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Chapter 09
After the first episode of Make a New Color ended, the internet was… well, it wasn’t exactly a massive hit.
But there was a fair amount of reaction.
? Why is Menu-cul fun?
└You think the menu is fun? I respect your inner pig.. lol
└No no, it’s short for the idol survival show on MTEN
└They’re making a new girl group for Colors
└It’s ‘Dae’ not ‘De’, you idiot
└They’re making another one? They should just focus on the ones they already have lol
└For real lol, our White Noise kids need a proper album, you Colorful bastards
What is this, how do I even start, someone sell it to me
└Only episode 1 is out; chill out
Are the Colorful bastards crazy for money? Another one?
Ryu Bora is doing idol stuff now? Guess she quit acting?
└Yeah, she joined Colors ages ago
└In the beginning, there was light…
└This meme is truly old-school lol
└You’re pretty good at old lady jokes, aren’t you…?
Is Menu-cul fun? If it’s another bait-and-switch, I’m not watching
└But you still love Colors, right?
└The kids aren’t at fault
└What do you mean not at fault, they’re the ones making money off it
└Oh, so making money is a sin now, here we go again
I saw Kim Geum is in it. Nope, not buying an idol rapper.
└Oh, isn’t she the one from Unpretty Rapstar? So she ended up as an idol after all.
└It’s predictable lol, she flopped there too because she lacked skill
└’Wrong’ x, ‘Poor’ o. If you’re gonna trash-talk, at least get your spelling right…
└You’ve been nitpicking spelling all along lol. Just go your own way.
Ah, I hope they don’t just use the kids as mentors for clout again, MTEN.
#Stop_Overworking_BurnAsh
#Protect_Colors_Artists
└+1
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└Lol, celebrating 10k retweets with a promo: Try taking a bite of BurnAsh’s Danha!
Ah, Colors lol, ah lol (opening wallet) A new girl group is coming? (waving panties) Ah lol, you think I’ll fall for this again? Ah lol (opening bank account)
Analysis of the concept of the opening song for the Colors audition program.bunseok
Look at Yoon Cheong’s necklace and Yeon Juhong’s brooch.
You can see they have golden wings.
In Greek mythology, there’s a rainbow goddess named Iris who has golden wings.
Looking at this, we can see the concept is ‘Goddesses of the Rainbow’.
…(omitted)…
Therefore, it can be predicted that the new girl group’s name will be Steel Blue.
Acting like only they know what everyone else has already figured out, pretending to be sharp
└For real lolololol
…With reactions like these, big and small, the first episode came to a close.
The viewership rating was 1.23%.
It was a fairly respectable start.
Of course, the online reaction was much hotter.
But isn’t Kim Ryeoyu being the judge’s niece a bit too much?
└Exactly, honestly, they should have chosen someone else as a judge
└Kim Mokyeong is Colors’ head producer, so it’s not possible
└But it’s a big company, don’t they have more than one producer?
It’s too obvious making her the center for the first song
└For real lol
The kids’ reactions are definitely wary, there must be some kind of special treatment
└You can feel it even on the broadcast, it must be worse in reality
└Stop with the fortune-telling lol
I was monitoring reactions using a laptop on the second floor of the company building, but then I stopped.
Why keep looking at this when things are going well?
Right now, the mission is what matters.
I took out my phone and checked the notifications.
[What is the first mission of ‘Make a New Color’?]
[‘Make a New Color’ – aka ‘Menu-cul’s’ first mission is a hot topic. The first mission of ‘Menu-cul’ is-]
“…Cover a song by a senior Colors group.”
A notification telling me the next mission in advance.
Currently, there are four groups active under Colors.
12-year girl group, Grayish.
8-year boy group, All Colors.
6-year girl group, White Noise.
2-year boy group, BurnAsh.
All are groups with strong personalities, but if there’s one common point-
“…They’re all extremely successful idol groups.”
No matter which song you choose, if you don’t pull it off properly, you’ll get a ton of hate.
Colors prided itself on nurturing highly skilled idol groups.
Perhaps because of that, all the groups had a well-balanced level of skill.
“I thought the first mission would be a group mission. But it’s individual.”
Cover song missions are a time-honored theme in audition or survival programs.
The problem is how you pull it off.
I continued reading through the articles.
Just in case there were more clues.
Then, I stopped at one sentence.
[…Each trainee will be assigned one member from the group they choose to cover as a mentor.]
“Oh.”
A sentence that sent a very cold chill down my spine.
“This really limits my options.”
First, I absolutely have to avoid All Colors or BurnAsh.
There’s nothing good about being linked to a boy group even before debut. Especially if it’s a 1-on-1 pairing, it’s better to avoid it.
Having chemistry is a problem, and not having it is also a problem.
“So the choices are… Grayish or White Noise, right.”
Hmm.
I looked through the songs of both groups.
Grayish has many relatively R&B vocal-oriented songs, whereas White Noise has many hip-hop-based performance-oriented songs.
“Hmm.”
What should I choose to get a reputation for choosing well?
It’s no exaggeration to say that song selection does half the work in this kind of mission.
Choosing a song that’s too famous is risky. Because many other idol seniors have already covered them, making it easy to be compared.
On the other hand, if you choose a song that’s too unfamiliar, it might be hard to get a good response.
It has to be something fresh but also something everyone can hum along to.
And it needs to have a strong impact.
“This isn’t easy.”
As I was looking through the songs, I paused at one.
“Oh, wait a minute.”
There was one song I hadn’t thought of.
Why didn’t I think of this earlier?
“…This is it.”
With this… I think it’ll work!
It was filming day again.
The long-awaited mission announcement day.
