The Heavenly Idol (Season 1)

The Heavenly Idol (2023) is a Korean fantasy comedy series you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Lee So-yoon. A high priest from another world — seconds away from defeating the Evil One — wakes up inside the body of a K-pop idol. Nobody asked for this, least of all him.

Rembrary has no idea what a fancam is. Kim Min-kyu plays the combination: the idol's face, the priest's rigid posture and complete bewilderment at fan culture. Ko Bo-gyeol plays the manager who starts noticing that something is very off with her artist. The show runs two plots in parallel — back in his own world, the evil isn't waiting.

The concept sounds like a comedy sketch, but the series takes both halves seriously, which is why it actually works. Stream The Heavenly Idol (2023) online on iFILM.