American capitalism has failed me in many ways, but none more ironic than the utter lack of Kpop Demon Hunters merchandise. The movie came out in mid-June and, by late August, when my daughter requested it as the theme of her eighth birthday party, it was on track to be Netflix’s most-watched movie ever, had three songs make the Billboard Top Ten, and was basically a certified cultural phenomenon.
Yet, somehow, among Seattle’s many, many commercial enterprises—including three entire stores devoted solely to K-pop—the grand total of tangible Kpop Demon Hunters stuff I was able to locate in the region amounted to some keychains at The K-Pop Empire in Lynnwood,
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