| Alt Name: | Shall We Kiss First? | ||||
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| Director: | Son Jeong-hyun | ||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||
| Num Episodes: | 40 | ||||
| Camera: | Single-camera | ||||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||||
| Company: | SM C&C[1] | ||||
| Network: | SBS TV |
Should We Kiss First?[2] is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kam Woo-sung, Kim Sun-a, Oh Ji-ho and Park Si-yeon. It aired on SBS TV from February 20 to April 24, 2018, for 40 episodes.[3] [4]
The series was initially scheduled to premiere on February 5, 2018, but was moved to the 20th, with four consecutive broadcasts, due to live broadcast of 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
The story of a middle-aged man and woman who have given up any dreams of a passionate romance, but are both afraid of living and dying alone.
| Should We Kiss First? OST | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Language: | Korean |
| Producer: | Lee Soo-man (executive) |
| Original broadcast date | Epilogue | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS[6] | Nielsen Korea[7] | ||||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | February 20, 2018 | Something He Treasured, Something She Forgot (Korean: 그는 간직하고 그녀는 잊었던 것) | 7.8% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.0% | |
| 2 | 10.0% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 11.9% | |||
| 3 | 9.4% | 10.5% | 9.9% | 11.0% | |||
| 4 | 8.6% | 9.4% | 9.1% | 9.9% | |||
| 5 | February 26, 2018 | 8.5% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.4% | ||
| 6 | 10.9% | 11.6% | 11.8% | 12.5% | |||
| 7 | February 27, 2018 | 8.9% | 10.0% | 9.3% | 10.3% | ||
| 8 | 12.4% | 13.6% | |||||
| 9 | March 5, 2018 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 10.0% | ||
| 10 | 11.0% | 11.6% | 12.3% | 12.9% | |||
| 11 | March 6, 2018 | You Cannot Forget, What You Cherish (Korean: 간직한 것은 잊혀지지 않는다) | 9.4% | 10.5% | 9.5% | 10.6% | |
| 12 | 11.3% | ||||||
| 13 | March 12, 2018 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 8.5% | 9.6% | ||
| 14 | 9.9% | 11.0% | 10.4% | 11.4% | |||
| 15 | March 13, 2018 | 7.7% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 9.3% | ||
| 16 | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10.9% | 12.1% | |||
| 17 | March 19, 2018 | Memory Over Love (Korean: 기억이란 사랑보다) | 7.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% | 9.9% | |
| 18 | 9.3% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 12.4% | |||
| 19 | March 20, 2018 | Behind the Veil of Time (Korean: 가려진 시간 사이로) | 7.5% | 8.7% | 9.5% | 10.8% | |
| 20 | 10.1% | 11.5% | 11.9% | 13.3% | |||
| 21 | March 26, 2018 | What He Ignored, What She Erased (Korean: 그는 외면하고, 그녀는 지운 것) | 8.3% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 10.6% | |
| 22 | 9.5% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 12.5% | |||
| 23 | March 27, 2018 | Behind the Veil of Time (Korean: 가려진 시간 사이로) | 7.8% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 10.5% | |
| 24 | 9.3% | 10.4% | 11.6% | 12.7% | |||
| 25 | April 2, 2018 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 8.3% | 9.3% | ||
| 26 | 8.5% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 11.4% | |||
| 27 | April 3, 2018 | Days We Waited For, And the Days That Will Be Erased Korean: (기다린 날도 지워질 날도) | 7.4% | 8.3% | 8.1% | 9.2% | |
| 28 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 10.0% | 11.3% | |||
| 29 | April 9, 2018 | Roundabout Korean: (에움길) | 7.9% | 9.1% | |||
| 30 | 7.1% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 10.5% | |||
| 31 | April 10, 2018 | 7.5% | 8.6% | 7.6% | 8.3% | ||
| 32 | 8.3% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 10.1% | |||
| 33 | April 16, 2018 | A Memory Both He and She Will Cherish Korean: (그와 그녀가 간직할 기억) | 6.5% | 7.7% | 7.6% | 8.7% | |
| 34 | 6.8% | 7.9% | 8.4% | 9.5% | |||
| 35 | April 17, 2018 | Every Day, Every Moment Korean: (모든 날, 모든 순간) | 6.4% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 9.6% | |
| 36 | 7.4% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 10.5% | |||
| 37 | April 23, 2018 | Their Remaining Days Korean: (그들의 남아있는 나날) | 6.4% | 7.5% | |||
| 38 | 7.2% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.5% | |||
| 39 | April 24, 2018 | His and Her Way of Loving Korean: (그와 그녀의 사랑법) | 7.7% | 8.9% | 7.4% | 8.6% | |
| 40 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 10.2% | |||
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| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Ye Ji-won | [8] | |
| 45th Korean Broadcasting Awards | Best Actor | Kam Woo-sung | ||
| 11th Korea Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | [9] | ||
| 6th APAN Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Kim Sun-a | [10] | |
| 2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Drama | Should We Kiss First | [11] | |
| Best Actor | Kam Woo-sung | |||
| Best Actress | Kim Sun-a | |||
| 31st Grimae Awards | ||||
| 1st MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards | Best OST | Paul Kim | [12] | |
| 10th Melon Music Awards | ||||
| 1st Korea Popular Music Awards | ||||
| 33rd Golden Disc Awards | ||||
| 20th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best OST | |||
| 26th SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Kam Woo-sung | [13] | |
| Kim Sun-a | ||||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama | Kam Woo-sung | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama | Kim Sun-a | |||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama | Oh Ji-ho | |||
| Kim Sung-soo | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama | Park Si-yeon | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Ye Ji-won | |||
| Best Couple | Kam Woo-sung and Kim Sun-ah | |||