Melting Me Softly

*Melting Me Softly* OST
Melting Me Softly OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean; English;
Label	Genie Music; Stone Music Entertainment;

*Melting Me Softly*
Melting Me Softly
	Promotional
Genre	Fantasy; Romantic comedy;
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Baek Mi-kyung
Directed by	Shin Woo-chul
Starring	Ji Chang-wook; Won Jin-ah; Yoon Se-ah;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producers	Baek Mi-kyung; Choi Yeon-ju;
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Story Phoenix
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	September 28 –; November 17, 2019

Melting Me Softly (Korean: 날 녹여주오; RR: Nal Nokyeojuo; lit. Melt Me) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Won Jin-ah and Yoon Se-ah. Created by Studio Dragon and produced by writer Baek Mi-kyung's own company Story Phoenix, it aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 (KST) from September 28 to November 17, 2019.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Ma Dong-chan (Ji Chang-wook) and Ko Mi-ran (Won Jin-ah) are both frozen during an experiment. They wake up 20 years later instead of 24 hours later and must keep their body temperature at 31.5 °C (max. 33 °C/88-91 °F) in order to survive.

Cast

Main

Ji Chang-wook as Ma Dong-chan (32/52)
Won Jin-ah as Go Mi-ran^[3] (24/44)
Yoon Se-ah as Na Ha-yeong^[4] (44)
- Chae Seo-jin as young Ha-yeong (24) Dong-chan's girlfriend

Supporting

People around Dong-chan

Yoon Seok-hwa as Kim Won-jo, Dong-chan's mother (55/75)
Kim Won-hae as Ma Pil-gu, Dong-chan's father (59)
Kang Ki-doong as Ma Dong-sik (29), Dong-chan's younger brother
- Kim Won-hae as old Dong-sik (49)
Han Da-sol as Ma Dong-joo (30), Dong-chan's younger sister
- Jeon Soo-kyung as old Dong-joo (50)
Lee Do-gyeom as Baek Young-tak (35), Dong-joo's ex-husband, a police detective.
- Lee Do-yeob as old Young-tak (55)
Lee Joo-young as Lee Hye-Jin, Dong-sik's wife
Oh Ah-rin as Ma Seo-yoon^[5] (7), Dong-sik's daughter

People around Mi-ran

Gil Hae-yeon as Mi-ran's mother (46/66)
Park Choong-sun as Mi-ran's father (45/65)
Park Min-soo as Go Nam-tae (12)
- Yoon Na-moo as adult Nam-tae (32), Mi-ran's brother

People at the broadcast station

Im Won-hee as Son Hyeon-gi (48)
- Lee Hong-gi as young Son Hyeon-gi (28)
Jung Hae-kyun as Kim Hong-seok (41/61)
Han Jae-i as producer Su
Hong Seo-baek as producer Lee

People at the campus

Cha Sun-woo as Hwang Byung-shim (24), Mi-ran's ex-boyfriend
- Shim Hyung-tak as old Byung-shim (44)
Song Ji-eun as Oh Young-seon (24) Mi-ran's best friend, who married Byung-shim
- Seo Jeong-yeon as old Young-seon (44)
Oh Ha-nee as Park Kyung-ja (24) Mi-ran's other best friend.
- Park Hee-jin as old Kyung-ja (44)
Choi Bo-min as Hwang Ji-hoon (19), Hwang Byung-Shim and Young-sun's son, a freshman at Korea University who develops a crush on Mi-ran.
Kang Yoo-seok as Park Young-joon (19) Ji-hoon's best friend, a freshman at Korea University.

