but they have some mistakes in telling this story I would like to see them fixed

Change is good but not too much hopefully. I do find the laid-back and breezy style a refreshing change.

No wonder I like this drama. I love this director's work. Always

I actually likes the light and airy feel of the drama for now. And I very much appreciate all the music scenes. Please don't turn it into something like 'Mary stays out all night' please.

i love heartstrings the way it is now. i agree with javabeans, the story is so refreshing and that's what makes me keep waiting for its every episodes.
whatever they're doing, i hope that won't affect the characterizing because i love the interaction between all actors.

If this new direction they speak of is turning Kyu Won into a mopey mess like the dreaded ballerina, then I will pass, thank you. I LOVED the fact that her character was strong willed and with a strong sense of pride/ego of her own. Let's not forget that this all began with her wanting to teach him a lesson in humility. But so far, she has been the one learning it. I mean she set out to prove that she could beat him but then ended up his slave, then he got to show her exactly why all the girls are running after him all crazed. I sympathise with Shin's pain, I do. I think being denied your first love and losing the father you barely met are painful, painful things and I would be inclined to cut him some slack, really. But WHY does this have to mean that our heroine has to become just another idiot chasing after a boy when just yesterday she was spunky and full of life? And meh, as I type this, something along the lines of: "let she who has never gone gaga after a cute guy in college cast the first stone" comes to mind. Bah, I wish she'd take after Kim Nana a little.

Anyway, I hope the production team gains some focus from this whole brainstorming thing they seem to have going on. Unfortunately, what I feared has happened, ie the ratings vs initial concept war. Like in most wars, there shall be casualties. Hopefully the heart of the production shaln't be one of them.

Um...Javabeans, if you don't want a lot of angst and well...dragging melodrama, you might want to avoid today's episode ep 6). My God, there is enough angst in there to last it the entire series. I'm glad I'm not the only one who went "HUH?" after ep 2. I don't get how KW suddenly changes her mind and heart over Shin so quickly. I rather hoped that KW and that guy (the one who has an awesome voice but had fears about the stage) would have some deep interactions seeing how KW helped him out with the accompaniment that one time. KW was genuinely impressed and I think it might have been interesting to see how Shin reacts with KW being genuinely interested in someone and being impressed with his talented vocals. But this episode...well...it was a downer...literally and figuratively.

What are the ratings for latest episode?

I'm loving the show so far. But I agree I want more focus on KW than on that downer dancer. I think seeing KY more (with KW) would be amazing.

I had such high expectations for this drama. However, it has so far turned out to be really awful.
See, normally, when I don't like a drama, but I still feel some attachment to it, I tend to stop watching but keep reading the recaps. That way I am still able to loosely follow the story. However, this drama sucks so bad even reading the recaps is painful/boring. I'm giving up. Good bye.

omg,i just hope the changes they made with the writer is not the one responsible for episode 6 coz seriously,after episode 6 earlier,i hated the writer!please,please.please,enough yoon-su's already!!it's too much,can't take it anymore!and i miss the feisty kyu-won.how come in episodes 6,all she's doing is running after lee shin,where's the girl that said to woo-ri's character 'lee shin?!even if you gave him to me,i will not take him!" and now all she's doing is following him around and crying because of him.pd pyo,please bring the feisty,bubbly kyu-won that we first love!!i hope to god this new direction they are talking about did not start with this episode 6,because honestly,this is the only episode i didn't enjoy watching!!i miss the old kyu-won,bring her back please!!!!

episode 6 was noticeably different. i think it depends on next week's episodes though. it's either set up for a total melo or just enough push to get everything rolling with the two leads.. and hopefully, lee hyun jin's character. if they go the melo, melo route, i might just cry. i just wanted to breeze through the show and feel just enough for the characters to enjoy it, which was what the show was accomplishing.

somebody tell the writers and pd i liked the show the way it was. please don't let go of the lightheartedness! they could afford to drop the ballerina line a little (lot) though. sheesh. i get so annoyed when she comes onscreen. and really, i'm a little bummed that cocky director is with such a bore.

just let kyu won be a feistball again. she can still have her crush and be one. i wish they would have her distance herself from her crush a bit. and do something [insert jealousy] to make lee shin feel or realize something. please.

aghh. i'm hoping they don't ruin what i feel for the show.

for me, this drama had that light feel, like, has anyone seen the jdorama 'orange days'? different story, different premise, but the same college setting, and in that drama also, there was this certain lightness inspite of the heroine being a deaf musician...

so hoping for probably a tighter script but not a change in the feel...

