Netflix Global Top 3: 'Girlingo'

The Netflix series 'Girigo' ranked first in Korea and third globally. According to FlixPatrol, a global OTT platform content viewership ranking site, 'Girigo' ranked third globally and took first place in 13 countries worldwide, including Korea. It also proved its popularity by ranking first on Netflix's 'Top 10 Series in Korea'.

'Girigo,' with all 8 episodes released on April 24, tells the story of high school students who are foretold their deaths due to the curse of the wish-granting application 'Girigo,' and their desperate struggle to avoid it. It is gaining popularity for its solid narrative and immersive direction, which combines emotions such as friendship, envy, jealousy, and first love with a curse, using the realistic concerns of teenagers familiar with smartphones as the source of horror.

Despite its R-rating (not suitable for minors), it topped the Netflix Top 10 Series in Korea within two days of its release and made its presence felt overseas by entering the Top 10 TV Series in 43 countries. 'Girigo' depicts high school students who receive a wish-granting app and are faced with a sudden death curse, drawing attention for its portrayal of teenage anxiety and desires through horror.

The core premise of the work is a curse where death comes 24 hours after using the wish-granting app 'Girigo'. The horror device being a smartphone app creates realistic anxiety, and the setting of transforming an everyday tool into a channel for a curse elicits the immediate immersion characteristic of YA horror.

Director Park Yoon-seo explained that while the horror genre starts from unrealistic stories, he tried to connect it to reality, and although horror using mobile phones or apps has existed before, 'Girigo' is new and fresh in its speed of events and narrative structure.