Melting Me Softly

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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]

Melting Me Softly

Promotional poster

Hangul

날 녹여주오

Literal meaningMelt Me
Revised RomanizationNal Nogyeoju-o
Genre
  • Fantasy
  • Romantic comedy
Created byStudio Dragon
Written byBaek Mi-kyung
Directed byShin Woo-chul
Starring
  • Ji Chang-wook
  • Won Jin-ah
  • Yoon Se-ah
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Producers
  • Baek Mi-kyung
  • Choi Yeon-ju
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time60 mins
Production companyStory Phoenix
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseSeptember 28 –
November 17, 2019

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.

  • 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

People around Dong-chan

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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 You-seok as Park Young-joon (19), Ji-hoon's best friend, a freshman at Korea University.
  • 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
  • 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

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]

Melting Me Softly OST
Soundtrack album by

Various artists

Recorded2019
GenreSoundtrack
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
  • Genie Music
  • Stone Music Entertainment
Released on October 6, 2019
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Right In Front Of You" (네 앞에)
  • Park Geun-chul
  • DANI
  • Jung Su-min
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Su-min
  • DANI
K.Will4:00
2."Right In Front Of You" (Inst.) 
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Su-min
  • DANI
 4:00
Total length:8:00
Released on October 14, 2019
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
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
Released on October 20, 2019
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."When Love Passes By" (사랑이 지나가면)Lee Young-hoonLee Young-hoonJi Chang-wook04:11
2."When Love Passes By" (Inst.) Lee Young-hoon 04:11
Total length:08:22
Released on October 27, 2019
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Ice Doll" (얼음인형)
  • Park Geun-chul
  • dani
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Goo-hyun
Parc Jae-jung4:10
2."Ice Doll" (Inst.) 
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Goo-hyun
 4:10
Total length:8:20

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

SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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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]
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%
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).
  1. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c "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.
  • Official website (in Korean)
  • Melting Me Softly at IMDb
  • Melting Me Softly at HanCinema