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This review may contain spoilers
You'll learn so much from this drama, trust me.
HOLY I never thought I would fall in love with this drama as much as I do now. I watched this drama while it was airing, and it took me so long to write this because this drama has affected me so much that I needed time to rest my feelings *cries in post drama syndrome*
I decided to picked up this drama when I came across a short clip on Insta- (the scene where the male lead played Moonlight Sonata remix into Happy Birthday song to the female lead to console her) the scene was too beautifully executed and full of emotions. I knew from that moment DYLB would be my kind of drama, and I'm so glad I did not miss it.
Story:
This was my first classical music drama, hence it was quite refreshing to me. I have little knowledge about the classical music field, but the production team did a great job portraying the reality of the classical music world behind the spotlights. The story started with 2 love triangles, with characters that are broken, scarred from their unrequited love, and later piled with problems faced in life. Yes, it may seem like an overused plot, but no, it was different. The best part about DYLB is the human interactions between all the leads. How they responded to the hardships, how they handle difficult situations in a realistic way. The writers included many life lessons as the story unfolds, which made it so relatable to the viewers life. The pace is totally fine for me. I've seen reviews saying that it's slow and draggy in the later episodes, but I think those parts were necessary to the development of the story. (here comes the spoiler, skip if you don't want to read it) Somewhere in the later episodes, the two leads begin to have conflict, and started to hide their own feelings, basically lack of communication. And it was during this part where many people started to get annoyed about this drama, and dropped it but not me. Let me explain. It's because I found this situation very close to reality. Very often you hear couples breaking up because of lack of communication. And hell yes, I want to see how the leads deal with this first world problem, and I actually wanted to learn from them, to see relationships from different perspectives. This is the whole point of creating that plot. If the writers were to write a smooth sailing lovey dovey relationship, I will totally be bored because there is no ups and downs in it.. And the fact that SongAh requested for the breakup was totally understandable and realistic, because she felt that Joonyoung had residual feelings from his previous crush, and if he do not sort things out, the new relationship will not go far. And for those who said the leads are painfully awkward to watch, well people like them do exist in real life, introverts can relate lol, and it's the cutest thing to watch two introverts flirting with each other.
Acting/Cast:
I like how the director carefully picked his actor and actresses. Those people are REAL TALENTS who themselves know how to play the instruments. Most performance scenes were played by the actors themselves (you can see it for yourself in The Making) which makes the entire drama so believable. All the leads' acting are superb, my baby MinJae and Eunbin, but I want to give extra credits to KIM SUNG CHEOL!!! He deserves an award for all the crying scenes which are all so painful to watch T^T I hope he gets a lead role in his next project, he deserves more recognition, glad that I get to know him through DYLB!
Music:
I strongly believe that the best dramas have the best OSTs. And here we have 3 OSTs from Punch, one from Taeyeon, GOD, Kwill, Gummy, Chen, Baekhyun, Kim Nayoung, 10cm!! I mean come on, it's impossible for these OST legends to produce bad music (I even bought the OST album bc it's so good and I wanted to show my gratitude towards them)
Some classical music are also particularly memorable, for me it's Moonlight sonata, Traumerei, Windmung and F.A.E. Because of these classical music, I decided to relearn piano after not touching it for more than 5 YEARS, and I am going to be dedicated to it for SongAh and Joonyoung. This is how IMPACTFUL the story conveyed through emotions and music is. no joke.
Rewatch Value:
I don't usually rewatch dramas because there's never enough time to catch up on new dramas. But i think I've rewatch so many cut clips and behind the scenes on Instagram countless times, which may be equivalent to the duration of the entire drama XD so yeah, i might have already rewatch the whole drama. And I will keep on rewatching it whenever I needed some soul healing.
Overall:
This drama holds a very special place in my heart, the entire production from cinematography to script writing to directing and acting are top notch. Thank you to the entire production team! <3
This drama makes me appreciate the world of classical music in no ways others would.
Lastly, I want to include one of my favourite takeaways from this drama: "It is better to get 10 points from 1 or 2 person, and 6-7 points from the rest. Because those 1 or 2 judges will go home having seen a performance they'll never forget. So, follow your heart."
