Love Phobia release schedule: When do new episodes of the latest K-drama drop?

U+ Mobile TV's latest K-drama, Love Phobia, premiered on February 19, 2026. The K-drama brings Idol I fame, Kim Hyun-jin, back on screen as he plays the lead character, Han Seon-ho.

The K-drama is about two characters, Seon-ho, a popular romance novelist who believes in traditional love, and Yoon Bi-a, played by Yeonwoo, who, more than real-life connections, relies on AI and creates a dating app that mirrors real-life love.

Love Phobia will consist of 8 episodes that will be released biweekly, every Thursday and Friday.

More on the release schedule of the K-drama in the story.

Love Phobia release schedule: When do new episodes of the latest K-drama drop?

As mentioned, the K-drama premiered on Thursday, February 19, 2026, and released the first two episodes on 19th and 20th February, 2026. The complete release schedule for all 8 episodes of Love Phobia is given below:

For South Korean viewers, the rom-com K-drama airs at 11:00 p.m. KST on Lifetime and U+ Mobile TV. The international audience can catch the K-drama on Viu.

A quick recap of Love Phobia premiere Episodes

In Episodes 1 and 2 of Love Phobia, we are introduced to the very different lives of the leads, Seon-ho and Bi-a. Bi-a is the CEO of an AI dating company that has been one of the best in the country and is preparing to launch another, which will use virtual reality and is named "It's You."

While she thrives in the dating app industry, Bi-a, in real life, is dealing with a trauma that stops her from making meaningful human connections, leaving her to rely on AI too much. She even has an AI version of her own mother, who died after a car accident, leaving Bi-a traumatized.

On the other hand, celebrity writer Seon-ho is dealing with his own struggles, as he learns about his girlfriend cheating on him, but later finds out that she was just using Bi-a's dating app and creates an AI boyfriend, since Seon-ho does not have time for her. Not just his girlfriend, Seon-ho learns that even his brother has an AI girlfriend using the same app.

While he struggles in his private life and also financially due to going through writer's block, he meets Bi-a by accident when she knocks him over with her car. She later apologizes and even asks to pay his hospital bills, but this was just the beginning of their story.

Later, as they try to launch their newest app, the company learns that the model on which ForMe's AI boyfriend was based had been involved in fraudulent activities. As he tries to flee from the company, Bi-a catches up to him but fails after encountering her mother due to her AI watch. Seon-ho comes at the right moment and saves her from the reporters around her while she was in a vulnerable state. This makes Bi-a help him and his brother as she buys their company from the loan sharks, as his brother had tanked all of the finances after taking advice from the same model.

In the end, Seon-ho finally asks what Bi-a wants for helping them out, and she reveals that her ultimate plan is to buy him for her dating app.

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