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Shut Up: Flower Boy Band: Episode 7

I love this show more with every episode. Such genuine reactions and range of emotion between these people. The conflicts and setup aren’t new to anybody who’s seen a drama or a hundred in their lives, but no drama’s ever going to reinvent the wheel. What matters is giving your version of this story truth and depth, no matter how small-seeming the conflict.

Friendships are tested and some denial pops its head up in this episode, but Shut Up does angst in the best possible way. See, angst is a great thing. It’s the lifeblood of dramas. It’s just the crappy dramas that give angst a bad name.

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EPISODE 7 RECAP

The kiss. Swoon.

Su-ah returns to her room in a daze, and with some guilt ignores a call from “Seung-hoonie.” If that ain’t the perfect way to characterize her feelings for him: cute, friendly, toothless.

Ji-hyuk goes home in a similar state. It’s worth noting that while they’re both reeling from the kiss, it’s not a cloud of bliss they’re riding; they’re also feeling a heavy dose of confusion, and Ji-hyuk mumbles to himself, “I really don’t know.”

At school, the Strawberry Fields trio (or, as Kyung-jong cheekily calls them, Ddalgi-bat, the prosaic Korean translation) takes their victory walk. They stop in front of (four of) our boys, and Pyo-joo makes a snide comment about the bloody guitar-playing. Maro asks, “Wait, blood? That wasn’t ketchup?” Yes, because smearing ketchup on a guitar makes more sense, genius. Aren’t you the smart one?

Seung-hoon smirks and tells his friends not to bother, tossing out the backhanded insult, “And here I thought you’d actually be a challenge.”

Hyun-soo stays home from school, which prompts the principal to say he’s better off staying at home anyway if he doesn’t care to learn. Guh, I want to slap the principal so badly. He then praises Strawberry Fields for winning the festival, and pointedly asks Ji-hyuk what place he came in. Pyo-joo sneers that they couldn’t even perform properly, and the principal tsks-tsks that he tried to keep them from performing so they wouldn’t humiliate the school. UGH, now I want to shoot him.

The boys worry about Hyun-soo, who isn’t picking up their calls, though they figure he needs his space. Teacher Kim warns that there are people watching them now, so they’d better be careful if they want to stay in school. Ji-hyuk returns that he’s been thinking the same thing, wondering if there’s a point to sticking around this godawful place.

Su-ah’s feeling awkwardness in the wake of the kiss, so when she runs into Ji-hyuk she turns away quickly and runs into a wall. Hee. Later when crossing paths with all our boys, she hurries away without a word.

Kyung-jong and Ha-jin wonder if she’s embarrassed to be seen with them now, aw. Do-il is more observant and says she turned away after seeing Ji-hyuk, and wonders why. Ji-hyuk overcompensates: “Stop jumping down my throat!” HA.

He finds Su-ah on classroom cleanup duty and steps up to help. And by “help” I mean placing his hand over hers as they clean the window together. Rawr. Why is such a simple gesture so hot? I get an added moment of satisfaction when Seung-hoon happens by and sees them, though he leaves quickly.

Su-ah’s feeling shy, but Ji-hyuk takes the refreshingly direct approach, taking her hand in his and telling her to stop running away. She denies that she is, but he reminds her that she was the one who said she wanted to be with him.

She backpedals — she meant she wanted to help him during a rough patch, and pulls her hand away self-consciously. I’m not sure if he takes her words at face value or if he knows she’s lying to herself, but he laughs sardonically: “Was that it? So you felt sorry for me? Fine.”

He leaves, and Su-ah says to herself, “But it’s not because I feel sorry for you…”

It’s frustrating, though I guess I can see how fear and uncertainty are starting to kick in. So when Seung-hoon asks if she wants to grab a snack, she agrees.

He asks why she didn’t pick up the phone yesterday, having waited for her at his celebratory party. She says she fell asleep, but adds, “From now on, don’t wait for me.” She says that they used to live in the same area and it was comfortable hanging out together — but now they’re in different neighborhoods, and she feels like she’s interrupting his studies.

He asks whether she’s saying this because she really doesn’t want to take up his time, or because she feels uncomfortable with him. She goes with the easier excuse, but it backfires because Seung-hoon assures her that he’s happy to spend time with her.

See, missy, that’s what you get for playing the “It’s not you, it’s me” game. She’s going to have to learn to be candid to get what she wants, because her boys are only too willing to accept what she says, not what she means.

