A university festival committee staffer who’d been speaking over the radio shouted.
“Saven, you can go on now!”
By now, it was a familiar scene.
The members naturally shouted their cheer and went up onto the stage together.
As summer drew nearer, the days grew longer, and the stage grew brighter.
Thanks to that, the stage looked more dazzling with each passing day.
Once they got onstage and took their positions, the intro to Jeodol 3’s title track, “I Fell for You,” quickly began to play.
Eight months since the show had ended.
Even though they had released two albums in the meantime, perhaps the aftermath and lingering emotion of it still remained.
—Waaaaah!
Whenever this song played, the atmosphere heated up in an instant.
It made me realize all over again, “The program really was a hit.”
After finishing the stage, we gave our greetings and held a short talk.
“One, two! I’m in seventh heaven. Hello, we’re Saven!”
And after singing three more songs, including the encore we’d discussed in advance, the thirty minutes allotted to us passed in no time.
“Did everyone have fun?”
Even though I’d grown used to the stage.
My pounding heart, that atmosphere, and the thrill of it hadn’t changed at all.
“We were Saven! Thank you!”
The university festival schedule was exhausting, but we spent it forgetting how tired we were.
[This year’s Akaraka lineup is insane]
[Jeonbuk University Saven live was crazy]
[Saven tore up today’s university festival.mp3 #EunSera vocal power and high notes are insane]
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[Saven Lee Dohee’s visuals when she came to perform at the university festival]
And with variety show filming and preparations for the new album, the days stayed busy.
—I’ll leave one of you winking too! And a finger heart!
After the jacket shoot that had started at dawn finally ended.
With the last week of May just ahead, we were able to catch our breath for a brief moment.
All that remained was the final schedule of the month.
“What are we going to do in London?”
An overseas location shoot for the music video.
The location was London, England.
Although we were going there to film, music video shoots tended to have more downtime than other schedules.
And since we were supposed to finish within five days, after that we could go with the feeling of taking a trip.
In the idol life I’d lived for well over half a year, the only place I’d been abroad was Japan.
Westminster Abbey. The Museum of London. And the British Museum.
Of course, the thought of seeing all those landmarks made my heart flutter.
To be honest, when I was first told the schedule, I wondered why we had to shoot the music video in London of all places.
Going overseas during such a busy period wasn’t exactly easy.
It would cost a lot, too.
‘Besides, if we just wanted to direct it that way, we could do that perfectly well in Korea.’
Of course, it wouldn’t compare to the local atmosphere.
But with color correction, lighting, and a few set pieces, it really would have been enough.
‘Still, if there’s a reason we’re going anyway…’
The cameras scattered all over the dorm.
‘It must be because of this.’
Saven’s reality variety show.
‘These days, filming variety shows overseas is all the rage.’
Of course, the biggest factor was probably the music video director’s wishes.
Either way, it was killing two birds with one stone.
“Rahee, what should unnie wear to the airport tomorrow?”
“It’s Dohee.”
The start of this reality shoot was, as expected, a mission.
The contents of the mission were simple.
First, choose a member’s airport look.
“I wonder what kind of clothes Rahee will pick for me~”
“Ah, come on.”
Then guess the keyword that would appear in articles about their airport fashion.
If we succeeded in the mission, we could earn spending money for our free time.
“Okay… I won’t call you Rahee anymore… Then how about world’s prettiest?”
The member I had to style was Kim Seoyun, who kept teasing me lately because my reactions had gotten so good.
“Ah, f—, seriously!”
If it weren’t for the cameras, I really would have cursed.
But I forced myself to calm down and decided to pick her clothes quickly.
‘First, I need to decide on the concept.’
Clothes were spread out across the bed.
Chic, sexy, lovely, cute, vacation.
There were plenty of moods I could express.
But fashion began with the hairstyle.
I turned my gaze to Seoyun unnie’s hair.
“First of all, you definitely need to wear a hat, right?”
Kim Seoyun looked puzzled.
“A hat? Why?”
Did I really have to explain this?
What an idiot.
Seoyun unnie had dyed her hair pastel pink, the color often called idol hair.
After debuting, all the members had consistently kept their hair black to create a teenage vibe, but to match the changed concept of our third album, a few of us had dyed our hair.
Seoyun unnie was one of them.
“Oh… Yeeun looks totally chic?”
So was Yeeun unnie, whose airport look Harang unnie was choosing.
Yeeun unnie had dyed her hair platinum blonde.
“Really…? I look chic…!?”
As if.
Anyway, the important thing was hiding the album concept.
“Unnie, don’t you know we have to prevent spoilers? Of course you need to wear a hat.”
Naturally, we had to hide the fact that she’d dyed her hair, too.
‘Should I put her hair in a bun and make her wear a beanie or something…?’
While I was thinking that, Kim Seoyun answered as if she couldn’t believe me.
“Are you seriously stupid? We have wigs.”
“Ah.”
Right.
“Rahee is dumb.”
Shut up.
***
Inside the crowded airport.
The sound of shutters clicked from both huge telephoto cameras and phone cameras alike.
Reporters and fans walked alongside us the entire time we moved.
I’d heard that with boy idols, overzealous fans practically rushed at them, and there were many cases where members got hurt.
