Wow quite a few celebrities getting married lately
Anyway congrats to Gong Hyo-jin!
Wishing the happy couple all the best! ♥️

I came across an article on film and drama actors who started out as musical actors and actresses and clicked. I've been curious about three actors already - Uhm Ki-joon, Jeon Mi-do and Jo Seung-woo.
Uhm Ki-joon really sings wonderfully well. His singing voice is melodious. He being a musical actor even leaks through during his lines in dramas. That print is there.
Another is Jeon Mi-do's. Now I see why a good number of beanies made tonnes of comments episode in and out about how hard it would be for her to play tone deaf Chae Song-hwa during Hospital Playlist's music sessions. She's good.
I didn't see Jo Seung-woo's listed in the link but I'll listen to his musical theatre sometime.

What is up with first loves? I feel confident that this is a cultural thing that I am missing, and I’m hoping someone can shed some light on this for me. Is this a thing that only exists in dramas, or is it part of the wider culture in Korea?

What counts as a first love? For a while I thought of them as high-school sweethearts, but now I’ve seen repeatedly that an unrequited crush when you’re 8 years old will also do the trick. Do different people have different definitions?

Is there a discrepancy in gender when it comes to how important a first love is to someone? Men in dramas seem a little more concerned with them, but not always.

I know I’m seeing this through a western lens, but I am SO glad I didn’t end up with my first boyfriend hahaha, and I don’t even remember the inconsequential crushes I had on people in middle school, so I’m just really interested in this concept. Anyone got any insight for me?

Nights of October - chilly morning - good good.

Cloudy days not for this season at all.

I thought - gonna be in trouble but so far balancing moves keeping me up - still much time left for December.

Shopping season is about to stat too - let's see what's up this time around. Would be more fun if inflation does a steep up move. It will show how much strength everyone has.

Hello my fellow beanies

I wanted to write something to say thank you – I have so little time to come on here and get involved, but am forever indebted to you all 😊

Almost exactly 4 years ago today, as reminded by my Google timeline showing me a saved picture of Go Ah Ra, I saw my first ever K-drama by complete accident and immediately fell down the crazy beautiful rabbit hole of K-drama. Black was the first K-drama I ever saw and left a big impression, and I dug out Dramabeans back in October 2018 to try and make sense of it all. And get some recommendations on what to watch next.

Thanks to Dramamad, DelSatu, Becky, Korfan, Ally, bong-soo, mugyuljoie is preciousss, coolgirl, Omo omo omo, tsutsuloo and lots of others for replying to my early comments and getting the ball rolling on what to watch. I watched all of your recs and plenty more besides.

I can safely say my life has changed these past 4 years. I have watched something around 200 dramas now (tracked of course on the indispensable MDL), have been on trip of a lifetime to Seoul and the amazing Nami Island (Winter Sonata), learnt (or at least learning) a new language, and have been taken to emotional places that I never thought television was previously capable of. Small moments live in my mind forever – the joy of Park Min Young’s dancing scene in Healer, the “shoe scene” in Misaeng, the epilogue of Melancholia, the gut-wrench ending of Smile Has Left Your Eyes… And OMG when the chemistry fizzes off the screen, like in Something in the Rain, Secret Garden, Fated to Love You, it is surely heaven sent.

Some of my 10/10 scores on MDL for : My Mister, Misaeng, Live, Healer, Dear My Friends, Age of Youth (first series is best), Goblin (the only drama I’ve watched 3 times through). I’ll give a particularly special mention to “The Light in Your Eyes”, which has quite the most incredible, audacious surprise reveal I have ever seen in my life – that turns the entire show on its head and made me think of certain things in a new light.

So thank you again. Thanks to you for helping bring all of the above into my life. Thanks to you my 9 year old daughter wears a Kim Bok Joo “SWAG” t-shirt. Thanks to you for my having soju in my fridge. 감사합니다!

I was on the road last week but when I returned home I was stunned by the news of artist Kim Jung Gi’s sudden passing in Paris. Kim, 47, was an exceptional artist-teacher-mentor. You can see his live drawing skills in hundreds of YouTube videos. He was a unique artist since he could visualize in his mind his complex 3-D drawing without reference photos or sketches. Professional artists respected him and they were in awe of his art. When I looked up recent articles on his passing, I was surprised to find more overseas publications wrote about his death than South Korean (and a few Korean publications never covered the story). I guess he was more well known or appreciated outside his home land even though he founded a Korean art school.

What does OTT means?
I've seen that referring to some dramas.

Hello, everyone! Hope you're all well.

We had a gentle dusting of snow this morning and I found myself thinking what kdrama leads would make of the moment, lol.