Hyun-soo’s little sister asks about Ji-hyukie oppa, wanting to see him. Hyun-soo tells her he probably won’t come around anymore, “Because I ruined everything.” Oof.

Ruefully, he tells her that in the old days, whenever he and Ji-hyuk were on the same team for anything, they always won. But at some point, Ji-hyuk stopped coming out to the neighborhood so Hyun-soo went to Ji-hyuk’s house, and found him playing guitar with Byung-hee.

Hyun-soo: “I was so envious of them that I started learning the guitar too… but Ji-hyuk could play anything. I’d have to stay up all night to practice something that he could do the first time, like it was nothing. I wanted to become as good a player as Byung-hee, so I’d be a friend Ji-hyuk would be proud of. But I ruined it all.”

Oh, tears. It’s what killed me about the moment after the festival when Hyun-soo asked about Ji-hyuk — like he was afraid Ji-hyuk was angry at him, and how it hurt when the boys told him he’d left early.

Little Sis asks, “So are the oppas mad at you?” Hyun-soo nods, and she pats him on the back like a little grown-up, telling him it’s okay. He hugs her, and blinks away tears.

Strangely, though, on their walk home a gaggle of schoolgirls squeals and tells Hyun-soo, “Oppa, you’re sooooo cool!”

Hyun-soo’s still absent at school the next day, which his friends note with dismay. Ji-hyuk goes home that night and addresses Byung-hee’s guitar as though it’s his friend, sighing, “I really don’t know. Byung-hee, what would you have done?” Feeling grim, he starts to write his notice of intent to drop out of “this damned school.”

The reason for Hyun-soo’s sudden local fame is explained when Seung-hoon’s music-executive sister is informed of their festival website suddenly attracting attention. The reason: Eye Candy’s performance clip, highlighted by Ji-hyuk and Hyun-soo’s emotional hug.

Noona shrewdly gives the instruction to have the footage spread further — along with Strawberry Fields’ clip.

One of Ha-jin’s many admirers drops by school to find him, because the number he gave her doesn’t work. He asks if she’s here to argue over a being given a fake number, but she’s totally willing to buy that it was a silly mistake. He tells her coolly that he’d done it on purpose, so shoo, shuddering over clingy women.

Kyung-jong actually takes him to task, calling him a rude bastard and warning him not to play around with people’s feelings. Aw, you adorable cutie.

At the pool hall, the pesky Dongnae rival gang finds Ji-hyuk, and cackles over Eye Candy’s embarrassing showing. When the others arrive, Gang Leader keeps laughing… until he sees Do-il, aka Mob Boss’s son. He backs down immediately, bowing and calling him Prince Majesty.

Gang Leader tells Do-il his festival performance was awesome, but hilariously, the gang’s flattery is so overdone that it’s not quite clear whether they’re kissing ass or being mocking. Ji-hyuk’s in no mood to fight, though, and sends the gang away.

Do-il wonders what to do about Hyun-soo, calling Ji-hyuk out for passively saying that everybody needs more time. He challenges him for really meaning that Hyun-soo should spend more time blaming himself. Ji-hyuk counters, asking if he should just coddle him then, and tell him it’s not his fault because they would’ve lost anyway.

Ha-jin chimes in, siding with Ji-hyuk. He says they’re all pissed off at Hyun-soo for messing up the performance; they’re just not saying so. Kyung-jong aligns himself with the more sympathetic Do-il and gets in Ha-jin’s face, growling, “Is that all you can say about a friend?”

Ji-hyuk yells at them to stop arguing, since they can’t fill up a bottle that’s already overturned. Do-il fires back, “Is that something a leader should say?” He tells the other two to cut it out, then leaves with a disapproving sigh.

Ji-hyuk sits in the practice room that night, calling Hyun-soo to no avail, and his frustration boils over. He starts kicking stands over, tearing the soundproofing from the walls, and grabs a drum to throw… and is stopped short by the sight of Byung-hee’s composition notebook.

He sinks to the floor and wonders, “Is this the end?”

Seung-hoon comes up to Su-ah as she walks home, and she teases that after spending ten years together, it’s about time they got sick of each other. He takes it seriously, asking if she’s tired of him, and says, “I like you. I didn’t want us to confine each other with words of girlfriend and boyfriend, but now I want to be your boyfriend. Officially.”

He tells her to think it over, just as Ji-hyuk comes up the street, seeing them chatting cozily. He glares.

