Are you a fan of BL (Boys Love) drama?

Korean BLs made an impressive entry into the BL world back in 2020 with "Where Your Eyes Linger" and other releases that year. In 2021, plenty of other exciting dramas were released, check the list here. But the genre got more and more popular worldwide in 2022 with a lot of releases (check the list here). And again, 2023 seems to be a great year for BL fans.

We've gathered the Korean BL web dramas that were aired in 2023.

The dramas are not listed according to a specific order.

 

1. "Sing My Crush"

Cast: Jang DoYoon and Son HyunWoo

Summary: Follow the story of acquaintances BaRam and HanTae after an incident occurred during their school years. Now that they are adults, will BaRam be able to suppress the feelings for HanTae that he has harbored for so long?

When: August 2nd

You can watch it on: iQIYI

 

2. "Bon Appetit"

Summary: A romance between an office worker and his neighbor who cooks well.

Cast: Lee KiTaek, Yoo JeongHoon

When: September 27th

You can watch on: iQIYI

 

3. "Love Tractor"

The web drama is an adaption of the webtoon by the same name written by AngryMonster and HmmYongYong. To be produced by the same production of "Semantic Error".

Summary: A romance story where SeonYool, a man of the city who comes to the countryside for a while, meets YeChan, a country guy who loves the countryside so much.

Cast: Han SeungHo, Do Won

When: June 7, 2023

You can watch on: iQIYI

 

4. "A Shoulder to Cry On"

The web drama is an adaption of the webtoon by the same name written by DongMul.

Summary: Due to TaeHyun's joke, DaYeol gets falsely accused of scandalously attacking him. Among the archers, DaYeol's athletic path is in danger. DaYeol asks TaeHyun to explain the truth; however, he discovers that he is getting swayed by him.

Cast: OMEGA X's JaeHan and YeChan

When: March 14th

For more about the web drama, check our cast and summary here.

You can watch on: Viki

 

5. "Starstruck"

A BL based on the web novel "Starstruck" ("스타스트럭") by Ha TaeJin.

Summary: It tells the story of Jo WooJae and Seo HyunJun, who have been close friends since middle school. Seo HyunJun has been hiding his one-sided love for Jo WooJae for years, thinking that Jo WooJae will never love him back. But one day, Seo HyunJun saw his gift under Jo WooJae's feet and confessed to him his feelings from him out of anger.

Cast: SF9's ZuHo, Kim InSeong

When: May 18th

For more about the web drama, check our cast and summary here.

You can watch on: Heavenly TV OTT

 

6. "Unintentional Love Story"

The BL web drama "Unintentional Love Story"  is based on the webtoon “Unintentional Love Story” ("비의도적 연애담" in Korean) written and illustrated by PB.

Cast: B1A4’s GongChan, Cha SeoWon, Won TaeMin, DoWoo

Summary: “Unintentional Love Story” is a romance that tells the story of a relationship that starts with a lie but eventually blossoms into real love.

When: March 17th

For more about the web drama, check our cast and summary here.

You can watch on: TVING

 

7. "Happy Merry Ending"

The BL web drama "Happy Merry Ending" is based on the webtoon "Happy Merry Ending" ("해피메리엔딩" in Korean) produced by BOMTOON Webtoon.

Cast: KNK's Lee DongWon, Byeon SeongTae, Kim KyuJong, Sin MyungSung

Summary: It is a music drama that revolves around the 2 characters SeungJun and JaeHyun, who have known each other through music, and how they became close again through music to heal each others's wounds.

When: April 27th

You can watch on: Viki

 

8. "Individual Circumstances"

Cast: MYNAME's JunQ, Han JeongWan

Summary: The story revolves around Ha YeonWoo, Chungmuro's face genius movie director who was once a promising prospect in his field, and Sung WooJae, a writer who has wounds from his past when he had to disappear for the sake of breaking with his first love

When: January 19th

You can watch on: GAGAOOLALA

 

9. "Why R U"

Cast: Lee JungMin, Lee YeHwan, Park ChangHoon, Lee SangMin

Summary: This is a Korean remake of the Thai BL drama of the same title. The drama starts with the story of Zon who, after his sister made a wish for him to live in a BL world, starts to imagine he fell into a BL world and eventually ends up catching feelings for Saifah. However, most of the drama revolves around Tutor and Fighter, who starts as each other's arch-nemesis but develops a close relationship later.

When: August 24th

You can watch on: TBA

 

10. "Bump Up Business"

Cast: OnlyOneOf

Summary: The story revolves around a 5th year trainee and soon-to-debut idol, Eden and JiHoon, a celebrity from the same agency, and the love story between these 2 people who are not good at expressing what they truly feel.

