Even though he hasn't had a sizeable kdrama role the 2009 hit "You're Beautiful,' Lee Hongki has been busy. He has been hard at work producing music and touring with his band F.T. Island, which recently released their fifth mini album, "The Mood."

And he has appeared in jdramas. He made his Japanese fans happy by taking roles in the 2011 Japanese drama "Muscle Girl" and the 2011 Korean-Japanese drama "Noriko Goes to Seoul." After a run of variety show appearances, this year he starred in one of the most popular "We Got Married" runs, the "We Got Married: Global Edition" with Japanese actress Fujii Mina.

He also appeared in a film this year, titled "Passionate Goodbye." The film's storyline concerned a music star whose priorities change after he has to volunteer in a hospice.

But there's good news for those who missed seeing him on the small screen. He is ready to star in a 16-episode fantasy melodrama titled "Hundred Year Bride."

Although it's hard to imagine the adorable Jeremy of "You're Beautiful" playing an arrogant self-indulgent chaebol, that will be his role in the cable drama "Hundred Year Bride." His co-star and love interest will be Yang Jin Sung, who played Ji Sung's short-lived first girlfriend in the melodrama "Secrets."

The fantasy element in "Hundred Year Bride" concerns a magic bracelet that makes the person wearing it more attractive. The drama will present some interesting questions about beauty, chiefly the relation between the way a person feels about herself and the way she looks. Are you as pretty as you feel? Do looks matter more than how a person acts? If you had a chance to be beautiful, would you do whatever it took to acquire that power? As in all such dramas, the girl will tame the heart of the terrible chaebol and help him present his better side.

Lee Hong Ki recently suffered injuries as a result of falling on the ice. Shortly after dining with the cast of "Hundred Year Bride," he slipped. The singer and actor dislocated and fractured his shoulder, effectively canceling all his activities for six weeks. While his injuries were serious enough to postpone his Dec. 28 and 29 F.T. Island concerts in Japan, they will only delay the drama's filming by about a week.

So, the drama is still on track to air in February 2014.