About Time (TV series)

About Time OST
About Time OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean
Label	Stone Music Entertainment, CREAHUB

*About Time*
About Time
	Promotional poster
Hangul	멈추고 싶은 순간: 어바웃타임
Literal meaning	A Moment I Want to Stop: About Time
Revised Romanization	Meomchugo Sip-eun Sun-gan: Eobaut-taim
Genre	Fantasy; Romance; Melodrama;
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Chu Hye-mi
Directed by	Kim Hyung-sik; Park Shin-woo;
Starring	Lee Sang-yoon; Lee Sung-kyung;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Lee Chan-ho; Lee Eon-jung;
Producers	Kim Na-kyung; Park Eun-kyung; Bae Sun-hae; Lee Min-jin;
Editor	Kim Yoo-mi
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Story TV
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	May 21 –; July 10, 2018

About Time (Korean: 멈추고 싶은 순간: 어바웃타임) is a 2018 fantasy romance South Korean television series starring Lee Sang-yoon and Lee Sung-kyung. It aired on tvN from May 21 to July 10, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 (KST).^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

Choi Michaela (Lee Sung-kyung) is an aspiring musical actress who has the special ability to see people's life spans. One day, while she's heading off to an audition, she becomes involved in a minor car accident and meets Lee Do-ha (Lee Sang-yoon), a chaebol son and the president of cultural foundation MK Entertainment. After an unexpected discovery that her life clock stops whenever she's with him, she becomes determined to keep him close at all costs. Things take an interesting and painful turn as the two begin to fall in love.

Cast

Main

Lee Sang-yoon as Lee Do-ha
- Moon Woo-jin as young Lee Do-ha

A chaebol son and president of the cultural foundation MK Entertainment. He seems rude and belligerent upon first meeting Michaela, but eventually warms up to and develops feelings for her as they spend time together, revealing the gentle and tender-hearted side of him. He receives counselling on a regular basis from a psychiatrist and close friend, Park Sung-bin, since he suffers from anxiety disorders and frequent panic attacks. His relationship with Michaela causes problems in his business and with his family, as well as his fiancé Bae Soo-bong, due to their arranged marriage.^[4]

Lee Sung-kyung as Choi Michaela / Mika

A young and aspiring musical actress with the unfortunate fate of seeing the life spans of other people, including those around her. After initially beginning to work for Do-ha as his personal driver in order to remain by his side to extend her life span, she falls in love with him. However, she often feels guilty and conflicted of using him for her own benefit, and faces constant harassment from Bae Soo-bong to end their relationship.^[4]

Supporting

Lee Do-ha's family

Jung Dong-hwan as Lee Seon-moon

Chairman of MK Group. Lee Do-ha's cold-hearted father.^[5]

Min Sung-wook [ko] as Lee Do-bin
- Kim Ji-wan as young Do-bin

CEO of MK Group Hotel. Do-ha's older brother.^[6]

Kim Sa-hee [ko] as Kim Hye-young

Do-bin's wife. An aloof and elegant rich woman who hides a secret.^[7]

Jung Moon-sung as Yoon Do-san
- Lee Min-sung as young Do-san

A travel writer. Do-ha and Do-bin's half-brother.^[6]

Choi Michaela's family

Na Young-hee as Jin Ra-hee

Choi Michaela's spoilt mother.^[5]

Rowoon as Choi Wee-jin

Choi Michaela's younger brother who falls in love with Sung-hee.^[8]

Ryu Tae-ho [ko] as Choi Tae-pyung

Choi Michaela's father who is incarcerated.

People around Lee Do-ha

Im Se-mi as Bae Soo-bong

The director of MJBC music magazine who is engaged to Do-ha and has had an unrequited love for him for several years. His relationship with Michaela makes her jealous and insecure about her place within his life and family.^[9]

Tae In-ho as Park Sung-bin

Do-ha's friend and psychiatrist, and Woo-jin's older brother.^[6]

Kang Ki-doong as Park Woo-jin

Do-ha's secretary and Sung-bin's younger brother.^[6]

People around Choi Michaela

Han Seung-yeon as Jeon Sung-hee

Choi Michaela's best friend who is currently working as an assistant director for Jo Jae-yoo and falls in love with Wee-jin.^[10]

Kim Hae-sook as Oh So-nyeo

A reliable ally of Choi Michaela who secretly shares her same ability.

