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Debut or Die - 272

We had a little promotion for the remix we released at the concert.

This is because the response that song received was so good that it was agreed to be paddled when the water flowed.

- It's an amazing song ㅠㅠ

- How the hell did TeSTAR hold out until it was the concert to reveal that song? Would it have been a challenge they couldn't take anymore?

- Please give me more. It can't end like this


TN: The third comment must be asking for more "blackberries", delicious fruits used in the expression "to ask for/have blackberries" to demand or obtain pleasurable results.

Since it was released at a concert, I thought it would end up as a masterpiece among our fans, but there were many other reactions.

- Waah, had they planned that from the beginning?

└ I think I'd still be surprised if they had done it in a hurry. Either way, they're pretty resourceful, ha.

- Idol agencies are of high quality these days. I like that

Maybe it's because both songs had already gained recognition as they were released in the last album, as well as beating YoungRin in our promotions.

Thanks to this, Kim RaeBin seems to be excited.

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I'm Kim RaeBin. Although it was a remix made for the concert, not a title track, I thank you very much for your undeserved interest in this song. This work begins by connecting the base...

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... Thus began 9 short publications related to the composition of that song on TeSTAR's social media account.

FYI, the "Cha Kitty" and heart emojis that ran in the comments of his first post were reduced by 1/5 when he posted for the 8th time. That was an implicit sign that netizens had no idea what RaeBin was talking about.

- RaeBin-ah, what you just posted?

- Everyone seems to have a lot of questions, so I organized the arrangement process my way, but how is it?

- Hmmm, it's fine.

He seemed happy, so no one said anything else. The dark history is everyone's responsibility.

Anyway, it's true that this guy who even did a remix while on tour is awesome.

- ... How the hell did you do this? No, when?

- During every free time we had on our tour, I took the opportunity to refine the arrangement of the songs we used for our challenge as a hobby.

- Is it a... hobby?

- Yes!

I briefly recalled Bae Sejin and Kim RaeBin's conversation. And I thought again.

"Having many opinions... it's very helpful."

Without Cha YooJin's opinion on the challenge, this remix idea would not have come up.

Although this brainstorming method lacks time efficiency, I admit that the results are quite good.

Anyway, that's why we are conducting activities right now.

- We have to move forward.

- Yes~

This brief unplanned activity didn't even have the intensity of official album promotions.

It mainly consisted of having our performance appear on some WeTube video channel or uploading our own video. Or simply advertise for more revenue.

In other words, it was close to providing content as fanservice.

Since there was a controversy over YooJin, I had planned to reduce excessive public exposure for a while and wait until the group's image stabilizes mostly with fan activities.

"I was also planning to add this remix as a secondary song in the upcoming comeback."

Still, after a few months, the activities were quite fun. I wasn't as crazy busy as I was during the official promotions.

- What will there be tomorrow... Was it something on a WeTube interview channel?

- That's right, apparently it's a channel where we'll meet kids and they'll listen to our songs.

- Oh, that's good. I wanted to do something like that~

It was a comfortable and fun activity because it wasn't a large-scale activity or one where we have to prove anything.

I think the fans felt the same.

- CheongWoo, who sees babies with eyes dripping honey, is really guilty....

- Our hamjji is trying his best to hold back laughter when he said he's the cutest (Video) You can smile Sejin-ah.... 😂

- The studio version performance is out now. I like the outfit better. The racing suit is the best ㅠ

└ Lee SeJin, wear clothes that stick to your body forever. Promise


TN: "Eyes dripping honey" is a metaphorical expression meaning gentle eye contact expressing tenderness and love. "햄찌" (Hamjji) is a cute way of calling "hamster". "Studio version" is possibly a reference to "Studio Choom", a YouTube channel that belongs to Mnet and specializes in recording high quality performances of the best choreographies of K-Pop groups of the moment.

Thanks to this activity, I liked the effect of prolonging the pleasant aftertaste of the concert.

In this way, the conflicts between individual fans did not reach the mainstream of the fandom atmosphere for a while and became an underwater fight.

And it was at that time the news of "Idol Corporation - Reincorporated! 3" came up.

As we were leaving the Tnet building, we saw a video advertisement coming out of a huge billboard on the side of the lobby on the second floor.