.. I have actually not watched any episodes yet, I've been saving them up but I can't bring myself to watch the drama, somehow. :/ I felt really guilty and after reading this article I feel even worse because I really don't want another disappointment on the scale of Mary Stayed Out All Night to happen to me again. AUGH. I don't know what to do..

Damn...if they turn it into a melodrama, I'll jump off the train. I also like our heroine as she is and I detest the mopey 'chasing after a guy that doesn't want you' type. >.<

I'm actually kind of enjoying Heartstrings for most of the reasons previously stated, I'm not expecting any depth on its plot, and the breeziness and lightness in the series as a whole makes it entertaining enough for me to care. And I love that it's about music. But as some said, I cringed at the idea that she is falling for him so fast and losing her edge, I really hate that, specially when the girl ends up taking all the crap the guy gives her while crying her eyes out, until he's man enough to accept his feelings. I mean, keep her a brave and strong character and make the guy beg for her!!! Didn't PDs and screenwriters learn anything from Best Love???

I don't get it.
Now I'm wondering if all that nonsense in the beginning of this production - naming and re-naming and re-naming again! the title - was a foreshadowing of where they are now in this current knee-jerk reaction to the ratings?

Looking objectively, aren't they just going down the same path that Playful Kiss was on? Youth oriented, broadcast times conflicting with block-buster dramas that had head starts, and lots of cyber criticism resulting in terrible ratings until the "big guns" finished their runs. A year later, and PK has laughed all the way to the bank. Its popularity exploded in other markets and is still running strong.

YFFM can't succeed against City Hunter or the awful, but established, Romance Town. Unless there was something really off in the writer's room, I just hope the PD Pyo maintains some kind of clear purpose in developing this drama and that it isn't allowed to crash and burn like Lie To Me.

I think he has the same problem "unfocused" spot in Coffee House and this is getting worse
I was excited when he was back with anther project ( I love Coffee House) and PSH... But the story hasnt been forcus on Yong and PSH love line, but the dance teacher... Her acting is just ok, I have no feeling ( sorry about that)
PSH can act and she know what she is doing but I dont like where her character is heading,- like she keeps following him and has no pride. It keeps repeating and I am getting frustrated. Her character is not stand-out... .I want more PSH, more emphasis on PSH charater , the Director and the new guy please.
Yong acting is improved but he's not same the level with PSH and others yet... Melodrama is not easy as Comedy ones. It's sad that watching this, make me wish that Lee Wan was the lead instead... Their acting in Heaven Tree was awesome... Yong can sing though, just.... he has a long way to go in acting
Am I picky for being disappointed?

We need a really strong heroine who doesn't chase around a guy. SHe was great from the beginning why turn her into another Oh Hani...pitiful really. Please include Ki Young in the triangel square reactagle whatever just drop the focue on the dopey ballerina...always so needy. Writers please don't turn our girl into a desperate looking for love girl....she is stronger than what was portrayed these last 3 episodes. FOCUS ON THE YOUNGSTER NOW 4 or 5 whateve leave the ballerina alone in the dark where she love to wallow in her pain

I think this drAma is awesome because the storyline is not going how I expected it to be which is awesome! I like the fact that the main roles are pretty straightforward in expressing their feelings and I like the fact that shin is experiencing his love/crush just as kyu won has a crush on him... I only HOPE that they make her character stronger soon and not be like the girl from mischievous kiss because I would totally DIE!
they have the right cast and a good script it just needs some good DRAMA then I think well be good :)..... well that's what I think lol

The past few eps have been kinda boring to me. Im tired of seeing Shin have his huge puppy love crush on the ballet teacher. I don't see any focus on the main leads at all so far. I hope to see more of Shin and Kyu-Won if they are really the "main leads"...if not then change the scripts for Ki-Young and Kyu-Won to start having some scenes!..im actually pretty curious what role and part Ki-young brings into the drama.

