Hospital Playlist (2020)

If you love friendship then you'll find it hard to not love this kdrama, Bet you 100 MDL coins!

I originally wrote the below as a message to my friend Seori. Then I thought it could be a review too.

Jeon Mi Do's ​Hospital Playlist 1 & 2 are very close to my heart, it was the setting in which I fell in love with her as an artist. I love the entire cast and their characters, especially the five leads, their friendship, everyday problems, laughs, normalness, weirdness! Takes me back to the good old college days when I had multiple friends who I enjoyed spending my youth with! It reminds me of the heartfelt moments we share with friends, some moments that we would perhaps take to our graves, I mean not in a grim or sad skeleton, imagine a happy skeleton that reminisces the bright and warm moments he/she shared before getting on the coffin (the skeleton dude must however get lonely once he goes to the coffin ^^).

Now coming to the actual review below.

Note that each of the stars here is more than capable of leading a powerful kdrama. But what happens when thy get together and live as the Hospital playlist characters is pure magic! The chemistry and the vibes are impeccable! I'd say this is like the korean version of the iconic English TV series 'FRIENDS' for me. Perhaps I love Jeon Mi Do more than I love Monica from FRIENDS. Don't take it wrong, this is not a comedy genre kdrama. It has a mix, MDL genres & tags would do justice in better capturing that! Moving on, I think the way the everyday normal lives of a Hospital bunch of staff, their hobby to sing together is screen played & directed here, is pure gold! Don't expect to get a peak of what it feels to be a doctor or a Hospital staff. This kdrama is one to be cherished, non judgmentally. Go with not expecting anything and just take it in. Trust me there's only good vibes here!

-Surya

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Drama medis biasa suka memuliakan dokter. kebanyakan dari mereka hanya menangani keadaan darurat medis serba cepat yang membuat orang berlari, berteriak dan berkelahi satu sama lain hanya untuk melakukan operasi.
tapi ini, ini menunjukkan sisi nyata dari kehidupan rumah sakit. mereka memiliki pasien yang tidak tahu berterima kasih, "Saya melihat ini di google jadi saya tahu lebih banyak dari Anda", "Anda HARUS menyelamatkan keluarga saya", orang-orang yang menyalahkan dokter atas kematian yang tak terhindarkan, pasien yang tidak sabar menunggu untuk diperiksa, komplikasi dari operasi, menunggu donor, semuanya!

seperti buku pedoman penjara, beberapa eps pertama terasa lambat dan terburu-buru pada saat yang sama, mereka memberi kami banyak karakter dan kemudian mengambil waktu mereka untuk memperkenalkan mereka, jadi pada awalnya saya merenungkan apakah saya harus menjatuhkannya atau tidak, tetapi segera kenyataan dari karakter, persahabatan mereka, jenis hubungan yang berbeda, membuatku terpesona di samping keterhubungan mereka..

Lee Ik Jun tampak seperti orang gila yang riang tapi dia manis, perhatian dan ramah bahwa dia berteman dengan semua orang dan dia tahu segalanya
Ahn Jung Won terlihat naif dan pelupa tapi dia lembut dengan anak-anak dan memiliki hati yang besar
Kim Jun Wan terlihat dingin, menakutkan tapi dia tegas dan memberitahu orang-orang apa yang mereka perlu dengar
Yang Suk Hyung tidak dihargai! terutama oleh teman-temannya dan semua orang berpikir dia egois tapi dia adalah kekasih sejati dan inti dari persahabatan itu.
Chae Song Hwa terlihat seperti wanita modern yang ideal, tapi dia adalah marshmallow setelah kamu mengenalnya.

ini membuat saya menangis, tertawa, frustrasi, berhubungan, fangirl, dan merasa cemburu di setiap episode. Saya menyukai sesi jam mereka dan ostnya bagus, dan saya tidak pernah menonton ulang hal-hal tetapi saya membutuhkan s2 sekarang!

