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After working on my most recent article for ATK Magazine, I came to the sudden realization that, despite my undying love for Jung Yong Hwa, I had somehow missed writing any sort of review for Heartstrings. Appalled by my own negligence, I vowed to feature Yong Hwa’s second drama as this week’s “Friday Night Drama”. Continue reading “FRIDAY NIGHT DRAMA: Heartstrings”
Last night brought us the end of one of the most popular K-Dramas of the year, so it’s only fitting that this weekend’s drama to marathon is none other than SBS’s star-studded melodrama, Heirs.
Starring Lee Min Ho, Park Shin Hye, Kim Woo Bin, Kang Min Hyuk, Choi Jin Hyuk, Kang Ha Neul, Krystal Jung, Park Hyung Sik, Choi Won Young, Yoon Son Ha, Im Joo Eun, Kim Ji Won, Kim Sung Ryung, Kim Mi Kyung and Yoon Jin Suh, Heirs follows a group of wealthy, privileged high school kids as they struggle to find themselves and fall in love amidst the pressures and expectations placed on them as inheritors of some of Korea’s biggest companies.
To keep my recent flower boy theme going, this Friday’s drama is the adorable Flower Boy Next Door.
Starring Park Shin Hye and Yoon Si Yoon, 
Flower Boy Next Door is the story of a shy freelance copy editor, Go Dok Mi, who spends her days locked in her tiny apartment, staring out her window at the world passing around her. Go Dok Mi’s particularly favorite view happens to be the handsome boy next door, Han Tae Joon but when an unexpected stranger shows up in Han Tae Joon’s window, things in Go Dok Mi’s little world suddenly get flipped upside down. Suddenly finding herself surrounded by a whole host of “flower boys,” Go Dok Mi begins to wonder if life would be better lived on the other side of her door.
If, like me, your week’s been a little rough, Flower Boy Next Door, could be just the drama you need to lift your spirits. It’s lighthearted fun and flower boys galore which make it an easy show to get into and is why it’s another of my favorites. (Though to be honest, I have a lot of favorites so maybe that’s not saying much…) Whatever the case may be, good week or bad, sit back, enjoy a little Friday Night Drama and I’ll see you next week!
Last week I introduced you to one of my favorite Japanese bands, ONE OK ROCK, and one of my all-time favorite K-dramas, You’re Beautiful. If you took the time to watch any of You’re Beautiful, you probably spent the last week with songs from the show stuck in your head and if you’re at all like me, you’re now wondering where you can find A.N.Jell’s album. Unfortunately, A.N.Jell only exists in K-dramaLand *waaah!* but the three talented actors that make up A.N.Jell are also musicians which means you can get your fill of Jang Geun Suk (aka Hwang Tae Kyung), Lee Hong Ki (Jeremy) and Jung Yong Hwa (Kang Shin Woo) without having to watch episodes of You’re Beautiful every day for the rest of your life. *Hooray!* While I’d love to introduce you to the work of all three of these amazing artists at once, I feel like I would be gipping them of their time in my relatively small spotlight, so this week I’m going to focus on just one and that would be Jung Yong Hwa’s rock/pop/alternative band CNBLUE.
CNBLUE debuted in Japan in 2009 with their first mini-album Now or Never and released their first Korean mini-album, Bluetory, in 2010. Since then, CNBLUE has released several albums and mini-albums in both Korea and Japan, all of which have met with incredible success. The band spent a good portion of this year on their Blue Moon World Tour while somehow managing to find time for both Kang Min Hyuk and Jung Yong Hwa to film for upcoming K-dramas. Kang Min Hyuk is currently starring in SBS’s newest drama Heirs (which you can watch here http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4274/Heirs/) and Jung Yong Hwa’s newest drama Mi Rae’s Choice (aka Marry Him If You Dare) is scheduled to release next week. How these guys find time to release new albums, tour and act is beyond me but they do and we love them for it, which brings me to our drama of the week but first, check out these videos from CNBLUE…
If last week’s drama and this week’s band wasn’t enough to get you hooked on Jung Yong Hwa, this week’s drama should do the trick. Starring Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye and Kang Min Hyuk (to name a few) Heartstrings follows the story of two college music majors, one majoring in modern music and the other traditional, and the sparks that fly when the two go head-to-head to prove which musical style is best. Being a fan of Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye and music in general, this rom-com is one of my favorites as it’s another drama full of great music and that classic love-hate relationship of which I can never seem to get enough. You can watch the first episode below and the rest of the series on DramaFever here…http://www.dramafever.com/drama/3934/Heartstrings/ and if after that, you still can’t get enough of Jung Yong Hwa you can watch the premier of Marry Him If You Dare here, http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4320/Marry_Him_If_You_Dare/ later this week and then join me for the newest DramaFever drama club where I and two other bloggers will be discussing each week’s episodes in-depth. Until next week…enjoy!