Others

Kim Dong-jun as Jo Jae-yoo

A strict musical director from Broadway who is well known for his genius abilities. He is hired by Do-ha to work on the musical production "Yeon-hui's Time Flows Backwards", with hopes of expanding his entertainment group and theatre business into China. Initially, he is very critical of Michaela's talents, but offers encouragement and insight occasionally as the two become friends over time.^[11]

Jang Gwang as Mr. Park, Oh So-nyeo's boyfriend^[12]
Oh Ah-rin as Yoon Ah-in

Special appearances

Baek Ji-won as a wife (Ep. 1)
Lee Dae-yeon as a husband (Ep. 1)
Kim Kyung-nam as a police officer (Ep. 2)
Kim Gyu-ri as Kim Joon-ah (Ep. 5-10)

A Broadway actress and Do-ha's first love.^[13]

Yu Xiaoguang as Zhang Qiang^[14]

Production

The first script reading was held in February 2018.^[15]
Actor Lee Seo-won, who was supposed to play the supporting role of Jo Jae-yoo, was pulled out of the production prior to airing due to criminal charges filed against him.^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19] He was replaced by Kim Dong-jun.^[20]^[21]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Amazing Thing" (신기한 일)	Lee Sang-hoon	Lee Sang-hoon, Choi Hye-sung	Kim E-Z (GGot Jam Project [ko])	3:14
2.	"Amazing Thing" (Inst.)		Lee Sang-hoon, Choi Hye-sung		3:14
Total length:					6:28

Part 2

Released on May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Yesterday"	Mathi, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min	Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min	Park Bo-ram	4:16
2.	"Yesterday" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Part 3

Released on June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Maybe"	RUNY, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min	Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min, RUNY	Hui (Pentagon)	4:21
2.	"Maybe" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min, RUNY		4:21
Total length:					8:42

Part 4

Released on June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Tears Flow" (눈물이 나)	Mackelli	Mackelli	Mackelli	3:40
2.	"Tears Flow" (Inst.)		Mackelli		3:40
Total length:					7:20

Part 5

Released on June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My Room"	Mathi, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min	Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min	Hong Dae-kwang	3:35
2.	"My Room" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min		3:35
Total length:					7:10

Viewership

About Time : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	390	436	310	316	348	358	305	473	217	342	262	455	375	304	N/A	346

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[22]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[23]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 21, 2018	1.766%	2.249%
2	May 22, 2018	2.103%	2.842%
3	May 28, 2018	1.338%	1.327%
4	May 29, 2018	1.491%	1.766%
5	June 4, 2018	1.483%	1.595%
6	June 5, 2018	1.652%	2.098%
7	June 11, 2018	1.452%	1.493%
8	June 12, 2018	2.083%	2.344%
9	June 18, 2018	0.887%	1.206%
10	June 19, 2018	1.628%	1.562%
11	June 25, 2018	1.262%	1.380%
12	June 26, 2018	1.888%	1.952%
13	July 2, 2018	1.838%	1.828%
14	July 3, 2018	1.491%	1.739%
15	July 9, 2018	1.239%	1.574%
16	July 10, 2018	1.771%	1.985%
Average		1.586%	1.809%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series 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).

References

^ "About Time (2018)". CJ ENM. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Fantastic love story 'About Time'". Kpop Herald. May 17, 2018.
^ "'About Time,' a sweet fantasy on 'time-limited' romance". Yonhap News Agency. May 17, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Cho, Yun-myung. "Lee Sang-yoon, Lee Sung-kyung take roles in tvN drama 'About Time'". Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "[Oh!쎈 컷] '어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경, '케미 만렙' 첫 대본리딩". Osen (in Korean). April 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "[TV체크] '어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경·임세미·이서원, 러브라인 관계도". Sports Dong-a (in Korean). May 16, 2018.
^ "Kim Sa-hee to Star in New tvN Drama "About Time"". HanCinema. Osen. April 23, 2018.
^ "[공식] SF9 김로운, '어바웃타임' 최위진 役 낙점···이성경과 남매 호흡". Naver (in Korean). Seoul Economic Daily. March 13, 2018.
^ 임세미 ‘언론재벌 무남독녀 외동딸’ 역 캐스팅, 어떤 드라마?. Khan (in Korean). January 31, 2018.
^ "[공식]한승연, tvN '어바웃타임' 출연 확정…'애교+푼수' 반전매력". Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. February 22, 2018.
^ 김동준, 이서원 대신해 ‘어바웃타임’ 합류…조재유 役. Naver (in Korean). BizEnter. May 17, 2018.
^ "[간밤TV]'어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경, 동거 시작". Sports Khan (in Korean). June 5, 2018.
^ '어바웃타임' 김규리, 베일에 싸인 이상윤 첫사랑 役 '깜짝 등판'. Sports Chosun (in Korean). June 5, 2018.
^ "'어바웃타임' 이상윤X우효광, 한-중 사업가의 포스 넘치는 미팅 현장 공개". Tenasia (in Korean). May 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
^ "'어바웃타임' 첫 대본리딩, 이상윤X이성경 케미 어땠나". Newsen (in Korean). April 5, 2018.
^ ""About Time" Casts Lee Seo-won". HanCinema. Ilgan Sports. January 15, 2018.
^ Lee, Ah-young (May 16, 2018). [종합] 이서원, 술자리 성추행으로 검찰 조사…'어바웃타임' 하차. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Heo, Seol-hee (May 16, 2018). '뮤직뱅크' 측 "이서원 입건 기사로 접해, 입장 정리중" [공식]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "Lee Seo-won cut from TV networks". Korea JoongAng Daily. May 18, 2018.
^ Baek, Ji-eun (May 17, 2018). "[단독] '어바웃타임', '성추문' 이서원 하차→ZE:A 김동준 긴급투입". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ Hong, Hye-min (May 17, 2018). "'어바웃타임'·김동준 측 "이서원 대타 김동준? 확정 NO…긍정 검토 중" [공식]". Star Hankook (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved May 21, 2018.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
About Time at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
About Time at Story TV (in Korean)
About Time at IMDb
About Time at HanCinema

