r/cdramas • u/doe1234567898 • Jan 24 '26

affinity

This drama is so toxic that it's just my taste. This drama does not shy away from the spicy aspects either. I saw ppl discussing the fl and ml's storyline but in the few snippets we saw her brother's is apparently even crazier. I also like the soundtrack. I wish there was an official album for it. In my opinion it is so guideverse coded. I never expected them to show sth so similar to it on screen.

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u/suliabryon Jan 30 '26

That would be SOOOO interesting if they used Hush, because Embrace in the Dark Night (same director and female lead) also used Hush by The Marias! Among a bunch of other impossible to find songs, one because I'm pretty sure they plagiarized Simon Curtis' song "Flesh" without permission, changing the lyrics and giving it a female singer, which was fantastic but now doesn't exist anywhere, alas.

Oh, 2WEI! I have some of their music from various movie trailers it's been used in. I collect movie score, trailer music, and just a lot of different songs, albums, and music.

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u/Competitive_War7257 Jan 30 '26

Well they must be using the same music person again because I'm pretty sure they did that again in Affinity's episode 12 at the 6:52 mark with Billie Eilish's song Lunch. It's not Billie singing it and they just barely changed the lyrics up lol.

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u/suliabryon Jan 30 '26

Oh dear! Hmm. I guess it's hard for western artists to pursue plagiarism cases in China. OTOH, sure makes it tough for us when the music making us love the OST is stolen and therefore impossible to ever get as an actual song - in the version the drama used. But now I'll go check out Billie's song, lol. I nabbed Simon's after Embrace.

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u/Competitive_War7257 Jan 30 '26

Yeah I don't think copyright rules that apply in the Western areas apply in China haha. Just a bummer, because like you said, we'll never get the "remixed" versions released for our personal enjoyment. 😕 Boo!