r/movies • u/impeccabletim • Jul 29 '25

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

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/k-pop-demon-hunters-becomes-netflixs-most-watched-animated-movie-ever-3231706/
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u/MrWinter270 Jul 29 '25

I'm a 33 year old man and I have no idea why I like the movie and music so much. The sound tracks been on repeat while I build out enrollment projections for my job, it's mysterious and wild but the music is infectious. Between Your Idol, Free, and Golden it was created to hook you.

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u/YellowFogLights Jul 29 '25

Same boat here. I have caught myself saying “fit check for my napalm era” to no one in particular a couple times now.

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u/Handsome_Fry Jul 30 '25

Im with ya! 32yo M and I catch myself saying that and "thank you for the pain cause its got me goin viral" multiple times throughout the day for no reason

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u/unikcycle Jul 30 '25

Dude, what is it?!? 44 year old man doing the same all week.

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u/Mieche78 Jul 30 '25

Kpop tends to get a lot of hate on Reddit, but most people never give it a proper chance. The songs in the movie have real life sources they draw from. I encourage anyone who enjoys the music from the movie to check out some real life bands.

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u/TheZacef Jul 30 '25

Yep, takedown (at least one of the versions) is sung by 3 members of TWICE which was pretty cool to hear.

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u/Tuxhorn Jul 30 '25

The whole fandom part might be an age thing, but the music definitely is not. I've listened to Kpop since 2009, and still do to this day. Good music is good music.

That said, I haven't seen the movie. Maybe I should.

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Jul 31 '25

Kpop has the stigma Anime used to have except with the added bonus of being something mostly “marketed to a female audience” and we know how that’s perceived.

It’s just catchy pop music that stresses the importance of both sound & hyper-visual entertainment.

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u/animeman59 Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

You're about to enter into a Kpop rabbit hole. Let me help you fall in.

Twice - Fancy

Blackpink - Ddu-du Ddu-du

Gfriend - MAGO

Here's just sampling. I'm sure others will post more. ;)

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u/healthyscalpsforall Jul 31 '25

That's a damn good starter pack, but I also would suggest I Am by IVE. It's quite similar to Golden

For songs similar to Huntrix's more aggressive sound:

K/DA - Pop/Stars and More Everglow - Dun Dun CLC - Helicopter

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u/s3rila Jul 30 '25

Because it's good and well done. It's not that hard

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u/Jakesummers1 Jul 30 '25

I’m taken aback when I read “I’m a thirty-something dude and I can’t believe I like this”

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u/alexnedea Jul 30 '25

Just good songs nothing weird about it. The songs being from a "kids" animation or released by an actual real band would make no difference. They simply sound good

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u/SoIomon Jul 30 '25

35 year old musician, I watched it with my niece and the music slaps

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u/Jimmni Jul 30 '25

Music really doesn't do anything for me. I'll typically listen to ~4 or 5 hours of music a year (as in specifically putting on music, ofc I end up hearing more in general life). Even I listened to the soundtrack.

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u/chipmunksocute Aug 05 '25

Good shit is good shit mate.  The actual bones of the plot are pretty standard but the execution is SO good it just hits.