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In Part 2 of our 2025 wrap-up, we talk about major Dramaland news stories, and each of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) K-dramas of the year. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Kim Soo-hyun press conference clip about Kim Yoo-jung DOF's favorite OSTs of 2025 Oneus Kpop Demon Hunters covers: Golden, Your Idol, Soda Pop Sam Sanders' interview with a songwriter on Kpop Demon Hunters Video essay on the heroine's journey: Why Women Need Their Own Myth TIMESTAMPS: 00:01:59 News 00:36:34 Our Year in Dramas 01:48:11 Dramaland things that made us mad 01:59:45 Special interest corner Shows mentioned in order of first appearance: The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim, The Moon Embracing the Sun, Can You Hear My Heart, The Queen’s Classroom, Kiss Sixth Sense, Signal, Culinary Class Wars, Genie, Make a Wish, The Price of Confession, You and Everything Else, Queen Mantis, Love Scout, Study Group, Unmasked, Nine Puzzle, Law in the City, Spring of Youth, Undercover High School, Spirit Fingers, Pro Bono, Smile You, Mobius, Marry My Husband Japan, A Dream Within a Dream, Resident Playbook, The Winning Try, When Destiny Brings the Demon, The Potato Lab, Romantics Anonymous, Moon River, The Best Thing, Love in the Clouds, Our Unwritten Seoul, Ms Incognito, The Witch, Nice to Not Meet You, Doubt LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode 191: Year-End Yak 2025 (Part 1): Dramaland trends and K-variety recommendations! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! a...

Dramaland changes every year and 2025 was no different. Let's talk trends in productions, biggest hits and misses, and what we have been doing and watching outside K-dramas. We'll be back with Part 2 really soon, where we get into our most memorable dramas of the year. [This was live recorded for patreon in December. We have split and edited the episodes down for our podcast feed. You can still find the entire recording with video and audio chat on our patreon page.] Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Catching up 00:20:54 Trends in dramaland 00:52:45 K-Variety Dramas mentioned in this episode (in order): Would you marry me?, Perfect Marriage Revenge, Marry My Husband, The First Night with the Duke, Spirit Fingers, Study Group, Dear X, When the stars gossip, Genie make a wish, Hwarang, Unmasked, Trigger, Squid Game, Descendants of the Sun, Faith, Legend, Healer, Crash Landing on You, Lovely Runner, My Youth, Moon River, The Devil’s Plan, My Sibling’s Romance, Better Late than Single, Single’s Inferno, Mind the Noona Gap, Terrace House, Run Jin (Jonathan episode), Culinary Class Wars, Are Your Sure?, Keon’s Bizarre BnB, Jae friends, IU’s Pallette, My Little Old Boy (ep 471). LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Listen to our last episode here. NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma.

Anisa and Paroma yak for a long time about all the dramas we've been watching - mostly K-dramas but also a few C-dramas. Plus we discuss the state of streaming, and the return of mid-budget dramas and old school tropes. Leave us your COMMENTS here. And don't forget to join us Sunday, December 21 at 11am ET for a live Year-End Yak! LINK TIMESTAMPS: 00:04:47 Dear X 00:12:10 You and Everything Else 00:22:28 Would You Marry Me 00:41:31 Last Summer 00:53:24 Dynamite Kiss 01:20:25 Bon Appetit Your Majesty 01:44:50 Love in the Clouds 01:52:19 Fated Hearts 01:57:29 Love's Ambition LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is by Epidemic Sound.

Our November Yak covers a bunch of dramas we just started and one drama we needed to talk in depth about - Kim Eun-suk's Genie, Make a Wish. Join Paroma and Anisa as we get back into talking at you for 90 minutes again. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Paroma's video on Make a Wish Genie. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Hello! 01:20 Ms Incognito 10:30 My Troublesome Star 18:10 Romantics Anonymous 33:25 Typhoon Family 35:09 Oh My Ghost Client 43:26 Make a Wish, Genie LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode 188: The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com in K-Dramas NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma.

We talk about Anisa's grand theory of murder rom-coms - why they exist, when they work and when they don't, and what their rise means for K-drama trends. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Anisa's article for MENT Magazine: The Rise of the Murder Rom-Com Paroma's video about the return of old tropes in K-drama LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode: NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is Breathe Easy by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist.

Halo! We are back with a new yak after a break. Anisa and Paroma catch you up on what we have been watching lately; some recommendations and some stay-aways! We also unnecessarily add to the hype around Kpop demon hunters with our own admiring words. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: "Keeping you obsessed": Netflix's demons vs. hunters movie captures the mystical allure of KPop [Link]Korean food deast: From kimbap to ramyeon, but hold the kimchi [Link]Jinu's seriously derpy tiger origin story [Link]Paroma's video on the two versions of Marry My Husband [Link]Interview with the writer and director of First Night with the Duke [Link]Explanation of some Korean in KPop Demon Hunters [Link] TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:54 KPop Demon Hunters 00:32:08 Law and the City 00:49:23 Head Over Heels 01:00:26 First Night with the Duke 01:27:16 Marry My Husband (Japan) 01:43:29 Second Shot at Love LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode: NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa.