Others

Seo Hyung-chul as Hwang Gab-soo (46/66)
Lee Moo-saeng as Jo Ki-beom (45)
- Kim Wook as young Ki-beom (25)
Kim Bup-rae as Lee Hyung-do/Lee Seok-do

Special appearances

Tony An (Ep. 1)
Kim Soo-ro (Ep. 6)
Ra Mi-ran (Ep. 6)
Park Jin-young as Jang Woo-shin (Ep.14)

Production

The first script reading took place in June 2019.^[6]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Right In Front Of You" (네 앞에)	Park Geun-chul DANI Jung Su-min	Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min DANI	K.Will	4:00
2.	"Right In Front Of You" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min DANI		4:00
Total length:					8:00

Part 2

Released on October 14, 2019 (2019-10-14)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"You Have To Tell Me" (꼭 말해줘)	Han Jae-wan Jayins	Han Jae-wan Jayins	Yeonjung (Cosmic Girls)	03:13
2.	"You Have To Tell Me" (Inst.)		Han Jae-wan Jayins		03:13
Total length:					06:26

Part 3

Released on October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"When Love Passes By" (사랑이 지나가면)	Lee Young-hoon	Lee Young-hoon	Ji Chang-wook	04:11
2.	"When Love Passes By" (Inst.)		Lee Young-hoon		04:11
Total length:					08:22

Part 4

Released on October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Ice Doll" (얼음인형)	Park Geun-chul dani	Park Geun-chul Jung Goo-hyun	Parc Jae-jung	4:10
2.	"Ice Doll" (Inst.)		Park Geun-chul Jung Goo-hyun		4:10
Total length:					8:20

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			AGB Nielsen^[7]
			Nationwide	Seoul
1	September 28, 2019	The Origin Of Cryogenics	2.486%	2.606%
2	September 29, 2019	Resurrection	3.177%	2.858%
3	October 5, 2019	The Days We Lost	3.163%	3.278%
4	October 6, 2019	Some Like It Cold	3.201%	3.250%
5	October 12, 2019	The Destiny Of 31.5 Degree!	2.063%	2.126%
6	October 13, 2019	Captain Korea	2.481%	2.777%
7	October 19, 2019	All About Love	1.843%	2.101%
8	October 20, 2019	Fling and Fight	2.419%	2.511%
9	October 26, 2019	Between the Cold and the Passion	1.160%	—
10	October 27, 2019	Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien	2.074%	1.983%
11	November 2, 2019	Family, After All	1.461%	—
12	November 3, 2019	To Die or To Be Mad	1.622%	—
13	November 9, 2019	The Truth Too Late	1.774%	1.491%
14	November 10, 2019	The People Who Want To Get Frozen	1.765%	1.271%
15	November 16, 2019	Hot Guy and Cold Girl	1.432%	—
16	November 17, 2019	Melting Me Softly	2.282%	2.407%
Average			2.150%	—^[a]

This drama airs 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).

Notes

^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

^ Kim, Ji-won (August 27, 2019). "'날 녹여주오', 9월 28일 첫방...'가장 뜨거운 온도 33도' 지창욱X원진아 포스터". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "Silly cryogenic plot device may work in 'Melting Me Softly': Freeze two characters, thaw them out 20 years later, and then see what happens". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 23, 2019.
^ Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ Cho, Yoon-sun (July 9, 2019). "[공식] 윤세아, tvN '날 녹여주오' 주연 확정…'지창욱 첫♥' 아나운서役". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). "'날 녹여주오' 화기애애 첫 대본 현장 공개". Sports Khan (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

External links

[incomplete-8] Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

[1] Kim, Ji-won (August 27, 2019). "'날 녹여주오', 9월 28일 첫방...'가장 뜨거운 온도 33도' 지창욱X원진아 포스터". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[2] "Silly cryogenic plot device may work in 'Melting Me Softly': Freeze two characters, thaw them out 20 years later, and then see what happens". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 23, 2019.

[3] Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2019.

[4] Cho, Yoon-sun (July 9, 2019). "[공식] 윤세아, tvN '날 녹여주오' 주연 확정…'지창욱 첫♥' 아나운서役". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

[5] Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2019.

[6] Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). "'날 녹여주오' 화기애애 첫 대본 현장 공개". Sports Khan (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

[7] "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

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v t e Works by Baek Mi-kyung
TV series	The Story of Kang-goo (2014) This Is My Love (2015) Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017) The Lady in Dignity (2017) The Miracle We Met (2018) Melting Me Softly (2019) Mine (2021) Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023) Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale (2024)
Film	Heung-boo: The Revolutionist (2018)