'Hyori'S Bed & Breakfast Season 2' Update

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Lee Hyori has been so famous and for so long that it feels weird to lớn explain who she is lớn people who are either too young or not plugged into Asian pop culture. It’s like explaining what an iPhone is. At any rate, if you don’t know who she is, you can always look her up, so I won’t bother writing about the scale of her fame và success except to just cảnh báo that she was HUGE and then she suddenly disappeared from the music scene.

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It turns out that Hyori ended up getting married lớn a rock musician Lee Sang-soon, & they soon decamped to lớn Jeju Island, where they lived in seclusion for about four years before agreeing khổng lồ film Hyori’s Bed và Breakfast last year in 2017. The conceit of the show is that Hyori và Sang-soon welcome pre-approved guests khổng lồ stay at their house with their eight (then later nine, I think, I can barely keep track because three/four of the dogs look alike) rescued dogs & cats. Lớn help them out, a celebrity or two comes by khổng lồ help the couple run the B&B, with IU showing up in the first season and then Yoona & Park Bo-geum in the second.

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Obviously the selling point of the show is rooted in prurience & novelty. We get khổng lồ see what Hyori’s trang chủ life is like (answer: comfortingly boring) & how the celebrities handle the work (answer: with great sincerity và hard work). There’s hardly any conflict in the show, with the biggest drama mostly centred around household chores (like the nhà wc getting clogged or sudden rain while the laundry is drying outside) or illnesses lượt thích ulcers instead of personality clashes.

Because the casting process was done so well, pretty much all of the guests are very considerate và come to the bed and breakfast with narratives of their own. There’s something about the pacing & mood of the show that feels lượt thích the film version of Usagi Drop (which I reviewed here). People arrive at Hyori’s house because they’re curious, of course, but they’re not there lớn simply gawk at her and her celebrity staff. They have their own goals, whether it’s lớn go surfing or fishing or hike up some mountains. There’s also a range of guests, from girlfriends out for a last vacation together before university and a father-and-son birdwatching duo lớn an engaged couple looking lớn get pre-wedding photos done.

It’s all very slow-paced and idyllic, and the guests are often amazed at how relaxed they feel at Hyori’s house, even though there’s only one bedroom and some of the guests have to lớn sleep in a makeshift room that used khổng lồ be the office or in a ger or an RV outside. Another feature that has really impressed viewers is the relationship between Hyori và Sang-soon, who tóm tắt household chores without complaint và have a very loving và humourous relationship.

I understand why the show is such a huge hit; it’s kind of lượt thích a curated social truyền thông media perfect life, which is why I have a lot of respect for Hyori coming out to lớn clarify that the lifestyle she and her husband enjoy isn’t something that is accessible khổng lồ everyone, & that it often takes a lot of privilege and money to live a life that appears quite simple on the surface.

From her appearance on Radio Star, Hyori said about her wedding at her house after she was hailed for having a “small” wedding:

Lee Hyori revealed that her wedding was not a “small” wedding, but a “super luxurious” one. “My backyard is big, & I paid for the guests’ flights & lodging. Having your wedding at a normal wedding hall is truly a ‘small’ wedding.

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She also points out that praising Sang-soon for his patience isn’t entirely fair khổng lồ other men.

I heard that a lot of household wives are telling their husbands to bởi better after watching the program. But my husband doesn’t work. He wakes up late in the morning, drinks some tea, plays the guitar. Living a life lượt thích this, he naturally helps out with housework and doesn’t complain. However, other husbands go out lớn earn money, so you shouldn’t compare.

If you don’t earn money & live a comfortable life, it’s possible khổng lồ live lượt thích this. There are some people who feel a sense of shame watching the show, saying, ‘I’m so jealous of that couple.’ ‘How are they so nice lớn each other?’ I was actually most worried about that. If a dual career family comes home after getting harassed by their quái nhân at work, there’s no way they’d be able to say anything nice at home. So don’t tell each other, ‘Why can’t you vì that for me?’ Instead, try to think of the person who has come home after working all day.