DYLB got a solid 10 points from me, and I believe many people like me, will never forget this great masterpiece.
I decided to picked up this drama when I came across a short clip on Insta- (the scene where the male lead played Moonlight Sonata remix into Happy Birthday song to the female lead to console her) the scene was too beautifully executed and full of emotions. I knew from that moment DYLB would be my kind of drama, and I'm so glad I did not miss it.
Story:
This was my first classical music drama, hence it was quite refreshing to me. I have little knowledge about the classical music field, but the production team did a great job portraying the reality of the classical music world behind the spotlights. The story started with 2 love triangles, with characters that are broken, scarred from their unrequited love, and later piled with problems faced in life. Yes, it may seem like an overused plot, but no, it was different. The best part about DYLB is the human interactions between all the leads. How they responded to the hardships, how they handle difficult situations in a realistic way. The writers included many life lessons as the story unfolds, which made it so relatable to the viewers life. The pace is totally fine for me. I've seen reviews saying that it's slow and draggy in the later episodes, but I think those parts were necessary to the development of the story. (here comes the spoiler, skip if you don't want to read it) Somewhere in the later episodes, the two leads begin to have conflict, and started to hide their own feelings, basically lack of communication. And it was during this part where many people started to get annoyed about this drama, and dropped it but not me. Let me explain. It's because I found this situation very close to reality. Very often you hear couples breaking up because of lack of communication. And hell yes, I want to see how the leads deal with this first world problem, and I actually wanted to learn from them, to see relationships from different perspectives. This is the whole point of creating that plot. If the writers were to write a smooth sailing lovey dovey relationship, I will totally be bored because there is no ups and downs in it.. And the fact that SongAh requested for the breakup was totally understandable and realistic, because she felt that Joonyoung had residual feelings from his previous crush, and if he do not sort things out, the new relationship will not go far. And for those who said the leads are painfully awkward to watch, well people like them do exist in real life, introverts can relate lol, and it's the cutest thing to watch two introverts flirting with each other.
Acting/Cast:
I like how the director carefully picked his actor and actresses. Those people are REAL TALENTS who themselves know how to play the instruments. Most performance scenes were played by the actors themselves (you can see it for yourself in The Making) which makes the entire drama so believable. All the leads' acting are superb, my baby MinJae and Eunbin, but I want to give extra credits to KIM SUNG CHEOL!!! He deserves an award for all the crying scenes which are all so painful to watch T^T I hope he gets a lead role in his next project, he deserves more recognition, glad that I get to know him through DYLB!
Music:
I strongly believe that the best dramas have the best OSTs. And here we have 3 OSTs from Punch, one from Taeyeon, GOD, Kwill, Gummy, Chen, Baekhyun, Kim Nayoung, 10cm!! I mean come on, it's impossible for these OST legends to produce bad music (I even bought the OST album bc it's so good and I wanted to show my gratitude towards them)
Some classical music are also particularly memorable, for me it's Moonlight sonata, Traumerei, Windmung and F.A.E. Because of these classical music, I decided to relearn piano after not touching it for more than 5 YEARS, and I am going to be dedicated to it for SongAh and Joonyoung. This is how IMPACTFUL the story conveyed through emotions and music is. no joke.
Rewatch Value:
I don't usually rewatch dramas because there's never enough time to catch up on new dramas. But i think I've rewatch so many cut clips and behind the scenes on Instagram countless times, which may be equivalent to the duration of the entire drama XD so yeah, i might have already rewatch the whole drama. And I will keep on rewatching it whenever I needed some soul healing.
Overall:
This drama holds a very special place in my heart, the entire production from cinematography to script writing to directing and acting are top notch. Thank you to the entire production team! <3
This drama makes me appreciate the world of classical music in no ways others would.
Lastly, I want to include one of my favourite takeaways from this drama: "It is better to get 10 points from 1 or 2 person, and 6-7 points from the rest. Because those 1 or 2 judges will go home having seen a performance they'll never forget. So, follow your heart."
DYLB got a solid 10 points from me, and I believe many people like me, will never forget this great masterpiece.
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