XX, besides being beautifully cast and well paced -as usual, is a bit different from your usual Playlist webdramas: it has a serious, fancy atmosphere due to its setting and the way the writers slowly but surely approached the topic of cheating - both in love and friendship. It also has some impressive shooting quality (although I found some odd cuts here and there, I'm trying not to be too picky since they overall felt so fantastic). One of its faults is that the two main characters had bland personalities while the side characters felt... promising, complex: the idea of having a solo drama for Yu Rumi or, if Playlist has the guts, Jayden, sound like a risk worth the take for a channel like Playlist.
Only one last thing: I absolutely despised Sunmi's soundtrack - it's nothing against her, it's just that, even if it was the producers' intention, anytime it would play it'd be jarring and, personally, it didn't felt like it fit the drama's theme. The other two were nice though.
Only one last thing: I absolutely despised Sunmi's soundtrack - it's nothing against her, it's just that, even if it was the producers' intention, anytime it would play it'd be jarring and, personally, it didn't felt like it fit the drama's theme. The other two were nice though.
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