We were all gathered in the practice room from last time.
The twelve trainees were all tense, looking at Producer Oh.
Producer Oh loved this kind of dynamic. Like they were the one in power.
You could tell just from their expression that they were enjoying it. So annoying.
I already knew, but the other trainees wouldn’t have a clue.
“Alright, since everyone’s here, I will announce the first mission!”
Producer Oh suddenly brought in a large whiteboard.
There was paper attached to the whiteboard.
It seemed like a setup where the mission would be revealed when they peeled off a sticker on the paper.
Just tell us all at once, seriously.
“Alright, alright~ Who will be the one to peel off the mission paper?”
Producer Oh scanned the trainees.
Then they pointed to one trainee.
“Trainee Ryu Bora!”
Hmm, not a surprising choice at all.
Ryu Bora.
A trainee I knew well too. Not just Yoon Cheong, but Baek Nokha also knew her.
She was that famous.
…Well, to be exact, she was a famous child actress.
“Please peel off the mission paper!”
Producer Oh said with a big smile.
“Yes, then I’ll go ahead and peel it off!”
Ryu Bora didn’t show any particular sign of joy or tension.
She just stood in front of the mission paper with a tone perfectly suited for broadcast.
You can tell she has broadcasting experience.
I casually observed Ryu Bora.
If Seo Baekyoung is Colors’ ace trainee, then Ryu Bora is Colors’ strong center candidate trainee.
In short, both are very strong debut candidates.
First of all, Ryu Bora was,
“The first mission is…!”
Pretty.
Extremely.
As a former child actress, her features were very striking and clear, and her overall proportions were just like a celebrity’s.
It goes without saying that she had the most standout visual among the trainees here.
“‘Cover a song by a senior Colors group’!”
As soon as Ryu Bora finished reading the mission, short sighs escaped from the trainees.
Some nodded as if they expected it, but most looked intimidated.
Of course, Ryu Bora herself remained very calm.
Which is one of the reasons Ryu Bora is famous.
“Wow, I’m already looking forward to it!”
Steel mentality.
Always smiling steadfastly, maintaining her composure.
Her experience of being on broadcast since she was 5 years old was shining through.
Since she was a child, Ryu Bora was famous for never crying and handling all her schedules.
The public loved a child who seemed clever and deep.
So Ryu Bora was a promising child actress loved across generations.
Everyone was surprised when she suddenly joined Colors to become an idol.
Producer Oh enjoyed the trainees’ reactions and interjected.
Then began explaining the mission.
Any song by an idol belonging to Colors is acceptable.
You will be assigned a member from the group you choose as your mentor. However, the member is random.
You must cover the entire song individually.
It doesn’t matter if your song overlaps with another trainee’s. You can also discuss and avoid overlaps.
However, you must choose and state your song within 1 hour from now.
The other rules were fine.
The problem was the last rule.
“We have to choose a song within 1 hour?!”
Naturally, all the trainees were in a state of panic. Except for a few.
I made a mental note of the trainees who weren’t surprised.
Seo Baekyoung,
Ryu Bora,
And surprisingly, Kim Ryeoyu.
She has a stronger mentality than I thought?
“Yes, yes~ We’ll start the 1-hour timer now. Go!”
So annoying!
After sending some jeers, the trainees hurriedly started looking for songs.
I also pretended to look for one so I wouldn’t stand out.
About 20 minutes passed.
“Yoon Cheong.”
Kim Ryeoyu called me.
What?
“Yeah?”
“What song are you going to do?”
Oh, the probing begins.
Other trainees seemed curious too, as they perked up their ears.
“Not sure. Still haven’t figured it out. What about you, Ryeoyu?”
“I’ve decided.”
Kim Ryeoyu, without any hesitation or deliberation, got straight to the point.
“Senior White Noise’s <Make big noise>.”
It stings, but it’s a pretty fitting choice.
It’s White Noise’s debut song, and a track that emphasizes immense confidence and ambition.
And Kim Ryeoyu-
“Well, if you want to do it too, go ahead. I don’t care about that stuff.”
I can totally see her thinking, ‘Not that you’d be better than me though.’
That groundless confidence was truly something.
“<Make big noise> is a good song. Good luck.”
I just replied like that and turned my gaze away.
Let’s not fall for such shallow bait.
Kim Ryeoyu seemed quite displeased that I was dismissing her, her eyes turning cold and hard.
She was hiding it in front of the cameras, but everyone could feel it.
“…Baekyoung unnie. What are you going to do?”
But Kim Ryeoyu, being sensible, quickly changed targets.
“I’m going to do Senior Grayish’s <White Night>.”
As expected, Seo Baekyoung was already prepared.
I nodded. It was a good choice. It suited her well.
Other trainees were still racking their brains, unable to decide.
Of course, as time passed, they started choosing songs one by one.
Most chose songs by White Noise or Grayish.
Probably because covering a girl group song is easier.
“…I’ll do Senior All Colors’ <Solid>.”
Rapper-position Kim Geum-
“I’ll do Senior BurnAsh’s <Midnight red>.”
-Sub-vocal-position Hee On, except for her.
Hmm. BurnAsh.
Kim Geum’s choice makes some sense… but BurnAsh seems like a bit of a risky choice.
BurnAsh is a boy group that debuted not too long ago.
They’re also the most prominent rising stars these days.
Well, not my business.
“Alright, now that everyone has decided….”
Producer Oh was recording everything one by one, then glanced at me.
Because I was the only one who hadn’t spoken yet.
But I waited steadfastly.
Because my idea was a little-
“I’ll do Senior Purple Apple’s <forbidden>.”
unexpected.
