Yoon Sang-hyun’s most recent project, My Fair Lady, was a miss, but thankfully for him he’s still riding high on his role before that, Queen of Housewives. The drama gained Yoon fans in Japan after it aired there, and on November 8, he performed several songs in Tokyo at the PAX MUSICA 2009–Asia Pops Platinum Live concert.

The event also marked Yoon Sang-hyun’s first live stage performance. Included in his short song list was the ballad he sang to great response in Queen of Housewives, his remake of Boohwal’s “Neverending Story.” He also sang a song by Hirai Ken (”Close your eyes”) and Nakanishi Yasushi (”Saigo no ame”).

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Oh my gosh, this was one of the worst finales I’ve ever seen. I’ve been leaving room for the drama to upswing at the eleventh hour, but now that it’s over I can say with certainty that this is a gross disappointment. I can’t say it’s the worst last episode EVER (because there are many dramas I have never seen finale episodes for, of course), but certainly one of the most disjointed, nonsensical, pointless finales I’ve actually watched. It’s as bad as Witch Amusement for weirdness — but maybe even worse because at least Witch Amusement’s finale was amusing to watch.

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My Fair Lady OST – “I Love You” [ Download ]

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I know, at this point it’s probably more “appropriate” to post a pic of our main couple… but eh, whatever. This one is very cute.

Episode 15 makes me sorry for all of us who were holding out hope for an exciting ending, because this episode was rather boring. Things that should have been heart-tugging lost their pull because they’d already been done before in previous episodes, and I think we’ve had enough of the endless repetition. Although, if you want to play a drinking game, you could probably get pretty far along by taking a shot every time this episode employed a pointless cliche.

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My Fair Lady OST – “사랑은 어쩔 수 없네요” (Can’t control love) by Yoon Sang-hyun [ Download ]

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Like the past three (or so) episodes, I think Episode 14 is rife with weird, illogical moments. But unlike the past three episodes, at least this one has a couple of nice, conflict-ridden scenes to make up for it. No, it doesn’t make up for all of the shortcomings, but there were a couple bits of dialogue that were really nice (okay, maybe just one great line) and a burst of emotion. Finally!

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Taesabiae – “이 노래를 들으면” (When hearing this song) [ Download ]

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I wish My Fair Lady would go full-on crazy, because even though they’re halfway there already, the drama’s still clinging to the semblance of a conventional trendy series. I think at this point they’d do better to have fun running wild with the nonsense rather than struggling to play it straight. I didn’t think this episode was bad so much as it was puzzling, and the cast probably finds it puzzling as well.

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Park Hyo-shin – “이름 모를 새” [ Download ]

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Was it just me, or were the last ten minutes of this episode the weirdest, choppiest, awkwardest sequence of scenes ever? They came across tacked-on and badly edited. Totally felt out of step with the rest of the episode, which marred an otherwise significant ending scene.

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Lee Soo-young – “추억 안녕” (Goodbye memory) [ Download ]

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I’m sorry to say this, because I think My Fair Lady is definitely the better series, but there’s something about it that reminds me quite a lot of Witch Amusement, that hot mess of nonsensical repetition and confusion. I like this drama a lot more, but I can’t help seeing the similarities between them. But more on that later.

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Lyn – “사랑 다 거짓말” (Love is all lies) [ Download ]

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