Perhaps I can pay off my student loans by turning my body into a human vessel for seafood.
I thought the sun had set on my influencer trajectory until I discovered mukbang—a phenomenon in which vloggers eat ridiculous amounts of food on camera. Imagine: seafood boils, platters of spicy shrimp, towers of crab, you name it. It originated in South Korea but migrated to the U.S. via YouTube.
I knew that I needed to do my homework before I could dive mouthfirst into this endeavor. So I binge-watched dozens of mukbang videos, FaceTimed with a, and took a field trip to the fish market. There, I locked eyes with one lobster in the tank—a real beady-eyed sucker looking to stir up some trouble—knelt down to his level, put my hand to his claw, and whispered, “You don’t scare me, chief. I’m from New Jersey.
Am I going to be the world’s next top mukbang star, or did I crack under pressure? Check the video to find out! For more stories like this, including celebrity news, beauty and fashion advice, savvy political commentary, and fascinating features, sign up for the
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