Chapter 21: C-Grade and Confidence

[Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2 1-Minute Self-Introduction Video Views TOP 10]

[10th Place: Starlet Lee Seung-han (Yes, the one who sang ‘That Place’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189054

[Starlet Lee Seung-han｜Everyone knows this song, right? #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

9th Place: DWK Park Kang-hoon (Yes, the JUKE member)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189034

[DWK Park Kang-hoon｜From vocals to dance, I’m the all-rounder idol! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

8th Place: DY Chae Han-ul (Yes, the refreshing one at 2:17 in ‘Mueopda’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189085

[DY Chae Han-ul｜The refreshing, bubbly lemon boy greets you! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

7th Place: Jungwon Han Tae-woo (Yes, the male lead in the webdrama ‘Good Dawn’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189096

[Jungwon Han Tae-woo｜Wanna walk and talk? #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

6th Place: Coz Nam Jin-wook (Yes, the Code:Kids member)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189027

[Coz Nam Jin-wook｜Beastly idol’s rugged masculinity, bursting! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

5th Place: Independent Trainee Sim Jae-seo (Yes, White Dog, the voice phishing guy)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189043

[Independent Trainee Sim Jae-seo｜Today’s special is a voice full of coffee aroma~ #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

4th Place: ND Lee Chan-seo (Yes, the guy with the fierce eyes from Class A in ‘Mueopda’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189064

[ND Lee Chan-seo｜A special super self-introduction with a powerful self-composed rap #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

3rd Place: K-star Yeo Hyun-tae (Yes, the sculpture guy from ‘Mueopda’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189044

[K-star Yeo Hyun-tae｜I am the one who will become king! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

2nd Place: K-star Seo Jun-jae (Yes, the center from ‘Mueopda’)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189042

[K-star Seo Jun-jae｜Face genius? NO! Dance genius! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

1st Place: True Music Yoon Ji-heon (Yes, the BURST member)

http://tv.navum.com/23046189049

[True Music Yoon Ji-heon｜I will soar once again! #PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol2_1Min_SelfIntro]

If there’s a problem… that can’t be right…?

[Comments]

Damn, this is K-pop hope

—Please, whoever put Yeo Hyun-tae in that dragon robe, accept my bow ㅠㅠ

↳ *22* Seriously, you must be an artist;

—Hyun-tae doesn’t have a nation yet..?

↳ *22* Give him the Republic of Korea right now, I’m a citizen of Yeo Hyun-tae-nation from today

↳ *33* Let’s give him K-pop too, he’s the damn king of K-pop

Lee Chan-seo is insane

↳ Fr, he’s so good it gave me goosebumps;;

I thought he went to A class because of his center face, but turns out he just dances crazy well

↳ With a face like that, shouldn’t he, like, not be able to dance out of conscience?

↳ No conscience in that face, but power main dancer skills;

Please watch Sim Jae-seo, watch 00:36, his tone is crazy ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ *22* He’s really good ㅠㅠ

↳ Sorry, I turned it off at the first 15 seconds because it was cringe ㅠㅠ

↳↳ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You too?

Now I see why Seo Jun-jae is the center

↳ With a face that good-looking and dance that good, how could he not be the center???

↳ ㅇㅇ His image fits perfectly too. The center candidates were probably Seo Jun-jae and Yeo Hyun-tae, but Jun-jae suits the ‘Nawana’ song better, so they gave him the center

About how the K-stars, who were my visual picks until yesterday, became my main dancer picks overnight~

Sim Jae-seo video points 1. AI-like speech pattern 2. The non-stop spinning grinder 3. What the hell did he write on the board?

↳ 🤖: Welcome to Cafe Sim Jae-seo. Today’s special is my warm voice.

