Netflix’s bubbly K-drama-infused rom-com XO, Kitty is jetting back to Seoul for its third season, and the official trailer – unleashed December 13, 2025 – has fans ugly-crying over a separation that’s got more twists than a Han River hairpin turn. At a breezy 1:55, the teaser bursts open with Kitty Song Covey (Anna Cathcart) mid-air on a zip-line over Jeju Island’s turquoise waves, her laughter echoing before cutting to a gut-wrenching airport goodbye: passport stamped, tears streaming, as she clutches a crumpled love note. “They didn’t break up… they were torn apart,” a wistful voiceover sighs, flashing to Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee) pacing a rain-slicked Seoul street, phone in hand, whispering, “Come back.” The heartbreak escalates with montage magic: Kitty dragged stateside by family drama, her summer fling shattered; stolen video calls flickering like faulty fireworks; and a gut-punch tagline: “And sometimes, love hurts the most when you can’t even move.” With production wrapped in July 2025 after a sun-drenched shoot in Seoul and Jeju, and an early 2026 premiere on the books (likely March, per insiders), this trailer screams senior-year stakes. Kitty’s not just chasing boys anymore – she’s racing against distance, destiny, and the kind of pull-back that makes long-distance feel like emotional exile.

Born from Jenny Han’s To All the Boys universe – the rom-com goldmine that birthed three hit films and The Summer I Turned Pretty – XO, Kitty spun off in 2023 with Cathcart’s wisecracking Kitty ditching Portland for the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), chasing her late mom’s scholarship legacy. Season 1 was a culture-clash candy store: Kitty’s accidental love letters expose her crush on childhood pal Yuri Han (Gia Kim), igniting a bi-curious awakening amid K-pop parties and hanok house heart-to-hearts. Enter Min Ho, the chaebol heir with smirks sharper than soju shots, and Q (Anthony Keyvan), her ride-or-die bestie dodging his own identity crisis. The finale? Kitty expelled after a scandalous sleepover, fleeing to the U.S. with unresolved sparks flying.

Season 2, which dropped January 16, 2025, and clocked 14.2 million views in its debut week (topping charts in 89 countries), cranked the chaos. Kitty claws her way back to KISS, only to juggle a polyamorous puzzle: rekindling with Yuri, flirting with new girl Praveena (Sasha Bhasin), and tumbling headlong into Min Ho’s orbit after turning him down in Season 1. Subplots sizzled – Dae (Minyeong Choi) pines post-breakup, Juliana (Regan Aliyah) schemes for social supremacy, and Kitty grapples with her queerness through rooftop confessions and hanbok-clad dances. The cliffhanger? Kitty blurts her true feelings to Min Ho at a summer showcase, sealing it with a kiss – just as her visa expires, yanking her back to America for “family reasons.” Fans rioted on TikTok: “Not another TATB-level tearjerker!” with #KittyComeBack trending worldwide.

Season 3, renewed Valentine’s Day 2025 in a swoony Insta vid from Cathcart, picks up in that excruciating limbo. The trailer teases a “summer of love” derailed: Kitty’s stateside detour – courtesy of a meddling Trisha (Jensen Steele) and Dan (Joel Kim Booster) summoning her for “emergency bonding” – forces her into Portland purgatory, interning at a rom-com podcast while doom-scrolling Min Ho’s Insta glow-ups. “Dragged away from love,” indeed – quick cuts show her stifled by jet lag and family feuds, her bi flag waving through awkward blind dates and therapy sessions unpacking mom’s ghost. Back in Seoul, Min Ho spirals: Ditching debutante galas for late-night ramyeon runs, he dodges his dad’s merger madness (Philippe Lee as the cutthroat chaebol king) by plotting a rogue trip to reclaim her. Their trans-Pacific tension? Electric – glitchy FaceTimes laced with “I miss your chaos,” a surprise delivery of her favorite tteokbokki, and a mid-season bombshell where Kitty’s “can’t even move” hits literal: A homesick spiral lands her in bed, bingeing K-dramas as Yuri (now at a rival school) sends cryptic care packages hinting at unresolved sapphic sparks.

The “torn apart” trope isn’t just teen torment; it’s Han’s signature gut-punch on diaspora dreams and queer joy amid cultural crossfire. Showrunner Valentina Garza (stepping up from EP duties) amps the global glow-up: Kitty’s Portland pit-stop spotlights Asian-American isolation, with guest spots from Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor as a flirty podcast producer testing her loyalties. Newbies join the jet-set: Sule Thelwell as Marius, a brooding British expat at KISS stirring Min Ho’s jealousy; Soy Kim as Yisoo, Kitty’s Portland confidante with her own immigrant arc; and Christine Hwang as Gigi, a scheming influencer crashing the summer vibes. Returning faves keep the K-flair: Keyvan’s Q owning his theater kid glow-up, Choi’s Dae crooning heartbreak ballads, and Bhasin’s Praveena dropping bi bombshells that force Kitty to redefine “endgame.” Chemistry? Cathcart and Lee’s will-they video-call sparks rival TATB’s Lanogate, while Kim’s Yuri adds layers of “what if” wistfulness.

Critics who’ve glimpsed early cuts are swooning: “A masterclass in longing – think To All the Boys meets Crash Landing on You,” raves Variety, praising Garza’s blend of Han’s heartfelt hijinks with bolder bi rep. The trailer’s soundtrack – a remix of NewJeans’ “Super Shy” swelling to Coldplay’s “Fix You” – has already spawned 2 million TikTok stitches. Filming wrapped July 2025 after a whirlwind April-to-July sprint in Seoul’s neon nights and Jeju’s volcanic vistas, with post-prod buzzing for that early 2026 drop. No Season 4 whispers yet, but Han teases in Tudum: “Kitty’s story? It’s got more passports than pages.”

Fan fallout? The trailer racked 6.5 million views in hours, flooding X with #XOKittyS3 edits of airport reunions and polls: Min Ho endgame (72%) or Yuri redux (28%)? Book-less purists (since it’s film-inspired original) adore the deviations, like Kitty’s podcast pivot echoing Han’s meta-rom-com roots.

As the trailer fades on Kitty’s tearful voiceover – “Love across oceans? It’s not poetic; it’s painful” – one ache lingers: Can a summer fling survive a forced farewell? In XO, Kitty‘s whirlwind world, hearts don’t just break – they border-hop. Stream Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix now, loop this lump-in-throat trailer, and pack your tissues. Season 3 isn’t just torn apart – it’s tearing us up, one visa stamp at a time.

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