2019 South Korean television series
Melting Me Softly Promotional poster
Hangul 날 녹여주오
Literal meaning Melt Me Revised Romanization Nal Nogyeoju-o
Genre Created by Studio Dragon Written by Baek Mi-kyung Directed by Shin Woo-chul Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Producers Baek Mi-kyung Choi Yeon-ju Camera setup Single camera Running time 60 mins Production company Story Phoenix Network tvN Release September 28 (2019-09-28 ) – (2019-11-17 )
Melting Me Softly Korean : 날 녹여주오 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook , Won Jin-ah , and Yoon Se-ah . Created by Studio Dragon and produced by writer Baek Mi-kyung 's own company Story Phoenix, it aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 (KST ) from September 28 to November 17, 2019 for 16 episodes.[ 1] [ 2]
Synopsis
Ma Dong-chan (Ji Chang-wook ) and Go Mi-ran (Won Jin-ah ) take part in a 24-hour experiment where both are frozen. Things don't go as expected and they wake up from the frozen capsule 20 years later instead of 24 hours. In order to survive the side effects of their cryogenic sleep, they must follow a set of restrictions to maintain their body temperature at 31.5 °C (max. 33 °C/88-91 °F) and keep their heart rate normal. The scientist behind the experiment is the only one who knows the key to their survival, but he has lost his memory after an accident. Racing against time, the story focuses on the two dynamic individuals' attempt to resume normalcy and catch up on the lost time of their lives.
Cast
Main
Supporting
People around Dong-chan
Yoon Seok-hwa as Kim Won-jo, Dong-chan's mother (55)
Kim Won-hae as Ma Pil-gu, Dong-chan's father (59)Kang Ki-doong as Ma Dong-sik (29), Dong-chan's younger brother
Han Da-sol as Ma Dong-joo (30), Dong-chan's younger sister
Lee Do-gyeom as Baek Young-tak (35), Dong-joo's ex-husband, a police detective.
Lee Joo-young as Lee Hye-jin, Dong-sik's wife
Oh Ah-rin as Ma Seo-yoon[ 5]
People around Mi-ran
Gil Hae-yeon as Mi-ran's mother (46/66)Park Choong-sun as Mi-ran's father (45/65)
Park Min-soo as Go Nam-tae (12)
People at the broadcast station
Im Won-hee as Son Hyeon-gi (48), Dong-chan's junior colleague
Jung Hae-kyun as Kim Hong-seok (41/61)Han Jae-i as producer Su
Hong Seo-baek as producer Lee
People at the campus
Cha Sun-woo as Hwang Byung-shim (24), Mi-ran's ex-boyfriend
Song Ji-eun as Oh Young-seon (24), Mi-ran's best friend, who married Byung-shim.
Oh Ha-nee as Park Kyung-ja (24), Mi-ran's other best friend.
Choi Bo-min as Hwang Ji-hoon (19), Hwang Byung-shim and Young-sun's son, a freshman at Korea University who develops a crush on Mi-ran.Kang Yoo-seok as Park Young-joon (19), Ji-hoon's best friend, a freshman at Korea University.
Others
Lee Bong-ryun as Park Yoo-ja[ 6] Han Ki-woong as Lee Jung-wooSeo Hyun-chul as Hwang Gab-soo (46/66),[ 7] Lee Moo-saeng as Jo Ki-beom (45),[ 7] Kim Wook as young Ki-beom (25) Seo Sang-won as Doctor Yoon[ 7] Kim Bup-rae as Lee Hyung-do / Lee Seok-do, who were both twin brothers. Seok-do was one of the test subjects of Professor Hwang's experiment, and Hyung-do, who was Seok-do's younger twin brother, wanted to murder his brother and Professor Hwang in order to take his brother's place as the next-in-line CEO of their father's company
Special appearances
Production
Development
Won Jin-ah and Yoon Se-ah have previously starred together in Rain or Shine [ 8]
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Released on October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Right In Front Of You" (네 앞에) Park Geun-chul DANI Jung Su-min Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min DANI K.Will 4:00 2. "Right In Front Of You" (Inst.) Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min DANI 4:00 Total length: 8:00
Part 2
Released on October 14, 2019 (2019-10-14 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "You Have To Tell Me" (꼭 말해줘) Yeonjung (WJSN )03:13 2. "You Have To Tell Me" (Inst.) 03:13 Total length: 06:26
Part 3
Released on October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "When Love Passes By" (사랑이 지나가면) Lee Young-hoon Lee Young-hoon Ji Chang-wook 04:11 2. "When Love Passes By" (Inst.) Lee Young-hoon 04:11 Total length: 08:22
Part 4
Released on October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Ice Doll" (얼음인형) Park Geun-chul Jung Goo-hyun Parc Jae-jung 4:10 2. "Ice Doll" (Inst.) Park Geun-chul Jung Goo-hyun 4:10 Total length: 8:20
Ratings
Melting Me Softly : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 652 816 882 864 536 658 547 701 299 511 330 429 453 456 379 549 566
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Media Research .
[ 9]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Title
Average audience share[ 10]
Nationwide
Seoul
1
September 28, 2019
The Origin Of Cryogenics
2.486%
2.606%
2
September 29, 2019
Resurrection
3.177%
2.858%
3
October 5, 2019
The Days We Lost
3.163%
3.278%
4
October 6, 2019
Some Like It Cold
3.201% 3.250%
5
October 12, 2019
The Destiny Of 31.5 Degree!
2.063%
2.126%
6
October 13, 2019
Captain Korea
2.481%
2.777%
7
October 19, 2019
All About Love
1.843%
2.101%
8
October 20, 2019
Fling and Fight
2.419%
2.511%
9
October 26, 2019
Between the Cold and the Passion
1.160% N/A
10
October 27, 2019
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
2.074%
1.983%
11
November 2, 2019
Family, After All
1.461%
N/A
12
November 3, 2019
To Die or To Be Mad
1.622%
13
November 9, 2019
The Truth Too Late
1.774%
1.491%
14
November 10, 2019
The People Who Want To Get Frozen
1.765%
1.271%
15
November 16, 2019
Hot Guy and Cold Girl
1.432%
N/A
16
November 17, 2019
Melting Me Softly
2.282%
2.407%
Average
2.150%
— [ a]
In the table above, the blue numbers red numbers N/A denotes that the rating is not known.This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS , SBS , MBC and EBS ).
Notes
^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
References
^ Kim, Ji-won (August 27, 2019). " . The Korea Economic Daily Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019 . ^ "Silly cryogenic plot device may work in 'Melting Me Softly': Freeze two characters, thaw them out 20 years later, and then see what happens" . Korea JoongAng Daily Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .^ Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)" . Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019 . ^ Cho, Yoon-sun (July 9, 2019). "[공식] 윤세아, tvN '날 녹여주오' 주연 확정…'지창욱 첫♥' 아나운서役" . Sports Chosun Naver . Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019 . ^ Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)" . Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019 . ^ "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개" . tvN Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022 .^ a b c "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개" . tvN Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022 .^ Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). " . Sports Kyunghyang Naver . Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019 . ^ "Nielsen Korea" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .^ "Nielsen Korea" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
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