Emily Henry

I know that.

And I hope that the other studios now will also be like, oh.

Yeah, people like this.

Things that women like are important.

And also, I'm not going to guess what it is they like about this.

I'm going to go ask them.

The professional.

Yeah, like go ask someone why this story matters.

Because it's like, I think there's also this idea that it's all just sheer escapism.

Because like, yeah, the world is the worst.

The world is not good right now.

And I think there's this idea that it's just sheer escapism and it's just fantasy.

And I really adamantly do not feel that way.

I think that the reason that romance is hitting us all so hard, like the readers who love it right now, is because...

It's about hope and about the idea of like, even though things can be very dark and scary and bad and tumultuous, like there are these little kernels of light and like the best things in life are just like things that it's like just loving people.

Like the best thing that you can possibly have in your life is just loving someone and being loved romantically and otherwise.

And like.

I don't know, seeing a story that values that, that puts that at the center and is kind of like, this is the point.

This is the point of being, this is like what we can do is like love each other.

I don't know.