21. Debut (2)
"The official account will be managed by the company, and members can use the account we created. Always be careful when posting. If you have any questions about whether it's okay to post something, you should ask me!"
"Yes, I will be careful!"
Ji Young-heon kept checking the members through the rearview mirror while driving. The members each held their phones and looked up online reactions or watched music videos.
I met Ji Young-heon's eyes through the rearview mirror and shrugged.
"Oh, the music video views keep going up."
"Huh, really? It's so amazing! Check this out!"
"Um, aren't you all tired? Let's get some shut-eye before we get there."
"...I think I'm still okay."
"What okay. You look tired. Just go to sleep when you can."
"Aram, you haven't slept since last night either!"
"....."
Everyone seemed to be very excited by the attention. They must be tired because they've reduced their sleep time, but they don't put their phones down.
Leaving the members noisy, I turned on my phone too. When I logged into the SNS account I created for monitoring, various posts came up.
-What's his name? Hurry, I'm in a bit of a hurry right now (music video capture photo)
└Sorry, I just saw it. Please show lots of interest in the intro maknae Baek Han-gyul!
-Wow, awesome... The music video quality is real? I doubt my eyes. K-pop is so fun ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-How come it doesn't show up that they're a rookie at all
└The concept that could seem too much is pushed aside with skills and visuals
└The visuals ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Well, with that face, what's the big deal
-I'm sure the hommas will film the showcase fancams well ♡ There's no way our nunim would miss the all-time High quality appearance legend group ♡ We'll f*ckin' wait, nuna ♡
└This woman is out of her mind
└Leave her alone. She's been a fan since they were trainees. I heard she didn't win the debut showcase.
└Oh my...
-I want to live like Pyo Seung-soo. He seems to be doing his job roughly, but good-looking guys keep rolling in and beating drums and janggu and hitting the jackpot. This time, I saw an article saying that the general producer is a member of the group.
└At this point, what on earth does Pyo do?
└Idk... I'm just jealous...
-I'm really genuinely curious where all these good-looking kids came from. To be honest, the looks of the Lime members are above average.
└That's why IX, who debuted last time, is also a legend who consistently focuses on looks.
People who have been supporting since the pre-release song came out and people who came in because of this title music video are all mixed together.
Music video capture and edited photos are already being uploaded to the timeline.
'It's good to be handsome after all.'
There's a reason why the person in charge of visuals is more likely to be a popular member. If they're handsome, they first arouse curiosity, and once you see them, you keep thinking about them. That's how the fandom increases.
But the entire group are visuals? If you just have a good song and concept, you'll hit the jackpot at least.
'Of course that's only possible if the promotion and media play are good.'
Well, I didn't have to worry about the topicality for Intro. As I scrolled the screen with my finger, the reactions I intended came out not long after.
-No, but somehow the Intro guys seem more like Lime guys than IX ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ That's right IX's song is good but it's not what we expected
-The title composer is a member, Yoo Young? That's surprising. He's the general producer.
└Isn't that just a joke? Anyway, the song is good.
└So doesn't the concept reminds of Han Ah Won a bit?
└Yeah
-The addictive chorus is a huge hit; no matter what they do, it keeps going rolrolrolrolrokrol Victory is in chaos
-At that time, the main vocals were great, and the group dance was really intense, but it's not old-fashioned either
└I heard there's a separate easy mode choreography for the challenge
-I thought about it carefully... IX is like an Outsta-style pasta restaurant where you have to wait in line to eat, and Intro is like a clean budaejjigae restaurant that's been around for ten years
[Budae-jjigae is a type of spicy jjigae from South Korea that is made with a variety of ingredients, often canned or processed. Alternative name; Army base stew, army stew, spicy sausage stew]
└아ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's funny because I understood everything you said
The concept of Lime Entertainment's new male idol was a safe youth love story. They presented clean, easy-to-listen songs with relatable lyrics, and they succeeded.
