Chillin Island

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Chillin Island is an unscripted HBO reality series that aired six episodes between Dec 17, 2021 and January 28, 2022. It was directed by Josh Safdie [1] and executive-produced by DreamCrew, a production company owned by Drake. [2] The series based on the radio show of the same name. It is hosted by Alec "Despot" Reinstein, Ashok "Dap" Kondabalu, and Aleksey "Lakutis" Weintraub, all from New York City. [3] It features guests like Young Thug and Lil Yachty. Together, the stars visit natural sites, like deserts and swamps, with the goal of having profound realizations. It is slow television.

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Format

Each unscripted episode follows Despot, Dap, and Lakutis on an outdoor excursion with a celebrity guest form hip hop culture. It is narrated by Steven Wright. [4] Each episode gives an end credit to John Lurie, creator of 1991 show Fishing with John. [2]

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Yung Thug"December 17, 2021 (2021-12-17)N/A
2"Lil Yachty"December 24, 2021 (2021-12-24)N/A
3"Lil Tecca ft. Ezra Koenig"December 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)N/A
4"Ski Mask the Slump God"January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)N/A
5"Gunna ft. Killer Mike"January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)N/A
6"Coi Leray and Rosalía"January 2022 (2022-121)TBD

Reception

Chillin Island received mixed reviews. Variety wrote that the show gives "the boring feeling of being trapped with a conversationalist who’s both ill-informed and, worse, uninterestingly so," specifically referencing Lil Yachty's ranting that modern medicine is a mistake and that overpopulation is the root of the world's problems. However, The Ringer wrote that Chillin Island "feels like a perfectly pitched Cosmos-type show run through the prism of a National Geographic nature program." [5] and Collider called it "the Perfect Hangout Show of the Season", [6] while The New Yorker called the show "a woozy, exploratory stoner’s delight". [7]

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