If things went even slightly wrong, it could turn into an accident, so clashes between bodyguards and obsessive fans happened often.
In our case, thankfully, the fans kept a reasonable distance, and there weren’t many people who stuck too close to us, so there was no particular friction.
After completing the boarding procedures without issue.
A bunch of airport photos that reporters had already uploaded were online.
Now it was time to check the mission.
We had to get it right and win the prize money.
‘The fashion keyword I intended for Seoyun unnie was…’
—Hot.
A little more wholesome than sexy.
It was a keyword that suited this album’s concept.
When I searched “Kim Seoyun,” “airport,” and “hot” together, articles appeared in the news section.
> [HS Photo] Saven’s Seoyun, “A Stylish Puppy Overflowing with Sophistication” (Incheon Airport Departure Fashion)
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Kim Seoyun of the group Saven caught attention with Y2K-style airport fashion that made it seem as if she were about to step onto a stage at any moment.
On this day, Kim Seoyun showed off a highly sophisticated, hip summer look with bangs that made her face look small, a denim jacket that especially revealed her waistline, a white crop top, and black cargo pants.
- Saven’s Seoyun, “Eye-Catching Looks” Departing for England…
- Seoyun, Even Her Greeting Is Cute: “Fresh Eye Contact”
- Kim Seoyun, Happiness Itself on the Way to London [Photo On]
But the keyword “hot” was nowhere to be found.
The mission had failed.
“Ah, I knew this would happen. Hot? For Seoyun unnie? Please…”
“What are you talking about? It’s because you dressed me weird!”
“If unnie hadn’t told me to make you look hot in the first place!”
“You said you’d do it!”
To begin with, the one at fault was Kim Seoyun for having a smaller chest than me.
If I’d worn that exact outfit, this wouldn’t have happened.
“I don’t know. It’s all unnie’s fault.”
“No, how is that my fault! You’re the one who dressed me! And anyway, you only ever wear tracksuits. What do you know about fashion?”
Why wouldn’t I know?
I had such a keen sense for both the male gaze and the female gaze.
I just wore whatever was comfortable, that was all.
Sigh…
“If I’d worn it in the first place…”
Was the denim jacket the problem?
“Hey, what’s with that expression? Hey. Where are you looking right now?”
Well, she really wasn’t the type with enough volume to burst through a denim jacket.
It was my fault for not considering her body type.
“Haa…”
Meanwhile, a deep sigh came from the seat across the aisle.
Chaerin unnie was already wearing a sleep mask and reclining in her seat.
And Sera unnie, sitting beside Chaerin unnie, blinked and spoke to the production staff next to her.
“Oh…! I succeeded in my mission!”
Sera unnie happily waved her phone screen in front of me.
“Dohee, I succeeded!”
- [Photo] World’s Prettiest Dohee, “How Can a Person Be a Doll?” Visuals That Light Up the Airport
- [OSSN] Saven’s Dohee, “The Airport Is Her Runway”
- [Photo] Saven’s Dohee, Showing Off “World’s Prettiest” Beauty as She Heads to London
- [HS Photo] “World’s Prettiest Again Today” Pure Visuals
Because the member who had coordinated my airport look was Sera unnie.
And the keyword unnie had predicted was.
—World’s prettiest.
Kim Seoyun beside me let out a sneer.
I genuinely wanted to die.
***
June arrived, and with two weeks left until the album release.
Saven’s album concept photos began to be posted one by one.
-What is with Seoyun’s face, damn…
The first to go up was Kim Seoyun’s concept photo.
In an instant, Kim Seoyun’s name rose in the trending searches.
-Why is Seoyun so pretty these days? She dyed her hair and her potential exploded
└She’s seriously freaking pretty, she’s my girlfriend candidate
└Haha, you little punk~ don’t talk nonsense
In the midst of it all, the completely unrelated Dorahee also rose in the trending searches.
-Seoyun’s vibe is insane, totally Dorahee
└Agreed
└Dohee told us not to do that lolololololol
Either way, Kim Seoyun’s pink hair had not only the fans but the entire idol scene in an uproar.
She was a member of one of Korea’s top girl groups, and since it was fairly well known that she had only kept black hair ever since debuting in the media, it would have been stranger if her bleached look hadn’t become an issue.
On top of that, the atmosphere of her standing in front of an old European building, staring straight ahead with a thin lip piercing in the center of her lower lip, was…
It wasn’t possible to know in detail what concept the comeback album would have, but her usual bright and chaotic charm was nowhere to be seen, replaced instead by a sophisticated, kitschy atmosphere overflowing from the image.
And not long after, an article was posted.
[Saven’s Reality Show Is Coming… First Episode Airs June 23]
Mwave stated, “Saven will return with their solo reality show, ‘Saven’s Haven Season 2.’ This time as well, viewers will be able to glimpse a different new side of Saven.”
The released poster shows Saven boasting complete, polished visuals while giving off a mysterious atmosphere.
Another poster was also revealed, showing them enjoying a trip with London’s Big Ben in the background, raising curiosity about the reality show.
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“Saven’s Haven Season 2” will first be released through Mwave on June 23 at 9:30 p.m. After that, it will meet fans every Friday.