Of course, they aimed for a style that would appeal to the public.
There was one drawback to this.
'That means they erased the color of their affiliated producer, Han A-won, and went in a different lineage from Planet and Ter.'
When they reach a large scale, the colors of the agencies become more distinct.
This soon leads to parental love, and the agencies link up senior and junior groups to create a sense of belonging and gain core fans.
They say that tastes don't go anywhere, so when a similar new group comes out, they naturally cherish or switch to juniors.
Of course, this parental love existed in Lime Entertainment as well. The problem is that Lime Entertainment currently lost the producer in charge of the connection.
'Rather, our style is similar to the previous Lime Entertainment.'
Team leader Lee Ki-ho was wary of this.
What if they debut without meeting the expectations of the agency's core fans?
But what if the results they bring in are to their taste?
The song is trendy and well-chosen, and the music video has a light atmosphere. It's perfect for light enjoyment.
In other words, if they just kept going like this, they could have pulled in some of that pie.
It was a possible expedient because the agency's label would be promoted as 'under Lime Entertainment.'
'Lime Entertainment probably didn't have many options when I was gone.'
Failure would not have been tolerated, even if it was because of the accident controversy. So they only made safe choices.
This was not their fault, but rather the price of relying on one person for production, and it was a problem that arose because Han A-won's style was so distinct.
I pressed my eyes hard and checked other site posts.
[Title: Tamra's Rookie Male Idol Members in a List]
While passing by, I saw some really handsome guys, so I'll check them out too. There's not much that's been released yet, so I'll focus on looks, but there might be wrong information. If you refute, you're right, so filter them out. The order is by age, height is based on profile, and a rare Korean group
1. Seol Yi-soo / Age 22, 181cm, main vocal,
Neat and handsome-the first love that you'd probably have at school-student body president, model student, class president. This guy is strangely like Ahn Jung-woo... I don't know about his skills yet
2. Lee A-ram / Age 21, 179cm, sub vocal,
Pretty boy vibe? Two dots on his cheek make people's hearts race... I thought he was the youngest, but it's surprising that he's in a hyung-line, and he has a beautiful voice, and his tone is really no joke
3. Hwang Bo-kyun / Age 21, 182cm, lead dancer
Cheerful. Just that one word can explain it. He's younger than me, but I almost called him oppa. When he smiles, his dimples come out. You know what that feeling is like as a senior in a sports club? I wish he'd hurry up and do a sexy concept.
4. Ryu Hyun-seung / 20 years old, 186cm, main dancer
Handsome with no double eyelids. < I thought I'd faint when he laughed ㅅㅂ Medan [Main Dancer] with this face? I'm such a big fan ㅠㅠ Any further explanation will be replaced by pictures. No words are needed. Just look at the pictures. In fact, I'm writing this post because of this.
5. An Jung-woo / Age 19, 181cm, main vocal.
His facial features are perfect. He's a total hit. Best actor? Usually, these guys are the visual members. Judging from his high notes, he's definitely the main vocalist... Oh, and by the way, he's from L1x trainee background? I think we can guarantee his skills.
6. Yoo Young / Age 19, 185cm, Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper
He looks like he'd be able to handle a bowl of pure Pocari. He's handsome in the picture, but I think it's crazy in person? His official position is Leadan... Hmm... I think we need more information to know for sure
7. Baek Han-gyul / Age 18, 178cm, Main Rapper.
Omitted below is the splendid handsomeness style
He's handsome... but if you meet him on the street, you'll have to close your eyes ㅋㅋㅋ He has no double eyelids, but he's different from Ryu Hyun-seung, and I like his thick eyebrows. He looks like he would be a fan favorite
Anyway, this is the end of the seven of them. When they said label, I thought Pyo Seung-soo had finally lost his mind, but it turns out he grinded his teeth until he had braces lol the songs are addictive, and you can judge it yourself if it's okay.
