MBC‘s entertainment show ’Good Day‘ has swept the nation with unrivaled popularity, and is also showing positive results globally, drawing attention at home and abroad.

‘Good Day (directed by Kim Tae-ho)’ proved its high popularity by taking first place in the TV Sunday category for two consecutive weeks in the TV-OTT non-drama category topicality survey for the third week of February announced by Good Data Corporation FUNdex. Cast member G-Dragon showed his power by taking first place in the non-drama topicality survey for two consecutive weeks, and Kim Soo-hyun, who was in 7th place last week, rose to 5th place this week.

In particular, on OTT platform Disney+ (Plus), where ‘Good Day’ can be found, it has been steadily captivating domestic fans by maintaining its No. 1 spot in ‘Today’s Korea TOP 10’.

The global response is also extraordinary. Even before its first broadcast, ‘Good Day’ was ranked first on the world‘s largest OTT global platform iQIYI, and on Japanese OTT platform It is sold to leading global platforms such as Lemino and is being serviced in countries and regions around the world. In Taiwan, which is showing the fastest response among them, it achieved first place in the entertainment category for two consecutive weeks and maintained a program rating of 10 points. It also achieved first place in the K-POP genre for two consecutive weeks on Japan’s OTT Lemino, proving the hot interest of global fans.

Amidst this, the hidden relationships of the 88 stars that played an important role in increasing the topicality are being highlighted once again. In the second episode of ‘Good Day’ that aired on the 23rd (Sunday), the meeting of the 88 stars with the concept of ‘I‘m Solo’ was unfolded, centering around G-Dragon, along with actors Kim Soo-hyun, Lee Soo-hyuk, Im Si-wan, Hwang Kwang-hee, and Jung Hae-in, drawing attention.

Among them, the relationship surrounding G-Dragon, the host of ‘88 Nation’, is drawing attention. As it turns out, G-Dragon and Kim Soo-hyun It was not their first time meeting, but they exchanged phone numbers, and the story of G-Dragon calling Kim Soo-hyun because he mistook him for a person with the same name was revealed, making people laugh. The relationship between G-Dragon and Jung Hae-in, who met briefly on ‘You Quiz on the Block’, and the relationship between G-Dragon and Hwang Kwang-hee, who dramatically reunited after 10 years, were also entertaining points. In particular, the video titled ‘My Friend Who Has Been Difficult for 10 Years, G-Dragon’ recorded 1.2 million views and ranked first on YouTube’s In-geup-dong (videos with a rapid rise in popularity) in just one day.

In addition, the first meeting between Hwang Kwang-hee and Jung Hae-in, who publicly apologized for speaking informally to Jung Hae-in, whom they had never met before, and the story of Hwang Kwang-hee meeting Kim Soo-hyun by chance while he was choosing sunscreen at a cosmetics store during his vacation from his military service, were revealed, making viewers laugh.

The 88 friends, who became awkwardly close through the broadcast, are gathering even more attention by showing that they have become real friends since the broadcast. Hwang Kwang-hee, who recently boasted about working out and showed off his muscle photos, posted a pictorial revealing Lee Soo-hyuk‘s six-pack abs on his SNS with the caption, “Lee Soo-hyuk!! I’ll catch up to you soon!! Just wait ㅋㅋ”, and Lee Soo-hyuk regrammed this post and wrote, “Will that happen? I‘m rooting for you, Kwang-hee~ But until when?? Tell me the date”, making people laugh.

G-Dragon met Im Si-wan in Paris and left an affectionate certification shot, and he became a topic of conversation among fans by directly voting for a post choosing Kim Soo-hyun’s thumbnail. Meanwhile, Kim Soo-hyun posted a video of himself boxing with G-Dragon on his SNS, and tagged his friends‘ accounts on an empty plate of bungeoppang with the caption, “88”, drawing attention. Recently, when Hwang Kwang-hee uploaded a picture of himself with his 88 friends on his account, his friends also responded to it, showing off their real-life best friend vibes. The relationship between the 88 friends who became real-life best friends after the show has become another point of interest and is making fans happy.

MBC’s ‘Good Day’ is a music project where G-Dragon completes the song of the year with people from various fields, and it airs every Sunday at 9:10 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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