[Showbiz] I Switched to Being an Idol and Became a Top-Tier Star

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Blurb:

In the eyes of the people of Korea, everything in the entertainment industry is second-rate, except acting.

So when Kim Eunsi, the leading young actress of Chungmuro, suddenly announced she was quitting the film industry and acting to become an idol, Koreans were so shocked they were left speechless.

Kim Eunsi, whom netizens said must have lost her mind, watched expressionlessly as her name and related topics dominated the trending charts.

The media called her a crazy award-winning actress;

Netizens said she must have been possessed by aliens to give up a movie career at the very top of the industry and become a lowly idol instead. Others gossiped about whether she'd run into a casting couch. Only a small number of people supported her and cared about her.

Becoming an idol had once been Kim Eunsi's dream, but later she was pressured and threatened into becoming an actress.

Now that she had finally gained her freedom, she was going to take that path, even if it was lined with thorns.

What she never expected was that as she carried on being an idol, she would become a top-tier star.

The people who had once said Kim Eunsi was throwing away her future by quitting acting to become an idol now looked up at the woman standing atop the mountain and gazing down at them, a top-tier star. Their faces burned with shame.

Kim Eunsi: Idols were never second-rate. They're the best of the best.

A hint of a reverse harem, with a cool, elegant fourth-generation girl group visual whose fragile beauty is turned up to the max.

The fifth member of Blackpink. The other members don't get many scenes, and there's no earth-shaking sisterly bond. A mountain of original details.

The heroine isn't perfectly kind, isn't a lovesick fool, and doesn't compete with other women. She's focused on her career and works hard to make money.

No betting on love interests. The male lead is Kim Mingyu.

Blurb screenshotted on 2022.9.1. Revised on 11.14.

Reader's guide:

No writing skill or literary talent here. I wrote this by rolling my face across the keyboard.

The heroine isn't based on a real person, so don't make that connection.

Everyone is OOC. These are fictional characters, so don't conflate them with real people. The names are homophones.

The timeline isn't researched. Irreverent forum posts are everywhere, so don't take them too seriously.

Theme: Dreams have no hierarchy.