The Idol Who Returned from Hell Chapter 159

Fans who support idols are divided into several types.

While there are fans who listen to music peacefully and think ‘Ah, these guys are good’ and quietly like them, there are also fans who consider idols like part of their life and run to the extreme end of deep immersion.

Generally, thanks to this latter group of hardcore fans running until both their feet wear out, information that might otherwise just pass by gets released within fan communities.

CENTIX’s fandom, MILLENNIUM, who were caught up in variety show bait, was no exception.

—So we are going on a variety show this time, right? Why isn’t there any official announcement?

—I expected they couldn’t appear in the first week due to scheduling, but they should be on broadcasts around the second or third week to get appropriate buzz, hmm why isn’t there even a preview?

—Don’t tell me RE processed things so damn slowly that all the good variety show slots got taken??

└Ah please stop with the anxiety-inducing talk;

└LOL is the old Rave Entertainment despair arc really coming true?

└I’ll seriously cry if they make them sit as backdrop panels on music programs where 70s-80s singers appear

└Hey, even if it’s unsealed Hyeong-seok, that would be too harsh

└Hundred-year-idols would be an exception right?? (link) (photo) Yeah my bias actually went there and just clapped and came back ^^

└Gasp

As official announcements about appearing on some broadcast continued to not show up, MILLENNIUM’s anxiety was slightly amplified.

At the current point where they had achieved explosive initial sales and even brought home their first trophy, if they couldn’t raise the buzz, forget about not being able to raise it – if the spark died out, a great disaster would occur.

What extinguished that anxiety were the stalker fans who ghostily knew and tracked CENTIX’s official schedule.

—Hey hey hey hey hey there’s a photo on Twitter!! (link) The kids went to ride a boat??

└What’s this about

└They suddenly went to ride a boat? For what?

└Not filming sitting still in a studio but outdoors? And they’re going out to sea on a boat?

└Don’t tell me they’re going fishing

└Uh,,, hmm,,, did RE change their target demographic maybe……?

—The fact that they suddenly went sailing is surprising but this fan who found out and followed to take photos is also amazing lol how did they know they would go

└The kind of no-effort that us ordinary fans can’t even imagine

—But did they really go to film a fishing variety show? Everyone here concluded that?

└Honestly if it’s a variety show where you go on a boat, there’s really no other answer besides that T_T

└I still think it’ll be fine though? With the CENTIX kids’ variety skills, even if one person gets seasick while fishing, they’ll be busy teasing each other and taking verification shots lol

└It definitely won’t be boring lol

└I’m a bit bewildered though…… I naturally thought they’d go normally like WI or BTA but suddenly outdoor filming and fishing

Even though it was just one photo, the ripple effect was considerable.

When thinking under the premise that they were appearing on a variety show, the eyewitness account of riding a boat ultimately led to the conclusion that they were appearing on a fishing program.

CENTIX began having heated discussions again between people who said they’d be fine on any broadcast and people who said this was too off-target.

When it seemed like things might become too heated, the next day news that could settle MILLENNIUM’s hearts appeared in the entertainment news section.

[〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉, which switched to regular programming, kicks into full gear next week……First guests are ‘CENTIX’]

—What, it wasn’t a fishing variety show?

—I really thought an article like ‘CENTIX heads out to catch sea bream…… Confirmed to appear on Fishing with Good Fortune Season 3’ would come out lol thankfully

—But what’s that program? Why am I hearing about it for the first time

└That was a program that previously aired as a pilot program in a format that remakes? classic variety shows, people’s reactions were pretty good I think

└Wow I loved the variety shows I watched in elementary school

└I also looked it up after seeing the article and came back, all the reviews are positive lol. It’s not a variety show where you go comfortably but like the old days where you use strength and roll around with your body and stuff

Following the article confirming CENTIX’s appearance on 〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉, as if anticipating that many fans would be interested, the program’s main producer interview also mentioned CENTIX.

—I clipped the main PD interview article commemorating the switch to regular programming! Here it talks about why they cast our CENTIX kids as opening guests ‘They were selected as the number 1 celebrity who could embrace a wide age range with star power and symbolism and who would best fit our program’s direction through internal production team meetings. We judged that their unadorned appearance, chemistry between members, flexible situation handling and various other aspects would mesh extremely well with the format of 〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉.’

└Unadorned appearance lol what idols would film eating shows with their bare hands shortly after debut like our kids did……

└Classic variety shows definitely need that breaking down flavor, but celebrities who try to be too careful about their bodies don’t match

└Yes we’re the country that owns Kang Seon-woo, the master of breaking down

└LOL

└It feels like they didn’t just cast CENTIX thoughtlessly because they’re hot right now, but really made the casting offer because they thought they’d help the program get off to a good first start

└Is this the reward our kids get for living diligently? It’s kind of weird though lol

〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉, which started as a pilot program and was first scheduled for regular programming.

MILLENNIUM was initially a bit puzzled by the unfamiliar program name, but after seeing the subsequent interviews and other articles, they got the feeling that it might be an unexpectedly good choice.

Above all, since the broadcasting station unilaterally wanted CENTIX, there was also the guarantee that they would provide friendly editing and treatment to match that.

—But everything’s good, but what happened to the boat riding bait?? If they went to film classic variety shows, why did they ride a boat

└Right, were there fishing variety shows back in the day too?

