whoever rated this drama 1 star, did you even watch the show like ????? youd know all their points about nepotism are wrong if you actually looked at the screen while watching the show. the director made it clear that she accepted jeongnyeon just as an understudy because if she accepted her as a normal trainee, the others would think she was accepted because of her connections with moon okgyeong and not her talent (AND SHE WAS ACCEPTED AS AN UNDERSTUDY BECAUSE OF HER TALENT)
and isnt the whole point of the show that shes poor but blessed with a voice gifted from the heavens?? so the only nepotism that she has is her voice inherited from her mother, like brotha are you fr
glad you dropped the show because you don't deserve to watch it loser

Anyway, that just irked me a little so i had to say something.

i'm really glad this is a female-centered drama because you rarely see those these days and admist korea's uhhh lets just say gender problem.
i am disappointed they removed jeongnyeons gf from the drama but considering koreans censorship (aka homophobia and antifeminism; i had to clarify for that loser in my replies), this is pretty decent (no men cast !!!!!)

actors are casted well. ive always been a fan of kim taeri and she always does a great job. and jung eunchae is really fine lmao. (edit after ep 12 shin yeeun so fine guys shes so bad like damn she so fine she actually soooo fine)

personally ive never been interested in traditional korean singing but this show keeps me intrigued and i do look forward to future episodes.

will probably update later but thats all i have to say for now

edit: okay just finished the show, and I must say the acting was soooo good, like definitely award-worthy. shin yeeun is really an incredible actress and woo davi too. like wow, their skills are genuinely top-tier
I really respect the effort the cast put into the show, like the years of vocal training, dance lessons, etc.

a few things that i was not happy about was a lot of the writing, like yes they took out jeongnyeons gf which is bad already but i did not like how they wrote hyerang too. there are a few plot holes and even though the ending is alright like its appropriate i guess, but its not satisfying enough and i think we need at least a prologue.

however i am actually very grateful for this drama like its not very often where a kdrama as an all female reoccuring cast. this is probably the only one i can name and i did thoroughly enjoy watching this show. i hope they do make more shows like this in the future and i will cherish this drama for the rest of my life.

update 2: after processing the ending for a few days, ive been lurking on twitter and jeongnyeon and juran were supposed to kiss in the original script during the final goodbye scene in ep 11??? im so pissed that changed. i didnt mention this before but when i was watching that scene i cried so much i was sobbing. why would they write juran as a character that liked making all those pledges with jeongnyeon but then at the end she has no choice but to break them. im so sad. And when they said goodbye, juran was wearing the bird pin she and jeongnyeon both got when they vowed to do gukgeuk till they were old. i actually cant. the endings so bad in that aspect. why would they do this. we basically get no clarity.

okgyeong and hyerang were also supposed to kiss too before okgyeong finally left.. im also unhappy about how okgyeong just left with no appearance in the last two episodes??? I get her reasoning, but its selfish, and she really left a single mom and her kid bro. like yeah hyerang messed the freak up but okgyeong was really awfully inconsiderate for that.

but yeah im just really unhappy with the ending. like dont get me wrong, it's such a great drama, but an ending like that would never bring it justice. the ending as in the ending scene itself was good; its just that a lot of the important characters relationships are left off at a not good point. aside from jeongnyeon juran and okyeong hyerang, what about yeongseo and her mom? what happened with that? and what about the director? what is she gonna do w/o maeran? is it really their last performance? what the frick are all of them gonna do after? theres too many questions to be asked.
The only way to fix this is with a second season !!! and also no men next season. id be sad if they made a s2 that was just jumping forward in time. i need to see jeongnyeon and yeongseo crash jurans wedding.

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great drama

this drama was probably one of the best ones ive watched in a while. im not really the type to watch solely for romance so this drama was good in that way. im not saying there wasnt romance tho but it develops pretty smoothly and only takes flight towards the end. the story is pretty decent, although inconsistent at times. it focuses a lot on individual character development which is nice. all the main characters are really likeable.
some people found the ml yun tianhe really childish but honestly himbos are funny and he literally barely had any human interaction so what do you expect.

no complaints on casting or acting
osts are good and pretty emotional; they suit the drama well.

the start of the drama was pretty lighthearted, first few episodes are light and silly which is enjoyable. ml and fml dynamic was really funny and nice to watch. the story progressed really well for the most part, sometimes the plot got a little slow but its alright. its really interesting tho and at one point theres like an epiphany moment where everything starts to make sense and the dots start connecting its pretty fun.
the world building (as its a fantasy) is pretty easy to understand too you dont need to rack your brains to understand it.
what i liked the most about this drama was the sweet platonic relationship between the four mains like that is true friendship. this held out til the last episode omg the ending was so.. beautiful. its pretty bittersweet but thats how it shouldve ended and im glad it ended that way.

now there are very few things i dislike abt it.
the cgi was honestly pretty good for a cdrama but it got a little choppy towards the end. this next parts a spoiler but i dont understand how qionghua falling would kill all mortal beings like its so small compared to the rest of the land. my next point isnt much of a big deal but i dont like how they made liu mengli (second female lead) end up liking tianhe too. she clearly stated she had never loved a man before and i think they should of stuck with that cus the trope of two girls liking one guy is.. well not my cup of tea. it wasnt really a love triangle at all tho but they shouldnt have left her hanging like that like id be more satisfied if they made her gay or smth (but yk china would never do that).

anyways to conclude it is very worth watching it’s interesting funny heartwarming tear wrenching just everything youd need in a good costume drama !!

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yuribait! do not be fooled by the girls hugging on the floor, holding hands and protecting eachother

Most people were brought to believe that this drama was a GL, and I thought so too due to the first few episodes. HOWEVER, it's all a LIE. I knew it was too good to be true that China would release a GL drama. At first it leads you to believe that it's a story about two girls friendship and them getting closer, and they do, but instead of what the first few episodes make you envision, they add heterosexuality. I stayed and continued watching in hope their relationship would further develop, but it didn't.

The plot of the show itself is actually decent and compelling to watch. There are a few unnecessary parts where they just randomly add cast members, but it's always to push the heterosexual relationships in the show, which is pretty unpleasant to watch if you came in expecting it to be GL.

The acting is okay. Nothing great; most of the characters are likeable. Sun Rui does a pretty good job as Cai Xiaoai. Dai Meng's acting is really stiff, but I think her character is just supposed to be like that, so it's really not a problem.

The two male support roles are useful to the plot, but I always found Lu Haoyu extremely annoying. Like, yes, he's helpful, but he needs to back off. The other guy is okay.

In general, though, if you're just looking for a cute, lighthearted (kinda) drama to watch, this would be a good choice. It's generally silly and fun. But if you guys are looking for an actual GL drama, don't waste your time and go watch Couple of Mirrors or a Thai GL.

Okay just finsihed watching and like i dont ge tthe point of watching a kinda poorly acted, low production cost not good plot with ugly men actors (except for zhou zhao yuan he is cute) when theres so many good quality interesting dramas out there. i do understand if youre a fan of sunrui and/or daimeng and are content starved so i yes i do understand in that case enjoy

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