Eye Candy’s popularity spreads, though the boys remain oblivious to it. They trudge through school, looking all doom-and-gloom, enough so that Teacher Kim stops them to tell them that life isn’t over because of one bad performance, and that mistakes are no big deal. He asks, “Is this all you guys amount to?” Ji-hyuk retorts, “Yeah, it is. What did you expect from us?”

Teacher Kim finds students huddled around a computer, watching the Eye Candy performance and oohing over how cool Hyun-soo is. He gets a glimpse of the screen after sending the kids off, and adorably smiles with pride.

Also watching the performance clip on repeat is Kim Ye-rim, the starlet whose driver almost ran Hyun-soo over. After she records a brief message for a TV broadcast, she adds a few comments: See, she’s been listening to rock music these days, and would like to recommend this really great song…

Deo-mi asks Su-ah for Ji-hyuk’s number, because this girl in her art class saw that video and is totally head over heels for him now. Deo-mi scoffs, wondering what’s wrong with that friend — Seung-hoon she gets, but that scruffy Ji-hyuk?

Ji-hyuk finally gets tired of his fruitless phone calls and decides to go to Hyun-soo in person. Thank you. Do-il and Woo-kyung follow and they find Kyung-jong outside, having thought the same thing. Aw, they’re simpatico.

Hyun-soo’s lying in bed — as he has for the past few days — when his friends come in and join him. Literally. They climb in bed and on top of him, tickling him and breaking the gloom in one fell swoop. Aw, I just luff them so much. I’m not the only one crying, am I?

Mom proposes a samgyupsal party, and to cap it all off, Ha-jin also drops by. Kyung-jong stiffens a bit, still peevish, and Hyun-soo wonders if they’re having a couple spat. Ji-hyuk says that when those two boys are apart, he feels uneasy — so he drags Ha-jin up to sit next to Kyung-jong. Kyung-jong inches away, but Ha-jin shoves food in his mouth and breaks the ice.

By now the clip has spread so widely that a bunch of schoolgirls on a bus recognize the boys walking down the street. I love that the band is totally oblivious; they continue on their way, missing the screams and waving hands.

Su-ah gets a call from the lawyer alerting her to a letter her father has left for her. In her eagerness to get it, she runs out of the convenience store and leaves behind the mp3 player with Seung-hoon’s song on it. She realizes this belatedly while crying over Dad’s letter, and runs out to retrieve it.

After dinner, Woo-kyung clings drunkenly to Ji-hyuk while Do-il silently walks alongside them. I’m pretty sure she’s exaggerating to angle for a piggyback ride, but instead Ji-hyuk slings an arm around her for support. He asks what Do-il thinks about dropping out of that school, since people just call them gangsters and deadbeats anyway.

Do-il replies that doing that would be giving up, and that after graduation their rivals are going to head off into their own untouchable world: “Then, even if we want to beat them, we won’t be able to see them.”

Su-ah runs into them, and Woo-kyung starts to roll up her sleeves to give the Jungsang Two-Timer a piece of her mind. I have to admit I get a bit of satisfaction in Su-ah’s reaction to the two of them looking cozy — hey, you forfeited! — even though I don’t really hate her for her knee-jerk reaction. The jealousy is just that necessary in-between stage in prompting some development.

Ji-hyuk pulls Woo-kyung back and the friends continue on their way, leaving Su-ah to go hers. But almost immediately Ji-hyuk foists Woo-kyung off on Do-il and makes an excuse to leave, dashing off after Su-ah. Disappointed, Woo-kyung shakes off Do-il’s arm, not so drunk after all.

Su-ah finds the store empty and starts digging in the trash for her lost player. Ji-hyuk pulls her away, asking if it’s because it’s Seung-hoon’s song.

She says no: “It’s because it’s your voice.” She’d realized it at the festival, and asks why he didn’t tell her he’d sung the guide track. He unzips his jacket to wipe her dirty hands on his shirt, and tells her to stop searching: “I’ll sing it for you.”

Do-il sits with a despondent Woo-kyung, who sighs, “Su-ah’s really pretty, isn’t she?” She calls her a heroine out of a manhwa, and Do-il concedes that she has that general look. She says that even she can see how pretty Su-ah is, and that all the guys prefer that princessy type over her own loudmouthed personality.

Do-il tells her she’s plenty womanly. Woo-kyung laughs, hearing it as mere flattery, though she thanks him for his loyalty.

On his rooftop, Ji-hyuk prepares his guitar and calls Su-ah, since he’s too embarrassed to sing it to her face. She listens from her room as he starts to play, but then comes out to watch from her rooftop.

