# Take Charge of My Heart (나를 충전해줘)
**Take Charge of My Heart** (나를 충전해줘; Japanese title ハートにチャージして, Chinese title 戀愛充電中) is a 2026 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television series in which a chaebol (large family-owned South Korean business conglomerate) heir whose artificial heart runs on a battery meets a woman whose body generates electricity, and the two enter a contract under which her touch recharges him. It was written by [Song Yu](https://www.edgepedia.org/song-yu)-chae, directed by Park Soo-won, stars Kim Young-kwang and [Chae Soo-bin](https://www.edgepedia.org/chae-soo-bin), and was released on Netflix on October 9, 2026.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [2](https://www.namu.moe/w/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC%20%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88))
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 나를 충전해줘 (Nareul Chungjeonhaejwo); English title Take Charge of My Heart[2](https://www.namu.moe/w/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC%20%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)) |
| Basis | Naver web novel *Charge Me Up* (나를 충전해줘) by Haebeon[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) |
| Format | 10-episode limited series, 627 minutes total (10 hours 27 minutes), rated 15+[2](https://www.namu.moe/w/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC%20%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)) • [3](https://piwpiw.tistory.com/entry/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC-%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98-%EA%B3%B5%EA%B0%9C%EC%9D%BC%C2%B7%EB%AA%87%EB%B6%80%EC%9E%91%C2%B7%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%91-%EC%A0%95%EB%A6%AC-%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EA%B4%91%C2%B7%EC%B1%84%EC%88%98%EB%B9%88-%EB%84%B7%ED%94%8C%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4) |
| Release | October 9, 2026, Netflix exclusive, worldwide[4](https://about.netflix.com/ko/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-premieres-october-9) |
| Leads | Kim Young-kwang as Baek Ho-rang; Chae Soo-bin as Na Bo-bae[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) |
| Production | NEW POINT and WHYNOT MEDIA; music by Park Se-jun[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original) |
| Reception | 6.4 million views in its second week, number 2 on the Netflix global Top 10 non-English list, Top 10 in 64 countries[6](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/article/view/bnt202610210098) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
Baek Ho-rang, played by Kim Young-kwang, is a third-generation chaebol heir who runs a resort under the TS Group and is a strong candidate to lead the conglomerate. His hidden weakness is an artificial heart: when its battery discharges, his life is immediately at risk, and he guards the secret because it could become a lever against him in the succession struggle.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [7](https://v.daum.net/v/QRD98S6b5j)
Na Bo-bae, played by Chae Soo-bin, is a drama screenwriter who was struck by lightning as a child and has carried electrical currents in her body ever since. The charge makes ordinary contact dangerous; she cannot even hold hands with someone she likes, and she has lived largely alone because of it.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [4](https://about.netflix.com/ko/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-premieres-october-9)
The two meet by chance and their lips collide, and Bo-bae discovers that Ho-rang is the one person her electricity does not shock. On the day of his battery-replacement surgery a hospital blackout leaves his artificial heart discharged, and she alone can recharge it through physical contact. Ho-rang, facing re-surgery and the TS Group succession, proposes a three-month "skinship contract" of cohabitation; Bo-bae, whose own contract as a writer is expiring and whose director has assigned her to write a mature adult romance she has no experience of, accepts. The series' tagline summarizes the mechanism: "Touch and you charge, let go and you drain, fall in love and you're electrified."[4](https://about.netflix.com/ko/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-premieres-october-9) • [8](https://korearoute.com/dramas/take-charge-of-my-heart)
The setup works as a variation on familiar romantic-comedy structure. A TV Daily review described the series as following the genre's standard patterns, a contract relationship between a rich heir and an ordinary woman, a cold man warmed by a bright woman, and outside forces threatening the couple, while the fantasy device of the battery and the charge gives those patterns a distinct engine: the contract forces the two leads into physical closeness, and the forced proximity becomes the pretext through which they shed their prejudices about each other.[9](https://sports.news.nate.com/view/20261010n02950?isq=11321&mid=s0000)
### Cast and characters
Kim Young-kwang plays Baek Ho-rang, the TS Resort managing director whose artificial heart is his only weakness, and Chae Soo-bin plays Na Bo-bae, the screenwriter whose body generates electricity. The supporting cast shapes the pressures on the central pair:[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
- **Cha Woo-min** as Ji Eun-ho, a top star and Na Bo-bae's number-one fan, who approaches her from outside the contract and creates a triangle.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
- **Jeong Jae-kwang** as Choi Do-yun, Baek Ho-rang's rival and the TS Group's troublemaker, whose confrontations with Ho-rang and feelings for Han Seol-hee form one thread of the plot.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original) • [10](https://www.wikitree.co.kr/articles/1167088)
- **Shin Do-hyun** as Han Seol-hee, head of Hanrim Planning.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
