Damn Idol Chapter 137
The beginning of the teaser was the same.
A conflagration filled the screen.
But what was different from the first teaser was that it showed a slightly more localized scene.
It showed unidentified people scrambling out of a wooden building collapsing in the flames….
‘Hanbok?’
They weren’t neat because of the soot, but they were wearing hanbok in bright, vivid colors.
There were also people wearing military uniforms and jurip hats (the hats worn by military officers) directing the fleeing crowd, only to be swept up by the inferno.
Han Sion was among them.
Han Sion, wearing the exact same suit as Lee Ion, ran out.
But the direction Han Sion was running in was different from that of the people fleeing.
They were avoiding the flames, but Han Sion was running into them.
A building crumbling down was shown in slow motion, and Han Sion flung himself forward.
It looked as though he had been swallowed by the flames, but he hadn’t.
Soon, Han Sion crawled forward and grabbed something.
It was the pure white mask Lee Ion had been wearing.
But it was strange.
Even though flames poured down so fiercely and sparks flew everywhere, there wasn’t a single trace of the fire on the mask.
As Han Sion quietly stared down at the mask in his hand….
Wheeeeeeeek—
A thin, long whistle came from somewhere.
Han Sion flinched in surprise and looked up at the night sky between the buildings collapsing in flames.
Then he put on the mask and began to run.
The sight of Han Sion running dynamically gradually slowed, and as though his consciousness were expanding, the burning buildings beneath the three moons were shown from an omniscient viewpoint.
At that moment.
Fwoooosh!
A massive blaze swallowed the building that had been barely holding on, reduced to little more than its shape.
[….]
Silence.
And stillness.
Just when it felt as if something could be heard within it—
♬♪♪♪♪
A melody bloomed.
The screen, having shifted at some point, now showed a clearing bathed in moonlight, with a forest and buildings swept up by the fire as its backdrop.
The place where Lee Ion had been standing.
Han Sion, having arrived there, raised his hand and took off the mask.
Then he began to dance.
It was likewise a solo dance of about eight seconds.
But while it was the same as the dance Lee Ion had performed, it was also subtly different.
He seemed to be using the same movements, but the focus of Han Sion’s dance was on his lower body.
But whatever the case, it was a chillingly clean and beautiful dance.
Enough to shock K-pop fans who had never given much thought to Han Sion’s dancing before.
[Mmm
- Emnnm-]
The moment a strange humming without lyrics bloomed from Han Sion’s lips—
Once again, the camera whipped up toward the sky and showed the three moons hanging in the night.
Then subtitles appeared.
See you in an hour, TT.
“….”
When the teaser ended, Choi Sehui couldn’t open her mouth.
An unknown heat was filling her entire body—could it be that she was dead?
It seemed that way.
This was the afterlife.
“…
Hah!”
Coming back to her senses belatedly, Choi Sehui played the teaser again from the beginning.
After watching Han Sion’s teaser about twenty times, she watched Lee Ion’s teaser once more.
Then she read the comments.
Since overseas K-pop fans hadn’t fully gathered yet, there wasn’t that much English, but it wasn’t a small amount either.
But when she looked at the English comments, most of them used words like “Color Show” or “R&B.”
They were probably overseas listeners who had come to know Three Moons, Hundred Days through Colorful Struggle rather than K-pop fans.
But that wasn’t what mattered right now.
Our boy was insane.
As always, his atmosphere was overwhelming.
Even people who disliked Han Sion couldn’t deny that his aura was overwhelming.
There was a precarious feeling that made you think you shouldn’t approach him, yet want to approach him all the same.
Although, at some point, whenever he filmed videos with the members of Three Moons, Hundred Days, a softer atmosphere could be felt from him.
But what truly surprised Choi Sehui was Han Sion’s dancing.
In truth, for an idol group, Three Moons, Hundred Days was a team that had shown very little dancing.
It was probably because they hadn’t had music shows or official schedules, but it had been the same even on Coming Up Next.
They felt more sincere about singing than dancing, with dance being used as a supplement.
That wasn’t a bad thing, but she had wanted to see them dance seriously at least once.
And in this teaser, Han Sion had done just that.
