The “Legend of the Blue Sea” released 7th original soundtrack of the drama featuring Ken, the main vocalist of boy group VIXX. Ken sings the song “You Fool” written by songwriter Honey Pot.
Song “You Fool” was first aired as an instrumental background in the “Legend of the Blue Sea” Episode 9 according to Seoul Daily News. The song was played in the scene Joon-Jae realized that he really needs Sim Chung the mermaid, so he chase her. The episode was broadcasted on Dec. 14.
Later on, the voice of Ken singing the song was played in the next episodes. The song “You Fool” was the seventh OST song for the drama. This week, the production team and JellyFish Entertainment is scheduled to release the single on Dec. 22 as reported by Kookje News.
Entering the 6th week of its 10 weeks schedule “Legend of the Blue Sea” stays strong in the ratings. None of its competitor, neither the MBC “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo” nor KBS “My Fair Lady (Oh My Geumbi)” was able to get close to its rating. They only score 4 to 6 percent in both AGB Nielsen and TnMS, while “Legend of the Blue Sea” casually take above 15 percent ratings and ranked Top 3 in the Wednesday and Thursday TV program.
As for now,“Legend of the Blue Sea” has received three nominations for this year’s SBS Drama Awards. Main characters of the drama Jun Ji-Hyun and Lee Min-Ho are nominated as Best Couple and Hallyu Star Award. While Jun herself is nominated for the Grand Prize (Daesang) Award in the annual SBS Drama Award presentation which to be held Dec. 31.
In this week’s episode, the song “You Fool” explain the exact feeling that Joon-Jae have toward Sim-Chung and his ego. He understands that he is in this world to continue the legacy of Dam-Ryung to protect the mermaid in the present time. Meanwhile, Sim-Chung has felt the feeling which was the merman told her about abandoned love.
Watch the preview of “Legend of the Blue Sea” Episode 12 below: