Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet. Marko Monroe, who became known as the “labubu designer” on ...

It's 2025, and Labubus seem omnipresent. For those living under a rock, Labubus are little plush toys of bunny/elf monsters with disturbingly sharp teeth, created by Hong Kong illustrator Kasing Lung.

Imagine a baby elf in a onesie. Now imagine that it has had its teeth sharpened and been possessed by the devil: that gives you a sense of the aesthetic of a Labubu doll. Lots of Labubu-lovers sport ...

Illustration by Ryan Haskins. Source: Getty. Yet, as I’ve previously reported, this defensiveness about loving cute objects has been gradually dissipating, part of a century-long evolution in which ...