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IU and Byeon Woo-seok Lead MBC Drama ‘Perfect Crown’ Set for April Premiere

The series reimagines modern Korea as a constitutional monarchy through a contract marriage that pairs a chaebol heiress with a royal prince.

IU plays an ambitious chaebol heiress who proposes a contract marriage to a prince in MBC's new drama "Perfect Crown," premiering April 3, 2026.
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Overview

  • MBC confirms IU as Sung Hee-joo, the Castle Beauty CEO navigating status barriers, opposite Byeon Woo-seok as Grand Prince Yi An.
  • New promotional materials and script reading stills foreground the contract marriage premise within a contemporary royal–commoner class divide.
  • The drama is slated to premiere in April 2026 on MBC with international streaming on Disney+. Park Joon-hwa and Bae Hee-young co-direct, with scripts by rookie writer Yoo Ji-won.
  • KpopStarz reports an April 3 start, a Friday–Saturday slot, a 12-episode run, and an April 2025 filming start, details not widely corroborated elsewhere.