YouTuber revealed as tenant of record-high $5.5 mil. apartment lease in Seoul

YouTuber Na Hyun-gap, who runs the film review channel “G Movie.” Captured from his Instagram

The tenant behind the record-high 7.7 billion won ($5.5 million) "jeonse," or lump-sum deposit lease, at Nine One Hannam, one of Seoul’s most luxurious residential complexes, has been revealed as 35-year-old film YouTuber G Movie, whose real name is Na Hyun-gap.

According to real estate registration records from the Supreme Court, Na signed the lease in July for a 206-square-meter unit in the Yongsan district complex, later registering the leasehold in September. The deal set a new record for the property size at Nine One Hannam, surpassing a previous 7 billion won lease signed just two months earlier.

Completed in 2019, Nine One Hannam was developed on the former site of a U.S. military residential complex and is known for its high privacy and exclusivity.

The property is home to celebrities and business figures including BTS members RM and Jimin, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon, actors Lee Jong-suk and Ju Ji-hoon, SPC Group Chairman Hur Young-in and Hankook & Company CEO Cho Hyun-bum.

Born in 1990, Na runs a popular film review channel, boasting 3.89 million subscribers. His most-viewed video — a review of the film “Gerald’s Game” (2017) — has amassed over 34 million views.

A view of the Nine One Hannam residential complex in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han

Na started his channel in 2017 and now reportedly earns more than 100 million won ($71,000) per month.

“I started with only 280,000 won to my name and worked 360 days a year," he said in a past interview. "Now I earn about four times a banker’s annual salary in a single month.”

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.