# The Liar and His Lover (TV series)

The Liar and His Lover (Korean: 그녀는 거짓말을 너무 사랑해) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Hyun-woo and Park Soo-young with Lee Jung-jin, Lee Seo-won and Hong Seo-young. The drama is based on the popular Japanese manga Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru by Kotomi Aoki. It aired on tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00 (KST) starting from March 20, 2017. The series was also released internationally on Netflix starting from October 1, 2019.

## Synopsis

A love story about a heartbroken genius music composer Kang Han-gyul (Lee Hyun-woo) who meets the talented singer and student Yoon So-rim (Joy) whilst he's living under a hidden identity. With her courageous honesty and beautiful singing, So-rim draws Han-gyul back to her time and time again. Along the way the two meet obstacles as So-rim starts her career in the music industry and begins to uncover Han-gyul's lies.

## Cast
### Main

* Lee Hyun-woo as Kang Han-gyul/K
    A former bass player who quit the famous rock band Crude Play right before they debuted after losing his confidence to perform. He now works behind-the-scenes as the band's talented music composer and producer under the name "K". By chance, Han-gyul meets So-rim and begins to fall for her whilst hiding his true identity.
* Park Soo-young as Yoon So-rim
    A nineteen-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice. She is scouted by a music CEO and forms the band Mush & Co with her two childhood friends. So-rim's parents died when she was young and she now lives with her grandmother who runs a store called "Happy Fruits and Vegetables". So-rim helps her grandmother by delivering orders to customers, and one day accidentally meets and falls in love at first sight with Han-gyul.
* Lee Jung-jin as Choi Jin-hyuk
    Director of Sole Music. He has been in love with Yu-na from the beginning and has been waiting for her.
* Lee Seo-won as Seo Chan-young
    A bass player who replaced Han-gyul in Crude Play. He feels that he has never been fully a part of the group and is resentful of Han-gyul. He later becomes the producer for So-rim's band, and begins to fall for her.
* Hong Seo-young as Chae Yu-na
    K's ex-girlfriend. A singer who is criticized by the media for using her body to gain fame. Her feelings for Kang Han-gyul have never gone away even after they broke up.

### Supporting
#### Crude Play band members

* Kim Sung-joo as Yoo Si-hyun (Leader/Vocalist)
* Shin Je-min as Lee Yoon (Guitar/Keyboard)
* Jang Ki-yong as Ji In-ho (Drummer/Rapper)

#### People around Han-gyul

* Choi Min-soo as Kang In-woo, a street singer who is Han-gyul's father.

#### People around So-rim

* Im Ye-jin as Kim Soon-hee, So-rim's grandmother, who owns the "Happy Fruits and Vegetables" store.
* Song Kang as Baek Jin-woo, So-rim's childhood friend and the guitarist of the band Mush & Co. He has a long-standing crush on So-rim.
* Park Jong-hyuk [ko] as Lee Kyu-seon, So-rim's childhood friend and the drummer of the band Mush & Co.
* Kim In-kwon as Bong Won-bin, So-rim's homeroom teacher, who helped So-rim and her childhood friends to become famous.
* Jeon Yoo-rim [ko] as Lee Se-jung, So-rim's classmate, who is jealous of So-rim and hates her. She is a die-hard fan of Chan-young.

#### People around Jin-hyuk

* Park Ji-young as Yoo Hyun-jung
    CEO of Who Entertainment who has been in love with Han-gyul's father since she was young.
* Lee Ha-eun as Yeon Soo-yeon
    Employee of Sole Music and likes Si-hyun.

### Others

* Lee Yu-joon
* Kim Min-seok as Ku Joon-seok
* Yang Kyung-won as Kim-eun
* Park Seon-hee as Kyu-seon's mother
* Kim Seo-young
* In Sung-ho
* Choi Nam-uk
* Choi Na-moo
* Jung Yu-an
* Min Kyung-jin
* Kang Woo-je
* Yoon Eun-byul
* Yu Ji-hyuk
* Choi Ji-an
* Yu Ji-yeon
* Son Yoon-ju (Voice appearance)
* Seo Dan-woo
* Jo Young-seon
* Lee Young-rae
* Kyung Kyu-min
* Lee Ho-seok as member of a band
* Park Jae-seok as member of a band
* Kim Soo-hyun as member of a band
* Han Chan-young as member of a band

### Special appearances

* Baek Soo-ryun
* Park Hye-na
* Park Hae-soo
* Kim Young-pil
* Momoland as girl group from survival show "Produce 20" (Ep. 6)
* INX, boy group from survival show "Produce 20" (Ep. 6)
* Kim Yong-gun as Chairman of Who Entertainment and Hyun-jung's father (Ep. 7)

## Production

The drama's director Kim Jin-min is known for his hit dramas Time Between Dog and Wolf and Marriage Contract. The production company Bon Factory Worldwide also produced The Greatest Love, You're Beautiful, Master's Sun, and She Was Pretty.
The drama marks the acting debut of Red Velvet's Joy (Park Soo-young).
First script reading took place on January 21, 2017. The second script reading featuring the main cast took place on February 8, 2017 at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2017 | OSEN Cable TV Awards | Newcomer Award | Joy (Park Sooyoung) | Won |
| 2017 | CJ AWARDS 2017 America Award | Best TvN Drama | The Liar and His Lover | Won |

## Original soundtrack
### Charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Remarks |
| Title | Year | KOR Gaon | Sales | Remarks |
| "Yeowooya" (Joy (Red Velvet)) | 2017 | 43 | KOR: 81,837+ | Part 1 |
| "I'm Okay" (Joy feat. Lee Hyun-woo) | 2017 | 85 | KOR: 22,513 | Part 2 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| The Liar and His Lover OST | Released: May 15, 2017 Label: CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download | 11 | KOR: 2,960 |

## Ratings

* In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide |
| 1 | March 20, 2017 | 1.524% | 1.707% | 2.0% |
| 2 | March 21, 2017 | 1.345% | 1.427% | 1.7% |
| 3 | March 27, 2017 | 1.267% | 1.765% | 1.3% |
| 4 | March 28, 2017 | 1.839% | 2.309% | 1.7% |
| 5 | April 3, 2017 | 1.435% | 1.775% | 1.7% |
| 6 | April 4, 2017 | 1.460% | 1.506% | 1.2% |
| 7 | April 10, 2017 | 1.693% | 2.012% | 1.7% |
| 8 | April 11, 2017 | 1.623% | 1.828% | 1.7% |
| 9 | April 17, 2017 | 1.494% | 1.839% | 1.3% |
| 10 | April 18, 2017 | 1.433% | 1.719% | 1.2% |
| 11 | April 24, 2017 | 1.384% | 1.641% | 1.2% |
| 12 | April 25, 2017 | 1.592% | 2.015% | 1.4% |
| 13 | May 1, 2017 | 1.387% | 1.609% | 1.0% |
| 14 | May 2, 2017 | 1.550% | 1.736% | 1.8% |
| 15 | May 8, 2017 | 1.227% | — | 1.8% |
| 16 | May 9, 2017 | 1.379% | 1.501% | 1.4% |
| Average | Average | 1.482% | 1.754% | 1.5% |
* This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).