The sound of loud sirens rang out over the dark stage.

Wee-oww Wee-oww Wee-oww

And with the lively burst of glass breaking, the sound of a siren became a beat to the melody.

The moment the sound of a child's laughter entered the sampling, the dazzling lights came on, revealing the seven members sitting on the stage.

All of TeStar were wearing black zip-up hoodies in a rowdy manner, similar to delinquents. Various emojis drawn with white and red paint was covering the zip-up at random.

Then, like lightning, Cha Yujin jumped out and the intro began.

At the child's narration, Cha Yujin made a V-sign with his hands close to his chin.

Cha Yujin playfully revealed his canines and sang the melody in time with the beat.

Following Cha Yujin's movements, the rest of TeStar, who joined the formation two at a time, clapped their hands and performed a rough choreography.

The energy was mischievously carefree and powerful.

Cha Yujin looked back at the camera as TeStar dragged him back by the shoulders.

Keun Sejin, who winked his eye, raised his hand and the two members on both of his sides jumped through the air with movements like martial arts.

And each of them lightly glanced at the camera currently filming them.

The comments were filled with delightful bewilderment.

There was a mix of people who knew the original song and those who didn't, and each expressed their impressions, but there was one conclusion.

'This is fun.'

The performance continued, leaving behind comments that were pouring out with excitement.

Whoosh.

Park Moondae, who leaped through the air with the members' help, came to the front holding a microphone.

The high note of the pre-chorus suddenly came out of Park Moondae's mouth like nothing. At that moment, the formation changed as the members went around the floor and got up.

The members were pushing their faces in front of the camera from beside Park Moondae as if they were intervening with him and moved as they were pushed away.

They all seemed like playful mischiefs catching you off guard.

Park Moondae glared at the members one by one, smiled, and pointed his finger at the camera.

The note was high-pitched and raspy and raised his voice coolly.

A clear voice resonated over the recorded backtrack voice that was intentionally more silent than his voice, enhancing the taste of live music.

In the meantime, the highlight of the song was unfolding on the stage.

As the song dropped, the siren sound was transformed into a riff melody with some middle eastern style sounds over the slightly relaxed and heavy beat, flowing colorfully and loudly.

It was a powerful chorus.

There were many lingering beats and complex leg movements followed by jumping choreography.

The members, who did not forget to dance to the rhythm to bring up the atmosphere, enjoyed showing their skills while doing difficult movements.

The feeling of excited mischievous rascals sparked on the stage.

And then people realized.

People, who had watched but weren't interested enough to watch music shows or clips, were able to see TeStar performing again for the end-of-the-year special program.

And the fact that the first performance was a song by another rookie with a lot of talks made people talk even more.

At that moment, something was swinging on the members' hoodies, who were jumping with their heads shaking during the choreography's climax.

They were animal ears.

TeStar's hoods had animal ear fabrics attached that symbolized each of them.

It fluttered in response to the fierce choreography, revealing its shape and showing off its presence.

The concept, which could be seen as too strong and burdensome, was slightly neutralized at the last minute with cuteness mixed in.

And the climax at the end of the song continued.

The choreography had no vocal parts, and it became faster and faster with each person adding different movements one by one in the middle of the choreography.

The song ended impressively with TeStar losing control of their talents whenever a solo shot came in while performing the group dance.

The cut ended with Kim Raebin, who was sitting in the center, yawning and wiping the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Then the camera switched to show Onyx's performance, but the reactions to TeStar's performance were exploding in the comments.

And the moment Onyx's stage was broadcast, the atmosphere became ambiguous.

People's excitement quickly cooled down.

At the same time, the number of people, who tried to find the original performance of Onyx's song performed by TeStar, increased.

The moment they saw Onyx's performance, they felt it.

'Isn't TeStar's much better than Onyx's original one?'

And most of the people who played the performance of Onyx's sighed, with some yelling and clicking on the writing.

* * *

As soon as the first part of Gayo Daejun ended, clips of the special stage were posted on various community pages and social media.

And immediately, the comments were filled with mentions of TeStar and Onyx. They were words that were already spoken about throughout the special performance.

The reaction to the complete one-on-one match without any arrangements was stark.

Besides, it wasn't just a difference in skill. There was a deep difference in the interpretations of the song.

Onyx's debut song, , was a powerful hip-hop-style song full of energy, which was made for an intense performance.

Usually, rookies practiced their debut song for several months if it was short, or more than half a year if it was long.

And of course, Onyx had practiced the song with a sense of resolute and tension, thinking about how they were just about to debut.

Although, it wasn't that that kind of sentiment didn't suit the song, which is why it easily passed, the song in fact had a more playful and rougher feeling than that.

And TeStar had interpreted the song exactly that way.

Because Onyx's layer of fandom was still shallow, people spit out their sentiments without hesitation.

Of course, not all of the people, who were obsessed with TeStar's controversy, disappeared with just one performance.

//TN: muggles = non-fans or 'normies'

However, when absolute advantage came out of this direct comparison, the previous discourse was bound to seem ridiculous.

In this rare situation where there was a clear winner and loser, people, who had fun, gathered around and laughed at the aggro.

Then the direction changed slightly.

But that didn't work either.

Even if you sorted the comments on Onyx's original performance video in order of the latest comments, it was filled with cries from people who watched the Gayo Daejun video.

Since the official performance video for TeStar's had not been uploaded yet, people came to watch the next best thing.

The cruel comments from the general public, not fans, showed the public opinion more clearly.

There was nothing else there to judge. This was TeStar's K.O. victory.

And the next day, Park Moondae received an unexpected congratulatory gift.