Spring of Youth- Episodes 5-6

Breakups, Betrayals, and a Stolen Song That Broke Us

This episode? Heavy. Beautiful. Chaotic. We’re emotionally wrecked.

We open with a flashback that hits like a punch to the gut—young Bom wins a music competition and calls her mom, excited and full of hope. She wants to go to winter school with a rich classmate. Her mom says yes... and then tragedy strikes. The fatal car accident. It’s even more brutal knowing what’s coming.

Back in the present, Bom wakes up in the hospital and asks for Sa Gye. Tae-yang lies, saying Sa Gye was out drinking with a friend. The truth? Sa Gye crashed at his old manager’s house and is spiraling—hard.

Ja-young tells Bom that Sa Gye’s been asking questions about her mom. Meanwhile, he tries to learn the identity of his eye donor but hits a dead end at the hospital. Still, flashes of memory haunt him. Eventually, he visits the site of the crash and realizes it—Cho Sang-heon killed Bom’s mother. And someone else saw him there: Min-cheol.

Ji-na’s storyline heats up too. After brushing off Bom’s polite refusal to write more songs for her, she quietly steals the melody anyway, slipping it into a new track called “See You Later.” The Crown starts rehearsing it, and Sang-heon is thrilled. Ji-na has no idea what she’s just ignited.

Then, a witness to the crash supposedly comes forward. Bom and Ja-young are called to the police station. Sa Gye shows up too but leaves when he sees Bom inside. The report is dismissed as fake—the “witness” claimed to be fourteen. Suspicious? Very.

Meanwhile, Min-cheol shifts gears and offers Tae-yang the spot in The Crown. Turns out, Tae-yang was the original pick before Sa Gye got in. He dropped out for med school. That stings—and now, the old resentment bubbles up.

On Ja-young’s orders, Gyu-ri takes Bom out for food and shopping. Sa Gye follows at a distance, looking torn. He’s falling apart, unsure what to do, while Ji-na’s new track—Bom’s melody—starts taking off.

Later, Tae-yang tells Bom he’s meeting Sa Gye and asks her to come. When she shows up, Sa Gye fakes being fine, shrugs her off, and says he’s quitting the band and moving out. It’s cold. Bom’s heart breaks. So does Tae-yang’s—he punches Sa Gye and storms off.

Jin-gu tries to step in as Sa Gye’s replacement, but the band practice is cancelled. The writing’s on the wall: the band is falling apart.

That night, Tae-yang tries to lift Bom’s spirits with drinks and laughter. And then he drops the big one: he likes her. But she gently shuts him down—her heart’s with someone else.

Meanwhile, Sa Gye spirals further. He grabs a mic stand and smashes Sang-heon’s car in a full-blown meltdown. Sang-heon, smug as ever, dares him to find proof. Then comes the twist—Sa Gye’s old manager points out that mic stand is the same one that caused Sa Gye’s eye injury… and that Sang-heon didn’t drive an SUV.

What even is the truth anymore?

As the dust settles, Min-cheol calls Bom. He wants her to cut ties with Tae-yang so his “big opportunity” can move forward. She finds Tae-yang’s hangover gift—a new phone and medicine—but sends it back, along with his feelings.

Bom heads to their old band room and remembers the laughter, the music, the chaos they shared. But it’s over. She tells the group their band is finished. They don’t have a future.

She buys a new phone… and doesn’t transfer any of the band photos. It's like watching her slowly erase what they had. Min-cheol thanks her for letting Tae-yang go. But at home, she finally breaks down.

And just when you think your heart can’t take more, Bom hears The Crown’s new track playing at work. It’s her melody. Her song. The one she poured her soul into. Being used by the people who tore her life apart.

That’s how Spring of Youth Episode 5 ends—and honestly, we’re gutted.

Stolen Songs, Broken Trust, and the Big Reveal We Didn't See Coming

Let’s get one thing straight: Episode 6 of Spring of Youth is pure fire. The emotions? Raw. The betrayals? Brutal. The twists? Enough to keep you spinning.

We start off with Tae-yang heading home. His dad, Seo Min-cheol, dangles the ultimate bait—Tae-yang’s original spot in The Crown. And this time, Tae-yang takes it. He’s furious with Sa Gye, feeling betrayed and bitter, and now he’s stepping into the idol life he once walked away from. Cue the release of “See You Later,” The Crown’s brand-new track.

