| Genre: | Romance Comedy Drama |
| Director: | Lee Jae-sang Lee Eun-jin |
| Starring: | Jung Eun-ji Ji Hyun-woo Shin Sung-rok Lee Se-young |
| Endtheme: | "Hey Mister" by Crayon Pop |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Executive Producer: | Kim Sung-geun Lee Jin-suk |
| Producer: | Yoon Sung-sik |
| Location: | Korea |
| Company: | JS Pictures |
| Channel: | KBS2 |
Lovers of Music[1] (; lit. Trot Lovers) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Eun-ji, Ji Hyun-woo, Shin Sung-rok and Lee Se-young.[2] [3] It aired on KBS2 from June 23 to August 12, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[4]
A girl's journey to become a successful singer in the old-fashioned musical genre Trot, with the help of a songwriter and music producer who detests Trot.
Despite being in her early twenties, Choon-hee is the bread winner of her household and she works to make ends meet while taking care of her father and younger sister. Her late mother was a trot singer, and Choon-hee inherited her singing talent and dreams of following in her footsteps. She gets all the practice time she can squeeze in by belting out in noraebangs.[6]
Joon-hyun is a genius songwriter/music producer with "top star" mainstream popularity and snobbish tastes in music. Arrogant and prickly in personality, he loathes trot which he considers low-brow. But he later helps the no-name Choon-hee realize her dream of becoming a trot singer.[7]
A business man who suddenly has to take over as CEO of his father's entertainment agency, Shine Star. Despite being cynical, he is elegant, charming and outgoing. Geun-woo signs Choon-hee as Shine Star's latest talent and later falls for her.[8] [9]
Seemingly the perfect girl next door, she is a trainee at Shine Star who becomes Choon-hee's biggest rival in everything, from work to love.
Joon-hyun's manager. Taking his name from legendary trot singers Seol Woon-do, Tae Jin-ah and Song Dae-kwan, he too, dreams of becoming a trot singer someday.[10]
Pil-nyeo has been a trainee for ten years under the agency Shine Star. At first she bosses Choon-hee around when the latter enters the company, but the two eventually become good friends.[11]
Joon-hyun's younger colleague and rival, who holds nothing back when it comes to getting what he wants.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[12] | AGB Nielsen[13] | ||||||
| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area | width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 23 June 2014 | 4.8% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 6.3% | ||
| 2 | 24 June 2014 | 4.3% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 5.7% | ||
| 3 | 30 June 2014 | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.7% | ||
| 4 | 1 July 2014 | 5.4% | 5.7% | 6.1% | 6.5% | ||
| 5 | 7 July 2014 | 6.6% | 7.5% | 6.5% | 6.9% | ||
| 6 | 8 July 2014 | 7.2% | 8.0% | 7.2% | 7.4% | ||
| 7 | 14 July 2014 | 7.5% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.5% | ||
| 8 | 15 July 2014 | 8.3% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 9.0% | ||
| 9 | 21 July 2014 | 8.3% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 9.0% | ||
| 10 | 22 July 2014 | 7.8% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 7.8% | ||
| 11 | 28 July 2014 | 7.1% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.2% | ||
| 12 | 29 July 2014 | 7.4% | 8.3% | 8.2% | 8.7% | ||
| 13 | 4 August 2014 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% | 9.9% | ||
| 14 | 5 August 2014 | 9.6% | 10.1% | 9.2% | 10.0% | ||
| 15 | 11 August 2014 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 7.9% | ||
| 16 | 12 August 2014 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% | ||
| Average | 7.2% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 8.0% | |||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama | Jung Eun-ji | ||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Jung Eun-ji | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Shin Sung-rok | |||
| Best New Actor | Son Ho-jun | |||
| Best New Actress | Jung Eun-ji | |||
| Popularity Award, Actress | Jung Eun-ji |
| Trot Lovers: Original Sound Track | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Released: | August 11, 2014 |
| Genre: | Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, trot |
| Label: | JS Pictures Sony Music Korea S90766C |
| Producer: | Lee Jin-seok |