On the late night of Sunday, September 24th, after the second day of Seven’s domestic concert wrapped up.
Home Mama returned home and flopped onto the bed still in her clothes.
“Ha-ah… I’m so tired…”
Home Mama felt a strange realization hit her.
She couldn’t adapt to the rapidly changing mood inside and out.
The roar of the massive speakers.
The cheers of nearly ten thousand fans.
The resonating voices of the members.
From an expansive space filled with dopamine to a solitary place surrounded by walls, the internal dissonance was absolutely overwhelming.
In fact, one of the situations often cited as the moment fans start trailing off is right after the concert.
Especially since Home Mama poured as much effort into all the concerts over those two days as the members did, she felt an above-average level of fatigue.
‘But the kids are probably feeling the same way… I have to stay strong…’
Still, there was absolutely no regret.
Home Mama reached over and pulled out her camera from the shopping bag beside her.
“Wow… this turned out really well.”
The data here proved all the joy she felt.
As she flipped through her photo album, she could have taken a break, but unable to suppress her soaring feelings, she finally turned on her computer.
And she quickly uploaded this captured data from the camera, unedited.
“This face doesn’t need any editing in the first place…”
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[Seven Seoul Final Concert Do-hee Preview]
(Photo of Do-hee playing the piano) (Photo of Do-hee pouting cutely) (Photo of Do-hee cuddling with older sisters) (Photo of crying Do-hee)
Shock… The ultimate idol’s existence.
#230924 #Seven #SAVEN #Dohee #BabyBunny
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Every photo is beautiful, but if Home Mama had to pick her favorite among them.
The photo from the final concert on the second day.
Just a few hours ago, when she raised her head trying to hold back tears, but ultimately burst into sobs, looking as if she was heartbroken was the photo of Do-hee.
Her crying, looking as beautiful as a female protagonist in a movie, was enough to make even her, as a fellow woman, feel fluttery.
“This was truly insane…”
Home Mama naturally recalled a few hours ago, and her lips stretched into a wide grin.
Since it was the second day concert and the finale, the fans prepared a different event than the first day.
During a talk show game, even though it wasn’t time for the fan song yet, the fans began to sing the fan song in unison to the resumed instrumental that played.
A fan song that hadn’t even been officially released yet.
And it was a song that had just been made public for a day.
If 9,000 fans started singing such a song first, how could it not resonate with the members?
‘Especially for Do-hee and Chae-rin, who composed the song themselves, it must have been so touching.’
The result was a picture of Do-hee crying miserably.
At least for Do-hee, the good news was that the other members were also teary-eyed and crying.
– Seriously, the youngest is so cute and emotional… like a total baby ㅠㅠ
└ Ye-eun didn’t cry as much this time, lol
– That can’t be right, crying is the cutest thing! What do we do? ㅠㅠ
└ Are you a weirdo?ㅋㅋㅋ
– I thought she wouldn’t cry since she didn’t even cry when she got the rookie award.
└ Exactly! ㅠㅠ When the debut team was announced and Na-eun didn’t make it, she cried just once.
└ Just now, Seo-yoon posted on Instagram in real-time saying Do-hee cried again after meeting Na-eun post-concertㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What is this, a crybaby?
└ But according to Seo-yoon, it’s 50% lie and 50% truth, so she probably cried too but just wrote about Do-hee crying!
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ For real, what’s up with that?
– From the first concert to a gymnastics arena? I would have cried too.
– A princess doing a cute performance♡
Sadly, the one who cried the most was Do-hee, so the title of ‘Crybaby’ went to her.
“Speaking of which… should I check the community reactions?”
After reminiscing, Home Mama quickly shook off her lethargy and entered the Kpop community.
Hours had passed since the final concert, but the forum was still buzzing with keywords from the Seven concert.
[The group chant was so touching.]
[I went to the Seven concert.]
[The concert’s electronic board said ‘Sara’ ㅠㅠㅠ]
[Outfits at today’s Seven concert were the prettiest.]
[Wow, are these guys really rookies? Is this the best survival idol ever?]
[I wrote down the lyrics to ‘Starry Star’ by hand. The lyrics are so beautiful…]
Making their entrance as a girl group at the Olympic gymnastics arena was a special record achieved after two years, creating a huge buzz from the start, and the current reactions were completely expected.
As she scrolled through the community, there were discussions on everything from unit stages, self-composed fan songs, crying moments, to different solo stage arrangements from day one and day two among the members.
[Seven, ‘Gong Chae-rin’ and ‘Do-hee’ composed the fan song ‘Starry Star,’ and the members wrote the lyrics – expert reviews]
Just as she was about to check the responses to the fan song, something overwhelmingly eye-catching caught her attention.
[October 31st Sunday Olympic Gymnastics Arena for the postponed final stage of [The Bold Season 4] with an audience of ten thousand.]
[Final stage viewing tickets for [The Bold Season 4] completely sold out.]
In the female-dominated Kpop community, [The Bold Season 4] was buzzing more than double compared to Seven.
[Does this mean Seven will also go to support as participants from previous seasons?]
