Watcha launches reality series Chchin Club featuring Kim Eun-ha and Huh Hwi-su, khan.co.kr reports

Streaming platform Watcha launched its observational reality series Chchin Club, featuring longtime friends and creators Kim Eun-ha and Huh Hwi-su on an unscripted, phone-free 2-day-3-night trip in North Chungcheong Province, as reported by khan.co.kr.

Kim Eun-ha and Huh Hwi-su Enter Chchin Club

The series features freelancer producer Kim Eun-ha and writer Huh Hwi-su, who have maintained a 10-year friendship since meeting in college. The two previously operated the YouTube channel Sogno and created women-centric content such as Ntopia and Our Vow Diary. They currently share their daily lives through their 270,000-subscriber YouTube channel, khan.co.kr reported. Now in their 30s, the pair share the daily lives of women, as reported by khan.co.kr.

Production staff minimalized interference during the trip to track the pair without mobile phones at a guesthouse in Okcheon County. The setup creates immediate tension as the two arrive from an eerie silence in a car after being ordered to surrender their mobile phones, with Eun-ha stating she wants to repair the friendship and Hwi-su noting there are unresolved conversations to be had, according to khan.co.kr.

Unresolved Work Conflicts Surface During Dinner

The friendship strain traces back five years to the early days of their YouTube channel operations, when declining viewership and departing colleagues left Eun-ha overwhelmed while Hwi-su carried the workload alone, khan.co.kr reported. Eun-ha defended her actions by stating she did her best at the time, while Hwi-su described that period as deeply distressing, according to khan.co.kr.

During a tense dinner prepared on the first night of the trip, the lingering professional grievances emerged directly between the two. Hwi-su expressed a desire for emotional empathy while Eun-ha approached the disputes through logical reasoning, resulting in repetitive arguments over communication styles, khan.co.kr reported. Following Hwi-su’s complaint the previous night that she was too indifferent, Eun-ha replied the next day by asking whether she could play more with her if she reduced her work, according to khan.co.kr.

Friendship Dynamics Without a Scripted Resolution

The program sets itself apart from traditional fictional dramas and reality shows by refusing to force a neat happy ending or a grand reconciliation, khan.co.kr reported. Rather than resolving their past grievances completely, the pair acknowledged by the final morning that their willingness to fight and argue stems directly from the depth of their bond, according to khan.co.kr.

싸우다 보니까 우리가 친구였다는 걸 다시 깨달았어요.

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Both creators stated through YouTube comments that they do not regret appearing on the program, emphasizing their desire to showcase diverse relationships among women that move past conventional expectations of perfection, khan.co.kr reported.