# A-TEEN 2 (에이틴 2)
**A-TEEN 2** (에이틴 2) is a 2019 South Korean teen romance web drama and the second season of *[A-TEEN](https://www.edgepedia.org/a-teen)*, produced by Playlist and following a group of third-year high school students through their final year before the college entrance examinations. It ran for 20 episodes on [Naver V Live](https://www.edgepedia.org/naver-v-live) and Naver TV from April 21 to June 27, 2019, with episodes of roughly 13 to 15 minutes released on Thursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m.[1](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2) • [2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360) • [3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190422169200005) The season surpassed 52 million views on V Live alone, the highest record for a V Original web drama series at the time.[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 20-episode web drama, about 13–15 minutes per episode, released Thursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. on Naver V Live and Naver TV[1](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2) • [3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190422169200005) |
| Run | April 21 to June 27, 2019[1](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2) |
| Production | Playlist; directed by Han Soo Ji, written by Kim Sa-ra, producer Song Joo-sung[2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360) • [5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) |
| Setting | Third year of high school (age 19), centered on the college entrance exam, career choices, romance, and friendship[6](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2115932) |
| V Live performance | Over 52 million views, the highest record for a V Original web drama series; first episode neared 5 million views[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting) |
| Series total | About 300 million cumulative views across both seasons by July 2019[7](https://isplus.com/article/view/isp201907160180) |
| New cast | Choi Bo-min of Golden Child as Ryu Joo Ha and Kang Min-ah as Cha A-hyun[8](https://www.soompi.com/article/1318392wpp/watch-a-teen-2-cast-shows-youthful-energy-at-first-script-reading-and-poster-shoot) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and cast
The season moves its characters from age 18 to 19. Where the first season dealt with second-year high school life, *A-TEEN 2* centers on third-year students facing the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), Korea's national university entrance exam, and the career decisions that come with it.[6](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2115932) The returning cast includes [Lee Na-eun](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-na-eun) of the girl group APRIL as Kim Ha Na, Shin Ye-eun as Do Ha Na, Kim Dong-hee as Ha Min, Kim Soo-hyun as Yeo Bo Ram, Ryu Ui-hyun as Cha Gi Hyun, and [Shin Seung-ho](https://www.edgepedia.org/shin-seung-ho) as Nam Shi Woo.[2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360) • [3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190422169200005)
Two new characters joined for the season: Ryu Joo Ha, a handsome transfer student placed in Kim Ha Na's class, played by Choi Bo-min of the boy group Golden Child, and Cha A-hyun, played by Kang Min-ah.[8](https://www.soompi.com/article/1318392wpp/watch-a-teen-2-cast-shows-youthful-energy-at-first-script-reading-and-poster-shoot) • [5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) In the story, Kim Ha Na runs for class president, becomes the target of malicious anonymous posts on the school's online bulletin board, and struggles to settle on a future path; Ha Min moves into the science track and stumbles on a mock exam; Do Ha Na, who aims for an art school, risks repeating a year; and rumors of test cheating raise tensions among the friends.[5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) • [9](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/a-teen-2/umc.cmc.4kaht64si1er08utfyh77mump)
## Production
Playlist announced in December 2018, after receiving many viewer requests, that it was preparing a second season.[1](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2) The series was written by Kim Sa-ra and directed by Han Soo Ji, who directed both seasons, with Song Joo-sung as producer.[2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360) • [5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) Han said in interviews that she deliberately cast unknown or little-known faces rather than established actors, believing that viewers meeting characters through new performers increased immersion, and that finding actors available for the nearly three-month shoot was the hardest part of casting. She and the writers researched teenage communities and social media to capture what present-day teens worry about, concluding that emotions around friendship, study, and career choices had changed little even as circumstances had.[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting) • [10](https://v.daum.net/v/20190701120109666)
