Peninsula: My mentor Kim Tae-yeon

Kim Tae-yeon looked into Su Xia's eyes and saw only sincerity in them.

"Really?" Kim Tae-yeon couldn't help but smile. "Then I'll look forward to it."

With Kim Tae-yeon's agreement, Su Xia revealed a triumphant smile.

"How is it? Are you touched?"

The fleeting feeling of emotion that had just arisen in Kim Tae-yeon's heart vanished instantly.

"Hehe, not at all." Kim Tae-yeon had a "I saw right through you" look on her face. "You're suddenly saying something like that, you're definitely up to something. Why would I fall for it?"

"What a pity." Su Xia rubbed her face and pointed at the screen. "Let's see the finished product."

"Um."

Kim Tae-yeon glanced at Su Xia, who happened to look over as well. The two glared at each other, then tacitly looked away, choosing to ignore their previous conversation and begin watching the finished product.

Three minutes passed quickly.

"Perfectly OK." Kim Tae-yeon nodded in satisfaction. "We can release it now."

"Okay." Su Xia sent a message to Su Li.

A moment later, Su Li's message arrived.

Collaborative creation, release.

……

Li Yuan's account performance was not ideal.

As a marketing blogger specializing in K-pop, she discovered a very serious problem.

No topics to discuss!

Some marketing accounts fabricate all sorts of rumors to gain attention and make money through unethical means. She's not that wicked; this path won't work.

Some marketing accounts are as astute as eagles, seizing potential trending topics in advance and reporting them ahead of time, thus gaining first-hand popularity and instant fame. She doesn't have that skill, and that path won't work.

Some marketing accounts can get in touch with the celebrities themselves, obtaining exclusive news through their connections, thus gaining online fame and generating buzz. She doesn't have these connections, so this route is also blocked.

She, a person with no background, no connections, and no job, managed to break into the industry with her passion for K-pop, and that breakthrough lasted for two years.

Over the course of two years, she posted nearly 400 videos on Yinfu and Bilibili, maintaining a high-intensity update schedule of once every two days. However, the response she received was mediocre. Currently, her number of followers on Yinfu has barely exceeded 3,000, and on Bilibili it is slightly better, but only just over 5,000.

This number of followers isn't small, but for an account trying to make a living from this, it's undoubtedly a recipe for starvation.

Li Yuan is almost twenty-seven years old, and her family keeps urging her to go home, find a stable job, and then find a partner who is compatible with her and can spend the rest of her life with her.

Li Yuan didn't want things to be this way, but her enthusiasm was gradually worn away over the past two years.

Reality dealt her a heavy blow; enthusiasm alone cannot put food on the table.

Hobbies don't make money.

In today's society, you only have the right to talk about passion if you can survive.

Li Yuan looked at the now-black phone screen and the few message notifications in the background, then at her reflection projected onto the screen, and sighed softly.

People learn to accept their ordinariness through repeated failures.

Perhaps, her journey should end here.

Ding dong.

The notification sound pulled Li Yuan's attention back from her reverie.

"The blogger you follow, kpop dance world studio, has updated their video."

Li Yuan clicked on the notification blankly. This blogger was one of her favorite dance cover bloggers. It was a dance studio located in Xuzhou, where the dancers were all highly skilled, and the breakdown of dance moves was also very good, with a high degree of accuracy in recreating the original moves.

As a long-time K-pop enthusiast who has loved K-pop for over a decade, this studio is truly a treasure trove of bloggers.

But when Li Yuan clicked on the video, her blank expression changed slightly.

So handsome!

Li Yuan subconsciously paused the video and carefully looked at the close-up shot.

Whether male or female, people will unconsciously take a second look when they see someone of the opposite sex who is good-looking; this is a biological attraction.

As a long-time fan, Li Yuan is certain that this dancer was not among the previous K-pop dancers.

Click to play.

As soon as the background music for "Why" started playing, Li Yuan immediately recognized the song.

"Why" is a summer song by Kim Tae-yeon. It wasn't well-received by the market when it was first released, but it has always been a song that Lee Won personally loves very much. She knows both the stage performance and the song by heart.

That's why, as the close-up shot gradually zoomed out, revealing the upper body of the handsome guy in the center, and the moment she saw his right index finger seemingly casually resting on his chin, she immediately realized that this was a male version of the dance version of "Why"!

An interested look immediately appeared in Li Yuan's eyes.

Cross-dressing covers are not uncommon, but due to the differences in temperament between men and women, it's safe to say that no one can truly capture the essence of the character.

When male artists cover female artists' dance tracks, they are either too masculine or too feminine. Very few can grasp the appropriate balance for a female artist, since the person covering the track is not actually a woman.

But now, in just this one shot, Li Yuan actually saw Taeyeon's shadow in this handsome guy?

No, that's not entirely accurate. To be more precise, it should be said that...

Taeyeon in 2015!

"Oh wow~"

The moment Kim Tae-yeon's identical singing voice rang out, Li Yuan's skin broke out in goosebumps uncontrollably, and her eyes almost shot into the screen.

Original soundtrack!

It's not Taeyeon's original voice, it's this handsome guy's original voice!

Should we replace it with AI?

How can they look so alike!

The video continued, and while the timbre wasn't particularly outstanding, the singing style and vocal comfort zone almost overlapped with Kim Tae-yeon's, making it difficult for Li Yuan to distinguish whether it was AI or his own voice.

She was more inclined to believe it was an AI replacement; there was no way around it, it was just too similar, and reason told her that AI was more likely.

But the singing isn't the point; the key thing is...

The dance moves, the sensory experience, the aura, and even the typhoon itself are like a copy-paste of Kim Tae-yeon!

Is that correct?

What shocked Li Yuan the most was his attention to detail.

As a fan of Kim Tae-yeon for over ten years, and having also studied dance myself, I've analyzed and dissected Kim Tae-yeon's dances more than once.

Kim Tae-yeon's dancing skills weren't among the top in Girls' Generation, but her stage presence was consistently in the top 3. The reason for this is that she always has some unique little touches on every stage.

Although such body language is not very large, it can make one stand out on a stage with many people.

There aren't many artists like this, but they're not unique either; there's one in a currently active group as well.

Kim Chae-won, the leader of LESSERAFIM.

Just as there is a "singing intelligence" in singing, there is also a "dance intelligence" in dancing.

This is the kind of dance intelligence that is extremely attractive to the audience!

What a gem of a boy!

Li Yuan's eyes lit up.

A newcomer has arrived in the cover art world, and his dance moves are like a carbon copy of Kim Tae-yeon!