{"id":59224,"date":"2025-01-28T18:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/squid-games-hoyeon-jung-vogue-interview-meme-has-the-internet-fooled-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:59:04","slug":"squid-games-hoyeon-jung-vogue-interview-meme-has-the-internet-fooled-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/squid-games-hoyeon-jung-vogue-interview-meme-has-the-internet-fooled-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game\u2019s HoYeon Jung Vogue interview meme has the internet fooled &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Squid Game\u2019s HoYeon Jung Vogue interview meme has the internet fooled NetflixSquid Game continues to thrive at the top of Netflix, and now a meme format from actress HoYeon Jung, who plays Sae-Byeok in the show, has taken over the internet leaving some social media users completely baffled. After being released in mid-September, Squid Game became an overnight sensation. In the show, 456 contestants are tasked with winning popular children\u2019s games, but if they fail they\u2019re killed. The Netflix show took a lot of viewers back to their childhood, reminding them of games they used to play \u2013 a massive contributor to Squid Game\u2019s success. As the inescapable talk about the show continues across the internet, a new meme format has emerged. Pranksters took inspiration from HoYeon\u2019s interview with Vogue, and created fake quotes that had some believe she\u2019s a fan of Riot Games\u2019 popular FPS game Valorant, as well as various Twitch streamers. Fans of the show took snippets of quotes from an interview with HoYeon and changed them. The altered versions of the quotes immediately began going viral across social media, as users were completely oblivious that they weren\u2019t real. The fake quotes had the gaming community believe that the Korean actress was a fan of their favorite games and creators. The meme spread like wildfire, and HoYeon was supposedly obsessed with Sonic Adventure 2 to kick things off. Hoyeon Jung, Squid Game star, reveals in a recent interview to Vogue Korea that lately she\u2019s been obsessed with the video game \u201cSonic Adventure 2.\u201d \u201cI just think it&#8217;s something the world needs right now. Whenever I play it, my mood changes for the better.&#8221;&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/BWhPGMmE0k\u2014 BranFlakes (@BranFlaixx) October 8, 2021 As the fake quotes continued to spread across social media, a tweet from a Valorant fan had some thinking the actress was now obsessed with the Riot Games\u2019 FPS. Hoyeon Jung, Squid Game star, reveals in a recent interview to Vogue Korea that lately she\u2019s been obsessed with &#8220;&#8221;VALORANT&#8221;&#8221; by Riot Games \u201cI just think it\u2019s something the world needs right now, whenever I play it my mood changes for the better&#8221;&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/blQfwUKYUd \u2014 career (@career_val) October 8, 2021 Besides our favorite video games, some were gullible to fall for it even further believing she was an avid viewer of Twitch streamers and musicians. The former Overwatch pro even played it up, saying the quotes were \u201creal and true,\u201d which left some fans second-guessing themselves. Hoyeon Jung, Squid Game star, reveals in a recent interview to Vogue Korea that lately she\u2019s been obsessed with &#8220;&#8221;Suffolk County\u201d by Cousin Stizz. \u201cIt really got my hustle up. I\u2019ve been riding around listening nonstop. No Bells, Fresh Prince, Bonds\u2026 literally no misses.&#8221;&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/dWn5RoiO3B \u2014 DJ Ballshorts (@djballshorts) October 7, 2021 The vast majority of social media didn\u2019t even hesitate to believe the fake quotes, but there are plenty who saw right through as the meme continues to take on a life of its own. As your parents probably told you \u2013 don\u2019t trust everything you see on the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squid Game\u2019s HoYeon Jung Vogue interview meme has the internet fooled NetflixSquid Game continues to thrive at the top of Netflix, and now a meme format from actress HoYeon Jung, who plays Sae-Byeok in the show, has taken over the internet leaving some social media users completely baffled. After being released in mid-September, Squid Game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}