Kdrama Review: Liar and His Lover

Lately, I've been running out of kdramas to watch (if you can recommend some, please!) until I came across The Liar and His Lover starring Red Velvet's Joy and Lee Hyun Woo.The Liar and His Lover is a tVN kdrama based on a Japanese manga which revolves around the romance of Kang Han Gyeol, a genius composer/producer of the band Crude Play and Yoon Soo Rim, a highschool student who dreams of becoming a singer. My thoughts on this kdrama? 🤔

A meh story.

The story of this kdrama is a bit weak. The narration is just steady and meh; there's nothing that kept me on the edge of my seat. If there's one thing that is unique about The Liar and His Lover's storyline is the part wherein it tackles Crude Play's issue as a band (I won't spoil you). It made me wonder if there is really something like that happening in Korean entertainment industry. Well, who knows?

Unconvincing main lead romance.

It's always cute to see young love but this kdrama did not deliver that kilig feels that I'm expecting. I think the main couple Kang Han Gyeol and Yoon Soo Rim lacked connection and chemistry. Their love story didn't feel romantic to me; it feels more like a friendly interaction. 💔

Lovable Second Couple.

Thanks to the secondary couple - Yoo Si Hyun and Soo Yeon's lovely romance that saved the kilig drought. LOL! This couple's short scenes are honestly more memorable than the main couple, well atleast for me. Unlike the main couple, these couple has a more convincing and well-developed love story which dates back to their highschool days. 

On point OSTs.

I've always loved musical kdramas or kdramas with musical theme such as Dream High 1&2, Monstar, Heartstrings, You're Beautiful and Shut Up Flower Boyband because of their catchy songs and The Liar and His Lover is no exception. The songs played by Crude Play are on point and will definitely leave you with last song syndrome. Some of the songs that I particularly love are I'm okay and Peterpan. Gwaenchanha, yeogie seo isseulge... Na..Na..Na..Naa... How I wish Crude Play was real.

Prepare your heart for the Second and Third Male Lead.

I was always persuaded by my friend to watch Uncontrollably Fond because of Lee Seo Won who portrayed as Suzy's brother but i refused many times. But after watching The Liar and His Lover, I got to understand her. His character was a bit immature and has kontrabida feels but even with that character, I ended liking him over Kang Han Gyeol.

 Gone are the days when kdramas have the main and second lead; having the third or even fourth male lead is now the new trend. And in The Liar and His Lover, I suppose Baek Jin Woo is the third male lead. Its cute how he gets jealous of the guys that surrounds So Rim. I honestly liked him more than Han Gyeol.

Final Verdict.

As I watched more kdramas, I learned that you need to find good things in it; something that will keep you on your seat, watching. And you really need to find that good thing in this kdrama. As for me, I find Crude Play's music and the secondary couple - Yoo Si Hyun and Soo Yeon and the secondary leads as reasons to keep watching. Honestly, if there are other kdramas that's in my list in the time I'm watching The Liar and His Lover, I will delay watching this kdrama. You know, priorities. LOL!

If you're a kdrama veteran, I think this isn't for you but if you have spare time and want something to watch, then you can go ahead and watch this kdrama. Let me know once you've watched this drama. 안녕!!

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