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Viu’s Original Series 'K-Love' Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan

The characters in the show are a whole lot like every K-lover in us, so we can’t wait to watch!

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Janelle Roa Cabrera-Paraiso

<p>With the influx of Korean content in the country, there is no doubt that the <strong>Hallyu</strong> culture has truly swept across the Philippine archipelago. It is fast-becoming a cultural phenomenon in the daily lives of Filipinos, and has now evolved into an everyday routine for some. From fashion, beauty, amd food to pop music and dramas, self-confessed <strong>K-wave</strong> followers are enamored of all things <em>oppa</em>, <em>daebak</em>, <em>aegyo</em>, and <em>kyeopta</em>.</p><div><br/></div><div> </div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/5a65a0eb-68a5-4629-abd2-87d51bb2804a_k-love poster1.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan"/></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Luckily, the stars continue to align as another <strong>Viu</strong> original lands the Philippine screen and pays homage to Filipino K-drama fans. Titled <em><strong>K-Love</strong></em>, the latest binge-watch-worthy series chronicles the story of five friends and their love for Korean content. Top-billed by <strong>Iza Calzado as Tish</strong>, the upcoming show stars four other coveted talents: <strong>Jake Cuenca as Jay</strong>; <strong>Isabelle Daza as Shiela</strong>; <strong>Sue Ramirez as Val</strong>; and <strong>Gabby Padilla as Frances</strong>.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/d563dcf9-340f-4600-b8e3-f3ade8041367_k-love poster2.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan"/></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>In an interview with <strong>Metro.Style</strong>, <em>K-Love</em> creator and former Marvel Studios content producer <strong>Corinna Vistan</strong> shares how proud she is of the talents that they have assembled. “We have two U.S. directors, a U.S. executive producer, and a U.S. DP (director of photography),” she began, vouching for the all-star cast onboard. “Unanimously, all of them are just blown away by the talent of the Filipinos and people ask me all the time, ‘Can Filipino content be like Korean content?’ With these kinds of actors that we have—a hundred percent—we can get there.”</p><div><br/></div><p>When the actors were asked about their first impressions on the project when it was initially offered to them, they can’t help but sweet-talk the Viu-wers—unconsciously, of course—into watching something that they themselves have fallen in love with at first pitch. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Check out the gallery below for their answers:</strong></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/83aa179f-fe12-4f56-89ab-1f998fc250d9_k-love landscape.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/b91cf67f-9887-4901-a9f2-4720ffa88b25_iza calzado.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/3dc669d6-430c-45ff-8f8e-eaaf8e0b508f_jake cuenca.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/884c9d56-720b-4a35-a84f-2610b9475904_isabelle daza.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/afb406b4-4e09-4587-9e51-02e4dccc7c18_sue ramirez.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/21354d6a-8455-4820-ae91-f7942fda1003_gabby padilla.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8e201b48-58aa-4950-8a6c-60a9ee7283e5_the women of k-love.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/3f437434-c898-43d4-a96a-ebb73414312f_k-love bts - iza calzado.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/16593479-2d72-412b-baf9-7284c4c4053d_k-love bts - jake cuenca.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/f3474b1c-859e-4a36-a81b-4aac721c6e30_k-love bts - isabelle daza.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c90a07a2-fb2b-4808-8f6e-0a1e745c3018_k-love bts - sue ramirez and gabby padilla.jpg" alt="Viu’s Original Series K-Love Mirrors The Life Of Every K-Drama Fan" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Iza Calzado as Tish - Iza Calzado, who takes on the role of the career-oriented Tish, tells us: “You always base it naman sa text. Script is key. Hindi ka o-oo nang hindi mo binabasa ang materyal, ‘di ba? So I said, ‘Please send the pilot.,’” she recollects, stating that it was the script that became her bait. “When they did [send the script], I was like, ‘Oh, I like this! I actually really like this.’ Swabe—the dialogue—there’s kilig. It’s well-written.” She also adds: “You have to see yourself [playing the role] as an actor. I knew I could play the role and I was very grateful for the trust that they gave me.” Iza admitted that she has developed fondness for the cast and crew along the way, too. “When I’d heard who the final people were in the cast, the more I became comfortable and excited working on the project.”<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Jake Cuenca as Jay - Jake Cuenca, on the other hand, claims that it was automatically a green light for him at the time. “It was easy to decide right away,” he chuckles, saying that he didn’t have much time to think of it. The seasoned actor, whose role is Jay—an entrepreneur—recalls: “When I saw the pieces and I saw the opportunity, just trust. I just trusted them. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I was going through a lot of things while I was doing this, but these girls—everyone—they really, really wheeled me to the finish line with this one. They really took care of me and it was worth my time.”<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Isabelle Daza as Shiela - Isabelle Daza, who portrays the mom-turned-influencer Shiela, reveals that it was Corinna who convinced her into doing the project. “She was really passionate about it and I feel like when you work in something like this, it’s also physically demanding. But when you’re passionate about it, it’s really something that’s a bit contagious.” The actress, who just had a break from showbiz when she had her second son, was thrilled to resume her career as well. “The script came in. As I was reading it, you would smile because it was very witty and short and something that’s really modern and relatable. It wasn’t like an exaggerated drama. I had never played anything like that, so that was really what convinced me,” she says.<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Sue Ramirez as Val - Sue Ramirez, who plays the character of Val—the least K-lover among the five—replies: “I’m aware how big the K-drama craze is here in our country and it would be a big, big honor to be playing a person who’s mirroring the person who’s watching.” She also mentioned that apart from the cast, she is deeply drawn to the narrative itself. “It’s the concept. The script, of course, followed.”<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Gabby Padilla as Frances - Since Gabby Padilla has also worked with Viu in the past, she is confident that K-Love will also perform on the small screen. This time, she is personifying Val’s roommate, Frances. In her statement, she looked back to the time when she was in the car with Corinna. “It was also Ms. Corinna who sold it to me,” she starts off. “Hindi pa nila natatapos ‘yung pitch nila and I was like, ‘yes!’ I couldn’t fathom how big of a project this was. I didn’t want to jinx it, I didn’t want to talk about it with anyone ‘cause I was scared that if I mentioned it—if I said it out loud—I would jinx it. That was how unimaginable it was to me,” Gabby muses, touching on how inspired she was to work with artists that she has just been watching growing up.<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Women of &#x27;K-Love&#x27;: Shiela (Isabelle); Tish (Iza); Val (Sue); Frances (Gabby)<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Behind-the-Scenes: Iza Calzado<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Behind-the-Scenes: Jake Cuenca<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Behind-the-Scenes: Isabelle Daza and Iza Calzado<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Behind-the-Scenes: Gabby Padilla and Sue Ramirez<cite>@viuphilippines</cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><br/></div><div class="youtube-iframe"><iframe width="593px" height="280px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JloUsd_VcFw" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>Streaming today, October 14, <em>K-Love</em> comes with brand new episodes every Friday exclusively on Viu and simulcast in 16 markets across Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa. Directed by seven-time Emmy-award winner Bobby Yan, <em>K-Love</em> is a comedy series that zeroes in on K-drama lovers and Filipino televiewers alike. Hurry and navigate the world of this much-awaited K-<em>barkada</em>!</p><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p>Lead photos from <strong>Viu Philippines</strong><br/></p>