First Prize goes to @unit for her work on Brewing Love. Min-ju is overwhelmed with pride! This ear-worm-of-a-ditty goes a little something like this:
Young Yoon Min-joo had a (hop) farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had Yong-joo, E-I-E-I-O
With a Joo-Joo here and a Joo-Joo there
Here a Joo, there a Joo, everywhere a Joo-Joo
Young Yoon Min-joo had a (hop) farm, E-I-E-I-O
Second Prize goes to the entireCinderella at 2am soundtrack for being simply amazing homages to the mid-1980s, with special shout-outs going first and foremost to “Sweet Drama” (which will always delightfully be/sound like “Sweet Trauma” to me), but “Sailing, “IF,” and “Shining You” are also absolutely worth your time.
Third Prize goes to the Serendipity’s Embrace soundtrack, and it’s only third because the drama itself wasn’t as good as Cinderella at 2am…I love almost this entire OST album too. While C2am is more rock-forward, this is all bubble-gum-pop and it’s been on repeat in my favorites list for months now. Listen especially for “Stars,” “Wonder,” “Is This Love,” and “Fire Gazing.”
All credit to @unit for her skills as a lyricist, but any mention of Brewing Love’s OST as a potential award winner must take into account the melodically simpleminded, overly bouncy “Daisy” by a duo from Dreamcatcher, a girl group that I had previously associated with goth kpop, whose every song seems like the background to an overblown DC Comic movie featuring some superhero that no one has ever heard of.
I can’t really translate “Daisy’s” Korean lines myself, but it includes these stirring, emotional lines in English:
“Hello, How are you/
I’m fine don’t worry”
and
“Can you be my daisy /My twizzin, Biggie, Bestie Daisy Girl
Daisy love, daisy love ”
So at first I thought maybe “daisy girl” might refer to the “she loves me–loves me not” petal picking game; or daisy girl meaning something really exceptional; but I don’t see any indication in the song that that is what the lyrics are talking about. I had to look up “twizzin” and apparently its been used both to mean “twin” (which would fit, I guess with “bestie” but, “biggie?”) OR twizzin can also mean intoxicated, which would fit with the beer theme. However, either way, its the kind of annoying song that, despite Unit’s best efforts, puts the Brewing Love OST near the bottom of this year’s OSTs for me.
I truly, and honestly, have this song in my playlist so that when I’m driving from point a to point b, feeling like my life has no meaning, I can wonder, “What the HELL is this song??”
It’s a modern classic, written to help us cope with a dystopia.
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Seon-ha
December 7, 2024 at 7:17 AM
2024 Roundup, Day 7: OSTs of Note
First Prize goes to @unit for her work on Brewing Love. Min-ju is overwhelmed with pride! This ear-worm-of-a-ditty goes a little something like this:
Second Prize goes to the entire Cinderella at 2am soundtrack for being simply amazing homages to the mid-1980s, with special shout-outs going first and foremost to “Sweet Drama” (which will always delightfully be/sound like “Sweet Trauma” to me), but “Sailing, “IF,” and “Shining You” are also absolutely worth your time.
Third Prize goes to the Serendipity’s Embrace soundtrack, and it’s only third because the drama itself wasn’t as good as Cinderella at 2am…I love almost this entire OST album too. While C2am is more rock-forward, this is all bubble-gum-pop and it’s been on repeat in my favorites list for months now. Listen especially for “Stars,” “Wonder,” “Is This Love,” and “Fire Gazing.”
miso
December 7, 2024 at 7:34 AM
In the grand tradition of kpop fans, I submit that @Unit should have won a daesang for their work! #JusticeforUnit
Unit
December 7, 2024 at 11:08 AM
😅
Isa is always time travelling
December 7, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Cinderella at 2am had a great OST. I had mentioned the earworm Boyfriend, but the full ost has no waste.
Unit
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Wow! I’m so touched. I will be celebrating this win with a glass of Likey + Naro + Together beers. 🍺
*Hangover until 2025*
Seon-ha
December 7, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Thanks for the song and I hope you enjoy yourself!! Don’t forget the soju!!! 😉
hacja
December 7, 2024 at 2:05 PM
All credit to @unit for her skills as a lyricist, but any mention of Brewing Love’s OST as a potential award winner must take into account the melodically simpleminded, overly bouncy “Daisy” by a duo from Dreamcatcher, a girl group that I had previously associated with goth kpop, whose every song seems like the background to an overblown DC Comic movie featuring some superhero that no one has ever heard of.
I can’t really translate “Daisy’s” Korean lines myself, but it includes these stirring, emotional lines in English:
“Hello, How are you/
I’m fine don’t worry”
and
“Can you be my daisy /My twizzin, Biggie, Bestie Daisy Girl
Daisy love, daisy love ”
So at first I thought maybe “daisy girl” might refer to the “she loves me–loves me not” petal picking game; or daisy girl meaning something really exceptional; but I don’t see any indication in the song that that is what the lyrics are talking about. I had to look up “twizzin” and apparently its been used both to mean “twin” (which would fit, I guess with “bestie” but, “biggie?”) OR twizzin can also mean intoxicated, which would fit with the beer theme. However, either way, its the kind of annoying song that, despite Unit’s best efforts, puts the Brewing Love OST near the bottom of this year’s OSTs for me.
Seon-ha
December 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM
I truly, and honestly, have this song in my playlist so that when I’m driving from point a to point b, feeling like my life has no meaning, I can wonder, “What the HELL is this song??”
It’s a modern classic, written to help us cope with a dystopia.