Chapter 102
Steel Blue’s “Blue” reaches No. 1 on the music charts
Immediate rise to No. 1 in real-time
Congratulations!
Here are the rankings for the other tracks:
– **20℃, Sunny** – 3rd place (composed by Kim Geum)
– **Fingertips** – Entered at 5th place (composed by D.H., Menucal mission song)
– **Bluetooth** – 8th place (composed by Yoon Cheong)
Honestly, I thought it might hit No. 1, but I didn’t expect much. However, the song is good.
As expected, a girl group needs good songs…
At first, I wondered if it was good, but after listening a few times, I found myself singing along.
The music video seemed polarizing, but the song was so good that I enjoyed it after a long time.
Yoon Cheong composed it, so she must be earning a lot in royalties since debut.
└ Really?
└└ Not Kim Geum? Wow, that’s impressive.
└└└ Yes, Yoon Cheong composed and wrote it.
Guys, congratulations ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Why am I crying ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
**Steel Blue’s “Blue” MV surpasses 10 million views in 24 hours**
Among recent idols, they seem to have the most powerful presenceㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Isn’t this a promo? It’s hard to believe for a rookie…
└ No, it’s not a promo~
└└ Even if it were a promotion, it’s still amazing…
**Steel Blue’s first-day sales**
Already surpassed 270,000 copies.
This might be the most anticipated rookie debut ever.
Wow.
That’s insane.
Is this for real?
└ Our amazing Blue, so proud ㅠㅠ
**Colors is still a strong force in albumsㅋㅋㅋ**
Releasing six types of albums, so it’s odd if they don’t sell this much ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Go buy your idol’s album ㅗ
Whoever put Kim Geum in a school uniform, come out.
You deserve an award.
Where are the lenses from Yeon Coral’s MV?
Please reveal it on YouTube soon, I trust they will.
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Seeing Baek-young in the jungle, she looks like a white dog, is this for real?
It’s so funny on Twitter that people are attaching all sorts of cute animals to Ryeo-p. There are Ryeo-p cats, Sasmis, Ryeo bunnies, but I’m firmly a Ryeo-p cat person.
└ That’s understandable. When you put her next to Yoon-bl, she looks like a bunny. With Kim Geum, she looks like a cat. With others, she looks like a deer.
└└ This means I was a Kim-Bora person all along.
Cheong Cheong… I’m… older than Cheong Cheong by 1n years… can I call her unnie?
└ Beep beep, it’s legal.
How can Cheong Cheong look like a baby fox? How can a person be like this?
Isn’t Juhong’s photocard too cute?ㅠㅠㅠ I couldn’t get an exchange in person ㅅㅂ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’m the only one without Juhong ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ Are the photocards so well made that everyone is searching for them? Or is it just me?
Looking for an exchange!!! Please give me Kim’s V photocard!!!! In-person exchanges are welcome! I have one rabbit Bora, one winking Bora, one flower pose Cheong, and one cheek poke Baek-young!!! #SteelBlue #Blue #photocard #exchange #KimGeum #VKimGeum #KimGeum_Vphotocard
Being a major company really has its perks.
Starting with a survival show, gaining a huge fanbase with reality shows…
It’s technically their first album and debut, but…
Honestly…ㅋㅋㅋ
Just saying Colors makes people take a second look, it’s an advantage.
Plus, they do a lot of personal activities, so they’re bound to have a lot of media exposure.
The tone of this text is oddly unsettling?? Honestly, whatㅋㅋㅋ?
└ Don’t read too much into it. They just keep calling it the best debut album ever, but other idols have set records without survival shows, so is it really comparable?
└└ Are you upset because your idol’s record got surpassed?
└└└ You have such a way with wordsㅋㅋ
But Steel Blue keeps getting linked with Burn Ash.
Dan Ha is the MC, Yoon Cheong came out on the female idol show.
Their promotion periods overlap, so they can’t help but be close.
Oh, again…
Burn Ash members said a million times on live broadcasts that they’re not close.
└ 222222 Exactly, they said they barely saw each other outside of the Menucal.
└└ 333 They said most of them met for the first time during the Menuca because their trainee periods didn’t overlap much except for Seo Baek-young.
No one could have been surprised by this.
Stop reading too much into business relationships among the members.
└ 2222 Stop linking them ㅅㅂ I stan both groups but don’t want them to be linked.
It’s not logical for both rookie groups to be dating.
└ Fans probably wish they wereㅎㅎㅎ
***
The long-awaited first day of the music show.
We were traveling to the broadcast station in a van.
Seo Baek-young and I sat in the front seats, while three others sat in the back.
As we traveled, I started writing a list on my phone.
“Cheong Cheong, what is that?!”
“A list of people you need to avoid and be cautious of.”
“?!”
Yeon Juhong’s pupils shook violently.
“…There are people we need to avoid…?”
Seo Baek-young seemed equally shocked.
“There are many.”
“If you mean male idols, wouldn’t the managers make sure we don’t interact with them?”
Seo Baek-young glanced at the manager as she said that.