When: October 20

You can watch it on: iQIYI

 

11. "Jun & Jun"

Cast: Ki HyunWoo, Yang JunMo, Jo ChanHyun, and Park HyeongSeop

Summary: It is an office romance story between an idol who became an intern, Lee Jun, and his office manager, Choi Jun.

When: July 20

You can watch it on: Viki

 

12. "Love Class 2"

Cast: Han HyeonJun, Kim TaeHwan, Lee GwangHee and BAE173's J-Min

Summary: This is the second season of "Love class", a love story between two classmates.

When: August 11th

You can watch it on: Rakuten Viki

 

13. "Wuju Bakery"

Cast: Jeff Satur, Barcode Tinnasit, Dion, and Q

Summary: Wuju Bakery is another Thai-Korean collaboration part of the Hanyang Studio project that is set to be filmed in Korea this summer. After a spaceship crash in a bakery, this one is ruined. The boss of the spaceship encounters the owner of the bakery and a chaotic life begins for the both of them. At the same time, other aliens who hid in different parts of the city are looking for them.

When: December

You can watch it on: TBA

 

14. "All The Liquors"

Cast: Kim JunHyung, Won DoHyun, Jeong HoGyun, and RoShin

Summary: This drama tells the story of two who cannot understand each other unless there is alcohol, and with that, they get to understand each other and help each other heal their pains.

When: March 2, 2023

You can watch it on: GagaOOLala

 

15. "Our Dating Sim"

Cast: Lee SeungGyu and Lee JongHyuk

Summary: This drama follows the story about what happens when two men who have been friends since school days meet again at work. Together, the create a dating simulation game.

When: March 9th

You can watch it on: Viki

 

16. "The Eighth Sense"

Cast: Lim JiSub and Oh JunTaek

Summary: A university romance about the confusion often felt by college youth regarding life and love.

When: March 29

You can watch it on: Viki

 

17. "Love Mate"

Cast: Cho HanGyeol and Cho HyunMin

Summary: A heart-fluttering office romance between Haram, a bold newcomer, and Seo YiJun, a person who doesn't believe in love.

When: May 26

You can watch it on: Viki

 

18. "Weather Forecast Love"

Cast: Shin JeongYou, Woo JiHan

Summary: Follows two people who thought they were meant for one another and knew everything about each other, although they didn't talk much. But just like the weather forecast, their love is unpredictable.

When: November 10

You can watch it on: iQIYI

 

Bonus:

"Boys' Voice" - Web Variety

Cast: Han GiChan, Jeong MinGyu, Newkidd's Lee MinWook, Oh JinSeok

Summary: "Boys' Voice" is a reality program featuring four amateur voice actors and professional, Park YoHan. Together, they will embark on a journey to improve their voice acting skills in preparation for the Bomtoon webtoon, "Art Of Taming A Tiger". Fans will be able to see how the four rookies progress and immerse themselves in the art of voice acting.

When: August 17th

You can watch it on: YouTube

 

Which 2023 BL drama was your favorite?

 

For idols, '7 Year Curse' means a 'crisis' they face in the 7th year since their debut.

This is because, most of the time, they are at a crossroads in their career because their exclusive contract will expire with their agency. Therefore, it is a key date for the groups as they will decide if they will continue (and if together) or not.

In Korea, according to Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the "Standardized Agreement for Pop Culture Artists", artists can notify the cancellation of their contract if the contract exceeds 7 years.

Numerous idol groups came through difficulties during this period, generally following the steps of 'disbanding' or 'reducing the group'. Some group or member take this opportunity to leave the agency where they debuted but do not leave/disband the group.

In this article, you can find out about idols who reach their 7th year since debut and whether they have disbanded or not!

Let's check the list below.

*Note that not all the idols re-sign on their 7th year. Some groups of this list already re-signed.

 

 

K-Dramas are getting more and more popular each day. But a few years ago a new category of K-Dramas emerged BL dramas. And despite being new in the market, BL dramas aren't lacking in quality or quantity. The episodes might be shorter than the original K-Dramas, but when it comes to sound production, they have no reasons to envy other K-Dramas. Like the original K-Dramas, BL dramas are full of beautiful sceneries and romantic scenes. And of course, actors need to be praised for this as well, because, after all, they are the ones expressing the emotions captures by the cameras.

During the past few years, BL dramas have become more and more popular, and the quality only keeps increasing. Especially when it comes to the acting and the romantic scenes, not only are there more of these, but it's always more intense as well. Don't you just love it when the two actors look at each other with honey eyes, showing all their love for each other without a single word? Today we gathered just for you some of the best looks of love in BL K-Dramas!

