Chapter 3: Generation Unlucky
The red veins and arteries and cute round car icons on Waze turn into an actual kilometer-long gridlock around the hospital. Traffic grounds into a complete halt and Francine and Grace confer with each other whether to turn off the engine. Apparently, hundreds of K-pop fans from all over have shown up this weekend to pay tribute to the fallen star. The Makati police were called in to help with crowd control.
Like a street protest, the sea of people is spiky with signs and banners that read “RIP”, “WE LOVE U”, and “SHADOW FOREVER”. Some are holding up Monte X-O merch shirts and posters of Shadow’s iconic silhouette with the glorious dreads. Others are blasting portable Bluetooth speakers and singing the group’s hit songs at the top of their lungs. It’s like a
