Something in the Rain | |
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Hangul | 밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나 |
Literal meaning | Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food |
Revised Romanization | Bap Jal Sajuneun Yeppeun Nuna |
Genre | Romance |
Created by | JTBC |
Written by | Kim Eun |
Directed by | Ahn Pan-seok |
Starring | |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 70 minutes[2] |
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Original release | |
Network | JTBC |
Release | March 30 May 19, 2018 | –
Something in the Rain (Korean: 밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나) is a 2018 South Korean television series directed by Ahn Pan-seok and starring Son Ye-jin, Jung Hae-in and Jang So-yeon. The series marks Son Ye-jin's small screen comeback after a five-year break. It aired on JTBC from March 30 to May 19, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST).[3][4][5][6][7][8]
It is available for streaming on Netflix, and on Disney+ in Japan starting February 2022.[9]
The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple". Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his late 20s at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah — who also happens to be best friends with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age differences (considered to be taboo in some circles), and find the courage to go public with their relationship to everyone around them.
The series also contains a secondary storyline about the struggles that female employees face in the company where Jin-ah works, as they try to climb the corporate ladder amidst sexual harassment, mistreatment, discrimination, and career sabotage from their male managers – all part of an unspoken culture of sexism considered to be normal among South Korean companies.
The driving narrative around the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships.
The first script reading by the cast was held on January 25, 2018, at the JTBC building in Sangam-dong.[17]
As a result of the drama's commercial success, a three-day vacation to Japan was awarded to the cast and crew, which was scheduled from May 29–31, 2018.[18][19]
Something in the Rain OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Language | Korean, English |
Label | Sony Music Drama House |
"Stand by Your Man" sung by Carla Bruni, and "Save the Last Dance for Me" by Bruce Willis are played frequently throughout the series.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Something in the Rain" | Rachael Yamagata | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Rachael Yamagata | 4:56 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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1. | "La La La" | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Lee Nam-yeon (이남연) | Rachael Yamagata | 3:40 |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 0.831 | 0.813 | 0.890 | 1.133 | 1.210 | 1.370 | 1.281 | 1.171 | 1.487 | 1.389 | 1.166 | 1.242 | 1.141 | 1.682 | 1.292 | 1.600 | 1.231 |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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Nielsen Korea[21] | TNmS[22] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
1 | March 30, 2018 | 4.008% | 4.239% | 3.8% | |
2 | March 31, 2018 | 3.752% | 4.177% | 4.8% | |
3 | April 6, 2018 | 4.222% | 4.621% | 4.4% | |
4 | April 7, 2018 | 4.756% | 5.434% | 5.9% | |
5 | April 13, 2018 | 5.134% | 6.001% | 5.4% | |
6 | April 14, 2018 | 6.187% | 7.069% | 6.5% | |
7 | April 20, 2018 | 5.322% | 6.202% | 6.4% | |
8 | April 21, 2018 | 5.499% | 5.936% | 5.7% | |
9 | April 27, 2018 | 6.177% | 6.769% | 5.9% | |
10 | April 28, 2018 | 5.757% | 6.713% | 6.6% | |
11 | May 4, 2018 | 5.637% | 7.018% | 5.9% | |
12 | May 5, 2018 | 5.520% | 6.320% | 6.1% | |
13 | May 11, 2018 | 5.564% | 6.598% | 5.4% | |
14 | May 12, 2018 | 7.281% | 8.313% | 6.3% | |
15 | May 18, 2018 | 5.883% | 6.486% | 5.7% | |
16 | May 19, 2018 | 6.787% | 7.661% | 7.1% | |
Average | 5.468% | 6.222% | 5.7% | ||
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | 11th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Wi Ha-joon | Nominated | [23] |
13th Seoul International Drama Awards | Excellence Award for Korean Drama | Something in the Rain | Won | [24][25] | |
Outstanding Korean Actress | Son Ye-jin | Won | |||
6th APAN Star Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Nominated | [26][27] | ||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Jung Hae-in | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Jang So-yeon | Won | |||
K-Star Award, Actor | Jung Hae-in | Won | |||
2nd The Seoul Awards | Best Actress | Son Ye-jin | Nominated | [28] | |
Best New Actor | Jung Hae-in | Nominated | |||
Popularity Award, Actor | Won | ||||
Hallyu Artist Award | Won | ||||
Korea Contents Awards | Presidential Commendation | Something in the Rain | Won | ||
2019 | 23rd Asian Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Won | [29][30] | |
Best Director | Ahn Pan-seok | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Son Ye-jin | Nominated |
In February 2022, it was confirmed that Something in the Rain is set for an Indian remake.[31]
On March 3, 2022, it was announced that iQIYI would release a Chinese remake of the series titled The Way Love Should Be, starring Angelababy. The platform also gained the rights to exclusively air the show in China, making it the first South Korean TV show to be approved for streaming in the country since the Korean content ban.[32][33]