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Love Song for Illusion

Love Song for Illusion (Korean: 환상연가) is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Park Ji-hoon, Hong Ye-ji, Hwang Hee, and Ji Woo. Based on a Naver webtoon of the same name by Vanziun, it is about the romance and fierce obsession between a man with two conflicting personalities and a woman with a dark past.[1] It aired on KBS2 from January 2 to February 27, 2024, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:10 (KST).[8][9] It is also available for streaming on Wavve in South Korea, and on Viu and Viki in selected regions.[10][11][12]

Love Song for Illusion
Promotional poster
Hangul
환상연가
Literal meaningFantasy Sonata
Revised RomanizationHwansangyeonga
McCune–ReischauerHwansangyŏn'ga
Genre
Based onLove Song for Illusion
by Vanziun[3]
Developed byKBS (planning)[4]
Written byYoon Kyung-ah[2]
Directed byLee Jung-seop[2]
Starring
Music byChoi In-hee[4]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Sung Jun-hae[4]
  • Kim Young-jo[4]
  • Lee Ye-won[4]
  • Kim Deok-jin (CP)[4]
  • Jung Byung-hyun (CP)[4]
Producers
  • Kim Hyung-joon[4]
  • Lee Eun-jin[4]
  • Park Choon-ho[4]
  • Nam Goong-jung[4]
  • Kim Chul-min[4]
Cinematography
  • Kim Gwang-soo[4]
  • Lee Joo-hoon[4]
Editors
Running time70 minutes[5]
Production companies
Budget₩10.5 billion[7]
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJanuary 2 (2024-01-02) –
February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27)

Synopsis edit

Yeon Wol hides her identity and becomes an assassin to avenge her family. Her mission is to assassinate the king but fails when she falls into a trap set by an unknown person. She wakes up the next day with no memory of her past, and is appointed as the crown prince's concubine.[13]

Cast edit

Main edit

  1. Sajo Hyun: the intelligent and multi-talented crown prince who works as a fashion designer at a downtown boutique while hiding his real identity.
  2. Ak-hee: Hyun's alternate personality who is charming but is cursed to feel extreme pain whenever anyone touches him.
  • Hong Ye-ji as Yeon Wol / Consort Eun-hyo: the royal descendant of the fallen Yeon dynasty and the only daughter of Yeon Pung-hak who becomes an assassin called Gye-ra.[13]
    • Kim Soo-ha as young Yeon Wol[4]
  • Hwang Hee as Sajo Yung: Sajo Hyun's half-brother.[14][15]
  • Ji Woo as Crown Princess Geum-hwa / Jin Chae-ryun: Sajo Hyun's first wife who goes to any lengths to satisfy her desires.[6]
  • Kim Tae-woo as Sajo Seung: Sajo Hyun's father and the king of Asatae who overthrew the Yeon dynasty, and ascended to the throne through rebellion.[16]
  • Woo Hee-jin as Consort Cheong-myung: Sajo Seung's concubine and Sajo Yung's mother.[17]
  • Kang Shin-il as Jin Mu-dal: Jin Chae-ryun's father.[18]
  • Hwang Seok-jeong as Chung-ta: a mysterious shaman with various personalities.[15]

Supporting edit

People around Sajo Hyun edit

  • Woo Hyun as Eunuch Neung: Sajo Hyun's closest eunuch.[15]
  • Han Eun-seong as Ji Jeon-seo: Sajo Hyun's bodyguard.[19]

People around Yeon Wol edit

  • Kim Dong-won as Yang Jae-i: leader of the assassin group Baramkal.[15]
  • Lee Joo-an as Ha-rang: a member of Baramkal.[20]
  • Shin Gi-hwan as Hong-gun: Yeon Wol's gungnyeo.[15]
  • Oh Ji-ho as Yeon Pung-hak: Yeon Wol's father.[15]
  • Choi Yoon-young as Eun Mi-so: Yeon Wol's mother.[15]

People in the royal court edit

  • Yoo Hyung-gwan as the minister of finance[15]
  • Kim Kyung-ryong as the minister of personnel[15]
  • Lee Kwan-hoon as the minister of war[21]

