Kdrama 2018
Radio Romance (Kdrama Review & Summary)
Radio Romance poster from KBS
- Genre: Romance, Love Triangle
- Release Date: 2018
- Origin: South Korea
- Kdrama: 16 Episodes
Cast:
- Yoon Doo Joon as Ji Soo-Ho
- Kim So-Hyun as Song Geu-Rim
- Yoon Park as Lee Gang
- Yura as Jin Tae-Ri
- Ha Joon as Kim Joon-Woo
- Kwak Dong-Yeon as Jason
I have to be honest. I did not watch this as soon as it came out because I thought I did not like the lead actress. It was not her fault. I heard, she is multi-awarded already when she is still in her teens.,
The reason I would pass on her dramas was because I am rather loyal to Kim Yoo-jung, which I believed was her main competitor in dramas. I do love Kim Yoo-jung so much. 🙂
Anyway after just watching one episode of this drama, I had a complete turn around. I think I like Kim So-hyun as much as Yoo-jung now.
The story in a nutshell is about a romance that developed in a radio station. 🙂 Geu-Rim is a writer for radio but so far not good at it as she does not get the experience. Despite being the assistant writer, she was tasked to get talents and guests for shows as well as fetch and carry food for the team.
Ji Soo is a popular actor, who is not 100 per cent into his job. His popularity is supported by his rich and powerful mother.
Episode 1
Geu Rim had been made redundant from her radio show as the DJ had up and left not only the program but the country.
As luck would have it, Lee Gang, the genius radio producer has just come back from his sabbatical to India.
Lee Gang is producing a new radio show and he wants Geu Rim to be the writer . But it was not that easy, she had to convince Ji Soo to be the DJ in this new show.
Some back story: It seemed Ji Soo is attracted to Geu Rim because of vitality and being carefree.
Episode 2:
Geu Rim continues to work hard in convincing Ji Soo to do radio.
Ji Soo on the otherhand has a back story. His rich powerful mother is not actually his real mother. She told him on his 8(?) birthday that he was not her real son. She looks after him and in return he had to work doubly hard to please her by always smiling and do what he was told.
He grew up without real love or fun.
One day he saw a girl surrounded by happy laughing children. He was fascinated with how carefree she looked and how joyous. In her school jacket her name was written as Song Geu-Rim.
He might have kept an eye on her over the years because about four years ago, during a party he purposely tripped her over. She was so annoyed but he smiled at her.
Geu -Rim loved of radio is legendary. Even at a young age, she continued sending over a hundred post-cards to the radio station. She often listen to the radio with her mother, who is blind.
Geu-Rim is a people’s person and quite popular as Lady Kamikaze, well known for her Soju and beer mix. On the last day of JI Soo’s historical drama. The cast and crew invited Geu Rim for a wrap-up drink up.
She showed up in the party, thinking that Ji Soo would also be attending. But as the night progressed he was not there but she got drunk.
She later woke up in a strange bed, which was Ji Soo’s.
Ji Soo said he would agree to being a DJ but she must help him out. This was in the form of misleading his mother that there was more between Ji Soo and Geu Rim.
Geu Rim got very upset. She felt degraded.
Back at the radio station, Geu Rim was called by the station manager for a meeting. The she was told that she was to inexperience to be the main writer. The former writer of the now defunct Minu’s show that she was not good and that Ji Soo would not agree to be in the program.
But suddenly a very handsome Ji Soo was there confirming that he will do the show and pulled Geu Rim to go with him. 🙂
So far the classic formula of a good sweet Kdrama romance is all here.
Episode 3
This episode is all about the contract signing. This is also about Ji Soo finally trying to untangle himself from all his pseudo mother/stepmother’s web of mental cruelty.
The pseudo mother was nasty to Ji Soo because he is the son of her erring husband with another woman.
Episode 4:
Lee Gang team with Ji Soo and Jason went on a 2 days 1 night out of town bonding. It did not go well as Ji Soo and Geu Rim had to go back to the ferry dock to retrieve Geu Rim’s laptop. They spent the night together but all innocent.
The next morning Ji Soo was gone.
During their first radio recording, Geu Rim was all excited to have Ji Soo read her script. Only to find that he had his own script.
She was so upset that when Lee Gang invited her for some soju, she agreed. But before she can get into Lee Gang’s car, Ji Soon was there preventing her to go in.
This drama has so many eye candy on offer. Ji Soo, Jason, Joon Woo and Lee Gang. Nice.
Episode 5
It was the pilot of Ji Soo radio show. It did not really go as expected because he was misled. Instead of pre-recorded show, it went on live.
But nothing catastrophic happened.
His pseudo mother is working behind the scene to ensure that the radio show does not last for more than a month.
There is a growing love triangle between Ji Soo, Geu Rim and Lee Gang. But although Lee Gang is so cute, Ji Soo is just so adorable.
Towards the end of the episode, Geu Rim is giving Ji Soo a crash course to radio broadcasting, telling him the 7 seconds rule, which is a DJ must not pause that long in between talking, otherwise it creates ‘dead air’
Episode 7
Ji Soo kissed Geu Rim to remind her that she had known him from a long time ago.
Episode 8
JI Soo has told Geu Rim that he likes her.
Geu Rim was not expecting it as she was told by Tae Ri that she was dating Ji Soo/
Geu Rim’s mother ended up in the hospital. Geu Rim finally asked Ji Soo if he was the boy Woo ji Woo she used to know in the hospital 12 years ago.
Geu Rim found out that Ji Soo had like her since then.
This is a sweet episode. Lee Gang told Ji Soo that he likes Geu Rim.
Episode 9-12
This drama has some mystery to its story.
Someone is sending postcards branding Ji Soo as a murderer. The mystery deepens as Ji Soo has a box of letters addressed to Geu Rim, being the sender’s muse. Was Ji Soo the real sender? Or someone, the boy, who died twelve years ago?!!!
The romance between Geu Rim and Ji Soo is full on, but Lee Gang seemed had something to say about it!
Episode 13-16
Nice enough drama but in the end you are left feeling like ‘what did I just watch?’ I mean it was immediately forgettable
Geu Rim found out that Ji Soo is not the Woo Ji Woo, who sent her love notes a long time ago.
They all live happily ever after.
Kim So Hyun is a very good actress but this drama is way over her head. They should have gotten a more mature actress.
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