Mnet Plus 'Hide and Seek' Season 2 to be released in July, Urban Legends
Mnet Plus 'Hide and Seek' Season 2 will be released in July. It has been upgraded with a narrative where players become characters within a story, incorporating urban legends.
K-POP Survival Entering the World of Urban Legends: The Evolution of Season 2
Mnet Plus Original variety show <SUMBAKKOKJIL> is returning for Season 2 this July. Presented by CJ ENM's global K-POP content platform Mnet Plus, this program is a survival game where K-POP artists must survive for 4,444 seconds while evading an unidentified seeker.
Season 2 promises a different kind of horror compared to its predecessor. While Season 1 built tension by stimulating intuitive fear of unseen entities in the dark, this season places urban legends—stories anyone might have encountered at least once—at the center of its narrative. Moving beyond mere physical survival by running away from the seeker, the structure requires players to become characters within the story to escape mysterious spaces. By combining massive locations with solid storytelling, the production plans to create an extreme sense of immersion, as if viewers and players are being sucked into the world of urban legends.
The production team defined the core of this season as the "expansion of experience." The team stated, "This season is designed so that players can feel as if they have directly entered the world of an urban legend, going beyond a simple game of survival," adding that they hope viewers will be curious about who the first player will be amidst the deepened narrative.
The Return of an IP with 14 Million Views: Who is the Next Protagonist?
The high anticipation for Season 2 is due to the overwhelming success of Season 1. Upon its conclusion,
In Season 1, K-POP artists who temporarily set aside their stage charisma participated as players and received great love. A total of 8 teams, starting with TREASURE and including NCT WISH, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ALLDAY PROJECT, TWS, and BOYNEXTDOOR, showcased their unexpected charms. Their desperate struggle for survival left a strong impression on fans.
Now, all eyes are on the new lineup that will lead Season 2. Following major groups like TREASURE and RIIZE, the key points of interest for the July release will be which artists will be thrown into the world of urban legends and what kind of mysterious spaces they will face.
Background and Context
CJ ENM's global K-POP content platform Mnet Plus announced that the original variety show <SUMBAKKOKJIL> Season 2 will be released this July.
In Season 1, a total of 8 artist teams, including TREASURE, NCT WISH, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ALLDAY PROJECT, TWS, and BOYNEXTDOOR, participated as players.
