2010’s KISS x Hello Kitty clothing line has spawned a TV show about a Hello Kitty rock band that dresses in KISS makeup:
Yes, I’m serious: Kiss Hello Kitty (working title) is now in development, and it’s based on this line of Kiss x Hello Kitty products, which made its debut in 2010. The show will feature “four Kiss x Hello Kitty characters living their rock ‘n’ roll dreams and bringing pink anarchy to every situation they are in.”
Kiss’ Gene Simmons is slated to be one of the executive producers, and the band sounds pretty pumped about the project. Says Paul Stanley: “Knowing and viewing The Hub as I do daily with my three children, it is the perfect home for us to bring the Kiss Hello Kitty juggernaut to yet another generation.”
You heard it here first, folks. I’ll keep you posted on when the series will make its debut.
So, on the one hand, this is a delightfully weird popculture trainwreck. On the other hand, Gene Simmons is a misogynist asshole, and I can’t get all that enthusiastic about his executive producer role in an entertainment project aimed at little girls.
Exclusive: Hello Kitty and Kiss team up for a TV series [USA Today/Whitney Matheson]
(Thanks, Prezombie!)