This drama is such a waste of great ideas. I mean trot music? What's that? I was so intrigued because those are not the typical melodies we get to hear in dramas (not from people under 40 anyway) and the girl can really sing. I replayed each song she sang because she was really spot on.
That said the first episodes got me. There were few clichés but bearable, the male lead was a total piece of trash and I got the second lead syndrome right away, because the second male lead just sparks with his weird vibe and charisma. Actually I think he would have been a better choice for first lead, their interactions were weird, funny and unusual. Then something changed. The ceo who couldn't remember his own password and mistakenly took other people's stuff, who was all flirty and easygoing (also kinda mysterious) became the boring third wheel of another damn triangle. The girl who told him he was weird, crazy and psycho just had a little tiny crush for some episodes and became all nice (I particularly liked the scene when ceo and the shady boss of the bar contracted her purchase because she has temper and she's not sexy and she just yelled things and run away lol it was so funny hahaha I laughed a lot also when the gangsters buried the ml and the fl run away after a call and forgot about him xD)
I love the interactions between Byul and both male lead, but more with Jang Joon. He was such an housewife lol
And that's all I think was memorable about this show. There were some pretty good inputs like the older unni, the gangsters who love trot misic and that assistant (I loved him in go back couple) but they just took the time they found and became flat and boring pretty fast. Also some characters (male leads in particular got a complete u turn in their personalities like if you watch the first episode and then the 10th you won't recognize them lol)
The premise of the father running away made no sense, especially because at some point she supposedly paid off the debt (we don't get to know much about it tbh), she just entered the company like that and boom. First single. Broadcast. Of course the other people thought she was a gold digger or smth. I don't feel like hating the second lead, even tho they won't really get punished (as usual it all ends up well even for the antagonists who just plotted and plotted against the protagonist)
It's like at some point they ran out of ideas and they just put into the cauldron every possible drama typical trope: amnesia, triangle, noble idiocy, bitchy female second leads, an old secret between the parents and so on. What a shame, really. This drama could have been a gem!