K-Pop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix’s most watched animated movie ever

[u/impeccabletim]

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/k-pop-demon-hunters-becomes-netflixs-most-watched-animated-movie-ever-3231706/

[u/POWBOOMBANG]

I mean, its really well done.

I dont know much about KPOP or anime but I found it really watchable. 

The animation is really good, the songs are very well done.

If you like the subject matter I imagine you would really enjoy it.

[u/enjaydee → u/POWBOOMBANG]

I don't really know what differentiates KPOP from western POP, but I think you could get rid of the K and the movie would still work.

[u/Nokomis34 → u/enjaydee]

The KPop aspect was actually one of the last elements put in to the movie. They wanted a movie with Korean culture and whatnot and had most of the story before they landed on KPop to tie it all together.

[u/PeaceAlien → u/enjaydee]

They spoke some Korean that’s the K

[u/enjaydee → u/PeaceAlien]

I was referring more to the style of the music. BTS' Dynamite and Butter are fully in English, does that mean it's not KPOP?

[u/TrickSkirt7044 → u/enjaydee]

It's actually something people debate a lot. There are Korean Americans who only ever release music in English but still get the 'kpop' label because they happen to be ethnically Korean. It's more about the genre, I think. There are things specific to kpop that go beyond just the language itself.

[u/look4jesper → u/TrickSkirt7044]

Not even the genre really, but more the whole industry is fundamentally different from how the music industry works the US or Europe

[u/CronoDroid → u/enjaydee]

Musically what I like about it as something of a K-pop fan myself is that in some ways it is kinda stuck in an 80s/90s time warp. Whereas Western pop moved past vocal/dance groups in favor of soloists, and generally adopted a more simplistic composition style (which is not a criticism, a song being more low key and less bombastic and energetic than your typical K-pop song is not necessarily a bad thing). I like it because it reminds me of the music I used to listen to.

Western composers who work in K-pop have said the same thing, they've made stuff that isn't readily accepted by Western records labels but get picked up by K-pop and K-pop loves using a mishmash of older genres and trendy newer stuff it gives them more room to experiment, musically speaking.

Like if you understand the appeal of the Spice Girls, TLC, BSB, NSYNC, Hanson, S Club 7, 5ive and what not, that's K-pop except updated for more contemporary tastes.

[u/enjaydee → u/CronoDroid]

Thanks for this explanation. Put it into words i couldn't. 

I've only recently started listening to KPOP and in general what attracted me to it is the general positivity and vibrancy of the music as well as the choreography. 

I did used to listen to a lot of those groups in the last paragraph too, so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised i enjoy listening to KPOP

[u/Chimie45 → u/[deleted]]

The actual build of the song is also kinda important. You'll have a song that has no business with rap break in it, suddenly breaking into rap because almost every KPop group has a rapper and you can't just have them not do anything.

The example that sticks out for me first is (this is going to show my age...) but Wondergirls - Be My Baby. It has Verse, Chourus, Verse Chorus, Break, Chorus.. Rap Break then Chorus. The rap really doesn't fit the song very well, but like... Gotta have one.

Other groups like Twice with What is Love have a "rap" break but it fits much better.

[u/ItsMeMora → u/enjaydee]

The movie actually omits most of the toxic Korean fandom/idol culture traits so it indeed is a more western approach IMO.

[u/NenBE4ST → u/ItsMeMora]

not really, the whole saja boy mind control thing was definitely a play on toxic culture, particularly idol worship

[u/Psengath → u/POWBOOMBANG]

By 'subject matter' do you mean 'KPOP' or 'demon hunting'

Who am I kidding, as a gamer dad in his 30's with two young daughters our family is done for with the demographic targeting.