Drama to Dilemma: How K-Drama Shapes Love Fantasies
Times of Bennett | Updated: Sep 12, 2025 16:46
Correspondent: Navya Arora
We all know love doesn’t happen when you accidentally trip on the street and land in the arms of a dynasty heir with six-pack abs and an empire to run, but that doesn’t stop us from secretly wishing life worked like a
One moment you’re running late and the next , a stranger with perfect hair catches you right before your trip and somehow that makes the beginning of forever.
On screen love is slow motion, dramatic confessions and rain-soaked dances that feel bigger than life itself
Off screen it’s far less cinematic .We’re stuck with dry texts that read nothing more than wyd’ and dropping
Our generation is stuck with half-hearted situations ships and people who vanish faster than popcorn at a movie premiere.
K drama gives us a dating manual no dating app can. Loyalty without ghosting, patience without boredom and partners who actually fight for us instead of leaving us on ‘seen’.
They promise that even in chaos there’s someone who’ll run around a crowded street just to hold your hand.
Real life, unfortunately, is less about destiny and more about negotiating schedules, long-distance wifi issues, and figuring out whether “let’s see where this goes” means anything at all.
But here’s the thing -we don’t watch K drama’s because we’re delusional we watch them because they remind us of how we want our love to feel.
Not the logistics, but the butterflies. Not the unread messages, but the grand gestures. They’re not just guides; they’re guilty pleasures, tiny doses of hope , melodrama and background music.
And maybe that’s why we can’t stop hitting “next episode” because no matter how messy reality gets a part of us still believes that the most ordinary day could turn into a K -drama plot twist .
At the end of the day reality comes with background music, but that doesn’t mean we should settle for half hearted scenes. After all even love in real life deserves better writing.
The writer is a media student, storyteller and a pop culture buff. Through her column Society In Stereo, she aims to explore the things we usually consume just for entertainment, uncovering deeper perspectives and hidden meaning.
