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Jang Jae Hun (Im Joo Hwan) is a high school dropout who roams the streets at night with his two best friends pickpocketing drunkards. He accidentally causes an accident that leads to the death of a stranger. Park Tae Hee (Kim Ji Won) lives in the countryside with her grandfather, and inherited her musical talents from her father. Ha Do Sung (Daesung) composes songs in anonymity as rock star HADES. Having been abandoned at a young age by his ambitious mother, he tries to live quietly without drawing attention to himself. Kim Byeong Gun (Jo Jung Suk) is the odd one out in his family of businessmen, wishing to pursue a career in musicals - despite his debilitating fear of performing in front of others. Eun Chae Young (Jang Hee Jin) is the experienced actress, having been in the industry for 10 years. However, she has the desire to prove herself on the musical stage, rather than a movie actress with a pretty face. What she doesn't expect is to be challenged by Oh Doo Ri (Im Joo Eun), an equally talented actress who prefers to spend her time playing first-person shooting computer games than rehearsing. These young adults end up together in the musical department of Haneul Arts University, and find themselves under the guidance of unconventional professor Sunwoo Young (Oh Man Suk). With each passing day, they get a chance to learn what it is to be a 'star,' and to prove to the people around them that they can succeed in their chosen path.

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  • Mar 25, 2012 20 of 20 episodes seen
    tomajuhwan
    12 of 12 people found this review helpful
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    • Overall  9
    • Story  8
    • Acting/Cast  9
    • Music  10
    • Rewatch Value  9
    If you like romantic drama, this is not the best one.
    If you like comedy drama, this is quite funny, but there are more dramas out there that can make you laugh louder.
    If you like happily-ever-after-ending drama, this will let you down, don't expect too much.
    If you like sad drama, this is not enough to make your tears come out
    If you like action drama, you're not supposed to end up here reading the review :p

    But,

    If you look for different taste of Kdrama,
    If you look for great performances,
    If you look for beautiful soundtracks,
    This is the one that worth to watch!!
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  • Feb 28, 2012 20 of 20 episodes seen
    canyousaywhuut
    8 of 9 people found this review helpful
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    • Overall  10
    • Story  10
    • Acting/Cast  8
    • Music  10
    • Rewatch Value  8
    I just finished watching the series 2 minutes ago. All I can say is: OMG!

    At first, I was very hesitant to watch the drama since I thought it would be disappointing one. I read lots and lots of reviews about this and they all said it was good. Now, well look at me, i'm writing a review about this already.

    This drama may not have the very satisfying or perfect ending but at least we can formulate our own ending.

    This drama will make you laugh --- a lot; and cry --- a lot too.

    It doesn't have the best romance, the best acting, the best music or whatever but I can say they have the best bonding and will surely touch your hearts. ;)     read more
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  • To work towards your dreams and become a star. Both feature music university setting. What's Up is a bit more serious. -RP
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  • both shows are about students at a school for performing arts who dream to become stars. They both have a lot of good music and performances.
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Comments (38)

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  • Bladey 6 days ago
    The first song in the first episode is from a very nice movie called Les Choristes. I recommend both that movie and its OST- it's beautiful.
  • iindu 16 days ago
    it's a gem of a drama..great characters, cast, storyline, music..and it stays true to character throughout.. i love it.
    1 ❤
  • Lovegood 26 days ago
    oh... I've heard about this from my friend... I've seen the first two episodes.. I guess I'm gonna love this series... yay... (^-^)
  • myrraan Apr 1, 2012
    WOW WOW WOW!! Okey just ignore the comment below ^^
    I'm just saying, this just once... this is the best kdrama/music/school show ever! I'm just sayin. Hands down. Well it's gonna be tuff to beat it! :D
    3 ❤
  • myrraan Mar 28, 2012
    Well I love music-dramas and I love Dream High 1&2, but now I'm watching What's Up and I'm on ep. 15! So soon!!! But I feel that this drama is way better then the both seasons of Dream High togheter, haha! This drama is more real and good. Dream High, is only funny and cute.
    But NOTHING beats Shut Up Flower Boy Band! Ehm well maybe Beethoven Virus! ^^
  • tomajuhwan Mar 25, 2012
    This is the 2nd Kdrama I watched (after Full House in 2005) from ep1-end since I actually can't bear the melodramatic genre of Kdramas. The only reason I picked this out was Joo Hwan. He is too cute for being almost 30 yo man!!

    At first, I just wanted to see his face and acting. But then, I really fell for this drama simply because of its music. I think everyone would directly ask to themselves "what's the title of this song?" once the music played. Now I understand why Kpop become more and more popular these days ;)

    I like the the first 7 episodes because they still focused on what being part of musical is. The later talked more about the roles' private life and it made this drama "similar" to other Kdramas. Thank God, Oh Doo Ri stood out on the last 3 episodes and made this drama back to its musical things. Though, the ending was too weird for me

    Anyway,this is one of my favs: 9/10
  • care Mar 11, 2012
    Will there be a vol2?
  • AutomnConcerto Mar 11, 2012
    Where can I find the sings they sing in the show ? I have already find Lunatic but the others no... I'm frustrated ! This drama really deserves an OST (and that I can listen everytime and everywhere) !!!
  • ShadowBerry Mar 2, 2012
    Woha this is better than I expected! And even though I really really fell in love with Joo Hwan because he is my Tanma Hero xD I would love Kang Dae Sung to get the girl >.< Tae Hee! <3
    1 ❤
  • canyousaywhuut Feb 28, 2012
    I have a question! Im Joo Hwan went to the army, May 2011 and this drama was aired, December 2011? How'd they film this with Im Joo Hwan and a winter setting? :-/
    1 ❤
  • Memica Feb 21, 2012
    Oh what an awesome drama :O omo omo ~
    At the begining it was a lil 'wtf am I watching', but it was just the intro... Love it <3
  • HAVA-RAVA Feb 12, 2012
    Just finished this. Took me 2 days to marathon this. I really liked this a lot.
    2 ❤
  • Alexija Feb 11, 2012
    This drama is so different than others. At first I didn't know what's going on, what's this show about. But with every episode I loved it more and more. One of my favorite now <3
    1 ❤
  • sweettooth Feb 11, 2012
    What I love about what's up is the connection that develops between the characters and how they connect with us as an audience. I felt like each of them could exist in the real world and even when things were dramatic they all seemed to react in a real way according to their personalities. It's weird to say but I love the characters more than the show itself. I could watch them just goofing around all day and I would be satisfied.
    2 ❤
  • miss_kayti Feb 10, 2012
    Yeah, What's Up definitely had better acting. Not having a cast full of Idols makes a difference, lol
    1 ❤

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What's Up

Title

  • Main Title: What's Up
  • Native title: 왓츠업
  • Also Known as: What's up? ; Zero Plus

General Details

  • CountryKorea
    TypeDrama
    NetworkMBN
  • Aired: December 3, 2011 to February 5, 2012
  • Airs On: Saturday, Sunday
  • # of Episodes 20
    Average Duration 45 min. per episode
  • Genres: Music, School

Statistics

  • Score: 8.13 (scored by 532 users)
  • Ranked: #84
  • Popularity: #47
  • Members: 1,325
  • Favorites: 0

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