S3 Ep3: The Atypical Family: The Best Drama of 2024
Yes, we know that 2024 is only half over but we seriously doubt another drama will top The Atypical Family. This is an incredibly creative series with complex characters, gorgeous cinematography, amazing performances and the most unique OST we've ever heard. But this drama hasn't gotten the love it deserves from Kdrama fans. We want everyone to hop on board and discover this gem!
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S3 Ep2: Lovely Runner: The Surprise Global Hit Everyone's Talking About
In today's episode Melanie, Vickey and Alisa are joined by Joanne Beveridge (@jmbeveridge on Twitter/X) to dive into exactly what has made Lovely Runner the biggest sleeper Kdrama hit of 2024. Some stats:
Lovely Runner topped Viki viewership ratings in over 130 regions including India, Australia, the United States, France, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Italy and Mexico
Korean streamer TVing exceeded Netflix's total usage time for the first time on the day the last episode of Lovely Runner aired. It’s the first time that a Korean streamer has surpassed Netflix’s total usage time. Supposedly TVing held an emergency meeting to analyze the numbers because they were so unexpected.
The song 소나기/Sudden Shower entered the Melon top 10 on May 13 and eventually reached number 5, which is a ranking that even legit Kpop groups struggle to achieve. It’s currently still in the Top 10.
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S3 Ep1: Be My Favorite: The Best BL You've Never Seen
After an extended break we're back with our discussion of the underrated BL gem Be My Favorite starring Krist & Gawin/Fluke. Kudos to director Waasuthep Ketpetch for producing one of the best BLs we've ever watched and one of our fave dramas of any genre from 2023.
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S2 Ep5: 2022 Dramas Year in Review
There are SPOILERS for 2022 dramas in this episode. Check out the timestamps below to avoid discussions of specific shows.
Our podcast team had a mixed 2022. Some of us felt fed, some of us felt seriously let down by Korean shows this year and some of us fell in love with dramas in countries outside of Korea.
5:35 My Liberation Notes
10:53 Extraordinary Attorney Woo
22:25 Little Women
24:30 Discussion of dramas with controversial endings (are writers doing this on purpose???)
25:18 2521
30:31 Big Mouth
32:55 Reborn Rich
43:58: Discussion of sageuks
46:48: Under the Queen’s Umbrella
50:10: Bloody Heart
56:41: Discussion of legal dramas (there were 20+ legal dramas in 2022!)
57:34 The Law Cafe
59:23 May it Please the Court
1:04:28: Non-Korean dramas: F4 Thailand opened the floodgates and we watched dramas from China, Japan and Taiwan as well.
1:06:48: Bad Buddy (Thailand)
1:07:05: Old Fashion Cupcake (Japan)
1:07:12: Love Between Fairy and Devil (China)
1:13:24: Not Me (Thailand)
1:14:40: We each got a chance to spotlight some favorite dramas we watched in 2022 regardless of whether the drama aired in 2022
Jo’s Picks:
1:16:28: Sound of Magic
1:20:34: Alchemy of Souls (and the controversial ending)
Vickey’s Picks
1:25:28: Crazy Love
1:29:44: Link: Eat, Love, Kill
Alisa’s Picks:
1:34:10: Someday or One Day (Taiwan)
1:37:37: First Love: Hatsukoi (Japan)
Melanie’s Picks:
1:40:49: Shooting Stars
1:41:00: Yumi’s Cells S2
Katherine’s Picks:
1:46:11: Boar Hunt, aka Hunted
1:46:56: The King of Pigs
1:47:53: Summer Strike
1:49:15: Glitch
RK’s Picks
1:50:04: Political Fever
1:51:44: Bad and Crazy
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S2 Ep4: Love in Contract: the weirdest "romcom" you'll ever watch
Hi folks, in a departure from our usual deep dives, we start out the podcast with a non-spoiler discussion. Spoilers start at 32:45.
You can find RK on Twitter at @roh_tweets.
Here's where to follow us!
Our new channel on the Asian Dramas Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rpCg4JnTNy
Twitter: @daebakpodcast1
Instagram: @daebakpodcast1
Reddit: www.reddit.com/user/Borinquena
A deep dive into the classic Kdramas that have hooked fans around the world and across decades. Are you crazy for Coffee Prince? In love with My Lovely Sam Soon? Can't get enough of Boys Over Flowers in all its incarnations? This is for you!
Hosted by the F4, aka the Flower Fans 4. Vickey and Katherine are longtime Kdrama fans while Melanie and Alisa have just jumped into the Kdrama pool. But we all share a love of good storytelling, epic romance, shower angsting, piggyback rides, back hugs and yes, 🤞❤️.
Follow us on Twitter: @daebakpodcast1 (https://twitter.com/daebakpodcast1)
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Melanie reviews Indian cinema on her YouTube channel, Pardesi Reviews (https://youtube.com/c/PardesiReviews) . Find her on Twitter @PardesiYT and also @moviemavengal where she’s been gushing about Kdramas for the last year. Instagram: @pardesireviews
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Vickey reviews and react to Indian cinema/music videos as well. She also reacts to music from other countries, such as KPop, Indonesian music and etc on her YouTube channel -https://youtu.be/C76njJFlzZk. Find her on twitter and Instagram @thatvickeygirl. She’s been a kdrama fan for a year and a half
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Katherine (@kaymatthews (https://twitter.com/kaymatthews) on Twitter) fell into the world of Kdramas in 2013, when she bought the DVD set of Arang and the Magistrate, and although sageuks (historical dramas) remain her favourites, she watches a wide range of dramas, and is happy to share them (though don’t ask about the year of the “no drop” rule). A fan of Malayalam cinema for a little longer than that, she writes about it (and occasionally other Indian cinema and television) at http://totallyfilmi.com (https://t.co/d8ujNOb8Hc?amp=1) .
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Alisa reviews and fangirls over Indian films and Korean dramas on Twitter @BollywoodNewbie.
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