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 poster
Hangul	날 녹여주오
Literal meaning	Melt Me
Revised Romanization	Nal Nogyeoju-o
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 mins
Production company	Story Phoenix
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	September 28 –; November 17, 2019

Melting Me Softly (Korean: 날 녹여주오) 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 for 16 episodes.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Ma Dong-chan (Ji Chang-wook) and Go Mi-ran (Won Jin-ah) take part in a 24-hour experiment where both are frozen. Things don't go as expected and they wake up from the frozen capsule 20 years later instead of 24 hours. In order to survive the side effects of their cryogenic sleep, they must follow a set of restrictions to maintain their body temperature at 31.5 °C (max. 33 °C/88-91 °F) and keep their heart rate normal. The scientist behind the experiment is the only one who knows the key to their survival, but he has lost his memory after an accident. Racing against time, the story focuses on the two dynamic individuals' attempt to resume normalcy and catch up on the lost time of their lives.

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)
- Gil Hae-yeon as old Won-jo (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-kyeong as old Dong-joo (50)
Lee Do-gyeom as Baek Young-tak (35), Dong-joo's ex-husband, a police detective.
- Lee Do-yeop 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), Dong-chan's junior colleague
- 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

Lee Bong-ryun as Park Yoo-ja^[6]
Han Ki-woong as Lee Jung-woo
Seo Hyun-chul as Hwang Gab-soo (46/66),^[7] the professor in charge of the frozen human experiments. He was seriously hurt in a car accident that caused him to be comatosed, rendering him unable to help Dong-chan and Mi-ran to regain consciousness for the next twenty years
Lee Moo-saeng as Jo Ki-beom (45),^[7] Professor Hwang's assistant
- Kim Wook as young Ki-beom (25)
Seo Sang-won as Doctor Yoon^[7]
Kim Bup-rae as Lee Hyung-do / Lee Seok-do, who were both twin brothers. Seok-do was one of the test subjects of Professor Hwang's experiment, and Hyung-do, who was Seok-do's younger twin brother, wanted to murder his brother and Professor Hwang in order to take his brother's place as the next-in-line CEO of their father's company

Special appearances

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

Production

Development

Won Jin-ah and Yoon Se-ah have previously starred together in Rain or Shine (2017). The first script reading took place in June 2019.^[8]

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 (WJSN)	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

Melting Me Softly : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	652	816	882	864	536	658	547	701	299	511	330	429	453	456	379	549	566

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[9]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[10]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	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%	N/A
10	October 27, 2019	Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien	2.074%	1.983%
11	November 2, 2019	Family, After All	1.461%	N/A
12	November 3, 2019	To Die or To Be Mad	1.622%	N/A
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%	N/A
16	November 17, 2019	Melting Me Softly	2.282%	2.407%
Average			2.150%	—^[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This drama 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).

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". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
^ Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. 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. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). "'날 녹여주오' 화기애애 첫 대본 현장 공개". Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

External links

[incomplete-11] 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". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2019.

[3] Tae, Yu-na (June 18, 2019). "원진아, 지창욱 복귀작 '날 녹여주오' 여주 확정 (공식)". Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. 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. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

[5] Kim, Myeong-mi (July 18, 2019). "아역 오아린 '날 녹여주오' 출연확정, 지창욱 조카 변신(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 7, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

[6] "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.

[:0-7] "날 녹여주오 | 인물 소개". tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.

[8] Lee, Yu-jin (July 11, 2019). "'날 녹여주오' 화기애애 첫 대본 현장 공개". Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

[9] "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[10] "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 Fairy Tale (2024)
Film	Heung-boo: The Revolutionist (2018)