Please Don't Date Him
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| Please Don't Date Him | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 제발 그 남자 만나지 마요 |
| Lit. | Please Don't Meet That Guy |
| RR | Jebal geu namja mannaji mayo |
| MR | Chebal kŭ namja mannaji mayo |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Yoon Sung-ho |
| Written by | Yoon Kim Kim Jeong-hee Jung Jae-in Songpyeon |
| Directed by | Oh Mi-kyeong |
| Creative director | Choi Yoon-jeong |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Kang Ming-uk Lim Hyun-ji |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Song Jae-young |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company | Corner Stone Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC Every 1 |
| Release | November 10, 2020 – January 12, 2021 |
Please Don't Date Him (Korean: 제발 그 남자 만나지 마요) is a 2020 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Song Ha-yoon, Lee Jun-young, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jeung.[1] Directed by Oh Mi-kyeong, the story of this series revolves around Seo Ji-seong (Song Ha-yoon) a household appliances developer who dreams to live a life like a well-designed algorithm.[2] The series was premiered on MBC Every 1 on November 10, 2020, and aired every Tuesday at 22:40 (KST) till January 12, 2021.[3]
An AI-controlled, household appliances developer in Pelican Electronics, Seo Ji-seong, has dreams of living a perfect life like a well-developed program.
Working on an Artificial Intelligence refrigerator with voice-activated features, she inserts a super sensor chip which was lost by National Intelligence Service into a refrigerator, and an "Ancestral Spirit" program that picks scums instead of telling the freshness of vegetables is developed. So, Ji-seong finds out that her deemed perfect fiancé Jeong-han was actually not her Prince Charming.
One day, Jung Kook-hee, a firefighter, with no social media record, whom the program couldn't analyze, shows up. Ji-seong is skeptical about him, as there is no trace of his past on the internet.
Cast
Main
- Song Ha-yoon[4] as Seo Ji-seong, Manager of Pelican Electronics 'Voice Recognition Smart Home Appliance Ubiquitous Innovation Development Team' a programmer of the AI controlled home appliances.
- Lee Jun-young[5] as Jung Kook-hee, Whale Fire Station Life Safety Rescue Team Firefighter for 3 years, no social media, no digital convenience.
- Yoon Bo-mi as Moon Ye-seul, Seo Ji-seong's friend, a Pelican quarantine staff.
- Gong Min-jeung as Tak Ki-hyun, owner of organic cafe near Pelican Electronics[6]
Supporting
- Pelican Electronics
- Kang Mal-geum as Hwang Ga-eul, telegram girl, Pelican Electronics secretive girl
- Jeong Min-sung as Oh Byung-Gil
- Kim Ki-ri, as Jegal Su-won, team manager who always raises ideological problems[7]
- Nam Min-woo as Ok Dong-jin, an employee of the development team, a coding man[8]
- Kim Hyun-myung as Cho Yong-hwan, no one knows when he goes to work and when he leaves.
- Park Han-sol as Byun Ha-ri, a subjective intern who takes care of what he did not do.
- Dentist friends
- Lee Si-hoon as Bang Jeong-han, the man likes Facebook, Dentist. Ex-boyfriend of Seo Ji-seong.
- Joo Woo-jae as Han Yu-jin, an Instagram-like man, dentist.
- Tak Ki-hyun's husband
- Kim Tae-gyeom as Kim Sang-sik, Tak Ki-hyun's husband, old blogging man, an office worker.
- Whale Fire Station
- Kim Gyeong-il as Gam Oh Joong, the man likes Tinder, from Whale Fire Station, has three children but always needs love, and finds that love outside.
- Others
- Lee Ji-ha as Jung-han's mother
- Shin Ji-yeon as Nurse
- Jung In-gi as Seo Ji Seong Dad
- Hwang Young-hee as Lee Eun-hwa
- Choi Baek-gu as Kim Jin-soo
Voice appearance
- Kim Myung-jun
- Kim Su-ji
Guest appearance
Production
Casting
In June 2020, Song Ha-yoon was cast for her comeback series.[9] Lee Jun-young was cast as the main male lead of the series in the same month.[10] Later in October, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jung were cast to play supporting roles.
Filming
The script reading was done in October 2020 as new stills were released.[11] The first teaser was released in the last week of October 2020.[12]
Original soundtrack
| Please Don't Date Him | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | 2020–2021 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label |
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Part 1
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "100% (feat. Outsider)" |
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| XUM | 2:44 |
| 2. | "100%" (inst.) |
| 2:44 | ||
| Total length: | 5:28 | ||||
Part 2
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "End Game" | Kang Min-gook | Kang Min-gook | Susan | 3:50 |
| 2. | "End Game" (inst.) | Kang Min-gook | 3:50 | ||
| Total length: | 7:40 | ||||
Part 3
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To You Who Will Be Tired" (지쳐있을 너에게) |
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| Lee Jun-young | 3:20 |
| 2. | "To You Who Will Be Tired" (inst.) |
| 3:20 | ||
| Total length: | 6:40 | ||||
Part 4
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Who I Am" |
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| Choi Jin-soul | 4:01 |
| 2. | "Who I Am" (inst.) |
| 4:01 | ||
| Total length: | 8:02 | ||||
Part 5
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dream" |
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| Cignature | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Dream" (inst.) |
| 3:11 | ||
| Total length: | 6:22 | ||||
Part 6
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'll protect you" |
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| DANI (Dani) | 4:10 |
| 2. | "I'll protect you" (inst.) |
| 4:10 | ||
| Total length: | 8:20 | ||||
Part 7
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You know that" | Maljuk Street Brother | Maljuk Street Brother | Z ye | 3:09 |
| 2. | "You know that" (inst.) | Maljuk Street Brother | 3:09 | ||
| Total length: | 6:18 | ||||
Part 8
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Disgrace" (with Seodo) | Byeongsoo Na, Minok Jung | Jongsoo Lee, Byungsoo Na | Goonia | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Disgrace" (inst.) | Jongsoo Lee, Byungsoo Na | 3:34 | ||
| Total length: | 7:08 | ||||
Part 9
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nice to see you" | Maljuk Street Brother | Maljuk Street Brother | Jihee Lee | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Nice to see you" (inst.) | Maljuk Street Brother | 4:30 | ||
| Total length: | 9:00 | ||||
Part 10
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All beautiful" | Hojung Kim, 30 Billion | Hojung Kim, Youngmin Kim (Eyelisten), 30 Billion | J.niz | 3:09 |
| 2. | "All beautiful" (inst.) | Hojung Kim, Youngmin Kim (Eyelisten), 30 Billion | 3:09 | ||
| Total length: | 6:18 | ||||