As Choi Sehui replayed Han Sion’s teaser countless times, she realized something: Han Sion used the beat one more time.
Dun
—when a dun beat came out, he inserted one more small movement in between.
Using small joints like his ankle or wrist.
But that looked so cool.
She didn’t know how it would look if synchronized as group choreography.
It might ruin the feeling of everything fitting perfectly.
But in a solo dance, at least, it was overwhelming.
The last thing that flustered Choi Sehui was—
-?? Why is Han Sion so good at acting?? This is confusing.
It was his acting.
She didn’t know the terminology well because she had no knowledge of filming, but Lee Ion had used the background a lot.
Even when his face was captured, it felt like the focus was taken more broadly overall?
‘Ah, he replaced emotional expression with objects!’
Yes, that was the feeling.
Urgency or danger had been resolved through changes in the background and symbolic objects.
But Han Sion was different.
All of his emotions were handled through close-up shots.
In a desperate situation, he was trying to maintain calm, yet an uncontrollable fear leaked out while he still held on to reason.
He expressed, like an actor, an emotion that would be long even if written out in words.
In that sense, the emotion he showed when looking down at the pure white mask was strange.
He seemed relieved, yet also uncomfortable.
‘What did the others say?’
As Choi Sehui thought that, she gasped in shock.
She had replayed her boy’s teaser so many times that an hour had already passed.
[Three Moons, Hundred Days - ‘State of mind’ Official Teaser 3/6]
This time, it was On Saemiro.
* * *
The first teaser for Three Moons, Hundred Days had been released at 7 p.m.
In other words, the final destination of teasers released at one-hour intervals would be midnight.
What time a teaser was released was up to the company, but they were often released at midnight.
In that sense, Three Moons, Hundred Days’ teaser wasn’t all that different.
But it was the first time anyone had announced a whopping six teasers and used a strategy of drawing in buzz starting from 7 p.m. on a weekend evening.
It was perfect for catching the attention of people idly watching YouTube on a Sunday night, when they had to prepare for work the next day.
Of course, to adopt such a strategy, they had to be confident in the video quality, and there had to be something worth spreading by word of mouth.
Three Moons, Hundred Days’ State Of Mind had both.
-The members are time-traveling and end up in five different camps, each surviving on their own… then they meet again because of some kind of natural disaster like a great fire? That’s what it seems like!
-2222 If you look at the routes the members take to gather in the clearing, they’re all coming from different directions, right? Maybe they’re hostile factions, so each one is fleeing in a different direction. Only Three Moons, Hundred Days gathers in one place.
-?? Isn’t that just because of the camera position? How can you tell the direction?
-If you watch the video, you can see the wind is blowing in a consistent direction. You can use that as the standard.
-Wow, you thought that far?
-No wonder the outfits were so different. They were like different countries.
-What does the mask mean?
-Isn’t it just an MV device?
-It seems too meaningful for that.
-No, is this really an idol teaser? Isn’t it a movie or drama trailer?
-It’s Three Moons, Hundred Days’ “State Of Mind” teaser! The music video will probably come out tomorrow at midnight, and they’ll start music show promotions soon too!
-OK OK, I subscribed, I’ll watch when the MV comes out. Coolest video I’ve seen recently;
-Who’s the first kid? Even as a guy, I can tell he’s ridiculously handsome.
-That’s Lee Ion!
-What about the second one? He’s crazy good at acting.
-That’s Han Sion!
-?? Are they brothers? Why are their names all so similar?
-If they were brothers, they’d have the same surname, idiot.
-But Han Sion, Lee Ion, On Saemiro, the three Ons are confusing lololol. If they hadn’t built recognition through a survival show and debuted, they would’ve split them up with stage names.
-Our boys didn’t debut through a survival show… They got backstabbed by rigging on the survival show…!
-Ah, right.
-If you look closely at the teaser comments, it’s hilarious how Prism’s trigger button got pressed lolol
-What’s Prism?
-Take Scene’s fandom.
Three Moons, Hundred Days’ strategy was extremely successful.
It was enough to inspire agencies that didn’t particularly have any ill will toward Three Moons, Hundred Days.