This week kinda sucked. But at least it's over, right? I'm tired. I want the year to end already.

Oh, thursday (with my roomies) we watched Heart Signal CV and now my friend's boyfriend is gonna get two ice creams since we made a bet about who-texts-who (my friend and I VS her boyfriend). 😂

Have a nice day/night beanies! ^^
Hope you had a nice week.

Just a couple minutes into ep 1 of Yonder and I have one big question -- as it is set in 2032, will everyone be using 2022 Samsung phones????

PS: 3 eps are out already 😱😱 Hoping show is bad so I won't have another Friday Night of Doom.

Hello everyone,#.

Hope all are as well as can be. Here's a question? Is there a C-drama equivalent of Dramabeans? I need to learn Chinese so I'm watching some new-to-me shows and I need some Dramabeans style energy.

Is that a donut bar at gong hyo jin’s wedding. Somehow that’s exactly the kind of thing I’d expect from her- fund and free wheeling
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjorm8wK0GP/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=

I saw something I've never seem on a K-drama before. Watching the series 'Glitch', the camera zoomed in for a closeup on the lead Jeon Yeo-been's face and I saw... pores! On the face of a lead actress in a K-drama! Gasp!

Also, I literally failed to recognize her for all of episode 1. Now that I KNOW its her I can see it. Before that I thought she was a new face.

Hello Dear Beanies: Been traveling for a spell and could only check in when I had wifi. This was part of my plan to reduce screen time but I must admit I missed all y'all. Looking at the number of comments on all the new dramas, thinking maybe I didn't miss too much?
Read and re-read Heyer Club "The Grand Sophie" while hiking and eating in Italy. Almost made it through " Monkey King" but it was akin to reading a Marvel movie.
The only thing that I am totally absorbed with is Nirvana in Fire. Now reading the translated novel which adds a whole new layer of understanding.
Shoulda posted this on "What Watch" but oh well.

"Shooting Stars" - I'm one episode away from completing this, and it's not so bad. I know it's likely a glamorized version of what actually goes on behind the scenes, but it's been an eye-opener. I thought the side characters were interesting, even more so than the main couple. The PPL is quite distracting here, though. That said, what is that candy ball that they drop in their drink? Will it work with drinks other than soju?

Happy weekend beanies! I want to comment on several variety/reality shows I’ve recently watched. Sikjahoedam (K-food summit) is 6 episodes where experts in the food industry discuss how to raise awareness and love for Korean food globally. It’s informative, thoughtful, and offers interesting perspectives. The CEO of cupbok made me want to try it (we just got one in town). Also, now I know Bibigo brand is authentic and good quality.
United Fathers is a cute show about foreign dads who married Korean women and p their child raising experiences and sometimes advice or tips.
Dopojarek: story of Homme the K-Wanderer is a group of Korean celebs who travel together. Joo Woo Jae is kind of a glum rain cloud but I like him in spite of his low energy, haha. Off to Denmark in ep 1!
EXO’s Travel the World on a Ladder in Namhae is cute, of course. I’m Xiumin’s fan forever 💕
Add these to Love in Contract, The Law Cafe, Mental Coach Jegal, Seasons of Blossom, Good Job, Cheer Up, and Bad Prosecutor D.O. Exo again), and my Korean drama plate is pretty full! Makes me happy 😃
P.s. Mental Coach Jegal uses such questionable counseling tactics in the name of helping such as tricking adult athletes into getting on a bus to go to a lecture in place of training. My question is : if it was such a good idea, why wasn’t it a legitimately planned session in the first place! The means justifying the end is a cover up for bad practices at best and criminal acts at worst.

My hometown team is in the American baseball playoffs and there's a nail-biting decisive game happening right now. Our team has one Korean player, who despite being a big star in Korean professional baseball has been just middling since he came to the US. But he's at bat and 45,000 people are chanting his name like he's a member of BTS. ⚾️ 😆

I couldn't keep this in anymore. I usually find actors and actresses in K dramas incredibly beautiful, but in a recent one I suspect the main actress had quite a lot of work done, to the extent where I find her almost unwatchable. It is just too distracting. I blame unrealistic beauty standards. I love watching beautiful people, but there must be a line that should not be crossed.

A post after a long time (Sort of). Life was too hectic. Not necessarily in a bad way. It was busy but there were a lot of moments which were fun. I was meeting a lot of friends and was working on something interesting and attending some interesting events. I was also watching a lot of K-Dramas. And sometimes lurking here. But today at last able to check all the posts. Gush about how "Love is for suckers" so far is ticking all the old school rom-com boxes for me. And how much I want to put Ji-ho shhi from "Love on contract" in my pocket and keep for myself. But first things first, I will now start posting in more threads!