↳ Please stop the grinder noise so I can hear your voice ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳↳ The scent of that (grrrr) day (grrrrrr) lingers on (grrrrrrrrrrrrch)

↳ The writing looks like it says “Cafe Sim Jae-seo,” but no matter how I look at it, it doesn’t look like that, that’s the trap ㅋㅋㅠㅠ

Chae Han-ul did it so naturally ㅋㅋ

↳ Right, among the ones who filled time with talking, he’s the only one who did it well without being cringey, just cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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[x00331 Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2 Episode 1 Live Commentary Thread]

[x00331 This is the PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol Season 2 Episode 1 live commentary thread – Broadcast starts at 10:10]

[Comments]

Broadcast is at 9:10, right? They’re replaying ep1?

↳ It changed to 10:10

↳↳ Oh really?? Thanks, thanks

When does it start ㅠㅠ

Anyone who hasn’t voted for today, go vote

https://kmbs.com/mydolplzseason2/vote/

↳ Ah! Almost forgot. Thanks for the link!!

I’m about to vote now.

My fixed picks are Yeo Hyun-tae, Seo Jun-jae, Sim Jae-seo, Yoon Ji-heon, Lee Chan-seo.

I have four spots left, recommend anyone for me.

↳ (Mueopda_Nawana_Hanul.gif) Chae Han-ul!!! Please!!!

↳ (Hwang Sung-min.jpg) Teacher Hwang Sung-min, please give him one vote ㅠㅠ

↳ Please vote for Park Seo-hu, confident main vocal pick

↳↳ *22* Watching without a one-pick, seconding Park Seo-hu

↳ (Around the Clock_Na Yoon-jae.gif) Na Yoon-jae!!!!!

↳ (JUKE_Lee Kwon.jpg) Why not Lee Kwon?

↳ (PleaseTakeCareOfMyIdol_PleasePrettyPlease_Coz.jpg) Please give one vote each to Coz’s Nam Jin-wook and Bae Jae-hyung ㅠㅠㅠ

↳ OP here, voting for the four from the comments above

↳↳ Thanks ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Ji-heon, I’ll definitely debut you

↳ *22* Debut Yoon Ji-heon no matter what

‘Please Take My Ad’ or whatever, why are there so many ads?

↳ Looks like they attached all the ads that will air on KM this year here ㄷㄷ

Ahh it’s starting ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

My one-pick is Son Chae-i

↳ *222* Watching just to see Son Chae-i ㅠㅠ

↳ *33* Her beauty is crazy ㄷㄷ

↳ *44* Our unnie is so cool!!

Guys, don’t cry ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

KMBS treating idols like crap, it’s hilarious seeing them do this (not hilarious)

…

Wow, seeing those stairs again, not nostalgic at all

Stress is already building

The agency logos are up!!

Third Korea???

Rohan from that agency is a visual genius!!

What, are they all Chinese?

↳ No, two Koreans, two Chinese, one Taiwanese-Canadian

Hmm, don’t they speak Korean too poorly?

↳ *22* Even among trainees, communication doesn’t seem possible, what is this?

(Screenshot.jpg) Third Korea’s CEO posted about the Northeast Project on his feed

↳ F*ck Save Ian Doun ㅠㅠ

↳ Crazy, Rohan ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ Why are Hanbok and Kimchi theirs?

↳↳ Chinese minorities also. Wear Hanbok. Eat Kimchi.

↳↳↳ The hell are you saying

↳↳↳ Nope, Hanbok, Kimchi, Huoguo, Malatang, all Korean ~~

DY means Chae Han-ul?

Hanul is out!

Why is Hanul so big??

↳ Hanul’s height is 183 ㅋㅋ

…

Oh, JUKE! ㅋㅋ

JUKE already debuted, why are they here?

↳ Yoon Ji-heon is here too, so what’s the problem

↳↳ It’s different from Yoon Ji-heon’s case. BURST disbanded, but JUKE is still an active team.

↳↳↳ But Yoon Ji-heon has higher recognition.

↳↳↳↳ What does recognition matter? This is a survival show to pick idols. Why compare kids who were active as idols until a few months ago with a kid whose group disbanded years ago due to a member’s scandal and couldn’t promote?

What, when did JUKE disband?

