I love your comments about this show! Thanks @missvictrix! That pretty much sums up what I do like about the show. I also noticed that the words of appreciation (hot and shirtless) are used quite a few times here which shows our utmost interest in the plot on which I totally agree on lol.

Lee. Jae. Wook.

Shirtless
Swoony
With messy hair
With dirt on his face
With THAT stare

That’s all I’m gonna say. Comment your thoughts.

This drama was exactly what i was looking for, fun, adorable, light-weight. And just 2 episodes in, i am falling for their chemistry, they are Just so prefect for each other. Rara who was rich and spoiled and believes in unworldly positivity and then there's joon who is probably my FAV cold and calm ML charcter, he's so natural to the point where it didn't even look like he's acting. Its like joon is so drawn towards the positive and honest natured rara. I mean just 2 episodes in and look at then acting like a married couple haha.

cuties. <3

The hero recognized Ra-Ra’s name when he was asked to deliver the bouquet... did I miss the past connection, or has it not come on screen yet?

And just how many part timer but pro level skills does our runaway chaebol hero have?

That hair wash scene reminded me of the hand wash scene from TSLOMS ... oh the scene that could have been, if ...!

“ Please only say hopeful things, even if it’s bad news.”

That’s basically the drama. Plot holes aside, I’m here for the silliness. Lord knows we can use it these days, when real life is a dumpster fire.

It’s amazing how lee Jae wook can switch roles with each project. He’s done it twice now playing sweet then cold. At least jun doesn’t border on ass but just indifferent.

I only caught the first episode and I think I like go ara when she’s not frowning and so I’m pleasantly looking forward. I’m not sold on their chemistry yet but I am intrigued

Thank you Miss Victrix. I too thought of SHOPPING KING LOUIE as I watched the first two episodes. It is just the sort of silly comedy we need right now.

I did find the show a little disorganized at times. Is our hero a Chaebol in hiding or maybe his grand dad is a mob boss? And what is the role of our newly divorced doctor? Many pieces of the puzzle are still missing.

And, so far, not even a hint of the music academy.

Usually the first pair of episodes give us the background but I get the feeling that we will need another pair of episodes to really get a sense of where we are.

I just watched this premiere yesterday and... It made me laugh and cry even at the same time. No wonder, this is the same writer of shopping king Louie, which I love.
Now, let's go talking about our main characters:
Ra ra is so transparent and open and sweet... I can't help but love her. I really truly loved that she kept on playing the piano for her father and I couldn't help compare this musical approach with the one our characters have in Do you like Brahms?
I understood, of course, that Ra ra was a spoiled child who didn't think she needed to make a living with her skills playing the piano, and also she never had to participate in any competition and she was ok with the idea of getting married and becoming a house wife, but still... She had been lucky and has had a good relationship with the piano, so even if she doesn't have the talent, I am sure she will keep on playing with joy and a good connection to music, which is wonderful.

Lee Jae wook is gorgeous (maybe too young for me, but anyway😅😂...), and his character looks interesting.
I already felt the romance by the second episode... a "sense of possession" that actually didn't hurt my feminist side, because really... Gu Ra ra is useless in regard of being able to survive alone in the real world, so it's ok. She needs protection.
And anyways, you can see that Joon-ah is aloof but caring and that he wouldn't take advantage. So, she is in good hands.
Finally:
I don't like Kim Joo hun too much as a second lead not because he is bad at all, but because I think it is unfair dramaland is always giving him the role of a man who likes any woman but she doesn't because he is not "handsome enough"... it's more of this superficial aspect of the Korean culture telling you, if you are not good looking then you don't have the right to be loved, so I hate that.
In other dramas the second lead is also a handsome guy, but the female lead likes him as a friend or sees him as a brother... But in this case, I feel, with Kim Joo hun, the writers are telling me he is not handsome enough. That happened in "Encounter" and also recently in "It's o.k. not to be O.k." and it bothers me.
Come on, writers... can't you make a man's personality appealing enough that really it doesn't matter how he looks like??? Because often that is what happens in real life.
There is a long way to go after the premiere, but with this writer, I feel we are all also in good hands!
So go show... make us feel!

