September 26, Monday / Pre-Recorded Comeback Showcase Shooting (The Show SBS)/ SBS Broadcasting Center
The members kept greeting every person that comes in their way as soon as they got out of the van. Once they went inside the tower, they were escorted to their dressing room.
"Do you guys still feel nervous?" Iseul asked all the members after they got in the dressing room.
"I kinda get used to it. Every time I see myself inside the dressing room, I knew something like this will gonna happen." Ji-Hun explained without any pressure.
"Shush. I know you feel nervous. You even said the exact same thing to me earlier this morning." Minsu said, chuckling at Ji-Hun as he sat on the couch available in the room.
"No need to pretend, Ji-Hun. We all are nervous." Hyun-Jung said before a few minutes, got called by the staff to get started preparing the members for their performance.
After a few hours of preparing, the members were escorted backstage. They wore the school uniform that their company made. They took a glance at the stage which was surprisingly decorated with space-themed stage props which made them more nervous since this is their first time having stage props for their comeback stage.
"Those stage props looked amazing..." Minsu expressed as his eyes widen.
"I'm gonna touch it as soon as we're done filming," Ji-Hun said as he chuckled, looking at the stage props, and wondering how the staff made it.
"You really want us to get scolded, don't you?" Hyun-Jung looked at Ji-Hun with a straight-looking face before he smirked.
"It doesn't hurt if we try, rig-"
"M41, Go to the stage, please." One staff said that can be heard on the stage and on the members' In-ear monitors.
"Fighting," Iseul said before they went to the stage, looking at the stage props, and finally, the audience cheered on M41 as soon as they got out backstage.
"Ahh!" Minsu said, his eyes widening as soon as he saw the fans who came for their comeback stage.
"It's good to see you, guys!" Iseul said, amazed by the fact that they can hear their fans cheering for them.
"Did you guys already eat a meal? Make sure to don't starve yourselves." Minsu asked before the fans shouted their responses. Some said yes and some said no.
"Why no? You should've eaten a meal first before you went here!" Hyun-Jung said.
"We don't have time for that!"
"Well, we should have an agreement then. No one will go to our comeback stage if you haven't eaten a single meal." Iseul said before the members and the fans chuckled. The two parties were happily interacting with each other before the staff commanded M41 to get ready.
"Camera Rehearsal, Group: M41, Song: Our Universe, Intro in 3... 2... 1..." The Members were ready while the stage lights turned off. Once their song started playing, Their fans started to cheer for them.
"CHOI ISEUL!, JUNG JI-HUN!, KANG HYUN-JUNG!, YOO MINSU!, M-4-1!"
The members were happily rehearsing for their pre-recorded comeback stage later. They have to rehearse for them to get used to the setup and for the staff to know where should they point the camera. After their performance, the fans screamed and cheered for M41 as the camera was pointed at Minsu who the members agreed to be the ending fairy for today's comeback stage.
September 26, Monday / Youtube Channel Guesting / Van
The members went inside the van after the fans waiting for them outside the tower. They waved at their fans as they were hurriedly escorted by Luminous Music staff to get to their van since they have 1 more scheduled to go to.
After Minsu waved at their fans, he closed his window and looked at the members. "We really have to think of what should we call our fans." He said.
"We still haven't decided about that. It's too hard to decide." Iseul said before the van started moving, going to their next schedule.
September 27, Tuesday / Show Champion Pre-Recorded Comeback Stage Shooting / Bitmaru Broadcasting Center
"Here we go again..." Ji-Hun said, resting his whole body on the couch as they wait for their staff to finish preparing the equipment needed to prepare the members for their performance later.
"So who's gonna be our ending fairy for today?" Iseul asked all the members before they all shared their looks. "Maybe we can go for Ji-Hun?" Hyun-Jung suggested.
"Why me? We can go for Iseul?" Ji-Hun said as he didn't want to be the ending fairy because he always got pressured by being the ending fairy.
"Don't be pressured! That's not the Ji-Hun we knew." Hyun-Jung said as he chuckled. After a few hours of them preparing for their comeback stage, they were now escorted backstage, wearing the all-white clothes they wore in the Music Video Shooting. They took a peak at the stage, it already had space-themed stage props with a spaceship on the side.
