Tan Jianci and Li Landi’s Filter 滤镜 as well as Zhang Linghe and Xu Ruohan’s The Best Thing 爱你 are two of the idol dramas coming in hot next week, joining the slew of Chinese contemporary romances for Feb 2025! Set your alarms for next Monday and Tuesday as Filter is all set for a February 24th premiere date. The Best Thing just scheduled its release date a day later on the 25th.
Filter (February 24, 2025 on Tencent Wetv)
With a screenplay written by Lost You Forever author Tong Hua, the sci-fi drama centres on a one-of-a -kind super tech “filter bracelet” which allows the wearer to change their appearance. With the filter bracelet in her possession, the ordinary Su Chengcheng (Li Landi) suddenly has the ability to change into different personas, from the beautiful Su Miao (portrayed by Wendy Luo Qiuyun), the female doctor Fang Jin or the handsome Quan Sheng Tang who literally could’ve walked out of a comic book with his looks. All of her alter egos make it a point to help others .
Meanwhile, Tang Qi (Tan Jianci) was impressed by Su Miao and Fang Jin’s ideals and admired the sunny and handsome Quan Sheng Tang. Little did he know that they are all the same person – Su Chengcheng. To keep her secrets, Chengcheng must lie to him time and again, breaking his heart and putting a strain on his worsening vision. Eventually, he discovers her true identity, realizing that it was Su Chengcheng herself and not her other personas that he loves all along.
The Best Thing (February 25, 2025 on iQIYI and Jiangsu TV)
Adapted from Sheng Li’s novel, modern romance The Best Thing tells the love story between a workaholic hotel housekeeping manager and a gentle Chinese medicine doctor. As a housekeeping manager in a hotel, Shen Xifan (Xu Ruohan) suffers from sleepless nights because of the high stress nature of her work. She visits Chinese medicine doctor He Suye (Zhang Linghe) in the hopes that he can help cure her insomnia. However due to her busy schedule, she oft forgets to take her medicine, causing He Suye to worry. As the pair spend more time together – turns out they both live close to each other, what used to be a doctor-patient relationship slowly turns into something more.