As long it's getting better than badder everything is ok for me but can they please let Shin be a man? In episode 5 that ballerina told him to back off or something like than, I thought yeah she is out of the picture but no in ep 6 he hugs her! WTF is this about the ballerina or about Shin and Kyu-won?? I think the past episodes were fixed on how sad it is that he loves his teacher or what ever >..<

It's so weird to me that they realize AFTER the drama starts airing, that they don't have enough good material.

Is this the norm?? To write each episode as it goes along?? I thought writing-during-airing was only for superficial tweaks, and major changes, if any, would only be penned in for the finale.

First: (+) first time I've seen a pic of director pyo min-soo. he has nice teeth - better than most actors and actresses. i'm sure smiling gives him a lot of confidence.

Second: (-) yes, from episode 5 Kyu Won is no longer the "feisty" girl from episodes 1 to 4 that I like so much. the change is not spontaneous from ep 4 to 5. (I don't like girls crying over a guy. Guys must never have the benefit of being cried over by a girl - we will do the crying for our children but not over a guy...so I don't like that. its the "feisty" me who wants a "feisty" kyu won in episodes 1 to 4.)

Third: (-) yes, too much screen time for the ballet dancer.

Fourthl: (-) too early for seok hyun and the ballet dancer to say: "oh I still love you!.."

Fifth: (-) too early too for Kyu Won to fall in love with Lee Shin. (again this me - girls must never fall in love with a guy at a snap of finger. let them do the "courting". let them suffer too...since its in courtship that we have the upper hand..sorry!)

Six: (-) I hope that they'll not emphasize too much on the failed relationship of lee shin's mother and kyu won's dad. they had their time. It might be relevant in the story, but must never be the center of this drama. in short, it must be treated as "lipstick".

seven: (+) I love this drama - its really refreshing and for "general patronage".

eight: (+) I love the songs...

nine: (+) i love the portrayal of youth's emotions. simple yet convincing. i can identify with them.

ten: (+) its very popular overseas. part 1 of the ost was presold at 50,000 + and the drama is pre-sold to 8 countries even prior to its first episode.

eleven: (+ ) I will continue to watch until its last episode, because I love the songs and i'm dying to see Park Shin Hye dance (she's such an EXCELLENT DANCER!).

Like some others, I really like the ambiance of this drama right now but I dislike scenes of the energy sucky dancer lady, less scenes of her please. And I want shin to go after kyuwon first, why is it that the cheerful good girl always has to fall for the bad boy first?

switching directors and/or scriptwriters in the middle of a drama? this seems to be the "sickness" of korean dramas. what does this mean? don't they have any project planning? its like band aid measures?. they had been in this business for too long - if korean viewership rating is the benchmark of a drama; then they must do a comprehensive market research and develop dramas around the findings of the research. they must learn from advertisers ..... (sad!).

i can't help but to compare "hayate, the combat butler" which is telecast in taiwan and where the lead actress is also Park Shin Hye. Hayate was planned during the 2nd quarter of 2010 with production team and the manga writer. they planned for everything, including the hairstyle of park shin hye etc. the shooting started in October 2010 and completed in February 2011 - almost 5 months of continuous shooting (shin hye stayed in taiwan during those months, even spending Christmas and New Year there). the drama's first episode was shown only on 29th June 2011. regardless of ratings, the drama is completed - no chance for viewership ratings to influence the plot of the drama.

my opinion only.

It's really sad that he's been seen as a low ratings director. I have loved every drama he has done.

If they're struggling with scriptwriting, and are ready to change the plot in the middle of the drama - why not open a blogsite for international scriptwriters? one episode written by one etc...of course there must be rules that the drama must be spontaneous.

i understand that a ready script which is good for 16 episodes might be difficult - especially if one's talent is limited. But the world is full of talented scripwriters needing a break. but, of course they have to pay these talented writers who are located beyond their shores.

