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Relatively new to Kdramas - music often problematic

I'm relatively new to Kdramas, watching on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and now Rakuten Viki. My playlist usually tracks the actors - almost anything with Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Mi-kyung, Lee Bong-ryun, Lee Jae-wook, Lee Jong-suk, Park Eun-bin, Park Shin-hye, Rowoon, So Ji-sub - and a whole host of "character" actors who make a program worthwhile even if the story is weak and predictable. The 16-part series, however, is problematic as the streaming services were constructed for binge watching, and it's hard to binge watch something that 16 hours long, or worse 20 (although I did make it through a couple of Chinese series that were even longer - but at a more sedate pace): it's so disruptive to sleep and work-life balance. The Kdrama story arc is built to be seductive - to get the viewer back for the next installment when it originally airs biweekly, but that is what makes it harder to stop if one is binge watching. I love finding bits and pieces in various dramas where writers sympathize with viewer and production frustrations with product placement (I finally caved and tried Kopiko when I saw it for sale) and the cliffhangers inserted to prolong the series (one character chastises her mother's expectations: No, they aren't going to kiss yet - this is the end of an episode and they want to you come back and watch next week!), the obsession with "first love" (in one of Gong Hyo-jin's movies). The extended series have not always handled music well - they tend to stick to the same couple of songs - theme songs for the protagonists, for example - which get played over and over ad nauseum! I have come, however, to love and recognize some KPop hits and rap - 내가 제일 잘 나가 especially from Kim Mi-kyung's dance in "Healer" and Song Ji Eun's 눈부신 날 - through the programs, in addition to the more immediate recognition of global pop and rock hits.
Apologies for the wandering preamble! I just had to stop watching to proclaim my love for the use of a classic!
FIVE STARS for the techno Carmen in episode 13 of While You Were Sleeping as Ko Sung-hee and Lee Bong-ryun's characters embody femme fatales for a television report on the day in the life of prosecutors!!!!

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