↳ Not disbanded

↳↳ Ah, then why are they here ㅋㅋ;;

But are they even from the same group? Why aren’t they saying a word to each other..

↳ It’s well-known that Lee Kwon and the other members aren’t close.

↳↳ What are you talking about? JUKE members are all close;

↳↳↳ Hey, I’m a former JU-bit, let’s be real. Isn’t it a known fact that Park Kang-hoon, Oh Jung-min, and Lee Kwon aren’t close? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

↳↳↳↳ PDF for rumor distribution

↳↳↳↳↳ Go ahead and sue ㅋㅋ DWK, as if they could sue well ㅋㅋ

He’s an independent trainee!! Jae-seo??

White Dog ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Sim Jae-seo, for the sake of my eye comfort, you MUST debut!

Why do they call Sim Jae-seo ‘White Dog’?

↳ In ‘Mueopda’, during the ‘Nawana’ stage at 1:09, there was a one-shot of him. 1:09 -> 109 (Korean wordplay for ‘one-zero-nine’ sounds like ‘white dog’) -> became White Dog.

↳↳ Wow, cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Jae-seo kinda has the face that would suit ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’. Hope he acts later too.

↳ Did you not see Jae-seo’s self-intro video?

↳↳ 🤖: Welcome to Cafe Sim Jae-seo. Today’s special is my warm voice.

↳ Jae-seo, just stay on the idol path ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

(White Ferret.jpg) White Dog resembles this. White, long, and cute.

↳ Crazy, so cute ㅠㅠ

↳ (Arctic Fox.jpg) There are fans who push that he looks like an arctic fox too.

↳↳ He does resemble it ㅠㅠ

↳ Now that I see, it seems like they bring out all the white and pretty ones ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Cheese? Why are there so many unheard-of companies?

It pisses me off so much how these small agencies just recruit trainees mindlessly, throw them into one survival show, and then tell them to ‘grow on your own and come back’.

Oh, Jae-seo and Han-ul are being friendly!!

The company told him not to speak informally to the hyungs, lol ㅋㅋ

↳ Our Han-ul is such a baby ㅠㅠ

…

K-stars!!!

It’s Hyun-tae and Jun-jae!!

Seriously, are those visuals real and not computer graphics?

↳ Visual 0-tier + Top 3 in Class A + Main dancer-level dance skills, and there’s two of them, it’s too unbelievable;

According to a fan account from Son Chae-i’s fan, Jun-jae is like a Western prince, Hyun-tae is like an Eastern crown prince. That expression fits perfectly.

↳ Oh for real,, I’d die to see Hyun-tae and Jun-jae in prince and crown prince clothing,,

Hyunjae’s cold + hot visual combination is absolutely insane.

Wow Yoon Ji-heon is out!!!!

They’re giving us Yoon Ji-heon right after K-stars? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The dopamine hit is crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Holy sh*t Yoon Ji-heon mentions BURST

↳ Wow, I think that’s the first time he’s mentioned it directly;

I’ve only heard about BURST, but with 2 school violence and 1 DUI, save Yoon Ji-heon ㅠㅠ

Who’s in True Music?

↳ Laila!

Ugh, I think a trainee from Yoon Ji-heon’s former agency ND is here too, it’s uncomfortable even for me ㅠㅠ

↳ Wow who is it???

↳↳ Lee Chan-seo

…

📢 The agency evaluations are starting! TUU’s Kim Seung-kyu and Lee Chan-kyu

Aigo, looks like they’re nervous ㅠㅠ

Seems like the talent this season isn’t that great.

This is too serious, isn’t it? ㅋㅋ

Ah, save my ears and eyes..

Wow, it’s Yoon Ji-heon!!!!

Yoon Ji-heon appears 📢 WHYYYYYYYYY 📢

The comments were quiet, but as soon as it’s Yoon Ji-heon’s turn, everyone comes running out ㅋㅋ

What??? Yoon Ji-heon is singing an A.C.E song???

↳ ㅇㅇ Choosing ‘Saga’, the guts are crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Wow, he’s so good

Crazy, he’s flying??

