I have only seen Sejong in School 2017 and I loved her!!! Tell me she looks and sounds older here! Because the RL age difference of 12/13 years between the leads is really making me super uncomfortable!

I have been waiting for this one. For me the hook was how a stranger was going to be her insomnia cure.....with his bad singing. Now though all the mishmash parts have me interested.
I am so glad the amnesia is centered on a certain time frame and from her recent past as it makes it much more compelling and creepy. It helps that we start after the incident and are, for the most part, following Yi Yong so that we are just as much in the dark as she.
I think that Kim Se-jung is doing a great job and holding her own in the middle of all these characters. The other actors are new to me but they did not come to play, especially the men at the forefront. They have definitely brought some charisma even if one of them occasionally turns creepy. That moment after the first lullaby call made me gasp.
Also, though a bit confused as to how everyone knows each other I appreciate that the writer respects the audience enough to just start the story with out any awkward exposition or a ton of flashbacks.
I do wish that our heroine was better at the timpani. It was hard to watch the practice scene when everyone was glancing at her and she is so happy playing though in the blind audition they responded well.

Between this and Devil, which one should I start?
decisions. decisions.

I enjoyed the premiere. The cast are doing a solid job. I like the characters so far. Yi Young is spunky and she has a very nice family (uncle,aunt and I assume cousin). She is very positive but also realistic. I rolled my eyes when Yi Young said she spent 800dollars with a 10 month installment to but her young boyfriend a jacket, but...that is what some people do: spend ridiculous amounts of money for loved ones but save money when it comes to their ownselves.

The age gap I can deal with for now. I don't know how old the characters are, they might be about the same age in the drama. Hahahah

I have a soft spot for T-ARA and was intrigued by the intial character stills. I don't think I've watched any SJR, JY and KSJ projects, the only YWJ role I remember is Jae Kyung's bro from YWCFTS.

Other than that, I like that music is embedded in the storyline. I hope it remains true to the music theme and we get see as much music moving forward as the mystery unravels. I really like the art in the recent bunch of KBS dramas, I still can't let go of how full of art Perfume was. 😆

For me, this one had a good start, but has the potential to be a complete train wreck. It's a mishmash of genres right away - Sejong appears to be in a slice of life, whereas everyone else is in a makjang - and I don't know what route the show will end up taking. So I'm cautiously optimistic.

Gotta say the soundtrack here is fantastic. Classical music through and through. Very fitting for the show. Music is interwoven into the fabric of these two episodes like it was in To.Jenny, and ultimately that is what is bringing me back for the next episode, next week.

I had no expectations going into the premiere week, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I loved the music (Minus the tone deaf singing. My goodness that was bad, and kudos to whoever did that so masterfully. I will, however, be muting that in future episodes.)

I would also like to say that I'm liking this trend of wee-caps to give Beanies a place to discuss dramas that DB just doesn't have the capacity to fit in the full recapping schedule.

I missed so much charming Yeon Woo Jin! He was so serious in Judge vs Judge.

Otherwise, the story is really weird and can become a big mess, but the characters are fun for now.

The first classical piece took me back to Nodame Candabile (Japanese version) :)

I liked some aspects of the premiere, but for me a lot of times it verged on turning into disjointed mess, I liked Sejoeng daily shenanigans and orchestra drama, but mystery part wasn't executed that good imho, maybe because I didn't feel Yeon Woo Jin acting in those parts.

Hahaha. Yesss. I love it. It's so weird. The characters are wack. Like, what is Yeon Woo-jin's deal? I should just be creeped out by him, but instead I'm only about 25% creeped out and 75% amused, charmed, ecstatic because finally he is getting a charismatic, fun, intriguing character in a drama I'm actually interested in! I'm sorry, guys. It's just...it's been 5 years since Marriage, not Dating and clearly I have been waiting for a role precisely like this one for him.

Back when many were snarking the show for its ridiculous genre mashup, I was admittedly in the minority of being drawn to the insomniac in need of tone-deaf singing plot. Because I found it quirky and I have not been disappointed. Lol, I also found YWJ's horrible singing hilarious in MnD so low-key just loved that they cast him for this.

I really like the mash-up of genres this show has given us so far because it works! This show reminds me of The Last Empress, except this one isn't a makjang (at least, not yet).

But it was episode 1's ending scene that sold me. What is Yoon exactly? Is he just a man needing a job that coincidentally got involved with the incident Yi-young was in? Or is he a detective/private investigator that knows how to play the piano? Or is he a killer!? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!

