2021 · 1 season · Drama

7.6 Modest

Series finished

Drama

Yoon Song Ah works as a marketer for a cosmetics brand. She enjoys her job and dreams of launching her own brand someday. Chae Hyun Seung is a fellow marketer who becomes attracted to Yoon Song Ah. He tries to develop a romantic relationship but Yoon Song Ah rebuffs his advances, not wishing to date younger men.

Original title: 선배, 그 립스틱 바르지 마요
Country of origin: 🇰🇷 South Korea
Year: 2021

Created by: Ra Ha-na, Chae Yoon, Lee Dong-yoon
Channel: JTBC
Studio: JTBC Studios

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Origins

The series is based on the 2017 web novel 'Senior, Don't Put on That Lipstick' written by Elise (Elize).

References

The show aired on JTBC from January 18 to March 9, 2021, and was simultaneously streamed worldwide on iQIYI's international platform with subtitles in Chinese, English, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish and Arabic.

Reception

Pierce Conran of the South China Morning Post gave the series 2 out of 5 stars, criticizing it for 'fizzling out' into a conventional office romance and for the 'sluggish pace' of its second half across its 16-episode run.

Filming

The drama was filmed at several real locations in South Korea, including KT&G Tower, Parnas Tower, the Hyundai Department Store Chungcheong branch, and an emergency room-themed tteokbokki restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul.

Themes

based on novel or book workplace romance

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