She attributed the series' appeal to each character having a distinct personality and a distinct worry, so that viewers could identify with one of them and enjoy watching the characters' concerns collide; she also said the show differed from other school web dramas by not dealing with romance alone.[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting)
## Viewership and reception
The premiere drew an immediate audience. The first episode, released on V Live, passed 1 million views within a day, recording 1,010,416 views by 7 p.m. on April 22, 2019.[3](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190422169200005) By the finale, the season had surpassed 52 million views on V Live, the highest record for a V Original web drama series, and Playlist's V Live channel gained about 35 percent more subscribers during the run. The first episode had the highest views of any V Original web drama video in 2019, nearing 5 million, almost every episode exceeded 2 million views on V Live, and every episode exceeded 1 million on YouTube, with the first nearing 4 million there.[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting) Within two weeks of release the season had passed 10 million cumulative plays, making it the first web drama of 2019 to reach that mark.[10](https://v.daum.net/v/20190701120109666)
**Crossover to television.** The popularity carried the series onto broadcast television: Mnet ran a special programming of all episodes of both seasons starting July 29, 2019, airing Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m., citing the summer vacation season; by then the two seasons together had passed 300 million cumulative views.[7](https://isplus.com/article/view/isp201907160180) The series also reached audiences abroad; the Japanese broadcaster BS Fuji carried it with subtitles and noted viewership in the United States, Singapore, and Australia.[5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/)
## Aftermath and legacy
The season consolidated the careers of its young cast. [Shin Ye-eun](https://www.edgepedia.org/shin-ye-eun) and Kim Dong-hee received rookie awards at the 2019 Brand of the Year awards, and Shin Ye-eun went on to a leading role in the tvN drama *He is Psychometric* while Kim Dong-hee appeared in *SKY Castle* and *Itaewon Class*; Lee Na-eun followed with roles in *Hip Hop King* and *A Day Found by Chance*.[5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) • [11](https://v.daum.net/v/20190708000348149) In Korea, teenage fans imitated lead character Do Ha Na's clothing, accessories, and makeup so widely that the trend was nicknamed "Do Hana disease" (도하나 병).[5](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/) • [12](https://journal.kci.go.kr/djnar/archive/articlePdf?artiId=ART002525327)
Director Han said after the finale that no third season was in discussion and that she was glad the characters' teen stories had concluded well.[10](https://v.daum.net/v/20190701120109666) A later profile credited the *A-TEEN* series with a cumulative 600 million views and syndrome-level popularity among viewers in their teens and twenties.[13](https://sports.khan.co.kr/en/article/202605191130007)
One detail varies between sources: Korean outlets and database entries give the premiere as April 21, 2019,[1](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2) • [2](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360) while Soompi's preview article stated a premiere of April 25.[8](https://www.soompi.com/article/1318392wpp/watch-a-teen-2-cast-shows-youthful-energy-at-first-script-reading-and-poster-shoot)
## References
1. [에이틴 시즌2, Namu wiki](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B4%20%EC%8B%9C%EC%A6%8C2)
2. [에이틴 시즌 2, Cine21](https://host.cine21.com/db/tv/info/?tv_id=19360)
3. [하이틴 웹드라마 '에이틴' 시즌2도 하루만에 100만뷰, Yonhap News (April 22, 2019)](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190422169200005)
4. ["A-TEEN 2" Concludes With Record-Breaking Views + Director Talks Success Secrets And Casting, Soompi (July 2, 2019)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1335874wpp/a-teen-2-concludes-with-record-breaking-views-director-talks-success-secrets-and-casting)
5. [A-TEEN / A-TEEN2, BS Fuji](https://www.bsfuji.tv/ateen/)
6. [人気ウェブドラマ「A-TEEN2」…シーズン2の目標は"再生回数3億回", Kstyle (May 27, 2019)](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2115932)
7. ['에이틴' 시즌 1·2 전편 Mnet 특별 편성, 일간스포츠 (July 16, 2019)](https://isplus.com/article/view/isp201907160180)
8. [Watch: "A-TEEN 2" Cast Shows Youthful Energy At First Script Reading And Poster Shoot, Soompi (April 18, 2019)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1318392wpp/watch-a-teen-2-cast-shows-youthful-energy-at-first-script-reading-and-poster-shoot)
9. [A-TEEN 2, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/a-teen-2/umc.cmc.4kaht64si1er08utfyh77mump)
10. [종영 '에이틴2', 한수지PD가 밝힌 #10대 콘텐츠 #캐스팅 일화 #시즌3, Sports Seoul via Daum (July 1, 2019)](https://v.daum.net/v/20190701120109666)
11. [10대들의 국민 웹드라마 '에이틴' 새로운 스타산실 되나, Daum News (July 8, 2019)](https://v.daum.net/v/20190708000348149)
12. [웹드라마 <에이틴> 관련 학술 논문, KCI journal](https://journal.kci.go.kr/djnar/archive/articlePdf?artiId=ART002525327)
13. ['A-TEEN' syndrome director Han Su-ji, brief but intense (Directors Arena), Sports Kyunghyang (May 19, 2026)](https://sports.khan.co.kr/en/article/202605191130007)
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