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Depois de bastante tempo, finalmente decidi dar uma nova chance a Hospital Playlist. Já havia tentando assistir em outro momento mas não consegui passar do primeiro episódio. Desta vez, motivada pelo lançamento do sping-off anunciado para este ano, e também por ter assistido Dr. Romantic ano passado e ter amado, decidi que era hora de tentar de novo.

Desta vez consegui passar do primeiro episódio, que ainda continuo achando entediante, mas os personagens vão crescendo narrativamente conforme os episódios vão passado e quando você menos espera está apegada ao grupo de amigos médicos que possuem uma banda, onde tocam para aliviar o estresse do trabalho física e mentalmente exaustivo que eles exercem.

Direi que o melhor de Hospital Playlist é a relação de amizade desses grupo de médicos e como eles se apoiam incondicionalmente. Realmente uma história de amizade inspiradora. Inclusive até preferia que não houvesse interesse amoroso dentro do grupo de amigos. Mas veremos como isso é desenvolvido na segunda temporada.

Aliás, não sei com foi para as pessoas que acompanharam na época do lançamento ter de esperar 1 ano para saber a resolução desses fatos. O episódio final da primeira temporada é tão inconclusivo que não chega a parecer um final de temporada, parece mais um episódio regular semanal. Eu teria ficado frustrada tendo que esperar um ano para saber o que aconteceria com as personagens.

Outra coisa que observei foi a forma como o drama foi editado. As vezes eu tinha a impressão que foram gravadas várias cenas picotadas, sem encadeamento narrativo, depois todas copiladas em 1h30minutos. As vezes os pacientes chegavam e sumiam do nada e depois reapareciam. Outras vezes, não. A impressão é que nos episódios finais, essa edição picotada vai se intensificando. Particularmente não gostei desse tipo de abordagem na edição. Apesar disso, acho que é um bom drama e que vale a pena ser visto. Se você gosta de dramas médicos e histórias de amizades, Hospital Playlist é uma ótima opção.

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When I tell you this drama is what the word "healing" means, I am not exaggerating. It's a slice-of-life drama with a group of doctors that have been friends since college. This drama made me feel all emotions and pretty much made me cry every episode. It tells stories of a lot of patients that each doctor gets and they're all so emotional and make you think a lot about moral values. This drama even got the comedic aspect perfect. The characters, main and sub, all have hilarious moments throughout the episodes. And don't even get me started on the band scenes. Watching the band scenes makes me feel pure happiness and my mouth gets dry because of the smile on my face. I still listen to the OSTs and I would totally rewatch it until I die.

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Comforting slice-of-life

I thought I would find this boring (I have 0 interest in medical dramas AND the episodes are so goddamn long) but wow, it ended up being a really comforting and well-paced watch. The number one thing that works here is, of course, the vibes. It's really down-to-earth — nothing is overblown or overly melodramatic, and the conflicts make sense and flow well. It really feels like you start knowing this group of friends; we watch how they deal with conflicts — both together and apart — and it really just feels like life. The 1.5 hour runtime never feels too long, and it's actually very needed. I started out feeling unable to keep up with all the side characters but by the end they all feel like old friends.

I'm honestly super impressed with the characters too. I very rarely find myself liking every single character and every couple, but that was definitely the case here. I found myself rooting for every single ship and seeing the different forms that love comes in, whether it creeps up on you slowly or hits you like a truck.

Onto season 2!

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Slice-of-life, mellow vibe

Plot: Story revolves around 5 amazing doctors in their own department and random stories of every patient they encounter to teach the viewers how to value life, respect others and how things work in the hospital. As a nurse, I can truly relate to most of the patients reactions/struggles included in the drama and how these 5 doctors handled them.

Acting: Most of them did great in giving life to their characters. My least favorite doctor is Dr. Jang. Although the acting was passable, the way they represented her character was rather, dull and un-doctor like despite being a resident in the hospital for 3 years. I felt like she never learned anything in those three years and acted like a newbie most of the time. The med students actually did better than her.

