This was an exhausting watch. I suppose you could say that with the heightened world of social media, it was warranted given the subject matter, but I found the feeling more annoying. I wanted to keep watching but at the same time no.

I mainly watched for the social commentary but that felt very flat. Rather than adding something new to the social media/consumerism conversation the same points were repeated and got stale. It’s a shame bc these things should be talked about(especially today)but the script just didn’t deliver. I was confused about exactly what Ah Ri was trying to accomplish. She wasn’t like the other influencer girls and yet still I felt like she was a bit hypocritical because she decided to imitate the actions of the people she claimed she wasn’t like.

The actors were all ok. Nobody was outstanding, just ok. This is the second Park Gyu Young drama I’ve seen where she’s the FL, and I didn't like either of them a whole lot. She suits a side character much better, and personally I think she lacks the charisma it takes to be a FL. Kang Min Hyuk was so mf fine here but I’m afraid that's all he was. Why people saying the leads had such good chemistry, I don't know? Chae Hee was a CHILD. Shi Hyun was supposed to be the opposite of the two extremes I suppose, but she wasn’t giving me anything to work with. She wasn’t annoying so that’s good. The other influencers were forgettable.

This drama obviously had a lot of effort put into the production, and you could feel the weight of the materialism through the screen. However I think it missed the mark in terms of what it was trying to accomplish. This show wasn't inherently bad but my gripes mainly lie with the execution and delivery of the plot. Also, rather than being 12 eps this could've easily been 10. Hopefully another social media drama happens in the future and one with much more substance.