‘Head Over Heels’ Premieres with Magical First Love and Strong Ratings

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Jun 24, 2025

‘Head Over Heels’ Premieres with Magical First Love and Strong Ratings



The first love redemption romance between Choo Young-woo and Joey-hyun has taken its first step.

tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Head Over Heels’  (played by Yang Ji-hoon, directed by Kim Yong-wan) premiered on the 23rd with keen interest. Park Sung-ah (Jo Yi-hyun) fell in love with Bae Gyeon-woo (Choo Young-woo), who entered the temple upside down. The misfortune eradication operation to save the dying 'first love' created a chilling and pleasant excitement, and it properly mesmerized viewers' hearts from the first episode. In particular, the chemistry between Joey-hyun and Choo Young-woo, who doubled their charm to different characters, was enthusiastic.

In the broadcast on this day, Park Sung-ah's rough first love was depicted. Park Sung-ah's dream, who is living a double life as a high school student by day and a shaman who is famous for being brave at night, is to live just like her peers. However, as the dream of a man standing upside down came true, it became far from normal. Bae Gyeon-woo, who is cool even when looking upside down, entered Park Sung-ah's Buddhist temple. Looking backwards to a shaman means that death is near. Park Sung-ah felt so sorry for Bae Gyeon-woo, who was born with bad luck.




Park Sung-ah and Bae Gyeon-woo's relationship did not end here. Bae Gyeon-woo transferred to Park Sung-ah's school. Park Sung-ah was excited at the unexpected and fateful reunion. The determination to fight off bad luck of Bae Gyeon-woo and protect his 'first love' was formidable from the beginning. It was more difficult than anything to open the heart of Bae Gyeon-woo, who rarely gave up. It is a daily routine for Bae Gyeon-woo to be in danger when a sign falls while walking on the street. Park Sung-ah was more heartbroken by Bae Gyeon-woo, who was calm even in a situation where he could die, than Bae Gyeon-woo's cold words that pushed him to save him. Park Sung-ah took out a secret weapon in the ongoing crisis of Bae Gyeon-woo. He got the emblem of Kkotdoryeong (Yoon Byung-hee), which is famous for being used immediately. Park Sung-ah's plan to reveal her identity by handing over a hard-won talisman and open the door to love was ruined in an instant. Bae Gyeon-woo, who was born to die from birth, borrowed the power of shamans to shake off bad luck, but the only thing that came back was the wound. Bae Gyeon-woo, who was only used to prevent bad luck, hated shamanism. Park Sung-ah was unable to identify Bae Gyeon-woo as 'The Heavenly Fairy'.

‘Head Over Heels’ Premieres with Magical First Love and Strong Ratings
Nevertheless, Park Sung-ah couldn't stop. It's because Bae Gyeon-woo walked in backwards wet. The sight of the cause of death meant that Bae Gyeon-woo's life was less than a day away. Park Sung-ah, who was looking for reservoirs around the school that could fall into the water, found out that there was a water ghost in the school's men's bathroom. Bae tried to separate the water ghost from Bae Gyeon-woo's side by promising to make him a sacred Buddha, but Bae Gyeon-woo's bad luck was too strong. As soon as the sudden water ghost tried to swallow Bae Gyeon-woo, Park Sung-ah shot a water cannon, and Bae Gyeon-woo, who was baptized with water without even knowing why, was angry at Park Sung-ah, saying, "What are you doing?" The ending, in which Park Sung-ah's answer "I protected you", was buried in the pouring stream, made me even more curious about the relationship between the two who were wrong from the beginning. Attention is focusing on whether Park Sung-ah, who hid the status of 'Mudang', will be able to safely prevent Bae Gyeon-woo's bad luck.

The first episode of ‘Head Over Heels’, which attracted viewers at once, recorded an average of 4.7% to 5.6% based on households in the metropolitan area and 4.3% to 5.2% based on households nationwide, marking a good start by ranking first at the same time, including cable and general service. tvN's target male and female 2049 viewership also topped all channels, including terrestrial broadcasters, with a record 2.0% nationwide, the highest figure among the first episodes of tvN's Monday-Tuesday dramas in 2025. (Based on Nielsen Korea paid platform)








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