Yeon Woo Jin creeps me out as Jang Yoon. Like is this the same fluffy, adorable bosseu in Introverted Boss lol. If I was Yi Young I'll move out from the neighbourhood :/

Anyway hopefully this drama stay interesting till the end and not making me drop in the middle.

I am really enjoying this drama so far. I binge watched the first 4 episodes and time just flew by which is a good sign. Also, as a Kim Se Jeong fan, I like how the drama has given her the opportunity to show her acting range (which has been exceptional given that this is only her second drama). Hoping the show doesn't go sideways due to the weird mashup of genres.

I'm enjoying it so far. The comical aspect makes me lol (there's nothing funnier than Jang Yoon singing very badly with such serious expression and gestures) and the creepy aspect creeps me out.

The cast is good with good chemistry. Song Jae-rim ❤

This bizarre little show is much better than I thought it would be. I'm enjoying it so far, but I have no idea if it'll continue being good or devolve into a nonsensical mess later. Either way, I'm along for the ride.

I like the quirky characters a lot. Yi-young is a lovable mess, and I feel her pain on the insomnia front. Watching her trying to fall asleep was almost stress-inducing for me it felt so familiar. Yoon is so strange but also likable. I'm interested in his goal in approaching Yi-young. Is he just trying to find out the truth or is there more he's trying to accomplish?

Ah... i tried to not watch it but this post totally motivated me. So... I'm back after watching those 4 first episodes...
It could become such a bad drama... But it's really surprising ? Like everything seems like it could be a drama we have already seen, but made in a new way. I don't know how scared i'm supposed to be of the ML. We just know "it's not a love story" when everything screams rom-com, from the poster to the genre it's supposed to be.
I'm loving the pace so far too. I hope it keeps being exciting like this.

Aaah... i really should stop testing new dramas when i should be writing my thesis... Why is everything more interesting than my thesis...

The first few eps were intriguing enough to make me watch the next episode. Jumping into this knowing nothing and being on the same page with Yi-Young regarding her memories keeps me interested.

I enjoyed the first two episodes but throughout the orchestra I couldn't help but think they reminded me a _lot_ of Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon Original), so I re-watched a bit of it, and even the maestro's introduction with the rose scene was the same! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBwI6U8ZlFE

Mozart in the Jungle is a drama about the lives of the musicians at the New York Symphony. It's a love story, first and foremost between the musicians their music and all the hard work and sacrifices they make to keep playing, but we also see Rodrigo, the eccentric maestro and Hailey, the new oboist and their love stories as well.

Like in this drama, Hailey is given a chance to play with the Symphony after the Maestro is impressed with her passion, but the rest of the orchestra snubs her, assumes she slept with him to get the part, the first chair oboist is just nasty to her, and Hailey messes up on the stage. When she's desperate to be a part of the symphony at any rate, Maestro tells her he needs an assistant...

The preview for episode 3 shows us that we see something similar happening in this drama as well.

So now I'm really curious to see how they'll mash up this whole story line with the murder mystery, and if the similarities extend beyond this.

It's like riding an emotional roller coaster watching this drama. A mixture of slice-of-life, musical, rom-com, and even melo with a massive hint of mytery along the whole way. Not sure if I like being pushed one way and then pulled to the opposite direction in a matter of secs, it's kinda confusing. Dont know if this is a trend for KBS because I felt the same with Dan, Angel's last mission, the previous drama on the network.

Anyway, I like the leads interaction and Yeon WooJin is as great as usual. Hopefully they can keep their charm as the mytery unfold.

As much as I like Song JaeRim, I even root for him to get a lead role, I have to complaint. But he is just being himself here-the same character he always take even in We Got Married. IDK, I just want to see him take a leap role and grow as an actor. Same goes for JiYeon. I'm wating for the day she can take off her eye liner (together with her icy face) and take some challenging role I know she is capable of.

I’ve caught up to this week’s episodes and my first inclination was that Yoon was a grim reaper or ghost of the dead man in the memories. No fantasy in this one, right? I’m enjoying this one too. Impressed at the fake violin, piano, timpani and cello playing so far! And the music is all recognizable as well, but not overly played. Which is nice too!

Who knew that my favourite part of this show would be the tone death singing? Yeon Woo Jin is such a versatile and talented actor.

His singing is what I sound like with my headphones. I sound amazing, then they come off and I sound horrible.