"The props are getting better and better," Minsu said as he was amazed by the stage props.
"And we can see our fans from here," Ji-Hun said, pulling himself close to Minsu as they looked at the scene.
"If we get caught, super close to each other, we m-"
"M41, Please go to the stage." The staff said before Minsu and Ji-Hun moved away from each other as all the members went onto the stage. As usual, the fans cheered for them as soon as they saw M41.
"How's our agreement? Did you all eat a meal before going here?" Iseul said, not giving their fans a chance to cheer for them longer. A lot of fans said yes but after they got quiet, one fan said no and all of the people, including the staff laughed at the response.
"You have to get out of here. Eat something, then you can go back here and cheer for us." Iseul said while he was laughing.
"OKAY!" That one fan said, pretending to leave the crowd as the members tried to stop him. After a few minutes of trying to communicate with their fans, the staff gave them the signal to position themselves for their comeback stage. Since it's just rehearsal, they still did great. And after the performance, Ji-Hun did the ending fairy this time. smiling and winking at the camera as soon as it points to him. The members move out of the frame to let Ji-Hun solo the scene.
September 27, Tuesday / The Show Schedule / SBS Broadcasting Center
"We just have to be there, right? I mean, we are not in the top 3," Hyun-Jung said after they were dressed like the ones they wore yesterday.
"It's our first time we got to be on this segment of the music show. We haven't done this when we debuted, right?" Iseul said, walking out of the dressing room after being escorted out since they had to go to the stage immediately.
"Yeah. I wish we get to be on there soon." Minsu sighed before the members went to the stage. There are a lot of idols there already, waiting for the segment to start. The MC and the two groups were already in the front. M41 Was placed on the side of the crowd. After a few minutes, the segment was already live.
"I wonder who's gonna win for this week," Ji-Hun said, who went close to Minsu so he hears him.
"I bet it's that group on the left," Minsu said, betting on the group on the left while the MC introduced both groups who are the nominees for this week.
"Okay, I'll bet on the right one, I guess," Ji-Hun said and after a few seconds, the winner we're already announced.
"Told you it's that group," Minsu said before chuckling. The members and even the other groups who were at the back applauded. Hyun-Jung tried to pick up confetti just for fun.
September 28, Wednesday / Weekly Idol Guesting Shooting / Bitmaru Broadcasting Center
After they were finished filming the Show Champion's last segment, They immediately went to their dressing room and wore a casual outfits for them to film their first episode in Weekly Idol as a guest.
"I thought we won't have the chance for us to be a guest in this variety show. It's a dream come true." Minsu said, getting a teary eye as Ji-Hun giggled at Minsu.
"Aww~ Minsu's getting emotional," Ji-Hun said before the staff helped him place his nametag on his left chest.
"Last time, we were handed a paper to answer some questions. Maybe it is related to what we will do now?" Iseul said, remembering that their manager gave a piece of paper for the members to answer the questions written on the paper.
"Yeah! I know that idols do this for the host to get to know more about the guests? Or it is somehow related to the segments we'll do on the show?" Minsu said and once they were all prepared, they were escorted out of the dressing room and went to the set where they film the weekly idol guesting.
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"Welcome to, Weekly Idol!" Both the MCs started the filming before they introduced themselves.
"What a lovely day to look at the galaxy." MC 1 started a conversation.
"I know right, It has been years since I looked up in the sky in the middle of the night. Or even go to a space museum." MC 2 answered.
"I have been into a space museum and it was great. I had a lot of fun looking at the stars." MC 1 said, telling the other MC about the experience he had when he went to a space museum.
"Anyways, this week's guest surely has something related to space."
"We actually thought that it has something to do with Tanks? since there's a name of a tank and even a gun with this group's name on it."
"But no, they are actually related to space and this group even debuted with a space-themed!"
"Let's give it up to, Iseul, Hyun-Jung, Ji-Hun, and Minsu, also known as The M41!" Once the group's names were called, the group finally went on the white background set and they waved at the camera while they were walking close to the MCs.