- **Heo Dong-won** as Yoon Jae-ho, chief secretary; **Kim Mi-kyung** as Gong Man-seol, TS Group chairwoman; **Kim Hye-eun** as Baek Kyung-jin, Ho-rang's aunt and president of TS Hotel.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original) • [11](https://www.newsflix.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32510)
- **Yang Hyun-min** as Yeom Min-gyu, the director who assigns Bo-bae the adult-romance screenplay; **Kim A-young** as Jo Seo-jung, Bo-bae's closest friend who knows her secret.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original) • [11](https://www.newsflix.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32510)
Gong Min-jeong appears in a special role as Na Ji-hye, Bo-bae's sister and a former national taekwondo gold medalist, and Park Cheol-min, Kim Hee-jung, and Jeong Soo-han play Bo-bae's family.[11](https://www.newsflix.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32510) • [5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
## Production
Netflix announced the production and cast on July 28, 2025. Park Soo-won, previously known for *Work Later, Drink Now Season 2* and *Birthcare Center*, directed; it was his first romantic comedy. Song Yu-chae wrote the script, and the series was produced by NEW POINT, a subsidiary of NEW, and WHYNOT MEDIA, with NEW POINT's first production credit going to this series.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production) • [5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
Casting news for Kim Young-kwang and Chae Soo-bin appeared in April 2025, and the Netflix scheduling followed in July 2025. Filming ran from May 2025 to January 2026, with music by Park Se-jun.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original) On September 10, 2026, Netflix confirmed the October 9 release date and released the teaser poster and trailer; the poster showed the pair with a pink spark between their joined hands and a charging indicator above their heads.[4](https://about.netflix.com/ko/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-premieres-october-9)
## Release and reception
All ten episodes were available on Netflix from October 9, 2026, as a Netflix exclusive; the Korean title page listed the series as a 2026 limited series rated 15+, with individual episodes running from 59 minutes to 1 hour 7 minutes and a combined 627 minutes.[3](https://piwpiw.tistory.com/entry/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC-%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98-%EA%B3%B5%EA%B0%9C%EC%9D%BC%C2%B7%EB%AA%87%EB%B6%80%EC%9E%91%C2%B7%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%91-%EC%A0%95%EB%A6%AC-%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EA%B4%91%C2%B7%EC%B1%84%EC%88%98%EB%B9%88-%EB%84%B7%ED%94%8C%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4) • [2](https://www.namu.moe/w/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC%20%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)) In the week of October 5 to 11 it ranked seventh overall and third among non-English titles on Netflix's weekly Top 10 with 32 million hours viewed, according to figures compiled in the series' fan documentation.[5](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
In its second week the series reached 6.4 million views and second place on the Netflix global Top 10 non-English list, appearing in the Top 10 in 64 countries including South Korea, Argentina, Greece, Poland, Spain, Thailand, and Vietnam.[6](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/article/view/bnt202610210098) Reviews credited the chemistry between Kim Young-kwang and Chae Soo-bin as the series' main strength; the TV Daily review praised the leads' emotional line and bright energy while noting weaknesses in plot plausibility and a rushed ending, which it judged largely offset by the genre's core pleasures.[9](https://sports.news.nate.com/view/20261010n02950?isq=11321&mid=s0000) The production's visual motifs, a light bulb blinking in time with Bo-bae's heartbeat and street lamps switching on at the moment the contract begins, were noted as expressions of the characters' emotions.[6](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/article/view/bnt202610210098)
## References
1. [New Korean Romantic Comedy 'Take Charge of My Heart' Production and Cast Confirmed, About Netflix (July 28, 2025)](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-production)
2. [나를 충전해줘(드라마), Namu wiki](https://www.namu.moe/w/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC%20%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98(%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88))
3. [나를 충전해줘 몇부작? 총 10부작·회차별 시간·원작, 넷플릭스 10월 9일 공개, piwpiw blog](https://piwpiw.tistory.com/entry/%EB%82%98%EB%A5%BC-%EC%B6%A9%EC%A0%84%ED%95%B4%EC%A4%98-%EA%B3%B5%EA%B0%9C%EC%9D%BC%C2%B7%EB%AA%87%EB%B6%80%EC%9E%91%C2%B7%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%91-%EC%A0%95%EB%A6%AC-%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EA%B4%91%C2%B7%EC%B1%84%EC%88%98%EB%B9%88-%EB%84%B7%ED%94%8C%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4)
4. [넷플릭스 시리즈 <나를 충전해줘> 10월 9일 공개 확정! 티저 포스터&예고편 공개, About Netflix (September 10, 2026)](https://about.netflix.com/ko/news/take-charge-of-my-heart-premieres-october-9)
5. [나를 충전해줘 원작 웹소설 정보｜웹툰 있나, 드라마와 다른 점, 10부작 출연진, focus3651 blog](https://focus3651.tistory.com/entry/take-charge-original)
6. ['나를 충전해줘' 넷플릭스 글로벌 2위, bnt뉴스 (October 21, 2026)](https://www.bntnews.co.kr/article/view/bnt202610210098)
7. [이 조합 대찬성…넷플식 로코→3개월 파격 동거 소재로 안방 감전시킬 韓 드라마, TV리포트 via Daum (September 29, 2026)](https://v.daum.net/v/QRD98S6b5j)
8. [Take Charge of My Heart: Filming Locations Pilgrimage Guide, KoreaRoute](https://korearoute.com/dramas/take-charge-of-my-heart)
9. ['나를 충전해줘' 아는 맛이라 맛있고, 새로운 맛이라 짜릿해요 [OTT리뷰], TV Daily via Nate (October 10, 2026)](https://sports.news.nate.com/view/20261010n02950?isq=11321&mid=s0000)
10. ['나를 충전해줘' 정재광, 클래식 수트 셀카 속 '도윤'…재벌 3세 비주얼 공개, Wikitree (October 18, 2026)](https://www.wikitree.co.kr/articles/1167088)
11. [김영광 인공심장, 채수빈이 충전한다…'나를 충전해줘' 10월 9일 공개, NewsFlix](https://www.newsflix.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32510)
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