(Written February 7, 2026)
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Annyeong! My name is Yoo
Yijin. I’m two and a half years old, I
live in Icheon City, and I’m going to be on TV!
Why? I don’t know. My appa says I’m a trending influencer. I don’t know what that means. I hope it means I get to have snacks. I love snacks. And I get to bring my favorite stuffed lion, so I’ll probably like trending a whole lot!
There’s always a camera
following me around. I get pictures
taken all the time. I guess I’m used to
it, but I don’t see cameras following other kids around, so I’m kind of
confused.
Anyway, this company called Creative Extraordinary says I’m going to be on a TV show on YouTube. It’s called Call Me Baby, and I’m going to be meeting these people called K-pop idols. I don’t know what that is, but I get to play a lot and have snacks, so yay!
Episode 1
I was playing in a big room
with a lot of toys, and then this lady said it was time to see Uncle. I can’t say uncle yet – I say akoo. The lady thought it was cute. Then I met two idols from a group called NCT
127. I can’t count that high, so I don’t
know what that means. But they were
nice. They brought me a present. It was a dinosaur. I said thank you, but it came out “ba ba boo
ya.” They kept trying to make me say NCT.
I didn’t understand what was going on,
but I like dinosaurs, so it was fun.
Episode 2
We went to a different
playroom today. I tried to ask what
happened to the first playroom, but I still don’t speak very well, so they just
repeated what I said and laughed. The doorbell
rang, so I thought the NCT people were back, but instead it was two women. They kept trying to make me say NMIXX. I was very confused.
Episode 3
Do all the other babies go to
a different playroom every day? This one
is bigger than my house. The doorbell
rang again, and the new guy is named Seventeen.
That’s a funny name for a person, but that’s what he kept trying to get
me to say. I still can’t count that high
yet. But we jumped on a trampoline and went
fishing in a giant sink, so it was fun. Is
it normal to have total strangers come into your house every day? I can’t wait to learn how to talk so I can
ask someone that.
Episode ?
I don’t know what episode
this is anymore. We went to another playroom, and this one had real animals in
it. The grownups called it a
Zoorarium. The doorbell rang again. Two
guys called VeriVery came in. That’s a
funny name. We keep doing this every
single day, so I guess this is my life now.
Another Episode
I did not want to do this
again today because everyone told me I was going to meet a monster. I don’t like monsters. This time, the grownups made me wear fatigues
and put me in a military room, so I thought, okay, I guess I’m going to die
today. I had a good run. But thankfully the monsters were just two
guys from a group called Monsta X. They
kept trying to make me say their names, and I thought maybe I was supposed to
keep saying my name instead, so I did, but that didn’t seem like the right
answer. One of them brought me a
present. It was a hat from a place
called Viet Nam. He was really nice, for
a monster.
Another Episode
Another playroom. I think this one was a kitchen. Another visitor kept trying to make me say
their name. An intern said he was
worried I might get a short attention span and narcissistic personality disorder
from doing this show. I wanted to ask
him what that meant, but then the other grownups fired him.
Another Episode
Today we’re at a strawberry
farm. Shouldn’t I be going to school? Don’t other kids go to school? Are there other kids? Am I the only child in South Korea? I’m so confused.
Yesterday’s Episode
I think this is Episode One
Million, but appa says it’s only Episode Nineteen. Two more idols visited me and tried to get me
to say their names. I tried to ask them if they knew what Groundhog
Day Syndrome is, but again, I can only make baby sounds.
Appa says that when I’m a grownup, I will be a K-pop
idol. I think that means my job will be
to visit playrooms all day and talk to little kids. Is that an actual job? People will pay me to do that? Everything is so weird. Anyway, I have to
stop my journal and go to bed now.
Tomorrow I’m going to a birthday party for a dragon. At first I was scared, but then the grownups
showed me a picture of the dragon:
I tried to tell them that’s not a dragon. It’s just a person whose mommy forgot to brush his hair. But I still can’t talk well, so I guess I’m just going to see if I can get someone to gift-wrap a hairbrush I can bring as a present. Good night!
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