Love Alarm (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, Love Alarm is a drama and sci-fi & fantasy series. “When you turn on the application, your heart will ring” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Love Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.

Who’s in it. Love Alarm stars Kim So-hyun as Kim Jojo, Jung Ga-ram as Lee Hye-yeong, Song Kang as Hwang Sun-oh and Go Min-si as Park Gul-mi, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.4/10, Love Alarm sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Love Alarm page.

If you liked it. Fans of Love Alarm tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Chernobyl.