Squid Game Creator Drops Bombshell: ’VIPs Are Just Like Elon Musk’

Squid Game's mastermind just compared the show's grotesque VIPs to tech's most polarizing billionaire—and the internet is losing it.

Here's why the analogy cuts deeper than you think.

The billionaire paradox

Both Musk and the VIPs treat human lives as speculative assets—some win big while others get liquidated. At least Musk's Twitter antics don't (directly) involve organ harvesting.

A dystopian hall of mirrors

The creator's jab exposes how wealth distorts reality—whether you're betting on crypto or child's play. Spoiler: the house always wins.

One thing's certain: this commentary will age like fine wine or a memecoin rug pull. Place your bets.

In Brief

• The VIPs of Squid Game represent an ultra-rich elite now visible and unapologetic, like Musk.
• Elon Musk is described as omnipresent, leading companies that influence all spheres of our lives.
• Voting in the series is biased, reflecting a democracy trapped by the powerful who write it.
• The social critique is rooted in real facts: record fortunes, extravagant events, growing global polarization.

When the Masks Fall, the Billionaires Shoot

In, not associated at all with the SQUID crypto, the VIPs no longer watch. They act. Gone are the velvet boxes and animal masks. The oligarchs don the pink uniforms of the soldiers and execute the losers themselves. This narrative shift moves the story’s center of gravity:. They are visible, armed hunters.

Hwang Dong-hyuk doesn’t mince his words: 

They willingly take their masks off, almost as if to declare, “We’re the ones running everything. We’re the ones in control.“

In a society saturated with figures like Elon Musk,. The creator continues: “Musk is everywhere. He runs a gigantic tech company and is also a showman. ”

The target is clear, even without a direct quote.

In a sarcastic tweet, a user writes: “Elon Musk is a real VIP at this point“. A phrase that speaks volumes about the blur between fiction and reality. Others get angry: “You are all crazy. None of Musk’s companies control the world“. Thehas begun.

Elon Musk, Metaphor or Model for Squid Game’s VIPs?

Hwang drew inspiration from concrete public figures. For him,naturally imposed itself while writing season 3. The creator also mentions the, democratic collapse, hyperpolarization. The aesthetic of the series blends into reality so much that you can no longer distinguish the reflection from the original.

What shocks? Theby those who never suffer its consequences. Like, whose wedding costingthe very day season 3 was released, becomes a macabre punchline., while others struggle to survive.

The networks did not fail to react. Between mockery and outrage, a critique emerges:. Yet, for Hwang, the intention is the opposite: he alerts. He denounces the performance of power.

In the past, those that really controlled the system and maintained power, they were hidden behind the curtain. However, it’s no longer the case.

Squid Game, a Series about Society… and its Chilling Numbers

The series uses voting as a distorted mirror of democracy. Players vote to kill. We are talking here about. The rules are written by those who never play.

Meanwhile, in the real world:

• In 2020, 2,000 billionaires held $8 trillion;
• In 2025, they number over 3,000, weighing $16 trillion;
• Elon Musk alone holds $412 billion, more than 24 countries;
• Bezos’ wedding cost $46 million, mobilized 90 jets;
• In Squid Game, the rich shoot the poor themselves.

The series was not inspired by Musk. It predicted him.

And the tweets illustrate it: “Squid Game has crossed the line ” says a skeptic. Another expresses outrage: “The VIPs look like inbred degenerates “. That says how palpable the discomfort is.

But through this discomfort, a truth emerges: Squid Game invents nothing. It observes. And shows. Rawly.

When Elon Musk wants to do everything, be everything, everywhere at once, he forgets that he is already omnipresent. He leads the cars of the future, satellites, AI, and social networks. His ambition? Transform X into a fully-fledged investment platform. At this pace, he will end up creating the game. Or getting lost in it.

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