# Hello, My Twenties! (청춘시대)
**Hello, My Twenties!** (청춘시대), also released internationally as *Age of Youth*, is a South Korean television drama series broadcast on JTBC in two seasons, 2016 and 2017, about five young women who live together as housemates in a villa-style share house called [Belle Époque](https://www.edgepedia.org/belle-epoque) (벨에포크) in Seoul[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hello_my_twenties_/s01). It was JTBC's first seasonal drama, continuing its story across separately produced seasons[3](https://mail.ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/file/download/FqP3p3qEwe4O9fNuzuAZjW8QvPDwb6DiTbqBoduV.pdf).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Native title | 청춘시대 (Cheongchunsidae); English titles *Hello, My Twenties!* and *Age of Youth*[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hello_my_twenties_/s01) |
| Network and format | JTBC; season 1, 12 episodes, first broadcast July 2016[4](https://securities.miraeasset.com/bbs/maildownload/2018022309480461_155) |
| Season 2 | Friday-Saturday drama, 14 episodes, aired August 25 to October 7, 2017[5](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570) • [6](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/replay/pr10010488/pm10044352/ep10036108/view) |
| Setting | The share house Belle Époque, shared by five female college students with different looks, personalities, majors, and dating styles[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352) • [7](https://www.tving.com/contents/P000395025) |
| Season 1 cast | Yoon Jin-myung (Han Ye-ri), Jung Ye-eun (Han Seung-yeon), Song Ji-won (Park Eun-bin), Kang Yi-na (Ryu Hwa-young), Yoo Eun-jae (Park Hye-su)[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352) |
| Ratings (Nielsen Korea) | Season 1 finale 2.122%, season 1 peak 2.508%; season 2 premiere 2.228%[8](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01312006616031256) |
| Season 2 production | Script Park Yeon-seon, direction Lee Tae-gon, production Drama House and Take Two[5](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570) |
## Premise and characters
The series centers on the residents of Belle Époque, a share house where five female college students live together. In season 1 they are Yoon Jin-myung (윤진명), who works arduous part-time jobs; Jung Ye-eun (정예은), a cutesy girl in a troubled relationship; Song Ji-won (송지원), an outgoing life of the party; Kang Yi-na (강이나), a confident seductress; and Yoo Eun-jae (유은재), a shy freshman[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352) • [9](https://www.kdramafighting.com/2016/09/age-of-youth-k-drama-review.html). The drama follows their romances, studies, and household frictions, with the housemates initially bickering over their differences but ultimately learning to face each other and live together[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352).
## Season 1 (2016)
Season 1 aired on JTBC from July 2016 in 12 episodes[4](https://securities.miraeasset.com/bbs/maildownload/2018022309480461_155). Its first episode carried the subtitle "Fear at the Starting Line" (출발선 상의 두려움), opening on a student who had believed entering university would solve everything[10](https://vod.jtbc.co.kr/player/program/ep10029534).
**Ratings and reception.** During its run the drama recorded ratings in the early 1% range, competing in the same time slot against the tvN drama *The Good Wife*; the eDaily report noted that even the cast, the production staff, and JTBC itself found the low figures hard to understand, and commented that a work about the concerns of people in their twenties was a rarity amid prevalent melodrama[1](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352). Nielsen Korea later put the season 1 finale at 2.122% and the season's peak at 2.508%[8](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01312006616031256).
The season's script, written by Park Yeon-seon (박연선), was published as a two-volume script book priced at 14,000 won per volume, with a limited-edition notebook offered as a purchase incentive[11](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/event/pr10010488/pm10044456).
## Season 2 (2017)
Season 2 aired as a JTBC Friday-Saturday drama at 11 p.m. from August 25 to October 7, 2017, in 14 episodes[5](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570) • [6](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/replay/pr10010488/pm10044352/ep10036108/view). It was written by Park Yeon-seon, directed by Lee Tae-gon (이태곤), and produced by Drama House and Take Two[5](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570). The story resumes one year later, again following five young people with different looks, personalities, majors, and dating styles at Belle Époque[7](https://www.tving.com/contents/P000395025).
**Cast change.** Park Hye-su, who played Yoo Eun-jae in season 1, left the series before season 2 because of her casting in the film *Swing Kids*; the role was taken over by Ji Woo (지우)[12](https://seore.org/w/%EC%9C%A0%EC%9D%80%EC%9E%AC(%EC%B2%AD%EC%B6%98%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80)). To soften the transition, the production paid close attention to costumes, and the actor worked to keep her acting tone close to Park Hye-su's from the previous season[12](https://seore.org/w/%EC%9C%A0%EC%9D%80%EC%9E%AC(%EC%B2%AD%EC%B6%98%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80)). A new housemate, Jo Eun (조은), played by Choi A-ra (최아라), joined the ensemble, and Kim Min-seok (김민석) appeared as Jang-hoon[6](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/replay/pr10010488/pm10044352/ep10036108/view).
