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2024 South Korean television series

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

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. It aired on KBS2 from January 2 to February 27, 2024, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:10 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Wavve in South Korea, and on Viu and Viki in selected regions.

Synopsis

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.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Park Ji-hoon as Sajo Hyun / Ak-hee
    • Lee Joo-won as young Sajo Hyun
    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 Yeon Wol touches him.
  • Hong Ye-ji as Yeon Wol / Kyera /Consort Eun-hyo
    • Kim Soo-ha as young Yeon Wol
The royal descendant of the fallen Yeon dynasty and the only daughter of Yeon Pung-hak who becomes an assassin called Gye-ra.
Sajo Hyun's half-brother.
  • Ji Woo as Crown Princess Geum-hwa / Jin Chae-ryun
Sajo Hyun's first wife who goes to any lengths to satisfy her desires.
Sajo Hyun's father and the king of Asatae who overthrew the Yeon dynasty, and ascended to the throne through rebellion.
Sajo Seung's concubine and Sajo Yung's mother.
Jin Chae-ryun's father.
A mysterious shaman with various personalities.

Supporting

People around Sajo Hyun

Sajo Hyun's closest eunuch.
  • Han Eun-seong as Ji Jeon-seo
Sajo Hyun's bodyguard.

People around Yeon Wol

  • Kim Dong-won as Yang Jae-i
Leader of the assassin group Baramkal.
  • Lee Joo-an as Ha-rang
A member of Baramkal.
  • Shin Gi-hwan as Hong-gun
Yeon Wol's gungnyeo.
Yeon Wol's father.
Yeon Wol's mother.

People in the royal court

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

Others

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

Production and release

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

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

Original soundtrack

Part 1

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)
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% —
  • 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

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

References

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