Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 90

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Episode 90
Jae-yi! Jae-yi!
Hey everyone, Jae-yi’s here 💕
Thank you so much for the VMA Rookie Award!!!
Oh, and I had Ji-on say the acceptance speech hahahaha
(Selfie holding the trophy)
Seo Ji-on
Thank you so much for the VMA Rookie Award!
I’ll work hard so I can become someone you’re all proud of 😊
(Photo with the trophy)
Queen Su-ah 💖
Love you, Everyones ❤❤❤
Seo Ji-on cried
(Selfie in stage outfit) (Selfie with the trophy) (Photo of Ji-on pressing her eyes when she came down to the Waiting Room)
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– Seo Ji-on
Delete that.
– Seo Ji-on
I didn’t cry. I just got something in my eye.
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Of course, winning one Rookie Award didn’t mean I could suddenly quit being an Idol or anything like that.
I hadn’t expected it would. Something would surely wait after the Rookie Award.
But I’d naturally assumed that either the next Mission would be revealed or I’d be told the conditions for this project—or whatever it was—to end…….
[▷ The next Mission will be revealed in ??? days.]
[Coming soon!]
What the hell was this infuriating notification supposed to mean?
Seriously, the nerve of this system is something else. I can’t even figure out what it wants me to do…….
The reward itself wasn’t anything particularly special either—just some Achievement Points piling up.
Even someone without a competitive streak starts developing one when you dangle this kind of runaround in front of them.
I was about to grill the system for more, but I held back, choosing instead to focus on the Awards Ceremony and Year-end Music Festival in front of me.
December was when Idols were busiest.
It started with major awards ceremonies and went all the way through year-end K-pop festivals—you could hardly overstate it as the season when all the biggest events clustered together.
First came the LeMu Awards in mid-December, and then the year-end festivals from the three major broadcast networks at month’s end.
Admittedly, it was difficult for rookies to break into the year-end festivals, but Evergreat had gotten invitations without much trouble thanks to “Now’s the Time” being a hit.
That said, we’d been assigned a fairly early slot. Not much I could do about that. That’s just how it goes for rookies…….
Anyway.
What was certain was that maintaining the group’s upward momentum until that ‘Mission’ surfaced would work in my favor.
Because I could prepare for whatever Mission came…….
Unless it suddenly demanded we win an Award! Though, could that actually happen if the song does well? I honestly wasn’t sure.
Since I couldn’t even guess what the Mission might be, I had to be thorough.
Given that all the Missions so far had focused on Idol achievements, it made logical sense the next one would also be something Idol-related, and while I still couldn’t predict what exactly it’d be.
In any case, I couldn’t neglect Idol activities.
Slacking off wouldn’t improve the situation…….
My head hurt.
How on earth did this contract thing even start…….
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Mid-December.
The LeMu Chart Music Awards, or LeMu Awards for short—the Awards Ceremony hosted by Lemon Music, Korea’s largest music streaming platform.
It was easier to understand it as a Korean popular music Awards Ceremony focused on streaming rather than a K-pop–centric one like the VMA.
The award categories were also fairly subdivided into ballad, dance, hip-hop, band, and so on.
That said, since the current music market remained Idol-dominated, most of the performers were still Idols, but…….
“Ji-on! Oh wow, it’s been forever. We hardly see your face at the company these days. Are you swamped?”
“Hello, senior. We’ve been pretty busy lately…….”
“Ha! I wasn’t trying to nag—I just wanted to congratulate you on the Rookie Award. From what I hear, you all worked incredibly hard, right? How on earth did you convince the director?”
“Oh, senior. Can we not? We’ll talk about it at the office! I’m sorry, this senior has a way of……. You know?”
“Ahahaha, yes. Senior, we need to get to our stage soon, so can we save the rest for the office?”
“Oh my, what was I thinking. Sorry, but later on, could you tell me how you convinced the director and talk about the song? Will you be in the guest section?”
“We’re heading over now. Juniors, fighting!”
“Music Proof’s pride, Evergreat juniors, fighting!”
“Ahahaha…….”
……And so, just like how the band Neoul and their seniors swept through the place like a whirlwind, there were people you wouldn’t ordinarily meet at standard Idol Awards Ceremonies.
Neoul and her seniors had decent streaming numbers this year too.
From what I’d heard casually before, their contract with Music Proof was only until early next year, and they wanted to move somewhere that would take better care of them……. I wondered how that would work out.
It wasn’t directly related to us for now, but objectively speaking, which Artists were profitable mattered to Music Proof’s situation—which had us, Neoul, and one solo Artist whose contract was about to end.
To be precise……. Whether you called it a past life or just the old days, back then the group might have been abandoned and the company could have collapsed like it did.
Of course, Evergreat’s weight class now was different from what it was then, but I couldn’t rule out the possibility.
Anyway.
Just as Evergreat had been heard to be almost a done deal for the LeMu Rookie Award even before this damn runaround regression, we won the Female Rookie Award outright today.
Han-byul delivered the acceptance speech this time, and when it came around again, Hyun-seo went next—and she showed much more polished delivery than the first time, which made me a little disappointed somehow.
Han-byul always seems to tremble slightly, but she really does say what needs saying. Unexpectedly—or rather, obviously—she’s got guts.
ASHCODE hadn’t even received an invitation to the LeMu Awards.
Their songs lacked punch so the response was lukewarm, there wasn’t really an award category that fit them, the organizers—who poured their hearts into live performances every year—apparently viewed them unfavorably…….
The last one sounded like baseless gossip, but the fact that such a rumor circulated in the K-pop world even as a joke wasn’t a good sign.
