If I'm not mistaken, this (beautiful) song was in k-drama Girls Generation 1979 OST too.

Meanwhile I'm just here for the music, hoping the groups' activities won't be affected 🤞🏼

Meanwhile, away from Korea and kpop, but still relevant, I think, Disney announced a restructuring that will layoff 7000 jobs and cut 5.5 billion. Like Netflix, it suffered large losses in its streaming operations. Its full integration with Hulu, of which it is the majority owner, is now in doubt, and there is some talk that it will sell Hulu to Comcast. I wonder what that will do to its kdrama initiative, which it launched with such fanfare in 2021, and which it reaffirmed in late 2022 but prior to this restructuring and executive Bob Iger's full re-takeover. Non-subscribers (such as me) or U.S. subscribers without a VPN (which is why I'm a non-subscriber) will not necessarily miss it, but it will be telling to see what happens, since Netflix is also engaged in some policy shifts. Will there be a kdrama streaming shakeout?

Why do I feel like a kdrama about the kpop industry would be so fun but at the same time I would hate every single character in it. LOL

and like really, why they looking. I made 6 posters yesterday. planned 4 events. cmon. what else am i to do, I answered all the letters, arghh! there is no more work???? stop staring!

and a drama where everyone is drunk, falls asleep, and is transported into a dream land, but with no alcohol and nobody knows what it is

Agree. I'm tired of realistic. I see it every day and try not to notice.

I've been watching it. I don't feel any emotional attachments to anyone, especially not enough to cry over anyone, but I just keep coming back because I want to see the conclusion of the events.

I recognized one of the contestants from his variety appearances and I wondered how he would do. I think I saw 3 or 4 contestants who had been masters on the variety show Master in the House.

It’s fun, wow such powerful strength! And so far, good sportsmanship. Speaking of ships, wait until you get to THAT challenge!

I'm watching too. Don't know who any of them are but am enjoying it.

Oh no! It’s amazing how fast your day can go south, isn’t it? Get plenty of rest and stay hydrated. I did that once and my black eyes lasted about a week. Hope you will feel better soon, but you probably took a pretty big jolt 😟

well, if it is any comfort a korean drama male lead doesnt get this hard on first date

Hope you are not in too much pain. The bright side is no gorgeous male lead witnessed the shame so there will be time when you are fully recovered to act as if you are always graceful 😊

Hope your injuries were minor and you're feeling better 🥺

I’ve done the same thing TWICE in the past year, the second time requiring a trip to the ER to stitch up a busted lip. In both cases, the dramatic Technicolor eye effect faded in a few days.

No swoony guys to catch me before I hit the ground, but in the first instance, a really nice fella saw me sprawled on the ground and kindly gave me a ride home. Does that count?

Both times I was out taking an evening walk and tripped in the dark over the uneven sidewalk. I finally got myself a headlamp, which has probably saved me from even more falls.

Oh, no Kokdu just “there” to catch you in mid air? Glad it wasn’t too bad, then, you know, picking yourself up mere mortal and all.

Secret Garden songs are very recognizable to me, too!

I play a game with my nice when I'm driving, she plays random OST songs and I guess the drama. I get like 10% of them right, even when she picks (almost) the same songs everytime. Lol

I am no expert but I have noticed that there is a mix of famous OST singers that do a lot of drama soundtracks Cheeze pops up a lot and some famous singers that do occasional tracks like V on Our beloved summer’s OST.

Secret Garden songs "The Man" (sung by Hyun Bin) and "The Woman" (sung by Baek Ji Young) are among my favorite k-drama tracks and I could never forget that they are from that drama :)

I don't know much, but I know that when a song becomes famous it never disappears.
I've heard that songs from I know Coffee Prince, Our Beloved Summer, Be Melo, Itaewon, etc are played in certain seasons or events. I mean, to still play every summer a song from 2007...😳
And even in recent shows sometimes you can hear a song from other drama in the back (especially in a coffee shop, bar or restaurant scene), or in variety shows (Master in the House's PD is obsessed with Our Beloved Summer OTS. 😆 I can't blame them tho).

The artists... I think you can get everything. From an old indie band to a rookie kpop group. You can get big or small stars. Sometimes even actors with zero musical experience make a song for the OST of their drama.
I also know that sometimes artists ask their friends to make a song for their drama.

Oh, and some artists are known for making great OSTs. I'm not sure, but I think Ailee has the title of "queen of OTS'".

But I don't think you're missing something. It's normal to not know the artist if you're not interested in their music.
Well, I'm like that. I never recognize any of the artists my friends like even if they're famous. 🤷‍♀️

I don't really notice the OSTs either haha but I do think there famous singers who become go tos because they tend to sing catchy or memorable songs. The songs can also become famous or iconic, for example (I don't know the name of the song or melody) but the music (or at least the theme when people strut in a line) from Boys over Flowers is still used nowadays.

I was surprised how involved the singers are in the OST/drama process. I've seen something where it was said the singer reads the script(s) in order to perform the song. The only OST songs that I liked enough to actually listen to the whole thing available on youtube was Gu Family Book and for that obviously Suzy & Lee Seung Gi would know the general story (since they were the stars) but since they sang the songs, they had to know how the story would end.

For The Woman song from the drama Secret Garden, the singer also mentioned how attached she felt to the character after reading the script which I guess informed how she sang the song.

I love k-OSTS. Honestly it's been years since I've stopped to follow kpop all that much expect of few artists I seriously like, but I regularly save songs from drama in my playlist. Sometimes even when I didn't watch drama itself and just found it randomly)))

Certain singers pretty much do OSTs for living, so it's easy to remember them because they're literally everywhere lol. Main problem here is that SK has a specific taste in ballads I couldn't get behind even if I got lobotomy, so many HUGE hit OSTs of that genre annoy me terribly. And when such track is played like 5-6 time per episode... There is a difference between ear-worm and ear-parasite!

Because This Is My First Life introduced me to Melomance, who have become a bit of an obsession with me. The vocalist, Kim Min Seok, is phenomenal…and I say this coming from a background in opera. They appear on a lot of OSTs, including A Business Proposal (in which they also make a live appearance), Mr. Sunshine, Our Blues, Yumi’s Cells, A Korean Odyssey, and Link: East, Love, Kill.

Also just disclosing I’m ethnically Indian and I have witnessed both arranged marriages and love marriages work and fail

Give "Strangers Again" Kdrama a try. It explores marriage and divorces to an extent, but in general marriage is a work where you pretend to like it because it gives you stability in society.

...example is the female lead from Nevertheless. She smoked, had tattoos, and swears but she had to change in order to just get cast and accepted by general audiences. Didn't matter if she was talented or hardworking, just that she didn't fit the "traditional" criteria.

I've seen people complain about violence and again, people way more articulate than me can and have made videos about violence in media but violence is also realistic. Not only that but sometimes it feels like a vicarious catharsis when you see someone who never gets punished get punched in the face.

It's kinda like when people say "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all". Yeah, that's the nice thing to do but people have negative feelings and sometimes it's better to get them out rather than let them fester inside and come out in some other harmful way. Plus sometimes it can lead to needed conversations.

Oh, I probably went on a rambling tangent. Sorry.
My point is not ALL western media is trash and western influence doesn't necessarily mean the downfall of korean dramas.