Pyo-joo discovers the viral Eye Candy video, and his consternation puts a huge grin on my face. The other guys aren’t as worried, but Seung-hoon frowns to hear that Eye Candy’s logging ten times the views they are.

The principal asks for a report on the demerit project, and this time Teacher Kim questions the thinking behind a teacher trying actively to expel his students. What’s really so wrong with those boys?

The principal turns on Teacher Kim, saying he’s just like his students, and says he’s disappointed to see that he’s not “settling” into his new position here. Uh-oh.

Teacher Kim agrees that he’s not, and rips up the demerit notebook. Yay! Although now I worry for you…

Even the rival Dongnae gang watches the Eye Candy clip, suddenly proud of “our Ji-hyuk” and the representation from their neighborhood. The leader barks at his boys… then sneaks a look for himself. He figures it’s better for Eye Candy to get famous, over those Jungsang bastards.

The momentum builds online until netizens nationwide are arguing that Eye Candy are the true winners of the competition. Deo-mi wonders how they can possibly evoke a hotter reaction than Strawberry Fields, and decides, “Junk food has a way of bewitching people.” Ugh, Deo-mi, you dummy.

Su-ah counters that they’re not junk food — they have the ability to warm people’s hearts, and Ji-hyuk’s voice is plenty addicting. Deo-mi asks incredulously, “Are you taking their side? Traitor.” Lordy, she is such a tool. I see her purpose as a fairly effective exposition fairy, so her value to this drama isn’t entirely nil. But that’s all I’ll concede.

The boys resume rehearsal, although they wonder what they’re practicing for now. Ji-hyuk tells them it’s not like they ever practiced to put out an album or perform on TV: “Let’s just play together for fun, like we used to.”

They start playing, but Woo-kyung comes tearing in with the exciting news that their video has been logging massive views — over 50,000 compared to Strawberry Fields, who have less than 5,000. Fans are demanding them be announced the winners, accusing the festival of unfair judging. The guys don’t react and Ji-hyuk shrugs it off, asking, “So what?”

Woo-kyung adds that even more shocking is that Kim Ye-rim, who must be feeling guilty for injuring Hyun-soo’s finger, gave an interview saying that she’s a fan. Kyung-jong: “She gives the illness, then the medicine, huh?”

Ji-hyuk remains even-keel, saying that none of this really matters anyway since it changes nothing for them. It’s just chatter. He’s interrupted by a phone call, which he answers with a mere “Yes, I understand.”

He tells his friends in a calm voice that totally belies the message that it was HR Entertainment asking him to come in tomorrow. They guys prod him to explain, and Ji-hyuk continues with his fakeout: “They mentioned something… about a contract.”

They erupt into cheers, and later that night, Ji-hyuk rips up his dropout letter, all fired up again.

The next day the boys head over to the swanky HR Entertainment offices, which happens to be home to Kim Ye-rim. They’re greeted by Seung-hoon’s sister, who says she only asked for Ji-hyuk and Hyun-soo. Ji-hyuk tells her that if they’re going to talk contracts, they all should be present.

She doesn’t object, and starts with her proposal. HR is planning to form a new band, with Ji-hyuk as the vocalist and Hyun-soo on guitar. The other members will be selected via audition process.

The boys register this, understanding that the other three are considered dead weight. Noona tells them pleasantly that the contract conditions are good (for the two members) — and, well, it’s better for the others to wise up and give up that empty hope now, so they can look to their own futures.

Hyun-soo growls, “So you’re telling us to abandon our friends.” She says with mock surprise, “Did you think you could stick together forever? No band like that exists.” She names groups that all broke up, like the Beatles and Oasis. Yes, and that is why nobody should bother to try again, ever, because the volatile Gallagher bros couldn’t get along.

Ji-hyuk asks, “What if I don’t want to?” She offers to give them time to think it over. He tells her there’s no need, and rips the contract up in front of her, letting the pieces fall on her desk.

 
COMMENTS

I don’t think it surprises anybody that Ji-hyuk immediately rejected the offer, and it looks like Hyun-soo feels the same. We’re not dealing with a brand-new tale here, so what I like isn’t that Shut Up is telling a groundbreaking new story, but how it tells it in a fully realized, interesting way and with fleshed-out characters. I’m impressed with how well the elements fit together, how the developments spring out of the setups in natural ways, without necessarily feeling like the strings are being pulled by an invisible mastermind. It just flows.

