Lovers of Music () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Eun-ji, Ji Hyun-woo, Shin Sung-rok, and Lee Se-young. It aired on KBS2 from June 23 to August 12, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55, for a total of 16 episodes.
Plot
A girl's journey to become a successful singer in the old-fashioned musical genre Trot, with the help of a songwriter and music producer who detests Trot.
Cast
Main characters
Despite being in her early twenties, Choon-hee is the breadwinner of her household and She works hard to make ends meet while taking care of her father and younger sister. Her late mother was a trot singer, and Choon-hee inherited her singing talent and dreams of following in her footsteps. She gets all the practice time she can squeeze in by belting out songs in noraebangs.
Joon-hyun is a genius songwriter/music producer with "top star" mainstream popularity and snobbish tastes in music. Arrogant and prickly in personality, he loathes trot which he considers lowbrow. But he later helps the no-name Choon-hee realize her dream of becoming a trot singer.
A businessman who suddenly has to take over as CEO of his father's entertainment agency, Shine Star. Despite being cynical, he is elegant, charming and outgoing. Geun-woo signs Choon-hee as Shine Star's latest talent and later falls for her.
Seemingly the perfect girl next door, she is a trainee at Shine Star who becomes Choon-hee's biggest rival in everything, from work to love.
Supporting characters
Joon-hyun's manager. Taking his name from legendary trot singers Seol Woon-do, Tae Jin-ah and Song Dae-kwan, he too, dreams of becoming a trot singer someday.
Pil-nyeo has been a trainee for ten years under the agency Shine Star. At first she bosses Choon-hee around when the latter enters the company, but the two eventually become good friends.
Joon-hyun's younger colleague and rival, who holds nothing back when it comes to getting what he wants.
Cameo appearances
- Lee Yeon-kyung as Oh Sung-joo
- Ji Soo-won as Hwa-soon
- Hong Kyung-min as MC of Survival Song (episode 5)
- Kim Hyun-chul as Himself, music program MC (episode 1)
- Yoon Gun as Audition juror (episode 2âÂÂ3)
- Kim In-seok as Performer on Survival Classic (episode 5)
- Lee Eun-ha as Announcer of Survival Classic (episode 6)
- Nam Kyung-eup as Go Eun-tae
- E-Young as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
- Lee Ka-eun as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
- Hwang Min-hyun as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
- Im So-yeon as Radio DJ
- Lee Chae-mi as Sibling on the beach (episode 12)
- Jeon Jun-hyeok as Sibling on the beach (episode 12)
Ratings
Awards and nominations
Original soundtrack
References
External links