Literally me last weekend in the produce department.

My sister’s gonna turn into a sweet potato – She eats them every day and has tried the whole gamut – American, Japanese, Korean… I didn’t even know there were so many different kinds.

She has decided that Korean sweet potatoes are far superior to the other varieties, so there we were at H Mart on a Sunday afternoon. They sell them raw – She slow-roasts them at home, then refrigerates them and eats them cold – she says they taste sweeter that way. She eats them for dessert – I had 2 scoops of ice cream after dinner tonight (leftover from the 4-scoop sampler I doordashed last night) – Our versions of ‘dessert’ differ a bit. They also sell them hot and roasted in paper bags, which she also bought. When we were in Japan, I noticed they sold them like this everywhere we went. I was like, ‘Who even eats roasted sweet potatoes?’ Apparently my sister does, you guys.

Anyway, while we were in the produce department, this song was playing over the speakers. I was like, ‘Why do I know every lyric to this song? Also, why am I crying?’ 😅 They were playing the original version of the song – Jealous by Labrinth – but the version I know and love is an a cappella cover by the Vanderbilt Melodores out of Vanderbilt University in Nashville that I came across on Spotify bc they also did a beautiful cover of my favorite Yebba song, Evergreen. They were led, oddly enough, by a Korean singer. Koreans just be knowing what they’re doing, huh? 😆 Back in the day when my friend was on Tinder, she swiped right on this guy whose bio said, ‘If you like Koreans, raise your glass. If you don’t like Koreans, raise your standards.’ 😂

It’s hard for me to say, I’m jealous of the way
You’re happy without me

Oh I can’t see
The forest for the trees

So, will you wait for me?
Will you wait for me?
Will you wait for me?
My evergreen

The author of Crying in H Mart is also the lead singer of indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. Is there anything Koreans can’t do???