“Male idols are a default… I’m talking about other people.”
“For example?”
“The overly friendly PD, the writer who excels at leading questions, and the journalists who approach pretending to be fans.”
“Oh… Oh?”
“Besides that, there are also people likely to make all sorts of strange proposals.”
Over time, you’ll naturally develop an eye for distinguishing them.
Whether someone approaches with good or bad intentions.
But right now, no matter how much I tell you, you won’t understand at all.
Everyone will just seem like really nice people, and everyone will seem very kind.
But that’s not really the case.
“How do you know about such people, unnie?”
Ryu Bo-ra looked at me as if she found it really strange.
“My seniors taught me. I am the leader, after all.”
“Ah~”
“Ah-ha!”
Everyone’s doubts seemed to be cleared with the mention of seniors.
Except for Ryu Bo-ra.
“Which seniors?”
“There are many. I compiled the information, so everyone, memorize it.”
I read out the list one by one, adding explanations.
“Okay. That’s it. Is there anyone else I should add, Min-ah unnie?”
“Oh… no.”
Min-ah unnie, one of our managers, looked very flustered.
“Cheong, you seem to know much better than I do…?”
“Also, if anyone else approaches you, report it to me or Min-ah unnie right away.”
It felt like I was treating them too much like kids.
But I wanted to minimize the risk as much as possible.
I’ve seen too many people go wrong by meeting the wrong person.
“Even dealing with good people makes the entertainment industry hard enough. So, let’s avoid meeting strange people. Okay?”
“Uh, uh… we should.”
“I never thought about it…”
“Of course, you wouldn’t.”
These were things I learned only after much hardship.
“Oh, right, everyone. We’ve been invited to ‘Caught in the Moment Idol’. The Tuesday after next-”
“Oh, that show…”
The time had come.
“Isn’t it too exhausting for everyone to go on that show too?”
“But it’s a must for idols to go on, so we have to.”
“…”
“What’s wrong, Cheong? Is there a problem?”
The problem was that the MC of that show was about to cause a scandal, and going on it wouldn’t lead to any good results.
Even if we filmed, it wouldn’t likely get aired 100%.
“I think Dan Ha sunbae-nim mentioned having a survival meeting that day.”
“Oh? A meeting? On that day? I haven’t heard anything…”
Of course, there was no such meeting.
“He definitely mentioned it. Something must have gotten mixed up in communication.”
“Oh, really? Then we should decline for now. Why wasn’t I informed…”
“Maybe another manager received it.”
“Ah, maybe… Communication is really poor. I’ll check on it.”
I said that and immediately sent a message to Dan Ha.
Burn Ash Dan Ha sunbae-nim
Sunbae-nim, if you receive any contact, please agree to it unconditionally.
Please help me out.
Burn Ash Dan Ha sunbae-nim
Sunbae-nim, if you receive any contact, please agree to it unconditionally.
Yes.
What.
Why such a quick response?
Well, anyway, I like the straightforwardness.
Since when has he been this cooperative? To the point of asking for favors?
…Ever since 20 boxes of bellflower juice were delivered to the dorm.
Dan Ha started appearing at the company every morning, and so did we, of course.
Whenever that happened, Dan Ha would call either me or Kim Geum to record a guide for demo songs.
Or ask Kim Geum for arrangement requests.
After that, a strange alliance formed.
An unspoken cooperation without asking why.
Both Burn Ash and Steel Blue had awful bosses, so we could guess the situation without saying it out loud.
For example, like this.
Burn Ash Dan Ha sunbae-nim
November xx, 20xx
We’ve been invited to a variety show, but we don’t want to overlap, so we’ll go alone.
We ask for your understanding.
In return, let the juniors go next time.
Yes.
If the public starts asking, please mention that we’ve never interacted with each other.
Yes.
Sunbae-nim, please mention the same.
Yes.
November xx, 20xx
I’m supposed to make an OST, but it’s not coming out well.
If Kim Geum or any of your juniors have any spare songs,
could you lend one?
I sent Kim’s song via email.
I did the guide for now.
The client likes it.
They want the junior to sing it, not just guide.
I’ll set aside time.
Please tell Kim Geum the same.
An article will be out next week.
Yes.
Why are we doing the managers’ job?
Because Director Kim is intentionally blocking all information and invitations from reaching us.
If Manager Yi and another manager worked hard to get us schedules, Director Kim would quietly sabotage them.
I couldn’t understand.
Even the OST production job that Dan Ha passed on to us was originally offered to Kim Geum.
But Director Kim refused, saying a rookie like Kim Geum wouldn’t have time to compose OSTs.
…Shouldn’t he at least ask first?
Does he even know how many songs are on Kim Geum’s computer?
“We’re here. From now on, it’s the music show arrival, so there will be many fans. Is everyone ready?”
At the manager’s words, I looked back.
“Is everyone ready?”
“Yes!”
It was the first time meeting the fans directly since Make a New Color.
So everyone seemed very excited.
I was thrilled, so they must be even more.
“Alright, let’s go everyone!”