"1...2...3"
"Hello! We are M41!" The members introduced the group after Iseul counted.
"It's your first time, as a group, to be a guest here, right? How does it feel to finally be here."
"We are very happy to be here," Ji-Hun said and it sounded so scripted which made the MC and members laugh.
"You sounded like you were forced to be here."
"No! I mean, I really am happy to be here." Ji-Hun said, clearing things up with the host as they were laughing at Ji-Hun.
"We are actually excited since it's our first time here. We are also excited for the games." Minsu expressed.
"Ohh... We actually thought that you were forced to be here and tell us that you are happy to be here."
"No! We are very happy to be here" Iseul said, saying that line again as the MC thought that they were really forced to be here. The members and even the MC laughed at it.
"Our theory about M41 being dragged here and to say they're happy to be here, I think it's true." The MC said before moving on to the next segment.
"So, what is your comeback song? Can you tell us more about the song?"
"Yeah, so our comeback song, Our Universe is a song about how loving each other will create your own universe," Iseul explained while looking at the MC.
"It's like when we both love each other, we can create our own universe?" The MC asked.
"Yes. Hyun-Jung also participated in writing the lyrics so..."
"Ohhh! Well how's the experience and how did you feel about it?" The MC asked Hyun-Jung after they knew the information Ji-Hun said.
"It was weird, at some point. But I'm very proud that the chorus and killing part I did was chosen to be in the final product." Hyun-Jung expressed.
"What's the Killing Part?"
"You and me, in our universe~" The members sang as they were in sync and melodic.
"That's a cute lyric!" The MC expressed as the other agreed.
"Anyways, let's hear M41's first comeback, Our Universe!" The other MC said before the cameras turned off-air. The staff gave them a few minutes to prepare M41 since they have to perform "Our Universe" on the show. they did a few retakes like solo shots, close-up shots, and steady wide shots.
They took a 30-minute break before going back to the set as the cameras turned on for recording once again.
"That was great, M41. The part where Hyun-Jung made is very catchy." The MC said as he also sang the part where he find it catchy.
"So our first segment is 2x Speed Dance!"
"Oh no, I don't like this one!" Minsu said as the cameras pointed at him.
"Why?"
"Well, a lot of groups did well but our song was quite fast so how can we do it?" Minsu expressed.
"We actually haven't done this before. Even in our free time. I sometimes want for us to practice our dance with 2x Speed but I haven't gotten the chance to tell them since we're so busy." Iseul said.
"I guess this will be your first time trying this challenge?" The MC said before all of the members agreed.
"Well, you just have to dance your first comeback song 'Our Universe' but in 2x Speed. Are you ready?" The MC said.
"Not really..." Minsu said, pretending to be scared about what will be the outcome of this challenge.
"Music, Cue!" As the staff played their song in 2x Speed, the members quickly tried their best to be on the beat, They were laughing, bumping into each other and even Iseul fell on the floor accidentally which Hyun-Jung help their leader to get up as the other two were keeping up.
"Go M41!" The MC said while the members are really trying, screaming, and even running out of breath from doing the challenge. After the challenge, the members all fell on the floor as they were tired, trying to catch some breath.
"THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S 2X!" Hyun-Jung said while panting as the MC started giving them a bottle of water.
"Is that 2x Speed? It felt like a hundred times speed or higher." Minsu said, looking at the staff.
"That was amazing. And Iseul fell on the floor earlier. Are you okay?" The MC said while laughing at how the members were exhausted. Iseul gave the MC a thumbs up while drinking some water. The staff gave them a few minutes to rest after the segment they did earlier. Once they were all settled, the staff gave M41 and the MCs a chair for them to sit on the set. They started to record after a few minutes.
The variety show continues with the MC getting to know each member of M41 by what they wrote on the paper last time. Like how Hyun-Jung openly admitted that he was not straight, How Iseul was almost a part of Produce 101, and How Ji-Hun and Minsu get along well that fans are shipping them.
The show ended with a game for the members and they certainly had a lot of fun playing the game. After the game, they explained once again their comeback album and that officially ends the show by the members and MC waved goodbye to the camera.
To be continued in Chapter 34 Part 3!