‘Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me’: Romance blossoms between NCT’s Doyoung and Han Ji-hyo

TVING has unveiled a brand-new teaser clip for its upcoming original fantasy-romance K-drama, Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me. 

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Starring NCT singer Doyoung and actress Han Ji-hyo, the new series will centre itself around Seo Hee-soo (Han), who comes across a magical notebook that can can make one fall in love with another person for a month, and uses its powers to embark on a brief one-month romance.

Meanwhile, her close friend, Jung Si-ho (Doyoung), is the only person apart from Hee-soo to know about the notebook’s powers, and becomes worried about her increasing reliance on it.

The new clip offers insight into Hee-soo’s overuse of the notebook in her love life, as she gets into new romantic relationships every month. It doesn’t go unnoticed by Si-ho, who begins worrying about her as he confronts Hee-soo: “Will you be okay? Are you able to date someone with no emotions?”

Despite Hee-soo’s initial disregard for Si-ho’s warnings, she begins to slowly realise the truth to his words, as she ponders about the reality of who exactly she wishes to be loved by, as imagery of Si-ho flashes by. Dear X Who Doesn’t Love Me is set to premiere exclusive on South Korean streaming service TVING on July 14.

To X Who Doesn’t Love Me is written by Go Jae-hong and Wang Hye-ji, and directed by Go. Doyoung’s appearance on the new series notably marks his first-ever TV role. Meanwhile, Han Ji-hyo is best known for her previous roles on Tomorrow, A Business Proposal, Hospital Playlist and more.

In other NCT news, NCT 127’s Yuta has been announced to be sitting out of the boyband’s forthcoming ‘Neo City – The Link’ stop in Singapore on July 2, after testing positive for COVID-19 after arriving back to Seoul from their Japan tour. The remaining members of NCT 127 will continue to perform in the Southeast Asian city-state as planned.

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