Music: Aloha and one summer drive are my two favorites. I just can't stop myself from jiving along even though i don't the lyrics. Haha! The cymbals sound at the end of every episode was a good touch. I kinda get why the title is "Hospital Playlist", because as I watch more episodes, I felt like I was listening to a podcast or a radio in the car, just with visuals.

Re-wactch Value: It's not a rewatchable type of drama for me but it has a lot of cute and funny moments that others might want to watch again.

Overall: The directing of the drama is quite different from the usual kdramas so some may not be able to relate or understand the intention of the series, others may think it's boring. However, I love the message and the attack of 'Hospital Playlist'. There were some scenes that confused me and ended up being nothing and there were also scenes that you think might have a surprise but unanswered at the end of the episode. It was quite unpredictable yet predictable. It also showed the difference of people in their 20's, 30's, 40's and oldies.
Things I like: How friendship between men and women are normalize. Mature takes on relationships. Treasuring our lives and second chances don't always happen to everyone so we must learn how to value it. Being grateful that we are not in the same position as the patients and if we are, it teaches us how to be patient, compassionate, understanding and accepting on things that we can't control.
Aside from the usual product promotion, I think the series encourages people to take care of their health and also donate organs(from brain dead patients or as a will) as it can help others who are in need. It was quite emphasized a few times which can be thought-provoking to some. All in all, it was binge-able for me despite it's flat moments. 8-8.5 stars.

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major friendship goal

●HOW I CAME TO IT
This drama was so hyped during the release, that I barely tried to watch it because of all the spoilers everywhere. And with the release of the second season, which is still running but I see no hype, I decided to watch the first season and I don’t have to wait for the second season.

●PLOT VIEW
Story of five friends who studied in same medical university comes to work at the same hospital. They form a Band as a condition of one friend to work at the hospital. This eventually keeps them together while juggling the hardships of daily life as a doctor. all of them gathering for food, music but the best was being there during the morose.
While there also touching snippets of patients which sometimes put the doctors in an awkward position and sometimes left them crying.
The hierarchy of the hospital is clearly visible but this didn’t make the series any dramatic, it was rather fresh seeing how the seniors resident poached the interns to choose their specialty. I reminisced my intern days in the Operation Room and how the seniors bossed around and super seniors asked to join the same specialty. The dreams of the medical student, to first OR experience as an intern, the first case, the first car just gives a meaningful peek of life of doctors.
The endless gossips in the cafeteria contributing to the fantastic five-story revelation was different which also showed other doctors are equally important hence a more progressive story is built with these characters.

●ACTING/CAST
In fact, the characters are all likable
Jung Kyung Ho as Kim Jun Wan is an excellent performer. His romantic track and all the humorous things he does are at point.
Jo Jung Suk as Lee Ik Jun is the first time I watched him and he took me over with his witty performance. He's believable and has a kind of goofy personality, clever and quick-thinking in his job.
Jeon Mi Do as Chae Song Hwa is a fine artist considering this is her first main lead work. She is talented and has a pace she will go a long way in the future.
Kim Dae Myung as Yang Suk Hyung portrayed his caring mama boy character with excellence.
Yoo Yeon Seok as Ahn Jung Won has seen him in other series as a doctor, he was cute as a pediatrician and did his job well. But considering how strong I have seen him, this was my least favorite one.

●MUSIC
The music was good, I thought it soundtracked each episode with due discretion, never overpowering the scene. All the songs were covers from popular 90’s tracks which also resembles the character reminiscing their university days.

●REWATCH
This drama is so light that I can watch it any day to boost up your mood. If you want you can just watch one episode and it will give warmth.

●FAV SCENE
Lee Ik Jun and his son's moments are my favorite moments from the show.

●APPRECIATION
There's an ever-present light undertone to the drama which I personally found charming. No trace of melodrama is to be found so that you can watch with due expectations. Rather than cliche life and death situation in hospitals, it emphasizes the humanism of the professionals.

