After a string of action-packed and intense K-dramas like Squid Game and Sweet Home, Netflix treated its fans with Genie, Make A Wish. The latest K-drama is a light-hearted fantasy-romance series starring Bae Suzy and Kim Woo-bin in the lead roles.
Like many popular classic K-dramas, this new series follows a love story between a spirit bound to a lamp (Woo-bin's Genie Ilbis) and a young woman unable to feel emotions (Suzy's Ki Ka-young). The fantastical narrative of Genie, Make A Wish, is centred around Ilbis, a genie who rejected coexistence with humans in front of God. He awakens after a 983-year-long banishment and meets Ka-young, a young woman restricted by her grandmother's rule. Ka-young might become the key to turning Ilbis' fate.
Genie, Make A Wish features an impressive soundtrack by artists including Suzy and Stray Kids. The OSTs of Netflix's latest K-drama fuse lyrical ballads with powerful metal sounds, evoking themes of memory and solitude.
More on this in our story.
A complete soundtrack guide for Genie, Make A Wish
The story for Netflix's latest fantasy K-drama is penned by writer Kim Eun-sook, who previously enchanted the world with her heartwarming tale of Goblin and his bride in Guardian: The Great and Lonely God.
Genie, Make A Wish is a fascinating story of a recently awakened genie and a young woman rooted in emotional repression. Full of fantasy, the K-drama's OSTs are filled with magical elements, which often pivot to dramatic and mystical undertones. A complete guide for all the songs and their credits is as follows:
1) GENIE- HAN, Felix, I.N. (Stray Kids)
2) Three Wishes – Byun Dong-wook
3) Unable to Adapt – Lee Byung-jin
4) A Love That Will Come True – Jin Myeong-yong
5) LOVER – Ha Hyun-sang
6) Answer – Viola
7) A Strange Story – Lee Byung-jin
8) A Girl of Clay – Kim Wan-jung
9) Punishment – Jin Myeong-yong
10) Testament – Son Han-mook
11) Desert Storm – Mamagorilla
12) The Evil One – Gu Ji-hyung
13) A Night Full of You – Suzy, So Soo-bin
14) GAME – Soyeon, Yuqi ((G)I-DLE)
15) Jeon In – Jin Myeong-yong
16) Destiny to Come True – Shin Min-yong
17) Your Another Name – Kwon Jin-ah
18) Genie, Make A Wish Title Theme – Byun Dong-wook
19) Iblis – Shin Min-yong
20) Death Grim Reaper – Song Yu-dam
The instrumental theme song of Genie, Make A Wish
Every K-drama features beautiful instrumental or score pieces played throughout key scenes in the episodes. These important instrumental tracks set the tone for a particular sequence and also inform the characters' emotions even without any dialogue.
In addition to these vocal masterpieces, Netflix's Genie, Make A Wish also features many score pieces, including the theme song titled Everything Will Come True, composed by Byun Dong-wook. While these complementary pieces of music are often short, they carry the central motif of the K-drama, as with this fantastical K-drama.
Dong-wook's lyrical ballad is played during key scenes of Genie, Make A Wish, which enhances the fantastic narrative of the K-drama. The central push-and-pull between Iblis and Ga-young is beautifully translated on-screen with Everything Will Come True. Additionally, the title of this theme song also reiterates the titular motif of the K-drama, justifying the ominous banishment of its immortal protagonist.
Beyond Dong-wook's theme song, the fantastical K-drama also features instrumental versions of songs like Iblis, Death Grim Reaper, Punishment and The Evil One. Additionally, piano and string passages by artists Lee Byung-jin and Myeong-yong underscore moments of heartbreak and reflection on-screen.
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