Should We Kiss First?
Promotional poster
Also known asShall We Kiss First?
Hangul
키스 먼저 할까요?
Revised RomanizationKiseu Meonjeo Halkkayo?
Genre
Written byBae Yoo-mi
Directed bySon Jeong-hyun
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes40[lower-alpha 1]
Production
Executive producers
  • Lee Hun-hee
  • Kim Dong-joon
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[lower-alpha 1]
Production companySM C&C[2]
Original release
NetworkSBS TV
ReleaseFebruary 20 (2018-02-20) –
April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24)

Should We Kiss First?[3] (Korean: 키스 먼저 할까요?) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kam Woo-sung, Kim Sun-a, Oh Ji-ho and Park Si-yeon. It aired on SBS TV from February 20 to April 24, 2018, for 40 episodes.[4][5]

The series was initially scheduled to premiere on February 5, 2018, but was moved to the 20th, with four consecutive broadcasts, due to live broadcast of 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Synopsis

The story of a middle-aged man and woman who have given up any dreams of a passionate romance, but are both afraid of living and dying alone.

Cast

Main

  • Kam Woo-sung as Son Moo-han, a bachelor who works at a leading advertisement company as a production director.
  • Kim Sun-a as An Soon-jin, a flight attendant who has lost faith in love after losing her daughter.
  • Oh Ji-ho as Eun Kyung-soo, Soon-jin's ex-husband.
  • Park Si-yeon as Baek Ji-min, Kyung-soo's wife.

Supporting

Original soundtrack

Should We Kiss First? OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean
Label
ProducerLee Soo-man (executive)

Part 1

Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Ordinary Goodbye" (안녕이라는 흔한 인사)Kwon Jin-won2:59
2."Is It Love?" (사랑일까요?)Luna4:00
Total length:6:59

Part 2

Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Perfect"Lee Jinsol (April)3:26
2."Perfect" (Inst.) 3:26
Total length:6:52

Part 3

Released on March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Every Day, Every Moment (모든 날, 모든 순간)"Paul Kim3:31
2."Every Day, Every Moment (모든 날, 모든 순간)" (Inst.) 3:31
Total length:7:02

Part 4

Released on March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Monologue (독백)"Wheesung3:44
2."Monologue (독백)" (Inst.) 3:44
Total length:7:28

Part 5

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."On My Own (혼자 하는 일)"Yesung (Super Junior)3:45
2."On My Own (혼자 하는 일)" (Inst.) 3:45
Total length:7:30

Part 6

Released on April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Coincidence (우연처럼)"Jung-in3:25
2."Coincidence (우연처럼)" (Inst.) 3:25
Total length:6:50

Commercial performance

Certifications for "Every day, Every Moment"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[7] 2× Platinum 5,000,000*
Streaming
South Korea (KMCA)[8] 3× Platinum 300,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Viewership