●RECOMMENDATION
Anyone who likes friendship-themed series, this is highly recommended. It's also a good one to be watched with the whole family.

●AFTERTHOUGHT
Considering this drama can be watched with a single episode without any urge for the next episode I decided to watch season 2. yeah there are no spoilers which are excellent and also the season1 ended with a cliffhanger. So I am in time to watch season2.

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What can I say ? THE BEST !!!!! FUN & WARM

I'm not a person to write reviews but i can't resist myself from writing this one !!!! I can't express how much I love this drama. I regret watching this too late. But yeah it was the remedy of my illness !! It's been long since I binged a drama like this one !! I totally loved it !! If you're a fan of SLICE OF LIFE , FRIENDSHIP SQUAD, CRAZINESS IN FRIENDSHIP, SLOW ROMANCE WITH EXCELLENT CHEMISTRY, CUTE FATHER CHILD BONDING, then just goo and watch!! the actors did such a great job and obviously the production gawdd ?? everything is chef kiss for me !!! IF I COULD DESCRIBE THIS DRAMA IN ONE WORD - my COMFORT !!! SO PLEASE DON'T MISS THIS ...

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Heartwarming slice-of-life show

It would be difficult to describe in works how amazing and likeable this show and these characters are. It definitely gives off a vibe of “I want what they have”. It showcases the better and more idealistic side of both the medical profession and friend groups. The musical score is very well done and they’ve truly gone all out creating an official band and recording cover songs in a studio. Shoutout to the female characters for being excellent portrays of strong, professional women.

There isn’t much to the plot really, it is mostly just a light, relaxing show. Something pleasant and enjoyable to watch after a long day at work and to forget your troubles as you laugh and cry with these beautifully crafted characters. It is certainly aimed at a more mature audience looking to unwind rather than the typical immature, unrealistic romance dramas or the amazing but time consuming plot heavy shows. HP was one the best shows I’ve ever binge watched, especially during a pandemic.

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Reply 1988 but medical

[ Warning! This drama can be boring for some people who love complex or huge conflict in a drama ]
I regret it... I think I just missed an opportunity to have a wonderful time talking about this drama when it was still airing back then in 2020 (I was so into BL that I have no time watching K-dramas). I'm beyond glad to myself for deciding to watch and complete the 1st season when the 2nd season was still airing so I can hype this drama together with my friends and people out there. It is the kind of drama that will HEAL you, this drama itself is a HEALER! It's a light slice-of-life drama with small-fast-resolved conflict and a fluttering + heartwarming rom-com which I genuinely like.

STORY
I love how they try to portray a completely different type of doctor's life and just generally picture how's hospital's life. Its genre is slice-of-life and I really can relate to a lot of them especially when Jang Gyeo Ul often being misjudged by people because of her "outer character". That's harsh but it's really happening until this day in our society and could be even worse day by day. I also like how they brought various misunderstanding issues that always happened between doctors and patients/patients' families. It makes me understand both sides more. Not to mention how they also fed us with a perfect-strong-friendship kind of relationship that makes me missed my friends more than ever. In conclusion, this drama gives the viewers not only a story but also a lot of life lessons which is worth watching.

ACTING
All of them are BEYOND GREAT actors. The main characters can pull off any kind of acting, from happy, sad, crazy, angry, etc. they ALL nailed it perfectly, FLAWLESS. I really loved when actors could deliver their feelings through their eyes, that's how I know whether they are great, bad, or so-so. And OH GOD, all of their eyes could talk! Even the support actors and the guest actors are all AMAZING. Absolutely nothing to criticize.

MUSIC
I honestly not really a fan of that 90s-thing-music-genre, but I think that kind of music matches perfectly with this drama to bring us back to their university days and let us also feel how it's like back then with the help from their cinematography. It's nostalgic and somehow feels warm to listen to and watch.

OVERALL
I LOVED THIS DRAMA SO MUCH! It's no doubt my cup of tea.

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