Idol of the Heavenly One - Chapter 75.1
Lately, feeling like time was moving faster, Flame unexpectedly became a public favorite.
Was it because Baek Jae-heon was handsome? Or because I had blonde hair? None of that.
It was the efforts of “the orange-haired guy,” Lee Soonbok. Soonbok had a lot he wanted to say but stuttered, so he wasn’t the type to speak much on broadcasts. At first, fans thought he was the quiet type, but they were surprised after seeing him speak fluently. Conversely, Go Hee-min, although naturally quiet, became known for his sharp and witty remarks, so he seemed more talkative on broadcasts.
Anyway, since Soonbok didn’t speak much, he often showed fans dance Reels. He danced well and had beautiful dance lines, so he made a lot of Reels. One such Reel for Flame, made casually on his own, became a massive hit.
Among fans, reactions like “pretty” and “cool” were natural, but honestly, Soonbok wasn’t a popular member within YEARZ, so it seemed unlikely he could become widely known. Yet, here we were.
In the era of YouTube, a mega mukbang creator with 7 million subscribers gave a shoutout to Soonbok’s Reel, making Flame a public favorite.
[I swear I watched this Reel over 200 times. Especially, the orange hair is exactly my type, and it’s just so cool.]
If he had been a talkative YouTuber obsessed with idols, the public might have ignored it. But he was known for his handsome looks, always sitting silently, showing enormous portions in one meal, gaining popularity as a “mysterious” figure. When he suddenly revealed Soonbok’s Reel and confessed he had watched it over 200 times, the public naturally sought out the video.
Moreover, when the company, skilled at orchestrating collaboration, released a Reel of the two dancing together, Flame instantly spread as a challenge and gained explosive popularity.
It made me realize again how powerful YouTube could be. Even when Baek Jae-heon and I had handled the Arena Station incident, it personally helped expose our faces. But the song itself had never become a public favorite to this degree. It was remarkable.
Yet something felt strange. In my previous life, I knew YEARZ, but Flame wasn’t famous. Regardless of what Lee Ji-eun had told me, YEARZ would release songs that even my age group would know, but those songs were meant for next year. So suddenly, Flame becoming a massive hit felt odd.
Or was my perception different now due to my age? Had Flame already been huge back then, but I had just missed it in my previous life? The exact answer could be found by asking.
“Was Flame always this big? I think I missed it.”
In the waiting room before the final music show, I quietly asked Baek Jae-heon while sitting alone in a corner. He should know since he had experienced it twice.
“No, it’s the first time. The reaction for Flame is this good.”
As expected, Baek Jae-heon’s answer confirmed it. No matter my lack of interest in idols in my previous life, I couldn’t have missed Flame’s current success. YouTube and SNS were flooded with Flame Shorts.
But how could the present be different from before? Was there something changed in the song?
“The song and MV are the same. The difference now is that Soonbok has orange hair?”
“Huh?”
“Originally, Soonbok should have had blonde hair during this promotion, but since you took the blonde, Soonbok switched to orange.”
Just a change in hair style could alter the fate of the song this much? Before thinking, “No way. Something else must have changed!” I recalled what the YouTuber had said:
‘Especially this orange hair is exactly my type.’
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