KPOP Demon Hunters - My duty as a millenial parent is unfortunately to take my kids to this

[mindlessobserver]

4 songs in the top 10. Only movie Soundtrack to do so, and the first album in 30 years to do so.

https://www.billboard.com/lists/huntr-x-golden-hot-100-number-one-second-week/

Led by HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ at No. 1, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Becomes First Soundtrack With Four Simultaneous Hot 100 Top 10s​

KPop Demon Hunters is also the first soundtrack with four Hot 100 top 10s at all in nearly 30 years.

KPop Demon Hunters becomes just the fifth soundtrack with four Hot 100 top 10s at all, and the first since Waiting To Exhale spun off a record five in 1995-96.

Upon the original coronation of “Golden,” HUNTR/X — the singing trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI (in the roles of the film’s characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey) — became the first female group associated with Korean pop to top the Hot 100. The act also became the first all-woman collective of three or more members to reign in 24 years, since Destiny’s Child with “Bootylicious” for two weeks in August 2001.

How are the songs so popular? There are only 3 songs I consider decent (but not great) and Golden isn't anomg them. I guess it's only because they are in the movie and otherwise they wouldn't be famous.

Vocal range of the lead singer, combined with the album being a musical storyline with a subtext the listener can follow along with like Green Day's "American Idiot". It creates something rather unique that has been lacking in modern music much like how uniqueness has been missing in modern cinema. The combination of the complex symphonic orchestra back track that is necessary in movie music to help build narrative tension really shines too. Most pop songs don't bother with that because it costs too much and is difficult to replicate in tour performances.

Will add that this seems eye rolling to us older people, but the Alphas and Zoomie Zooms have grown up in the dark age. The idea that pop music can be more then an autotuned hell scape of simple chords and rap "lyrics" is alien, so something more classical lands hard.

 

[Hiphopopotamus]

This is not an Asian movie. Its an American movie.

Not only are you wrong about it not being Asian you are wrong about it being American, Maggie Kang is Korean and grew up in canada. Chris Appelhans has basically just done background art before, also he's married to a Korean named Maurene Goo.

 

[mindlessobserver]

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Not only are you wrong about it not being Asian you are wrong about it being American, Maggie Kang is Korean and grew up in canada. Chris Appelhans has basically just done background art before, also he's married to a Korean named Maurene Goo.

And "Braveheart" is not an American movie. Its a Scottish movie with this logic.

 

[Hiphopopotamus]

And "Braveheart" is not an American movie. Its a Scottish movie with this logic.

A movie about Koreans made by Koreans who didn't live in America is definitely an American movie. It wasn't even animated in America it was animated in canada.

 

[mindlessobserver]

A movie about Koreans made by Koreans who didn't live in America is definitely an American movie. It wasn't even animated in America it was animated in canada.

It was animated by Sony Pictures Animation, which is in California.

 

[Hiphopopotamus]

It was animated by Sony Pictures Animation, which is in California.

It was animated by Sony Pictures imageworks which is based in Montreal and Vancouver.

 

[Terrorist]

Look, man…every parent has to take one for the team and slog through some stupid crap their kids want to watch, and/or says “fuck it, you guys are driving me crazy, I need a break” and plops them in front of a movie for a few hours. You don’t need to cope this hard.

I like the characters, i will goon to them.

At least you’re honest about what you got out of it.

“Generation Alpha's "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

To be fair this can’t be much worse than Rocky Horror, which is overrated horseshit for insufferable theater kids.

Not a single one of you could've put a jar up your ass?

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

 

['Ole Dente]

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

I'm old as shit I'm not one of these kids. I paid my dues.

 

[WULULULULU]

Kpoop Semen Shitters is to Metalocalypse for Alphas, the same shit as Valorant is to CS.

Also I hate the songs. Obnoxious lyrics and the vocalists are Vici-levels of cringe.

MAKE IT STOP PLAYING AROUND IN PUBLIC, IT'S EVEN BLEEDING TO MALL MUSIC

 

[grump]

The center of the universe for my niece while I didn't know it even existed until a few days ago. Another sign I'm becoming the out of touch fuddy duddy I like I feared.

 

[NoCockatrice]

I still doubt that’s a real woman. She looks too manly to even be a bulldyke.

Nah, she's like the most effeminate soy person ever. Shelves of stuffed animals, megaround face, constant crying, talks about "feelings" and relationships all the time and obsessed with yaoi. There are no men like that.

I appreciate the Lorax meme tho

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

megaround face, constant crying, talks about "feelings" and relationships all the time and obsessed with yaoi. There are no men like that.

Did you forget Linkara AKA self becalmed nasty cock slut and the black Dick stalker exist? Same Linkara that was called a closet faggot by iron Liz for trying to hide he’s dating a tranny like he was gonna fool anyone.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Officially the most watched movie on the Netflix platform.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’​

“KPop Demon Hunters,” the animated phenomenon of the summer, is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history.

