Jinxed at First

*Jinxed at First*
Jinxed at First
	Promotional poster
Hangul	징크스의 연인
Literal meaning	Jinx's Lover
Revised Romanization	Jingkeuseuui Yeon-in
Genre	Fantasy; Romance;
Based on	Jinx's Lover; by Han Ji-hye and Gu Seul
Written by	Jang Yoon-mi
Directed by	Yoon Sang-ho
Starring	Seohyun; Na In-woo; Jun Kwang-ryul; Yoon Ji-hye;
Music by	Park Se-joon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Kun Ji-hong; Choi Jae-sun;
Producers	Joo Yeon-jung; Kim Hye-jeong; Oh Hyung-il;
Production company	Victory Contents
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	June 15 –; August 4, 2022

Jinxed at First (Korean: 징크스의 연인) is a South Korean television series starring Seohyun, Na In-woo, Jun Kwang-ryul, and Yoon Ji-hye. Based on the Kakao webtoon written by Han Ji-hye, and illustrated by Goo Seul. It aired on KBS2 from June 15, to August 4, 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[5] It is also available for streaming on iQIYI in selected regions.^[6]

Synopsis

Jinxed at First tells the story of Gong Soo-kwang (Na In-woo), who is a bright young man who graduated from Korea University, but poor and famous for being unlucky, meets Lee Seul-bi (Seohyun), a girl who can see the future of everyone she touches. Seul-bi and her mother live in a secret room at the Sam Jung family's house. One day, Seon Min-joon's (Sam Jung's son) friends visit his house. That's when a miracle happened where the door that locked Seul-bi and her mother opened, the curious Seul-bi came out and met Soo-kwang. Seul-bi followed Soo-kwang who came home from Sam Jung's house to Soo-kwang's house. Since then Soo-kwang's life has changed drastically.

Cast

Main

Seohyun as Lee Seul-bi^[7]
Na In-woo as Gong Soo-kwang / Go Myung-sung^[8]
Jun Kwang-ryul as Seon Sam-joong^[9]
Yoon Ji-hye as Lee Mi-soo^[10]

People related to Keumhwa Group

Ki Do-hoon as Seon Min-joon^[9]
Cha Kwang-soo as Seon Il-joong^[11]
Choi Jung-woo as Seon Dong-shik^[12]
Jung Wook as Secretary Cha^[10]
Jung In-gyeom as Seon Joo-cheol^[13]

Seodong Market

Woo Hyun as President Park / Park Seong-deok^[11]
Hong Seok-cheon as President Hong / Hong Seok-ki^[10]
Hwang Young-hee as Mrs. Bang^[11]
Lee Seon-jeong as Oh Eun-jeong^[14]
Kim Hyun-bin as Oh Eun-soo^[14]
Hwang Seok-jeong as Yoon Yi-young, owner of Smile Fisheries^[11]
Kim Dong-young as Chief Wang^[12]
Park Sang-won as Pi Dae-shik^[14]
Jang Yoon-seo as Jang Young-woo^[14]
Kang Hak-soo as Mr. Jang^[14]
Yoon Seo-jeong as Young Woo-une^[14]

Other

Lee Ho-jung as Jo Jang-kyung^[15]
Cho Han-gyeol as Jo Jang-geun^[12]
Yoon Yoo-sun as Su Kwang-mo / Gong Soo-kwang's mother^[11]
Yoo Ha-bok as Uncle's Go^[14]
Kim Nan-hee as Ms.Min^[16]
Lee Hoon as Secretary Jeong / Jeong Bi-seo / Jeong Hyeon-tae^[10]

Extended

Kim Bo-yeon as Eun Ok-jin^[17]

Special appearance

Kim Jung-tae as Kang Ho-jae, husband of the owner of Smile Fisheries^[18]
Choi Yu-hwa^[19]

Production

Filming began in August 2021 and concluded on December 2021.^[1]^[4]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on June 15, 2022^[20]^[21]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Memory of Wind" (기억을 실어 온 바람)	Han Jun	Seo Jae-ha Kim Young-seong	Xia	4:03
2.	"The Memory of Wind" (기억을 실어 온 바람; Inst.)		Seo Jae-ha Kim Young-seong		4:03
Total length:					8:06

Part 2

Released on June 22, 2022^[22]^[23]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Milky Way"	Gang Yang-mal Inan	Gang Yang-mal Inan	Seohyun	2:56
2.	"Milky Way" (Inst.)		Gang Yang-mal Inan		2:56
Total length:					5:52

Part 3

Released on June 30, 2022^[24]^[25]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Please Know My Feeling" (알아채줘요)	Red Sox Inan	Red Sox Inan	Lee Solomon	3:34
2.	"Please Know My Feeling" (알아채줘요; Inst.)		Red Sox Inan		3:34
Total length:					7:08

Part 4

Released on July 6, 2022^[26]^[27]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"A Sorrowful Memory" (애수)	Lee Young-hoon	Lee Young-hoon norway_elephant	Ha Dong-yeon	3:33
2.	"A Sorrowful Memory" (애수; Inst.)		Lee Young-hoon norway_elephant		3:33
Total length:					7:06

Part 5

Released on July 13, 2022^[28]^[29]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"You Are My Destiny" (넌 나의 기적이야)	Han-gi	Jo Young-soo Lee Yoo-jin	Lilli Lilli	3:14
2.	"You Are My Destiny" (넌 나의 기적이야; Inst.)		Jo Young-soo Lee Yoo-jin		3:14
Total length:					6:28

Viewership

Jinxed at First : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	659	782	681	711	N/A	677	571	597	N/A	N/A	N/A	529	N/A	N/A	N/A	495	634

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[30]^[A]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea^[30]^[31]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	June 15, 2022	3.9% (19th)	4.1% (17th)
2	June 16, 2022	4.3% (10th)	4.4% (9th)
3	June 22, 2022	4.2% (16th)	4.2% (16th)
4	June 23, 2022	4.5% (13th)	4.1% (15th)
5	June 29, 2022	3.1% (24th)	N/A
6	June 30, 2022	4.3% (15th)	4.4% (19th)
7	July 6, 2022	3.5% (19th)	3.4% (17th)
8	July 7, 2022	3.5% (21st)	3.6% (18th)
9	July 13, 2022	2.7% (26th)	N/A
10	July 14, 2022	2.6% (25th)
11	July 20, 2022	2.7% (22nd)
12	July 21, 2022	3.3% (20th)	3.2% (18th)
13	July 27, 2022	2.6% (23rd)	N/A
14	July 28, 2022	2.5% (23rd)
15	August 3, 2022	2.4% (25th)
16	August 4, 2022	3.0% (21st)
Average		3.3%	3.9%^[B]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings. N/A denotes ratings that was not released.

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