[Shareholders! Remember the idol stocks?]

[This April, we're going public for you!]

TN: "Going public" means that it starts trading on the stock market, where any investor can buy and sell its shares.

The colors of the ad were glowing.

- Oh... they'll do it again.

- It looks that way.

Surely they left out the "Is it necessary to do so?" in their words.

The video showed highlights from last season and finally changed to the Icorpo logo which now includes the number "3" in huge Roman letters "III".

- But isn't it Season 5? Why 3?

- The season we were in was a renewal of the program, so if you consider it the first, this would be the 5th season of all of Icorpo, but the 3rd season of Reincorporated!~

- Oooh! I get it!

Well, the media, which had been scoring every season until last season, now marks the season that TeSTAR produced as the standard.

"Tnet has probably lost a little momentum and that's why it's trying to keep 'Reincorporated!' in the title..."

Maybe it's because TeSTAR is so popular. It's become a kind of symbolism for the program.

It's kind of bittersweet that they can continue that sadistic audition show because of that.

Also, there were a lot of media outlets that played with our name.

For example, something like this.

["Idol Corporation - Reincorporated!" will showcase a new generation of idols, will it be the 2nd TeSTAR?]

["A new global male idol group is coming to succeed TeSTAR..."? New season of "Idol Corporation - Reincorporated!"]

Well, even if we stop and reject this, it won't work on Tnet, so I gave up in moderation.

"It's been less than 3 years since we debuted, but it's fun to see this already happening."

Anyone watching might think we're a group that just renewed its contract, as well as VTIC.

TN: In survival programs in South Korea, it had to take a certain amount of time for another season to come out, especially if you are going to debut an idol group of the same genre to prevent them from becoming direct competition. Out of respect, it should have been done after the 5 years of contract passed and TeSTAR disbanded or renewed contract, but in this case Tnet is not caring.

And the Internet's response... Isn't it obvious?

- Stop shooting

- Why don't they just host another spicy chicken-flavored KPOP camp again on Netflix?

- There's no more juice coming out of the bones at this point. Please let those crazies stop ㅠ

TN: "Spicy chicken flavor" is a reference to "Gukppong" (Chicken broth - national pride), except in this case it is "spicy" because it made the participants angry, but ended up leaving them admiring the Korean idols' hard work. The third comment indicates that there is no more "bone juice" for them to keep sucking on, i.e., there is nothing left to leverage (the public's money and loyalty) as it has already been used (TeSTAR and Miry-nay).

It went something like this.

But it was a bit sharper. Especially for TeSTAR fans.

- Hahahaha Why? TeSTAR is still doing well, so even if they want to kick it, it will be in vain. It won't work.

- How many times have they mentioned TeSTAR in the articles? I'm getting pissed off

- I'm going to shoot them. If they sell those guys out to push back TeSTAR, I will murder them. They have to protect the 1st group. Shit, I don't like this at all

When TeSTAR, the last male idol group that debuted from the program, was excelling; a new straight hoobae male group would emerge.

It would be different from the female idol group, Miry-nay. This is because the target audience is an exact match.

It is not even time for a generational handover, nor is it time to make a decision after the end of TeSTAR's five-year contract. No wonder fans are upset because it's stupid.

In addition, there are other uncomfortable points from TeSTAR's point of view.

- ... Will our fans see this too?

- Hmm, surely there will be some who will.

- ...

One would be the similarity of positioning.

If the program has the same audition narrative, there will definitely be people who will be attracted to the fresh flavor. Rather, they might have been bored with the previous flavor.

That's what makes Icorpo's new season more threatening than other groups.

But there was nothing to worry too much about.

- No, no. Our group is good. I don't worry about it at all. The fans can see this! They like us more. We did a lot of cool stuff!

- It's been a long time since Cha YooJin said the right thing. I think so too.

That's what the two younger guys said.

"It's been years since it's been decided what TeSTAR would be like."

The worldview and image of the albums that TeSTAR had built was too solid to say that "its image matches that of the new survival program."

As if they were aware of it, the members quickly smiled awkwardly or shrugged their shoulders.

- Yes, that's right, let's work hard.

- Hehe.

- Of course we do!

By the way, I thought the other way around.

Rather than a problem that we have to overcome....

