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[0:00] This is a Laboo, a $25 toy that somehow
[0:03] became the hottest fashion accessory of
[0:05] 2025.
[0:06] >> Laboo.
[0:07] >> Laboo.
[0:09] >> Laboo dolls. Fans are rioting to get
[0:11] one.
[0:13] Resellers are flipping them for
[0:14] thousands and celebrities from Lisa to
[0:17] Rihanna to Duual Lia are showing them
[0:19] off. This ugly little gremlin didn't
[0:21] just go viral. It turned PopMart, once a
[0:24] littleknown Chinese toy company, into a
[0:26] $40 billion giant that's now worth more
[0:29] than Hasbro and Mattel combined. But
[0:32] this didn't happen by chance. Leubu's
[0:34] rise followed a four-part viral cycle
[0:36] that we're all susceptible to. And it
[0:39] all starts with the box. Popart used a
[0:42] clever way to package Leubu. And this is
[0:44] what became the engine of their viral
[0:46] marketing machine because it was driven
[0:48] by one of the most powerful
[0:49] psychological triggers in marketing,
[0:51] scarcity. But what they did wasn't a new
[0:53] trick. Pokemon cards and LOL Surprise
[0:56] dolls had already used the same formula
[0:58] to build billiondollar empires. You see,
[1:01] Laboo came in blind boxes. You never
[1:04] knew which figure you get. Most would be
[1:06] a common Laboo, but every series had a
[1:09] secret figure that was rare and far more
[1:12] valuable. People were buying box after
[1:14] box hoping to get a secret to complete
[1:17] their set.
[1:19] >> The secret. Oh my gosh. And in the age
[1:22] of social media, every pull became
[1:24] content, further spreading the
[1:26] popularity of Laboo. Fans filmed
[1:28] unboxings, flex rare shelves, and
[1:31] bragged about hitting the secret.
[1:33] >> Oh my god, it's the goldu.
[1:36] >> What do we have?
[1:39] >> By the time PopMart went public, Labu
[1:41] was its best seller. It was so popular
[1:44] that they launched tons of new stores
[1:46] across Asia, setting the stage for
[1:48] global expansion. But an addictive
[1:50] product can only take you so far. What
[1:53] really sent Laboo Global wasn't inside
[1:56] the box. It was on Instagram. Which
[1:58] leads us to part two, the Spark. By
[2:02] early 2024, Leubu was selling well. The
[2:04] blind box craze was spreading outside
[2:06] China as influence was starting to treat
[2:09] the toy like an accessory. Then in
[2:11] April, a single Instagram post changed
[2:14] everything. Lisa from Blackpink, one of
[2:17] the biggest pop stars on the planet,
[2:19] casually posted a photo with a Laboo
[2:21] charm hanging off her bag. Within hours,
[2:24] Google searches from her home country
[2:26] exploded. Hundreds of thousands of fans
[2:28] flooded PopMart's website to buy the
[2:30] same accessory their idol carried. This
[2:33] ripple effect is what marketers call a
[2:35] social proof cascade, which is when the
[2:37] actions of a few high status people make
[2:39] something look desirable and everyone
[2:42] else follows. Suddenly, owning a Labou
[2:45] was becoming your ticket into being a
[2:47] part of the Ing crowd. Lisa was the
[2:49] spark that set Labu on fire across Asia.
[2:52] But Europe and America were still
[2:54] relatively unreached. So, Popar made a
[2:57] risky bet and turned buying Laboo into
[2:59] something bigger than a purchase. They
[3:02] turned it into an experience.
[3:06] Just outside the Pop Mart store on
[3:08] Michigan Avenue, this is what was
[3:10] happening this morning. They were all
[3:11] trying to get their hands on the latest
[3:13] edition of Laboo. 200 of them went on
[3:16] sale at 10:00 a.m. They were sold out in
[3:18] seconds. They cost 22 bucks. It is a
[3:20] collectible toy that has sparked buying
[3:22] frenzies all over the world. After
[3:24] Lisa's post, PopMart had global
[3:26] attention. But instead of just riding
[3:28] the online wave, they did something
[3:30] smarter. They turned Laboo into an
[3:32] event. In July 2024, they launched
[3:35] pop-ups around the world. They even
[3:37] partnered with a tourism authority in
[3:39] Thailand to run a 4-day takeover in
[3:41] Bangkok featuring a lifesized labu
[3:44] mascot. Less than a month later, they
[3:46] opened a flagship store inside Paris's
[3:48] Louver Mall. And to mark the launch,
[3:50] PopMart dropped exclusive Leubu figures,
[3:53] instantly tying the brand to high
[3:55] fashion and the arts. Fans lined up for
[3:58] hours to get a first day drop. And these
[4:00] events were happening globally. FOMO was
[4:03] at an all-time high. By February 2025,
[4:05] A-list celebrities like Rihanna, Duual
[4:07] Lia, and Lizo were spotted with Laboos.
[4:09] And it was even featured at Paris
[4:11] Fashion Week. It wasn't so much about
[4:13] buying and unboxing a toy anymore. It
[4:16] was about actually being there to show
[4:18] off your Laboo to the world. The hype
[4:21] loop was complete. Online attention
[4:23] fueled offline experiences, and those
[4:25] experiences fed right back into online
[4:27] content. PopMart engineered a system
[4:29] where every fan became a part of the
[4:32] marketing machine without even knowing
[4:33] it. And for a while, Leubu looked
[4:35] unstoppable. Popart's app hit number one
[4:38] in the US app store. A humansized statue
[4:41] sold for $170,000 at auction. And Leubu
[4:44] is even the top answer when searching AI
[4:47] platforms like Chachi BT for most viral
[4:49] item of 2025. But if the last decade of
[4:52] pop culture has taught us anything, it's
[4:55] this.
[4:58] Hype never lasts forever.
[5:02] And that brings us to the present day.
[5:03] Leubu has gone mainstream. And when
[5:05] something that once felt rare and
[5:07] exclusive hits the mass market, the
[5:10] virality fades. This is the last stage
[5:12] in the viral marketing cycle. When the
[5:14] very principles that fueled its rise
[5:17] begin to work against it, scarcity
[5:19] disappears as PopMart scaled up
[5:20] production and tons of identical
[5:22] replicas hit every third party market.
[5:25] Celebrities moved on to the next fashion
[5:27] symbol. And once everyone could get one,
[5:30] FOMO disappeared. Even impressions in
[5:32] Google's AI overviews are going down as
[5:34] interest for Laboo is in freef fall mode
[5:37] with no sign of a comeback.
[5:39] >> Anything which is a trend, the trend
[5:42] will, you know, go out eventually.
[5:45] >> In September, the company's share price
[5:48] slumped after a downbeat assessment. It
[5:51] wiped out almost a quarter of the
[5:52] company's value, raising questions among
[5:55] investors.
[5:56] >> This is how viral marketing goes.
[5:59] Labubu's rise shows how scarcity, social
[6:01] proof, and FOMO can create a billion
[6:04] dollar brand almost overnight. But its
[6:06] inevitable slowdown is a reminder that
[6:09] hype lives on borrowed time. It's
[6:11] something you should embrace, but not
[6:13] rely on. The companies that survive and
[6:15] thrive aren't the ones who ride one
[6:17] viral wave. They're the ones who
[6:19] continue building their brand and
[6:21] products for their audience. So, will
[6:23] Popmark continue to rise or is this the
[6:26] end?

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