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Love of Silom (รักแห่งสีลม)

Love of Silom (รักแห่งสีลม), also known as Rak Haeng Silom or Love of Silom The Series, is a 2026 Thai boys' love (BL) romantic drama produced as a WeTV Original. Its story takes place in Bangkok's Silom area, where an upscale landscape of corporate workplaces and police work coexists with a nighttime scene of bars and host culture.¹ It ran for 12 episodes, premiering on April 24, 2026.¹

Key fact	Detail
Format	12-episode Thai BL romantic drama, WeTV Original, Thai language, content rating 15+¹^•²
Run	Premiered April 24, 2026; weekly Friday releases; databases give the finale as June 26 or July 3, 2026¹^•³
Leads	Up Poompat Iam-samang as Krit; Poom Phuripan Sapsangsawat as Wayu⁴
Director	Pepzi Banchorn Vorasataree¹
Writers	Yui Kanokphan Ornrattanasakul and Violet Rain¹
Production	Insight Entertainment and YYDS Entertainment¹
Episode length	About 65 to 66 minutes per episode; uncut versions ran longer, up to 1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds for episode 7³^•⁵

Spoilers

Premise

The series follows two men from very different worlds. Krit is a disciplined young police captain from a traditional family of Chinese descent in which filial piety is treated as absolute law. He entered the Police Academy to satisfy his father, a senior officer at the National Police Bureau, although he never wanted to wear the uniform. His family strongly opposes same-sex relationships, and his father has threatened harm if he ever sees Krit with a man; a past boyfriend, whom Krit had supported in pursuing an idol career, abandoned him after finding success, leaving Krit cold and closed to love.⁵^•⁶

Wayu is an architecture student near graduation whose family problems push him into work he never expected: he becomes a bar host at Moonlit, a host bar in Silom, to repay his mother's debts and care for the baby his younger sister abandoned with him. After a senior host sets him up with a violent client, Krit comes to his rescue, and the encounter begins their relationship. Krit later asks Wayu to act as a police informant in a human-trafficking case Wayu has unknowingly become entangled in, leaving Wayu unsure whether Krit is playing with his heart or genuinely interested.⁷^•²

The story's themes include closeted romance, family pressure, homophobia, filial piety, Thai-Chinese heritage, single-parent caretaking, and working-class romance.²

Cast

Up Poompat Iam-samang and Poom Phuripan Sapsangsawat, a pairing known to fans as "UpPoom", lead the series as Krit and Wayu.⁴^•⁸ The supporting cast includes Siravitch Kamonworawut, Supakit Phuengpradach, Talay Sanguandikul, Yanissa Diratorn, Chanakan Poonsiriwong, Perawitch Chotimanon, Intouch Kooramasuwan, Tanapon Hathaidachadusadee, Phollawat Manuprasert, and Wacharin Anantapong, among others.²

Production and release

The series premiered on WeTV on Friday, April 24, 2026, with new episodes released weekly on Fridays at 20:00 Thailand time.² WeTV offered a Fast Track release giving VIP subscribers access to episodes two weeks ahead of the regular schedule.¹ Episodes were released in both uncut and standard versions; for example, episode 7 ran 1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds uncut against 57 minutes 19 seconds in the standard cut.³

The finale date is reported differently across databases: TVmaze, MyShows, and WoBL list the final episode on July 3, 2026, while DramaBL, MeMento, and Moviefone give June 26, 2026 as the end date.⁵^•⁹^•³^•¹^•⁶^•¹⁰ The discrepancy likely reflects the Fast Track schedule, under which VIP viewers saw the finale two weeks before the regular release.¹

Reception

The series drew strong social-media attention after its first two episodes, with the leads' chemistry and memes of the "handsome police officer" and "top host" spreading widely on Thai social platforms.⁸ On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.8/10 from 298 votes, and users singled out the performances, particularly the actors playing the host bar staff.⁴

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026