I Decided to Become a Perfect Girl

Chiyo’s fan was looking at Chiyo’s wiki nickname section.

[Kimchi, Kim Chiyo, Kimchi Sushi, Kim Ji-su, Kim Ji-su…]

And newly added.

[Water Kimchi]

“Hmm…”

─Tap tap tap

First, they deleted Water Kimchi.

“Chiyo, watch out for me! I’m guarding the nickname section…!”

Of course, her playful monologue wouldn’t reach anyone. In fact, blocking it wasn’t that difficult.

[Today’s Akaraka Chiyo Slipping Incident Video]

─How did that happen… The thud sounded huge.

─That must hurt, but look, she’s getting up quickly, glad she’s okay ㅜㅜ

─Oh no… Last time, Cha Ji-hoon slipped on stage when it was raining and had to go to the ER.

The K-pop community, which forms public opinion, typically has a female-centric feel and is generally empathetic.

─(Water Kimchi lol – deleted comment.)

└What is this?? Is this insanity?

└Humanity is shattered for real.

Simple mocking comments usually get backlash quickly.

Leaving all that aside, Chiyo’s fan no longer stressed about Chiyo’s nicknames.

At first, she wanted cute and sophisticated nicknames that matched Chiyo’s quirky image and beauty.

But now, she felt more comfortable with this and found it cuter.

It cleverly expressed Chiyo’s lovely personality.

“Plus, water kimchi has a water attribute, so it feels more like a healing vibe. Hmm hmm, Chiyo is healing. Chiyo healing, Chiyo healing, kyah kyah k!”

She might have gone a little crazy, but anyway.

Right now, she was waiting for the music video for the second title, ‘New Vibes,’ to be released today.

A teaser had been released a few days earlier.

The members clinking glasses with melon soda and cocktails.
A summer vibe with a backdrop of a blue sea.

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Hip style outfits.

“Chiyo’s original water kimchi…!”

It couldn’t help but be exciting.

“-not that, but summer freshness!”

And above all, since the album was officially releasing, all the fans checked the previously disclosed track list.

Indeed.

Next to the track list, the song participants were also listed.

[New Vibes Lyrics/- Storns, Do-hee Lee, Chiyo, Woo-ah, Welly Jr]

“This is the first song I’ve participated in writing lyrics…! And it’s three people!”

I heard Do-hee wasn’t confident in writing lyrics, so what’s changed?

If Chiyo participated, I’m sure it’s a rap part!

I couldn’t imagine what Woo-ah would feel like.

With excitement, the music video was released at 6 o’clock.

Debonaire’s second title ‘New Vibes’ music video started with a blue sea.

However, it was evening.

Members stood on the breakwater, riding the rhythm against a beautiful sunset and the sea, silhouetted against it.

As the screen zoomed in, it only took a moment to realize who the main characters were.

Members appeared standing back to a shimmering streetlamp on a nighttime road.

And as she turned around, the fan’s pupils widened.

“This time, Do-hee is at the intro!”

In a fluorescent short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts.
Short shorts.

With long, straight hair paired with highlighted twin buns.

Do-hee showcasing the hardest-to-pull-off neon green fashion.

In fact, during the Seven days, I wasn’t a fan of Do-hee or Seven.

But after getting captivated by Chiyo in Debonaire, Do-hee has already become my bias.

And today, Do-hee’s styling was definitely something even long-time fans would find unfamiliar.

“How is Do-hee so hot every time…? This is… I’m gonna nosebleed.”

Of course, there was no break.

[To the DEB, to the DEB]

Do-hee provocatively walked out, spitting out the catchy phrase rhythmically to the waving hand above.

[All the lit girls get down with the DEB, hey!]

“What? I’m already into it.”

As I spit out my reaction, I briefly read the helpful translation at the bottom due to the subtitles I accidentally left on.

The rest of the members appeared again.

Wearing cropped tops in white space, ribbed pants, glow-in-the-dark pants, and basketball jerseys.

The members, decked out in all sorts of hip styles, held onto each other’s waists, swaying to the rhythm like a train while walking forward.

Leading the charge was the member showing off her confident pop vocals today.

It was, of course, Kim Seo-yoon.

[Step with my girls to the party(gon’ step)]

—Entering the party with my friends

[Not here to cause a fuss, buddy(buddy)]

—Not here to cause any trouble

[We just wanna have a good time(good time)]

—We’re just here to have a good time

[Groovin our body body(ayy)]

—Moving our bodies to the rhythm

And along with these stable, resonant lyrics, a clearer and higher tone followed.

As Na-eun sat on the dark stage, checking messages on an old 2G phone, she gave a sidelong glance at the camera.

[See me gettin’ down on the show(On the show)]

—Did you see me dancing on the show?

[I walked into the Stage(Stage)]

—I jumped onto the stage

[I just groove a new vibe]

—I just showed a new vibe

[They ask me how I do that]

—Everyone’s curious about how I do it

And finally.

“Chiyo…!”

Dressed hipper than anyone else in just jeans and a sleeveless tee.

With hair pulled up by a headband, more hip than anyone else.

Her ultimate bias.

It was Chiyo’s turn.

Breaking the image she usually shows in front of the camera, and despite her cute Korean pronunciation,

Chiyo was killing it with English rap, stepping on the truck, riding the escalator, and even under the bridge.