More than anything, that common-sense empathy is what Hyori brings to the show rather than her celebrity. She extends it khổng lồ everyone who arrives, recognizing in them the things that are important. One of my favourite moments is when Hyori is doing dishes with the eldest sister of a trio of siblings whose mother died while the youngest was only five years old. Hyori compliments the sister on how well she raised her siblings, who are lovely, và the eldest sister says that she has been pretty lucky. Hyori reaches out & pats her on the head, saying that the sister had done a good job with her siblings.

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This is such a wonderful moment because it’s not even about Hyori’s celebrity, it’s simply having another person acknowledge what the sister has gone through. I was moved lớn tears by it because I know how sad/happy it feels when someone else, especially if it’s a person you don’t even know very well, sees and understands what you’ve worked so hard on. Finally, someone has seen you và all your effort.

There are other moments of acknowledgement like this. In the second season, young stars Yoona & Park Bo-geum are holding down the fort when Sang-soon is in Seoul for a show and Hyori is down with a cold. When she’s better, Hyori compliments them: Yoona is so capable và Bo-geum is so kind. The two have the same pleased và slightly shy expressions that the sister who’s raised her siblings has.

It’s kind of funny to lớn think that these two, who have achieved what modern society deems as the pinnacle of success (money and fame), can feel so happy about a simple acknowledgement, but I think it shows us something really important about human nature. Desiring fame is an offshoot of a human desire to be recognized as valuable to others, but from what I’ve seen up close when I was working in the music industry, fame is ultimately hollow because you’re not being acknowledged for yourself. Instead, it’s an image of you that may or may not really exist that is being given love và desire. Lớn be acknowledged và recognized–to be seen–in a real & genuine way becomes worth a lot more.

Hyori clearly understands what fame really means–her escape lớn Jeju with her husband (who is neither famous nor rich) is pretty much a repudiation of the kind of desperation that often descends on people whose self worth is tied to lớn fame. Good for her, & good on her for being a sort of mentor to IU, Yoona, & to some extent Bo-geum (who doesn’t really stay long enough lớn get the full Hyori mentoring).

One of the most poignant moments in the show comes early on in Season 1 when a group of girlfriends arrive. Hyori is amazed at their friendship & closeness, which is something that she missed out on at their age.

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She reflects khổng lồ her husband: “When I was 25, I was really lonely. I didn’t have very many friends I could chat and share things with. My friends were my manager, my stylist, or someone older.” Later, she says, “What I wish for is lớn have a friend gọi me drunk at two in the morning and ask me for a ride.”

Socially awkward IU is kind of the epitome of how strange fame is. Regular people would be thrilled khổng lồ include her in their circle, but at the same time, they won’t be able khổng lồ relate to lớn her normally because of her fame. There are lots of moments of IU standing around trying lớn fit in, but it’s not till later that people just accept her as a person instead of a star.

Although it’s clear that Hyori & Sang-soon appreciated Yoona’s brisk efficiency và Bo-geum’s hardworking nature, it’s hapless IU who they felt most for, especially Hyori. At one point, Hyori asks IU if she has any friends, & IU says that she’s still friends with a couple of middle school classmates, although they’re not as close as they used to lớn be. Hyori quietly observes that their lives are too different now.

It’s the extreme version of leaving your small town to make it in the big city & returning only to find that you no longer have anything in common with people you used khổng lồ spend so much time with.

With that in mind, it makes sense why Hyori and Sang-soon agreed to bởi vì this show. Even though they have what seems lượt thích a perfect life, there’s an undercurrent of loneliness to it. Having guests over gives them a chance to lớn connect with people on a level that allows both parties khổng lồ humanize each other, lớn give each other companionship, understanding, & acknowledgement. They are allowed khổng lồ simply see each other for who they really are, & by extension, so are we.

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ps. I will say that there is one element of the show that did slightly make me side-eye Hyori & Sang-soon, and that is that they allow their Persian mèo Mi-mi (the cát giving the evil eye lớn IU above và looking for food in the picture with the group of friends) lớn sit at the table while people are eating. I love cats, and I let mine sleep in my bed, but I bởi draw the line at cats sitting at the table and getting their hair all over the food.

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