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Labubu Hit Pop Culture in 2025

Interest climbs in stages, peaks in July 2025, and fades gradually rather than crashing—suggesting a stacked hype cycle powered by releases, media coverage, and late-July cultural amplification.

`; const chartWrap = root.querySelector("#chart-wrap"); const tooltip = d3 .select(chartWrap) .append("div") .style("position", "absolute") .style("pointer-events", "none") .style("opacity", 0) .style("width", "300px") .style("background", "#fff0fa") .style("border", `1.5px solid ${border}`) .style("border-radius", "16px") .style("box-shadow", "0 20px 50px rgba(196,64,122,0.15)") .style("overflow", "hidden") .style("z-index", 20) .style("transition", "opacity 120ms ease") .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)"); const svg = d3 .create("svg") .attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height]) .style("display", "block") .style("width", "100%") .style("height", "auto") .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)"); const defs = svg.append("defs"); const gradient = defs .append("linearGradient") .attr("id", "labubu-gradient") .attr("x1", "0%") .attr("x2", "0%") .attr("y1", "0%") .attr("y2", "100%"); gradient .append("stop") .attr("offset", "0%") .attr("stop-color", pink) .attr("stop-opacity", 0.22); gradient .append("stop") .attr("offset", "100%") .attr("stop-color", pinkLight) .attr("stop-opacity", 0.02); const imgCx = x(peak.date); const imgCy = y(peak.value) + 200; const imgR = 56; defs .append("clipPath") .attr("id", "labubu-img-clip") .append("circle") .attr("cx", imgCx) .attr("cy", imgCy) .attr("r", imgR); svg .append("g") .attr("transform", `translate(${margin.left},0)`) .call( d3 .axisLeft(y) .ticks(5) .tickSize(-(width - margin.left - margin.right)) .tickFormat((d) => d) ) .call((g) => g.select(".domain").remove()) .call((g) => g .selectAll(".tick line") .attr("stroke", "rgba(196,64,122,0.15)") .attr("stroke-dasharray", "4,3") ) .call((g) => g .selectAll(".tick text") .attr("fill", lilac) .attr("font-size", 12) .attr("x", -10) .style( "font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)" ) ); svg .append("g") .attr("transform", `translate(0,${height - margin.bottom})`) .call( d3 .axisBottom(x) .ticks(d3.utcMonth.every(1)) .tickFormat((d) => d3.utcFormat("%b %y")(d).toLowerCase()) .tickSizeOuter(0) ) .call((g) => g.select(".domain").attr("stroke", "rgba(196,64,122,0.2)")) .call((g) => g.selectAll(".tick line").attr("stroke", "rgba(196,64,122,0.2)") ) .call((g) => g .selectAll(".tick text") .attr("fill", lilac) .attr("font-size", 12) .style( "font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)" ) ); svg .append("text") .attr("x", margin.left) .attr("y", margin.top - 8) .attr("fill", lilac) .attr("font-size", 12) .attr("font-weight", 700) .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)") .text("Search interest"); svg .append("path") .datum(data) .attr("fill", "url(#labubu-gradient)") .attr("d", area); svg .append("path") .datum(data) .attr("fill", "none") .attr("stroke", pinkSoft) .attr("stroke-opacity", 0.35) .attr("stroke-width", 10) .attr("d", line); svg .append("path") .datum(data) .attr("fill", "none") .attr("stroke", pink) .attr("stroke-width", 3.5) .attr("stroke-linecap", "round") .attr("stroke-linejoin", "round") .attr("d", line); svg .append("circle") .attr("cx", imgCx) .attr("cy", imgCy) .attr("r", imgR + 8) .attr("fill", "rgba(255,240,250,0.92)") .attr("stroke", border) .attr("stroke-width", 2.5); svg .append("image") .attr("href", image) .attr("x", imgCx - imgR) .attr("y", imgCy - imgR) .attr("width", imgR * 2) .attr("height", imgR * 2) .attr("clip-path", "url(#labubu-img-clip)") .attr("preserveAspectRatio", "xMidYMid slice"); svg .append("circle") .attr("cx", x(peak.date)) .attr("cy", y(peak.value)) .attr("r", 5.5) .attr("fill", pink) .attr("stroke", cream) .attr("stroke-width", 2.5); const peakLblX = imgCx + imgR + 16; const peakLblY = imgCy - 2; const focus = svg .append("g") .style("display", "none") .style("pointer-events", "none"); focus .append("circle") .attr("r", 5) .attr("fill", pink) .attr("stroke", cream) .attr("stroke-width", 2); focus .append("rect") .attr("x", 10) .attr("y", -27) .attr("width", 104) .attr("height", 32) .attr("rx", 8) .attr("fill", "#fce4f3") .attr("stroke", border) .attr("stroke-width", 1); focus .append("text") .attr("class", "focus-label") .attr("x", 18) .attr("y", -7) .attr("fill", "#8c1a5a") .attr("font-size", 12) .attr("font-weight", 700) .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)"); function positionTooltipFromPoint(px, py) { const wrapW = chartWrap.getBoundingClientRect().width || width; const cardW = 300; const cardH = 185; const pad = 12; let left = px + 16; let top = py - cardH / 2; if (left + cardW > wrapW - pad) left = px - cardW - 16; if (top < pad) top = pad; if (top + cardH > height - pad) top = height - cardH - pad; tooltip.style("left", `${left}px`).style("top", `${top}px`); } function showTooltip(d) { tooltip.style("opacity", 1).html(`

