Soul Mechanic

Soul Mechanic
Promotional poster
Also known asFix You[1]
Hangul
영혼수선공
Hanja
靈魂修繕工
Literal meaningSoul Repairer
Revised RomanizationYeonghonsuseongong
GenreMedical
Created byKi Min-soo
Kim Sang-hwi (KBS Drama Headquarters)
Written byLee Hyang-hee
Directed byYoo Hyun-ki
Starring
Music byPark Sung-jin
Choi Min-chang
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes32[a]
Production
Executive producerKang Byung-taek (KBS)
ProducerJung Hye-ryong
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[a]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseMay 6 (2020-05-06) –
June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)

Soul Mechanic (Korean: 영혼수선공; Hanja: 靈魂修繕工) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Shin Ha-kyun, Jung So-min, Tae In-ho and Park Ye-jin. It aired on KBS2 from May 6 to June 25, 2020.[3]

Synopsis

A team of psychiatrists who believe in healing, and not just treating sick patients. Lee Shi-joon (Shin Ha-kyun) is happy to deal with living in a crazy world by being his eccentric self and leaning on humor to reach out to patients. He ends up being assigned a problem patient, Han Woo-joo (Jung So-min), a musical rising star with terrible anger management issues.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Special appearances

Original soundtrack

Soul Mechanic OST
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released2020
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelDreamus Company

Part 1

Released on May 7, 2020 (2020-05-07)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I'm Fine"Shim Hyun-bo
  • Park Sung-jin
  • Choi Min-chang
Oh Ha-young (Apink)3:58
2."I'm Fine" (Inst.) 
  • Park Sung-jin
  • Choi Min-chang
 3:58
Total length:7:56

Part 2

Released on May 21, 2020 (2020-05-21)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Lean on Me" (우리 둘, 서로의 위로가 되어)Shim Hyun-bo
  • Shim Hyun-bo
  • Park Min-seo
Ha Hyun-sang3:56
2."Lean on Me" (Inst.) 
  • Shim Hyun-bo
  • Park Min-seo
 3:56
Total length:7:52

Part 3

Released on May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Confuse" (마음이 이상해)Shim Hyun-bo
  • Shim Hyun-bo
  • Park Min-seo
Suran4:24
2."Confuse" (Inst.) 
  • Shim Hyun-bo
  • Park Min-seo
 4:24
Total length:8:48

Part 4

Released on June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."When Tomorrow Comes" (내일이 오면)Red Socks
  • Red Socks
  • Kang Hyun-deuk
NIA3:46
2."When Tomorrow Comes" (Inst.) 
  • Red Socks
  • Kang Hyun-deuk
 3:46
Total length:7:32

Part 5

Released on June 4, 2020 (2020-06-04)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Love After Love" (하루가)Kim Soo-jungatomikTim4:34
2."Love After Love" (Inst.) atomik 4:34
Total length:9:08

Part 6

Released on June 11, 2020 (2020-06-11)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Sigh" (휴(休))BIG Naughty
3:57
2."Sigh" (Inst.) 
  • BIG Naughty
  • Giriboy
  • Choi Min-chang
 3:57
Total length:7:54

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[8]
Nationwide
1 May 6, 2020 4.7%
2 5.2%
3 May 7, 2020 3.1%
4 4.4%
5 May 13, 2020 3.7%
6 3.8%
7 May 14, 2020 2.2%
8 3.0%
9 May 20, 2020 2.3%
10 2.6%
11 May 21, 2020 2.2%
12 3.3%
13 May 27, 2020 2.0%
14 2.7%
15 May 28, 2020 1.8%
16 2.5%
17 June 3, 2020 2.1%
18 2.2%
19 June 4, 2020 2.3%
20 2.7%
21 June 10, 2020 1.9%
22 2.1%
23 June 11, 2020 1.4%
24 1.7%
25 June 17, 2020 1.5%
26 1.9%
27 June 18, 2020 1.7%
28 2.1%
29 June 24, 2020 2.0%
30 2.5%
31 June 25, 2020 2.1%
32 2.3%
Average 2.6%

Notes

  1. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[2]

References

  1. ^ [반전주의] 신하균, ＂정신과 의사인 내가 예쁘게 잘라줄게~^^＂ [영혼수선공/Fix you] 20200506. YouTube (in Korean). KBS Drama. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  3. ^ "'영혼수선공' 신하균X정소민, 한 폭의 수채화 같은 메인 포스터 공개..힐링 케미 뿜뿜". 헤럴드POP. April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "신하균, 9년만 의드 컴백? '영혼수선공' 출연 긍정검토 중(공식입장)". Newsen. October 7, 2019. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "정소민, 신하균과 드라마 '영혼수선공' 주인공". 일간스포츠. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "태인호, KBS '영혼수선공' 주연 확정…신하균 절친이자 라이벌[공식]". 일간스포츠. December 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "박예진, '영혼수선공' 출연 확정...정신의학과 원장 役". YTN. December 31, 2019. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2020.