Digital friends listen to stars' secrets on 'My Ear's Candy,' while 'Babel 250' has participants create own language
In Spike Jonze’s 2013 romantic science fiction comedy “Her,” a man converses with and eventually falls in love with the feminine voice of his computer operating system.
Inspired by the film, tvN’s “My Ear’s Candy,” currently airing Thursdays at 11 p.m., is based on a similar premise: Celebrities tell intimate secrets to an unknown confidante via their cellphone.
Until their identities are revealed, the callers are nicknamed “Candy” to enhance the sense of “sweetness,” according to the show’s producer Yoo Hak-chan.
“(The show) is about lonely urbanites connecting emotionally,” he said.
“As our world becomes bigger and more complicated, people want to show who they are without any pretenses. Even celebrities need someone they feel comfortable talking to.”