What does the public eye mean to idols?
Saying this as someone labeled as "the most malicious member in idol history"...
[Shooting Rex @Shooting_REX
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Rex, fighting today too! I'm worried because you look a little thinㅠ
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ㄷㄷ Are you saying that you'll support Trash Rex even if he leaves? As expected, fans of malicious members are really different ㅋㅋ F*ck, mother shielding her son by saying his alcohol–ruined body is him being skinnyㅠ]
It's a blessing and a curse at the same time.
Without it, you can't call yourself an idol. But once that path veers, there's no turning back. The countless malicious comments directed at me serve as a prime example of this.
So, what I want to say is....
"Our real reactions start after the broadcast anyway, so don't cry, Ryota."
"Hgkk... Chunyong aniki..."
"Not 'aniki', it's 'hyung'."
"Ugh, the pronunciation is difficult...."
I patted Ryota's back as he cried in his dorm bed, and tried to say some reassuring words.
"It's okay if your ranking is low now. Your real ranking starts in the next competition, so think about that. From now on, all that's left to do is go up. Okay? Stop crying, stop it."
"That's right, Ryota. Look at me. At this rate, I'll be the winner in the final competition and debut."
Gao Yan, who had previously failed at 16th place and made a spectacular comeback as an influencer, chimed in with me.
"That's right, Ryota. We all know you're a good and wonderful person. You should always love yourself*." [*spoken in English]
"L… love*… yourself?" [Ryota says this as: 라뷰* - ra.bu]
"That's right. Love yourself, Ryota!"
"Yes. It's important to love* yourself, Ryota." [and Gao Yan says 사랑* - sa.rang]
"Ryota!"
"Ryota!"
"Gao Yan, Logan! It's love*!" [*라뷰 - ra.bu.]
I watched my international roommates hug each other and shout their love, then quietly sneaked to the bathroom.
Because there were cameras rolling all over the room, there wasn't really anywhere else with much privacy.
Sang—
The bathroom door closed, and I pulled my hot phone out of my pocket to check the messages filling the notification window.
[Sudden Mission Success!
Congratulations on achieving first place in your first competition! (Fanfare) (Fanfare) Let's use this experience as a stepping stone to move forward!
Mission Reward: Skill Selection Ticket (F) ▷ Select a Skill!]
First, I clicked on the reward box below the notification window announcing a mission success. It wasn't like me to just sit there and do nothing with my reward.
Just before, I had benefited from the skill
When I was still living carelessly, I liked playing games on my phone.
Soon, a crude gift box appeared on the screen, shaking before the ribbon unraveled on its own. Then, a silver effect poured out of the box's lid.
[Skill Selection ▷
𝚘 Vocal 𝚘 Rap 𝚘 Dance 𝚘 Appearance 𝚘 Charm]
Unlike the previous sentence-like skills, this time, a box filled with only short words appeared. The moment I saw it. I realized I had to choose one of them to gain the associated skill.
"In the next competition, there will be an audience for the first time..."
This must be important.
After careful consideration, I chose one, and before the skill window could even open, a pile of X's messages came pouring out.
- X: Hey hey, the trailer is coming out in 5 minutes, right?
- X: Wow ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Kim Chun-yong's idol life is starting again ><
- X: So far, he's just been like a sensitive and somewhat lacking contractor? Will he seem different after the trailer?
- X: Are you confident you won't receive any malicious comments this time? You'll probably get less than before, right?
"Pfft- kukk- ahhh..."
—Chunyong hyung? Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?
"Oh! Ah, no. I'm fine, I'm fine. It's nothing."
I couldn't help but burst out laughing at X's messages. Fewer comments than before? Meaning malicious comments?
I quickly reassured my worried roommates outside, and replied to X with a hollow smile.
- Kim Chunyong: Even if I collapse on stage and roll around saying I can't do it anymore, I won't get cursed at as much as before;;
What does he think of the past era's most malicious member?
If I recall the atrocities I have committed in the past, I couldn't even count them all on one hand.
Dating rumors, alcohol, feuds with members, feuds with the agency, a falling out with a variety show PD that led to bans, vomiting on stage, collapsing drunk in front of the broadcasting station. And finally, a last-minute arrest.
…I regret them all.
"Kim Chun-yong, you crazy bastard, why on earth did you do those things…?"
By the time I was once again frowning and clutching my head in guilt,the first trailer for
* * *
At an academy district bustling with students preparing for art school entrance exams, right after school ends.
"Nari, did you see this?"
Kim Chunyong's younger sister, Kim Nari, was sitting with her friend, letting her chatter go in one ear and out the other.
'Ah, I gotta have tteokbokki before I go home. I'll add fried fish cakes, make two servings. No, maybe more. Some fried food to make it enough.'
Well, those were her thoughts.
Nari's friend, Choi Seo-yoon, said in an excited voice while tugging on Nari's art armband.
"Hey, hey. Kim Nari. Look at this. Please! Just look at this once."
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"There was an article about an idol survival show before, right? The trailer just came out."