The film about a K-pop girl group who track down mythical monsters when not filling stadiums and arenas has overtaken “Red Notice,” an action comedy with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, as the most-watched film on the service. “KPop Demon Hunters” has attracted 236 million total views compared to the 230.9 million that “Red Notice” garnered. Rounding out the top five list of films on Netflix’s most-streamed list are the Taron Egerton thriller “Carry-On,” the Leonardo DiCaprio satire “Don’t Look Up” and “The Adam Project,” an adventure film with Reynolds.

“KPop Demon Hunters” scored a rare theatrical release from Netflix last weekend. The streaming service did not publicly share box office results, but sources say it was the highest-grossing movie of the weekend, earning between $18 million to $20 million. “KPop Demon Hunters” was also the most-streamed movie last week on Netflix, attracting another 25.4 million views.

“KPop Demon Hunters” was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans from a screenplay they co-wrote with Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan. It was based on a story conceived by Kang.

Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo lead the voice cast. The film’s original songs were written by Ejae, Jenna Andrews, Danny Chung, Ido, Vince, Kush, Daniel Rojas, Stephen Kirk, Lindgren and Mark Sonnenblick. The soundtrack was also a hit, topping charts.

Netflix debuted “KPop Demon Hunters” on June 20. Critics embraced the film’s style and inventiveness, with Variety’s Peter Debruge calling it “high-energy” and “high-concept” and the New York Times’ Brandon Yu praising it for creating a “charming, funny and artfully punchy original universe.”

 

[Caligura]

I fucking hate seeing this movie especially the ugly CalArts faces everywhere I wish I could go back in time and give the Japs 1,000 F-22s and 5,000 M1A2 Abrams plus 100,000 nuclear ICBMs so they can win WW2 and enact upon Total Gook Death (and then deny it 10 years later) to prevent this movie from being made

 

[gata]

It's a mid (to decent) movie that's released in the era of shit western media and a huge asian media influence, that means it's thought as better than it actually is. No subversive themes in it just a regular heroes vs villains story.
It really is for the youth with the lol so random faces purposely made for people to use as reaction gifs. Plus there's a scene where the girls are lusting over (effeminate yet also have abs) men so no queer themes.

The music was okay, edm pop whatever.
K-poopers will never swallow this truth pill: majority of k-pop is American style pop music and many of their astroturfed songs are produced by foreigners.
Honestly after the teaboos and koreaboos what's the next exotic™ culture stupid teenagers will be obsessed with? China? Although we had the kung fu craze in the 80s
Palestine doesn't have any proper cultural media just virtue signaling, and muslim culture ain't kawaiiaeygo.

 

[mindlessobserver]

It's a mid (to decent) movie that's released in the era of shit western media and a huge asian media influence, that means it's thought as better than it actually is. No subversive themes in it just a regular heroes vs villains story.

Which ironically is what makes it subversive. Incidentally, anyone with the rose tinted glasses off can see Star Wars: A New Hope is also a mid movie at best as well. But it landed at the right time. 1979 was at the tail end of the 60's "revolution", America had officially "lost" the vietnam war, we'd just gone through an impeachment, the Ford and Carter years were hardly a banner moment in our political zeitgeist, and people were already assuming that the Soviets were going to win the cold war. So a simplistic but brazen "Good vs. Evil" story landed like a bomb completely out of left field. Its important to remember that Star Wars was also farmed out by the studios who just assumed it was some filler content. They let Lucas keep all the rights for his silly space fantasy.

K-poopers will never swallow this truth pill: majority of k-pop is American style pop music and many of their astroturfed songs are produced by foreigners.

What is funny about this particular production is despite the shrieks to the contrary, everyone involved in it are Americans, with some quibbles as to if First generation children of immigrants or immigrants themselves are akshually Americans, or do Canadians count as Americans. I am ignoring that quibble and will just say virtually everyone involved in this from the animation to the music are from North America, with the exception of the music director who is from South America. This movie is essentially a love letter to "muh heritage". This movie is about Korean Pop Culture in the same way Mel Gibson's Braveheart is a movie about Scottish Nationalism and history.

Its also important to note that this is the first major production made up largely of a cast of Zoomers, with some Zoomers also on the production staff. And its a huge hit with the generation behind them, the Alphas. You can make a creative interpretation of this being a scathing indictment of Millennials and their culture. It is uncompromisingly optimistic, with simple themes about good and evil, and so on. I also could not help but think the Demons in the opening scene in the airplane in their disguises were literally millennials as seen through the eyes of a young zoomer or alpha. Not quite "Old", but just so...weird. The kind of people who think its okay to pour coffee on a plant.

The music was okay, edm pop whatever.

