Dream High 2

Dream High 2

Dream High 2 promotional poster
Genre Music
Teen
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Written by Heo Sung-hye (ep 1-6)
Jang Eun-mi (ep 7-16)
Directed by Lee Eung-bok
Mo Wan-il
Starring Kang So-ra
Jinwoon
Jiyeon
JB
Hyolyn
Park Seo-joon
Ailee
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producer(s) Bae Yong-joon
Park Jin-young
Location(s) Seoul
Running time Mondays and Tuesdays at (UTC+09:00) 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s) KBS
Holym (joint venture of JYP Entertainment and KeyEast)
CJ E&M Corp.
Distributor KBS
Release
Original network KBS2
Original release January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30) – March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)
Chronology
Preceded by Brain
Followed by Love Rain
Related shows Dream High
External links
Website

Dream High 2 (Korean: 드림하이 2) is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2012. It stars Kang So-ra, GOT7's JB and Junior, 2AM's Jinwoon, T-ara's Jiyeon, SISTAR's Hyolyn, Ailee, and Park Seo-joon. Like its prequel, it has 16 episodes which ran from January 30, 2012, until March 20 of the same year and was able to gain reasonable viewership ratings.

Plot

Like its predecessor Dream High, it follows a group of students at the Kirin High School of Art stars who pursue their dream of becoming K-pop stars. However, it has a slight difference in terms of plot with new set of student casts.

After going into financial bankruptcy, Kirin High School is taken over by Oz Entertainment. The company then transfers its own young trainees to circumvent a law requiring underage entertainers to study for a set amount of time. Then, competition brews between the troubled students at Kirin High and the newly transferred Oz Entertainment trainees.

Although Shin Hae-sung (Kang So-ra) enters Kirin High School with a high exam score, she has no talent in singing. She meets and befriends fellow students, Jin Yoo-jin (Jung Jin-woon) and JB. Yoo-jin, who originally got into the entertainment industry as a child actor, is now troubled by his dreams of becoming a rock star as he tries to cope with the pain of his parents' divorce. JB, a member of a famous group I:dn (Eden), develops feelings for Hae-sung and dates her later on.

Rian (Jiyeon), a member of a famous girl group called HershE, chases after JB, who was once her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin, who also likes Hae-sung, tries to separate the couple with Rian. Later on, Rian and Yoo-jin give up and remain close friends.

Hae-sung leaves for the USA and 8 years after the graduation it is revealed that now she is a famous composer and director, JB, due to his leg injury, gives up on his dream of being a dancer and ends up as a music producer, Rian becomes a Hallyu idol, and Yoo-jin becomes a rock music teacher at Kirin High School by day and a rocker by night.

All of them have a reunion performance on stage for Kirin High School's 17 years anniversary.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Kirin students
Kirin teachers
Extended cast
Cameos

Soundtrack

Dream High 2: Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
Genre Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B, teen pop
Label Holym, LOEN Entertainment
Producer Park Jin-young
Part 1:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Falling"  Park Jin-young 3:21
Part 2:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "You are My Star"  Suzy 3:31
Part 3:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Hello To Myself"  Park Ye Eun 3:36
Part 4:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Superstar"  Hyolyn, Ailee & Jiyeon (HershE) 3:42
Part 5:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "아픈 희망" (Sick of Hope)Lee Ki Chan 3:49
Part 6:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "B급 인생" (We are the B)Jinwoon, Kang So-ra, Jr., Kim JiSoo 2:31
Part 7:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Together"  JB & Jiyeon 4:19
Part 8:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "하루하루" (Day after Day)Jiyeon 3:43
Part 9:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Sunflower"  Kim JiSoo 4:41
Part 10:
No. TitleArtist Length
1. "New Dreaming"  JB and Park Seo-joon (I:dn) 3:07

Background

Falling is the first part of the drama's soundtrack and was featured in the first episode of the drama. Park Jin-young was once again involved in composing, writing and interpreting the soundtrack of the drama.

The track Falling is slow-tempo with beautiful guitar melody. It has gained a lot of popular response sweeping music charts since its release. Ranking first, second and third on real time charts. The song is available on digital music portals such as Melon, Soribada, Bugs and Mnet. The rest of the soundtrack will include more beautiful melodies reflecting character stories, struggles and dreams in the drama.[1]

Songs performed

Ratings

Episode Broadcast date TNMS ratings[2] AGB ratings[3]
South Korea Seoul (Metropolitan area) South Korea Seoul (Metropolitan area)
1 30 January 2012 9.2% 9.8% 10.5% 11.6%
2 31 January 2012 8.9% 10.21% 9.8% 11.7%
3 6 February 2012 8.2% 9.8% 7.2% 8.6%
4 7 February 2012 9.8% 11.7% 8.2% 9.9%
5 13 February 2012 7.6% 8.9% 7.7% 9.1%
6 14 February 2012 7.9% 9.0% 7.9% 9.5%
7 20 February 2012 6.9% 9.9% 8.1% 9.7%
8 21 February 2012 7.8% 8.3% 7.9% 9.2%
9 27 February 2012 7.7% 8.7% 7.3% 8.9%
10 28 February 2012 7.8% 9.7% 7.9% 9.1%
11 5 March 2012 6.3% 7.1% 6.4% 7.1%
12 6 March 2012 7.1% 8.5% 6.4% 7.6%
13 12 March 2012 5.2% 6.5% 6.2% 7.8%
14 13 March 2012 9.7% 8.5% 7.8% 7.5%
15 19 March 2012 5.7% 6.8% 5.7% 6.8%
16 20 March 2012 9.4% 9.7% 7.6% 8.5%
Average 7.83% 8.94% 7.66% 8.88%

Notes

  1. ↑ "soompi.com". February 9, 2012. (English)
  2. ↑ TNmS Multimedia Homepage (Korean)
  3. ↑ AGB Nilson Media Research Homepage (Korean)
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