Should We Kiss First?

Should We Kiss First?^[3] (Korean: 키스 먼저 할까요?) 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.^[4][5]

Should We Kiss First?
Promotional poster
Also known as	Shall We Kiss First?
Hangul	키스 먼저 할까요?
Revised Romanization	Kiseu Meonjeo Halkkayo?
Genre	Romance Melodrama
Written by	Bae Yoo-mi
Directed by	Son Jeong-hyun
Starring	Kam Woo-sung Kim Sun-a Oh Ji-ho Park Si-yeon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	40[lower-alpha 1]
Production
Executive producers	Lee Hun-hee Kim Dong-joon
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes[lower-alpha 1]
Production company	SM C&C[2]
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	February 20 (2018-02-20) – April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)

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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Main

• Kam Woo-sung as Son Moo-han, a bachelor who works at a leading advertisement company as a production director.
• Kim Sun-a as An Soon-jin, a flight attendant who has lost faith in love after losing her daughter.
• Oh Ji-ho as Eun Kyung-soo, Soon-jin's ex-husband.
• Park Si-yeon as Baek Ji-min, Kyung-soo's wife.

Supporting

• Han Go-eun as Kang Suk-young
• Kim Sung-soo as Hwang In-woo
• Ye Ji-won as Lee Mi-ra
• Jo Ah-in as Eun Ji-soo
• Sung Byung-sook as Kang Geum-soon
• Lee Young-eun as An Hee-jin
• Kang Kyung-hun as Bong Jae-soon
• Kim Ki-bang as Lee Chung-geol
• Jung Da-bin as Son Yi-deun
• Ki Do-hoon as Yeo Ha-min
• Bae Da-bin as Son I-deun^[6]
• Son Woo-hyuk as Kim Hyung-joon

Original soundtrack

Should We Kiss First? OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean
Label	S.M. IRIVER
Producer	Lee Soo-man (executive)

Part 1

Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Ordinary Goodbye" (안녕이라는 흔한 인사)	Kwon Jin-won	2:59
2.	"Is It Love?" (사랑일까요?)	Luna	4:00
Total length:			6:59

Part 2

Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Perfect"	Lee Jinsol (April)	3:26
2.	"Perfect" (Inst.)		3:26
Total length:			6:52

Part 3

Released on March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Every Day, Every Moment (모든 날, 모든 순간)"	Paul Kim	3:31
2.	"Every Day, Every Moment (모든 날, 모든 순간)" (Inst.)		3:31
Total length:			7:02

Part 4

Released on March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Monologue (독백)"	Wheesung	3:44
2.	"Monologue (독백)" (Inst.)		3:44
Total length:			7:28

Part 5

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"On My Own (혼자 하는 일)"	Yesung (Super Junior)	3:45
2.	"On My Own (혼자 하는 일)" (Inst.)		3:45
Total length:			7:30

Part 6

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Coincidence (우연처럼)"	Jung-in	3:25
2.	"Coincidence (우연처럼)" (Inst.)		3:25
Total length:			6:50

Commercial performance

Certifications for "Every day, Every Moment"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[7]	2× Platinum	5,000,000*
Streaming
South Korea (KMCA)[8]	3× Platinum	300,000,000†
* Sales figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Viewership

Episodes		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	1–10	1.503	1.875	1.875	1.711	1.542	1.919	1.668	2.195	1.504	1.969
	11–20	1.533	2.032	1.385	1.635	1.280	1.693	1.443	1.856	1.456	1.825
	21–30	1.552	1.919	1.424	1.779	1.324	1.631	1.300	1.655	1.181	1.430
	31–40	1.182	1.440	1.182	1.288	1.325	1.529	1.084	1.166	1.262	1.465

Should We Kiss First? : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[9]