For instance, Hyun-soo’s feelings of inadequacy lead him to practice extra-hard and insist on performing injured, which leads to viral popularity, which leads to a contract offer. Meanwhile he withdraws from his friends, fearing that they hate him now, and nobody wants to make the first step despite being miserable all around with the group fractured. It’s a fantastic lesson for our boys in seeing what happens when they abandon each other, giving them a taste of that unhappiness so that when they’re tested, there’s no hesitation. This group has just experienced momentary disbandment and they’re not going to choose it again.

(It doesn’t preclude that the quartet won’t be tested in other ways, though, which has me nervous for the future. But that’s the future.)

Ji-hyuk initially takes up the mantle of leader because he’s Byung-hee’s No. 2, the solid guitarist and vocalist. He has his moments of faltering, hanging back rather than actively trying to fix things — in that sense, Do-il feels like he’s got more natural leadership skills. But like it or not, Ji-hyuk’s a real leader now, which means it’s time to put on his big boy pants and lead. Great way to step it up for him.

I love that the boys ended up losing the battle of the bands, but ended up ahead precisely because of it. If they hadn’t had any mistakes and played perfectly, I’m sure they would have gotten a new fan following, and the song is pretty rockin’. But what’s really winning people over is the emotional beat — seeing Hyun-soo rock out despite bleeding all over his guitar, and Ji-hyuk forcing him to stop. Plus seeing that they were bypassed for that boring jazzy band. People like good songs, but it’s the raw emotion that tugs their hearts.

This reinforces the underlying theme that the series has been incorporating all along, that our heroes may lose the little battles, but they’ll win the war. I knew that they were going to lose the first showdown at school because there’s no way the underdogs would beat the champions in their first clash. But because this drama has made its characters so real and three-dimensional, I desperately wanted them to win that practice room anyway, even though I was pretty convinced there was no way they could. It wouldn’t have made sense.

In a drama with lazier execution, the predictability could have killed the dramatic tension, but it speaks to how well this drama has built up the conflicts that I was still on edge to see how it would play out. It’s why I was extra tense during the rock festival, because I felt that now with one loss under their belts, there was a chance they’d win this one. Except then Hyun-soo got injured, handicapping their odds again, sending them back to underdog nation.

Yet it’s the loss that propels them forward. It’s significant that they don’t gain popularity merely by looking cool onstage, or because people sympathize with the bloody guy — it’s that the band’s reaction to setback allows their strength of character to emerge. Strawberry Fields plays perfectly, they win, whatever. Eye Candy messes up, struggles, and falters, but it’s their response to that challenge that shows everyone what they’re made of — and what they’re made of is heart and grit. And a whole lotta awesome.

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Loving the various groupings here. The Jihyuk-Hyunsoo struggle for alpha male; the Do-il-Jihyuk struggle over leadership; the Hajin-Kyungjong "couple". Loving this. Except this week marks another week of being behind with the episodes. Maybe I'll just marathon when it's all said and done.

I know we're not getting a lot of Do-il, but I love him. It's not just the pretty and the hair. It's his crush on Wookyung that just makes me go "aaaaaw" over the Big Boss's son. <3

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It seems like he had a lot more lines in this episode than previous episodes. I loved the scene with Woo-kyung. I even liked when he had a little conflict with Ji-hyuk in the pool hall. He really is the most calm, level-headed and observant one compared to his bandmates.

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the calm in the storm, basically

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I would love to see a Do il- Ji Hyuk conflict in the future episodes!!! I like it because I feel Do il's blunt and doesn't talk in a round about way to Ji Hyuk, like how he did in this episode.

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That's true. He tends to put a mirror up to the situation. Doesn't beat around the bush, that one. I guess if you don't talk a lot like Do-il, the words that come out of his mouth have to be pretty plain and to-the-point.

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Gaah, shouldn't have read the recap. I just started watching this drama yesterday and I wanted to wait for engsubs to come out for episode 7 but it was taking too damn long!

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I'm sure more people are watching this drama now, perhaps the only viewing group that would be harder to crack is the group they don't target on anyway. Well, managed to convert a friend who would only watch J-dramas (ok fine, K-dramas with Lee Jun Ki only) and she's totally addicted!

