Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 104

#104.

MOST’s stage order was similar to the previous year’s awards show.

MOST was followed by The Origin.

This time, too, The Origin was the ending act of Part 1.

However, there was a difference in stage time.

Initially, N TV allocated 7 minutes to MOST and 5 minutes to The Origin. But this time, New Entertainment expressed dissatisfaction to the broadcasting station.

As if anticipating such complaints, N TV appeased New’s dissatisfaction with the stage order.

That’s how the stage order was decided.

However, as the stage time showed, MOST was effectively the main act of Part 1.

Moreover, MOST was also scheduled to sing the drama OST [original soundtrack] in the middle of Part 2.

MOST prepared a stage with a different composition than at the year-end awards for BEST [MOST’s fan club name].

With more time, there was more to show.

— My everything is yours!

A line from the chorus of their title track reverberated powerfully through the concert hall’s large speakers.

Soon, the silhouettes of the members were revealed on the darkened stage.

“Kyaaaaaaak!”

“Waaaaaa!”

“Aaaa—! MOOOST—!”

On the screen behind the members, the word MOST was written in large graffiti-like letters.

As all the letters were written, the lights poured down on the six members with a loud sound effect.

The members were wearing loose graphic T-shirts and matte leather pants that fit tightly on their legs.

The members began to dance in unison to the thumping beat.

It was an intro created by arranging the intro of the B-side track.

Since it was originally an upbeat song, the members had to move quickly, breaking down the beat.

However, they moved as one, even while moving fast.

The shapes of their feet and legs moving relentlessly were clearly visible.

The members, with their lips tightly closed, dancing with all their might, looked charismatic and sexy.

The costumes also added to the sexiness.

The voices of the fans chanting MOST in time with the beat grew louder and louder.

It was an intro performance that only a top-tier group could do, and the fans felt a thrill.

The members, who had been lined up horizontally, gradually gathered around Dojae, who was standing in the center.

The moment they were perfectly aligned behind Dojae as if no one was there.

The song stopped, and rough breathing sounds came out as sound effects.

The audience also held their breath and waited for what was next.

Taang—!

With a loud gunshot, Dojae collapsed on the spot.

The members fell in a zigzag pattern, bending backward like a scene from the movie *The Usual Suspects*, one after another, as if doing a wave.

As they all fell to the floor, their debut song began.

Next was their follow-up single.

Unlike the original song, the arranged version of the song for today’s stage had a rap part added to the first verse.

Kijun and Heungmin exchanged rap verses quickly, showcasing significantly improved rapping skills compared to last year.

Even though the atmosphere was completely different, the two’s rap organically connected the two songs.

And in the subsequent performance, the members performed as if they were doing graffiti with spray cans.

Every time the members mimed writing something with the spray cans, LED lights created letters in the air.

—Because I like you, don’t play with my heart!

When the members struck an ending pose with bright faces.

The message was finally completed and floated above the heads of the MOST members.

MOST IS BEST.

It meant that MOST is the best, but also that MOST is BEST [MOST’s fan club name]…….

It could be a message for the fans.

Even while going down the stage, MOST continued to greet the fans, and the fans, as if repaying the members’ hearts, screamed to their hearts’ content.

***

Having finished their stage as the ending act of Part 1, The Origin won the ‘This Year’s Famous Dance Group (Male)’ award at the beginning of Part 2.

The Origin members came up to the stage with smiling faces, received the trophy, and gave their acceptance speech.

“Thank you. New Entertainment CEO Han Junyeol, Director Jung Younghoon, Manager Ahn Jimin for giving us this award. To the managers and dance team who always take care of us…….”

As always, the acceptance speech came from the mouth of the leader, Yoo Myungwoo.

The album sales of their first full-length album were very good.

They also won first place on music shows quite a bit.

They naturally expected to receive this much of an award.

That meant that the higher-level ‘This Year’s Best Dance Group (Male)’ award would go to MOST.

‘It was definitely nothing special.’

Even while giving the acceptance speech, Yoo Myungwoo was resentful and annoyed by that fact.

Even while thinking that, Yoo Myungwoo mechanically stared at the camera and recited his speech.

He had already memorized what he had to say.

“To the staff in the waiting room. I can’t call out each and every one of your names, but I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude.”

Chaehyun, standing next to Yoo Myungwoo, held the trophy and smiled, making a V-sign at the camera.

Park Jinhyuk was nodding at Yoo Myungwoo’s speech.

“Ah, lastly, I would like to thank our parents and the parents who gave birth to the members. Thank you so much!”

After thanking them several times, Yoo Myungwoo stepped aside, and Zeus (stage name), knowing it was his turn, stood in front of the microphone.

And he gave the same acceptance speech as Yoo Myungwoo in English.

It was almost at the level of interpretation.

After all, this award was not an award they were receiving because of him.

Zeus also knew very well that he was receiving the award thanks to Yoo Myungwoo and, at best, Chaehyun.

Yoo Myungwoo was pointing that out every day.

“Thank you, so much!”

Still, Zeus was a professional.

As he blew a hand kiss with a smile, screams poured out from the fan seats.

“Thank you.”

As Yoo Myungwoo bowed once more, The Origin members all bowed their heads together.

Only Hwang Juho, who was distracted, was a little late in bowing.

Yoo Myungwoo glared at Hwang Juho without being seen and hurriedly went down the stage.

