My cat Mochi and I are here to discuss one of humanity’s finest achievements: fanmade music videos. These are the YouTube gems where someone with a PhD-level understanding of heartbreak edits together clips from Kdramas and sets them to a song so emotionally charged it could melt a glacier.
Let me warn you up front: these videos are a massive timesuck. If you value things like productivity, sleep, or eating meals on time, you should absolutely avoid them. However, if you enjoy sitting on the couch with a blanket, crying over characters you don’t even know while your cat purrs judgmentally at your emotional instability, then boy, are you in for a treat. These videos are basically a giant, glittery dopamine hit. One second, you’re feeling fine, and the next, you’re emotionally ruined by some genius who decided to pair Crash Landing on You clips with Adele’s “Someone Like You.”
The real magic of these videos isn’t just the editing (which, frankly, deserves an Oscar), but their uncanny ability to unite characters and storylines that have no business existing in the same universe. A great multifandom MV will seamlessly blend Goblin with Vincenzo, toss in a dash of Itaewon Class, and somehow convince you that they all live in the same tragic, slow-motion world where everyone has perfect hair and the only way to communicate is through longing stares and dramatic hand-holding.
And let’s talk about the music. It’s always either heartbreakingly sad (“Hello, Coldplay, my old friend”) or shockingly upbeat, like “Shut Up and Dance.” You wouldn’t think a song about impulsively dancing would work with Descendants of the Sun, but somehow it does. You’ll go from weeping over Kim Soo-hyun wiping a single tear to cheering because that beat drop! And yes, the beat drop is essential. Without it, these videos are just emotional appetizers. But when the beat drops and IU turns her head in slow-mo while flames explode in the background? That’s a full-course meal of feelings.
Of course, these videos are designed to destroy your schedule. You think, I’ll just watch one before bed, and suddenly it’s 2 a.m., Mochi is asleep on your keyboard, and you’re in the middle of an epic MV where Park Seo-joon and Park Min-young seem to be communicating their love through perfectly-timed glances to the chorus of “Fix You.”
So, why do we do this to ourselves? Because for five minutes, life feels like a Kdrama. The highs are higher, the heartbreaks are more beautiful, and even your cat seems to understand the complexities of love and fate. Mochi, of course, doesn’t care—he just wants more kibble. But you? You’ll be back tomorrow, ready to lose another hour to the glittery timesuck of multifandom MVs.
Now, let’s hit play—right after I find Mochi’s favorite blanket to cry into.