It's Beautiful Now

It's Beautiful Now (Korean: 현재는 아름다워; Hanja: 現在很美麗; RR: Hyeonjaeneun Areumdawo) is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Oh Min-suk, Shin Dong-mi, Seo Bum-june, and Choi Ye-bin. Directed by Kim Seong-geun, the weekend drama depicts the reality of the current generation that are reluctant to get married and have family.[1][2] It premiered on KBS2 on April 2, 2022 and airs on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST).[3]

It's Beautiful Now
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Now Is Beautiful
  • It's Beautiful Right Now
Hangul현재는 아름다워
Hanja現在很美麗
Revised RomanizationHyeonjaeneun Areumdawo
GenreFamily drama
Written byHa Myeong-hee
Directed byKim Seong-geun
Starring
Music byLee Chang-hee
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes8 (as of April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24))
Production
Executive producerKi Min-soo (KBS)
Producers
  • Jeong Seung-sun
  • Oh Chang mok
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time70 minutes
Production companySLL
Drama House Studios
Zium Content
Distributor
Release
Original networkKBS2
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseApril 2, 2022 (2022-04-02) –
present (present)

Synopsis

The series depicts the story of Lee family whose head is Lee Kyung-cheol, the grandfather. His son Lee Min-ho and his wife Han Kyung-ae have 3 sons. The sons are reluctant to marry, so the elders declare that they would give an apartment to the son who marry within 6 months.

Cast and characters

Main
36 years old, Partner lawyer in law firm Haejun Specializing in housework (divorce/inheritance) law and criminal law. A lawyer with a high win rate due to his logical eloquence[4]
31 years old, eldest daughter, a VIP personal shopper, she asks for an annulment of marriage by saying that she was fraudulently married.[5]
39 years old, a dentist[6]
41 years old, representative of law firm Haejun, divorce attorney. She has crush on Yun-jae[7]
  • Seo Bum-june as Lee Soo-jae
27 years old, 7th grade public exam preparation student, youngest brother, strong positive narcissism, doing a part-time job of loading and unloading at a parcel delivery service. He met Na Yu-na at his part time job[8]
25 years old, she is the eldest of two sons and one daughter. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef, she is working hard at a bakery academy and also working part-time as a courier[9]

Lee family
79 years old, head of Igane, Min-ho's father, he worked hard as a fresh produce seller[10]
60 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's adopted son, Kyung-ae's husband, vice-principal of a middle school, father of 3 sons
60 years old, Min-ho's wife, mother of 3 sons

Lee extended family
76 years old, Lee Kyeong-cheol's younger sister, who immigrated to the Atlanta, United States but went bankrupt and came back to live with her brother
  • Jung Heung-chae as Choi Man-ri
58 years old, Lee Kyung-soon's son[13]
55 years old, Choi Man-ri's wife[14]
  • Cha Yeop as Choi Seong-soo[13]
35 years old, law firm manager Hae-jun, now a younger brother
35 years old, wife of Choi Seong-soo, She is a nursing assistant in Yoon Ji's hospital. Lee Sora married at an age of 20, and has three children.
  • Kim Hyo-kyung as Choi Ha-neul
12 years old, the eldest daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra
  • Im Ye-jin as Choi Ba-da
10 years old. the second daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra
  • Kim So-min as Choi Hae
8 years old. the youngest daughter of Seong-soo and So-ra

Hyun family
80 years old, a successful restauranteur, anything she touched turned into money[16]
  • Byun Woo-min as Hyun Jin-heon[17]
57 years old. Yoon Jung-Ja's son. Gimbap franchise and in love with his wife
53 years old, Hyun Jin-heon's wife. She lived a comfortable life and gave birth to a daughter and a son (Hyun Mi-rae and Hyun Jeong-hoo).
  • Kim Kang-min as Hyun Jeong-hoo[18]
27 years old, Hyun Mi-rae's younger brother and Head of Bong Food headquarters. He has crush on Na Yu-na.

Others
77 years old. Sujeong's mother.

Special appearances
32 years old, party to the marriage annulment lawsuit
36 years old, ex-girlfriend of Hyun-jae, after breaking up with Lee Hyun-jae, she married the son of a semi-millionaire and followed each other's rules. 10 years later, the two reunited as lawyers and divorce clients.

Production

In August, it was reported that Yoon Shi-yoon has been offered role in the series and he was considering it positively.[24] Director Kim Seong-geun directed a KBS weekend drama after 2006 weekend TV series Thank You, My Life and 2009 daily drama Jolly Widows. Park In-hwan and Shin Dong-mi are working together after 2019 TV series Liver or Die. Park In-hwan last appeared in KBS weekend drama Believe in Love in 2011.[25][26] Kim Hye-ok is appearing in KBS weekend dramas fourth time. Previously, she joined in My Too Perfect Sons (2009), Seoyoung, My Daughter (2012) and My Golden Life (2017) with KBS.

On March 11, photos from script reading site were released revealing the site.[13] Production presentation of the series was given by Oh Min-seok, Shin Dong-mi, Yoon Si-yoon, Bae Da-bin, Seo Beom-jun, and Choi Ye-bin on April 1, 2022.[27]

Original soundtrack
It's Beautiful Now
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released2022
GenreSoundtrack
Language
Label
  • Kakao Entertainment
  • Plus Media / Studio LuluLala

Part 1
Released on April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24)[28]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."a timid man" (소심한 남자)LigerLee Chang-heeUlala Session3:33
2."a timid man" (소심한 남자; Inst.) Lee Chang-hee 3:33
Total length:7:06

Part 2
Released on May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01)[29]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."it's love" (사랑인거야)6uoy
  • 6uoy
  • Ragoon
Lee Hae-in3:10
2."it's love" (사랑인거야; Inst.) 
  • 6uoy
  • Ragoon
 3:10
Total length:6:20

Release and reception

It's Beautiful Now began its first broadcast on KBS2 on April 2, 2022, and airs on every Saturday and Sunday at 20:00 (KST). As per Nielsen Korea, the fourth episode of the series logged 25.3% nationwide ratings. It also attracted 4.4 million viewers and as of April 11, 2022, it is placed at 14th rank among 'Top 50 series per nationwide viewers in Korea'.[30][31]

Viewership
Audience response
It's Beautiful Now : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
EpisodesEpisode number
12345678910
Ep. 1–104.1824.2673.7594.4293.6174.2703.6944.2103.6544.327
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[32]
Ep. Broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[33][34] TNmS[35]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 April 2, 2022 24.5% (1st) 22.8% (1st) N/A
2 April 3, 2022 24.6% (1st) 23.4% (1st) 20.7% (1st)
3 April 9, 2022 22.8% (1st) 20.7% (1st) N/A
4 April 10, 2022 25.3% (1st) 24.2% (1st)
5 April 16, 2022 21.0% (1st) 19.6% (1st) 17.8% (1st)
6 April 17, 2022 24.1% (1st) 22.7% (1st) 21.3% (1st)
7 April 23, 2022 22.2% (1st) 20.6% (1st) 19.5% (1st)
8 April 24, 2022 24.4% (1st) 22.9% (1st) 21.1% (1st)
9 April 30, 2022 22.3% (1st) 20.7% (1st) 16.8% (1st)
10 May 1, 2022 25.0% (1st) 23.8% (1st) 19.2% (1st)
Average
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

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