Became The Leader of a Girl Group Destined To Fail – Chapter 91

Chapter 91

“Gasp. It’s starting.”

Prism Homma turned on the TV for the first time in a while.

These days, there was almost no need to watch television.

You could just comfortably rewatch everything on OTT.

But today, she had a special reason to turn on the TV,

[Steel Blue: Hello, Forever Blue, we are Steel Blue!]

because today was the broadcast day of Steel Blue’s reality show, *Steel Blue’s Coloring Book*.

Episode 1 was, to be honest, pretty boring.

The girls were trying hard, but the planning was… just not good enough.

However, for fans, an idol reality show was a precious opportunity.

A reality show from my idol’s rookie days?

Who knows when that chance would come again.

No matter how boring it was, if I could see my kids’ faces on a big screen, it was a blessing.

[Cheong: Today, we’re going to do something that matches the purpose of the program!]

The purpose of the program?

Prism Homma thought about the previous episode.

As the program name was *Steel Blue’s Coloring Book*, the purpose was to learn about the lives of Steel Blue idols.

[Baek-young: We have been trainees for a long time, but… we haven’t really learned what it means to be a real idol, what the duties of an idol are…]

[Geum: Right. Fans, please know this. The company told us we just needed to be good at singing and dancing, but that wasn’t it.]

[Juhong: Really! Once we debuted, there were so many things we didn’t know that we were confused!]

Producer: For example?

[Geum: Settlement dates.]

Producer: Ah.

Subtitle: That is indeed the most important…

“That’s true. What’s more important to an office worker than payday?”

Prism Homma chuckled.

[Juhong: And I want to try Pubil! But the company said I could do it when I mature a bit more!]

“What? These company bastards!”

My kid wants to do Pubil on her own, and they won’t let her?

‘Pubil’ was an app where fans could exchange 1:1 messages with idols.

The idol’s messages were visible to all fans who subscribed to that idol, but the fan’s messages were only visible to the idol.

Even if my message wasn’t replied to, just the chance to receive a reply from my idol was a huge merit.

Of course, it was a paid service.

All of Colors’ idols used this app.

So Steel Blue’s fans were also begging for their kids to open it up.

Prism Homma immediately turned on her phone and skimmed through the timeline.

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No but Juhong would be so good at Pubil, why won’t they let her do it

Why can’t these company bastards take money when it’s being offered?

Open Pubil now, you idiots

Just imagining it is heaven… Ryu Bo-ra’s selfies… open it now

[Cheong: Lately, Geum and I have been making songs for our debut album.]

[Geum: Basically, we’re making it fifty-fifty.]

[Bo-ra: The songs are really good. Fans, you can look forward to it, really.]

[Juhong: Cheong-unnie even composed songs during our vacation! We had less than a week off, but she made three songs.]

Subtitle: She’s intense…

[Cheong: We need to work quickly. Debut quickly. So we can meet the fans quickly.]

[Cheong: Everyone else, hurry up and work too.]

Subtitle: Ambitious cat…

[Geum: Look at her. Her eyes are slightly glazed over.]

OMG

OMG, they’re already composing? Oh my Godㅠㅠ The kids just finished their menu school, and they’re already so enthusiastic.,,

I really want to see the debut album, but I’m worried about the kids being exhausted

[Cheong: Anyway, since the seniors have more experience than us…]

[Baek-young: To learn from our seniors’ experiences, we decided to raid Colors.]

[Bo-ra: It’s not a visit but a raid?]

[Geum: Preemptive strike is best. Let’s do a surprise attack.]

[Bo-ra: But why are we fighting…]

[Juhong: I’ll lead the charge!]

[Cheong: Go, Juhongmon.]

[Juhong: Coral Coral!]

Subtitle: ※This show is *Steel Blue’s Coloring Book*※

Subtitle: ※Not a certain monster game※

Subtitle: And so the Bludungies decided to raid Colors Entertainment…

Subtitle: What idols will be at Colors?!

[Baek-young: Oh, there’s someone inside.]

On the floor where the studios were gathered.

[Geum: This place is like a second home to Cheong-unnie and me.]

[Cheong: These days, it feels like our dorm. We sleep here every day.]

[Geum: There’s even a bed inside…]

[Cheong: Our dream is to put a small refrigerator in here once we earn some money.]

[Geum: We want it so much we memorized the price. 293,000 won.]

The company bastards use the kids so much but won’t even provide them with a fridge?

Did they ask for a luxury condo in Banpo? Just give them a fridge.

Do we need to support them by getting a fridge?ㅠㅠ Small fridge recommendations, please.

[Baek-young: Let’s knock.]

[Cheong: Knock three times, for now.]

[Geum: Knock softly.]

[Juhong: You unnie should knock, then!]

Steel Blue, despite calling it a raid, timidly knocked on the studio door.

At some point, Prism Homma found herself smiling broadly as she watched Steel Blue.

[???: Come in.]

[Juhong: Gasp!]

[Geum: Oh my, this voice… It’s my favorite senior’s voice. I can’t go in. I can’t go in.]

[Bo-ra: Haha, Geum. What are you saying? We have to go in. It’s impolite to keep the senior waiting. Haha.]

As the voice from inside was heard, Steel Blue, extremely nervous, opened the door.

[Steel Blue: Hello, senior!]

Subtitle: The person in the studio was…!

[Sol: Oh. It’s the kids.]

Subtitle: Colors’ 12-year senior, <Grayish>’s main rapper Lee Sol!

Subtitle: The top artist of Colors, perfect in composing, writing, and rapping!