I’ve never heard this song live before ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

↳ Even A.C.E doesn’t sing it live, but Yoon Ji-heon does ㅋㅋ

↳↳ Doesn’t sing (X) Can’t sing (O)

Is this really a guy who hasn’t promoted for years? ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Yoon Ji-heon gets A!

↳ Expected result, but so good ㅠㅠ

Wow, ND comes right after Yoon Ji-heon? The PD is so cruel ㅋㅋ

Is the PD an ND anti?

↳ Did you not see Lee Chan-seo’s 1-minute self-intro? This kid is crazy good.

Wow, self-composed rap? He’s so good ㄷㄷ

Woah, Lee Chan-seo is the future of Korean hip-hop.

ND did wrong, Chan-seo is innocent ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

…

It’s Jae-seo!!

📢SimJaeSeoAppearsWHYYYYSimJaeSeoAppears📢

Anyone know what grade Jae-seo got in ‘Mueopda’?

↳ B?

Judging by his self-intro, his tone is really good.

Wow, his voice is insane;

Nasal + husky tone is so damn sexy ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

What, random rap? ㅋㅋ

No ㅠㅠ Don’t rap ㅠㅠ

Why did he rap..

Wow, he has no trainee experience at all?

↳ Apparently only went to an academy for two months. Crazy ㅋㅋ

Since he goes to Korea University, he probably just studied until high school.

↳ ??? That Korea University???

↳↳ ㅇㅇ That Korea University, multiple sightings.

Sim Jae-seo gets C!!

Ah, it’s a bit disappointing ㅠㅠ

Wow, what’s with the attitude? Is he arguing?

No, he deserved C, so why is he like that ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ In the teaser too, talking about voice phishing, Jae-seo seems a bit lacking in confidence ㅜㅜ

Son Chae-i is pissed?

↳ No no, that’s real advice.

↳↳ *22* Son Chae-i says what she needs to say and really likes bold(?) juniors ㅋㅋ

…

This is so much fun ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

What, K-stars are being pushed to next week? ㅠㅠ

Wow, where do you cut it off at K-stars? ㅜㅜ

Super fun!!

***

The morning of the second day of the second training camp dawned.

They had checked in late last evening and filmed a scene where everyone watched the first episode of Please Take Care of My Idol together, so the real recording started today.

After setting his schedule for Please Take Care of My Idol on his phone and having breakfast, Sim Jae-seo headed to the auditorium, where staff were already busily preparing for the shoot.

Once all the participants who had finished eating gathered and the large digital clock installed on the auditorium wall struck 9, dozens of cameras, as if they had been waiting, flickered to life and began recording.

“Everyone, long time no see! Have you been well?”

Son Chae-i walked out from one side of the auditorium, smiling.

Despite the early hour, there wasn’t a trace of fatigue on her bright and cheerful face.

Jae-seo figured that must be the professional celebrity demeanor he’d read about online.

“Did you enjoy the first broadcast?”

“Yes!”

“Um, now I have to tell you something very important…. As was mentioned at the end of yesterday’s broadcast, voting started two days ago.

That means the survival aspect has truly begun.”

As a heavy tension settled, making the surroundings quiet, Son Chae-i’s gaze also turned serious.

“From today, you will be preparing for your first challenge mission.

In eight days, you will perform on stage in front of a total of one thousand audience members.

Then, during the ranking announcement ceremony afterwards, out of the ninety-nine trainees, a total of thirty-nine will be eliminated from Please Take Care of My Idol Season 2.”

At the mention of elimination, the atmosphere sank even more heavily.
Seeing the participants’ faces darken, Son Chae-i, feeling uncomfortable herself, lowered her microphone and caught her breath for a moment.

“Alright, then!

We need to work hard to prepare for the first challenge, right?”

To shift the mood, Son Chae-i clapped her hands together and raised her voice a notch.

The participants seemed to snap out of it and lifted their heads.

“Then, I will now reveal the most important first challenge mission!”