In the season 2 finale of Squid Game, Player 456, Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), launches his long-planned rebellion against the perpetrators of the sadistic Squid Games. However, his revolt is ultimately in vain, and in the final moments, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) returns to his place at the head of the snake, killing Gi-Hun's close friend Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan) as punishment for the failed rebellion.
This cliffhanger takes us right into season 3, which airs later this year. With the Front Man no longer acting undercover as a contestant and instead donning his black mask and overseeing everything, the games will continue. There are still three games left to play in the tournament, and just a shrinking pool of remaining contestants. One of them is Player 222, Jun-hee, who is heavily pregnant.
Speaking to Cinema Today, actress Jo Yu-ri teased the brutal story to come in season 3. In true Squid Game fashion, it's going to be a wild, unpredictable and unforgiving ride. "It seems like a lot of people have been predicting the contents of season 3, but it seems like not many of them have gotten it right as I thought," she said. "A truly unimaginably brutal and cruel story awaits, so please look forward to it."
Also in season 3, the show will continue to develop the relationship between Jun-hee and her ex-boyfriend Lee Myung-gi (Player 333), and their story of love, trust, and betrayal. And of course, the incoming birth of their child, which will undoubtedly have a massive impact on how the story unfolds.
Songs from Squid Game hit the charts
Squid Game season 3 doesn't have a release date yet, although we're heard it could come as early as June. While we wait, a couple of songs from the show have charted on the World Digital Song Sales chart, according to Forbes. Predictably, the "mingle Game Squid Song: Merry-Go-Round" has done very well. If you watched the episode with the Mingle game, you probably haven't been able to get the song out of your head, so it's no wonder it's become popular.
That song is credited to a group called Bodybag Zippers. A few spots down, another version called “Squid Game-2 ‘Mingle Game’ (Marry Go Round Song)" by MC Baazigar made it onto the charts.
Will the third and final season of Squid Game produce more bangers? Hopefully we won't have to wait long to find out.
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