Chapter 151
Steel Blue’s upcoming concept photos summarized.
Wednesday’s theme: Kim Geum
– High teen preppy look, girls’ punk look, fusion hanbok, Kim Geum’s casual outfits (really what she wears every day)
Thursday’s theme: Yeon Juhong
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– High teen preppy look, Rococo style dress look, fairy look, pajamas
Friday’s theme: Seo Baek-young
– High teen preppy look, mannish suit look, cyberpunk look, sporty look
Saturday’s theme: Ryu Bo-ra
– High teen preppy look, awards ceremony dress look, traditional hanbok (princess style), classic horror movie parody look (white dress, even includes funeral clothesㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋ)
Sunday’s theme: Yoon Cheong
– High teen preppy look, rider look, Y2K retro look, animal pajamas + animal headbands
The teasers seem to reflect the members’ personal tastes + fans’ usual requestsㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Personally, I found Yeon Juhong’s and Ryu Bo-ra’s the most interesting to watch.
Yeon Juhong had a sparkly vibe, while Ryu Bo-ra’s was funnyㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ It felt like she was re-wearing outfits from her filmography.
The unified concept seems to be the preppy look?
Our girls’ single is coming out, please give it a lot of attention.
Is this a spoiler for the next album?
Did you guys notice it too?
There are sports-related items in all the designs?
Of course, they are very small.
For example) volleyball, kendo bamboo sword, etc…
What kind of concept includes these items?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It’s weird whether it’s a spoiler or not.
The unpredictable world of Steel Blue…
Meanwhile, Ryu Bo-ra’s concept photo included a hand axe with a cute ribbon attached as a prop.
Ryu Bo-ra…
✿๑*✲Hand axeﾟ*⋆✿
Decorating it like this doesn’t make it any less scary…
Other members also decorated their weapons from previous albums and sneakily included them in the concept photosㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Putting cute stickers on a flamethrower doesn’t make it cute, you crazy people…
Thus, the members’ teasers were uploaded every day.
The pattern of the teasers was similar.
Four concept photos of paper doll designs with different themes.
In the teaser videos, the members were cut out by different hands and pasted into a diary.
Each member occupied a different section of the diary according to their teaser date.
This led fans to a question.
‘Why did it start on Wednesday? What about Monday and Tuesday?’
Was it because Monday and Tuesday are trash days?
Among Everblues, such questions began to rise.
That question was answered when Monday arrived.
Behind-the-scenes cuts and photos of the members were uploaded to the Everblue & Steel Blue exchange diary.
The most popular were the photos Seo Baek-young took of the members asleep in the practice room.
The sight of the four members huddled together, even draping their legs over each other, made fans feel both endearing and heartbroken.
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Damn, if our girls can handle trash days like this, then who am I to complain!!!!! Off to work with a bounce in my step
Ugh.. Surviving Monday with Steel Blue..
Girls, please get some sleep while you practiceㅠㅠ Auntie’s heart is breaking
Oh, Monday is the day for all five members.
Wednesday through Sunday are individual days.
Monday is the day for all five together.
So what about Tuesday?
The excited anticipation turned to joy 24 hours later.
Because a notification popped up on the Steel Blue app.
COLORFUL
A day when Everblue & Steel Blue went on a date!♥
‘A date?’
Prism Homma was puzzled when the notification appeared.
But curiosity took a back seat to action.
When they clicked on the Tuesday section of the diary, a photo and a journal entry appeared.
As soon as Prism Homma saw the photo, they immediately understood the meaning of ‘date.’
Because the first photo was a group photo of Steel Blue in front of a subway station advertisement board.
The news of our comeback prompted the fans to raise funds and put up the advertisement, which became a popular spot for taking certified shots on social media for a while.
The members, tightly wrapped in hats and masks, stood together, making V signs.
Whether they went at a time when no one was around or not, there wasn’t a single person in sight.
**COLORFUL**
We were here too_certified shot.
There were also photos taken in the car showing bus ads, subway ads at different stations, and all the members holding Ryu Bo-ra’s birthday cafe cups.
The photos were filled with certified shots taken by Steel Blue either intentionally or by chance.
COLORFUL
Let’s go on dates more often from now on! (ღ’ᴗ’ღ)
With that phrase, the week-long plan came to an end.
The lingering happiness for Everblue seemed far from over.
***
Today was the recording day for the final episode of <Dear My Diva>.
I wanted to wrap things up properly before starting our activities in earnest.
In <Dear My Diva>, the system allowed contestants to leave if they won.
Those who didn’t win could continue to challenge as “challengers.”
Of course, one could leave without winning, but…
It was better to leave honorably by winning, since it looked better.
