Within hours, social media buzzed with close-up shots and fan reactions. “Trust Taehyung to make a toy go viral,” one user tweeted on X.
“V’s fashion accessories should come with a ‘sold-out’ warning!” said another.
Some fans say the doll matches the K-pop star’s artistic vibe and calm demeanour. Hirono Doll is a collaboration between Chinese artist Lang and Pop Mart. The website of Pop Mart calls Hirono a “complex character”.
“Through Hirono Lang aims to highlight the subtle fluctuations of life, its ups and downs, and attempts to freeze in time the elusive feelings that reveal our true character – love, joy, sadness, fear, kindness, cowardice and others,” it states and added, that the character is the “epitome of growth, and a personification of profound human emotions”.