Others edit

  • Jo Han-jun as Gi-chul: Sajo Yung's loyal right-hand man.[22]
  • Moon Yu-bin as Noh Ri-sa: Geum-hwa's gungnyeo.[15]

Production and release edit

The first script reading of the cast was held in mid-March 2023, and filming was scheduled to begin in May.[23]

Originally, the series was scheduled to broadcast the first two episodes consecutively on January 2, 2024, from 21:45 (KST).[24] However, its time slot was changed to 22:10 (KST), and the broadcast of the second episode was pushed back to January 8.[9][25]

Original soundtrack edit

Part 1 edit

Released on January 3, 2024
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Never Lost"Kim MinKim MinKim Ye-ji3:32
2."Never Lost" (Inst.) Kim Min 3:32
Total length:7:04

Part 2 edit

Released on January 10, 2024
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Beneath the Moonlight" (월하)SnnnySnnnySohyang4:02
2."Beneath the Moonlight" (월하; Inst.) Snnny 4:02
Total length:8:04

Part 3 edit

Released on January 17, 2024
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I Was You, You Were Me" (나는 너니까)
  • Lovely E
  • Park Ah-reum
  • Chaeipapa
  • Lovely E
Klang4:52
2."I Was You, You Were Me" (나는 너니까; Inst.) 
  • Chaeipapa
  • Lovely E
 4:52
Total length:9:44

Part 4 edit

Released on January 31, 2024
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Reaching You" (닿을게)
  • KZ
  • Kim Tae-young
  • Hoff
  • KZ
  • Kim Tae-young
  • Hoff
Kim So-yeon4:01
2."Reaching You" (닿을게; Inst.) 
  • KZ
  • Kim Tae-young
  • Hoff
 4:01
Total length:8:02

Part 5 edit

Released on February 5, 2024
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Be My Wind" (바람이 되어줘요)
  • Tenzo (Papermaker)
  • Kibi
  • Tenzo (Papermaker)
  • Loogone
Kim Jae-hwan3:54
2."Be My Wind" (바람이 되어줘요; Inst.) 
  • Tenzo (Papermaker)
  • Loogone
 3:54
Total length:7:48

Viewership edit

Love Song for Illusion : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode number
12345678910111213141516
1727505N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[26]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[26][27]
Nationwide Seoul
1 January 2, 2024 4.3% (15th) 4.3% (13th)
2 January 8, 2024 2.8% (20th) 3.0% (20th)
3 January 9, 2024 2.3% (25th) N/A
4 January 15, 2024 2.4% (22nd)
5 January 16, 2024 2.0% (27th)
6 January 22, 2024 2.5% (25th)
7 January 23, 2024 1.8% (29th)
8 January 29, 2024 2.4% (21st) 2.4% (19th)
9 January 30, 2024 1.7% (29th) N/A
10 February 5, 2024 2.1% (27th)
11 February 6, 2024 1.7% (29th)
12 February 13, 2024 1.4% (34th)
13 February 19, 2024 1.9% (32nd)
14 February 20, 2024 1.9% (26th)
15 February 26, 2024 2.1% (27th)
16 February 27, 2024 2.3% (22nd)
Average 2.2% —[a]
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes ratings that were not published.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to multiple unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.

References edit

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  18. ^ Kim Su-jin (December 29, 2023). "강신일, '환상연가'로 캐릭터 변신...2024년도 다작 행보" (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Naver.
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  21. ^ Kim, Won-gyeom (December 8, 2023). "이관훈, KBS 새 월화극 '환상연가' 캐스팅" (in Korean). SPOTV News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023 – via Naver.
  22. ^ Woo Da-bin (January 2, 2024). "조한준, '환상연가' 출연 확정...극 긴장감 불어넣는다" (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Naver.
  23. ^ Jo, Yeon-kyung (March 8, 2023). "[피플] 주연 꽃길 홍예지 '사극 신데렐라' 포텐 터질까" (in Korean). JTBC News. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via Naver.
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    • "Ep. 1". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
    • "Ep. 2". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 8, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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