I do have to disagree here from a technical perspective. The Style of the music will definitely turn alot of people off, especially on this forum. Its also not a style I routinely listen too either. I much prefer metal and synth rock from the 70's and 80's and the new stuff in that style. However as a practical observation the songs are incredibly high level and are probably the peak of Pop music capability. Especially when you consider the vocal range of the Voice Actress for Rumi and the symphony orchestral accompaniment to the songs.

I actually vibe checked my own "Did I just hear that", and yes, the singing voice for Rumi really did hit an open A5, which is absolutely nuts to hear in a pop song. That is usually something reserved for Opera. In autistic music circles there is now a demand for her to do the feat live, because when it comes to singing this is like climbing to the top of Mount Everest without an oxygen tank. She didn't just do an A5 at the climax of the chorus. The Chorus is in the Key of A Major, at the 5th octave. Which is. Just. Not. Done. Ever. Its incredibly difficult. The amount of technique and natural biological skill is a huge barrier to entry. Then there is the demand to actually be able to perform it outside a studio. Its just not done. Because it is very easy to fuck up, and anyone trying to force their voice to do it will actually cause physical damage over time.

I think the lady who wrote and ultimately sang Golden slipped this past credulous show runners who were just writing a slop movie. They had no idea what she was actually asking them to put into their pop musical. There is a story here for sure. Without question, the song "Golden" will become an achievement medal for any vocalist for the next few centuries at least if they can flawlessly land it live without assistance. Assuming of course the singer in the movie is actually able to perform the song live. Especially since for the reprise it drops to D Major in the 3rd octave for the "No more hiding" lines. You can't just have a freakishly high voice for this song. You have to also be able to go deep too. I think there is a revenge story behind this song, since the songwriter and singer of "Golden" was rejected from KPOP for being "too old". There is no way any child can sing this song, nor can someone trained in simple pop music.

For those curious as too why this is such a big deal, here is a compilation of female vocalists, all very highly paid and regarded attempting the A5 live, and virtually all of them but for Mariah Cary suck fucking ass.

 

[Jewish Cartman]

I originally got through the first fifteen minutes on one of my piracy go-to websites, and then I decided to rewatch Kim Il-Sung's masterpiece, "The Flower Girl." Saja Boys being a satire of BTS and the entire culture behind Kpop, yet also rising to being more popular than BTS, shows how little Kpop fans have media literacy enough to understand a mirror being thrown in their face. This movie is a massive critique of a very sheltered, very opaque culture whose pop music just so happens to be an international zeitgeist at the moment. And the only person I have seen correctly point this out was a Korean guy on YouTube that spoke on this movie.

 

[babadook]

The takeaway from this thread is that some parent are really fucking autistic

Sweet teriyaki titties this thread is bad.

Half of the posts are spergs unfunnily memeing about hating kooks or how it's another example of how the west has fallen. The other half are users saying their brief opinion and moving along. There's nothing here! And I wouldn't have minded if the thread OP was just "A thing to watch. Discuss." as usual and not "I didn't watch this thing and have collywobbles about seeing it with my crotch goblins. Discuss????" This is Multimedia, not Mass Debates.

@mindlessobserver take a note from your namesake and ACTUALLY mindlessly observe this thing now so you can bond with your kids for a while. But if you're so adamant on keeping your viewer virginity for this flick, my advice is to load up your jacket with your numbing vice of choice (flasks, editables, etc.) and have it ready when "Sound of Silence" starts playing in your head. I don't care what you wind up doing just make better threads.

Based. Some of the parents here are fucking autistic and the world will be their personal Dynastia

 

[OrangeJuliusEvola]

I originally got through the first fifteen minutes on one of my piracy go-to websites, and then I decided to rewatch Kim Il-Sung's masterpiece, "The Flower Girl." Saja Boys being a satire of BTS and the entire culture behind Kpop, yet also rising to being more popular than BTS, shows how little Kpop fans have media literacy enough to understand a mirror being thrown in their face. This movie is a massive critique of a very sheltered, very opaque culture whose pop music just so happens to be an international zeitgeist at the moment. And the only person I have seen correctly point this out was a Korean guy on YouTube that spoke on this movie.

To be fair, most K-pop fans in the West are literal children, or women with the mental maturity of children. Expecting them to catch the rather scathing if subtle critique of the darker side of K-Pop culture is asking a lot of them.

If anything, I'm rather surprised we don't have any cows of note coming out the countless psychotic stans that populate the fanbase.

 

[Digital Thunder]

If anything, I'm rather surprised we don't have any cows of note coming out the countless psychotic stans that populate the fanbase.

There'd be way too many of them and the ones that do exist are on platforms that farmers on average are either really bad (too old) to keep up with or flat-out refuse to keep up with because of their sheer output speed (i.e. TikTok), and that's without considering that there'd probably need to be a live-in translator for all the fandom gibberish that'd have to be trudged through among other things.

Also reading the OP summary up-thread, I don't really get what'd be gained from watching this production that wouldn't be better gained from... I dunno, saving Macross or something for the kids for later?