Chapter 106
Chapter 106
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 106
Chapter Title: An Unexpected Trip
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[Will RE-V be participating in the JR Entertainment artists' retreat?]
A strange group message had arrived.
“What is this?”
“Isn’t it a scam?”
Haru said with a serious expression.
“What do you mean, a scam? It’s probably not a scam. Who would pull a scam like this?”
“But it’s so weird.”
‘Seriously, what is this?’
“Wait a minute.”
At my words, the members' gazes all turned to me.
“Could it be that we’re being filmed right now?”
“Huh?”
“Somehow, I have a feeling that might be the case.”
Everyone got up and started looking for cameras.
“I don’t see anything.”
‘There’s no way there aren’t any cameras.’
If they sent a message like this, they must be filming us.
It would be for our own content or a variety show, at the very least.
“But it asks if we'll participate in the JR Entertainment artists' retreat.”
“Yeah.”
“How about we call Creatin?”
“Let’s do it.”
Haru immediately called Jae-hee from Creatin.
—Hello?
“Hello.”
—Yes.
“I saw your comeback. Congratulations on charting.”
He couldn't just bring up the group message out of the blue, so he offered his congratulations on their comeback first.
—Thank you. But what’s this about?
Haru took a breath and then spoke.
“Well, we suddenly got this message.”
—Ah. Did that go out already?
It seemed Creatin knew who sent the message and why.
“What is it exactly?”
—We won the final round of Twisty Puzzle.
“I saw the article yesterday.”
—Then the PD suddenly said he'd grant us a wish.
‘He never said anything like that to us. Of course, we were given the opportunity to debut, so the prize for first place is completely different from Twisty Puzzle's.’
—Yes. So we said we wanted to go on a retreat.
Jae-hee said in a very bright voice.
“A retreat?”
—Yeah. As soon as I mentioned it, our manager and the writer started talking. I heard later on our way back to the dorm that our fans saw our practice videos and have been begging for us to do some content together. So the company was already planning a show where our two groups play games.
Now it all made sense.
‘So that's what this was all about.’
—So, instead of the company just making it, the PD offered to cover all the costs to scale it up and upload it to YouTube. As a sponsorship.
“So what should we reply?”
—He said to just reply that you'll participate.
“Are you filming right now, by any chance?”
—I don't think so.
Only after hearing that could I feel relieved.
“Thanks for letting me know.”
—Sure, get some rest.
“Okay.”
And with that, the call ended.
“I was seriously freaking out, thinking they installed cameras in our dorm while we were out.”
“Me too.”
If that had really happened, we wouldn't have been able to relax even in our own dorm.
There's a world of difference between knowing there's an observation camera and finding out about it later.
“Anyway, it's a huge relief that's not the case.”
“Then let's reply that we'll participate.”
“Yeah.”
“But I wonder how many people will participate?”
“Well. We'll find out when we get there.”
So we all sent a group text saying, ‘We will participate.’
“But we didn't ask when we're going.”
“Ah.”
We were so focused on figuring out what the text message was that we forgot the important part.
“Well... I'm sure the company will figure it out and schedule it on a day we're free.”
“True. We just go wherever the company schedules us anyway.”
“But I have a feeling it'll be soon. They usually upload their own content during promotions. And Creatin is already in their promotion period.”
It seemed Lee Ho-jun was right.
‘This would be a good chance to build up Haru's self-deprecating humor image.’
“Well. It's not like we're leaving tomorrow or anything. We have practice.”
“That's true.”
* * *
RE-V's comeback teaser was released.
[RE-V (레이브) LIKE COMEBACK TEASER]
RE-V, wearing angel wings, appeared in the thumbnail.
That alone was enough to make the corners of BRAVE's mouths curve into smiles that wouldn't come down.
—UMM UMM UMM
RE-V showed off their angel wings and spun around in place.
↳Is the concept angels this time?
↳Yes. So you're finally revealing your true identities. I actually knew you were angels all along. I just kept quiet because I thought you'd be in trouble if the truth came out.
↳Hah. Such angels.
↳Wow. I was wondering what concept they'd come with this time, and it's angels? Angels? 1004? Angel? I'm at a loss for words other than 'this is insane'.
↳This track is going to be a bop I guarantee.
↳The instrumental, the concept, everything about this is so soty
The reaction was incredibly hot.