To be honest, I wanted to leave as soon as possible.
I’ve already broken through the terrestrial barrier, and with <Fallen Flower>, I achieved the public recognition I initially aimed for.
I’ve fulfilled all my reasons for appearing on this show.
Now, all that remained was to escape.
I had really prepared to death.
After checking all the outfits.
As I stepped out, receiving the members’ cheers, a notification sound rang.
Ding!
Da-hin
Senior
A message from Da-hin arrived.
Da-hin
The part I mentioned last timeㅠㅠ
Are you really okay??ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I feel so sorryㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Da-hin, who had always been polite, became even more so after realizing I was Baek Nokha.
In fact, I once asked Da-hin why she treated me so politely even before she knew I was Baek Nokha.
After going through a regression once, she thought she might meet other entertainers who had also experienced regression, so she couldn’t help it.
… Hearing that made me suddenly afraid.
If I wasn’t the only one who regressed, I had no way of knowing how many competitors I had.
I should probably grab Som by the collar and ask her someday.
I sighed and replied to her.
Da-hin
You don’t need to feel sorry
Moment manipulated it
It’s not like you manipulated it
Oh.
Are you wondering what the manipulation is about?
It’s nothing much.
Or is it?
Da-hin
But manipulating the audience list means
it takes up a whopping 50% of the total score…
then…
wouldn’t it be too risky for you…?ㅠㅠ
Moment stepped up to manipulate the scores.
The scoring method for the final of **<Dear My Diva>** is as follows.
Audience score: 500 points.
Judges’ score: 500 points.
The part Moment tampered with was the audience score.
To be precise, it was the audience list.
Originally, the audience was selected to avoid being biased towards any one contestant.
Especially in <Dear My Diva>, the audience was chosen from the general public.
It’s a given. It has to be fair.
But somehow, that detestable PD and Moment made some sort of agreement.
Out of 500 audience members, 300 were planted by Moment.
In truth, I wasn’t surprised that Moment resorted to manipulation.
What did surprise me was that Dahin found out about it.
Her manager discreetly informed her when Dahin was too stressed to sleep because of <Dear My Diva>.
They didn’t want her condition to deteriorate and affect her performance.
In many ways, her agency is hopeless.
Dahin
Since it’s 300 out of 500 points
We should aim for the remaining 200 points
And if Moment has any common sense
They wouldn’t have all 300 people vote for you
If they lack even that much common sense, then it’s unfortunate…
Currently, there are three finalists.
Besides Dahin and me, there’s one more contestant.
From my perspective, about 250 out of the 300 would vote for Dahin.
And out of the remaining 50, 30 would vote for the other finalist.
Maybe 20 votes would come to me.
They wouldn’t want it to be too obvious.
Ideally, the remaining 200 would vote fairly, but…
Honestly,
I wasn’t particularly concerned.
I didn’t need the ‘victory’ from the ‘broadcast station.’
What I needed was the victory given by the ‘public.’
Of course, Moment would want to give the title of ‘winner’ to Inleven.
Even if it was fake.
Why?
Because Inleven’s recognition is still low.
They’re probably trying to increase their recognition with such a title.
They’d stir things up by saying, “Our kid beat that Yoon Cheong, our kid is better.”
Whether the public acknowledges it or not.
But for me?
It’s not about building recognition anymore.
I’ve already built up enough recognition.
The fact that they’re using me as a benchmark shows that I’ve already built some recognition.
That means, by now, no matter what I do, I’ll draw attention.
“Cheong, let’s go.”
In that case, I just need to show my skills.
If they want to gather recognition, let them.
I’ll show them that such recognition can become poison.
At first, I thought I should feel sorry for Da-hin.
But then I shook my head.
No.
It’s better for Dahin to realize Moment’s actions at this point.
After all, her reason for regressing was to prevent hoarding, not to win <Dear My Diva>.
Dahin
Dahin
That’s fine
Did you find any evidence or anything useful regarding the hoarding?
This is far more important.
For the fate of both groups.
Dahin
I’m looking for an opportunityㅠㅠ
But it’s not easyㅠㅠㅠ
Hmm.
Should we try another approach?
Well. Got it for now.
“Yes, please start driving.”
Shall we go and win the real victory?
“Cheong, aren’t you nervous about the finals?”
I felt the manager glancing at me through the rearview mirror.
“Um, not really. It feels the same as usual.”
“Really? Well… you don’t seem nervous at all. You look like someone who’s going to pick up a guaranteed win.”
Oh.
I laughed it off.
Of course, that’s natural.
I am Baek Nokha.
I’ve never lost a solo battle.