I don't agree with people on how kyu-won is becoming weak and is no longer "feisty". The reason she's not as spunky as before is because she's starting to fall in love.. and hard for a guy who doesn't like her back. She still has her spunk but of course she's gonna be sad and cry when she sees the guy she's falling for with another woman. Especially the fact that she's never been in love before so her emotions will come out stronger.
This is a youth drama and it can't be a youth drama without some first love angst, which is going on now with the lead characters. Shin has the right to be all angsty because the woman he likes/love rejected him, and he seems like a guy that doesn't let people get too close to his heart and he let the ballerina really close to his heart so of course he's gonna feel pain from her rejection. And now that he lost his dad... he's even more sad/angsty.
I just hope there's not too much of a change because I like how the drama is developing. I hope to see more KW/KY interactions. I feel like they can help each other out.. and maybe get Shin to finally notice KW because hey... what's a better why to get someone's attention than with jealousy?

Como uma fã, tanto do kdrama quanto dos atores vou continuar apoia-los *___*

I hope it just doesn't dissrupt anything and it ends up being a mess :(

First of all Playfull Kiss is about love sick do anything to get her man, girl. So comparing them makes no sense. That girl was supposed to be pitifull and that was the whole point of the story!

Kyu won is a totally different character and she's not chasing without encouragement. Lee Shin has a very unique relationship with this girl. And he does like her but I don't think he knows he likes her but pays her way too much attention if all he felt was indifference.

The problem is that they are dragging out the older couple too long and making them central to the story. By episode 4, 5 and 6 the ballerina and the director should have moved to the background and Lee Shin and Kyo won should be front and center. Still having problems and conflicts but moving forward as a "couple".

The pieces of the puzzle are all there and its actually a very unpredictable story but its time for the main attractions to pull out all the stops and take over the drama.

THIS DRAMA SUCK

Actually I like this drama because of the actors and the soundtracks. Yea, I feel so sad about the story. Because they pull the story to Shin - Yoon Soo. I hope they give more refreshing story between Shin-Kyu Won, about their feeling each other.
I don't want the story goes like Marry Me Marry. Getting missorientation in story line. I still want watch this drama. Please... please.. give us more thrilling and palpitation feeling inside the drama :)

I just wonder,,who is actually the main actress in heartstrings???????????
PARK SHIN HYE or "the dance professor????
Why they make so many scenes for that professor??
It is very veryyyy boring..
Please cut off her from episode 7..
I watch this drama just because of PARK SHIN HYE..
I want to shinhye scenes more,,,and please give her a better dress..She is very beautiful,,but why dressed her like that??

i stopped watching this after ep2... as much as i love PSY, i cant stand the face of that teacher ballerina...
i dont know... but her nose is distracting... i think its sideways or twisted... lol

i'll go back watching if there's no more teacher & Shin shitty love affair! grrrrrrrr

You know, I kind of agree with you Javabeans. I like this light, breezy feel. While I'm not completely addicted, it feels like there is more to come.

And I'm going to sound like a total otaku, but if anyone has seen the anime "Honey and Clover", this kind of reminds me of it. Not the same plot, but the same feel. H&C was not very fast paced, but still had feeling.

I completely agree with the 'unfocused plot' part. Honestly, I understand why it has such low ratings because it's not very interesting--sorry, but it is. Sure, the main cast have something there but they're dragging it out.

Maybe the change in writer is a GREAT thing! I say go for it!

I like this drama but the script should give more spotlight to the two main characters..

I hope Kyu Won will give up Shin and fall in love to another guy and leave SHIN and that's when Shin will start and realize he loves Kyu Won but it's too late but still he will try his best to get her heart back!

And I sure hope that the next episode will have good ratings. I really love Park Shin Hye. And will Suk Hyun even like Kyu Won? I hope Suk Hyun stop liking that ballerina and goes to Kyu Won and he will comfort her and faLL for her ok??? pls!