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Twinkling Watermelon

2023 South Korean television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twinkling Watermelon
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Twinkling Watermelon (Korean: 반짝이는 워터멜론) is a 2023 South Korean television series directed by Son Jong-hyun, and starring Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Seol In-ah, and Shin Eun-soo. It aired on tvN from September 25 to November 14, 2023, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST) for 16 episodes.[9] It is also available for streaming on Viu and Viki in selected regions.[10][11]

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Synopsis

Twinkling Watermelon tells the story of a CODA boy with a natural talent for music, who fights with his father to pursue his dream of becoming a guitarist in a band. After the fight, he travels back in time to 1995. He joins a band with his childhood father and forms a band called Watermelon Sugar with the suspicious youths he meets there, and communicates with them through music.[4]

Cast

Main

Eun-gyeol is the only hearing person (CODA) in a family of deaf people. He is a model student by day, and a guitarist in the band at night. After having an argument with his father, where his father learned of his musical interest, Eun-gyeol time slips to 1995 and meets his parents when they were younger. He strives to know more about his parents' youths and shine their lives.
Yi-chan is a hot-blooded boy who seems to have jumped out of a cheerful cartoon. He lives with his grandmother who owned an accommodation house named Snail House. In the present, Yi-chan is Eun-gyeol and Eun-ho's father, who can neither longer speak nor hear. He is proud of Eun-gyeol's achievements as a model student at school who he hopes will become a doctor.
Choi Se-kyung is the cello goddess of Seowon Arts High School who was considered to be everyone's muse with her innocent beauty and elegant aura reminiscent of a scene in a movie. She was idolized by many boys either from her school or neighboring schools. Se-kyung is the daughter of the owner of Viva Music, a store that existed during Eun-gyeol's childhood. In the present, she has inherited the Viva Music store which has been redeveloped into a luxurious home. She keeps her father's handmade guitar, which she gives to Eun-gyeol as her father had wished.
On Eun-yoo: Se-kyung's daughter who looks exactly like her during her youth. Her mother dolls her up and forces her to become a cellist to follow in her footsteps. She lives in a disharmonious family until she is 18 years old, when her parents divorce. Upset with her mother's controlling behavior and her drinking habit, and after finding out that her father has remarried, she time slips to 1995 so that she can find her mother's first love, and cease her existence.
As a child, Chung-ah was a cold and isolated girl who was born deaf. She dreams of a sparkling life like the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Chung-ah is aloof towards other people except to Choi Se-kyung, who is much friendlier toward her. In the present, she is the loving mother of Eun-gyeol and Eun-ho and owns a chicken restaurant.

Supporting

Band members

Ma-joo is the band manager and Yi-chan's childhood friend. He is knowledgeable and resourceful. In 2023, Ma-joo owns MJ Entertainment who manages a famous rockstar Yoon Dong-jin.
A genius bassist, Hyun-yul was a former member of gangster and bullies called Jindo Dog. After meeting Choi Hyun, the owner of Baekya Music Store, he changed his life and started focusing on music.
A drummer from the church band. He is very short tempered especially toward Yi-chan's antics.
Se-bum is a talented keyboardist who majored in classical piano and studied abroad early.

Eun-gyeol's family

Eun-ho is Eun-gyeol's older brother who is born deaf and dreams of becoming a national Paralympics taekwondo athlete. Due to his handsome appearance, Eun-ho is popular on social media, to which he has been addicted since childhood.

Snail Boarding House

  • Go Doo-shim as Go Yang-hee,[21] Yi-chan's grandmother and the owner of boarding house.
  • Lee Seok-hyung as Jung Bal-san,[22] a college student at a boarding house run by Yi-chan's grandmother.

People around Eun-gyeol

Choi Hyun is the owner of musical instrument store Baekya Music, later renamed as Viva Music. He was a famous rock star whose popularity decreased after his girlfriend became pregnant. His girlfriend is actually Choi Se-gyeong's real mother. He is supportive of aspiring musicians who seek his advice about music even later in life, when he tutors Eun-gyeol on the guitar.
  • Jung Sang-hoon as master of the mysterious musical instrument store La Vida Music. Through the store, Eun-gyeol and Eun-yoo time travel to 1995. He keeps in touch with both time travelers through their dreams by calling them on phones, even broken ones.[20]
  • Woo Je-yeon as On Ji-hwan,[23] a second-year student at Myeongsae University Medical School who serves as vocalist and guitarist for the band Golden Mess. He is Choi Se-gyeong's boyfriend and later her husband, and also Eun-yoo's father. However, their marriage falls apart because of their different approaches to parenting.

People of Jinsung Instruments

  • Kim Tae-woo as Yoon Geon-hyung,[24] Cheong-ah's father who is the chairman of Jinseong Musical Instruments. As a businessman, he frequently travels so he has no idea how abusive Cheong-ah's step mother is.
  • Kim Joo-ryoung as Lim Ji-mi,[25] Cheong-ah's live-in tutor and later stepmother who serves as chairwoman of Seowon Arts High School Foundation. She uses harsh methods to torture Cheong-ah, who will be the next chairwoman of Jinseong Group.
  • Kwon Do-hyung as Yoon Joo-yeop,[24] Lim Ji-mi's biological son and Cheong-ah's stepbrother.
  • Lee Soo-min as Yoon Sang-ah,[24] Lim Ji-mi's biological daughter and Cheong-ah's stepsister who is a student at Seowon Arts High School. She looks down on poor boys no matter how handsome they are.

Others

  • Koo Jun-hoe as Goo Jun-hyung,[26] the main vocalist of Spine 9 who senses hears Eun-gyeol's musical talent and attempts to recruit him into his band.
  • Yeon Oh as Jeong Ji-oh,[27] Spine 9 bassist.
  • Han Min as Bae Soo-tak,[26] Spine 9 drummer.
  • Kim Jun-hyung as Yoon Dong-jin[26]
    • Yoon Do-hyun as Yoon Dong-jin (2023),[28] Chuncheon National University legendary guitarist.
  • Kim Ye-ji as Mira Lee[29]
  • Kim Mi-hwa as the Landlady

Special appearances

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Production

On September 5, 2023, production company Pan Entertainment announced that it has signed a production and supply contract with Studio Dragon for Twinkling Watermelon worth 15.6 billion won.[8]

Viewership

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Twinkling Watermelon was ranked number one in viewership in twelve regions including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and more in the week the drama's finale episode was released. Furthermore, it also charted in the top five in 64 countries.[31]

Twinkling Watermelon : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
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Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[32]
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Reception

According to Good Data Corporation, Twinkling Watermelon concluded by setting a record for rising buzzworthiness share for seven consecutive weeks and securing first place in TV+OTT drama buzzworthiness in its final week. In the week it concluded, Choi Hyun-wook ranked third, Ryeoun fifth, and Shin Eun-soo eighth in TV+OTT drama performer buzzworthiness.[33]

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