‘XO, Kitty’ Returns For Season Three, New Soundtrack

There’s no place fairly like KISS Academy. But on April 2, the Netflix authentic sequence XO, Kitty will return for its third season — and this time, its characters are beginning to consider life after their glamorous worldwide highschool. Before the premiere, Rolling Stone can completely reveal a primary have a look at the soundtrack accompanying the present’s fast-paced new episodes. 

“This show is a really healthy balance of fun, drama, and emotion,” co-music supervisor Lindsay Wolfington says. “Whether that’s falling in love, heartbreak, friendship, dance parties — all those things you love to do when you’re young.”

 XO, Kitty was the primary spin-off in creator Jenny Han’s adaptation empire, which began with the movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and the love story of its primary character Lara Jean Song- Covey (Lana Condor). It’s since expanded to incorporate the hit tv sequence The Summer I Turned Pretty and its highly anticipated feature film conclusion. Set in Seoul, Korea, XO Kitty follows Lara Jean’s little sister Kitty Song-Covey (Anna Cathcart) as she strikes from the U.S. to attend the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS). Past seasons of XO, Kitty have proven the excessive schooler’s shift from a bumbling American out of her depth to a KISS pupil with robust friendships and model new details about the mom she by no means bought to know. But simply because she’s settled doesn’t imply she has all of it collectively. 

Wolfington and Laura Webb are the crew behind the sequence’ sound, which takes the vitality from the To All the Boys motion pictures and provides a contemporary, Ok-pop path. The duo labored on the music for all three movies — To All the Boys(2018), P.S. I Still Love You (2020), and Always and Forever (2021). They inform Rolling Stone that historical past permits them to faucet into the center of the story, one thing that continues by means of Han’s work. 

“Kitty has her own journey than Lara Jean. But they’re both teenage girls, so we keep in mind those parallels. Since we worked on all three movies, there’s just a Rolodex in the back of our head of songs that match certain moments,” Wolfington says. “We discuss [Kitty] being enjoyable and mischievous. I really feel just like the mischief is giving technique to extra reflectiveness, and attending to that within the music appears like a transition we’re making this season. “ 

It wouldn’t be XO, Kitty, or a Han venture, if there wasn’t romance concerned. While buddies Yuri (Gia Kim), Quincy (Anthony Keyvan), Juliana (Regan Aliyah), Dae (Choi Min-yeong), and Madison (Jocelyn Shelfo) strive to determine what they’re doing when highschool ends, Kitty lastly has to deal with the will-they-won’t-they vitality between herself and heartthrob Min-ho Moon (Sang Heon Lee). 

“The season does a really good job of touching on that [time] where everyone’s questioning and making life choices, which is very healthy,” Webb provides. “Maybe the world is smaller because they all know each other and they’ll always have this connection. But also they really may never see each other again, and that’s part of the gravity of that decision too.” 

The third season of XO, Kitty can even include a confirmed cameo from Condor’s character Lara Jean. The latest trailer from Netflix confirms the star will seem when her little sister desperately wants some recommendation — and an evening of junk meals.  “Movie three is Lara Jean’s senior year. So looking back on our work on season three, we can’t believe Kitty’s at that stage,” Wolfington says. “History is repeating itself in a cool way.” 

“We love looking for the songs for Kitty and the gang, and we love being a part of this continuation,” Webb provides. “We want this universe to go on forever.” 

Season Three of XO, Kitty premieres April 2 on Netflix. 

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