We Broke Up (우리 헤어졌어요)

We Broke Up (우리 헤어졌어요; RR: Uri Heeojyeosseoyo, also romanized Wooriheeojyeosseoyo and released in some listings as We've Broken Up) is a 2015 South Korean music-romance web drama starring 2NE1's Sandara Park and WINNER's Kang Seung Yoon as an ex-couple forced to keep living together after their breakup. It was adapted from a Naver webtoon of the same name and jointly planned and produced by CJ E&M Digital Studio, YG K-Plus, and Story Plant.^{1 • 2} The series ran for 10 episodes on Naver TV Cast from June 29 to July 17, 2015, and later became the first web-based Korean drama invited to the Geneva International Film Festival.^{2 • 3}

Cast and production

The leads are YG Entertainment artists: Sandara Park of 2NE1 plays Noh Woo Ri, a bright and ambitious job seeker, and Kang Seung Yoon of WINNER plays Ji Won Young, an indie band vocalist who also works part-time at night. Model Kang Seung Hyun appears as Yoo Ni Na, a confident career woman who runs the nation's top music label, and Jang Ki Yong plays the couple's college mate Seo Hyun Woo. Supporting and cameo roles include Lee Bum Kyu, Lee Se Young, Bae Jung Nam, Kim Ye Rim, and Thunder.^{2 • 8}

The first script reading was held on April 22, 2015, with photos released the same day. Kang Seung Yoon, for whom this was a first lead role, was reported to show ease playing the indie band vocalist, and the two leads were said to have shown strong chemistry as a couple. Filming began that month, with episodes planned for release in June through the digital platforms of CJ E&M's Style Studio, YG Entertainment, YG K-Plus, and On Style's channel.⁸ Director Kim Yong Wan had previously directed the web drama Love Cells, which had surpassed 6 million cumulative views.¹

Most databases list the series as 10 episodes with an epilogue.^{2 • 7} A Mirae Asset Securities report on CJ E&M published in July 2015 listed it in a survey of web dramas as a 16-episode work beginning June 29, 2015; the 10-episode count is the one used by the show's database listings and reviews.⁹

Release and reception

The series premiered on June 29, 2015 on Naver TV Cast. Early viewer reactions highlighted the leads' chemistry and Kang Seung Yoon's natural acting, and fans repeatedly asked for the release of a soundtrack, noting that Kang Seung Yoon had composed material for the show.¹⁰ After an August release on Naver TV Cast and YG Entertainment's YouTube channel, the series passed 5 million views within two weeks and 13 million cumulative views within a month.⁵ As of October 27, 2015 it had garnered over 16 million views online.³ The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2016 Broadcasting Industry White Paper ranked it fourth among 2015 web dramas with 11.45 million cumulative views, behind EXO Next Door and two other titles that also passed 10 million.⁴

Kang Seung Yoon received the K WEB FEST best actor award for the series on July 31, 2015; to thank viewers, he and Sandara Park each held a flash mini-concert for 200 fans on August 17, 2015.⁵

Geneva International Film Festival

In November 2015, We Broke Up became the first web-based Korean drama to be invited to the 21st Geneva International Film Festival, where it was screened on November 7 at 4:30 p.m. local time during a festival running November 6 to 14. Producer Kim Gi-yoon welcomed the invitation as validation of the program's value and said he would produce more quality web dramas.³ A Korean Culture and Information Service report likewise cited the official invitation to the competitive section of the Geneva International Film Festival as proof of the content's value as a webtoon-based web drama.¹¹

Context in the 2015 web drama boom

The series appeared at the peak of a rapid expansion in Korean web drama production. According to the 2016 Broadcasting Industry White Paper, 67 web dramas were produced in 2015, nearly triple the 23 of 2014.⁴ Entertainment agencies turned to the format because it was cheap to make and effective for promoting new faces: a typical web drama cost about 1 to 2 billion won for six episodes, against 3 to 4 billion won for a single episode of a regular drama, and YG followed the same idol-led playbook as SM Entertainment, whose EXO Next Door set the year's view record.¹² We Broke Up was also among the webtoon-based works, alongside Jumping Girl and The Prince's Prince, adapted in the first half of 2015, a wave that industry reports linked to the growing practice of packaging original webtoons with their video adaptations for overseas markets.¹³

References

1. CJ E&M·YG케이플러스, 산다라박·강승윤 주연 웹드라마 '우리 헤어졌어요' 공동 제작! (Aju News, April 13, 2015)
2. We've Broken Up (DramaWiki)
3. News: 'We Broke Up' to screen in 21st Geneva International Film Festival (Kpop Herald via oh-dara, November 4, 2015)
4. [[방송영상산업백서] 웹드라마, 아이돌 딛고 조회수 2000만 시대 (Newsis, February 15, 2017)](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20170215_0014706418)
5. 我们分手了（韩国2015年金勇完执导的爱情剧）(Baidu Baike)
6. We Broke Up (TVmaze)
7. [[Drama Review] We Broke Up (UnitedKpop, July 23, 2015)](https://www.unitedkpop.com/2015/07/drama-review-we-broke-up/)
8. "We Broke Up" Starring Sandara Park and Kang Seung Yoon Holds First Script Reading (Soompi, April 22, 2015)
9. CJ E&M initiation of coverage, Mirae Asset Securities (July 10, 2015)
10. Web drama: 'We Broke Up' premiere (YG Press, June 29, 2015)
11. 2015년 3분기 콘텐츠산업 동향분석보고서 (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
12. 연예기획사들이 '웹드라마'에 빠진 이유는? (Daum, March 16, 2016)
13. 2015 만화산업백서 (Korea Culture and Information Service / 한국콘텐츠진흥원)

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