[1] "About Time (2018)". CJ ENM. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.

[2] "Fantastic love story 'About Time'". Kpop Herald. May 17, 2018.

[3] "'About Time,' a sweet fantasy on 'time-limited' romance". Yonhap News Agency. May 17, 2018.

[cast-4] Cho, Yun-myung. "Lee Sang-yoon, Lee Sung-kyung take roles in tvN drama 'About Time'". Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[char-5] "[Oh!쎈 컷] '어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경, '케미 만렙' 첫 대본리딩". Osen (in Korean). April 5, 2018.

[char2-6] "[TV체크] '어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경·임세미·이서원, 러브라인 관계도". Sports Dong-a (in Korean). May 16, 2018.

[7] "Kim Sa-hee to Star in New tvN Drama "About Time"". HanCinema. Osen. April 23, 2018.

[8] "[공식] SF9 김로운, '어바웃타임' 최위진 役 낙점···이성경과 남매 호흡". Naver (in Korean). Seoul Economic Daily. March 13, 2018.

[9] 임세미 ‘언론재벌 무남독녀 외동딸’ 역 캐스팅, 어떤 드라마?. Khan (in Korean). January 31, 2018.

[10] "[공식]한승연, tvN '어바웃타임' 출연 확정…'애교+푼수' 반전매력". Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. February 22, 2018.

[11] 김동준, 이서원 대신해 ‘어바웃타임’ 합류…조재유 役. Naver (in Korean). BizEnter. May 17, 2018.

[12] "[간밤TV]'어바웃타임' 이상윤·이성경, 동거 시작". Sports Khan (in Korean). June 5, 2018.

[13] '어바웃타임' 김규리, 베일에 싸인 이상윤 첫사랑 役 '깜짝 등판'. Sports Chosun (in Korean). June 5, 2018.

[14] "'어바웃타임' 이상윤X우효광, 한-중 사업가의 포스 넘치는 미팅 현장 공개". Tenasia (in Korean). May 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

[15] "'어바웃타임' 첫 대본리딩, 이상윤X이성경 케미 어땠나". Newsen (in Korean). April 5, 2018.

[16] ""About Time" Casts Lee Seo-won". HanCinema. Ilgan Sports. January 15, 2018.

[17] Lee, Ah-young (May 16, 2018). [종합] 이서원, 술자리 성추행으로 검찰 조사…'어바웃타임' 하차. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[18] Heo, Seol-hee (May 16, 2018). '뮤직뱅크' 측 "이서원 입건 기사로 접해, 입장 정리중" [공식]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[19] "Lee Seo-won cut from TV networks". Korea JoongAng Daily. May 18, 2018.

[20] Baek, Ji-eun (May 17, 2018). "[단독] '어바웃타임', '성추문' 이서원 하차→ZE:A 김동준 긴급투입". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[21] Hong, Hye-min (May 17, 2018). "'어바웃타임'·김동준 측 "이서원 대타 김동준? 확정 NO…긍정 검토 중" [공식]". Star Hankook (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[22] "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[23] "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved May 21, 2018.

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