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2021 South Korean television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melancholia (Korean: 멜랑꼴리아; RR: Mellangkkollia) is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Kim Sang-hyeob and starring Im Soo-jung and Lee Do-hyun. The series tells the story of scandals and corruption in private high schools in Gangnam.[3] It premiered as tvN's 15th anniversary special project on tvN on November 10, 2021 and aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:30 (KST) till December 30, 2021. It is available for streaming on iQIYI and Viu in selected territories.[4][5]
| Melancholia | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 멜랑꼴리아 |
| Revised Romanization | Mellangkkollia |
| Genre | Melodrama |
| Created by |
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| Written by | Kim Ji-woon |
| Directed by | Kim Sang-hyeob |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Park Se-joon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16[2] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producers |
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| Editor | Kim Hee-sung |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes[2] |
| Production company | Bon Factory Worldwide[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | November 10 – December 30, 2021 |
Melancholia tells the story of Ji Yoon-soo (Im Soo-jung), a mathematics teacher at the prestigious private Ahseong High School, which is also a hotbed of corruption. She is good-natured on the outside, but gets very tenacious and stubborn once she makes up her mind about something. Extremely passionate about math, she is a teacher who encourages her students to find their own answers. At the school, she meets Baek Seung-yoo (Lee Do-hyun), a troubled student who is at the bottom of his class. She notices his potential in math, and with her attention and interactions with him, Seung-yoo's grades rise and he becomes number one in the class.
Baek Seung-yoo himself is a student who rarely talks, but he likes to take pictures with his camera. He has no friends at school, but he has a shocking past. When he was a child, he won many Mathematical Olympiads. When he was 10 years old, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, but he suddenly disappeared at the age of 12.
Yoon-soo never knew that her attention and interactions with Seung-yoo would create rumors of a teacher-student sexual scandal among other students and parents, which results in her being fired from her job. Four years later, Yoon-soo and Seung-yoo meet again. Now both as adults, they unite to expose the corruption at Ahseong High School, and to regain Yoon-soo's reputation as a teacher.
In April 2021, Im Soo-jung was offered to appear in the TV series. Her agency, King Kong, reported that they were considering it positively. Im Soo-jung appears in the series after a hiatus of two years, as she last appeared in the 2019 tvN series Search: WWW.[25] The line-up for the cast was confirmed in July 2021.[26] Sunwoo appears in the series after a hiatus of 7 years. She last appeared in the 2014 series Family Secret.[27]
On October 31, 2021 it was reported that 4 staff members at the filming site were found positive of COVID-19, and as per safety guidelines, the production was suspended. As this would affect the smooth flow of broadcast of the series, airing of the first episode was postponed for a week.[28]
The series was scheduled to premiere on November 3, 2021[29] but due to contagion of COVID-19 at the filming site, the premiere was postponed to November 10.[30]
| Melancholia | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | 2021 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All I Need" | Jayins, Jemma | Jayins | Jemma | 3:10 |
| 2. | "All I Need" (Inst.) | Jayins | 3:10 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Darling" | Choi In-young | Choi In-young | Sunwoo Jung-a | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Darling" (Inst.) | Choi In-young | 4:10 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lily of the Valley" ((Original song: DANIEL)) | DANIEL | DANIEL | Na Sang-hyun's band | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Lily of the Valley" (Inst.) | Na Sang-hyun's band | 4:20 |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 743 | 523 | 557 | 356 | 423 | 330 | 545 | 450 | 649 | 451 | 605 | 458 | 507 | 520 | 551 | 520 | 512 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[32][33] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | November 10, 2021 | 3.617% (2nd) | 4.174% (2nd) |
| 2 | November 11, 2021 | 2.407% (2nd) | 2.459% (2nd) |
| 3 | November 17, 2021 | 2.529% (3rd) | 2.548% (3rd) |
| 4 | November 18, 2021 | 1.619% (2nd) | 1.682% (4th) |
| 5 | November 24, 2021 | 1.993% (2nd) | 1.865% (2nd) |
| 6 | November 25, 2021 | 1.496% (5th) | 1.738% (3rd) |
| 7 | December 1, 2021 | 2.654% (2nd) | 3.035% (2nd) |
| 8 | December 2, 2021 | 1.887% (2nd) | 1.762% (3rd) |
| 9 | December 8, 2021 | 3.163% (2nd) | 3.085% (2nd) |
| 10 | December 9, 2021 | 2.203% (2nd) | 2.024% (2nd) |
| 11 | December 15, 2021 | 2.741% (2nd) | 2.632% (2nd) |
| 12 | December 16, 2021 | 2.260% (2nd) | 2.467% (2nd) |
| 13 | December 22, 2021 | 2.349% (2nd) | 1.740% (4th) |
| 14 | December 23, 2021 | 2.303% (2nd) | 1.903% (4th) |
| 15 | December 29, 2021 | 2.720% (1st) | 2.769% (2nd) |
| 16 | December 30, 2021 | 2.450% (2nd) | 2.277% (3rd) |
| Average | 2.399% | 2.386% | |
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