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Epilogue	Average audience share
			TNmS[10]		Nielsen Korea[11]
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	February 20, 2018[lower-alpha 2]	Something He Treasured, Something She Forgot (그는 간직하고 그녀는 잊었던 것)	7.8% (19th)	8.7%	8.1% (14th)	9.0% (12th)
2			10.0% (12th)	11.4%	10.5% (7th)	11.9% (5th)
3			9.4% (13th)	10.5%	9.9% (9th)	11.0% (7th)
4			8.6% (16th)	9.4%	9.1% (11th)	9.9% (9th)
5	February 26, 2018		8.5% (18th)	9.2%	9.7% (8th)	10.4% (7th)
6			10.9% (8th)	11.6%	11.8% (5th)	12.5% (4th)
7	February 27, 2018		8.9% (13th)	10.0%	9.3% (8th)	10.3% (5th)
8			11.6% (6th)	12.8%	12.4% (4th)	13.6% (3rd)
9	March 5, 2018		8.6% (18th)	9.2%	9.3% (11th)	10.0% (9th)
10			11.0% (9th)	11.6%	12.3% (5th)	12.9% (3rd)
11	March 6, 2018	You Cannot Forget, What You Cherish (간직한 것은 잊혀지지 않는다)	9.4% (12th)	10.5%	9.5% (7th)	10.6% (5th)
12			11.3% (6th)	12.8%	12.5% (4th)	14.0% (3rd)
13	March 12, 2018		8.6% (15th)	9.7%	8.5% (10th)	9.6% (6th)
14			9.9% (10th)	11.0%	10.4% (7th)	11.4% (4th)
15	March 13, 2018		7.7% (16th)	8.4%	8.5% (8th)	9.3% (6th)
16			9.2% (12th)	10.4%	10.9% (4th)	12.1% (4th)
17	March 19, 2018	Memory Over Love (기억이란 사랑보다)	7.2% (20th)	8.3%	8.8% (9th)	9.9% (7th)
18			9.3% (13th)	10.6%	11.1% (6th)	12.4% (4th)
19	March 20, 2018	Behind the Veil of Time (가려진 시간 사이로)	7.5% (16th)	8.7%	9.5% (8th)	10.8% (6th)
20			10.1% (11th)	11.5%	11.9% (4th)	13.3% (3rd)
21	March 26, 2018	What He Ignored, What She Erased (그는 외면하고, 그녀는 지운 것)	8.3% (15th)	9.5%	9.4% (9th)	10.6% (8th)
22			9.5% (11th)	10.4%	11.5% (5th)	12.5% (4th)
23	March 27, 2018	Behind the Veil of Time (가려진 시간 사이로)	7.8% (13th)	9.1%	9.2% (8th)	10.5% (6th)
24			9.3% (10th)	10.4%	11.6% (4th)	12.7% (4th)
25	April 2, 2018		7.4% (18th)	9.1%	8.3% (13th)	9.3% (10th)
26			8.5% (13th)	10.4%	9.9% (8th)	11.4% (6th)
27	April 3, 2018	Days We Waited For, And the Days That Will Be Erased (기다린 날도 지워질 날도)	7.4% (14th)	8.3%	8.1% (10th)	9.2% (7th)
28			9.1% (8th)	10.4%	10.0% (6th)	11.3% (4th)
29	April 9, 2018	Roundabout (에움길)	6.1% (NR)	7.3%	7.9% (14th)	9.1% (13th)
30			7.1% (19th)	8.2%	9.3% (10th)	10.5% (6th)
31	April 10, 2018		7.5% (15th)	8.6%	7.6% (11th)	8.3% (9th)
32			8.3% (12th)	9.0%	9.3% (8th)	10.1% (7th)
33	April 16, 2018	A Memory Both He and She Will Cherish (그와 그녀가 간직할 기억)	6.5% (NR)	7.7%	7.6% (13th)	8.7% (9th)
34			6.8% (18th)	7.9%	8.4% (7th)	9.5% (6th)
35	April 17, 2018	Every Day, Every Moment (모든 날, 모든 순간)	6.4% (16th)	7.8%	8.0% (10th)	9.6% (7th)
36			7.4% (14th)	8.6%	9.3% (8th)	10.5% (6th)
37	April 23, 2018	Their Remaining Days (그들의 남아있는 나날)	6.4% (NR)	7.5%	6.9% (NR)	7.8% (16th)
38			7.2% (18th)	8.1%	7.6% (17th)	8.5% (10th)
39	April 24, 2018	His and Her Way of Loving (그와 그녀의 사랑법)	7.7% (16th)	8.9%	7.4% (12th)	8.6% (9th)
40			8.5% (13th)	9.6%	9.1% (8th)	10.2% (5th)
Average			8.5%	9.6%	9.5%	10.6%
In the table above, 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.

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Ye Ji-won	Won	[12]
45th Korean Broadcasting Awards	Best Actor	Kam Woo-sung	Won
11th Korea Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor		Won	[13]
6th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Kim Sun-a	Nominated	[14]
2nd The Seoul Awards	Best Drama	Should We Kiss First	Nominated	[15]
	Best Actor	Kam Woo-sung	Nominated
	Best Actress	Kim Sun-a	Nominated
31st Grimae Awards			Won
1st MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards	Best OST	Paul Kim	Won	[16]
10th Melon Music Awards			Won
1st Korea Popular Music Awards			Nominated
33rd Golden Disc Awards			Won
20th Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best OST		Nominated
26th SBS Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kam Woo-sung	Won	[17]
		Kim Sun-a	Won
	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama	Kam Woo-sung	Nominated
	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama	Kim Sun-a	Nominated
	Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama	Oh Ji-ho	Nominated
		Kim Sung-soo	Nominated
	Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama	Park Si-yeon	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Ye Ji-won	Won
	Best Couple	Kam Woo-sung and Kim Sun-ah	Won

Notes

1. 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.^[1]
2. Due to the 2018 Winter Olympics, the 2 episodes set to air on February 19, 2018, were pushed back and will air together with episode 3 and 4 on the following day.

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Should We Kiss First? at IMDb
• Should We Kiss First? at HanCinema