Tae Yi (Song Han Gyeom?) hears a familiar melody filling the empty halls and makes his way to the old music room. He knows his brother is dead, but he can’t help but hope, maybe, just maybe...it’s his brother playing his favorite song. When he slams open the door, however, he finds Se Heon (Kim Jin Kwon), a new transfer student, at the piano. Disappointment comes crashing down and Tae Yi can’t control his anger. How dare Se Heon play his brother’s song? How dare he smile? How dare he say he loves jazz?
“If I ever catch you playing the piano again...that’ll be the end of you.”
And with that begins Tae Yi and Se Heon's story, as unpredictable and visceral as jazz. (Source: BLUPDATE2022 Twitter via MDL)
Adapted from the webtoon "Jazz for Two" (재즈처럼) by Keul Ra Jyu (클라쥬)
Stars
Song Han Gyeom (prev A-Day), Omega X (rapper)
Kim Jin Kwon, Newkidd (leader, sub-vocal)
Byun Sung Tae - lead in Happy Merry Ending
Ko Jae Hyun - side in To My Star
Thoughts
With two active idols in the leads (we think), odds are not great on this one. So far the only truly successful execution of solid BL from active idols has been Semantic Error (and frankly KNK barely counts). Plus this is the production team/director behind A Shoulder to Cry On which I HATED, so yeah...
I'm excited to have anything new from Korea but I'm keeping my expectations low.
My idols in BLs tracking is here (possibly not updated). This won't get on the list until after it releases. Never count your idols until after the BL has hatched.
I'm in so much pain after watching Jazz for Two. I am desperately suffering from how good this dorama was.
It’s just a story about four people with broken hearts coming together and creating the best jazz song ever. We watch their whole journey, the formation of their relationship, the misunderstandings, the inability to talk. I think I went through all five stages of acceptance while watching it.
And how much the story was influenced by the personal tragedies of all the characters was the last straw.
I think this is one of the best doramas in recent times!
Why? Why are we hiding? Because it's a prohibited area. Is it? Of course. We might have got into trouble! I didn't even realize it, I was so confident...
JAZZ FOR TWO 재즈처럼 (2024)
dir. Song Soo Lim & Kang Hye Rim
Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram)
Yoon Se Heon is a classical pianist, strictly homeschooled by his father, who doesn’t allow the teen to play any other genre. So, when he’s permitted to transfer to a regular high school, Yoon Se Heon plays jazz for the first time in an abandoned music room on campus. It’s there that he meets the aggressive and moody Han Tae Yi. The two start off on an awful…