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Holding her phone on one hand and reaching for her midday snack under the pillow with the other, half-asleep Park Bom badly needs a recharge before she proceed to do whatever it is she needs to do today. She’s not in a rush. If anything, she’s postponing it. When she woke up at precisely 4:35 AM earlier, she knew this wasn’t going to be her best day(*). Park Bom unwraps the sweet treat and takes a bite. It’s quite unexpectedly crunchy.

”Ah!”, some of the crumbs fell down her white sheets and her shirt. She dusts them off with a frown. 

The thought of sleeping through the rest of this no-good Tuesday crosses her mind, but she immediately dismisses it with determination. What if tomorrow she still wakes up at a time that isn’t precisely made up of the same number? She’s been living like that for too long now, she won’t wait for luck anymore. After all, “you gotta do what you gotta do”, right?

All pumped up, Park Bom opens her old Instagram account. Her agent Scotty Kim has suggested that she should stay more in the loop with her fans from now on and manage her social media accounts better. “Managing better” includes closing off her previous verified Instagram account that she’s lost access to and focus on staying relevant with her new one. It’s only reasonable. It’s necessary for her to maintain a positive image and start fresh, leaving all the drama behind. It goes without saying that the time she was still usin