[Korean Showbiz] How I Maxed Out My Beauty Stats Because I Can't Dance

This story includes, but isn't limited to, a love triangle between Yoo-jin, Won-young, and the female lead; another between Jungkook, Taehyung, and the female lead; a 97-line love square; switching partners within the group; and exes, current boyfriends, and future boyfriends competing over her.

Male idols and female idols all love my girl.

In 2018, background character Bae A-won joined Starship as a trainee and took part in Produce 101, becoming the most ordinary flower among the many supporting cast members around Queen Won-young and Crown Prince Yoo-jin. After making it through two rounds, she burst into tears on the spot, gave up her idol dream, and left Seoul in tears to return to Daegu, where she became an ordinary middle schooler.

In 2020, still a background character, Bae A-won was diligently preparing for her senior year of high school and immersing herself in her studies. Just as the college entrance exam was about to beat her to a pulp, she woke up one day with the So I'm This Popular, Let Me Ride Your Coattails System.

And yes, Bae A-won herself graciously bestowed that name.

The System said that if she bound herself to it and signed a contract, her debut was guaranteed.

Bae A-won, who had spent three years studying like her life depended on it and was about to get into Yonsei University: ?

You're saying someone with an ordinary face, bottom-tier personality, terrible dancing, and vocals as her only decent skill can debut?

The System said that once they were bound, it could make her the best dancer in all of South Korea.

Bae A-won sneered and refused. Ugly people with talent are just tools and backup dancers.

Her current dream was to stay home in peace as a full-time granddaughter, inherit the family fortune, and live an easy life.

Emotional Absorption System 0438 had once been an ordinary System in the universe. Then one day, it was unlucky enough to fall into a space-time rift, tumbling from the year 1000 of the New Era to Daegu, South Korea, in 2020.

To get home, it had no choice but to find Daegu's most destined-to-be-famous former idol hopeful, Bae A-won.

0438 said it could give her a hand.

Bae A-won told it to turn left and leave.

0438 gritted its teeth and said that if she signed a contract, it could grant her one wish.

"Then..."

"I want to be the most beautiful person in the world."

Either it turned her into the most beautiful person in the world, so that Jang Won-young, Karina, Jo Mi-yeon, and Shin Yu-na would all be beneath her as the most beautiful woman in K-pop,

or the System could get out.

0438 tearfully spent all its emotion points to redeem a face-customization skill for Bae A-won.

And just like that, Bae A-won easily became the most beautiful person in the world (grinning) (smug).

On the first day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she was put in charge of her school's uniform promotional video, and talent scouts flooded her KakaoTalk wherever she went.

On the second day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she got a call from a Starship executive, and was about to embark on a bright future of crushing Won-young, beating Karina, and ruling the Korean entertainment industry.

On the fifth day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she transferred from Daegu to Hanlim Arts High School and effortlessly caused a sensation, becoming the school belle.

On the nth day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she got an idol boyfriend who threw himself at her.

On the n-plus-first day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she successfully debuted as the group's visual and main vocalist. That very day, a dating controversy broke out, and a hate post on Pann grew into a skyscraper. South Korea's most overbearing fans and most vicious idol were born.

On the n-plus-nth day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she accidentally liked a ship post pairing herself with the number-one male idol, then clicked like on every crack ship to be fair to everyone.

On some unknown day after Bae A-won became beautiful, she somehow became South Korea's hottest female idol.

Can a talentless bad girl who trades on her looks, slacks off, dates around, and likes things by accident really become a top-tier idol?

Make way, the beauty queen is ascending the throne!

Move aside, move aside. Are you asking about this woman, who has countless fancams with tens of millions of views, was voted the world's most beautiful woman five years in a row from 2021 to 2025, and is number one in beauty, face, and dating? She's South Korea's hottest female idol, has shattered the hearts of countless fans, driven fans of BTS, BLACKPINK, aespa, IVE, NewJeans, and more into a frenzy, and sends countless boy moms and wives into a spiral every time she posts on Instagram. HYBE's report mentions how jealous they were of her, and SM tried to poach her countless times when she was a trainee. The nation's top vocalist, a young heiress with her own private hospital and relatives who are Samsung executives: the one and only Bae A-won?

Our A-won is really going for the irresistible-muse persona, teehee.

#I want to live Bae A-won's life too

#Sorry, whether it's romance or studying, our A-won has to be number one

Bae A-won and her fans are truly equally unwell.

Every scandal is true, whether real or fake. The story involves idols from groups including STAYC, NewJeans, EXO, NCT, BTS, IVE, aespa, LE SSERAFIM, and more.

Theme: Just do yourself.