My Monday/Tuesday night routine now is:
1) Watch raw version on YT approx. 2 hours after it aired (curse poor internet connection lest I would be able to stream this as it's shown in Korea)
2) Stalks forums for spoilers and caps while waiting for whole show to load
3) Read the recap here
4) Watch the raw version again *while* having dramabeans' recap in a different window
5) Watch the subbed version on YT
6) Repeat step (5) until the next Monday night comes

I'm so screwed

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That show is the perfect way to scout new disciples for Kdramaland and dramabeans. This is the cream of the cream, and it's one of the few that you can watch over and over without losing the intensity of the feelings. This drama has a life of his own.

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I feel so too. This is probably *the* drama I can just replay over and over while doing nothing. Even the music director is doing a good job.

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LOL! The one who's playing Hyunsoo is disturbingly good-looking...

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I know right? Even when he's acting like an asshole, I'm like "...but he's so pretty". @.@

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Wow thanks for the hard work putting up the recaps in the speed of light. I try not to read so that I could watch first but I could not resist.

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Yay for the song of the day, Verandah Project, love the song that introduced me to this group To the Mountains, as requested by Lee Seungi for Kang Hodong in 1N2D.

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I have never been this addicted to a drama before. I normally marathon dramas when all eps are done and subbed. However, SUFBB has me so hooked. I actually sneak to my car for an hour at work and stream it, then check this site for recaps, watch the raw version again, then FINALLY the subbed one.

Thanks for the great recap ;-)

Methinks... Su-Ah is not the only one addicted to that voice...

Wiping her hand on his shirt... Gah! This drama makes the simplest gestures swoonworthy...

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I so love this drama I hve not bee obssed wth a drama since BOF so thnk you for recaping it thnk u :)

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I watched the raw without subs first and it was delivered, I even thought I would wait for the recap but I was curious about some of the details. thank you! although everything said most of it already.
what got to me in this episode was the cluelessness about the raising stardom because of and not despite the fact they did not give a perfect performance. Strawberry Fields is in the Music World. But there is a special world of Legends, and Eye Candy has already stepped into that. No matter what the future brings, Mark One - Set! thats the land of those special individuals like Byung-Hee was. what I love is the fans recognise legends quickly. we love "those kind of things" - sacrifice, pain etc. and we go after the Special Ones with that something different. the music industry couldnt even add nothing , they have unknowingly created their own brand that could only be overwritten by producers if the stars are plucked out from the batch one by one. and I doubt even that...
I have actually witnessed a rise of a fan wave for a band in my country where anything rarely makes it to the world the surprise and amazement from the band that they suddenly have such inexplicable pull. from 600 fans to 15 000 in a month. from one hometown club to 8 countries around the world. 9000 seats sold out... I hope the band in this drama reaches that mysterious We´ve Made It point too. that beginning which might lead us somewhere bigger, is the most exiting, also the most worrying though, needlessly, I hope. lets keep fingers crossed.

and where can I sign up as a fan? Please? It feels so real and I feel like I want to help raise those fan numbers yo, and and leave the Hickie Boys (calling strawberry fileds Hickie boys, cause a "hickie" is "strawberry" in my language) far far into mud.

it is so funny right now though that they missed their first fans completely, LOL.

I also like the rooftop singing. Fan meeting concert, ha! and I was thinking, good practice for him, cause if he is embarrassed in front of a girl he has kissed how is he gonna face his future fans who throw their underwear on stage and scream "I lurv ya!"? Practice, boy!

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Argh... usually I'd never spoil myself for any episode in kdramas in the world but this drama just breaks them all. I love this drama too much. It feels like literature on screen. From the opening... it just feels like realistic fiction.... :D

But the BROMANCE! It's what I've been missing in a lot of Kdramas. I thought only Jdramas would focus on that but now finally!

Well I also love the romance... Ji-hyuk is just awfully hot and sweet~

My precious L I think it'll be hard for me not to mix you with Hyunsoo's characters now. HAHA I just <3 you~

<3 this show and thank you for the recaps.

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This show makes my heart hurt in the best possible way. :-) I felt so bad for Hyun-soo when he thought all the guys hated him, I was so happy when they all went to see him. I can't get enough of this show!

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Send the voodoo doll to Seung Hoon's noona ^^

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Sung Joon, your cheekbones make my heart stop!

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Oh god. So much pain trying to resist reading these recaps. Eng subs, please come faster. I beg you. T_T

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that is what i have been saying all morning today..

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Thanks so much~~~
I love your recaps~~

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Did anyone just realized that there was a lotta ripping of papers in this episode, glad that the characters are making a firm stand for what they believe in. both teacher kim and ji hyuk.

