Published 18:10 IST, January 29th 2021
'True Beauty' episode 14 features a subtle BTS tribute; fans react
True Beauty episode 14 showed the love triangle between Lim Ju-gyeong, Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun. However, it was the BTS mention that became the talking point.
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The South Korean television series True Beauty premiered on December 9, 2020, and airs every Wednesday and Thursday. The latest episode, that is True Beauty episode 14 showed the love triangle between Lim Ju-gyeong, Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun. While fans are anxiously waiting for the final two episodes, there was a little surprise for BTS in the latest episode.
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True Beauty episode 14
In the episode, it was shown that Su-ho left Korea to be with his ill father. It also showed a hilarious encounter with the bullies from Yongpa High School that Ju-gyeong, Choi Soo-ah and Joo Hye-min cooled down with during a meal. When Soo-ah opened her bag, she saw that her packaged album which she purchased with Ju-gyeong had been torn and whined about it to Hye-min who owned the two copies of the same album. As a thoughtful gesture, Hye-min gave the second copy to Soo-ah. This helped them realize that they were fans of the same music duo and were also a part of the Gelatin fan club.
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While BTS was not referred in any of the dialogues, it featured briefly in the episode when their 2017 album Love Yourself was mentioned. The album consists of hits such as DNA and Mic Drop. In another scene, there is a fight scene, and the viewers get to see that the BTS album helped Hye-min by protecting her from one of the bully’s punches and left them laughing. Fans started noticing the subtle BTS mention in the episode and posted about the same on Twitter.
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More about True Beauty
True Beauty is based on the Line Webtoon of the same name by Yaongyi. True Beauty's cast includes Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo, Hwang In-yeop, and Park Yoo-Na. It is based on a high school girl who becomes very popular at school when her YouTube channel about make-up tutorial becomes a success. It is shown that the girl is often bullied for the way she looks. However, after she takes the help of make-up, people's perception of her changes. The show has received positive reviews from critics and IMDb rates True Beauty 8.3 out of 10.
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18:10 IST, January 29th 2021