${d.source}

${d.title}

${d.summary}

${d.label}

`); } function hideTooltip() { tooltip.style("opacity", 0); } svg .append("rect") .attr("x", margin.left) .attr("y", margin.top) .attr("width", width - margin.left - margin.right) .attr("height", height - margin.top - margin.bottom) .attr("fill", "transparent") .lower() .on("mouseenter", () => focus.style("display", null)) .on("mouseleave", () => { focus.style("display", "none"); hideTooltip(); }) .on("mousemove", function (event) { const [mx] = d3.pointer(event, this); const dt = x.invert(mx); const i = bisectDate(data, dt); const d = data[Math.max(0, Math.min(data.length - 1, i))]; focus.attr("transform", `translate(${x(d.date)},${y(d.value)})`); focus .select(".focus-label") .text(`${d3.utcFormat("%b %Y")(d.date)}: ${d.value}`); }); const annotations = svg .append("g") .selectAll("g.event") .data(eventPoints) .join("g") .attr("class", "event") .attr("transform", (d) => { const off = dotOffsets[d.id] || { dx: 0, dy: 0 }; return `translate(${x(d.plotDate) + off.dx},${y(d.plotValue) + off.dy})`; }) .style("cursor", "pointer"); annotations .append("circle") .attr("r", 12) .attr("fill", "#fce4f3") .attr("stroke", pink) .attr("stroke-width", 2.2); annotations .append("circle") .attr("r", 5.5) .attr("fill", "#fff") .attr("stroke", pink) .attr("stroke-width", 1.5); annotations .append("text") .attr("text-anchor", "middle") .attr("dy", "0.35em") .attr("font-size", 10) .attr("font-weight", 800) .attr("fill", "#8c1a5a") .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)") .text((d) => d.id); annotations .append("circle") .attr("r", 18) .attr("fill", "transparent") .on("mouseenter", function (event, d) { showTooltip(d); const off = dotOffsets[d.id] || { dx: 0, dy: 0 }; positionTooltipFromPoint(x(d.plotDate) + off.dx, y(d.plotValue) + off.dy); }) .on("mousemove", function (event, d) { const off = dotOffsets[d.id] || { dx: 0, dy: 0 }; positionTooltipFromPoint(x(d.plotDate) + off.dx, y(d.plotValue) + off.dy); }) .on("mouseleave", () => { hideTooltip(); }); svg .append("text") .attr("x", width - margin.right) .attr("y", height - 10) .attr("text-anchor", "end") .attr("fill", lilac) .attr("font-size", 12) .style("font-family", "var(--sans-serif, 'Cabin', system-ui, sans-serif)") .text("Source: Google Trends"); 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