‘My Bias, My Boss’ Sets Up a Fan’s Unexpected Office Romance

A carefully planned career change takes an unforeseen turn in My Bias, My Boss, the new tvN romance launching on August 3. The series puts a longtime idol fan inside the company connected to her favorite performer, then shifts its focus to the executive who becomes impossible for her to ignore.

Kim Hye Jun plays Nam Da Reum, a woman whose fandom is not a passing interest. She has supported Lee Chan, a member of the idol group D.N.X, since her school years. After more than a decade of devotion, she makes a bold professional decision: leaving a job at a large corporation and joining Appello, the company associated with the idol she has admired for so long.

A Career Move With a Personal Mission

For Nam Da Reum, the transfer represents a rare chance to bring her working life closer to a personal dream. She approaches the new role expecting the excitement of a fresh start and the possibility of seeing Lee Chan in the course of her work. The premise gives the drama an immediately recognizable fan perspective, but it also places that perspective under pressure once everyday office life begins.

The first person waiting at Appello, however, is not the idol at the center of Nam Da Reum’s ambitions. It is Kang Ha Gi, the company’s CEO, played by Kang Hoon. The encounter redirects the story from a straightforward fan-meets-star fantasy toward a workplace relationship shaped by hierarchy, surprise and competing expectations.

Cha Woo Min plays Lee Chan, whose presence remains a key reason for Nam Da Reum’s decision to join the company. Yet the drama’s central tension comes from the fact that her route to him is no longer as simple as she expected. Kang Ha Gi already knows about her before she starts work, adding another layer of uncertainty to her very first day.

First Stills Point to a Combative Dynamic

New images from the premiere episode suggest that Nam Da Reum and Kang Ha Gi do not begin on smooth terms. One scene shows the CEO visibly injured and dealing with a nosebleed while Nam Da Reum confronts him with an unmistakably angry expression. Another places the pair in a much closer and more awkward situation as he supports her while she appears to be in discomfort.

Those moments indicate a relationship built on disruption rather than instant ease. The physical comedy and heightened reactions hint that the show will use the pair’s conflicting first impressions to create momentum, while leaving room for the feelings beneath those clashes to evolve. Kang Ha Gi’s role as CEO also makes every interaction more complicated for a newcomer trying to establish herself at work.

The series is based on a webtoon, a foundation that often gives romantic comedies a clearly defined hook and a heightened visual rhythm. Here, the setup combines office romance with idol culture: Nam Da Reum is navigating the practical demands of a new job while carrying the private hopes of a fan who has finally entered her idol’s professional orbit.

What the Premiere Will Reveal

The opening episode is positioned to explain why Kang Ha Gi is so aware of Nam Da Reum from the outset and how their difficult introduction develops. It will also establish whether she can separate her longtime admiration for Lee Chan from the reality of working in the same corporate environment.

At its heart, My Bias, My Boss asks what happens when a carefully imagined dream becomes real in a form no one anticipated. Nam Da Reum has pursued proximity to her favorite idol, but the person most likely to reshape her future may be the boss standing in her way. The drama premieres at 8:50 p.m. KST and will be available internationally on Viki.