Korean Remake Of Norweigian Drama ‘Skam’ Coming Soon!

Korea LGBTQ

2024-03-30
10:55

We have some good news and this is very much not a scam! Skam Korea is coming to us!

On March 25, Monday, STUDIOX+U, the production company who also brought us the drama ‘Night Has Come’ and ‘High Cookie’, announced through a YouTube video on their channel that a Korean version of the hit Norwegian teen drama is on the way this year.

The drama has been rebranded and has the working title ‘Fragile’ and is said to be a “coming of age drama about high school kids dealing with fragile and taboo subjects.”

The Norweigan word “SKAM” translates to mean “shame” and the official synopsis of the drama follows, “The story of young teenagers and pupils on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person’s point of view.”

The OG series has been lauded for its queer representation as well as its sensitive and accurate approach to various issues such as bullying, mental health, relationship issues, sexual harassment, homophobia, Islamophobia, and academic pressure.

Following the success of the series, ‘Skam’ has been remade by seven countries thus far, including Italy, Belgium, the US, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Germany, and France.

There is no information on the cast or if the Korean remake will be including queer characters and storylines as of this writing so be sure to follow their official YouTube account here and stay tuned to BLTai for more updates on this series.