Lovely Horribly

2018 South Korea television series
Lovely Horribly
Promotional poster
Also known asLovely Horror-vely[1]
Hangul
러블리 호러블리
Genre
  • Romantic comedy
  • Horror[2]
Created byKBS Drama Production
Written byPark Min-joo
Directed byKang Min-kyung
Starring
  • Park Si-hoo
  • Song Ji-hyo
  • Lee Gi-kwang
  • Hahm Eun-jung
  • Choi Yeo-jin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes32[a]
Production
Executive producerMoon Bo-mi
Running time35 minutes[a]
Production companies
  • HB Entertainment [ko]
  • Lovely Horribly SPC
  • KBS Media
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseAugust 13 (2018-08-13) –
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)

Lovely Horribly (Korean: 러블리 호러블리; RR: Reobeulli Horeobeulli) is a South Korean television series starring Park Si-hoo and Song Ji-hyo with Lee Gi-kwang, Hahm Eun-jung and Choi Yeo-jin.[4] It aired on KBS2 from August 13 to October 2, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).[5][6][7]

Synopsis

Philip (Park Si-hoo) and Eul-soon (Song Ji-hyo) are bound by an unusual fate: one's happiness always results in the other's misfortune. The two start writing a drama together, and the events in the screenplay mysteriously begin occurring in real life.

Cast

Main

  • Park Si-hoo as Yoo Philip/Yoo Eul-chook
    • Kim Tae-yool as child Yoo Philip
A top star who has extraordinary luck and is successful at everything he does.
A prophetic screenwriter who is down on her luck.
A rookie production director who can see ghosts. He has a crush on Eul-soon.
A popular actress who is Philip's girlfriend.
A best-selling script writer who stole the work of her best friend Eul-soon. She hates Eul-soon as she is better than her when it comes to writing which created jealousy and hatred towards Eul-soon.

Supporting

People around Phillip

CEO of Phillip's agency
  • An Doo-ho as Kim Young-man
Manager of Phillip
Ex-girlfriend and fiancee of Phillip
Phillip's mother
  • Sung Doo-sub as Seo Min-joon[8]
  • Jung Soon-won as Choong Yeol
  • Lee Kyu-bok as Ki-soon
  • Ji Seung-hyun as Sa Dong-cheol[9]
Phillip's rival.

People around Eul-soon

  • Moo Soo-bin as Park Soo-min[10]
Eul-soon's assistant and friend.
  • Jeon Bae-soo as Eul-soon's father
  • Jung Jae-eun as Eul-soon's mother

Others

  • Kim Young-woong as Detective Lee
  • Ryu Tae-ho as Director Jo
  • Kim Eung-soo as Fortune teller
  • Kim Ji-eun as Lee Soo-jeong
  • Song Young-hak
  • Kang Suk-won
  • Ji Soo
  • Choi Hee-jin as Hee-jin

Special appearance

Production

The first script reading was held on June 2, 2018, at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, Seoul.[12]

Original soundtrack

Lovely Horribly OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean
LabelForest Media/EL PARK/kakao M

OST Part 1

Released on August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Who"Kim Jin-ahThe ForestSeunghee (Oh My Girl)03:59
2."Who" (Inst.) The Forest 03:59
Total length:07:58

OST Part 2

Released on August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Here I Am"Kim Yoo-kyungThe ForestSandeul (B1A4)04:10
2."Here I Am" (Inst.) The Forest 04:10
Total length:08:20

OST Part 3

Released on September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Love One"JuneThe ForestBumkey04:00
2."Love One" (Inst.) The Forest 04:00
Total length:08:00

OST Part 4

Released on September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."So In Love"Kim Yoo-kyungThe ForestEunha (GFriend)04:02
2."So In Love" (Inst.) The Forest 04:02
Total length:08:04

OST Part 5

Released on September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."In Your Light"Kim Yoo-kyungThe ForestLee Chang-sub (BtoB)04:11
2."In Your Light" (Inst.) The Forest 04:11
Total length:08:22

OST Part 6

Released on September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."My All"Kim Yoo-kyungThe ForestEun Ga-eun04:23
2."My All" (Inst.) The Forest 04:23
Total length:08:46

Ratings

  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[13]
Nationwide
1 August 13, 2018 4.8% (27th)
2 5.0% (24th)
3 August 14, 2018 3.9% (27th)
4 4.5% (21st)
5 August 20, 2018 4.9% (21st)
6 5.3% (18th)
7 August 21, 2018 3.7% (28th)
8 4.6% (23rd)
9 August 27, 2018 5.4% (21st)
10 6.2% (17th)
11 August 28, 2018 4.0% (31st)
12 4.4% (27th)
13 September 3, 2018 4.2% (30th)
14
15 September 4, 2018 3.9% (31st)
16 4.3% (27th)
17 September 10, 2018 3.4% (36th)
18 3.7% (15th)
19 September 11, 2018 4.4% (24th)
20
21 September 17, 2018 2.4% (47th)
22 2.7% (41st)
23 September 18, 2018 2.6% (30th)
24 2.9% (29th)
25 September 24, 2018[b] 1.0% (NR)
26 2.2% (NR)
27 September 25, 2018 2.0% (NR)
28 3.2% (47th)
29 October 1, 2018 2.7% (45th)
30 2.8% (43rd)
31 October 2, 2018 2.9% (41st)
32 3.3% (35th)
Average 3.3%

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony Category Nominee Result Ref.
2018 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama Park Si-hoo Nominated [14]
Netizen Award Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award Song Ji-hyo & Park Si-hoo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama Song Ji-hyo Nominated
Netizen Award, Actress Nominated
Best New Actor Lee Gi-kwang Nominated
Best Young Actor Kim Tae-yool Nominated
Best Young Actress Shin Rin-ah Nominated
Asia Artist Awards Most Popular Actress Song Ji-hyo Won [15]

International broadcast

  • The drama is set to air in Japan on KNTV in January 2019.[citation needed]
  • Available in Viu and other online platforms.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[3]
  2. ^ Episode 25 is the lowest-rated episode of a KBS2 Monday-Tuesday 10:00 p.m. drama in history. Only Episode 23 of Welcome, which aired as a KBS2 Wednesday-Thursday 10:00 p.m. drama in 2020, registered a lower rating of 0.8%

References

  1. ^ "Song Ji Hyo, Park Shi Hoo, And More Gather For First Script Reading Of New Drama". Soompi. June 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Horror + Romantic comedy drama 'Lovely Horribly' reveals first still shots!". KBS World. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "[친절한 프리뷰] '러블리 호러블리' 박시후x송지효, 본격 운명 셰어 로맨스 시동". Asia Today (in Korean). August 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Park Si-hoo and Song Ji-hyo confirmed to star in new horror romance drama". Asia Today. June 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "New TV series 'Lovely Horribly' adds horror to romance to cool down summer heat". Yonhap News Agency. August 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Song Ji-hyo's New TV Series to Provide Respite from Summer Heat". The Chosun Ilbo. 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Sung Doo-sup Wooed by "Lovely Horribly"". Hancinema. Osen. August 12, 2018.
  9. ^ [공식입장] 지승현 ‘러블리 호러블리’ 캐스팅 확정…박시후와 대립각. Osen (in Korean). June 11, 2018.
  10. ^ 신예 문수빈, ‘러블리 호러블리’ 캐스팅. KBS News (in Korean). June 12, 2018.
  11. ^ 하하, ‘러블리 호러블리‘ 특별출연…송지효와 특급 의리. Star News (in Korean). June 27, 2018.
  12. ^ "Park Si Hoo & Song Ji Hyo's scary and lovely first script-reading meeting!". KBS World. June 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  14. ^ Jo, Yoon-kyung (January 1, 2019). "[2018 KBS 연기대상] 최다니엘·장동건·백진희 미니시리즈 우수상 수상" [[2018 KBS Drama Awards] Daniel Choi, Donggun Jang, Jinhee Baek, Miniseries Excellence Award] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Naver.
  15. ^ "AAA 2019 Winners". AAA. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

External links

  • Official website (in Korean)
  • Lovely Horribly at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Lovely Horribly at HanCinema
  • Lovely Horribly on KBS World