Lara Jean is back! ‘XO, Kitty’ season 3 trailer just gave us the ultimate Covey sister reunion

If you grew up obsessing over love letters, fake dating, and Peter Kavinsky’s soft-boy energy, the new trailer for XO, Kitty season 3 just gave you a very good reason to scream with joy. The latest teaser confirms something fans have been quietly hoping for since the show began: Lara Jean is finally entering the spin-off universe. Yes, the original queen of handwritten love letters is stepping into her little sister’s chaotic love life.

The trailer shows Kitty in her final year at KISS (Korean Independent School of Seoul), juggling friendships, heartbreak, and complicated feelings yet again. But this time, when things get messy, she calls in backup. Enter Lara Jean Song-Covey, played by Lana Condor, who flies to Seoul to help her sister figure things out, and fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before are finally satisfied!

So if you need a refresher before the chaos returns, here’s everything that’s happened so far and why this season might be the most dramatic yet.

First, a quick recap

XO, Kitty follows Kitty Song-Covey, the youngest Covey sister, who once believed she was a matchmaking genius. After secretly applying to a boarding school in Seoul called KISS, she moves there to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend Dae and explore her late mother’s Korean roots. And naturally, things begin to spiral.

Season 1 turned Kitty’s neat little love story into a full-blown romantic mess. Dae turns out to be fake-dating Yuri, there’s family drama, cultural discoveries, and Kitty begins questioning her own identity and sexuality. By the end of the season, friendships are complicated, feelings are even more confusing, and Kitty realises she might not be the love expert she thought she was.

Season 2 then doubled down on the chaos. Kitty returned to KISS determined to start fresh, but instead finds herself tangled in multiple emotional storylines involving Yuri, Min Ho, and her own evolving feelings. Secrets about students and families continue to unfold, proving that high school drama apparently travels very well across continents.

Season 2 gave us Peter Kavinsky

Season 2 also gave fans a very nostalgic moment. Peter Kavinsky, played by Noah Centineo, showed up in Seoul to support Kitty during a rough patch. The cameo was short but meaningful, reminding viewers that the spin-off is still very much connected to the original To All the Boys universe.

Kavinsky's appearance felt like a bridge between the two stories. He even gave Kitty a pep talk that basically confirmed what we already knew: she may be chaotic, but she’s still a Covey.

And now, it’s Lara Jean’s turn

Season 3 is raising the stakes with the crossover fans have been waiting for. The trailer reveals that Lara Jean will appear in multiple episodes, reuniting the Covey sisters onscreen for the first time in the spin-off series.

From the snippets we see in the trailer, Kitty is dealing with her complicated romantic situation with Min Ho and wants to finally put a label on it before college ends. While her attempts to talk to him about their relationship status fail, she loses all hope and ultimately reaches out to the one person who understands love drama better than anyone. Lara Jean arrives in Seoul with the kind of big-sister wisdom that only someone who survived fake dating, love triangles, and college decisions can offer.

In the trailer, she asks Kitty to trust her heart and follow where it leads, which feels quite evolved coming from the girl who once wrote love letters she never meant to send.

The Covey universe

With Peter appearing last season and Lara Jean stepping in now, XO, Kitty is slowly turning into a full-blown Covey-family reunion. And honestly, we are digging it!

The new season, which premieres on April 2, 2026, will follow Kitty navigating senior year at KISS, with friendships shifting and romance getting even messier, before everything finally falls into place (hopefully!).

And if the trailer is anything to go by, season 3 is about to give us exactly the kind of soft, chaotic, romantic drama the Covey sisters' universe does best.

XO, indeed!

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