This song mirrors her own feelings of inadequacy after her scandal. The lyrics, "That woman’s heart is a foolish heart... she does nothing but cry," resonated because the public knew Baek Ji Young had cried for years. The song won the Melon Music Award for Best OST and remains her most streamed song. It solidified the "Baek Ji Young = Tragedy Queen" formula. 2. The Impossible Love: Love and Pain (The King 2 Hearts, 2012) Following Secret Garden , The King 2 Hearts gave us "Love and Pain," a duet with Im Jae-beom. This was a shift into political romance.
By 2012, Baek Ji Young was dating Jung Suk-won. Unlike the desperate loneliness of "That Woman," "Love and Pain" is about fighting for love. The soaring vocals and the lyric "I’ll endure any pain if you are by my side" became her personal anthem. She has stated in interviews that this song represented her vow to never give up on happiness again. 3. The Bittersweet Goodbye: Don’t Forget (Iris 2, 2013) Just before her wedding, Baek Ji Young released "Don’t Forget" for the spy thriller Iris 2 .
She is the ultimate proof that the most compelling romance isn't the one written by a screenwriter—it's the one survived by a human being. And Baek Ji Young has survived it all, turning every heartbreak into a hit song.
Unlike the dramatic death scenes in her OSTs, her real marriage is about arguments over dishes, her husband’s jealousy over her male co-stars, and her fierce love for their daughter, Ha-eun.