LOVE the story so far. the characters are so real and relatable, and i especially love the bromance among all the band members. Their love for each other is what that keeps the band going strong and united. I really hope that they don't disband, even though it looks suspiciously true in the future eps.

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Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...Kim C...!!!!!!!
cant wait......

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I just spotted highschooler Velma Dinkley where is Will Shaggy, Daphne, Freddie, and Scooby-Doo?

Waiting for Velma Dinkley to say "jinkees" either when finding a clue or as a regular expression. or "My glasses! I can't find my glasses!"

Waiting for her to show up with a briefcase which can transform into a computer, telephone, etc.

Su-ah's friend named Deo-mi = Velma Dinkley

Pre-teen Velma Dinkley shown as an intelligent and quiet little girl from the animated TV Series titled A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991).

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ep 8 raw was up and now it is down ahh. i wanna watch it but somehow the link disapperared right as I clicked.

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ji-hyuk oppa ...love their bromnce .... IT4S GETTING GOOD....REALLY GOOD ^^....thnx a million times for the recaps javabean...always the best :)

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btw: just some random facts about the main leads and supporting characters that i found out:

~ yoo minkyu (hajin), the guy who plays pyojo the jerk, and the dongnae high school gangster leader (shorty) were all apart of tvn's reality show called "Oh! boy" series. its a reality survival show about aspiring young male actors. yoo minkyu became one of the most memorable casts in that series along w/ pyojo, and dongnae shorty.

~ dongnae gangster shorty leader is the real life brother of taeyang of kpop boy group big bang - real name dong hyun bae.

~ yoo minkyu (hajin) has a gf in real life who appeared briefly on "Oh!boy" and introduced to his casts members. she's a shoe designer...really pretty lady. *yup, he's taken*

~ kim minsuk (kyungjong) was a contestant from the talent show superstar k3, but didn't make the cut.

~ lee hyun jae (dong-il) is the drummer of korean indie band "mate." and regarding his foreign looks: he revealed that his grandfather was american.

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hey this was interesting thanks

also TAEYANG'S BROTHER?

... i kind of laughed thinking they looked similar but u m

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haha yeah. shorty guy is taeyang's older brother.

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whahaha watching ep 8 these ahjummas omo... I can feel the embarrassment when their moms act like obsessed freaks. haha back to little boys in a second and there they were so cool and independent just now

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This drama is actually so damn good. Even from a non fangirly point of view. At the end, when the sister kind of smirked after seeing all five of them, I had to pause it to get ready for angst angst angst and the other three thinking the two would betray them and myungsoo going home and get seduced by a piece of paper, but when the response was so instantaneous, I have to admit I was confused. Because you know, every other drama would have taken two stupid episodes to figure it out.

But I think that's the beauty of this drama. It was created on bromance, and nothing's going to let that go. No physical fight or even harsh words - that they meant - is going to get between them because that's the definition of friendship. Especially for those who have nothing else. Not that, as javabeans said, that's going to stay forever ;_;

And why is everything in this drama so hot. I had to watch the banana milk teeth ripping scene a couple of times, and when he unzipped his jacket ........

This drama is really about the small things.

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Love this show! What I like about this show is the pace. Where other dramas would have drug the conflict and drama out, this one wraps it up fairly quickly, so it can fit more conflict in. I like that and enjoy the pace. Other dramas should be like this. This is what You've Fallen For Me should have been like. But that drama had many setbacks that weren't all due to the writing style (for instance, the female lead's car accident). This is a great drama. Not only for its pace but also for its characters and the way the tug on your heartstrings.

Thanks for the recap, Javabeans!

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Loved, loved, loved the episode!!

Although I have unfaltering love for Ji Hyuk, is anyone just mesmerized by Do il's eyes? They're just so teddy bear brown!!! Whenever I see him, my eyes just automatically go to his eyes. And it's not like a mere gaze or something, but I'm full out STARING at them so I could see that gorgeous brown color again! Hah, I wonder if I'm the only one??

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Do Il is gorgeous...you're not the only one.

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Oh no, girl. I, and a few others on here like looking at his pretty pretty face, too.

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This ^

Do-il imo is probably -well, next to Hyun-Soo- one of the most interesting characters.

Tbh, all the characters are. Idk, they have their own interesting point to themselves. It just intrigues in so many different ways to each one.

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FINALLY! The Hyun-Soo-Ji-Hyuk-why-they-are-no-longer-best–friends story that I've been waiting for since the character introductions is finally revealed! I wish his little sister would've comforted Hyun Soo with something along the lines of "Oppa, I'm proud of you~" I demand a reshoot.

