Have you ever cried over a drama? Or a particular scene of a drama? If you did then just tell me wasn’t there any song in the background? There surely was. Music makes an emotion more effective. To be honest, music is that thread or that string that connects a soul to another’s soul. Music makes us listen to the beats of the heart of a drama. Leave all this formal part just tell me, are you willing to cry now? If you are then follow my suggestion, here I will suggest to you the 10 top emotional K-drama soundtracks that will make you cry.
The Emotional Journey in K-Dramas: Why Soundtracks Resonate So Deeply
We all know K-dramas are known for their superfine blending of emotions like love, sorrow, confusion, confession and even thrill. But the main ingredients of this blending are the powerful soundtracks of a drama. We believe in Fantasy and that’s just because of the magical atmosphere the music creates.
But why does all this happen? And why is music so important? They are important because music says those things that words can never say. Music is the gateway of every emotion.
The pain, the longing, the first and every other thing that we can not express and even if you don’t know what you are feeling it’s the music that will assure you of your feeling and that’s why music is important.
10 Emotional K-Drama Soundtracks That Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes
Let us make a quick shortlist of some emotions to cry together, Let us do this.
The Shortlist:
- This Love by Davichi
- Is You by Ailee
- You Are MY Everything by Gummy
- Christmas Tree by V (BTS)
- Here I Am Again by Baek Yerin
- Forgetting You by Davichi
- Goodbye My Friend by Jamie
- Blue Sky The Night of Seokyu
- Yours by Jin (BTS)
- Dream by BOL4
These are some chosen soundtracks that will make your heart heavy and even can make you cry. Now let’s briefly talk about all these soundtracks.
This Love
Drama: Descendants of the Sun (2016)
This song sung by Davichi (Kang Min Kyung and Lee Haeri) is an emotional ballad. This ballad was used in this drama to portray the longing and strong emotions of the second lead couple. Seo Dae Young and Yoon Myeong Joo love each other so dearly but they can not be united because of their circumstances. They wanted each other’s shoulders to lean on and this song conveys their passionate longing that they are hiding from each other.
Davichi’s soulful voice gives the song its soul and we connect with it purely.
Is You by Ailee
Drama: Memories of Alhambra (2018)
If You is sung by Ailee, her rich vocals showcase the theme of the song strongly. The main theme of the song is waiting and longing for love. The drama Memories of Alhambra is full of confusion and mystery, and the song is perfectly blended here which makes this song more memorable. Along with that, this track adds more emotional heaviness in some certain periods of the drama.
You Are MY Everything
Drama: Descendants of the Sun (2016)
This iconic OST is sung by Gummy and portrays the love between the main lead couples of the drama Descendant of the Sun. This song is frequently played throughout this drama to show the depth of love of the leads. As they meet, love and get separated and meet again and this song shows how their love never fades away.
Christmas Tree
Drama: Our Beloved Summer (2021)
Please let me be biased with this OST, because this drama will make you miss your loved ones and even if you don’t have anyone to miss still it gives you that feeling of missing some unknown one. The ocean-like voice of Kim Taehyung aka V will take you to the depth of your heart and will urge you to feel something heartwrenching.
Here I Am Again
Drama: Crash Landing on You (2019)
Here I Am is a soft ballad sung by Baek Yerin. This drama shows the pure emotion and longing of Yoon Seri and Ryu Jeong Hyeok. The North Korean and South Korean lovers are meant to be separated because of their political issues. And they eventually are separated but their love is so pure that even after they are not with each other they love each other just like the first day and this song represents the longing of these particular lovers.
Forgetting You
Drama: Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016)
A pair of lovers who belong to a completely different time zone can they ever be together? No, they can not. No matter how true their love is they are destined to be apart. Again it’s Davichi whose voice made it worth listening to and crying. They showcase the lovers’ pain and fear of losing each other with their own voices.
Goodbye My Friend
Drama: May I Help You? (2022)
When we lose any loved ones from our family or our friends how do we feel? It breaks our hearts into pieces, right? But have you ever thought how that soul feels who leaves their one body, own family and people who are dear to them? Don’t you think they feel more pain? They leave everything, we still have people around us who can console us and give us hope to live life without them. But they are all alone. They left this pretty world where they had many plans for a better future. Baek Dong Joo works in a funeral parlor and she has the ability to talk to the deceased people and make them get ready for the afterlife. Those people tell Dong Joo about their unfulfilled plans and their lives. Don Joo finds it very difficult to say bye to them when she listens to them. When Dong Joo’s tears and this track in Jamie’s voice meet it gives the viewers a tear-jerking moment and I’m sure you are going to feel an unannounced pain in your heart.
Blue Sky
Drama: My Strange Hero (2018)
The heartwarming song Blue Sky is sung by The Night of Seokyu. This song focuses on the character’s true love, heartbreak and self healing altogether. This song will give you an amazing feeling that will give you the words that your heart. This song is gonna make you stop crying for a while and will make you optimistic about love, even if you don’t get your cherished love it will make your heart warm. And I’m sure it will be one of your favorites just in one go.
Yours
Drama: Jirisan (2021)
The veteran singer Kim Seokjin aka Jin made this song hit the top of the charts with his soulful voice. Seokjin’s voice made this song alive with nostalgia. This song focuses on highlighting the unspoken emotions of the main characters. The melody will together give you a smile on your face and a pain in your heart.
Dream
Drama: Hwarang (2016)
This sweet emotional drama is sung by BOL4. In short the story is a love triangle, where all the characters love each other from the bottom of their heart. Some like each other romantically and some like each other like friends. But giving someone more priority makes the other lose their everything. This song is perfectly suitable in the citation of the dilemma between love and friendship. The song tells more of the story of their inner conflict than the characters could describe in words.
Please do listen to these amazing songs to feel the depth of the emotion of a drama that will make you feel the story better. Even if you don’t want to watch the dramas you can still get the honest emotion of your heart that you want to feel.
If I am honest with you, then I would say music is a universal language. Because no matter what language you speak you can always understand what a particular song or music wants to tell you. You always can get connected with a melody without knowing the lyrics. Another reason to call it a universal thing is that it evokes your sleeping emotions. If you think you have already moved on from your past, music has the ability to make you remember that past no matter if it was a good memory or bad to you. Music understands you so well that’s how it also can be your one of those friends who can console you anytime you want.
After this, if I focus on the relationship of a drama and its soundtracks then I would say the soundtrack completes a drama. No matter how appealing the storyline and the characters are, if the music is absent then the emotion will be absent. Music somehow talks with the audience of a particular drama. Whether it’s a romantic moment or it gives you a comic element unless you hear something melodious or something according to the mood the whole situation becomes uninteresting. So without any doubt, we can say if a storyline is the soul of a drama then the soundtracks are the accessories of the drama.