Fly High Butterfly

Fly High Butterfly (Korean: 날아올라라 나비) is a South Korean television series directed by Kim Bo-kyung and Kim Da-ye. Starring Kim Hyang-gi, Oh Yoon-ah, Choi Daniel and Shim Eun-woo,^[1] the series follows the story of hair stylists at Fly High Butterfly Hair Salon.^[2][3] It was scheduled to premiere on JTBC in 2022, but was postponed.^[4]

Fly High Butterfly
Promotional poster
Hangul	날아올라라 나비
Lit.	Fly Up Butterfly
RR	Naraollara nabi
MR	Naraollara nabi
Genre	Drama Comedy
Written by	Park Yeon-seon
Directed by	Kim Bo-kyung Kim Da-ye
Starring	Kim Hyang-gi Oh Yoon-ah Choi Daniel Shim Eun-woo
Music by	Jeong Se-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Choi Jae-seok Kim Dong-sik Lee Jeong-cheol
Producers	Oh Seong-min Park Soon-seo Kwak Hong-seok
Editor	Kim Young-joo
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	JTBC Studios GnG Production
Original release
Network	Chunghwa Telecom MOD MyVideo Hami Video
Release	July 15 (2022-07-15) – September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)

Fly High Butterfly began airing the series ahead of its television release on July 15, 2022, in Taiwan via MyVideo^[5] and on August 1, 2022, titled as Salon de Nabi, on Amazon Prime Video in selected regions.^[6]

Synopsis

The series tells the story of the hair stylists and interns at a hair salon named Fly High Butterfly, who transform customers into 'butterflies'. The series follows hair salon director Michelle (Oh Yoon-ah), hairstylists Jen and Kwang Soo, and interns Gi-Bbeum (Kim Hyang-gi), Moo Yeol, Teacher Woo, and Soo-ri. All work hard in tiring conditions, dealing with all kinds of customers.

Cast

• Kim Hyang-gi as Gi-Bbeum^[7]
• Oh Yoon-ah as Michelle / Mi Sel, director of 'Fly Up Butterfly'^[8]
• Choi Daniel as Kwang Soo, hair designer^[9]
• Shim Eun-woo as Jen^[10]
• Park Jung-woo as Moo Yeol
• Moon Tae-yoo as Teacher Woo
• Kim Ga-hee as Soo-ri
• Lee Soo-mi as Gi-Bbeum's step mother^[11]
• Yoo In-soo as Song Kang-in^[12]
• Ryu Hye-rin as Go Seong-ah
• Lim Soo-jung^[13]
• Han Soo-ah as Han Su-a
• Park So-jin as Nam Da-hee

Production

On 4 June 2020, JWIDE Company announced that Choi Daniel was positively considering a role in the television series.^[14] On 5 August, Oh Yoon-ah's agency announced that she was considering to appear in the drama.^[15]

On June 25, 2021, Oh Yoon-ah posted photos on her Instagram account and announced that it was the last day of filming.^[16]

Release

Ahead of its release in South Korea, the series was released in Taiwan on Chunghwa Telecom's CHT MOD drama 199 zone on July 15, 2022, airing on weekends. From August 13, it began airing on the MOD353 channel of Longhua Idol Channel.^[5] Titled Salon de Nabi, it was available from August 1, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video in selected regions for streaming.^[6]