The only problem was that Hwang Juho seemed a little dazed throughout the acceptance speech.

Other than that, there were no problems.

It was just that Hwang Juho would get a little bit of flak.

At least, that’s what Yoo Myungwoo thought until then.

***

However, it was inevitable that there would be a commotion.

It was an award that was not won because of good digital performance, but only because fans bought and consumed a lot of albums.

But they didn’t even mention the fan club name once in their acceptance speech.

There was no mention of the fans at all.

When giving an acceptance speech, you might forget someone or make a mistake because you are nervous.

However, forgetting the fans is easily interpreted as not thinking about the fans that much.

-Does an idol who forgets their fans have a future?

-I’m an Origin fan, and I’m feeling disillusioned.

-Is this really the end? I’ve been thinking about it so many times.

-It’s funny and sad that they didn’t even talk about the fans in their English speech.

-They might have just forgotten, let’s not put too much meaning into it.

-Is it okay to just… forget the fans?

-It’s like a soldier forgetting their gun.

-It’s almost like that, they’re The Origin, an idol group, but

-This is too much… don’t overreact.

-Don’t you guys make mistakes? Idols are people too, they can make mistakes.

-I guess the CEO is more important than the fans.

-Seeing how New is pushing them, the CEO might be more important lol

-Even if I were a fan of The Origin, I would be very upset.

-That’s why your usual behavior is important. If they usually had good fan service, there would be more shielding than this.

-Usual behavior ㅇㅈㄹ [short for 인정, meaning ‘I acknowledge’ or ‘I agree’] Just talk about today’s events. They called out the fans at the previous awards show.

-To be honest, didn’t they forget and call them out at the very end back then too?

-Myungwoo is good in every way, but this part is a bit disappointing ㅠㅠ

-Did you see Hwang Juho’s expression throughout the acceptance speech? He looked like he was chewing something.

-Hwang Juho is too much. Does he have family problems these days?

-It was really annoying at the previous awards show, but today’s stage made me sigh.

-Ah… I bought 30 albums this time, and I’m really losing energy.

-Me too, I worked part-time and bought 50…

-I wonder if they’re even grateful to the fans?

-If they were, they wouldn’t have forgotten the speech.

-Look at other groups. They talk about the fans every time they open their mouths, but our kids… I’m spitting on my own face, so I’ll stop here.

-Sigh

…The fact that the fans’ disappointment was greater than others was a big problem.

There were voices of self-correction from within, saying not to be too upset because it was just one mistake, but it didn’t calm down easily.

The fact that MOST won the ‘This Year’s Best Dance Group (Male)’ award as expected right after and gave a touching speech also had an impact.

MOST was known for treating their fans well just one year after their debut.

They voluntarily continued to post on SNS [social networking services] and fan cafes for the fans, and held an event with banners at the last broadcast, and created and distributed a fan song for free during their hiatus.

In their acceptance speech, they naturally shouted out their fan club, BEST, before anyone else.

And Woochul even read a short letter he had written to the fans.

The stage quality was also compared, but from the fans’ point of view, the acceptance speeches were compared even more.

As if aware of the seriousness of the situation, The Origin posted thank you messages to the fans through SNS as soon as the awards show was over.

There were reactions of ‘locking the stable after the cow is gone’ and ‘how much more can they fix it, let’s stop now’.

It was divided into two.

With this controversy, the stage time controversy from the previous awards show was brought up once again.

In the community where idol fans gathered, there was continued talk that the stage times of Big Boys and The Origin, who received the top award, were only a few seconds apart.

After watching the awards show, the fact that the stage time allocation was so strange was highlighted once again.

The fans of Infinite Boys and MOST, as well as other groups, were also angry once again.

MOST fans had their own complaints about being earlier in the order than The Origin, even though they received a bigger award.

As arrows of anger flew in from the outside, the inside was united once again.

It was when the atmosphere of The Origin fans seemed to be easing.

***

A few days later.

@ JUHO_SIDE

[CLOSE] Hello. JUHO SIDE is closing today. Thank you to everyone who has cherished JUHO SIDE. I wish happiness to those who like Juho and to Juho himself. Goodbye.

@juhostardust

The Hwang Juho that I loved seems to be gone now. Where did you go, the sparkling you that I thought I wouldn’t regret giving my youth to? Thank you for everything. I guess it’s greedy of me to want you to shine again. I just hope you’re happy. Goodbye.

|Stardust is over. I’m sorry.

@littlecandy_juho

Thank you for liking the photos of The Origin Hwang Juho fan page Little candy. I liked Juho a lot, so I won’t say anything else. I will close the account in a week. I’m sorry.

@sugar_hwang

[Close] **0625~**1226

@dangerous_jh

I’ve been losing interest in Hwang Juho and The Origin for a while, but this incident made me realize that there was still some affection left. I hope you come to your senses as soon as possible before losing the last handful of fans.

@juho_record

You really don’t think about your fans at all lol [laughing out loud]. If you had thought about the fans who would be hurt by your lack of even the minimum level of professionalism, you wouldn’t have done such a thing in the first place lol. It was dirty, let’s never meet again!

…Hwang Juho’s fan pages, a member of The Origin, began to close one after another.

The next day.

A shocking article about Hwang Juho was published in Daily Peace, a famous entertainment magazine.

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