"You're hearing an R&B intro sung a cappella by Rumi, the main character. It almost has a Mary J. Blige tragic heaviness to it. And then as the other singers come in, Zoey and Mira, what you end up with is something like an up-tempo club number. It doesn't quite go full EDM, but it does feel like it's designed for a Hamilton- esque chant along. What started as a tender, warm, introspective ballad ends up as a powerful fight song."
"These songs have leapt off of the Netflix screen onto the Billboard charts. When I listen to these two main songs, I do feel like there's something missing. The K-pop of the last 10 years has been sonically aggressive, chaotic, adventurous. But in the context of a film designed for children, that's probably a little too much. They do feel like almost a children's-music take on what K-pop has been, but when I hear what it sounds like, I'm hearing something different."
K-Pop Demon Hunters features an animated girl group charged with saving the world and facing an evil demon boy band. The film's finale, "What It Sounds Like," opens with an a cappella R&B intro by Rumi and evolves into an up-tempo club-style, chant-ready fight song as Zoey and Mira join. Huntr/x's "Golden" and Saja Boys' "Soda Pop" have reached the Billboard charts. The soundtrack leans toward a child-friendly, radio-ready interpretation of K-pop, sacrificing some of the genre's recent sonic aggression, chaos, and adventurous production in favor of accessible scale and emotional clarity.
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