Part 2 of our year end yak is finally here! This is the episode where we go over the annual listener survey we do to find out what your drama year has been like. Which genres did you enjoy the most, what new dramas did you try out, what new difficulties have you faced accessing your favourite show? We talk about all of that with pie charts and laughter. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! PART 1 of the Year-End Yak: Episode 184 Our Personal Goguma Awards NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa

Anisa and Paroma pop in before our next installment of the Year-End Yak to chat about currently airing dramas, including pretty much a full Spoiled Yak about Love Scout, which we ADORED. Paroma convinces Anisa to watch My Dearest Nemesis, Anisa laments the wasted potential of Melo Movie, and more. Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:03:11 Love Scout 00:11:59 Love Scout SPOILERS 00:46:52 The Potato Lab 00:56:36 My Dearest Nemesis 01:12:17 Melo Movie 01:36:49 The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call 01:47:40 The First Frost 02:15:37 Fireworks of My Heart 02:21:27 Filter LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music from Epidemic Sound.

In Part 1 of our (extremely belated) Year-End Yak for 2024, we talk Personal Gogumas - the awards the three of us want to give to the dramas we loved in 2024. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS MENTIONED: Dramas Over Flowers' playlist of favorite 2024 OSTs as curated by Anisa TIME STAMPS: (These are questions we asked each other) 0:07:36 What’s a drama that surprised you? 0:46:20 A drama I'll remember 2024 for 0:54:15 An OST that stayed with us 1:03:21 Last minute watch that was totally worth it 1:07:00 A drama that got some wrong headed critique? 1:16:33 Mid or low budget drama you loved 1:22:43 Actors you want to highlight from 2024 1:35:45 A character that stayed with you all year/since you watched them 1:51:10 Most long-awaited comeback 1:59:46 Favorite couple/favorite romance 2:05:05 Actor that did the MOST in 2024 2:07:55 It started so well 2:11:49 Well that ended better than I expected 2:13:54 Two dramas you’ll recommend to your co-hosts? LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode 183: Long Yak on Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born, The Trunk, When the Phone RIngs, & more NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma. Music from Epidemic Sound.

Anisa and Paroma yak about dramas they finished recently. Leave us your COMMENTS here. LINKS: Tell us about your drama year in our annual survey! Vote in the Goguma Awards (deadline: Jan 18th) And while you vote, listen to this playlist of our favorite OSTs of 2024. TIMESTAMPS: 00:02:46 Face Me (final thoughts) 00:20:31 Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard (final thoughts) 00:27:27 When the Phone Rings (midway thoughts) 00:36:10 The Trunk (final thoughts) 01:05:57 Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born (midway thoughts) 01:13:20 Brewing Love (final thoughts) 01:27:52 A Virtuous Business (midway thoughts) LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma.

Anisa and Paroma have a little yak about some new dramas we've sampled, and others we've just barely tasted. Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIMESTAMPS: 00:02:04 Love Your Enemy 00:16:39 Mr Plankton 00:21:22 When the Phone Rings 00:34:37 Face Me 00:49:29 Tell Me that You Love Me 00:58:01 The Trunk speculation LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode: NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is "Feels Like Summer" by Staffan Carlen and "Fast Forward, Pause" by Rebecca Mardal.

We are bringing back What's Up In Dramaland as bi-weekly youtube live streams. A newsy episode that covers Korean entertainment including casting news, upcoming dramas, catching up on industry conversations. (This is a one time livestream audio upload. Please check our youtube channel for future WUID episodes!) Leave us your COMMENTS here. TIME STAMPS: 00:00:00 lengthy intro 00:06:05 episode begins LINKS MENTIONED: What's Up In Dramaland on our YouTube Channel LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: Episode 180: Our last long yak NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma

Anisa and Paroma discuss their final thoughts on recently ended romcoms Love Next Door, No Gain No Love and Serendipity's Embrace, plus some first impressions of the Korean adaptation of Go Ahead and wacky romance DNA Lover. LEAVE A COMMENT HERE. LINKS MENTIONED: Family by Choice Episodes 1-2 Review Paroma fights Anisa(?) about Love Next Door TIMESTAMPS: 00:10:38 Family by Choice 00:21:30 Love Next Door 00:35:19 No Gain No Love 01:15:35 DNA Lover 01:31:58 Serendipity's Embrace 01:48:59 Culinary Class Wars LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE: Episode 178: No Gain No Love (spoiler first half review) NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Anisa. Music is Welcome Vault Dweller (Instrumental Version) by Victor Lundberg.

In this episode we discuss the many popular re-unions of famous romantic and non-romantic actor couples. We ask why these re-unions happen, do they ever achieve the popularity of the original project, and why is there often a distinct shift in genres? (You can watch the video version of this episode at the link below). Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: LINKS MENTIONED: Watch the livestream on YouTube HERE. LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 178: No Gain No Love (first half spoiler discussion) NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma

Paroma is joined by Deepanjana in a mission to express their deep feelings about No Gain No Love without spoiling every single scene in the drama. It was a challenge. This episode was recorded after the first 6 out of 12 episodes had aired. You can hunt down today's guest @/dpanjana on Threads and Instagram. Leave us your thoughts in a voice note here: TIMESTAMP: 9:45 - Actual discussion starts 51:22 - Warning for spoilers LEAVE US A REVIEW: Apple podcasts | Spotify | Audible! MORE EPISODES YOU'LL LIKE: Episode 155: Bora! Deborah Spoiled Yak NEWSLETTER: Join our email list for the monthly newsletter with podcast announcements and special episodes! PATRONS: SPECIAL THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship! Join it here! ❤︎ You can MAJORLY support us by leaving a review on your podcast app, or sharing the episode with friends! ❤︎ SOCIAL: Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_. Email us at [email protected]. CREDITS: This episode was edited by Paroma