Song Kang

Biography

Song Kang (Korean: 송강; born April 23, 1994) is a South Korean actor. His notable lead roles in television series include Love Alarm (2019–21), Sweet Home (2020), Navillera (2021), Nevertheless (2021), and Forecasting Love and Weather (2022). He is popularly known as the "Son of Netflix" because most of his series are aired on the platform.

Kang made his acting debut with a supporting role in the 2017 romantic comedy television series The Liar and His Lover. The same year, he was cast in the family drama Man in the Kitchen. He also appeared in two music videos: 

"Sweet Summer Night" by acoustic duo The Ade and "Love Story" by Suran. On July 8, 2017, his agency Namoo Actors organized a fan meeting – "Introduction to Rookies" for Kang alongside Oh Seung-hoon and Lee Yoo-jin.

In 2019, Kang played the supporting role of Jung Kyung-ho's assistant in tvN fantasy melodrama When the Devil Calls Your Name. He next starred in the Netflix original romantic series Love Alarm, based on the popular webtoon of the same name.

  Kang was cast in his first main role through auditions out of 900 people;  he played the role of a handsome high-school student who falls in love with a girl (Kim So-Hyun) who was his best friend's secret crush.

 Love Alarm was ranked as one of Netflix's top releases of the year and was renewed for a second season. His final appearance that year was in the music video of Vibe's "Call Me Back".

In 2022, Kang starred in another JTBC drama, Forecasting Love and Weather, alongside Park Min-young. On March 4, 2022, Kang held a fan meeting to communicate with fans around the world in real-time via 'The Swoon', a YouTube channel dedicated to South Korea.

 In May, it was reported that Kang will hold a fan meeting on June 12, 2022, at the YES24 Live Hall. In November Song confirmed that the "2023 Song Kang Asia Fan Meeting Tour" will take place in six countries, starting with Seoul, followed by Tokyo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Bangkok, which will take place sometime in 2023.