**Storylines.** A central thread of the season is the breakup of Yoo Eun-jae and Yoon Jong-yeol (윤종열), played by Shin Hyun-soo (신현수), who had been happily together the previous summer and now meet awkwardly around campus as a "CC" (campus couple) pair who cannot avoid each other after separating[5](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570). Shin described the season's tone in an end-of-run interview: if season 1 was like a hot summer, season 2 felt like a chilly autumn, and he said he tried to show coldness rather than sweetness in Eun-jae's gaze after the breakup[13](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2017100694444).
**Ratings.** The season 2 premiere on August 25, 2017 recorded 2.228% nationwide based on paid households per Nielsen Korea, exceeding the 2.122% of the season 1 finale[8](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01312006616031256). The final episode aired on October 7, 2017, and the time slot was taken over by *[The Package](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-package-tv-series)*[14](https://www.imaeil.com/page/view/2017101011302601026).
## Themes
Although framed as a youth ensemble drama, the series takes up heavier subjects alongside romance and housework. A contemporary review described it as entertaining but "surprisingly dark at times," dealing with poverty, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, manipulation, and murder[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hello_my_twenties_/s01). Korean media commentary placed the series in the context of television drama's treatment of social violence: season 1 addressed workplace sexual harassment, and season 2 depicted a character who had been sexually harassed by her elementary school homeroom teacher, within a broader pattern of dramas bringing various forms of social violence to screen[15](https://ywca.or.kr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019%EB%85%84-1112%EC%9B%94-.pdf).
The two seasons also differ in emotional register. Season 1's episodes cover everyday concerns such as dieting, dating, and part-time work that the production described as relatable to any woman in her twenties[16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9SWuDCz4E), while season 2's post-breakup narrative was characterized by its own lead actor as lonelier and more uncomfortable in feel[13](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2017100694444).
## Distribution
The series has remained available on streaming: it appears in a 2018 listing of roughly 50 [Korean drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-drama) titles in Netflix's domestic library, recorded there as a 12-episode JTBC series broadcast from July 2016[4](https://securities.miraeasset.com/bbs/maildownload/2018022309480461_155), and season 2 has been offered through JTBC's own replay and TVING services[6](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/replay/pr10010488/pm10044352/ep10036108/view) • [7](https://www.tving.com/contents/P000395025).
## References
1. [청춘시대의 청춘들① 반환점 돈 '청춘시대'에게 미안해, eDaily (August 8, 2016)](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01167686612745352)
2. [Age of Youth: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hello_my_twenties_/s01)
3. [Hello, My Twenties! program description, Poynter-hosted document](https://mail.ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/file/download/FqP3p3qEwe4O9fNuzuAZjW8QvPDwb6DiTbqBoduV.pdf)
4. [넷플릭스 국내 드라마 라이브러리 목록, Mirae Asset Securities report (2018)](https://securities.miraeasset.com/bbs/maildownload/2018022309480461_155)
5. [청춘시대2 지우-신현수, '헤어진 CC' 리얼 공감대 형성, iMBC eNews](https://enews.imbc.com/Tpl/View/214570)
6. [다시보기, 청춘시대2, JTBC](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/replay/pr10010488/pm10044352/ep10036108/view)
7. [청춘시대 2 1화, TVING](https://www.tving.com/contents/P000395025)
8. ['청춘시대2', 첫방부터 시즌1 넘었다, eDaily (August 26, 2017)](https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?mediaCodeNo=258&newsId=01312006616031256)
9. [Age of Youth K-Drama Review, Kdrama Fighting (2016)](https://www.kdramafighting.com/2016/09/age-of-youth-k-drama-review.html)
10. [청춘시대 1회 다시보기, JTBC VOD](https://vod.jtbc.co.kr/player/program/ep10029534)
11. [시즌1 대본집 출간, 청춘시대2, JTBC](https://tv.jtbc.co.kr/event/pr10010488/pm10044456)
12. [유은재 (청춘시대), Seore wiki](https://seore.org/w/%EC%9C%A0%EC%9D%80%EC%9E%AC(%EC%B2%AD%EC%B6%98%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80))
13. [청춘시대2 신현수, 시즌1은 뜨거운 여름 시즌2는 쓸쓸한 가을, Ten Asia (2017)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2017100694444)
14. [청춘시대2 신현수 인터뷰, 매일신문 (2017)](https://www.imaeil.com/page/view/2017101011302601026)
15. [한국 드라마 속 사회적 폭력과 여성 서사, YWCA 한국여성단체연합회 월간 (2019)](https://ywca.or.kr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019%EB%85%84-1112%EC%9B%94-.pdf)
16. [청춘시대 (Hello, My Twenties!, 2016) 드라마 리뷰, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9SWuDCz4E)
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