Children Spotted Playing Squid Game ‘Red Light, Green Light’ in Sembawang Playground

If you’ve watched Netflix’s latest hit series Squid Game, you’d know that it’s not exactly a show meant for kids.

Apart from the honeycomb which kids would surely drool at, the blood, guts, and gore would be better left for older eyes.

So, it was, therefore, a little surprising to hear one of the games being played by some of our young ones right here in Singapore.

And if you didn’t know what the game was all about, you’d almost think it was cute.

Almost.

Children Spotted Playing Squid Game ‘Red Light, Green Light’ in Sembawang Playground

“Mugunghwa kkoci pieot seumnida”.

A month ago, not many people would have been able to decipher this phrase. Now, one look at it, and a creepy female voice starts singing it in your head.

Some Sembawang residents must have wondered if they had woken up as a contestant in the “Red Light, Green Light” game, as they heard this song in an HDB residential area.

Fortunately for them, their lives were not at risk; it was just some kids playing the game at a playground.

A video of the game has since been uploaded to TikTok:

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So my friend send me this video today and I had to share. Squid game strong

♬ Squid Game – Carrot

In the video, a boy facing the wall calls out “Are you ready?” before singing the now-infamous tune from Squid Game’s “Red Light, Green Light”.

Three other kids then dart forward towards him, but stop whenever he stops singing and turns around.

One of the kids makes it to the wall – the objective of the game – while the others go down with a “bang’.

They then play the game again.

Shot if You Are Caught Moving

If you’ve not watched Squid Game, you probably don’t know what the heck I’m talking about.

Allow me to spoil the first episode for you.

In the show, the first game contestants play is called Red Light, Green Light, where players have to move forward towards a finish line whenever a rather large and creepy animatronic doll sings: “mugunghwa kkoci pieot seumnida”.

When the doll stops singing, you need to stop too. Those who fail to stop when the doll stops singing, or fail to get to the finish line within the stipulated time, are shot.

Yes, it’s not pretty.

Thankfully, the stakes weren’t as high in the game at the Sembawang playground. The leader did, however, aim a finger gun at those who failed and shouted “bang”.

Do you think such games are appropriate for kids? After all, we’ve been playing cops and robbers for decades.

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