real time in the second timeline. Just finding this one direction…….
Han Jung-yeon, my only conversation partner back then, said it might be faster to just source the track from somewhere, but I couldn’t break the team’s Self-Producing branding at this timing.
…I said a lot of things, but in the end, I just wasted an enormous amount of time trying to produce one dance track that would work in the market.
Knowing it was already a failed timeline made it easier for that to happen, I think.
Around that time I was probably cooped up in the studio so much that I saw sniping posts telling me to come out to some external schedules, stream on Univers more often, and do more live broadcasts…….
This is something I feel sorry about toward the members. But I was certain I couldn’t stay in that timeline, and I also felt conflicted about leaving any lingering attachment there.
“I’m here! Sorry for being late…!”
Before long, Hyun Jae-yi returned with her slightly disheveled hairstyle tidied up.
Platinum blonde hair styled in high pigtails, thick waves and all.
I found myself thinking she was definitely the center of this comeback, and the look matched exactly what I’d imagined.
“Jae-yi.”
“Yes?!”
“Let’s do great.”
“…Did I mess something up earlier?!”
“No, I’m just saying let’s do even better. You’re the center for this activity.”
“…Wow, wait! That’s just dumping the pressure on me! Go Hyun-seo is here too, so why me?!”
“Well……, didn’t you already feel it? You’re the center of this title track.”
“I knew it, but hearing it so directly from the producer like this is different from just thinking to myself, oh, I’m the center!”
Ah, she’s really making a fuss about it. I only said one thing——let’s do great…….
As Jae-yi said, Go Hyun-seo’s share in this title track is also high. Even considering only vocals and not dance, Go Hyun-seo’s portion isn’t small.
But if I think about who carries the most weight, it’s Jae-yi.
A character who can push the upbeat, kitschy image to its extreme while also anchoring the dance performance with weighty choreography.
A star quality that transforms any gaze into interest.
That persistent glint in her eye that says once a camera has focused on her, it won’t turn away…….
She’s the perfect fit for this activity in every way.
Unintentional though it may be, she’s also the member who’ll draw the most buzz right before the comeback. Either way, it’s good news for Evergreat.
“We’ll shoot one more full take, then do individual direct cams for each member!”
The filming director’s voice rang out through the studio.
We’re at the Studio right now shooting one of our YouTube contents, .
It’s a Dance Studio Content that’s become almost mandatory for any well-performing team coming back lately, and this is Evergreat’s first appearance on the show.
Since this is our first time going hard on performance, it probably doesn’t matter much…….
Up until the previous activity, , and even at recent events, there were plenty of comments that Evergreat was synonymous with Handheld Microphone Live, to the point that vocals took up a higher percentage than performance.
We practiced the unplugged microphone version plenty before debut, but somehow through the team branding process we ended up using almost exclusively handheld mics.
The main reason was that in consolidating a unified positive image, we stuck with handheld mics as much as possible so the image wouldn’t fracture.
As a result, we performed with handheld mics even at collaborations and cover stages (though it was live performance anyway), so the image of a vocally skilled group using handheld mics became strong.
In a way, this title track is also meant to subvert that image.
Of course, in a positive direction.
An exciting electric guitar sound rings out through the studio. The members, dressed in more free-spirited outfits than before, dance enthusiastically to the beat.
For this choreography, I entrusted a choreographer with a guaranteed track record, and by communicating the desired direction beforehand, the output came out fast and clean.
If you have the budget to spend, there’s no reason to insist on doing everything in-house.
On top of that, since Hyun Jae-yi and Go Hyun-seo did the final choreography directing together, there’s no problem with the Self-Producing we carry as branding.
If I reduce the direction I gave the choreography team to keywords, they would be energetic, dynamic, and uninhibited.
The formation spreads wide then pulls back to center, sharp, massive movements synced to a strong beat create a powerful, distinctive effect that keeps eyes fixed on the performance.
And such choreography…….
Pop them and they burst like color balls
In dizzy, rainbow colors
Find me Yeah!
Hyun Jae-yi and Go Hyun-seo pull off most spectacularly.
Choosing Hyun Jae-yi as the center for this activity and Go Hyun-seo as the next major member was all about selecting the right members for the song.
And finally, the hook that needs to grab the ear.
Red and Yellow and Pink and Green
That’s so colorful we shine
Sampling the most famous verse from the English nursery rhyme “I Can Sing a Rainbow,” I created it as an addictive hook built on a Band Sound base.
The hook really wasn’t coming together, so I worked on it for days, tearing my hair out……. In this timeline, it’ll be finalized as a track I worked on really quickly.
Being a Regressor is rough. All the work sitting in my head becomes null and void, the outputs vanish, and you’re left with a hellish reworking schedule…….
Thankfully the stat recovery System the System granted me prevented the reset of all the stat leveling I’d accumulated so far.
If that had reset too……. I would’ve just quit everything.
Right, so the song title is…….
” group recording complete! We’ll take a brief break and move into individual direct cam recording~”
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A feeling that fits perfectly with members who have such distinct and vivid personalities.
Rewriting the top girl group scenario with my own hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 21, 2026
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