Isegye Idol If you thought K-pop was weird, virtual idols — humans who perform as anime-style digital characters via motion capture — will blow your mind. My favorite is a girl group called Isegye Idol , created by Woowakgood , a Korean VTuber (a streamer who likewise performs as a digital persona). Isegye Idol’s six members are anonymous, which seems to let them deploy a rare breed of honesty and humor. They play games ( League of Legends , Go , Minecraft ), chitchat, and perform kitschy music that’s somewhere between anime soundtrack and video-­game score. It’s very DIY — and very intimate. And the group’s wild popularity speaks to the mood of Gen Z South Koreans, famously lonely and culturally adrift — struggling to find work, giving up on dating, trying to find friendships online. Isegye Idol shows what a magical online universe people can build when reality stops working for them. Mr.…