"I think it will be a beneficial thing."

Having the narratives of our programs overlapping is quite good.

It's beneficial to the atmosphere of fandom as it will offset some damage from leaks.

For one thing, people who are cooler will reasonably weigh gains and losses if they have an object to compare openly.

And we will get the satisfaction of the objective judgment that our season is of better quality than the other.

The same will be true of fandom. Because of the nature of this program, the atmosphere of the new season's fandom will be..... well, you should already know.

"It's always been disastrous."

It will be half a year of accidents, adventures and blood during the entire airing of the show until the beginning of the debut.

It's a condition that can never be lost on a comparative level. It shows that we have an unconditional advantage over our opponent.

"Great."

I had vaguely thought about it until this moment, but I liked that the new season of Icorpo came out at the right time I was hoping for.

"I can fix it in this state."

Since my fatigue from concerts has been relieved, plus we're not going to take a break from our fan activities.

If we give them enough fun, we can push their anger away to somewhere else.

"Anger out, satisfaction in."

Besides, no matter what I do this season, the odds of surpassing our season's dominance of "Reincorporated!" are extremely slim.

It's not arrogance, it's objective fact.

"It's just that our season was ridiculously timed and brought together enough competent people."

It's hard to have that kind of luck at the same time.

- Anyway...reminds me of the past.

- Hyung, isn't that what we used to say when we were on the variety show selling hotteok?

- Ah, is that so? Haha.

Seon AhHyun carefully added his words.

- D-don't get hurt... I hope those guys do well.

- That's right! Cheer up guys~

- Actually, as a senior in the season a few years ago, this makes me feel a lot of emotions.

It's nice to say that, but it won't be possible.

I saw the logo of the third season and touched my chin.

"Those guys...they will break in every direction."

Gradually, it was time for the season to fall apart, because the ideal results of an audition and survival program to debut as an idol were at their best, so obviously comparisons will be made.

"It has to float to a certain point for our effect to last longer."

If this season gets incomparable results, it won't work as well as I would like.

So I was hoping this season would be average.

- Guys, let's go...

- Oh, yeah!

- Excuse me, manager-nim~

We took our eyes off the screen and started moving again.

It wasn't long before I checked the news of this new season again.

TeSTAR was filming a relay dance video on Tnet.

- Excuse me, but if you have a moment, could you record, it'll be a short thing!

- Oh, okay.

I was going to shoot a video to cheer for sports in my spare time when I ran into unexpected faces.

- Huh! Hello, sunbae-nim!

- Right, hello~

It was the members of Miry-nay, who had arrived in the country after finishing their tour in the United States.

"I guess they're filming a variety show."

There was nothing in particular to say, so we immediately started filming our own cheering videos after we finished greeting each other.

- Let's make it quick, I'll film one by one!

- Okay.

I was the first to finish my part and then I sat down on a chair in the hallway of the broadcast station and started monitoring with my phone.

Then, a Miry-nay member nodded her head to greet me and spoke.

Taking a good look at her face... Ah, she is the one who won 1st place.

- Hello, MoonDae sunbae-nim!

- Yes, hello...

And the young lady who took 1st place quickly sat down next to me.

- ...?

Why?

However, she didn't sit particularly close and didn't seem to care much, so I didn't react otherwise.

Instead, he looked away and saw a poster in the hallway.

It was a poster for the new season of Icorpo.

"It's popping up everywhere."

It worries me as it looks like they are really pushing from the inside out to get us displaced. Suddenly, the person next to me spoke again.

- Sunbae-nim, are you watching this season?

- What? No, I was just watching.

- Is that so? We came to film here once!

That's right. We also went to film before Miry-nay's season aired, so it wasn't awkward to talk about it. Maybe they also went to give words of encouragement to the new participants.

I nodded and 1st place...did I have a dissatisfied expression?

- But I think this season is too much! Why do I think it's too much? Because I wouldn't be surprised if the participants ran away crying.

- ...

- There were also a lot of bad contestants, so I thought the good contestants would have a really hard time. Oh, but it wasn't like that with us!

"Us"... Were we supposed to have this conversation?

"I think it's the first time we've ever conversed face to face."

TN: MoonDae is weirded out as the young girl just passed the boundary of respect and distance by talking to an older person for the first time, as if they were close friends.