[Wow. Which way is the agency located? I need to bow. I literally fainted after seeing the angel wings and just woke up. This is a revolution. I love it so much. Now, can someone please make doll clothes of this exact outfit?]
↳Wow. I need this desperately.
↳Someone please, please sell this.
↳Ah. Someone just make and sell the angel wings at least!
↳I'm going to hold my breath until they're made. Please, talented creators, make them before this poor 20-something woman expires! Gold-hands!
[It's a pre-release? A pre-release? A pre-release?! That means there's another song coming, right? I'm so happy. Just knowing I can see our boys for a long, long time is enough to complete my happiness.]
↳This is true happiness. My dopamine is already exploding.
↳Hah. I even love the concept and I'm looking forward to the melody. It seems like a bit of a calm song this time. Perfect for the season. That trench coat vibe for the chilly weather as autumn turns to winter.
↳Looking forward to the music video.
↳My heart is pounding.
The music video teaser views climbed rapidly.
[The time has come for our YouTube comments to be flooded with English.]
↳lololol IKR, I didn't know what soty was so I had to search it online.
↳lololol me too lololol I'd never seen that word in my life.
↳It means Song of the Year. I don't even know all the Korean acronyms, how am I supposed to know foreign ones.
↳The only saving grace is the auto-translate feature... heh. I can kinda get the gist. But the problem is random foreigners keep finding my account. I can't speak English. Please stop talking to me.
It was a relief that the reaction to the pre-release was not bad.
‘But did they add CG to the wings?’
When we filmed, the wings were the quality you'd find at one of those four-cut photo booths you see on the street, but now they'd been transformed into something you'd see in an animation.
“Let's run through the choreography one last time, and then we'll finish practice for today.”
“Okay.”
I put my phone down again.
“By the way, Eun-woo.”
“Yes.”
“Here, when you do the hip thrust, are you intentionally adding that upper body recoil?”
“Was I doing that?”
“Yes. Could you try it once?”
At the choreographer's words, Jung Eun-woo nodded and demonstrated the hip thrust move.
“Oh? You're right, I am.”
The original choreography was to lightly grab the inside of the left thigh with the left hand and then gently thrust the right hip from the inside out.
But Jung Eun-woo was adding a light upper body recoil after the hip thrust.
“I'll be mindful of it.”
“No.”
The choreographer quickly spoke up.
“I think that feel is good, actually. How about we try it like that? Let's get in formation.”
As the choreographer said, we each stood in our positions.
“One, two, three, four. Four, three, two, one.”
We thrusted our hips and added the upper body recoil to the choreographer's count.
“This looks much better. Let's change it to this.”
“Okay.”
It had been like this throughout practice, so it wasn't a big deal.
There were quite a few things that had changed from the original choreography, with the choreographer accepting it whenever a member made a mistake or suggested a different idea during practice.
“I really like you guys, RE-V.”
“All of a sudden?”
“You all learn the choreography so quickly, I don't need to lower the difficulty, and you nail the synchronization on your own. How could I not like you?”
The choreographer said with a smile on his face.
“Let's work together for a long time. I want to create even more difficult choreography later. I toned it down a bit because the song has a bright feel, but for something like your debut song ‘MESS’, I'd want to add in more technique.”
That was something we wanted to refuse.
The choreographer had a great personality and was very considerate during practice, which was nice, but the choreography for ‘OWN’ and ‘LIKE’ was already difficult enough.
It was astonishing to hear that he had 'toned it down'.
‘If it gets any harder than this, I might not be able to keep up. Unless it's for a year-end stage performance.’
“Alright then, let's run through it from the top.”
“Okay.”
While the choreographer looked for the song on his phone, we got into our opening formation.
“Two-two. And turn.”
The choreographer gave us cues from time to time.
Like that, we practiced the choreography from beginning to end as if it were a real performance.
When the song ended, the choreographer clapped.
“That was great.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Okay, well, I'll be heading out then.”
“Goodbye.”
The choreographer gathered his things and quickly left the practice room.
“That was exhausting.”
Our manager had stepped out to take care of something, so we collapsed onto the practice room floor and took a short break.
Quite some time passed before the manager returned.
“Alright guys, let's go.”
“Okay.”
We headed to the van with our manager.
As soon as I opened the van door, I could see several cameras installed inside.
‘Cameras? Why are there cameras here all of a sudden?’