I'm all aboard the Ha Jin / Kyung Jong ship. *squee* But the "I'll sing it for you" has me *melting*. I like Hyun Soo's disgusted look at Kim Ye Rim's posters in the HR Entertainment hallway. This is going to make for an interesting loveline. Ji Hyuk has altogether torn up three things this episode -- rock festival flyer, letter of withdrawal, and now band contract.

More episodes please...

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Thanks for the recap. Awesome episode. I went back to look at some of the articles before this drama premiered. Seems the drama could still explore more of the other members' back stories like Ha-jin's large family of sisters and Kyung-jong's family. Though those short histories provided in the previous articles could just be to explain their current characters.

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So. Good.

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Just wanna share this..

JiHyuk and Su-Ah (The Rooftop Serenade) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsWFFpnuSQ&feature=youtu.be

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This show is so so awesome the 45 minutes just fly by! No boring moments at all especially love the scene where we learn more about Hyun Soo and Ji Hyuk! Love his sis...so cute =D

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Paitently waiting for the next episode to be subbed on dramafever...

So they really made me like Hyun-soo in this episode, him telling his backstory to his little sister (love that she kept interrupting with random things). How the boys snuggled in bed with him, lol, and his family. He really went way beyond two-dimensional. There were hints of it before, but he's pretty fully fleshed out now. I'm hoping this isn't building towards him doing something dumb like betraying the group in some way... If that were to happen I sort of see it backfiring on him though, as he seems to be established as the weakest link in terms of talent.

I'm seriously impressed with how many three dimensional characters populate this drama. Twenty plus episodes of Boys Over Flowers and still not all of the F4 were able to be this layered.

I actually was getting annoyed with Dong-il's hair when he was sitting on the steps with Woo-kyung. I wanted him sitting on the otherside of her, or somehow pushing it out of his face... (Also to me, he looks like Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise's love child...)

Anyone else laugh when Ji-hyuk ripped up the contract not a day after ripping up his letter. Good thing he had practice dramatically ripping up paper. Pity he didn't bark in her face too.

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I must say it or I die!!! I love the romance in this show. Oh god! JH and SA are so cute together. their moments together... I'm just waiting for the next episodes and their story together

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I love this drama so much! I'm glad that Ji-Hyuk was straight forward with Su-ah. Loved the scene where he helped her wash the windows. I'm glad that the group is back together. The scene where they jump on Hyun-soo's bed was so touching. Ji-Hyuk ripping up the contract...best scene ever.

Love. Love. Love.

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Hey I am a certified Flower Boy Band Groupie!! This will be the first OST that I have GOT to find!! Love Rock and love the music. This episode was rocking! From Su-Ah running into the wall (so cute) to Ji-Hyuk tearing up the contact! I literally yelled and clapped!! As usual, I will re-watch the episode because I love SUFBB that much!! ROCK ON!!

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my favorite moment was Shil-Ba ripping up the demerit book. I LOVE! Also, I like that the song of the day sounds a lot like the Strawberry Fields song from the last episode, only much more memorable.

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Am I the only person thinking there's a connection between Do-il and Woo-kyung? This is not the first time they've had a heart felt conversation and I'm hoping they're not the last. I'm actually hoping they end up being the secondary couple. I actually think Do-il semi-likes Woo-kyung.

What do you think javabeans

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DO IL DOES LIKE WOOKYUNG! especially in that scene when wk kissed jh, and do il was looking at them with sad doggy eyes :(

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Does anyone know if Sung Joon also sang the song he serenaded Su Ah with? And does anyone know the title of that song?

I am so addicted to Sung Joon in this drama.... O:-)

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May I ask what is the title of the song that they used in their rehearsal?

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I like this drama and really like that Byung Hee's song didn't fail after all and with it the band is famous, and also on the way to fulfilling his dream (their dreams).

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I cried a pool during that scene with hyunsoo talking about old times with jihyuk and his feelings of envy towards byunghee. when his sister patted his back and he hugged her, my heart just exploded. 

btw did anyone else enjoy that awesome bromance scene with all of them sleeping together and tickling hyunsoo? or am I the only one who watched it a million times ㅠㅠ

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I've watched this drama several times and I LOVED this episode. Just reading the recaps makes me giddy (doesn't hurt that they are all so pretty; especially L). I'm going to rewatch this ASAP.

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Hyunsoo so freakin' HOT seriously!!!!!!

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