About “Genie, Make a Wish” in a few words:

This show, debuting in 2025, is a Korean fantasy-romantic comedy called Genie, Make a Wish. It’s about a spirit named Iblis (think genie vibes with a dark twist) who wakes from a thousand-year sleep, only to be bound to Ka-young, a woman who doesn’t feel emotion. He thinks humans are corruptible, she challenges that claim—and through three wishes, their fates get tangled with love, deception, and ancient grudges.

Meet the characters from Genie, Make a Wish

Jinn

Jinn is the kind of ancient, slightly sarcastic genie who strolls out of lamp smoke like it’s dramatic theater every time. He’s bound by rules and grudges but also weirdly tender — like he’ll bargain you into a favor then tuck your shoelace back in because he’s secretly domestic. There’s a chaotic streak where he rewrites situations for fun, which is thrilling and terrifying in equal measure (and yes, he hoards tiny porcelain teacups for reasons that make no sense). You get the sense he’s been around for centuries and still hasn’t quite decided if humanity is maddening or adorable. Also, he claims to hate modern music but hums pop hooks under his breath, so trust nothing he says about tastes.

Ka-young

Ka-young is the bright, stubborn center of the story — equal parts empathy and explosive determination. She makes plans like a military strategist but then throws them out the window at the first sign of someone in need, which is very her. She’s loud when she needs to be and painfully soft at night (also she collects ticket stubs for reasons she can never explain, which is cute and baffling). There’s a vulnerability under her bravado that she hides with jokes and a mean grocery-store shopping list. She messes up, apologizes, learns, and messes up again, which is why she feels so human and like someone you’d call at 2 a.m. even if you wouldn’t want to hear her voice notes.

Soo-hyun

Soo-hyun is the cool, skeptical friend who rolls their eyes at magic but also carries three back-up chargers “just in case.” Practical, meticulous, probably knows the rules better than anybody and will quote them in a monotone while simmering with worry. They have this quiet loyalty that shows in tiny gestures — leaving your door unlocked, remembering your coffee order — and they hate being sentimental even though they cry at old movies (once, I swear). Also they are into weird hobbies like urban foraging and can identify mushrooms, which is somehow useful and kind of alarming. Soo-hyun’s the grounding force and the low-key hero, even if they’d publicly deny it and pretend it was a misclick.

Sayyid

Sayyid is the other-worldly counterpart to Jinn — more formal, more mysterious, with a smile that suggests centuries of knowing secrets. He speaks like he’s reciting poetry sometimes, and then he’ll drop a joke that ruins the mood because yes, he has a sense of humor (dry and slightly mean). There’s a complicated moral compass there; he’s not exactly on anyone’s side yet somehow is deeply involved in everyone’s problems. He collects old maps and has an uncanny ability to find people who don’t want to be found, which is either comforting or terrifying depending on your vibe. Also, random fact — he always loses the left glove and blames fate, which is probably symbolic but honestly might just be laziness.