Note: This is not a ranking

 

1. "Light On Me" (2021)

This scene from episode 10 sure got everyone melting. As TaeKyung (Lee SaeOn) previously got injured, ShinWoo (Kang YouSeok) is worried for him and starts opening up to TaeKyung more on the same occasion. If ShinWoo's worries for TaeKyung didn't get you, for sure ShinWoo's eyes fond of love for TaeKyung made your heart melt at that very moment.

 

2. "Blueming" (2022)

Of course, how can we talk about the look of love without mentioning "Blueming"? This entire scene on the beach has shaken everyone's hearts at once! As this scene is pretty far into the drama, viewers already knew about the character's feelings, but this moment was so spontaneous, it got us all by surprise. But for sure, the way DaWoon (Cho HyukJun) looks at SiWon (Kang EunBin) here right before kissing him is to be remembered.

 

3. "Cherry Blossoms After Winter" (2022)

This is one of the final scenes of the drama, and also when both characters are the deepest in love with each other. TaeSeong (Kang Hui (Kang Hee)) tried to make a cake for HaeBom (Super Five’s Ok JinWook), and you can easily see how much HaeBom is pleased with this simple gift, and how happy TaeSeong is about HaeBom's reaction. This scene is simply the purest love ever. They're not saying the word 'I Love You', but it is written in their eyes for everyone to see.

 

4. "Semantic Error" (2022)

The bar scene has to be one of the iconic scenes of "Semantic Error". Not only was the lighting putting everyone in a flirty mood, but this is where it is all starting for SangWoo (DKZ's JaeChan) and JaeYoung (Park SeoHam). If SangWoo is still pretending to hate JaeYoung, this scene was when he first opened up about his feeling truthfully. But if SangWoo opened up to JaeYoung with actions, JaeYoung's feelings were already obvious in the way he looked at SangWoo.

 

5. "Love Class" (2022)

During this cute double date scene, we start to see JiWoo's (Han HyeonJun) feeling changing. At first, he was nervous to be alone with RoA (Kim TaeHwan) for a few minutes, but then this moment happened which made it even clearer how he feels towards his classmate. When he naturally turned towards him and looked at him that way, it was so obvious that if not completely, he at least started to fall for RoA. We already got such a cute look of love in the first season, we're excited to see what season 2 will have for us!

 

6. "Once Again" (2022)

"Once Again" also offered us many beautiful and cute romantic scenes in the middle of its complicated story! Close to the end of the drama, the scene where JiHoon (Lee HyunJun) gives a gift to JaeWoo (Moon JiYong) was not only very moving, but it was also a scene where both characters showed genuine love for each other. This gift is symbolizing a lot for both JaeWoo and JiHoon, but their eyes are the ones actually carrying their love for each other.

 

7. "The New Employee" (2022)

This drama had everyone hooked from the very beginning with JongChan (Kwon Hyuk) and SeungHyun (Moon JiYong) being so much in love! Only as far as episode 3, the two were already looking at each other this way, so full of love, how could we resist? Not only are they so fond of each other, but during this scene, they also mention their feelings being mutual, which makes the whole moment looks even more romantic. Of course, the eyes say a lot, but when there are both the looks, the words, and the actions, it's a full package of love. And "The New Employee" delivered it to the viewers on a silver plate!

 

8. "Roommates Of Poongduck 304" (2022)

Of course, there are no better looks of love than during the confession scene. There are pretty looks of love during intimate scenes or kiss scenes as well, but the confession scene being the moment the characters open their hearts to each other, it is a look of love pure and wholehearted. In this confession scene of "Roommates Of Poongduck 304", the team leader (Kim JiWoong) is finally opening up to his beloved roommate (Yoon SeoBin) as he is about to leave him. Usually being the strong character of the story, the moment he let down all his walls just for love was very moving, and it showed a new and different cute side of this team leader.

 

9. "Individual Circumstances" (2023)

After a very moving moment when YeonWoo (Han JungWan) is taking WooJae (MYNAME's JunQ) outside, WooJae suggests getting lunch together, YeonWoo is then cheerful again, being his usual self. And being his usual self also means showing his love towards WooJae on every occasion he has. YeonWoo sure never misses a chance to look at WooJae with all the love he has for him. Despite acting childish most of the time, YeonWoo is being very truthful and mature about his feelings for WooJae, and we love to see him being so fond of his old friend!

 

No matter what, love is love, and those eyes full of love will never fail to make our hearts melt.