Squid Game’s designer reveals the reason for gift-wrapped coffins and honestly it’s so stupid

Squid Game production designer Chae Kyoung-sun revealed the reason the guards gift wrap the player coffins after their bullet-ridden deaths, but sadly, I low-key wish she hadn’t.

With hundreds of players being killed in Red Light, Green Light, and even more in the subsequent games, the Squid Game bosses need somewhere to dump those bodies. As we saw in season one, and again in season two, that involves placing the bodies in coffins complete with a pretty pink bow before incinerating them to remove all evidence.

But considering the brutality with which they dispatch the players, I can’t help but wonder why so much care is taken with their bodies. Surely you can just lob them in a pile and be done with it? Apparently not, according to Chae Kyoung-sun.

In a new clip from Still Watching Netflix, Chae Kyoung-sun – who also revealed the hidden meanings behind the set – explained the reasoning behind the stylish black coffins.

“As you know, we wrapped the coffins like gifts. That was kind of a reflection of our tough, competitive reality in this world where so many people fail. People are tired of the harsh reality,” she said. “So it was a way of wishing those who passed away a peaceful afterlife, where there would be no more pain. I think the rainbows share the same meaning as the coffins.”

They want the players to have a peaceful afterlife just moments after pelting them full of bullets. Makes sense. Definitely not annoying at all.

The coffins were also inspired by a huge K-pop band

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During the release of Squid Game in 2021, director Hwang Dong-hyuk surprised us with the realisation that the coffins were inspired by BLACKPINK, a huge K-pop band with tracks such as Kill This Love, How You Like That, and Pink Venom.

He said that he based the colours of the manager’s uniform on the band, which in turn was used to inspire the looks of the coffin. After a second look, that connection could not be more clear.

Featured image credit: Netflix