The new tvN STORY entertainment program 'Couples Living Separately,' which is generating a heated buzz by promising a real-life observation of couples living apart, will finally start airing in two days. Prior to this, the 'Couples Living Separately' team conducted a survey titled 'Do Couples Need to Live Together?' targeting the 2040 generation, who are adapting their lifestyles, in collaboration with the newsletter media 'Newnik,' which is most subscribed to by the MZ generation, for five days starting from Aug. 11. As a result, 53% of respondents provided positive responses regarding living separately. Reflecting the changing social trends, 'Couples Living Separately' revealed viewing points that can provide more real enjoyment and empathy.
#1. A new paradigm breaking the stereotype of 'marriage = living together'
'Couples Living Separately' on tvN STORY is an observational entertainment program capturing the new normal of couples who are more affectionate because they live apart. It reveals the solo lives of couples living in their own spaces due to various circumstances such as work issues, child education, parental care, or differences in lifestyle patterns. Additionally, it explores the daily lives and inner feelings of spouses, who are even more intriguing because they do not live together, in a fresh format of mutual observation between couples.
The show 'Couples Living Separately' is expected to present a new paradigm of couple entertainment that breaks the notion that marriage equals living together. In the aforementioned survey, 53% of respondents answered that it is a 'problem that can be chosen depending on the situation,' while 9.8% said 'it is comfortable to have separate spaces.' Additionally, the keywords mentioned for positive responses regarding living separately included personal space, respect, understanding, circumstances, and choice. This changing trend is anticipated to prompt realistic answers and empathy to the question, 'Do couples have to live together?'
#2. First public revelation of the real daily lives of 'Couples Living Separately'
The main participants stepping up as the first 'Couples Living Separately' are actress Moon So-ri, director Jang Jun-hwan, singer Kim Jung-min, and his mother Rumiko. Since they have been together for many years, their genuine shock reactions upon observing the daily lives that they didn't know about their spouses have been subtly revealed through highlight videos, creating a buzz.
Moon So-ri and Jang Jun-hwan, who are busier than when working in Seoul, enjoy caffeine and MSG in Jeju, living their lives in a chill manner. Meanwhile, Kim Jung-min, a father raising three sons on his own, has household techniques that leave his wife astonished. In the broadcast, they will reveal their honest experiences of living separately, which can be even more candid.
The survey also revealed that the scenario most observed among couples living separately is 'together on weekends, apart during the week' (45.3%). In fact, this is expected to evoke strong empathy among couples living apart, as they might think, 'Isn't that our story?' Furthermore, the new vision that 'having a meaningful and affectionate relationship is possible without living together' will provide an opportunity to reevaluate the nature of couple relationships.
#3. Following Moon So-ri, Jang Jun-hwan, Kim Jung-min, and Rumiko, will another couple emerge?
According to the production team of 'Couples Living Separately,' in addition to Moon So-ri and Jang Jun-hwan, who respect each other's lifestyles, and Kim Jung-min and Rumiko, who decided to study abroad for their three sons' education, another couple living separately for different reasons and choices will also appear. 'Another couple, who will be first unveiled, is waiting in the wings, and their daily lives contain unexpected diverse stories. Please look forward to it,' is the production team's message. This emergence of another couple of 'Couples Living Separately,' still shrouded in mystery, has become another point of curiosity for the program. 'Couples Living Separately' will premiere at 8 p.m. on Thursday, the 28th.
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