The Universe's Star

The Universe's Star (Korean: 우주의 별이; Hanja: 宇宙의 별이; RR: Uju-ui Byeoli) is a South Korean television drama starring Suho (EXO) and Ji Woo. The drama is one of the "Three Color Fantasy" drama trilogy by MBC and Naver. The drama's color is White and it will be followed by Romance Full of Life (Green). It is airing on Naver TV Cast every weekday at 23:59 (KST) starting from January 23 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 (KST) starting from January 26, 2017.^[1][2][3]

The Universe's Star
Official Poster
Also known as	Star of the Universe Three Color fantasy – The Universe's Star (White)
Genre	Romance Fantasy Comedy
Written by	Kim Ji-hyun
Directed by	Kim Ji-hyun
Starring	Kim Jun-myeon Ji Woo
Theme music composer	Jung Ji-chan
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	6 (MBC) 21 (Naver TV Cast)
Production
Executive producer	Kim Tae-wook
Producer	Kim Ho-joon
Cinematography	Kim Sun-chul
Editor	Baek Kyung-hwa
Running time	30 minutes (MBC) 10 minutes (Naver TV Cast)
Original release
Network	MBC Naver TV Cast
Release	January 23 (2017-01-23) – February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)
Related
Three Color Fantasy

Plot

The Universe's Star is a love story between a gifted singer-songwriter Woo Joo (Suho) and Byul (Ji Woo), a 19-year-old student who becomes the Grim Reaper after dying in an accident.^{[4][unreliable source?]}

Cast

Main

• Suho as Woo Joo
• Ji Woo as Byul^[5]

Supporting

• Shin Hyun-soo as Koo Se-joo^[6]
• Na Hae-ryung as Dr. Yoon So-ri
• Yoon Jin-sol as Gak-shi
• Go Gyu-pil as Manager Ko, Woo-joo's manager
• Lee Si-eon as grim reaper
• Lee Ji-hoon as Uhm Dae-pyong

Special appearance

• Joo Jin-mo as Manager Ko
• Lee Dae-yeon as Woo-joo's father
• Lady Jane as Jo Yi-na

Production

The drama is pre-produced as a co-production between Naver and iMBC.^[7]

The drama is written and directed by Kim Ji-hyun who's known for Splash Splash Love which won an award at the 20th AsiaTV Awards as the best short drama.^{[8][unreliable source?]}

First script reading took place in September, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.^[9]

Original soundtrack

The Universe's Star OST Album
Soundtrack album by Suho, Remi
Released	February 10, 2017
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	12:54
Language	Korean, English
Label	S.M. Entertainment, Snow Music, KT Music

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Starlight" (낮에 뜨는 별)	Suho (EXO) feat. Remi	03:08
2.	"The Moment I First Saw" (처음 본 순간)	Remi	03:19
3.	"Starlight" (Inst.)		03:08
4.	"The Moment I First Saw" (Inst.)		03:19
Total length:			12:54

Ratings

• In the table below, 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.

Ep.	Date	Average audience share (Nationwide)
		TNmS[10]	AGB Nielsen[11]
1	January 26, 2017	2.1% (NR)	1.4% (NR)
2		2.1% (NR)	1.0% (NR)
3	February 2, 2017	1.7% (NR)	2.4% (NR)
4		1.1% (NR)	1.5% (NR)
5	February 9, 2017	1.3% (NR)	1.2% (NR)
6		0.8% (NR)	1.0% (NR)
Average		1.5%	1.4%