It was probably the first time in Thai entertainment history that two boys with homosexual inclinations were featured in the lead. Narratives revolving around two boys in a romantic relationship were pretty much secondary subplots before the 2014 series Love Sick, which was a significant turning point for the subgenre. The presence of Boys Love series, a unique drama genre that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters, has increased significantly in recent years.
2gether: The Series became the global phenomenon no one expected. The series was so popular that its lead actors, fresh-faced Vachirawit “Bright” Cheva-aree and Metawin “Win” Opas-iamkajorn, garnered more than a million Instagram followers from all over the world in just a few weeks. Throughout the 13 weeks of its airing, the #2gethertheSeries hashtag topped global trends on Twitter-the most favored social media of Boys Love fans-and triggered millions of virtual conversations about the series in various languages, from Thai to Chinese to English. But for millions of Boys Love (“Y” in Thai) fans around Asia, it was one night to fix their eyes on the screen to watch the latest episode of 2gether: The Series, unarguably Thailand’s most popular Boys Love drama. For many of us, Friday nights during the lockdown meant binge-watching new programs on Netflix.