On the other hand, some took the simpler view that they just hadn’t invited an Idol they weren’t planning to give an award to.
There was only one fan-voted popularity award, and even that went to a male Idol group.
The event’s stated purpose was to bring together diverse Artists from diverse genres and hold an Awards Ceremony, so roughly half the invited performers were Idols and the other half were from other genres.
Which meant ASHCODE had failed to carve out a spot within that ‘Idol quota’…….
For reference, among the three groups known to interact fairly often (though in reality not that much)—Evergreat, ASHCODE, and Daylite—only ASHCODE hadn’t received an invitation.
I didn’t know ASHCODE well, but from what the younger members said, they sounded pretty wounded.
I’d heard something about them trying to do something despite not having much voice in the company as rookies.
“It’s all thanks to Ji-on being such a genius producer that we get to attend these huge Awards Ceremonies in our first year. I feel like I’ve got incredible luck.”
“…You say that the wrong way somewhere else and people’ll rake you over the coals for being sarcastic. Watch your mouth.”
“What, I don’t have any bad intentions behind it. And I’m not saying this stuff anywhere else.”
“But you admitted there’s at least some intention behind it…….”
Hyun Jae-yi, her platinum-blonde hair in thick waves and gathered into a half-up style, dressed flashily overall, laughed impishly.
If this leaked somehow, it’d carpet YouTube Shorts with “girl group with shattered character,” and that’s what she was saying…….
“It’s the Waiting Room. There’s no ears here to hear it. I said it quietly just for you to hear.”
“Ugh…….”
“And honestly, only someone like you who worries about every little thing all the time would notice intent or not. Usually people just take it as a compliment.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Hehe, I know you won’t fall for it.”
“You knew I wouldn’t fall for it?”
“Yeah, I knew. But isn’t it more comfortable just taking the compliment as it is?”
“A colleague who shares our fate says something that could bury us if misinterpreted. How am I supposed to just take that as a compliment?”
“Wait, colleague……. That one kind of stings.”
“You really do get upset about the weirdest things, don’t you?”
Hyun Jae-yi was genuinely hard to read sometimes. I couldn’t get a sense of how twisted her thinking was, and she hid it well before suddenly accelerating…….
As I looked at her with a puzzled expression, she just laughed merrily. Totally unbothered by what the Leader thought.
“It’s because you’re my leader.”
“What?”
“I know my personality is pretty terrible, honestly.”
“You? You’re not bad at all.”
“But I think you’ve got about as bad a personality as I do. If it weren’t for you, I’d still be a mess.”
“…That’s roughly true enough to be irritating. Fine, I’ve got a bad personality.”
“So that’s why I figured you might understand it even if I said something mean. People like Hyun-seo or Su-ah wouldn’t really get what I’m saying.”
Certainly, Hyun Jae-yi seemed lighter after the Gae Daesseom affair.
There was the relief of getting payback for the disappointment she’d felt from a company she’d been with for so long, and I think she’d said something similar before about wanting to beat the PN girl group…….
It showed even more once she started winning the Rookie Awards solo recently.
“I don’t have anything against those kids, you know?”
“Yeah.”
“I was just really frustrated with the company. From some point on, I felt like I wouldn’t debut from there. I just……got that feeling. Like, oh, this company really doesn’t want to debut me.”
“Right.”
“I ran away on my own two feet, but now that I think about it, it pisses me off. What’s the difference between that and them leaving the exit open and pushing me out the back?”
“…But do you really need to bring all this up right now?”
“Yeah, I do. Because my chest feels completely clear right now.”
“Star…….”
I let out an exasperated laugh. At that, Hyun Jae-yi laughed even harder.
I could understand why she was like that, but the kid herself was just ridiculous sometimes, and that was that.
“Have I been easier on you lately?”
“Didn’t you tell me to make things easy for you? Didn’t you say to just speak comfortably?!”
“That and this are……, ugh.”
“Haha! No, never mind.”
“What were you trying to say?”
“Seo Ji-on, the genius composer, is amazing. Thanks to you, I’m here. Honestly, I think the biggest turning point in my life isn’t joining Music Proof—it’s just meeting a person named Seo Ji-on.”
If it weren’t for you, who else would write songs like this, do Producing like this, squeeze support out of the director to put out an album?
Hyun Jae-yi spoke with a smile.
True enough, if it hadn’t been me, who else would’ve done something this crazy? If the system hadn’t forced it, I wouldn’t have gone this far myself.
– If it weren’t for the producer, we couldn’t have done this much. We’re really grateful you worked so hard in a situation with nothing.
– Um, would it be okay to reach out again if you find a company where I can release a solo album? I don’t know about the other members, but working with you has been really rewarding for me.
…I felt like I’d heard something similar from a Hyun Jae-yi who was bigger and more composed than she was now, at some point.
I couldn’t remember exactly what situation it was, or what the mood was when she said it…….
Ah, damn it. This cursed system. It’s clearly because of the memory erasure or sealing that I can’t remember it properly.
“If you were going to say something like that, you should’ve said it earlier. Waiting until you see the results and the Rookie Awards are practically a clean sweep? That’s just flattery now.”
“Oh, you caught me. It was totally flattery. But flattery isn’t bad, right?”
“Ugh……. Our team’s shamelessness quota is at its peak with Jae-yi. Where’s Kang Su-ah? Somebody take her away!”
“Ugh, no way! I’m staying with Ji-on!”
“Annoying. Get out of here!”
The Waiting Room got a bit chaotic just before we took the stage, and we even messed up our styling bickering and got scolded by the stylist…….
But it didn’t feel like a bad thing at all.
My Hand Rewrites the Top Girl Group Scenario
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 27, 2026
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