Live Your Own Life () is a South Korean television series starring Uee, Ha Jun, and Go Joo-won. The series is about a daughter who devoted her whole life to her family, but now has to break away because of the difficulties they cause, and live an independent life. It premiered on KBS2 on September 16, 2023, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 20:05 (KST).
Cast and characters Main Uee as Lee Hyo-sim, third sibling, trainer from TS Fitness Ha Jun as Kang Tae-ho Go Joo-won as Kang Tae-min, heir to Taesan Group
Supporting Hyo-sim's family Yoon Mi-ra as Lee Seon-soon, Hyo-sim's mother Nam Sung-jin as Lee Hyo-seong, Hyo-sim's older brother Lim Ji-eun as Yang Hee-joo, Hyo-seong's wife Seo Seol-hwan as Lee Hyo-jun, Hyo-sim's second brother who is preparing for the law exam Kim Do-yeon as Lee Hyo-do, Hyo-sim's younger brother Lee Ga-yeon as Ruby, Hyo-seong and Hee-joo's eldest daughter Lee Joo-won as Lee Phillip, the youngest son of Hyo-seong and Hee-joo
Tae-ho's family Jeong Young-sook as Choi Myung-hee, Tae-ho's grandmother Lee Hwi-hyang as Jang Sook-hyang, Jin-beom's wife and Tae-hee's mother Noh Yeong-guk (Ep. 1~7) - Kim Kyu-chul (Ep. 8~50) as Kang Jin-beom, the current chairman of Taesan Group, and Sook-hyang's husband Lee Kwang-ki as Yeo Jin-su, executive director of Taesan Group Kim Bi-joo as Kang Tae-hee, the precious daughter of Taesan Group, and Jang Sook-hyang's daughter
Uicheon Villa Jeon Won-ju as Bang Geun-soon, Uicheon Villa building owner whose children and grandchildren immigrated to the United States Park Geun-soo as Park Woo-joo, a golf instructor Kim Yu-ha as Park Ga-on, the cutie of Uicheon Villa, and an elementary school student
TS Fitness Kang Shin-jo as Yang Jeon-min Rho Sang-bo as Hwang Chi, a dumb trainer Lee Ye-sol as Min Ga-young, a trainer Jin Tae-hyun as Jang Seon-woo, a trainer Yoon Ye-in as a talkative old lady who always comes in first at 6 a.m. Choo Eun-kyung as Kang Jeong-suk Lee Chun-sik as Hwang No-sik, a grandfather who likes to talk about politics Park Ki-sun as Choi In-soo, a current orthopedic surgeon Kim Jong-hoon as Choi Mi-nam, a trainer who causes a commotion at TS Fitness because he couldn't distinguish between public and private affairs
Others Nam Bo-ra as Jeong Mi-rim, an aspiring celebrity Lim Ju-eun as Choi Sook-yung, daughter of the president and anchor of Korea's best full-length TV live Lee Seung-cheol as Chairman Choi, president of TV Live Ahn Hong-jin as Park Jong-min, a private loan man Lee Ho-jae as Kang Geun-man, Tae-ho's grandfather, and the first chairman of Taesan Group Park Hyung-joon as Kang Joon-beom, Tae-ho's father who was so capable during his lifetime that he was likely to be the successor to Taesan, but died in an accident at Daegwallyeong Pass.
Extended Park Yeo-reum as Han So-ra, a nurse Kim Mi-ra as Madame Seo, the concubine of Taesan Group's first chairman, Kang Geun-man.
Production Uee was confirmed as the main lead of the series in April 2023. This is her comeback in a weekend drama of KBS2, as she last appeared five years ago in the 2018 television series My Only One. Go Joo-won also makes a comeback in the series as he last appeared in the 2019 TV series Haechi. The stills from the script-reading site were revealed on September 2, 2023. The supporting cast of the series includes Yoon Mi-ra, Jeong Young-sook, Lee Hwi-hyang, Jeon Won-ju, Noh Yeong-guk, Lee Kwang-ki, Nam Seong-hwan, Seol Seol-hwan, Kim Do-yeon, Nam Bo-ra, and Kim Bi-jo.
Music Choi In-hee and Oh Hye-joo composed the music for the series. OST Part.1 of Live Your Own Life, "My Song", sung by Lim Jeong-hee, was released on September 17.
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen KoreaNielsen Korea ratings:
TNmSTNmS ratings:
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 September 16, 2023 16.5% 14.3% 14.7% 2 September 17, 2023 18.4% 16.7% 15.9% 3 September 23, 2023 15.7% 14.1% 13.8% 4 September 30, 2023 5 October 8, 2023 13.7% 12.6% 12.2% 6 October 14, 2023 14.3% 12.9% 12.1% 7 October 15, 2023 16.8% 15.7% 12.4% 8 October 21, 2023 15.3% 14.2% 9 October 22, 2023 17.0% 15.7% 13.3% 10 October 28, 2023 14.7% 13.3% 11 October 29, 2023 15.4% 13.7% 13.6% 12 November 4, 2023 14.9% 13.6% 13 November 5, 2023 16.8% 15.5% 13.8% 14 November 11, 2023 15.5% 14.1% 15 November 12, 2023 16.6% 14.6% 14.2% 16 November 18, 2023 14.5% 13.0% 17 November 19, 2023 15.5% 13.9% 13.4% 18 November 25, 2023 15.6% 14.0% 13.0% 19 November 26, 2023 17.7% 16.1% 13.9% 20 December 2, 2023 16.6% 15.1% 12.3% 21 December 3, 2023 17.4% 15.8% 13.8% 22 December 9, 2023 16.7% 15.6% 23 December 10, 2023 17.8% 16.5% 14.1% 24 December 16, 2023 16.7% 14.9% 25 December 17, 2023 18.8% rowspan="5" 26 December 23, 2023 15.8% rowspan="26" 27 December 23, 2023 17.5% 28 December 30, 2023 17.6% 29 December 31, 2023 16.2% 30 January 6, 2024 17.5% 16.3% 31 January 7, 2024 19.0% 17.1% 32 January 13, 2024 18.3% 16.6% 33 January 14, 2024 20.9% 19.3% 34 January 20, 2024 17.6% 16.1% 35 January 21, 2024 21.4% 19.8% 36 January 27, 2024 18.6% 17.5% 37 January 28, 2024 20.8% 18.6% 38 February 3, 2024 20.6% 18.4% 39 February 4, 2024 22.1% 40 February 10, 2024 16.2% 14.6% 41 February 11, 2024 18.3% 16.2% 42 February 17, 2024 19.3% 17.8% 43 February 18, 2024 21.1% 18.6% 44 February 24, 2024 18.8% 16.7% 45 February 25, 2024 21.0% 18.2% 46 March 2, 2024 18.8% 17.0% 47 March 3, 2024 22.1% 20.2% 48 March 9, 2024 19.3% 16.9% 49 March 10, 2024 19.9% 50 March 16, 2024 19.7% 17.8% 51 March 17, 2024 22.0% 20.0% Average In the table above, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes rating that was not released.
Accolades
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result APAN Star Awards 2023 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Uee Best Original Soundtrack Young Tak KBS Drama Awards 2023 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Uee Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Ha Jun Best Couple Award Ha Jun and Uee Popularity Award, Actor Uee
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