Rosie's Cuts: Dream High (2011)

"Or How I Learned to Stop Hating, and Love the Secondary OTP"

Dream High

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6/10 ♥

I couldn't squeal enough! Dream High is a beautiful love story between two aspiring singers set in the fictional school of Kirin High. This show has everything: the love, the music, the story, the plot, conflict and resolution, and the most adorable OTP you've ever seen:

Confused yet?  Well this is a review where I conveniently forget about everything I hated about Dream High, and instead focus on the only part of the drama I actually found compelling. I shall again redirect your attention to the most adorable OTP you’ve ever seen on the small screen, as pictured above.  

Jason (played by 2PM’s Wooyoung) is a bad-boy Engrish speaking super dancer whose audition for Kirin High ranks him No. 1 out of all the incoming freshmen.  Kim Pil Suk (played by the adorable IU) is a chubby girl in a Miss Sushi outfit, whose body type doesn't make “Future Idol” standards, but her voice is so gifted, she's allowed entry into the school in spite of her looks.

Obviously, Jason is super popular. All the girls want to dance with him; all the boys want to emulate him; and Pil Suk falls madly in love.  But is Jason’s friendly attitude towards Pil Suk simply because he has good manners, or because he actually likes her?? *gasps* I don’t know! Does he or doesn’t he? What is it that always makes him stick up for her, open doors for her, want to sing with her, or when he gets frustrated, drag her away to sing karaoke with her? I’m just going to hold out on the hope that he’s secretly coming to luuurve her. It’s okay.  We’ll just call it ‘manners’ for now.

Noraebang - Karaoke Korean Style

I'd sing if, well... he was singing too.

I admit it. I've never done karaoke. Years of peer pressure, and I've never even once allowed myself to be dragged within 100 feet of a karaoke machine, public or private.  Just the thought of one of these devil machines has haunted my childhood for years.  It's not that I'm a bad singer, I just hate the spotlight.  Singing in front of people, be they friends or strangers, sends a paralyzing touch to my legs, and a curious rattling to my bones.  I prefer my car, or the shower, or my home when absolutely nobody is around.  And I mean absolutely nobody... I even check my windows to make sure my neighbors are safely inside their own homes, and not drinking beer on the porch, primed to start laughing at my pathetic attempt of a high note, or even worse...a feeble resemblance to something that at one point might have been swag.

 

But some days, I really wish I could just visit a noraebang 노래방, pop in some money and rap my heart away in a foreign language.  Let's just hope that there are no actual Koreans around, because that would be plain embarrassing.  Also in this alternate reality world, I would be able to read Hangul at a much faster pace.  Right now, the best I might be able to do is a slow ballad with repeating lyrics.  Scratch that.  I'm going to make this happen in the real world someday.  But I think I'll to have to approach it like a mid-term test, and study study study. Here's my cheat sheet:

G-Dragon, A Boy 소년이여 

Random thought: Why does his hair still look better than mine after I wake up?



Chorus (Actual text)

Remember back in that day  빛나던 꿈을
난 절대 잊지 못해 그 때 그 꿈을

Don’t forget back in that day 소년이여

네 멋진 목소리로 세상에 소리쳐 shine a light

Chorus (Romanized)

Remember back in that day Bitnadeun ggoomeul

nan juldae itji mothae geuddae geu ggomeul

Don't forget back in that day sonyeoneeyeo

Ni mutjin moksoriro saesangeh sorichu shine a light

Chorus (Rosie's phonetical version)

Remember back in that day peenado WOO WOO

nanja-day itchy moo-tay koo-day guu woo woo

Don't forget back in the day sohyahneee YUH

akjaoiewyvlkajpeorjkviedafapsdewur  SHINE A LIGHT!!~!!

  

Yeah, ok so that song never sounds as good as I want it sound, but it's the thought that counts right? I'll have to practice some more before I visit a real noraebang... In the meantime, how about I leave you with some of my favorite Kdrama noraebang scenes.