I tried bingeing Shopping King and mid-noble idiocy got to me that I have it on paused. Maybe live-watching this would be better and love for Lee Jae-wook will prevail!

this is such a fantastic show.. the drama which is like a happy pill. and then I love the dreamy ambient every time Lee Jae Wook gets close up... aahhhh and then the chemistry is sooo good....
i love it.. and hope it gets just better and better....
PS- Go Ara has improved her acting so much which i wasnt expecting.

This is the exact brand of happy cute stupid my lizard brain needs right now.

I ffwd through the first two eps. I’m only here for lee jae wook

The first episode was a little messy, but the second episode sold me. Go Ara is hilarious in this role. Lee Jae Wook is playing the stoic hero. However, her mess to his straight man has won me over. There is a resonance of Shopping King Louis, but I this is fun too, but it is clear that the former is the superior work at least so far.

Love this although nothing is new. In love with the characters and the feels already, don’t even care if the plot line becomes predictable 😊

I really enjoyed watching the first two episodes. I find Go Ara really charming as Rara/Lala. Her Na-jung from Reply 1994 is still fresh in my memory since I just finished watching it for the first time two weeks ago. Love her.
Plus Joon is really giving me runaway chaebol vibes. The way he is acting looks like he has admired Rara long before he has officially met her. Sensing a childhood backstory perhaps.
Overall, I enjoyed the optimism and sugary fluff of the first two episodes.

Agree with your assessment of our first week!

I am debt-averse so, like with Louis in Shopping King Louis, the back of my mind was like "omg, stop spending money! Just live on cup noodles!" But still, I had a lot of fun and had a silly grin of my face for most of it. Jun and Lala are adorable individually and together. I fell in love with them as a couple after she thanked him and bid him goodbye and he was like no. I'm glad they got to spend a lot of time together - pretty much the entire second episode.

I noticed that when Lala tried to cover her eyes when confronted with a shirtless Jun, there was like a 2 inch gap between 2 of the fingers! :) It's funny how even Eun Seok was screaming at a shirtless Jun along with the girls.

I wonder if that secretary of Lala's dad was actually up to no good. You have Ahn Nae Sang in the role, but he's also doing like a bajillion dramas this year.

I do wish they would cut out the ex-fiance after he ditched her. Not like we ever got to see them interact. We already have 2 better guys who like her.

When Joon caught the bouquet, I gasped, "Marry me." Lee Jae-wook is fine. I love how gruff Joon is but still lends any money Ra-ra asks. I thought he fell in love at first sight at her wedding until the epilogue revealed he saw her at her recital. When he went MIA for two days, I wish she had worried whether something bad had happened to him. I'm surprised Na-gyeom's mom never suspected Joon liked Ra-ra. As soon as she cried that her hair hadn't been washed in over a week, I was dying for him to wash her hair.

Ra-ra is the female Louis, all eccentric. I thought she spoke to Joon in banmal because she assumed he was the help, but I'm elated they're donggap. I chuckled when Joon perked up at Ra-ra's promise to pay him back after she sells her car. How is she going to fix her car, Joon? With your money, of course. I hope she finds a job in playing the piano. I cried when she talked to her dog Mimi after her dad died "It's just the two of us now."

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol gives me old-school rom-com vibes à la Full House. Sadly, Ra-ra wants to move out and rob us of our cohabitation hijinks. The "dodosolsolalalsol" Instagram user mystery reminds me of Shopping King Louis. This drama is already so much fun. Thanks a ton for the weecap, @missvictrix!

I was really happy to see Lee Jae-Wook in his first role. But I really didn't like Go Ara in this role. I don't have issue overacting when it's a part of the direction. But Go Ara can't act cute, it was really cringey for me. After seing Kim Hye Yoon in Extraordinary You with Lee Jae-Wook, it's hard to not compare. She was so cute and overacted very well for the stage scenes but was more subtile for the shadow scenes. And she had the same actor as a single Dad :p Go Ara's haircut reminded me Moon Geun-Young in Marry Me, Mary! who was super cute.

