Actors are increasingly taking on the challenge of hosting programs that are closely related to their personal interests. Actors who we could only meet through works such as movies and dramas are now meeting the public with new titles such as MC and DJ.

Park Bo-gum has been selected as the 7th MC for KBS‘s late-night music talk show ‘The Seasons’, which began airing on the 14th, and is meeting viewers under the title ‘Park Bo-gum’s Cantabile’. ‘The Seasons’ is a seasonal program where new MCs each season host the program under their own names, and Jay Park, Lee Hyori, and Zico have previously served as MCs.

Park Bo-gum, who has consistently shown interest in music, received passing marks from viewers in the first broadcast for his stable hosting skills as well as his sincere ‘respect’ for the appearing artists. Former MC Lee Young-ji and aespa‘s ‘Supernova’ dance were performed, while actors who starred in ‘Love in the Moonlight’ with Park Bo-gum gathered together, drawing attention.

Bae Doo-na will also challenge herself as an MC through the tvN entertainment show ‘Useless Trivia Encyclopedia: Mediterranean’ (알쓸별잡: 미스트교) which will be aired for the first time on the 31st. ‘Useless Byeoljab’ is a new series of ‘All Sessions’ which opened a new chapter in ‘Trivial Talk’ with in-depth conversations with experts in each field. This season, the series travels to various European cities along the Mediterranean Sea and shares various stories.

Bae Doo-na will show a new side of herself through this program, embarking on ‘intellectual exploration’ with architect Yoo Hyun-joon, physics professor Kim Sang-wook, astronomer Shim Chae-kyung, lawyer Han Dong-il, and poet Ahn Hee-yeon. The previously released trailer also showed Bae Doo-na immersed in the experts’ stories and enriching the conversation with curious questions and empathy.

Go Ah-sung will show a different side of herself as a radio DJ rather than a TV program MC. It will be through MBC Standard FM‘s ‘Radio Book Club, This is Go Ah-sung’, which begins on the 23rd. The book-specialized program ‘Radio Book Club’, which has been broadcast since 2008, has been hosted by figures from the cultural and artistic world such as film director Jang Jin, novelist Baek Young-ok, and YouTuber Kim Gyul-wool.

MBC Radio introduced Go Ah-sung, who became a DJ because of her love of reading, as “an actress who is recognized by everyone as a literature enthusiast to the point of describing books as ‘the greatest thing in life.”

Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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