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[Out of nowhere, Seven’s Jeon Ha-rang bows at the airport saying, ‘You can only bow for the New Year…’ while an awkward Gong Chae-rin looks on [HD Photo]]
[Seven departs for their first overseas tour in Manila, airport departure]
[Trending group Seven, with a jam-packed schedule even during Chuseok]
Seven, no rest even during Chuseok!
Lunar August 14th.
The day before Chuseok, Thursday, September 28th.
We headed to Manila, Philippines.
“Ah, I was so looking forward to Mom coming to Busan for Chuseok!”
Seo-yoon Unni, full of excitement while pouting.
“What can we do? It’s the schedule~ Let’s just eat something delicious in the Philippines!”
That makes sense since our first overseas tour kicks off with the Manila concert in two days.
Of course, I have no time to chatter in excitement.
“What’s our youngest up to?”
Hana Unni asked while patting the other members and checking on me.
“Uh, studying Philippine literature.”
I muttered quietly, holding a book.
-Hmm… They don’t have a Luna Day for Chuseok in the Philippines. Instead… November 1st is All Saints’ Day…
I’m studying in advance for the Philippine fans.
‘Such a professional idol… so cool…’
“Looks like the bookworms are more emotional. That’s why they cry so much. Tears flowing like a river~”
…Why is that happening?
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-230930 Manila Concert Preview (Photo)
-It’s been a week since we saw Seven move in person… So hard… Please turn on the WE app…
└Excuse me, we had the Seoul concert last week.
└I don’t know anything about that.
└We even did a WE app after the concert.
└I don’t know, that feels like ages ago.
└And isn’t Jodul coming out today?
└Huh? Didn’t we just have Manila yesterday? Right away?
└Yeah, apparently we’re going right after landing.
As stated in the community, after the concert in Manila the day before, we had to return to Korea and head to the Olympic Gymnastics Arena.
Of course, we had to stop by the shop first.
Thanks to that, our already tight schedule got even tighter.
“Do-hee, what should I do for you today? I’ll do anything!”
“Then please act like a senior. Go full-on leader mode.”
“Um… Challenge accepted!”
Strangely, today the makeup took a bit longer than usual.
“This is tough… Should I go smoky…?”
“…Please just keep it light.”
After finishing styling, we moved to the gymnastics arena.
As soon as we hopped into the van, Team Leader Oh Hyun-soo handed us scripts.
“Hey, guys. Make sure to memorize this, okay?”
Normally, we’d get scripts earlier, but everything had been focused on the concert schedule, so we received it just now.
The lines are probably for filling in talk time to buy some time during the final stage.
“We have thousands of Chuseok fans here at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena. Wow, I bet the participants are nervous too. Okay, it’s short enough to memorize quickly.”
Ha-rang Unni quickly read her part from the script.
“By the way, I just realized this is also a gymnastics arena. What a coincidence.”
And then Sara Unni replied.
“Yeah, but you just figured that out now?”
“That just means I was completely focused on the concert. Crazy, right?”
“I was focused on the concert. It was crazy, insane.”
“It really does seem insane.”
“We had 3,000 fans in Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium last year…”
Anyway, Ha-rang Unni was innocently saying it was a coincidence, but from what I’ve seen of ‘Jin Tae-seop PD’ and ‘Mwave,’ there’s no way it was just a coincidence.
It must’ve been intentional.
From the very launch of [Season 4], they were using noise marketing by linking Baek-hwi and me, so it was easy to deduce.
In fact, because of that, the early viewer ratings skyrocketed, and here we are.
Moreover, the very fact that our concert is just a week apart from holding the final stage in the same dome is full of intent.
They probably decided on this right after the Seven concert schedule was set.
And the reason for it was to give off this nuance.
“Seven filled the Olympic Gymnastics Arena only after hitting a triple hit. But [Jin Tae-seop Season 4] is a mega hit among mega hits, capable of filling the Olympic Gymnastics Arena with just its final stage.”
Of course, placing male idols and female idols on the same level would make anyone interested in idols chuckle, but the general public only sees the numbers.
Then, moments later, we arrived at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena.
That place we’ve become familiar with was…
—Kyaaah!!!
—Waaah!!
It was truly packed with female fans.
“Even charging those ten thousand people for ticket prices…”
Of course, it was a special, relatively cheaper event rather than a regular concert, but the important title was that every seat was sold out.
So, while I was used to idols, I finally felt the power of male idols and understood how much their selling prices really were.
Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind.
“If I were a guy, would I have become an idol?”
Probably not.
But at this moment, I felt envious of the male idols and wished I were one.
“Even though it’s guys versus girls, isn’t it better if I’m the one…?”
Even though I fully realized that the buzz and popularity of Season 3 surpassed Season 4, I couldn’t help but feel envy towards those who already filled ten thousand seats just because they were male idols.
But sometimes, this kind of envy can become motivation.
A new ambition sparked in my mind.
“One day, not just male idols, but also Cobble and even NND will be surpassed, definitely.”
“If I’m starting, I might as well be the best.”
And at that moment, the MC’s voice majestically echoed through the speakers.
“Choose your idol! Just choose your Idol Season 4! I’m MC Jin Tae-seop, and I’ll be with you till the grand finale of this great journey! Nice to meet you!”
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