{"id":156072,"date":"2025-10-31T22:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156072\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:19:09","slug":"is-everyone-doing-kpop-demon-hunters-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/156072\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Everyone Doing \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Halloween Costumes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/db2bfac4b5781deedfba63beb2a5e9dd2e-kpopdemon-costumes.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n                  Everyone\u2019s been hunting for Huntr\/x costumes.<br \/>\n                  Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Spirit Halloween\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmhf09dv9000i0ig0m52nu5zi@published\" data-word-count=\"167\">Who is everyone dressing up, up, up as this spooky season? On <a href=\"https:\/\/frightgeist.withgoogle.com\/costumes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>\u2019s \u201cFrightgeist\u201d roundup of Halloween search trends, the top-five spots are currently all occupied by characters from KPop Demon Hunters: Rumi, Zoey, Mira, Jinu, and Baby Saja. (The film\u2019s derpy tiger is also hanging out in eighth place.) Netflix\u2019s officially licensed Huntr\/x costumes at Spirit Halloween have all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spirithalloween.com\/category\/kpop-demon-hunters\/pc\/1382\/c\/3810\/5910.uts?utm_medium=thum%E2%80%A6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sold out<\/a> online, with multiple outlets reporting last week that physical retail stores were also struggling to keep up with demand. (Good Morning America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MJu5AymLUeQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> a \u201cKPop Demon Hunters Halloween costume shortage\u201d on October 27, while a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/30\/business\/kpop-demon-hunters-halloween-costume.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">headline<\/a> on October 30 wished those hunting for KPop Demon Hunters costumes \u201cgood luck.\u201d) Netflix itself has acknowledged that the supply hasn\u2019t matched the demand. Interest was \u201csoft\u201d when the streamer approached licensing partners and retailers 12 to 18 months before the film\u2019s release, Netflix said in a statement to the Times, pointing out that retailers are typically less inclined to gamble on products for new IP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmhf5ma3400873b78bx4974u1@published\" data-word-count=\"108\">Despite the scarcity of official costumes, kids and adults alike have found a way to replicate looks from the most-watched Netflix film of all time by relying on knockoffs or making the outfits themselves. Famous fans are getting in on the trend, too: \u201cI think I\u2019m actually more obsessed than my daughters! we stan K pop demon hunters in this house,\u201d Little Mix\u2019s Leigh-Anne Pinnock captioned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@leighannepinnock\/video\/7567058369098353942\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> of herself in costume as Rumi. Other celebrities who have channeled KPop Demon Hunters characters this spooky season so far include Eugene Lee Yang as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQZ9ZRcEtsk\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jinu<\/a>, Trisha Paytas as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@trishlikefish88\/video\/7566285361349971255\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Saja<\/a>, and Rei Ami \u2014\u00a0Zoey\u2019s singing voice \u2014 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@rei.ami\/video\/7565023959532440862\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gwi-Ma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmhf5vrw3008c3b78t490dcik@published\" data-word-count=\"69\">Netflix, which is also selling \u201ccharacter-inspired apparel\u201d on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/kpop-demon-hunters-costumes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online store<\/a>, says it\u2019s working to \u201cbring products to market as quickly as possible.\u201d The streamer signed a deal this month to make both toy titans Mattel and Hasbro \u201cco-master\u201d licensees for KPop Demon Hunters toys, collectibles, plushies, games, and role-playing products that will be out next year. Yes, after December. Parents might have to get crafty again this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>  Related<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone\u2019s been hunting for Huntr\/x costumes. 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