Edited by Lianne Lee
Have you heard of or watched “Squid Game”? I bet you have, everyone is talking about it! How about Dalgona? Everyone, even celebrities have participated in the Dalgona Challenge through the appearance in the popular film, “Squid Game”. The Netflix Original was launched on September 17th, and within 1 month, It is said that the original series has been watched over by at least 111 million accounts, the film becoming Netflix’s most-viewed original show ever in history.
The show is about 456 people who participate in Squid Game, which is a deadly competition of Korean childhood games to earn a total of 46 billion won. The reason it is called a “deadly” competition is that the players actually die if they get eliminated each round, and there can only be one winner after all the games. This indicates that 455 people have to die. There are 8 games in total respectively, Red Light Green Light, Dalgona Candy, Midnight Fight, Tug of War, Marbles, Glass Stepping Stones, Finalist’s Feast, and last of all, Squid Game. With each game being more stressful and challenging than the last, it also creates emotional scenes as well as tension, which edges the audience to continue watching.
The popularity of “Squid Game”, caused the Dalgona Challenge to go viral on Tik-Tok as well as other social media platforms. Dalgona is a piece of round flat candy that is made from sugar and baking soda which is also known as honeycomb toffee. The challenge is to try and use a needle to carve out the shapes that are stamped onto the candy without breaking the shape. Tiktokers and celebrities completing the challenge caused the hashtags #dalgona and #dalgonacandy to surpass a billion views on Tik-Tok. Even now in November, “Squid Game” is still rising in popularity and gaining the attention of more people around the world. If you still haven’t watched it yet, go watch it!
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