In the meantime, the fifth teaser was released.
The protagonist of the fifth teaser was Choi Jaeseong, and Choi Jaeseong was a little different from the others.
He looked like he had lost his reason, almost like a zombie, and until he found the mask lying on the ground, he seemed not to know who he was.
-Is this place like a barbarian tribe?
-Yeah yeah, but with some kind of madness epidemic going around. That sort of vibe.
-No, what idol dresses up like a zombie lololol
-These guys are serious about their content. Last time in their self-produced content, when they played seotda to decide room assignments, I laughed my ass off lololololol
-They played seotda?? Where can I watch that??
-There’s a video on this channel. Independence Diary Episode 1.
-I stopped fangirling after getting a job, but it’s nice to see Three Moons, Hundred Days sincerely challenging themselves with content. I was kind of touched watching them prepare for Color Show.
-So many people pretending to be non-fans while praising them~
-Lololol why would anyone pretend to be a non-fan on Three Moons, Hundred Days’ official channel because they’re worried about appearances? Get lost, won’t you?
-No, but all the members are out now, so what’s the sixth teaser?
-I’m curious about that too.
The structure of the five teasers released so far had been the same.
The members, each starting from a different location, put on their masks, gathered in the clearing, and performed a solo dance.
Only Lee Ion hadn’t had a specific scene showing him breaking through the flames.
So it was only natural to be curious about the sixth teaser.
If one thought about it simply, there was a high chance the sixth teaser would be a group dance.
With the five of them dancing in the same place.
But if that was all, it would probably be disappointing.
The expectations raised by the five teasers so far were enormous.
It felt like the five teasers should come together as one and explode somehow….
But she wasn’t sure if there was a way to do that.
And so another hour passed.
At midnight, as Sunday turned into Monday.
[Three Moons, Hundred Days - ‘State of mind’ Official Teaser]
At last, the final teaser was released.
The teaser began with a thin, long whistle.
Wheeeeeek—
Through the whistling sound, scenes of the five masked members running through the flames were chaotically cross-edited.
Gu Taehwan dodged the blaze that had been attacking Choi Jaeseong, and as Gu Taehwan, who had tumbled disgracefully to the ground, pushed off his knee to get up, On Saemiro was standing up.
Wheeeeeeeeee—
In the meantime, the sound of the whistle grew louder and clearer.
As if it were the sound of the hearts of the Three Moons, Hundred Days members beating, drums came in with a thump, thump.
And then.
The five masked men rushed into the clearing, and all sound vanished.
[….]
[….]
In the clearing, only the sound of the wind could be heard.
Everyone merely hesitated, unable to readily take off their masks.
As if afraid of the other person.
As if it was difficult to show what was inside them.
But.
♬♪♪♪♪~
The melody that came as if by magic changed the atmosphere.
Lee Ion was the first to raise his pure white hand and take off his mask.
At the same time, when he took a step forward, Han Sion also stepped forward and removed his mask.
In that way, everyone took off their masks….
And the dance began.
The viewers watching let out internal screams.
Until now, the members’ solo dances had clearly been similar, but there had been different parts.
On the first drumbeat, Lee Ion and Han Sion drove their elbows downward, while Gu Taehwan, On Saemiro, and Choi Jaeseong raised their elbows upward.
It was the same when they slid to the side.
Someone stretched his leg out long and glided smoothly, while someone else moved with small, quick steps.
So it had been a dance of a similar texture, but with subtly different feelings….
This was not a solo dance.
When the five solo dances came together, it became a perfect group choreography, meshing like gears.
Those with quick eyes could tell that the solo dances and the group dance hadn’t been filmed separately.
They had simply erased the other members from a group dance they had performed together and shown one person at a time.
Even the song was like that.
[Alone
- Mmm-]
[All by myself
- Emnnm-]
When the lines sung by the five members were combined in their respective positions, they became a beautiful first verse.
And once again, the camera showed the three moons, and the teaser came to an end.
SEE YOU TOMORROW, TT
Along with a notice for the music video to be released at midnight the next day.
The teasers of Three Moons, Hundred Days, which would soon earn the meme “the most expensive member-specific fancams” in the idol scene, came to an end.