Should We Kiss First? : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
EpisodesEpisode number
12345678910
1–101.5031.8751.8751.7111.5421.9191.6682.1951.5041.969
11–201.5332.0321.3851.6351.2801.6931.4431.8561.4561.825
21–301.5521.9191.4241.7791.3241.6311.3001.6551.1811.430
31–401.1821.4401.1821.2881.3251.5291.0841.1661.2621.465
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[9]
Ep. Original broadcast
date		 Epilogue Average audience share
TNmS[10] Nielsen Korea[11]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 February 20, 2018[lower-alpha 2] Something He Treasured,
Something She Forgot
(그는 간직하고 그녀는 잊었던 것)		 7.8% (19th) 8.7% 8.1% (14th) 9.0% (12th)
2 10.0% (12th) 11.4% 10.5% (7th) 11.9% (5th)
3 9.4% (13th) 10.5% 9.9% (9th) 11.0% (7th)
4 8.6% (16th) 9.4% 9.1% (11th) 9.9% (9th)
5 February 26, 2018 8.5% (18th) 9.2% 9.7% (8th) 10.4% (7th)
6 10.9% (8th) 11.6% 11.8% (5th) 12.5% (4th)
7 February 27, 2018 8.9% (13th) 10.0% 9.3% (8th) 10.3% (5th)
8 11.6% (6th) 12.8% 12.4% (4th) 13.6% (3rd)
9 March 5, 2018 8.6% (18th) 9.2% 9.3% (11th) 10.0% (9th)
10 11.0% (9th) 11.6% 12.3% (5th) 12.9% (3rd)
11 March 6, 2018 You Cannot Forget,
What You Cherish
(간직한 것은 잊혀지지 않는다)		 9.4% (12th) 10.5% 9.5% (7th) 10.6% (5th)
12 11.3% (6th) 12.8% 12.5% (4th) 14.0% (3rd)
13 March 12, 2018 8.6% (15th) 9.7% 8.5% (10th) 9.6% (6th)
14 9.9% (10th) 11.0% 10.4% (7th) 11.4% (4th)
15 March 13, 2018 7.7% (16th) 8.4% 8.5% (8th) 9.3% (6th)
16 9.2% (12th) 10.4% 10.9% (4th) 12.1% (4th)
17 March 19, 2018 Memory Over Love
(기억이란 사랑보다)		 7.2% (20th) 8.3% 8.8% (9th) 9.9% (7th)
18 9.3% (13th) 10.6% 11.1% (6th) 12.4% (4th)
19 March 20, 2018 Behind the Veil of Time
(가려진 시간 사이로)		 7.5% (16th) 8.7% 9.5% (8th) 10.8% (6th)
20 10.1% (11th) 11.5% 11.9% (4th) 13.3% (3rd)
21 March 26, 2018 What He Ignored, What She Erased
(그는 외면하고, 그녀는 지운 것)		 8.3% (15th) 9.5% 9.4% (9th) 10.6% (8th)
22 9.5% (11th) 10.4% 11.5% (5th) 12.5% (4th)
23 March 27, 2018 Behind the Veil of Time
(가려진 시간 사이로)		 7.8% (13th) 9.1% 9.2% (8th) 10.5% (6th)
24 9.3% (10th) 10.4% 11.6% (4th) 12.7% (4th)
25 April 2, 2018 7.4% (18th) 9.1% 8.3% (13th) 9.3% (10th)
26 8.5% (13th) 10.4% 9.9% (8th) 11.4% (6th)
27 April 3, 2018 Days We Waited For,
And the Days That Will Be Erased
(기다린 날도 지워질 날도)		 7.4% (14th) 8.3% 8.1% (10th) 9.2% (7th)
28 9.1% (8th) 10.4% 10.0% (6th) 11.3% (4th)
29 April 9, 2018 Roundabout
(에움길)		 6.1% (NR) 7.3% 7.9% (14th) 9.1% (13th)
30 7.1% (19th) 8.2% 9.3% (10th) 10.5% (6th)
31 April 10, 2018 7.5% (15th) 8.6% 7.6% (11th) 8.3% (9th)
32 8.3% (12th) 9.0% 9.3% (8th) 10.1% (7th)
33 April 16, 2018 A Memory Both He and She Will Cherish
(그와 그녀가 간직할 기억)		 6.5% (NR) 7.7% 7.6% (13th) 8.7% (9th)
34 6.8% (18th) 7.9% 8.4% (7th) 9.5% (6th)
35 April 17, 2018 Every Day, Every Moment
(모든 날, 모든 순간)		 6.4% (16th) 7.8% 8.0% (10th) 9.6% (7th)
36 7.4% (14th) 8.6% 9.3% (8th) 10.5% (6th)
37 April 23, 2018 Their Remaining Days
(그들의 남아있는 나날)		 6.4% (NR) 7.5% 6.9% (NR) 7.8% (16th)
38 7.2% (18th) 8.1% 7.6% (17th) 8.5% (10th)
39 April 24, 2018 His and Her Way of Loving
(그와 그녀의 사랑법)		 7.7% (16th) 8.9% 7.4% (12th) 8.6% (9th)
40 8.5% (13th) 9.6% 9.1% (8th) 10.2% (5th)
Average 8.5% 9.6% 9.5% 10.6%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
54th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actress Ye Ji-won Won [12]
45th Korean Broadcasting Awards Best Actor Kam Woo-sung Won
11th Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor Won [13]
6th APAN Star Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Kim Sun-a Nominated [14]
2nd The Seoul Awards Best Drama Should We Kiss First Nominated [15]
Best Actor Kam Woo-sung Nominated
Best Actress Kim Sun-a Nominated
31st Grimae Awards Won
1st MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards Best OST Paul Kim Won [16]
10th Melon Music Awards Won
1st Korea Popular Music Awards Nominated
33rd Golden Disc Awards Won
20th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best OST Nominated
26th SBS Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Kam Woo-sung Won [17]
Kim Sun-a Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Kam Woo-sung Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Kim Sun-a Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Oh Ji-ho Nominated
Kim Sung-soo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday–Tuesday Drama Park Si-yeon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ye Ji-won Won
Best Couple Kam Woo-sung and Kim Sun-ah Won

Notes

  1. 1 2 In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
  2. ↑ Due to the 2018 Winter Olympics, the 2 episodes set to air on February 19, 2018, were pushed back and will air together with episode 3 and 4 on the following day.

References

  1. ↑ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  2. ↑ Kwak, Hyun-soo. 감우성×김선아 '키스 먼저 할까요', 서툰 멜로 감성 포스터 공개. Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Archived from the original on August 7, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Should We Kiss First [Title in the URL]". Seoul Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ '키스 먼저 할까요' 감우성♥김선아 첫 대본리딩, 초특급 호흡 과시. Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Lim, Hyo-jin. '키스 먼저 할까요' 김선아♥감우성, 강렬 키스신으로 '시선 강탈'. Naver (in Korean). Seoul Sinmun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ "'키스 먼저 할까요' 감우성♥김선아 첫 대본리딩, 초특급 호흡 과시" ['Should We Kiss First' Gam Woo-sung ♥ Kim Seon-ah's first script reading, showing off his super-speech skills]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ "South Korean single certifications – `키스 먼저 할까요?` OST Part 3" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association (KMCA).
  8. ↑ "South Korean single streaming certifications – `키스 먼저 할까요?` OST Part 3" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association (KMCA).
  9. ↑ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  10. ↑ "TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 22, 2001. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ "[2018 백상예술대상 종합] tvN '비밀의 숲'·영화 '1987' 대상 영예+3·4관왕". Osen (in Korean). May 4, 2018. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ Jeon, Aram (October 2, 2018). [종합] '2018 KDA' 유동근, 대상 영예…'같이 살래요' 4관왕 '쾌거' [[Comprehensive] '2018 KDA' Dong Keun Lee, Grand Prize 'Let's live together' 4 crowns 'comfort']. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2018 – via Naver.
  14. ↑ "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  15. ↑ ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개. iMBC (in Korean). September 28, 2018. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  16. ↑ "2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards Announces Nominees + Voting Begins". Soompi. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  17. ↑ Jeong, Hee-yeon (January 1, 2019). [제56회 대종상]'기생충' 작품상 포함 5관왕 달성…이병헌·정유미 주연상(종합) [[Comprehensive]'SBS Drama Awards' Gam Woo-sung-Kim Sun-ah, Best Couple Award followed by'Joint Grand Prix']. Sports Dong-a (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020 – via Naver.
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