└Or maybe there really were variety shows back in the day where they’d take boats early in the morning for shrimp catching or mackerel catching boat daily work experience,, they didn’t go to do that right

└Hey that’s not allowed, what extreme job experience, dragging kids who are in their prime activity period to do fishing work, that’s absolutely not allowed

└Talking like this makes me anxious again…thinking about it, they’re in the middle of their activity period, what if the kids get hurt doing a physical variety show

But there were still fans who viewed it unfavorably.

If 〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉 flowed according to the manifesto in the interview, there would be more physical things to do than trendy variety shows these days.

If that happened, naturally burdensome situations for idols whose health is their life might come.

That worry and concern was amplified one more level a few days later.

[Preview) We’re going to a deserted island! CENTIX dropped in a place where hardship is clearly visible, but is this right? Why does it give off vibes of playing at home? #NostalgiaTimeTraveler #CENTIX #Sunday #FirstBroadcast ∥SBM Variety Research Lab]

—The preview dropped

—All the fans who predicted they’d go fishing come out lol it’s not fishing but a deserted island, this is crazy

—Should I be happy or sad about this?

—Wouldn’t fishing be better than this?? A deserted island, what are they supposed to do there, don’t tell me they have to sleep there overnight?

└At least with fishing you ride a boat and come right back, but a deserted island…… Do they have to survive self-sufficiently and endure?

└I know which classic variety show plot this follows lol there’s one legendary episode of a national variety program from my middle school days where they suddenly dropped them on a deserted island and made them fight over food and bet with the production crew and do all sorts of things while barely sleeping one night and escaping

└CENTIX has to do that? Just like that?

└I don’t know about that,,, but they probably won’t hardcore torment idols whose body condition is worth its weight in gold 100%

The fandom, whose aggro was completely drawn to the word deserted island, posted comments saying fishing would be better.

The combination of idols who had only done dancing and singing their whole lives and a deserted island.

Since it was obvious what kind of picture they wanted, the public opinion battle among MILLENNIUM was slightly swayed to one side.

—Even if they dress it up with fancy words, in the end what the broadcasting station bastards want is the same picture lmao. Pushing the kids into extreme situations to make them flustered and then fighting over survival goods with each other…… Since you usually can’t see idols breaking down, they’re bringing back that format to show that right

└Totally agreed, apart from everything else, I’m anxious it’ll have too generic a flavor

└Right, when I watched variety shows with outdoor sleeping and stuff when this grandma was young, they were all similar,, the regular members adapted but guest stars would be confused and struggle while working, that was the funny picture they tried to create

└Everything you’re saying is right but still, since times have changed, the SBM production crew must have some plan, they wouldn’t put it in regular programming on weekends without any measures

└Have you been fooled by broadcasting station people once or twice?

Even just looking at the preview video, CENTIX was making all sorts of blank expressions inside the boat that suddenly took them to the deserted island.

The 50-second edited footage had scenes changing quite quickly so you couldn’t discern exactly what happened.

But one thing was certain – the members’ screams heard in the background.

So MILLENNIUM was even more inclined to write posts like ‘If they go with the obvious flavor that everyone knows, wouldn’t the reason for CENTIX to appear here disappear too’, ‘Why they chose this difficult path when there were other broadcasts available, the agency’s moves are incomprehensible’.

While the chaotic situation continued, CENTIX showed off their excellent skills and smoothly completed their second week of activities.

〈Find Me〉, which had already jumped far beyond the normal trajectory with album sales and secured the top ranks of GrapeFruit charts early on, successfully accumulated two more first place trophies with ease.

After enjoying the members’ cute first place acceptance speeches and the special stage they prepared for fans, Sunday when 〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉 would be broadcast arrived in an instant.

At 6 PM in the evening, MILLENNIUM who had turned on public broadcast channel SBM from their respective locations frantically refreshed comments with hearts full of both anticipation and anxiety.

—Please don’t just go with the obvious flavor

└Is that as easy as it sounds when the format is already set…….

└Even if it’s already a familiar flavor, our kids will be able to bring it to life well, I’ll just think like that

└It was already filmed 2 weeks ago so there’s no turning back anyway, like the comment above said, I’m just hoping the kids exploded with variety potential

└I trust that the older brothers will hard carry, believing in the chemistry between the clueless hairtail fish guy and trainer Ryu who uses that in reverse

└Actually in that kind of extreme situation, the crazies are best for activity lol run wild once, our Hwi

The scene where Kang Seon-woo’s shocking terrible luck resulted in winning the deserted island trip was used as the intro, giving it considerable speed.

Just as shown in the preview, up to the point where CENTIX, looking like they had collective mental breakdowns, rode the boat to move to the open sea, viewers thought it would continue with the development they expected.

[That’s when it started. Ah, I really thought this would be fun. I had wanted to do this so much, and the opportunity to actually try it came.]

—??

—Yes?

—What’s with this suddenly epic background music lol

—This kind of final boss music is usually Si-hwan’s exclusive

—But why is Ha-ru coming out here instead of Si-hwan……?

The moment Chae Ha-ru’s face equipped with confident eyes was captured on screen, 〈Nostalgia Time Traveler〉 began to cut a drift that shook off everyone’s expectations.