They say the art of romance is dead. Just tell that to Netflix’s Japanese slate, which over the last three years has been single handedly attempting to restore reality TV viewers’ faith in love, and in humanity in general,

Season 8 of "Love Is Blind" premiered with a six-episode drop, but viewers have to wait a bit for more content.

As Entertainment Weekly notes, Season 8's contestants are around 30% non-white — a sharp dip from the rough 50% that the first seven seasons hovered around. If you've been online in the last week, it's possible you've even seen some memes about how white this cast is — and now the show's creator, Chris Coelen, is addressing the discourse.