[Slid on the floor and I’m killin’ it]

—Stepping onto the floor, I’m kinda unique

[City lights gleamin’, the night’s our exhibit]

—When the city lights shine, the night is our exhibition.
When it sparkles, the night is our exhibition

[Chillin’ with my friends, no stress, no limit]

─Hanging out with my friends, stress-free, unrestricted

[Livin’ for the moment, every second we own it]

─Living fully for the day

[Don’t you get too dizzy tryna keep up with me]

─No need to scramble to keep up with me

[Ididn’t mean to displease, this fast is my other lane]

─I didn’t mean to offend, this pace is my way

[Yeah, make heart pound with the get down]

─Yeah, dance and feel your heart race

[In your zone, where the vibe’s so key]

─In your own vibe, that’s where it’s all about

It’s been nearly 20 seconds.

Only then does a new background, the chorus, emerge.

Behind the flowing fountain in the green garden, Seo-yoon and Na-eun create rhythm with stable vocals.

[I just grooved a new steps, new dance, new vibes]×4

The members showcased their signature choreography.

Crossing their hands like lightly tapping perfume on their wrists.

And once again, Chiyo’s rap from the first verse repeated.

This time, Woo-ah jumped high into the sky to make her call.

[To the DEB, to the DEB

All the lit girls get down with the DEB, hey-!]

─All the awesome girls dance with the DEB!

Unexpected hip-hop vibes from the debonaire members.

Yet it felt neither awkward nor uncomfortable; it was enjoyable both to hear and to see!

“…Total summer song…! This is truly insane…!”

Of course, the members’ personalities do align well with the hip-hop vibe, but song versatility is a different story, isn’t it?

“No way, how did Topist pull this off!!!”

Bringing a song like this too!

Dare I say, it could rival Do-hee’s original song ‘Sweet Demon’.

The difference between the two is whether it’s catchy or extreme easy listening.

It seems people might have varying opinions on that.

‘Sweet Demon’ has been out for three weeks, but with its catchiness, it’s already showing signs of record-breaking mega-hit potential.

On the other hand, ‘New Vibes’ has that summer vibe that could linger and potentially become a seasonal blockbuster!

And soon in the video, the same melody started playing.

It was the beat that contained Chiyo’s rapping!

“Another rap from Chiyo…!?”

Of course, that wouldn’t be the case based on the amount.

Gliding into the screen with graceful steps, Woo-ah appeared.

Surprisingly, Woo-ah’s rap continued.

Though it had a distinctly unique vibe compared to Chiyo.

[First thing you gotta do what you wanna do is]

─First thing you need to do, what you want to do is

So-called singing rap, it was close to melodic hip-hop.

[Slide to the left and Slide to the right (Woo)]

[Dip your hips low with me, babe (Oh)]
babe (Oh)

A light groove of oneself showing on the screen.

Because it was expressing gestures and dance through lyrics.

“Oh right…! Woo-ah said she participated in all the choreography for the title, right?”

The lyrics clearly captured that process.

Highlighting Woo-ah’s unique characteristics.

And with Woo-ah’s hand gesture, as if to say “come on close,”

[And come on close, let yourspeak (Now)]

—And come closer and speak to me.

Do-hee approached while turning around.

The background changed to a rooftop.

Do-hee started to sway her head slightly to the rhythm.

At the same time, the members on screen began to surround Do-hee and clap.

It was like, “Oh look at our youngest doing great!”

Chiyo’s fans couldn’t help but chuckle at this cute scene.

Yet, the vibrant rainbow colors of the sky reflected on the damp rooftop floor echoed perfectly with Do-hee’s rapping.

[My life is a song, longer than I thought

Reflecting us on each other, the mirror of these lyrics

Someone said, I don’t want to grow old like a living corpse.]

Even the last offbeat made it pleasant to listen to.

“Oh, speaking of which, it’s the first Korean phrase, isn’t it?”

Thinking back, it was indeed the first Korean lyrics in this song that was only in English.

So, it felt particularly fresh!

Moreover, now the admiration for Debonaire’s producer surfaced.

As Do-hee’s rap was finishing, the vocals came flowing into the screen.

[I just grooved a new steps, new dance, new vibes]×4

The sound overlapped and elevated the emotions that the generation could express to the maximum.

Plus, after the chorus, the bridge brought out

A new pop melody emerged,

With the summer night tropical feel radiating from Seo-yoon and Na-eun’s vocals.

An independent film-like color scheme and camera work.

Members stepping in a dark bowling alley.

Once again, Chiyo’s English rapping was added without a moment’s pause.

The screen transformed magnificently, bursting with high notes raised by the two vocalists.

The final chorus began.

The members’ smiles grew even brighter.

Big hand gestures.

The background added the cheer, “Ayy! Ayy! Ayy!”

It was a summer song more exciting than anyone else’s.

The taste of summer felt in an instant, a feeling of happiness.

As the song and video that made everyone’s body sway came to an end,

It was when the members were jumping in the water, with their feet submerged, not on the breakwater but in the sea.

The blue splashed onto the camera, immersing the hearts of the viewers as well.

“Wow…”

A pleasant completeness and visual beauty.

She could only express admiration.

And the community was hot today as well.

*

For some reason, the sunlight was particularly hot today.

“Ha, meeting the wrong member is such a pain in the ass.”

“Hmph…”

Chiyo pouted her lips at the grumbling Do-hee.

Yet, there was nothing to say.

It was a schedule created because of her.

“Hey, Dongchi-mi!”

“Coming!!”

She didn’t know what Dongchi-mi meant, but since it clearly called her, Chiyo ran over.

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