The story is kinda the same than Shopping King Louie but with gender reversal. For now, we didn't really see the supporting characters. And I don't really like the both guys know her and they don't tell her, it's not really fair. But it explains why the both help her.

Thanks for the weecap @missvictrix. Definite tones of SKL in this one. Go Ara is doing a lovely job as our hapless, slightly kooky heroine. I loved her entire reason for sticking with the piano and promptly washing her hands of it once that goal was achieved. Her dad's 'Bravo!' after every performance was delightful.

LJW is also fun as Joon. He plays the tsundere to perfection. His emphatic 'no!', before promptly doing whatever she asked had me smiling every time. And, 'she owes me compensation' - his explanation for spending the night by her side and looking after her in the hospital was clearly logical to him and no one else, judging from the looks everyone else (including me) gave him each time. One wonders how many more part-time jobs he would need to take on before his investment in his debtor starts paying off - that debt must have been nearing 10 million (an exaggeration, maybe, but all those bills!) by the end of episode two. 🤣🤣

This is a persuasive review @missvictrix - to be honest, I struggled with the first 2 episodes, and it only got worse, but you have persuaded me to take it at face value and give it more of a chance. I have seen Shopping King Louise so I had no expectations and I still bear scars from Was It Love?

There were some genuinely poignant moments for me when she mourned her father and everything came together in the most ghastly way on her wedding day, but so far I can't forgive her for needlessly crashing her car and hurting her poor doggo, not to mention that she nearly killed the very precious LJW (fortunately he is in dramaland and is made of rubber). I promise I'll make an effort to take the show at face value and manage my intolerance of dumb women in the hope that she will come good and demonstrate her hidden survival skills. But most of all, I'd love to see her value the people who make it possible for her to survive. I found her calling him "nosebleed" without actually asking him his name, pretty offensive.

Is no one going to talk about how LJW had a portable hanging ladder stashed in his bag, in case of emergency get-aways? 😂

I watched episode 2 last night and this morning I am still chuckling over the 'screeming' ending. I will be staying with it.
Btw. Who is she, La La or Ra Ra? I am going La La.
I did not see SHOPPING KING LOUIS so I won't be comparing TWINKLE to it. One drama I did enjoy that had a chaebol son/daughter out of their element was STRONGEST DELIVERYMAN.

It's only right that you add hot before Lee Jaewook. Damn the boy's hot. I feel even if the drama sucked I'd watch it for him . LJW breathing LJW blinking LJW blushing, LJW shirtless. Oh and am I the only one who feels a resemblance to the Kim JaeWook? Well both are hot

Ever since I saw LJW in Extraordinary You and clips of him in WWW, I knew he was an up and coming actor I wanted to pay attention to. I know Go Ara can be hit or miss sometimes, but I really liked her in Reply 1994 and Ms Hammurabi. So I was really excited to see how this pair would play out not knowing the storyline.
At first the story telling felt... a little lazy...too many coincidences and a little choppy, and there wasn't too many substance to Ra-ra. It didn't seem believable that her only world included her and her dad. Midway into the story, all the questions I had about the introductions to the characters/setup fell away when Ra-ra and Joon met. I didn't mind the fast pace anymore if it means our characters can get more screen times.
Usually it takes some build up for the the tsundere to fall for the heroine, but Joon's all in from the beginning. He may look irritated with her, but he gives in every time. They give off this vibe of childhood friends where the guy is use to the girls antics and takes care of her 24/7 because he's secretly in love with her (well only to her haha).
This drama feels very old school with the very likely secret chaebol "plot twist" (maybe the plot twist is that he's not a chaebol!) and poor little rich girl but I don't think Ra-ra is helpless, naive yes, but she's definitely spunky. And if she didn't find Joon, I'm sure she'd manage to survive, crying along the way, but survive. Although, I am interested in how they will develop her character to become more independent and looks there's a lovable community to help her along the way. Anyway, with Ra-ra leading the way, this drama is going to be a fun and zany ride and I'm all aboard.