"Ah…?"
Kim Nari realized that the video Seo-yoon was showing her was a trailer for the survival program featuring her older brother, Kim Chunyong.
"…Let me take a look."
"Hey, didn't you say the AG trainees' faces were just fine when you saw them? Be honest. Are you interested?"
'No, I wasn't interested originally, but since my family is involved....'
Instead of saying "my brother is there," Nari simply linked arms with her friend and buried her head in the screen.
In the screen of the small cell phone stood Choi Ga-on, the MC of
"Why did Choi Ga-on come out before the trainees?"
"To get more viewers by showing a famous person first?"
"Yeah..."
Solo singer Choi Ga-on was Kim Bomi's favorite singer.
He's a successful young boy who became a solo artist, or something like that.
'He's handsome. I guess that's why unnie likes him.'
On the screen, Choi Ga-on was making a gun with his fingers and firing it at the viewers beyond the screen.
- "Shoot towards your dream of debuting!"
After Choi Ga-on's introduction, came
"Hey, Choi Seo-yoon. This is a bit tacky. Is this how it's supposed to be?"
"Later, all sorts of people will see this and cry, so say something now,"
While the two were chatting away, subtitles and motion graphics that the production team poured their hearts and souls into began to flow out.
- Finally, Star Shooters, the ones you've been waiting for
- ✩★Male Idol★✩ Survival: Targeting Star
- Who are we?
- Without it, Music Days is like a corpse
- Let's start by checking out the faces of our carefully selected trainees
- Then now! Start!▷ GO GO//
After the distracting subtitles, the trainees' faces flashed by. It seemed as if not even 0.2 seconds were allotted to each person.
"What- what is this? How am I supposed to look at it like this?"
"It's okay. We'll see everything later."
While Kim Nari, unfamiliar with this kind of editing, was dumbfounded, the video continued to advance at a rapid pace.
- "Did you see it? Did you miss it?"
- "Then, shall we start by hearing from those who've already seen it?"
Then, Moon Yoon-ha appeared sitting in the mentor seat and spoke with a calm face.
- "It's not really my style. I don't like that nose..."
- …There will be a screen adjustment for a moment (^0^;;)//
This time, there was no time to even comment on the absurdity. The screen flickered again, and then Na Ji-hyeok and Min Si-young were showed judging with serious expressions.
- "As expected from AG. The trainees are different from others."
- "There's nothing to criticize. If I had to point out anything, it would be the pronunciation. Well, that'll get better over time."
And then a trainee's smiling face flashes by—
- "..."
- (Mentor Jin Dasol is now in awe.)
- "..."
- (Mentor Jin Dasol is a little upset right now.)
Jin Dasol's consistently expressionless self appeared, followed by a zoom-in on the feet of the trainees practicing like crazy.
- Our star kids are practicing until their toes wear out... (tears) (tears)
- "You can't help but cheer them on, right? Episode 1 is coming soon! You won't miss it, right?"
"Showing their faces and asking us to cheer them on, are they crazy?"
- But Episode 1 hasn't been edited yet ㅠ
- ♡ See you soon with the 2nd trailer and our Star Boys' original song video♡!
The video seemed to end with that chaotic subtitle, but suddenly another cut of Moon Yoon-ha appeared.
- "Isn't the name a bit old-fashioned?"
- ;;; It's really over now!
Kim Nari's mouth was agape as she tried to understand what she had just seen in the storm of a video.
So, they're telling us to watch Episode 1....
'That talk about an old-fashioned name at the end, it sounds like oppa…'
While Nari was agonizing over that, Seo-yoon was already entering the community on her phone.
That was the reason why she told Nari that it was okay not to be able to see the trainees' faces right now…
[A summary of today's AG Survival Trainees!]
[First AG Male Idol Survival Show Trailer: 47.5 Seconds Appearance.jpg]
[II found out who the smiling guy was. The eliminated member from QuinCE's debut group!]
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The legendary 47.5-second man Son Jae-ha promotion. Now is the right time in this wasteland]
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Our Siwoo has finally been revealed. Don't forget that your noona is always cheering you on, debuting for sure♡]
"Haha..."
Because as soon as the internet ghosts appear, everything is gathered and uploaded.
Seo-yoon smiled and handed her phone over to Nari, who was still flustered.
"Just look at this, you little one."
"Huh?"
"Hurry up and look. The head teacher will be here in five minutes. He said he'll critique our sketches today."
Nari quickly checked the phone screen at Seo-yoon's urging.
She wasn't really interested in idols, but watched the trailer simply because her older brother was in it.
'I can't believe I got swept up in it so quickly. I have to buy some tteokbokki on my way home.'
But even as she thought that, her eyes quickly began to read the post.
[Title: Summary of the main trainees from today's AG Survival
Author: ㅇㅇ
Views: 23058 (HOT!)
The writer of this article has watched all the idol survival shows produced by Mude.
So, let's check out the members, hopeful members, and the entourage based on other survival trailers so far.]
The author's words were sharp from the beginning.