Lee Gyu Won is the daughter of one of the top three maestros of pansori and is also a gayageum protégé herself. Following her grandfather’s wishes for her to study the gayageum, she enrolls as a major of gugak, or traditional Korean music. Lee Shin is unfriendly, yet a clever student in the Applied Music Department who also is the famed vocalist and talented guitarist of the handsome band named The Stupid. With charming looks equal to those of a handsome character in a romance comic and a cold, taciturn personality, he thinks gugak is boring and belittles it. As the vocalist Lee Shin and Gayageum Protégé Lee Gyu Won passionately confront each other to champion their respective music, they soon fall in love.
Cast: Park Shin-hye, Jung Yong-hwa, Song Chang-eui
Season 1
15 episodes
1. Encountering You By AccidentSerendipitously, the diverse lives of two Korean university music students converge, one a traditional gayageum player and the other the handsome but socially cold lead singer of a popular rock band called The Stupid.NRCC1 h 6 minJun 29, 2011
2. That is My WorldIt's Wind Flowers versus The Stupid as Gyu-won and Shin make a bet over which has soul, traditional music or western music.NRCC1 h 5 minJun 30, 2011
3. ChampionAs director of the 100th anniversary show, Suk-hyun disturbs the professors by changing laid plans in order to present what seems a very personal story.NRCC1 h 2 minJul 6, 2011
4. Towards TomorrowWith acting rehearsals underway, several girls aim to put Gyu-won in her place, whereby Gyu-won decides to quit the show.NRCC1 h 5 minJul 7, 2011
5. ConfessionA surprise kiss leaves Gyu-won, Suk-hyun and Yoon-soo stunned, and Shin ends Gyu-won's servitude.NRCC1 h 6 minJul 13, 2011
6. With The Thought That It Must Be ForgottenStill reeling from a broken heart, personal tragedy touches Shin's life as well.NRCC1 h 6 minJul 14, 2011
7. Like This... Will Be ForgottenWith the retrieval of Shin's discarded pendent, Gyu-won's slavery ends, but circumstances, once again, throw them together.NRCC1 h 6 minJul 20, 2011
8. My Love, Cry BabyDespite Gyu-won's superior audition, Hee-joo wins the coveted role of leading actress, but the hollowness of the victory creates bitter enemies.NRCC1 h 8 minJul 27, 2011
9. High Speed RomanceWhile Suk-hyun takes the kids on a team-building excursion, Tae-joon and his aids dig for dirt against him.NRCC1 h 9 minJul 28, 2011
10. Little by Little, Slowly Stepping Towards YouWhen Shin and Gyu-won officially become a couple (holding hands in public), the campus erupts.NRCC1 h 8 minAug 3, 2011
11. That Place, That TimeTae-joon spreads a baseless rumor about Suk-hyun before conspiring with Hee-joo's mother to set up Suk-hyun and Gyu-won for scandal.NRCC1 h 10 minAug 4, 2011
12. Don't CryWhile the director's resignation forces students to reconsider the scandalous rumor, Joon-hee finds it increasingly difficult to live with his lie.NRCC1 h 8 minAug 10, 2011
13. Fly HighWith only one week to go, cancellation of the school's anniversary performance leaves everyone wondering what to do next.NRCC1 h 8 minAug 11, 2011
14. Smile, YouThe school performance brings about a professional offer that puts Gyu-won in conflict with her grandfather.NRCC1 h 5 minAug 17, 2011
15. Let Your Dreams SoarA withheld truth about the severity of an injury keeps Lee Shin and Lee Gye-won apart, even a year later.NRCC1 h 10 minAug 18, 2011
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Lee Gyu Won is the daughter of one of the top three maestros of pansori and is also a gayageum protégé herself. Following her grandfather’s wishes for her to study the gayageum, she enrolls as a major of gugak, or traditional Korean music. Lee Shin is unfriendly, yet a clever student in the Applied Music Department who also is the famed vocalist and talented guitarist of the handsome band named The Stupid. With charming looks equal to those of a handsome character in a romance comic and a cold, taciturn personality, he thinks gugak is boring and belittles it. As the vocalist Lee Shin and Gayageum Protégé Lee Gyu Won passionately confront each other to champion their respective music, they soon fall in love.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Pyo Min-soo
- Created by
- Park Sung Eun, Kim Yang
