Dream High 2 () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kang So-ra, Jay B, Jeong Jin-woon, Park Ji-yeon, Hyolyn, and Park Seo-joon. It aired on KBS2 from January 30 to March 20, 2012, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) time slot for 16 episodes.
Original soundtracks from the show met with commercial and critical success and won th "Best Music" award at the first DramaFever Awards. "We Are The B" and "Superstar" also received nominations at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards.
Synopsis
Like its predecessor Dream High, it follows a group of students at the Kirin High School of Art stars who pursue their dream of becoming K-pop stars. However, it has a slight difference in terms of plot with new set of student casts.
After going into financial bankruptcy, Kirin High School is taken over by Oz Entertainment. The company then transfers its own young trainees to circumvent a law requiring underage entertainers to study for a set amount of time. Then, competition brews between the troubled students at Kirin High and the newly transferred Oz Entertainment trainees.
Although Shin Hae-sung (Kang So-ra) enters Kirin High School with a high exam score, she has no talent in singing. She meets and befriends fellow students, Jin Yoo-jin (Jung Jin-woon) and JB. Yoo-jin, who originally got into the entertainment industry as a child actor, is now troubled by his dreams of becoming a rock star as he tries to cope with the pain of his parents' divorce. JB, a member of a famous group I:dn (Eden), develops feelings for Hae-sung and dates her later on.
Ri-an (Jiyeon), a member of a famous girl group called HershE, chases after JB, who was once her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin, who also likes Hae-sung, tries to separate the couple with Ri-an. Later on, Ri-an and Yoo-jin give up and remain close friends.
Hae-sung leaves for the US and 8 years after the graduation it is revealed that now she is a famous composer and director, JB, due to his leg injury, gives up on his dream of being a dancer and ends up as a music producer, Ri-an becomes a Hallyu idol, and Yoo-jin becomes a rock music teacher at Kirin High School by day and a rocker by night.
All of them have a reunion performance on stage for Kirin High School's 17 years anniversary.
Cast
Main
Kang So-ra as Shin Hae-sung
Park Ji-yeon as Ri-an / Lee Ji-kyung
Jay B as JB / Jang Woo-jae
Jeong Jin-woon as Jin Yoo-jin
Hyolyn as Na-na / Kim Jae-hee
Park Seo-joon as Lee Si-woo
Supporting
Students in Kirin High School
Park Jin-young as Jung Ui-bong
Yoo So-young as Park Soon-dong
Kim Jisoo as Park Hong-joo
Jung Yeon-joo as Lee Seul
Ailee as Ailee
Teachers in Kirin High School
Park Jin-young as Yang Jin-man (English teacher) Kwon Hae-hyo as Joo Jung-wan (principal) Kim Jung-tae as Lee Kang-chul (president) Choi Yeo-jin as Ahn Tae-yeon (vocal teacher) Kahi as Hyun Ji-soo (dance teacher)
Others
Yoon Hee-seok as Shin Jae-in
Hwang Mi-sun as Ri-an's mother
Jung Kyu-soo as Hae-sung's father
Roh Jeong-eui as Shin Hae-pung (Hae-sung's sister) Jo Jung-eun as teen Shin Hae-pung (Ep. 16)
Special appearances
Kim Soo-hyun as actor playing Song Sam-dong (Ep. 1) Lee Ji-eun as Kim Pil-sook (Ep. 1) Mark Tuan as I:dn backup dancer (Ep. 1) Young K as I:dn backup dancer (Ep. 1) Lee Chung-mi as Ga-yeong Park Sungjun as I:dn backup dancer (Ep. 1) Toxic as band performing with Yoo-jin in Hongdae (Ep. 1 & 2) Nayeon as Jung Ui-bong's dance partner (Ep. 2) Myname as OZ Entertainment idol group (Ep. 2) Boyfriend as themselves (Ep. 2) Psy as trainer coach (Ep. 5 & 6) Kim Seon-nyeo as Jin Yoo-jin's mother (Ep. 8, 12–16) Park Ye-eun as herself (Ep. 9) miss A as themselves (Ep. 15) Park Jin-young as himself (Ep. 16)
Original soundtrack
Background
"Falling" is the first part of the drama's soundtrack and was featured in the first episode of the drama. Park Jin-young was once again involved in composing, writing and interpreting the soundtrack of the drama.
The track "Falling" is slow tempo with beautiful guitar melody. It has gained a lot of popular response sweeping music charts since its release. Ranking first, second and third on real time charts. The song is available on digital music portals such as Melon, Soribada, Bugs and Mnet. The rest of the soundtrack will include more beautiful melodies reflecting character stories, struggles and dreams in the drama.