[Sol: Is this our first time meeting?]

[Cheong: Ah, I think you might have seen Geum before.]

[Sol: Right. I saw Geum during Unpretty Money. I was surprised by how well she did. I was happy because she was from our company. I thought we could have more connections.]

Subtitle: The two met as judge and contestant!

[Sol: I only appeared once then, so I couldn’t properly greet you. How have you been?]

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Lee Sol is still so cool

Class is permanent,,

Kim Geum must be about to faint

└Why??

[Bo-ra: Geum, the senior is calling you.]

[Geum: ….]

[Cheong: Geum??]

[Baek-young: Geum, are you okay?]

[Juhong: Is unnie fainting with her eyes open?]

[Geum: …………….]

Subtitle: Kim Geum frozen and speechless

Subtitle: Get a grip…

Ah, Kim Geum is so funny

Can someone explain why Kim Geum is like that?

└Kim Geum started rapping because of Lee Solㅋㅋ

└└└LOL

Imagine your favorite idol for 12 years remembers you and calls your name, saying they’re happy to keep in touch with you

└Understood.

└└Double Gold, how are you not having a heart attack?

└└└Seriously, I’d have been carried out

[Sol: Is this friend okay??]

[Baek-young: She loves you so much, senior… Sorry….]

[Sol: Oh, is that so? I’m grateful. Let’s have a drink together sometime.]

[Geum: !!!!]

[Geum: (Nodding vigorously)]

Subtitle: Unable to speak, she nods vigorously

Subtitle: Geum, you’re a minor…

Subtitle: Save the drink for 4 months later…

[Sol: Anyway, what brings you to see me today?]

Subtitle: Bludungies eagerly explaining.

The explanation was skipped through fast-forward.

But the veins in their necks showed how hard they were explaining.

[Sol: Ah~ you want tips on how to survive as idols…]

[Sol: I know that well. You came to the right place.]

[Sol: First of all.]

[Sol: Don’t trust the company ^^]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Starting off spicy…

Who sprinkled Tabasco on this?

Lee Sol has the right to say that… remember what Colors did to her…ㅠㅠㅋㅋ

└What happened?

└└They forced her to give her solo songs to juniors… Grayish fed Colors when they were new

└└└Lee Sol was the original song-making machine for Colors

└└└└Ah…. suddenly everything makes sense

[Cheong: Th-then what should we do?!]

[Sol: You don’t have to follow the company’s words strictly. If you really want to do something, just do it.]

[Sol: But don’t do things fans will hate, okay?]

Subtitle: Advice that is bone and flesh

[Cheong: Actually, we’re composing songs…]

[Sol: Oh, already? Then debut must be soon.]

[Baek-young: But the company doesn’t really like our songs.]

[Sol: Why? Are they bad?]

[Cheong: They said it doesn’t match the concept they had in mind…]

[Sol: What’s the concept?]

[Cheong: We want our songs to be a bit like <Beep> songs.]

Subtitle: To avoid spoilers, this part is muted.

[Sol: Can you let me hear it?]

As if expecting it, Cheong immediately handed a USB to Lee Sol.

Lee Sol connected the USB to her working computer and played the song.

Although the broadcast intentionally lowered the volume so it couldn’t be heard clearly-

‘The song is amazing…’

Even a 15-second snippet was enough to feel it.

This song was going to be a hit.

What; the song is awesome

Wow, my ears meltedㅠ Was this composed by Kim Geum?

It’s seriously amazing

[Sol: …The company rejected this song?]

[Cheong: Yes….]

[Sol: Are they out of their minds?]

[Geum: The company… prefers a different direction.]

“What.”

Prism Homma was so dumbfounded she grabbed her neck.

What concept does the company want?

They have a treasure falling into their laps, and they kick it away

It’s obvious, that no public appeal nonsense… Colors styleㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Is it another ridiculous concept? Sigh…

Colors’ debut songs always have those weird cringe themes

[Sol: They’re doing it again.]

[Sol: They told me to debut with the <Beep> concept.]

[Juhong: Gasp.]

[Sol: I didn’t hate the <Beep> concept, but it was really weird. It was terrible. They kept bringing songs that didn’t match the times, so I said I wouldn’t debut if they kept doing that.]

Subtitle: Skipping quickly to protect Colors.

WTF, is this edited?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Lee Sol had a hard time…ㅠㅠ

Colors had an awful tendency to make the kids wear short clothes

It’s more amazing that it was that limited because Lee Sol refused, she was already a 4-year solo artist when Grayish debuted

└Right, they suddenly put a successful solo artist into a groupㅋㅋㅋ

└└Technically, she’s a 16-year veteran… only in Colorsㅋㅋㅋ

[Baek-young: We’re really struggling with it… What should we do?]

Lee Sol pondered Baek-young’s question for a moment.

[Sol: Who’s your current producer? The producer is really important.]

[Cheong: Director Kim Mokyung.]

What

They put Kim Mokyung here after all that chaos?

Did they learn nothing from Kim Ryeo-yu’s timeㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’m sick of this outdated company

[Sol: Ah… Director Kim….]

Even Lee Sol knows?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Of course she would, that weird sexy concept was Kim Mokyung’s idea. She said on a live stream that it was about asking older guys for a drink. She hated it.

└└No wonder.

└└└Just hearing about it is awful

[Sol: This is serious. The producer is crucial. You need a good producer for the artists’ individuality to shine.]

[Sol: Ah!]

Subtitle: Sol gets a great idea.

[Sol: How about I produce for you?]

This is it

This is it, wow

This is it!!!!!!!!11