But it’s not just any track. Bom hears it while working and instantly recognizes her stolen melody. Sa Gye hears it too. They both rush to J&J’s office, but Bom shuts him down—this one, she’s handling on her own.

Bom storms in and confronts Ji-na, who plays innocent with an expertly faked songwriting notebook. Then she crosses the line—dragging Bom into legal trouble and calling the police. Ji-na’s not just shady, she’s dangerous.

Sang-heon overhears everything and isn’t thrilled. He knows Ji-na’s lies are now spiraling out of control, and Bom and Sa Gye aren’t going away quietly.

Sa Gye gets Bom out of the police station and convinces her not to give up. They’re up against a powerful company, but Sa Gye believes the truth is on their side. He tries exposing J&J online—no surprise, the post vanishes within seconds. This fight isn’t going to be easy.

Bom sees a lawyer. No help. Sa Gye tries a reporter—same story. J&J’s already issued legal threats to the media. Ji-na even tries to gaslight Sa Gye into believing she wrote the song. He doesn’t buy a word of it.

Then chaos hits the Bom household again: Sa Gye moves back in. Everyone’s reactions? Absolutely priceless. But things only get messier from there.

Ji-na plays her final card—threatening Bom with the footage of Sa Gye attacking Sang-heon’s car. Bom, to her credit, doesn’t flinch. If Sa Gye did that, he had a reason.

But the real gut-punch? Bom tells Sa Gye she’s done. She doesn’t want to sue. She doesn’t want to see him. She accuses him of walking away from their song first. Then she texts Ji-na… and accepts her deal.

Elsewhere, The Crown and J&J are celebrating. Sang-heon announces a new member is joining the group. Seung-su, still loyal to Sa Gye, finds out Sang-heon handed his friend’s SUV to Kang Seok-hee—the SUV from the accident. He tries to send a message, but Sang-heon catches him before he can.

Meanwhile, Bom visits her mother’s grave, heartbroken over losing her song. She notices a bouquet of blue flowers, not knowing Sa Gye left them there.

Back at home, Sa Gye tries to piece the band back together. Bom isn’t having it. She’s furious, confused, hurt. He records a new version of the song and plays it for her. It’s raw. It’s real. He tells her: let’s release our own version and prove it’s different.

While this is happening, Min-cheol makes another cold decision—postponing surgery for an elderly woman to treat a politician instead. Just a reminder of how much power these men hold and how casually they use it.

Back on the rooftop, the band reunites. Gyu-ri asks about Tae-yang, but Bom says they’ll start without him. Tae-yang shows up just in time to overhear and assumes the worst—that Bom never meant to disband the group at all. He walks away, and Bom lets him.

With Tae-yang gone, the rest of the band moves fast. They film the music video and plan to drop it at midnight. Bom suggests hiding their identities in the video and doing a big reveal later—with Sa Gye as the surprise.

As the clock ticks down, they gather around to watch the official reveal of The Crown’s new member.

And there he is.

Tae-yang.

End of episode.

No one saw it coming—and now everything’s changed.

DramaZen's Opinion

Episodes 5 and 6 of Spring of Youth were a full-on emotional rollercoaster—and we are still recovering. The angst? Intense. The betrayal? Brutal. The performances? Top-tier.

First, let’s talk about the song theft. Watching Ji-na steal Bom’s melody and pretend she wrote it had us screaming at our screens. And then having the audacity to drag Bom to the police? Unforgivable.

Meanwhile, Sa Gye’s meltdown, the mic-stand car smashing, the rooftop flower moment—he’s giving us peak tragic heartthrob energy. We’re rooting for him even when he’s a mess.

And then there's Tae-yang. Our sweet, conflicted boy took the idol spot and walked straight into his own heartbreak. His confession to Bom, her quiet rejection, and then that cliffhanger reveal? Absolutely devastating.

Bom is carrying the emotional weight of the whole show—fighting for her song, her mother’s memory, and trying to hold herself together. And when she finally decides to fight back? Chills.

Episodes 5 and 6 gave us tension, passion, betrayal, and a rooftop reunion that had us almost believing everything would be okay. Until it wasn’t.

This show just keeps hitting harder, and we love it. Bring on Episode 7!