Well, it was a conversation that would be over in a minute anyway. I nodded again.

- That's right.

- Yes! Ah, I thought they were crazy when they asked a platinum grade to choose a participant who wasn't qualified to do the 1st performance. But they really pulled it out!

- Oh.

It was shocking. It's going to be a disaster.

"Surely it must be a hot topic."

The ability to fill his stomach by doing terrible things to children has not gone away.

I was shocked, and 1st place nodded noisily.

- I knew sunbae-nim would think it was too much too!

- ... Yes. Hmm.

She was an exceptional young lady in many ways.

"The person taking care of her must go through some trouble."

As expected, after a while, the second place finished filming, and when she saw this side, her expression changed and she ran in a hurry.

And she began to do her best to deal with this situation on behalf of the manager who took care of the other members of her group.

That is, she shut the mouth of the 1st place.

- Sunbae-nim! In fact, we can't talk openly... Op-!

- N-not that I'm selfish or have bad intentions... YulGi unnie is a very friendly person to everyone... Yeah....

I replied in a low voice.

- I understand, don't worry. Thank you for your hard work in filming.

- ... Yes!!! Thank you very much!!!!

The 2nd place girl paled and disappeared with the 1st place girl, as if she realized I was serious after making eye contact with me.

The young lady who took 1st place was embarrassed, but she said goodbye very politely and disappeared down the hall.

Keun SeJin was impressed.

- Waah~ She has that personality too.

- Yes.

Having someone like that could be a feature of audition programs.

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That day, as we drove around in the car, I revisited the new season of Icorpo.

I originally planned to monitor it after the first four episodes had aired.

"It seems that the rise and fall of the show is usually determined by the 1st team battle."

But since I've heard the story, it was okay to take a look at it now.

I quickly watched the first episode and checked it out.

[I was so surprised...]

[The contestant I'm going to expel will be (Beep-).]

[Huuuuuk!]

Well, the obvious set-up, the emotion and cruelty, and even the character samples of the contestants, are the same.

TN: "Character" in the sense that they are not shown with their real personalities, but the program presents them as "the good guy, although he is not very skilled", "the skilled contestant, but who is a cruel villain". Those labels will remain throughout the program.

It just got a little more brutal.

"That was very quick."

But it was fun. And on the Internet, it's a topic of discussion to some extent. Although there was a lot of harsh criticism, that was the original Icorpo feature.

The cliché is inevitable, but I don't think this program is going to be ruined.

No, I think the buzz volume is better than last season's Miry-nay thanks to some participants not feeling well.

- ... Hmm.

Not good that it floats more than I expected. I'll check some more.

I checked the rating that appeared at the end of the first episode. Then I typed in their names and started a search.

And I selected a few people who will possibly debut.

"Gold 2 is back."

A participant with very good previous knowledge, a handsome participant, a participant in the lead vocal position, a participant with good talent....

And there was one who satisfied two or three of these requirements.

[1st place: Chae SeoDam]

"This guy has the biggest reaction."

He's 24 years old, the same age as Park MoonDae, so he's probably the oldest participant ever in idol audition programs. Still, I think it's acceptable as his face makes him look younger.

Above all, he was the center of the first performance. That indicates that he is platinum grade.

— I found Chae SeoDam's ballet video. He's twirling. Doesn't he look like an angel to you? ㅠㅠ (Video)

And he specialized in... ballet.

"Hmm."

It's a condition that reminds me of Seon AhHyun.

At that moment, AhHyun, who was sitting next to me, gently tilted his head to the side. I was watching a blurred ballet performance.

- Mo-MoonDae, what are you watching...?

- ...

And I heard a gasp.

What?

I turned to look at AhHyun.

- ...!

He was stiff.

He was staring at the screen.

- Seon AhHyun?

I could only hear a faint "Uh...." from him.

I immediately looked at the screen again.

In the video, which had played automatically without me noticing, the center of this season's first performance was smiling brightly in the foreground.

Having watched it, AhHyun is....

"Wait."

This guy... just because he's the same age as Park MoonDae means he's also the same age as Seon AhHyun.

- ...

"Fuck, maybe..."

That's how I found out.

The problem isn't just about this season being released, but there's also a totally different crisis.

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