└You wrote the recommendation with care, thank you for your hard work
└Why are all of them so tall??? It's not easy to dance well when you're tall
└Look how crazy the quality of the photos RHS attached alone are while everyone else was just copied like legendary memes floating around the internet ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Wow, but when you gather them all like this, they're really handsome... They're all handsome with a slightly different feel, like handsome men from each genre gathered together
└└This, I agree, the images are different ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Huh, Ahn Jung-woo was from Lux? Why didn't he debut in Wonbi and instead came to Lime? There wasn't anyone more handsome than him there ㅋㅋ
└└What.....;; why are you suddenly grabbing our kids' hair? You must be so proud of that amazing face ㅋㅋ Our kids debuted because they're better than 'your' kid. You f*cker. Don't rub it in like that. It pisses me off.
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└└The sudden rash is funny ㅋ I didn't give birth to An Jung-woo but he suddenly became my child ㅋㅋ Won-bi fan special: hugging guys who look like weirdos and saying they're handsome (vomiting emoticon)
└└Who was the first to start a fight? It's funny b*ullsh*t
└└Don't fight... You can tell it's aggro at first glance ㅠㅠ Our intro fans don't think like that
└└Intro fans don't think like that ㅠㅠ suddenly like this ㅋ What's wrong with you, Mr. F*cking intereferer?
└It's disgusting how girls immediately cling and become obsessed with men just because they have handsome faces ㅠㅠㅠ Even though you guys are like this, don't your oppas know
└└What do you care if I am into handsome guys? Do you happen to be a fan of damn ug.ly male idol?
└└Haah... why doesn't the aggro's repertoire change? It's sad...
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└└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ stop beating me like that I'm gonna cry
...The fact that netizens and all sorts of aggro flocked to the topic is proof that it is a hot topic, but the atmosphere was quite heated.
'Let's just leave it alone. Since we've just debuted, the high buzz itself isn't bad. There's nothing we can do right now.'
I tapped my phone screen with my finger. Then, Lee A-ram, who was sitting next to me, stretched his head out and looked at my face.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing."
After checking the sentences written on the account, I pressed the post button. After a short loading, my post was uploaded to the Black Jack Intro account.
- Hello, this is Yoo Young of Intro. I'm finally greeting fans for the first timeㅎㅎ Our Intro's Love Over music video was released at 6 o'clock today. How was it, everyone? We really worked hard to prepare, so I hope you enjoy it. See you later. (Waving emoticon)(+4 Yoo Young selfies)
In addition, I uploaded 4 different selfies along with greetings to the idol-only platform, Uverse. They are all photos taken while waiting for the music video shoot or when we visited the shop.
In the meantime, Baek Han-gyul screamed and uploaded his own photo to his account, probably because he saw my post. It was the result of the selfie training session that I led.
After checking the members who were writing on their accounts following Baek Han-gyul, I sighed in relief.
'Everyone picked good photos to upload.'
It was fortunate that I had their selfies checked before debut just in case.
Is it because they are handsome or because they don't have a sense of urgency for photos? Except for Hwang Bo-kyun and Ahn Jung-woo, the rest of the guys had to be taught how to take photos again.
'Do you know how much effort I put into getting just one photo? Other agencies check their trainees' selfies when they train them, but Lime only gathered the ones with good looks and the discipline was all gone.'
It may not be the case for regular people, but selfies are a must for idols. Fans like it when you post on SNS, and you can make them into photocards.
If you spend the same amount of money to buy an album and collect photocards, you'll only find similar photos with poor quality. It just makes you mad.
"Ohh, fans even commented on the photos!"
"Huh? Seriously."
"Hey~ they said Han-gyul is handsome."
At that moment, the van pulled into the parking lot with a graceful movement. Everyone who was making a fuss stopped and looked around.
Ji Young-heon, who was turning the steering wheel, opened his mouth while looking at the side mirror. It was a signal that we had arrived at our destination.
"We have arrived at the showcase."
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