Chapter 92: Debut (15)

Chapter 92: Debut (15)

Deciding to go all-out with dance songs for the live show meant that we really had to keep an eye on our energy level. This left Joo-Han somewhat reluctant to jump to a decision, but I reassured him to lighten his load, saying it was just a thought I had.

“Anyway, hash it out amongst yourselves. I will make sure we get ample time to get ready.” The manager dropped us back at the dorm and then took off.

It had been about a week since that day. During this time, the famous Topside Homepage Master, a big name in the fan site world, had totally redone her page. When our stylist first mentioned it, I took it as just another piece of good news, but I soon realized I had underestimated her influence.

In just a week, the majority of our BlueBird fans were sporting pictures taken by her, and our UTube clips were drawing in new fans faster than regular music show broadcasts.

Of course, with Topside shifting her focus to us, some River’s fans started a bit of a commotion on the internet, but we didn’t let it bother us. We were still on the fence about the setlist and the concept. Despite our daily brainstorming sessions, with so many opinions, it felt like we were just going in circles.

Meanwhile, our episode of Flying Man went on air. We had gone all in, not holding back, and luckily, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Some people who typically steered clear of idol-based variety shows even ended up watching our entire episode after catching clips of us goofing off and singing.

One More Go · 1 day ago

These rookies are nailing variety shows. LOL when Suh Hyun-Woo claimed he was the prettiest and the others agreed ????????????

Rollorovai · 1 hour ago

Is there anyone crazier in Chronos? ???????? They blew my mind at the karaoke session. I laughed so hard ????????

Yoo Hyun-Jin · 1 hour ago

Exactly!!! Our Hyun-Woo is the prettiest!

I thought we did a good job of turning our raw, unpolished comments into a fun variety material. However, with the added subtitles and background music, they just seemed like comical acts. Not everyone saw it that way though.

Eshinsumble · 36 minutes ago

But that’s only funny because it’s a variety show. Maybe it's because I've been working too long, but I found it a bit too disrespectful toward the seniors...

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└ Right? Am I too serious? Even trying to watch it as entertainment, I had moments of doubt.

└ Yeah, I felt the same ?? They just debuted, right? But seeing others' reactions, maybe I'm overthinking...

└ Why do some people are too serious? I found it okay...

I wasn’t concerned about these small controversies. After all, we couldn’t please everyone, especially in a variety show, where humor was so subjective. I chalked it up as a temporary fuss that would blow over soon.

Just when I thought the Flying Man broadcast had closed without a hitch, the next episode brought me up again.

“Seong-Cheol hyung asked for Hyun-Woo’s number to meet up later, but after filming, Hyun-Woo looked genuinely sorry and turned him down."

Dada brought it up, and Lee Ye-Hee let out a sigh. “Poor guy. Hyun-Woo must have really hated him."

“No, that's not it! He said he didn’t have a phone!" exclaimed Goh Seong-Cheol.

Yoo Il-Seok scoffed, “Seong-Cheol, you still don’t get it?"

“What don't I get?"

“Did Hyun-Woo really turn you down because he didn’t have a phone?"

That was when Yoo Il-Seok and Goh Seong-Cheol started their fake scuffle. My refusal to meet with Goh Seong-Cheol after filming became a talking point. Since it was unprecedented for a guest to openly refuse such an invitation, Flying Man played it up as a comedic episode.

2. Original songs by us (5 minutes)

3. Cover songs

(Allure’s ‘Goblin’ (remix), Street Center’s ‘One’)

4. ‘Parade’

“I always wanted to include the Pick We Up medley from the beginning, and we lost in our last bet at Street Center, so I added ‘One.’”

The setlist was really well thought out. The fatigue that would come from consecutive dance songs would be mitigated by the energetic Pick We Up medley and a bright song from Street Center.

“Hey, I really wanted to do ‘Need.’”

“Are we doing ‘Goblin’ too? Yeah, we are direct juniors of Allure, so it would be regrettable not to do it.”

“Wait a moment.”

I stopped the members who were satisfied with the setlist. There was a trap in the Pick We Up Medley.

“Hyung, what is this ‘Woof Woof Meow Meow?’” I asked.

“My original song.”

“...Are we doing this too?”

“Don’t you like it? You said because I wrote it, you’d have done it even if you didn’t like it. Besides, we need to add a cute song in the middle.”

Yoo-Joon and I pursed our lips and glared at Joo-Han. However, when Joo-Han glared back at us, we quickly averted our eyes.

“Don’t tell me we have to wear animal pajamas and headbands for that?” Lee Jin-Sung asked in horror.

“Why? It worked well for Cha-Cha. I added that song instead of Cha-Cha. Just think of it as fan service.”

In fact, our fans who had seen “Woof Woof Meow Meow” expressed a lot of interest in seeing a Chronos version of it. As soon as the topic of fans came up, we couldn’t help but be convinced.

“But hyung.” Park Yoon-Chan raised his hand. He had given up on “Woof Woof Meow Meow” a long time ago.

“Yes, Yoon-Chan, why?”

“What are the songs on number two? We will do ‘Woof Woof Meow Meow’ in the medley, right?”

“Oh, that.” Joo-Han rummaged in his pocket and took out his phone. “You were all pretty upset, weren’t you? You were protesting why my first original song wasn’t performed by Chronos.”

“Of course. I still feel upset about it.”

“I’m sorry, so I tried to make it as quickly as possible. I’m not sure if you’ll like it, but fortunately, it’s a slow dance song, so it fits well in the middle.”

“Wow, you finished it already?”

It seemed like the song he had been working on whenever he had time was now complete. Was this guy really a genius? I knew he was smart, but I wasn't aware he was such a genius, so it was quite surprising.

“The lyrics are still undecided. Actually, it’s my first time making something proper, so I’m not sure how it will turn out,” said Joo-Han sheepishly and played his original song on the phone.

The flowing music was a perfect Chronos song, so perfect that Joo-Han didn’t need to feel embarrassed about it.

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