Lovers of Music

Lovers of Music (lit. Trot Lovers) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Eun-ji, Ji Hyun-woo, Shin Sung-rok and Lee Se-young. It aired on KBS2 from June 23 to August 12, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.

Plot
A girl's journey to become a successful singer in the old-fashioned musical genre Trot, with the help of a songwriter and music producer who detests Trot.

Main characters

 * Jung Eun-ji as Choi Choon-hee
 * Despite being in her early twenties, Choon-hee is the bread winner of her household and she works to make ends meet while taking care of her father and younger sister. Her late mother was a trot singer, and Choon-hee inherited her singing talent and dreams of following in her footsteps. She gets all the practice time she can squeeze in by belting out in noraebangs.


 * Ji Hyun-woo as Jang Joon-hyun
 * Joon-hyun is a genius songwriter/music producer with "top star" mainstream popularity and snobbish tastes in music. Arrogant and prickly in personality, he loathes trot which he considers low-brow. But he later helps the no-name Choon-hee realize her dream of becoming a trot singer.


 * Shin Sung-rok as Jo Geun-woo
 * A business man who suddenly has to take over as CEO of his father's entertainment agency, Shine Star. Despite being cynical, he is elegant, charming and outgoing. Geun-woo signs Choon-hee as Shine Star's latest talent and later falls for her.


 * Lee Se-young as Park Soo-in
 * Seemingly the perfect girl next door, she is a trainee at Shine Star who becomes Choon-hee's biggest rival in everything, from work to love.

Supporting characters

 * Son Ho-jun as Seol Tae-song
 * Joon-hyun's manager. Taking his name from legendary trot singers Seol Woon-do, Tae Jin-ah and Song Dae-kwan, he too, dreams of becoming a trot singer someday.


 * Shin Bo-ra as Na Pil-nyeo
 * Pil-nyeo has been a trainee for ten years under the agency Shine Star. At first she bosses Choon-hee around when the latter enters the company, but the two eventually become good friends.


 * Lee Yi-kyung as Shin Hyo-yeol
 * Joon-hyun's younger colleague and rival, who holds nothing back when it comes to getting what he wants.


 * Kang Nam-gil as Choi Myung-sik
 * Yoo Eun-mi as Choi Byul
 * Yoon Joo-sang as Jo Hee-moon
 * Kim Hye-ri as Yang Joo-hee
 * Kim Yeo-jin as Bang Ji-sook
 * Jang Won-young as Lee Chul-man
 * Yoon Bong-gil as Lee Yoo-sik
 * Park Hyuk-kwon as Managing director Wang
 * Jo Deok-hyun as Kim Woo-gab
 * Kim Tae-gyum as Team leader Na
 * Kim Bup-rae as CEO Han

Cameo appearances

 * Lee Yeon-kyung as Oh Sung-joo
 * Ji Soo-won as Hwa-soon
 * Hong Kyung-min as MC of Survival Song (episode 5)
 * Kim Hyun-chul as Himself, music program MC (episode 1)
 * Yoon Gun as Audition juror (episode 2–3)
 * Kim In-seok as Performer on Survival Classic (episode 5)
 * Lee Eun-ha as Announcer of Survival Classic (episode 6)
 * Nam Kyung-eup as Go Eun-tae
 * E-Young as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
 * Lee Ka-eun as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
 * Hwang Min-hyun as MC of Music Tank (episode 10)
 * Im So-yeon as Radio DJ
 * Lee Chae-mi as Sibling on the beach (episode 12)
 * Jeon Jun-hyeok as Sibling on the beach (episode 12)