Car, the garden, Dowoon, Lee Chae-min, and TARZZAN Meet Na Young-seok's Team for "Why on Earth Are You Hiking?", Premiering August 18

Na Young-seok's production team is returning with a harsh yet beautiful snowy mountain variety show featuring Car, the garden, Dowoon, Lee Chae-min, and TARZZAN.

On July 16, Netflix announced that its new variety show "Why on Earth Are You Hiking?" (hereinafter "Why on Earth") will be released on August 18, and unveiled a teaser poster and trailer.

"Why on Earth" is a hiking variety show featuring four involuntary hikers who have lived their entire lives avoiding mountains, as they take on the challenge of a grand expedition to a snowy mountain in the middle of winter for the first time in their lives. The show will capture the journey of these novice hikers as they search for their own answers to the question, "Why on earth are you hiking?" while showcasing the cool, refreshing scenery of winter mountains during the sweltering summer.

Above all, expectations are high for the collaboration between Netflix and Na Young-seok's team, known for their expertise in "character-driven variety shows," as well as the fresh combination of cast members they have assembled. Led by all-around entertainer Car, the garden, the cast includes Dowoon of the band DAY6, rising star Lee Chae-min, and TARZZAN of the group ALLDAY PROJECT, who together will showcase a unique chemistry as a mountaineering club like no other.

The released teaser poster captures attention with the determined expression of the club's eldest member, Car, the garden, alongside the curious gaze of Dowoon, the visuals of Lee Chae-min that are more dazzling than the snowy mountains, and the youngest member, TARZZAN, who does not lose his smile even during the grueling hike. Cute characters based on the members' personalities also appear, sparking interest in their chaotic hiking adventure.

The accompanying teaser trailer depicts the struggles of the members as they are taken aback by the unexpectedly harsh difficulty of the climb. Following a scene where an exhausted Car, the garden expresses his dismay, saying, "This isn't it," the breathtakingly majestic scenery of the snowy mountains unfolds, offering an overwhelming visual thrill.

Producer Park Hyun-yong, who directed the show, stated, "The planning intention was to create a raw variety show where the cast truly suffers." He added, "South Korea's winter snowy mountains are the harshest and roughest, but paradoxically, they hold the most beautiful scenery of any season. I wanted to show the 'raw chemistry' that unfolds as these four people, who have lived their lives far from mountains, are thrown into this extreme environment and push and pull each other to complete the journey."

The unpredictable snowy mountain expedition of the four involuntary hikers, "Why on Earth Are You Hiking?", will be released on Tuesday, August 18, through Netflix.

(Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Reported by Kang Sun-ae

(SBS Entertainment News, Reporter Kang Sun-ae)
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